The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
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"The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth" is the ninth episode of the American documentary television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. It premiered on May 4, 2014 on Fox, and aired on May 5, 2014 on National Geographic Channel.[1] The episode was directed by Brannon Braga, written by Ann Druyan and Steven Soter, and featured the voice of Amanda Seyfried as geologist Marie Tharp. The episode explores the history of the Earth starting with the period of the Late Heavy Bombardment, approximately "3.8 to 4.1 billion years ago during which the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and the Earth were battered by space debris."[2] Host Neil deGrasse Tyson then delves into the biography of the Earth, expressed "in its continents, oceans and life living on and in them, saying 'the past is another planet,'" alluding to how plate tectonics have shaped the Earth over millions of years.[3]
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 | ||
Directed by | Brannon Braga | ||
Written by | Ann Druyan Steven Soter | ||
Narrated by | Neil deGrasse Tyson | ||
Produced by | Livia Hanich Steven Holtzman | ||
Featured music | Alan Silvestri | ||
Editing by | John Duffy Michael O'Halloran Eric Lea | ||
Production code | 110 | ||
Original air date | May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04) | ||
Running time | 45 minutes | ||
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The episode received a 1.6/5 in the 18-49 rating/share, with 4.08 million American viewers watching on Fox.[4]