midge56 Spoiler: The sequel ending with details which no one else seems to know about or failed to comprehend. The film "Star Pilot" didn't just steal scenes from Doomsday Machine, it provided a sequel to the ending.Although Doomsday Machine leaves you hanging with the last two survivors of this rescued film in the add-on sequences, the film, "Star Pilot" gives us their fate. At the end of the rescued, add-on sequences of Doomsday Machine:The surviving couple were left stranded, alone in the soviet craft. Earth was literally destroyed & Venus refusing their approach after having destroyed their fellow astronauts in the US ship. Leaving the 2 astronauts the only option... to find another planet to settle as the Sole surviving human couple.Star Pilot finishes the story by beginning earlier in Earth's past where a group of scientists are taken captive to repair a space ship from Hydra. The aliens (human style) decide to take their captives to their planet Hydra as they also develop relationships.Enroute, they encounter a skeletal pair of astronauts in a soviet style ship from Earth's future. They realize time has passed faster on earth during their voyage to Hydra & learn of Earth's destruction from the craft recording system. This dead skeletal pair of astronauts were the same surviving couple on the finale of Doomsday Machine. So we now know they died looking for a new home planet.The Star Pilot Characters argue about returning to Earth (which was destroyed when it blew into pieces on Doomsday Machine) or continuing to Hydra. The alien Commander makes the decision for them by gassing everyone. Upon arrival to Hydra, she discovers her planet abandoned & contaminated by radiation with a monument which states the Hydra inhabitants have fled on their fleet of ships, seeking a new planet to avoid the pitfalls of radiation & mutation.It leaves one wondering if the inhabitants of Hydra went to Earth (which no longer exists) or found a new planet. The group is left wondering what to do with Earth gone & Hydra contaminated. They are now homeless as well. Earth violently destroyed by a doomsday machine & planet Hydra contaminated with radiation & abandoned. Did the inhabitants of Hydra find a new home planet? If so, where? Thus, another open ending.Is there a sequel to Star Pilot?

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Doomsday Machine, 1972. The US and Soviet Union is exploring the planets and the Moon is colonized. CIA intelligence finds out the Red Chinese are threatening to destroy the Earth with a secret doomsday device. An all male Air Force team is scheduled to launch to explore Venus, "Astra" mission. But due to the Chinese emergency, three female officers(one Russian) are substituted to join the crew for a 4 year trip to explore Venus. The world ends and the crew has to survive on their flight.*Special Stars- Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, Lorri Scott, Bobby Vann, James Craig, Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Casey Kasem, Mike Farrell.*Theme- Space flight should not be used to save the human race.*Trivia/location/goofs-Featured on Elvira's 'Movie Macabre' series for it's badness. The film was shot in 1967, but could not finish until more money was found and released in 1972. Cast members are only seen in the first 90% of this film, then disappear from the film near the ending. In the spaceship control room during the flight be sure to see & enjoy the six special NASA high-tech chair recliners from your neighborhood Furinture Barn. All of them in a neat row. As the earth explodes the string holding the model planet is visible. In the spacewalk, no air-tanks sources are connected to the spacesuits. Huge 'continuity' problems with several different spaceships representing the main NASA one used in the plot. They keep changing from a winged ship to a ringed space station. Due to the film running out of money during principle photography, the main cast is not seen in the finale scenes. And an obviously 'make-shift' nonsensical low budget film plot ending is used here.*Emotion- The film starts off promising BUT after the Earth is blown-up; then there's no action at all in this incredible script except the small 'battle of the sexes' soap opera tripe among characters. They are introduced to the viewer as trained NASA & Air Force officer personnel. BUT, they all go unprofessional on their space mission, except the lady Russian officer, 'Bronski'. There's a lot of people walking aimlessly from spaceship control room or engaging each other in trivial conversation. Nothing much to engage the audience's emotions or attention. Consequently, you're tempted to doze off for about 20 minutes during the end of this stinker. Don't worry you'll be awaking only to witness the unsatisfactory, BAD and a obviously 'make-shift' low budget film ending. For the last 15 minutes of the film's conclusion of it's plot, you never see or hear the stars in this film, just anonymous spacesuits and unknown voice-over making no sense. Then the words, "The End," finally appeared. A bomb especially at the ending.

sddavis63 About six minutes goes by before a single word is spoken in this. From that point on you often find yourself wondering why they started the dialogue - or even the movie for that matter. Basically, this is a bunch of unknown actors (although Mike Farrell in his pre-MASH days pops up as a reporter who speaks 2 or 3 lines) fighting their way through a weak script and ending up with a movie that's - well - pretty bad. Basically, China has invented some sort of weapon that can destroy the earth, and a mission to Venus is sent off early (with three women replacing three crew members) in order to avoid the destruction. The new crew's mission? To procreate and make sure humanity survives the destruction. There were a handful of moments that created uncertainty, and a real question of who was going to end up surviving once it was discovered that only 3 of the 7 in the crew could actually get to Venus. But then a bad movie turns dreadful with an ending that - to me at least - made absolutely no sense whatsoever. This really isn't worth wasting your time with. Really. It isn't!

classicsoncall I put together my Top Ten Worst Movie List some time ago, and find that it's going to be difficult for newcomers to bump any of those titles for the privilege. But "Doomsday Machine" looks like a definite contender, to the extent of making even "The Beast of Yucca Flats" look pretty good by comparison. I've read most of the other reviews on this board to know that I'm not alone on this, in fact it's pretty much an entirely one sided view that this groaner sets the standard for space junk in a vacuum.Interestingly, the only other place I've ever heard the word 'azimuth' was in another sci-fi space turkey, and wouldn't you know it, it popped up here in an early conversation aboard the Astra. Keep your eye on the clock that records the elapsed time following blast off, you'll note that it goes, 2:58, 2:59, and then 2:60 instead of 3:00, which makes perfect sense considering all the other goofy stuff that was going on.Like the selection of astronauts for the mission. Wouldn't you think that the men selected for this flight would have been among the most highly disciplined and talented that NASA had to offer? So how does a guy like Major Mason (Grant Williams) go from seasoned professional to a raving sex maniac? Not a whole lot of thought was put into this.No sense belaboring the point, this was one sad effort in the name of science and cinema. While I'm trying to make up my mind about that aforementioned Worst List, I'll have to reconsider another flick with the same destination. Up till now, I thought "First Spaceship on Venus" had a lock on interplanetary travesties, but now I know better.