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Title Sleek Geeks: Apocalypse - Series 2, Ep 4 of 8 / Director: Davis, Damian
Published Australia : ABC, 2010
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Series Sleek Geeks ; Series 2, Episode 4
Summary The end is nigh, well possibly, but it certainly won't be anything to do with the Mayan calendar. This week Karl and Adam sort the molten lava from the palaver and tell you why you should have superannuation plans for 2013 and beyond.Adam decimates the theory that the Mayans predicted the end of the world. Instead the Geeks look at the real threats the world faces and rank the likelihood of them happening. Supervolcanos, death stars, near earth objects, plague and nuclear annihilation.The mushroom cloud is synonymous with nuclear explosions - it is technically known as a Torodial Vortex. Using a smoke machine and a garbage bin Ruben recreates them in the studio, without the inconvenient side-effect of mass destruction.But it's not all doom and gloom: Adam explains why it's best to destroy zombies; Karl critiques the film 2012; Don Watson gives us the lowdown on near earth objects and Richard Morecroft and Tracey Spicer drop in. Rhys Muldoon and Benita Collings leave you with a reading from Revelations that will make you re-assess children's television.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Series Producer: Chrissie McIntyre; ABC Executive Producer: Sophia Zachariou. ABC TV and Cordell Jigsaw Pty Ltd. Produced with the assistance of NSW Government and Screen NSW
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2010-12-02 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject End of the world.
Science television programs.
Science -- Experiments.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Davis, Damian, director
Kruszelnicki, Karl, host
Spencer, Adam, host