Aired/Released
1968
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner
Screenwriters / Creators
Michael Wilson and Rod Serling
Mission and Rank
Lieutenant
Icarus: Liberty 1 / Icarus
Captain George Taylor
January 14, 1972
TV Show/Film
Planet of the Apes /Original
Adapted from La Planéte des Singes by Pierre Boulle
Organization
American National Space Administration
Played By
Jeff Burton
Icarus Destination:
Distant star system, crash landing on 40th century Earth
“Lieutenant Thomas Dodge serves as head science officer. At the relatively young age of 35, Lieutenant Dodge exhibits the vision of a man with twice his years. He admits yearning to find intelligent life at the crew’s ultimate destination. A dream he has often discussed as professor of organic chemistry at Annapolis.” —‘ANSA Public Service Announcement,’ Blu-Ray Planet of the Apes Box-Set from November, 2008″