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The Six Million Dollar Man

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The Six Million Dollar Man
Title screen of 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man

First reference:	Pilot
"The Six Million Dollar Man" on Wikipedia

Bionic Woman has many similarities to the original bionic series, The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978).

1 About
2 Episodic References
- 2.1 Pilot
3 Gallery
4 External Links

About

The original bionic series, The Six Million Dollar Man, aired as a television series in 1974 on ABC following three television movies in 1973. It was based on the novel Cyborg (1972) by Martin Caidin, and a spin-off of the show called The Bionic Woman was introduced in 1976.

The storyline of The Six Million Dollar Man revolved around Steve Austin (portrayed by Lee Majors), an ex-astronaut who is almost killed when an experimental aircraft he is testing for NASA crashes. Austin is rebuilt with bionics (his right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced) by scientist Dr. Rudy Wells (portrayed by Martin Balsam, Alan Oppenheimer, and Martin E. Brooks). The cost of the surgery, $6 million dollars, is foot by a secret spy organization called the OSI, which recruits Austin as an operative. Austin reports to Oscar Goldman (portrayed by Richard Anderson) of the OSI for each mission.

Episodic References

Pilot

Like Steve Austin in the The Six Million Dollar Man, Jaime Sommers is fitted with a bionic eye in addition to other bionic devices. Also, Jaime's accident is a crash (though it is a car [not an airplane] crash). In the original series The Bionic Woman series, Jaime was fitted solely with a bionic ear, arm, and legs after a sky diving accident.