How to Build a Planet
TV-PG
7.3
2013
Documentary
The series uses stunning interactive CGI to reveal step-by-step how a world is put together. With a little help from the world's top scientists and engineers, Hammond will build the Earth and Solar System piece by piece.
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- Cast:
- Richard Hammond
Episode 2 : Engineering a Universe
October. 21,2013
How do you make a planet, or a solar system, a galaxy or even a universe?
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Episode 1 : Creating an Earth
October. 14,2013
How do you make a planet that's fit for life? Richard Hammond finds out, by building one.
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