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Chimerians - Outer space aliens who
established the futuristic city of Chimera deep beneath the town
of Cheyenne, Wyoming in the 1880s on the 1979 NBC serial
CLIFFHANGERS!: THE
SECRET EMPIRE.
This secret subterranean civilization was
ruled by the evil Emperor Thorval (Mark Lenard) and his spoiled,
power-hungry daughter, Princess Tara (Diane Markoff/Stepfanie
Kramer).
Thorval used the "Compliatron," a mind controlling device
powered by gold to enslave his citizenry. Outlaws known as the
Phantom Riders supplied Thorval with his precious metal needs.
Marshall Jim Donner (Geoffrey Scott) stumbled upon the hidden
entrance to the City of Chimera while tracking these gold stealing
desperadoes and soon was locked into battle with these alien
invaders on a weekly "to be continued" basis.
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"What manner of demon threatens to tear the marshal limb from
limb? Is Billy's story of a secret mountainside cavern ever to be
believed? Will Maya be able to save her people from Thorval's evil
legions? Don't miss the next spellbinding chapter of...THE SECRET
EMPIRE."
TRIVIA NOTE: The serial was based on
the matinee serial The Phantom Empire
(1935) starring Gene Autry as a singer who came
across a forgotten civilization of Muranians
located below the surface, with controlled
advanced technology that threatened the surface
world.
On the TV serial, the surface world
of Cheyenne, Wyoming was filmed in black and
white while the subterranean world wase shot in
color.
The program was one of
three serials
on the CLIFF HANGERS! series,
including THE CURSE OF DRACULA and STOP SUSAN
WILLIAMS.
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