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Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films , books , television series , comics , and other media about a world where humans and intelligent apes clash for control . The series began with French author Pierre Boulle ' s ___MASK28___ novel " La Planète des Singes ", translated into English as both " Planet of the Apes " and " Monkey Planet ". The ___MASK70___ film adaptation , " Planet of the Apes ", was a critical and commercial success , initiating a series of sequels , tie - ins , and derivative works . Arthur P . Jacobs produced the series under APJAC Productions until his death in 1973 ; since then 20th Century Fox has owned the franchise . Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J . M . Barrie . A free spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up , Peter Pan spends his never - ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys , interacting with fairies , pirates , mermaids , Native Americans , and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland . In addition to two distinct works by Barrie , the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise , both adapting and expanding on Barrie ' s works . These include a ___MASK91___ animated film , a 2003 dramatic / live - action film , a TV series and many other works . Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific accuracy . The term was first used in print in ___MASK33___ by P . Schuyler Miller in a review of John W . Campbell , Jr .' s " Islands of Space " in " Astounding Science Fiction ". The complementary term soft science fiction , formed by analogy to hard science fiction , first appeared in the late 1970s . The term is formed by analogy to the popular distinction between the " hard " ( natural ) and " soft " ( social ) sciences . Science fiction critic Gary Westfahl argues that neither term is part of a rigorous taxonomy ; instead they are approximate ways of characterizing stories that reviewers and commentators have found useful . F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom about U . S . soldiers and American Indians in the Wild West during the 1860s that originally aired for two seasons on ABC . It debuted in the United States on September ___MASK7___ , 1965 and concluded its run on April ___MASK37___ , 1967 with a total of 65 episodes . The first season of 34 episodes was broadcast in black - and - white , the second season in color . Pete and Gladys is an American sitcom television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at ___MASK57___ : 00 p . m . Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons , beginning on September ___MASK95___ , ___MASK8___ . The last episode was broadcast on September ___MASK3___ , 1962 . The Billy Barnes Revue is a ___MASK55___ musical comedy revue with music and lyrics by Billy Barnes and sketches by Bob Rodgers . The revue premiered in Los Angeles in ___MASK55___ and went on to be produced both on Broadway and Off Broadway . Sandra Kay " Sandy " Duncan ( born February ___MASK39___ , 1946 ) is an American singer , dancer , comedian and actress of stage and television . She is known for her performances in the Broadway revival of " Peter Pan " and in the sitcom " The Hogan Family ". Duncan has been nominated for three Tony Awards , two Emmy Awards , and two Golden Globe awards . Dr . James Kildare is a fictional American medical doctor character , originally created in the 1930s by the author Frederick Schiller Faust under the pen name Max Brand . Shortly after the character ' s first appearance in a magazine story , Paramount Pictures used the story and character as the basis for the ___MASK65___ film " Internes Can ' t Take Money ". Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ( MGM ) subsequently acquired the rights and featured Kildare as the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s , several of which were co - written by Faust ( as Max Brand ), who also continued to write magazine stories and novels about the character until the early 1940s . The Kildare character was later featured in an early 1950s radio series , a 1960s television series , a comic book and comic strip based on the 1960s TV show , and a short - lived second 1970s television series . AfterMASH is an American sitcom produced as a spin - off and continuation of " M * A * S * H " that aired on CBS from September 26 , ___MASK61___ , to May 31 , ___MASK79___ . The series takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series : Colonel Potter ( played by Harry Morgan ), Klinger ( played by Jamie Farr ) and Father Mulcahy ( played by William Christopher ). " M * A * S * H " supporting cast - member Kellye Nakahara joined them , albeit off - camera , as the voice of the hospital ' s public address system . Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon - Lee Klinger , a Korean refugee whom Klinger met , fell in love with and married in the " M * A * S * H " series finale " Goodbye , Farewell and Amen ." The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS Television network from September ___MASK70___ until March 1973 , remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes . " The Doris Day Show " was also the title of her radio show which aired from Hollywood in ___MASK59___ , with " It ' s Magic " as the theme song . Time travel is the concept of movement ( such as by a human ) between certain points in time , analogous to movement between different points in space , typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine , in the form of a vehicle or of a portal connecting distant points in time . Time travel is a recognized concept in philosophy and fiction , but traveling to an arbitrary point in time has a very limited support in theoretical physics , and usually only in conjunction with quantum mechanics or wormholes , also known as Einstein - Rosen bridges . In a more narrow sense , one - way time travel into the future via time dilation is a well - understood phenomenon within the frameworks of special relativity and general relativity , but advancing a large amount of time is not feasible with current technology . The concept was touched upon in various earlier works of fiction , but was popularized by H . G . Wells ' ___MASK6___ novel " The Time Machine ", which moved the concept of time travel into the public imagination , and it remains a popular subject in science fiction . The supernatural ( Medieval Latin : " superntrlis ": " supra " " above " + " naturalis " " natural ", first used : ___MASK22___  ___MASK93___ AD ) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature , including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts , gods , or other supernatural beings , or to things beyond nature . Kenneth Ronald " Ken " Berry ( born November ___MASK42___ , ___MASK51___ ) is an American sitcom actor , dancer and singer . Berry has appeared in multiple television shows , one with his friend and mentor , Andy Griffith . Berry starred in the successful comedies " F Troop ", " The Andy Griffith Show " spin - off " Mayberry R . F . D .", and " The Carol Burnett Show " spin - off " Mama ' s Family ". He also appeared on Broadway in " The Billy Barnes Revue ", has headlined as George M . Cohan in the musical " George M !" and provided comic relief for the medical drama " Dr . Kildare ", with Richard Chamberlain in the 1960s . Edgar McLean Stevenson , Jr . ( November ___MASK7___ , ___MASK67___  February 15 , 1996 ) was an American actor most recognized for his role as Lt . Colonel Henry Blake on the TV series " M * A * S * H ". He was also recognized for his role as Michael Nicholson on " The Doris Day Show ". December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from ___MASK29___ to ___MASK55___ , adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June ___MASK59___ through September 1953 . Gomer Pyle , U . S . M . C . is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September ___MASK19___ , 1964 , to May 2 , 1969 . The series was a spin - off of " The Andy Griffith Show ", and the pilot episode was aired as the season finale of the fourth season of its parent series on May 18 , 1964 . The show ran for a total of 150 half - hour episodes spanning over five seasons , first in black - and - white , and then in color . In 2006 , CBS Home Entertainment ( distributed by Paramount ) began releasing the series on DVD . The final season was released in November 2008 . Mama ' s Family is an American television sitcom starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper ( Mama ). The series is a spin - off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called " The Family " featured on " The Carol Burnett Show " ( ___MASK80___  78 ) and " Carol Burnett & Company " ( ___MASK43___ ). That led to the made - for - TV movie , " Eunice ", and finally the television series . The Cat from Outer Space is a ___MASK81___ American comic science fiction film , starring Ronnie Schell , Ken Berry , Sandy Duncan , Harry Morgan , Roddy McDowall and McLean Stevenson . Produced by Walt Disney Productions , it was shot at the studio ' s Golden Oak Ranch and Santa Clarita , California . George Richard Chamberlain ( born March 31 , ___MASK2___ ) is an American stage and screen actor and singer , who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show " Dr . Kildare " ( 1961  1966 ). Carol Creighton Burnett ( born April 26 , ___MASK51___ ) is an American actress , comedian , singer , and writer , whose career spans six decades of television . She is best known for her long - running TV variety show , " The Carol Burnett Show ", originally aired on CBS . She has achieved success on stage , television , and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles . She also has appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows . George Michael Cohan ( July ___MASK42___ , 1878November 5 , 1942 ), known professionally as George M . Cohan , was an American entertainer , playwright , composer , lyricist , actor , singer , dancer and producer . Ronald Ralph " Ronnie " Schell ( born December ___MASK73___ , 1931 ) is an American actor , stand - up comedian , and cartoon voice actor ( notably Peter Puck ). He appeared on May 28 , 1959 , episode of the TV quiz program " You Bet Your Life ", hosted by Groucho Marx . Schell demonstrated a comic barrage of beatnik jive talk . As a stand - up comedian , he first developed his act at the world - famous hungry - i nightclub in San Francisco , California . Schell is probably best known in his 1960s television role as Duke Slater in " Gomer Pyle , U . S . M . C ." The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from October ___MASK42___ , 1960 to April ___MASK10___ , 1968 , with a total of 249 half - hour episodes spanning over eight seasons , first in black - and - white , and then , in color , which partially originated from an episode of " The Danny Thomas Show ". It stars Andy Griffith , who portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry , North Carolina . His life is complicated by an inept but well - meaning deputy , Barney Fife ( Don Knotts ), Aunt Bee ( Frances Bavier ), a spinster aunt and housekeeper , and Opie ( Ron Howard ), a precocious young son . Eccentric friends and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life . Regarding the tone of the show , Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting , the show evoked nostalgia , stating in a " Today Show " interview : " Well , though we never said it , and though it was shot in the 1960s , it had a feeling of the 1930s . It was , when we were doing it , of a time gone by ." Andy Samuel Griffith ( June ___MASK10___ , 1926  July 3 , 2012 ) was an American actor , television producer , Southern gospel singer , and writer . He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles , and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan ' s film " A Face in the Crowd " ( 1957 ) before he became better known for his television roles , playing the lead characters in the sitcom , " The Andy Griffith Show " ( 1960  1968 ), and in the legal drama , " Matlock " ( 1986  1995 ). Harry Morgan ( born Harry Bratsberg , often spelled Harry Bratsburg ; April ___MASK3___ , ___MASK18___  December 7 , 2011 ) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades . Morgan ' s major roles included Pete Porter in both " December Bride " ( 1954  1959 ) and " Pete and Gladys " ( 1960  1962 ); Officer Bill Gannon on " Dragnet " ( 1967  1970 ); Amos Coogan on " Hec Ramsey " ( 1972  1974 ); and for his starring role as Colonel Sherman T . Potter in " M * A * S * H " ( ___MASK20___  1983 ) and " AfterMASH " ( 1983  1984 ). Morgan also appeared in more than 100 films . Hec Ramsey is a television Western starring Richard Boone , a creation of Jack Webb ' s production company , Mark VII Limited in association with Universal Studios , broadcast in the United States by NBC as part of the " NBC Mystery Movie " wheel show during the ___MASK76___ - 73 and 1973 - 74 seasons . Lassie Come Home is a ___MASK68___ Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor , Pal , in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie , Lassie . The film was directed by Fred M . Wilcox from a screenplay by Hugo Butler based upon the 1940 novel " Lassie Come - Home " by Eric Knight . The film was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring " Lassie ." Mayberry R . F . D . is an American television series produced as a spin - off and direct continuation of " The Andy Griffith Show ". When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series , most of the supporting characters returned for the new program , which ran for three seasons ( 78 episodes ) on the CBS Television Network from ___MASK70___  ___MASK83___ . My Friend Flicka is a ___MASK52___ novel by Mary O ' Hara , about Ken McLaughlin , the son of a Wyoming rancher , and his horse Flicka . It was the first in a trilogy , followed by " Thunderhead " ( ___MASK68___ ) and " Green Grass of Wyoming " ( 1946 ). The popular ___MASK68___ film version featured young Roddy McDowall and was followed by two other film adaptations , " Thunderhead , Son of Flicka " ( ___MASK5___ ), and " Green Grass of Wyoming " ( 1948 ), both based on O ' Hara ' s novels . A television series followed during 1956 - 1957 , that first aired on CBS , then on NBC , with reruns on ABC and on CBS between 1959 and 1966 . The Disney Channel re - ran the program during the mid - 1980s , too . Speculative fiction is a broad umbrella genre denoting any narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements ; this encompasses the genres of science fiction , fantasy , horror , alternative history , magic realism , and superhero fiction , as well as combinations of the previous genres . It typically strays strongly from reality and so may feature fictional types of beings like mythical creatures and supernatural entities , technologies that do not exist in real life like time machines and interstellar spaceships , or magical or otherwise scientifically inexplicable elements . The term ' s popularity is sometimes attributed to Robert Heinlein , who referenced it in ___MASK60___ in an editorial essay , although there are prior mentions of speculative fiction , or its variant " speculative literature ". The Carol Burnett Show ( also Carol Burnett and Friends in syndication ) is an American variety / sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett , Harvey Korman , Vicki Lawrence , and Lyle Waggoner . In ___MASK20___ , frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular when Waggoner left this show due to a mutual agreement with the producer about the series not having reruns . In ___MASK88___ , Dick Van Dyke replaced Korman for much of its final season . The show originally ran on CBS from September 11 , 1967 , to March 29 , 1978 , for 279 episodes , and again with nine episodes in the fall of 1991 . The series originated in CBS Television City ' s Studio 33 , and won 25 primetime Emmy Awards , was ranked number 16 on " TV Guide "' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 , and in 2007 was listed as one of " Time " magazine ' s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time . Science fiction ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi or scifi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology , space travel , time travel , faster than light travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations , and has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , and unlike the related genre of fantasy , historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science - based fact or theory at the time the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction . Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall ( ___MASK36___ September 1928  ___MASK42___ October ___MASK97___ ), known as Roddy McDowall , was an English - American actor , voice artist , film director and photographer . He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original " Planet of the Apes " film series , as well as Galen in the spin - off television series . He began his acting career as a child in England , and then in the United States , in " How Green Was My Valley " ( 1941 ), " My Friend Flicka " ( ___MASK68___ ) and " Lassie Come Home " ( ___MASK68___ ).