: While fleeing the apes, Brent and Nova discover the ruins of the New York City subway system. This confirms to Brent that he is on a future Earth.
: Deep underground, they find a society of telepathic human mutants who survived the nuclear holocaust generations earlier. These mutants are horribly scarred and hide their disfigured faces under lifelike masks. They worship a massive, cobalt-cased nuclear weapon they call the "Divine Bomb". The Climax subtitle Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The film ends with a stark narration stating that the planet Earth is now dead. : While fleeing the apes, Brent and Nova
: In Ape City, the gorilla General Ursus calls for a holy war to invade the Forbidden Zone and seize it as a food source, despite the warnings of the orangutan Dr. Zaius. These mutants are horribly scarred and hide their
: The gorilla army invades the underground cathedral. In the chaos, Nova is killed, and both Taylor and Brent are mortally wounded by the apes.