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The opening credits of The Six Million Dollar Man show the main character, astronaut Steve Austin, being severely injured in a crash. One of television's most well-known introductory narrative voiceovers says, "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better . . . stronger . . . faster."

The series aired from 1974 through 1978. Lee Majors starred as Colonel Steve Austin. Other important characters were Oscar Goldman, head of O.S.I., played by Richard Anderson; Dr. Rudy Wells, Austin's physician, played for a season by Alan Oppenheimer, then by Martin E. Brooks in the following seasons; and occasional love interest Jaime Sommers. Lindsay Wagner's warm-hearted portrayal of Jaime endeared her to audiences so much that she received her own spinoff series, The Bionic Woman.