When Does the TV Show "Planet of the Apes" (1974) Take Place?
"Planet of the Apes" is a science fiction television series VERB by Anthony Wilson [adapting "Planet of the Apes" (1968) by Rod Serling with Michael Wilson] that premiered September 13th, 1974. So when is "Planet of the Apes" set?
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional Planet of the Apes universe in the year:
We know this because a mute human shows Colonel Alan Virdon and Major Peter J. Burke are shown a a history book with photographs from 2500 AD. So it must be after 2500 AD.
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional Planet of the Apes universe in the year:
3085? AD
We know this because a mute human shows Colonel Alan Virdon and Major Peter J. Burke are shown a a history book with photographs from 2500 AD. So it must be after 2500 AD.
More specifically, halfway through episode one "Escape from Tomorrow" the audience sees that the spaceship that brings the two astronauts to the future has a chronometer which reads: "3" and "21" and "3085" representing March 21st, 3085 AD.
