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'''''The Six Million Dollar Man''''' was based upon the science fiction novel ''Cyborg'' by Martin Caidin, and the original pilot TV movie, aired in 1973, was written by Henri Simoun and an uncredited Steven Bochco ([[NYPD Blue]]). It was followed by two more TV movies produced by Glen Larson (''creator of [[Battlestar Galactica Classic]](1978 TV series)|the original ''Battlestar Galactica'']]) that attempted, without success, to recast Austin as a [[James Bond]]-like character. When the series returned as a weekly hour-long show in January 1974, it was now produced by Harve Bennett ([[Star Trek]]), who restored much of Caidin's original characterization to Austin (though Caidin's version of the character was rather different - he was more of an assassin, carried a poison dart gun in a bionic finger, and his non-seeing bionic eye was a miniature camera). Later, Kenneth Johnson, who later went on to be involved with the TV series ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]],'' ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]],'' and ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'', joined as a writer and went on to create the character of Jaime Sommers and produce the spin-off. Johnson advocated a somewhat "kindler, gentler" show, and it was in a two-parter he wrote that the show's most iconic recurring character, Bigfoot, first appeared.

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