But we’re determined to bring the promise of a new civilization to our people and our planet.Īrk II had a racially mixed cast starring Terry Lester as Ark II's commander, Jonah, Jean Marie Hon as Ruth, José Flores as Samuel, and a chimpanzee named Moochie (owned and trained by Darrell Keener) responding to the name of Adam (voiced by Lou Scheimer). I, Adam are fully aware of the dangers we face as we venture into unknown, maybe even hostile, areas. (Voice of Jonah): Ark II log, Entry Number 1. Their mission: to bring the hope of a new future to mankind. This is their achievement: Ark II, a mobile storehouse of scientific knowledge, manned by a highly trained crew of young people.
Only a handful of scientists remain, men who have vowed to rebuild what has been destroyed. Then pollution and waste began to take their toll. The opening titles for each episode, as narrated first by executive producer Lou Scheimer (using his then uncredited pseudonym Erik Gunden), then by the voice of Terry Lester, who portrayed Jonah, summarized the show's backstory:įor millions of years, Earth was fertile and rich. The program's central characters were created by Martin Roth Ted Post helped Roth develop its core format.
Only 15 half-hour episodes were ever produced.
Ark II is an American live-action science fiction television series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS from September 11 to December 18, 1976, (with reruns continuing through Novemand reruns returning from September 16, 1978, through August 25, 1979) as part of its weekend line-up.
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