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The Bionic Woman

Opening credits
Format Science Fiction
Created by Kenneth Johnson
based upon Cyborg by Martin Caidin
Starring Lindsay Wagner
Richard Anderson
Martin E. Brooks
Theme music composer Jerry Fielding
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. Kenneth Johnson (born 26 October 1942) is an American screenwriter producer and director best known as the creator of the television series V Cyborg is the title of a Science fiction / Secret agent novel by Martin Caidin which was first published in 1972 Martin Caidin ( September 14, 1927 &ndash March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on Aeronautics and Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an Emmy Award winning American actress, best known for her role as Jaime Sommers Richard Norman Anderson (born August 8, 1926) is an American actor in film and television Martin E Brooks (born 1925 is an American character actor known for playing scientist Dr Jerry Fielding (born June 17, 1922, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - died February 17, 1980, Toronto, Ontario from The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons 3
No.  of episodes 57 (58 syndacation)
Production
Running time 48 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC, NBC
Original run January 11, 1976 – May 13, 1978
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing The Six Million Dollar Man is an American Television series about a fictional Cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer It starred Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, a tennis professional who was nearly killed in a skydiving accident, and was rebuilt by Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) and Dr. Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an Emmy Award winning American actress, best known for her role as Jaime Sommers For the reimagined version of the character from the 2007 television series see Jaime Sommers (Bionic Woman. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Parachuting, also known as skydiving is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric Parachute and land safely Oscar Goldman is a fictional character created by Martin Caidin and introduced in his 1972 novel Cyborg Richard Norman Anderson (born August 8, 1926) is an American actor in film and television Rudy Wells (Martin E. Brooks), who had also rebuilt The Six Million Dollar Man. Martin E Brooks (born 1925 is an American character actor known for playing scientist Dr As the result of her surgical implantation, Jaime Sommers had amplified hearing, a greatly strengthened right arm, and enhanced legs, enabling her to run faster than a speeding car. An implant is a Medical device made to replace and act as a missing biological structure (as compared with a transplant, which indicates transplanted Biomedical

The series ran on ABC for 2 seasons, from 1976 to 1977, and then it was picked-up for airing on NBC from 1977 to 1978, for just one season. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The year 1976 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1976 The year 1977 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1977. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The year 1978 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1978. Its run on ABC was successful with good ratings, coming in as the fifth most-watched show of the year, however it later fell to #14 during its second season, [1] so ABC decided to cancel the show. Competing network NBC revived the show for its third and final season.

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Overview

Jaime Sommers first appears in a two-part episode of The Six Million Dollar Man in 1975 entitled "The Bionic Woman. Jaime Sommers may refer to articles related to two versions of a television character Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman, the main character in the original 1970s " In this episode, Steve travels to his old hometown of Ojai, California, to visit his mother and stepfather and take a vacation from his work. Ojai (ˈoʊhaɪ is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. During his visit, he rekindles his old relationship with Jaime Sommers, now one of America's top tennis players. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Their relationship progresses rapidly to the point where Steve proposes marriage.

During an outing, Steve and Jaime take part in some skydiving. Parachuting, also known as skydiving is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric Parachute and land safely Jaime's parachute malfunctions and she plummets through a clump of trees and hits the ground, suffering traumatic injuries to her legs, right arm, and head. A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag. Steve Austin makes an emotional plea to his boss, Oscar Goldman, even going so far as to commit Jaime to become an operative of the Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI), a branch of the CIA. Steve Austin is a fictional character created by Martin Caidin for his 1972 novel Cyborg, who later became a 1970s television icon as portrayed by Oscar Goldman is a fictional character created by Martin Caidin and introduced in his 1972 novel Cyborg Office of Special Investigations (OSI was the name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Goldman agrees to assign Dr. Rudy Wells (played at this point in the series by Alan Oppenheimer) and the bionics team to rebuild her. Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23 1930) is an American Voice actor who has had an active career in cartoons since the 1970s Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, Biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological

Jaime's body is reconstructed with parts similar to Steve's but the actual cost of rebuilding her is not revealed. It is said in dialogue to be less than the $6 million it cost to rebuild Austin because the replacement parts were smaller, however, the German dub of the show contradicts this - the show is called The 7 Million Dollar Woman in that country. Like Steve Austin before her, Jaime is given two bionic legs, capable of propelling her at speeds exceeding 60 mph, and her right arm is replaced by a lifelike prosthetic capable of bending steel or throwing objects great distances. Whereas Austin received a bionic eye, the inner mechanism of Jaime's right ear is replaced by a bionic device that gives her the ability to hear a whisper a mile away. These bionic implants cannot be distinguished from natural body parts, except on occasions where they sustain damage and the mechanisms beneath the skin become exposed.

After Jaime recovers from her operation, Steve tries to break his agreement with Oscar that she will serve as an agent for OSI, but Jaime agrees to go on a mission for Oscar, despite Steve's concerns. During the mission, however, her bionics malfunction, and she experiences severe and crippling headaches.

Dr. Wells determines that Jaime's body is rejecting her bionic implants; a massive cerebral clot is apparently causing her headaches and malfunctions. Soon after, she goes berserk and crashes her way out of the hospital. Steve takes pursuit and eventually catches up with her, where she collapses in his arms. Soon after, Jaime dies on the operating table, her body shutting down. The episode ends with Steve weeping at her memory.

The character was so popular that ABC asked the writers to find a way to bring her back. In the first episode of the next season, it is revealed that Jaime had not died after all, although Steve Austin was not informed of this fact. He discovers it when he is hospitalized at Dr. Wells' bionic clinic after a mission goes bad, and he suffers severe damage to his bionic legs; he sees Jaime as he is being rolled into the operating room for repair, just before slipping into a coma. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness.

As Steve later learns, Wells' assistant, Dr. Michael Marcetti, had urged Rudy (now played by Martin E. Brooks) to try his newly developed cryogenic techniques to keep Jaime in suspended animation until the cerebral clot could be safely removed, after which she was successfully revived. Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination

A side-effect of the procedure causes Jaime to develop amnesia and forget her relationship with Steve; any attempt to make her remember her life with Steve causes her headaches and pain. Amnesia (from Greek) is a condition in which Memory is disturbed Steve reluctantly lets her go on to live her own life as an agent for the OSI.

Jaime, now retired as a tennis player, takes a job as a schoolteacher in Ojai. Ojai (ˈoʊhaɪ is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. She lives in a converted farmhouse rented from Steve's mother and stepfather, who were aware of her and Steve's bionic nature and their double lives as secret agents. In later episodes, Jaime adopts Maximillion, a German shepherd that had been given a bionic jaw and legs. Maximillion (usually referred to as Max was a German Shepherd in the third and final season of 1970s television series The Bionic Woman. The German Shepherd Dog ( GSD) (Deutscher Schäferhund is a breed of large-sized dog that originates from Germany. He was an experiment to see if trained animals could benefit from bionics and was named Maximillion because the cost of his bionics was one million dollars. When he was introduced, he started experiencing symptoms that suggested an age-related variant of bionic rejection and was due to be dissected, but it was discovered the condition was actually psychological owing to resurfaced memories of a traumatic fire that threatened Max in his youth. As such, the dog was allowed to live and become Jaime's companion.

Jaime also worked frequently with Steve Austin on missions, and the two reestablished their friendship, although no romance resulted initially.

The close connection between The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman was highlighted by the fact that Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks were credited in the openings of both series; this continued even after The Bionic Woman was cancelled by ABC and was immediately picked up by NBC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's It is believed that Anderson and Brooks were the first actors to play the same roles in two concurrent television series airing on two different networks.

The most notable of the frequent crossovers between The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman included a two-part episode in which the two characters squared off against Austin's sometimes-friend/sometimes-enemy Bigfoot, and a three-part story arc entitled "Kill Oscar" that aired the first and third parts as Bionic Woman episodes and the second part as an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. Bigfoot or Sasquatch is alleged to be an Ape -like creature inhabiting remote forests mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada

On her own, Jaime's most noted enemies were the Fembots, a line of powerful androids that she fought twice in the series. Gynoid (from Greek γυνη gynē - woman is a term used to describe a Robot designed to look like a human female as compared to an Android An android is a Robot designed to resemble a human usually both in appearance and behavior Arguably her most vital mission was the thwarting of an insane government scientist's plan to destroy the Earth using a doomsday device. A doomsday device is a hypothetical construction &mdash usually a weapon &mdash which could destroy all life on the Earth, or destroy the Earth itself (bringing " Jaime's mission's frequently involved undercover work in which she takes on a number of roles, such as a nun, a police officer, a college student, an air-steward, a singer, and a professional wrestler. Her tennis background also came into play occasionally, and she was also from time to time seen having adventures with some of her students in Ojai.

As with many spy films at the time, Jaime was frequently kidnapped (more often than not with the use of chloroform or a drugged drink) and placed in dangerous situations from which she would need her bionic abilities to escape. Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl trichloride, is a Chemical compound with formula C[[Hydrogen H]] Cl Typically she would be bound or handcuffed to a bomb which she could escape with ease once she woke up. However, on one occasion she was handcuffed to a friend, so she could not use her bionic strength to escape as this would pull off the friend's hand.

Jaime dealt with a number of bizarre cases, such as a villain who operates a hair salon using a "truth serum" shampoo to extract information from OSI agents. In another episode, a convict named Lisa Galloway is given plastic surgery and tries to replace Jaime. In a later episode, Lisa ingests a paste-like substance called Adrenalizine that gives her temporary super-strength, allowing her to fully replace Jaime at OSI while the real Jaime is imprisoned and led to question her own identity. Lisa, however, did not know of Jaime's bionic implants and believed her powers to have come from the Adrenalizine. However after Jaime's eventual escape from prison, Dr. Wells later discovered the Adrenalizine was breaking down and becoming toxic, thus detrimental to Lisa's health. Further complicating the issue was Lisa's increasing belief that she was in fact, the real Jaime. The final episode of the series is acknowledged to have been inspired by The Prisoner; Jaime resigns from the OSI and finds herself being pursued by entities concerned about the secret information she possesses. The Prisoner is an allegorical British 1960s Science fiction television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan.

Jaime's bionic abilities were depicted as being similar to Steve's. She could run at least 60 mph (having been clocked at more than 62 mph during the episode Doomsday Is Tomorrow), like Steve, and could bend steel bars with her right arm, and could jump to and from great heights with her new legs. But Jaime's and Steve's powers have their limitations. In one episode, Jaime jumps from the window of a particularly tall building while trying to escape the Fembots. Due to the height from which she jumped, her legs malfunctioned upon impact with the ground, knocking her unconscious. Her right ear, however, is extremely sensitive and can detect most sounds regardless of volume or frequency (she is often shown using this ability to break into safes). As it is encased in her body, it is also typically not subject to the negative effects extreme cold has on bionic implants.

Despite being on different networks, both The Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man were simultaneously cancelled in the spring of 1978. Three made-for-TV reunion movies were produced between 1987 and 1994 that expanded the "bionic family", while the love between Jaime and Steve rekindled and this was further explored.

In the first reunion, The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, Jaime Sommers and Steve Austin are reunited after nearly ten years of living separate lives. Jaime's memory is fully restored (according to Oscar Goldman, Jaime was in an accident that involved an explosion, and "she remembered everything" after she recovered from her concussion) and she tries to reconcile her feelings for Steve, while at the same time helping train Steve's son Michael in the use of his own recently acquired updated bionics. Jaime challenges Michael to a friendly race, and is outpaced, making the comment she feels like an "obsolete model". The second film, Bionic Showdown, introduced Sandra Bullock as paraplegic who becomes a next-generation bionic woman; Sommers again helps train the neophyte cyborg. Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26 1964 is a Screen Actors Guild Award-winning and two-time Golden Globe Award-nominated American - German Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities

In the final reunion film, Bionic Ever After?, a computer virus corrupts Jaime's bionic systems. A computer virus is a Computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user Dr. Wells informs Steve that "she may never be bionic again," but Steve's main regard is he wants her alive above all else. She undergoes a major upgrade, which not only increases the power of her bionics but gives her night vision. Finally, after so many years of waiting around, the bionic couple say their I Do's.

DVD releases

Universal Playback has released the first 2 Seasons of The Bionic Woman on DVD in Region 2 (which followed three previous DVD sets labeled as Volumes 1, 2 and 3). Universal Playback is a label of Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the United Kingdom, which specialises in releasing Region 2 DVDs of classic Those DVDs have all been English-language, primarily sold in the United Kingdom. A German-language Region 2 release, a 4-DVD package under the name Die Sieben Millionen Dollar Frau - St. 01 (The Seven Million Dollar Woman - Season 1), is planned for release on March 7, 2008 by an international division of Koch Vision. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Koch Vision, a division of Koch Entertainment LP was founded in 1999 as part of Koch Entertainment 's entry into the television programming and home video

A North American DVD release (Region 1) was previously planned by Universal Studio. Those plans were made public via a listing in a TV-DVD release guide sent to retailers [1], a mention in an otherwise unrelated studio press release [2], and as a trailer included on a DVD given away through retail chain Best Buy [3]. Best Buy Co Inc ( is a Fortune 100 company and the largest specialty retailer of Consumer electronics in the United States and Canada However, the release has never actually happened due to rights issues which prevent both The Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man from being released on DVD in North America [4].

Name Region 1 Region 2
The Complete Season One TBA September 26, 2005
The Complete Season Two TBA October 23, 2006

Spin-off books

Two novels adapting various episodes were published to coincide with the series: Welcome Home, Jaime and Extracurricular Activities, both by Eileen Lottman. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The UK editions of these two books were credited to "Maud Willis" and were retitled Double Identity and A Question of Life, respectively. Although the closing credits of every episode says the series was based upon Martin Caidin's 1972 novel, Cyborg, this only refers to the bionics concept, the characters of Rudy Wells and Oscar Goldman, and the occasional appearance by Steve Austin; Jaime Sommers does not appear in any of Caidin's novels. Martin Caidin ( September 14, 1927 &ndash March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on Aeronautics and Cyborg is the title of a Science fiction / Secret agent novel by Martin Caidin which was first published in 1972

A short-lived comic book series by Charlton Comics was published in the US in 1976-77. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Charlton Comics was an American Comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1986 having begun under a different name in 1944 UK comic Look-In ran a colour comic strip between 1976-79, written by Angus P. Allan and drawn by artists including John Bolton and Arthur Ranson. Look-in was a long running children's magazine centered around ITV 's television programmes in the UK, and subtitled "The Junior TV Times Angus Peter Allan ( 22 July 1936 - 16 July 2007) was a British comic strip writer and magazine editor who worked on TV Century John Bolton may refer to John R Bolton, former United States government official and a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Sir Arthur James Ranson (1939 -) is an English illustrator whose fine line penwork and attention to visual detail has led to the misapplied epithet 'photo-realistic' The character was also to have appeared in a 1996 comic miniseries entitled Bionix by Maximum Press. Awesome Comics or Awesome Entertainment is an American Comic book studio that was formed in 1997 by Image Comics co-founder Rob Liefeld Although the magazine was advertised in comic book trade publications, it was ultimately never published. [2]

Merchandise

Like its parent program The Bionic Woman spawned its own line of toys. Kenner produced an 11-inch doll of the character, with similar features to the Steve Austin version (bionic modules and removable bionic limbs), except instead of a bionic eye the doll's head would click when turned, simulating the sound of Jaime's bionic ear. This article is about the toy company For the city see Kenner Louisiana. Accessories for the doll released by Kenner included additional fashions, and a Bionic Beauty Salon playset. A vinyl story record was also produced by Wonderland Records in addition to children's lunchboxes.

The Bionic Woman board game was also available it was sold by Parker Brothers in the US. It was a 2-4 player game suited for children between 7 and 12 years of age.

Television remake

Main article: Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)

In August of 2002 it was announced that the show was to be remade by producers Jennifer and Suzanne Todd ("Team Todd") for the USA Network; media reports suggested that Jennifer Aniston was being considered for the title role. Bionic Woman is an eight-episode American Science fiction Television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11 1969 is an American Film and television actress. After the initial press release was issued, the show never made it out of pre-production and no other announcements were made as to the show's fate. However, on October 9, 2006, NBC Universal announced that it was bringing the project back, with new producers and a reworking of the concept. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The project's one hour pilot was given an official greenlight by NBC on January 3, 2007. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On February 13, 2007 it was announced that English actress Michelle Ryan had been cast in the title role for this pilot, and that Katee Sackhoff would play Sarah Corvus, the bionic woman's nemesis. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984 is an English Actress of Irish ancestry Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace [5] The series was subsequently picked up by NBC and debuted on Sept. 26, 2007. Eight more episodes were produced and aired before the Writers Guild of America strike forced a halt to production. The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East As of March 2008, NBC had not yet announced whether the show would be renewed, allowed to complete its original order of 13 episodes, or cancelled outright, although series developer and producer David Eick told the official website of the Sci Fi Channel on March 18, 2008, that the series had been cancelled. David Eick (born 1968 is a producer best known as the producer of Battlestar Galactica (alongside Ronald D [6]

Episodes

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Lambert, David (2004-5-27). The Bionic Woman - Making the leap to DVD?....
  2. ^ Lacey, Gord (2004-7-10). The Bionic Woman - Universal teases fans with a mention of DVDs.
  3. ^ Lambert, David (2004-8-25). The Bionic Woman - Jaime Sommers on DVD before end-of-year? Looks like it!.
  4. ^ Lambert, David (2007-10-3). Why Aren't The Original Bionic Shows On DVD? Questions Answered!.
  5. ^ Ex-Eastender Zoe transformed into Bionic Woman. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German
  6. ^ http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=50610

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