The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
tv show
22 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired June 18, 2000
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Overview
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States. The plot concept is predicated on a vast fictional conspiracy beginning with the revelation that Jules Verne did not merely write the stories behind his famous science fiction classic books Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth or Around the World in Eighty Days — but actually experienced these adventures personally. A television technological historic footnote, this work was the first hour-long series filmed entirely in HDTV format.
Lord of Air and Darkness
Season 1 - Episode 7 - 1h 0m
Air Date
August 05, 2000
Overview
While investiging a country priest's murder, Jules is lured to a secret base of the League of Darkness, where they are creating a flying ship called the Prometheus. Jules accepts a commission at the behest of the ship's beautiful commander, unaware of the League's true purpose. The others come to investigate, and the Aurora is taken captive. Rebecca discovers that the League plans to use both ships to help the Confederacy win the Civil War. While Phileas confronts the League's leader, the centuries-old "cybernetic" Count Gregory, Jules turns against the League. Phileas and Passepartout recover the Aurora, while Jules is forced to choose between the commander and Rebecca. He goes with Rebecca, and the two manage to escape. The episode ends with the Aurora giving chase to the Prometheus as it heads west to the United States.