The TV version had telescopic and infra-red (night) vision and super-human strength in his arms and legs and the ability to run upwards of 60 mph. The version of the character in the original novels by Martin Caidin had fewer abilities - no bionic sight in his eye - but had other goodies like a poison dart gun in his bionic arm and a radio transmitter built into a rib and a steel-reinforced skull. The comic books of the 1970s added a laser beam to his bionic eye.
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The plot of The Six Million Dollar Man television show is as following: a pilot,crippled after a plane crash, was rebuilt using cyber technology increasing his strength and speed.
Steve Austin. Astronaut. A man barely alive. We can rebuild him. We have the technology - we can make him better than he was.
I snuck on the lot of universal studios in 1979 and I saw the death probe sitting there and I ripped off one of the spikes on the probe. It was a great sovinier . It was made out of rubber.
I have looked for years. I think it was a custom-made item.
He was a Colonel in the Air Force and a Test pilot. ( so was Steve Canyon!) But Canyon started as a Lieutenant. Austin ( Lee Majors) was always Field-grade>