Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La planète des singes. As means both "ape" and "monkey," Xan Fielding called his translation Monkey Planet. It is an example of social commentary through dystopia.

Planet of the Apes was a short-lived American science fiction television series that aired on Friday evenings at 8:00 (Eastern) on CBS in 1974. The series starred Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, and James Naughton. Mark Lenard guest starred in almost every episode.

The series ran from September 13, 1974 to December 20, 1974. Although fourteen episodes were produced, only 13 were originally aired; the 14th previously unseen "lost" episode was included in the DVD box set which is now available. The show was cancelled after one season, because of low ratings, due to direct competition with NBC's Top 10 hits Sanford and Son and Chico and the Man.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005PJ8W?v=glance&n=130

Television series about a group of astronauts who travel in time and become marooned on a planet. Unbeknownst to them, they are actually on future Earth. The astronauts encounter an advanced civilization run by apes, but supported by enslaved human workers. Written by Tad Dibbern

En route to Alpha Centuri at the start of the 1980s, a spaceship is somehow thrown forwards in time, and crashlands on a strange planet. One of the astronauts is dead, but the other two learn that it is 21 March 3085, they're on Earth, and the world is ruled by apes. Upon their capture by the ruthless General Urko, Dr Zaius's new assistant (Galen) discovers that there were other human astronaut visitors, whose very existence was kept secret. He and Zaius want to study them, but when Urko plots to have them shot for escaping, Galen accidentally kills a guard, and becomes a fugitive. Together, they search for the other intelligent humans they think have survived, plus a way to return home. Written by Cynan Rees