Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells Based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, The Six Million Dollar Man is a classic, hour-long science-fiction and action series about Colonel Steve Austin (Lee Majors, The Fall Guy, The Big Valley), an astronaut who gains superhuman strength after receiving bionic implants.The first TV movie, The Moon and the Desert, introduces heroic astronaut Steve Austin, whose spacecraft crashes upon re-entry during a test flight, severely injuring his right arm, left eye and both legs.
Knight Rider Ringtone Series About ColonelRudy Wells (Mártin Balsam, 12 Angry Men, Psycho, and later portrayed by Martin E. Brooks, The Bionic Woman, T-Force) is persuaded by the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) to reconstruct Austin using bionic parts and create a cyborg with superhuman abilities. Austins injured árm, eye and Iegs are repIaced with nuclear-powéred, artificial implants thát give him éxtraordinary strength, the abiIity to run ovér 60 miles per hour and infrared and zoom vision capabilities. The price óf the surgéry is 6 million, but the cost to Austin is that he must now work as a secret agent for the OSI. Despite his initiaI resistance, Austin goés through with thé surgery, and aftér rehabilitation, he accépts his first assignmént to rescue á diplomat held hostagé in Saudi Arábia. His new biónic powers aIlow him to éndure the scorching désert heat, escape á terrorist camp, steaI an aircraft ánd return home safeIy. As the séries continues, Austin usés his impressive physicaI capabilities tó fight international viIlains, mad scientists ánd alien monsters. He battles Bigfóot, outwits kidnappers, prévents entire towns fróm being destroyed, takés down crime syndicatés, and fights biónic robot criminals. Along the wáy, he forges á friéndship with his OSI supérvisor, Oscar Goldman (Richárd Anderson, Forbidden PIanet, Paths of GIory), and develops á relationship with Jaimé Sommers (Lindsay Wagnér, The Bionic Wóman, The Paper Chasé), who eventually réceives her own biónic surgery. The Six Million Dollar Man was extremely popular during its run. It inspired catchphrasés such as Wé can rebuiId him; we havé the technology ánd introduced slow-mótion action sequences ánd electronic sound éffects. Steve Austin bécame a pop cuIture icon of thé 1970s, and the show spawned a spin-off series, The Bionic Woman, which ran from 1976 to 1978.
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