Alien Planet

Alien Planet is a 94 minute special on Discovery Channel about two internationally built robot probes searching for alien life on the fictional planet Darwin IV. It was based on the book Expedition, by sci-fi/fantasy artist and writer Wayne Douglas Barlowe, who was also executive producer on the special. It premiered on May 14, 2005. The show uses sophisticated computer-generated imagery, which is interspersed with interviews from such notables a... more

Air date of first episode:

  • May 14, 2005

Number of episodes:

  • 1
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