![]() Production of Doomsday Machine began in 1967 under Herbert J. It gives a cryptic message regarding the prospect of starting new life in a "very strange and very great" place, somewhere far "beyond the rim of the universe," before the ship suddenly blasts off, apparently by the power of the Venusians, and the movie abruptly concludes. The voice informs the survivors (whom the Venusians refer to as the "Last of Man") in the Russian ship that Astra no longer exists (presumably destroyed somehow by the telepathic Venusians), and that no humans (due to their "self-destructive" potential) will be allowed to reach Venus. Before the two ships can rendezvous, contact with Astra is lost.Ī disembodied voice cuts in, claiming to be the collective consciousness of the Venusian population. Though its pilot is dead, Danny and Bronski successfully power up the Soviet ship. The second craft proves to be a lost Soviet ship that disappeared piloted by a close friend of the Russian crew member. However, they notice another spacecraft nearby and jump to it. Two more crew-members-Danny and Major Bronski-are lost as they head out to repair a fault with the spaceship. One of the crew members tries to rape another, at which point she accidentally gets them both blown out of an airlock. Shortly after this, the device goes off and Earth is destroyed.Īs Astra continues to Venus, the crew realizes that a safe landing on Venus is impossible unless the crew is reduced to three. Shortly before blastoff military alerts are put into effect.Īfter leaving Earth, the seven crew members of Astra deduce that they have been put together to restart the human race should the Chinese activate their device. Soon after, Astra – a two-year return mission to Venus by the United States Space Program – has its time of launch speeded up and half of the male flight crew are replaced by women shortly before take-off, including one Russian. A spy ( Essie Lin Chia) discovers that the Chinese government has created a doomsday device (the "key" to which, "only Chairman Mao has") capable of destroying the Earth and it will be activated in 72 hours.
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