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The third Martian expedition arrives to discover that the Martians have been wiped out by a plague of chicken pox spread by one of the previous expeditions. The expedition's archaeologist, Spender, becomes obsessed with the extinct Martians and their lost civilization, and turns against his comrades to stop them from despoiling the planet.

The episode title is part of the poem "So, we'll go no more a roving" by Lord Byron, and is partly quoted in the course of the teleplay.

David Carradine plays the part of Spendor that Bernie Casey played in the miniseries: Carradine and Casey both starred in Martin Scorsese's Boxcar Bertha in the early 70's.

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    • Author: Akinohn
    Several men land on Mars to check to see what happened to a civilization that was there. Analysis shows that they were wiped out by a form of chicken pox. All that is left is dehydrated ash that looks like leaves blowing in the wind. There are no Martians as far as they can tell, but their machines are left behind, and one of the Earth men gets taken over by some force. He begins to kill his own people. The sad thing is that many are undisciplined, insensitive people who have no respect for the place they are exploring. This plays into the destruction that the guy (played by David Carradine who was Cain on "Kung Fu," has in mind. For some reason this just doesn't work. There is really no point other than some obtuse ending. Sometimes Bradbury was too cute for his own good.
  • Episode cast overview:
    David Carradine David Carradine - Spender
    Kenneth Welsh Kenneth Welsh - Captain Wilder
    James Purcell James Purcell - Parkhill
    Ben Cardinal Ben Cardinal - Cheroke
    Brian Jensen Brian Jensen - Biggs
    Warren Sulatycky Warren Sulatycky - Cramer (as Warren Perkins)
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