
It fits quite nicely into the Toobworld timeline:
2032
A manned Earth mission to Mars, the Ares IV, took place under the command of Lieutenant John Kelly.
(VOY: "One Small Step"; ENT: "Demons")
2035
Project Aries spacecraft lands on Mars.
('Life On Mars')
2097
A Mars colony is established.
('Mercy Point')
2100
Mars is colonized.
('Babylon 5')
2103
Mars is colonized by humans.
('Star Trek')

In 2067, an alien race known as the Mysterons builds a base on Mars. They have no physical form and are willing to establish peaceful contact with the people of Earth. But when their surveillance equipment is mistaken for weaponry, the Humans launch an attack on the Mysteron base. This will happen in the TV series 'Captain Scarlet And The Mysterions', but because that was populated by puppets who have replaced real humans, they should be relegated to a dimension shared by 'Davy And Goliath', 'Moral Orel', 'Robot Chicken', and the other Gerry Anderson programs. (Supermarionation be damned!)
And all the events on Mars by the year 3000, as depicted in 'Futurama', take place in the Tooniverse, of course.

Now there are three different dates listed for colonization of Mars, thanks to 'Mercy Point', 'Babylon 5', and 'Star Trek'. I see no problem with this; it's a matter of semantics, I guess. The 'Mercy Point' date is when it was established, so that means when it began. The 'Star Trek' date is probably when the project was completed. And as far as the 'B5' date goes, somebody probably just rounded it off.
(Notice that the 'Star Trek' entry says that Mars was colonized in 2003 - by humans. Of course, we already know - from 'My Favorite Martian', 'Doctor Who', 'The Twilight Zone', 'War Of The Worlds', and 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' - that Mars was already populated by several sentient species......)

As to both versions of 'Life On Mars' sharing the same TV Universe, that'll be dealt with in a later post today.
BCnU!
Toby O'B
[Thanks again to MediumRob for supplying the pics!]
1 comment:
Nice posts, Toby. What is "Mercy Point"?
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