{"id":9216,"date":"2010-05-20T14:27:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T21:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2010-05-20T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T21:28:15","slug":"roddenberry-inspired-strange-new-world-on-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/05\/roddenberry-inspired-strange-new-world-on-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Roddenberry-Inspired Strange New World On DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Strange New World<\/em>, the third <strong>Gene Roddenberry<\/strong>-inspired 1970s TV pilot attempt following <em>Genesis II <\/em>and<em> Planet Earth<\/em>, is now available on DVD for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>In 1975, <em>Strange New World<\/em>, a post-apocalypse story made without Roddenberry&#8217;s participation but based on his idea and characters (including John Saxon of <em>Planet Earth<\/em>), was made, but like <em>Genesis II <\/em>and<em> Planet Earth, Strange New World<\/em> was not picked up as a regular series.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/StrangeNewWorld052010.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9217\" title=\"StrangeNewWorld052010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/StrangeNewWorld052010.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><em>Genesis II <\/em>and <em>Planet Earth<\/em> were released on DVD last year, pleasing fans of both Roddenberry and <em>Andromeda<\/em> (a show based on the 1970s pilots and which used Roddenberry&#8217;s heroic Dylan Hunt), but <em>Strange New World<\/em> was not released at that time.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Warner Archive began selling <em>Strange New World<\/em>, which will cost $19.95 with a ninety-seven minute run time.<\/p>\n<p>The description of <em>Strange New World<\/em> is as follows: &#8220;Cult icon John Saxon (Enter the Dragon) battles clones, barbarians, beasts and more in this startling sci-fi adventure based on concepts developed by Gene Roddenberry, the visionary creator of <em>Star Trek.<\/em> After 180 years in a cryogenic freeze, a trio of astronauts returns to Earth, only to find giant asteroids have devastated the planet. Roaming across America&#8217;s vast wastelands, they encounter weird new cities, strange civilizations and bizarre descendants of Earth&#8217;s distant past. Co-written by Academy Award winner <strong>Walon Green<\/strong> (<em>The Wild Bunch<\/em>), Strange New World features foxy film femmes <strong>Martine Beswick<\/strong> (<em>Thunderball<\/em>), <strong>Catherine Bach<\/strong> (<em>The Dukes of Hazzard<\/em>) and 1974 Playmate of the Year <strong>Cynthia Wood<\/strong> (<em>Apocalypse Now<\/em>) in an otherworldly thriller where Earth itself is the final frontier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strange New World can be purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbshop.com\/Strange-New-World\/1000157758,default,pd.html?cgid=ARCHIVENEW\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strange New World, the third Gene Roddenberry-inspired 1970s TV pilot attempt following Genesis II and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413,2421],"tags":[2446,3235],"class_list":["post-9216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","category-star-trek-tos","tag-roddenberry","tag-strange-new-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/cast-crew\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/star-trek-tos\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Star Trek: TOS<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek: TOS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9216"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9219,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions\/9219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}