''Beyond Westworld'' is a 1980 American television series based on the 1973 film ''

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,'' which was written and directed by

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. Although the DVD box cover mentions that it follows the film's events, it ignored the 1976 film sequel ''

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''.

Synopsis

Security Chief John Moore of the

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Corporation has to stop the evil scientist Simon Quaid, who is planning to use the robots in Delos to try to take over the world.

Cast

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as John Moore * James Wainwright as Simon Quaid *

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as Pamela Williams * William Jordan as Joseph Oppenheimer *

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as Foley * Nancy Harewood as Roberta *

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as Laura Garvey (pilot only)

Broadcast and reception

The series was nominated for two

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s (Outstanding Achievement in Makeup and Outstanding Art Direction For a Series), though only five episodes were produced. Only three of these episodes aired by

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before cancellation. In the United Kingdom all five episodes were shown by some

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regions separately, starting with

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, which aired the first four episodes between August 2 and 23, 1980 in an early-evening slot, but delayed the fifth until a morning slot on January 7, 1981. Across the nine regions which showed the "full" series, many showed episodes 2–5 in differing random orders, and only

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showed them more than once.

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only showed two episodes, six months apart.

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aired all five episodes in an early afternoon slot during the summer of 1982.

Home media

On July 29, 2014,

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released the complete series on DVD-R in Region 1 via their

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manufactured-on-demand service.

Episodes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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