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| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | |
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 Cover art from the 2006 DVD release of the 1st season ofVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea showing starsRichard Basehart andDavid Hedison, with the submarine,Seaview (center) | |
| Created by | Irwin Allen |
| Starring | Richard Basehart David Hedison Robert Dowdell Henry Kulky Terry Becker Del Monroe Arch Whiting Paul Trinka Allan Hunt Richard Bull Paul Carr |
| Composers | Paul Sawtell Hugo Friedhofer Alexander Courage Morton Stevens Michael Hennagin (one episode) Jerry Goldsmith (one episode) Leith Stevens Lennie Hayton Nelson Riddle (one episode) Herman Stein (one episode) Robert Drasnin (one episode) Harry Geller Joseph Mullendore Irving Gertz (one episode) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 110 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production companies | Cambridge Productions Inc. Irwin Allen Productions 20th Century-Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 14, 1964 (1964-9-14) – March 31, 1968 (1968-3-31) |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1964–1968 Americanscience fiction television series based on the 1961 filmof the same name. Both were created byIrwin Allen, which enabled the film's sets, costumes, props,special effects models, and sometimes footage, to be used in the production of the television series.[1]Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the first of Irwin Allen's four science fiction television series (the three others beingLost in Space,The Time Tunnel, andLand of the Giants), and the longest-running. The show's theme was underwater adventure.
Voyage was broadcast onABC from September 14, 1964, to March 31, 1968. The 110 episodes produced included 32 shot inblack-and-white (1964–1965), and 78 filmed in color (1965–1968). The first two seasons took place in the then-future of the 1970s. The final two seasons took place in the 1980s. The show starredRichard Basehart andDavid Hedison.
The pilot episode "Eleven Days to Zero" was filmed in color but shown in black-and-white. It introduces the audience to the futuristicnuclear submarineS.S.R.N.Seaview and the lead members of her crew, including the designer and builder of the submarineAdmiral Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart), andCommander Lee Crane (David Hedison), who becomes theSeaview'scaptain after the murder of her originalcommanding officer. The submarine is based at the Nelson Institute of Marine Research inSanta Barbara, California, and is often moored some 500 ft (150 m) beneath the facility in a secret underground submarine pen carved out of solid rock. TheSeaview is officially for undersea marine research and visits many exotic locations in theSeven Seas, but its secret mission is to defend the planet from all world and extraterrestrial threats[2] in the then-future of the 1970s.
The first season's 32 episodes included gritty, atmospheric story lines devoted toCold War themes and excursions into near-futurespeculative fiction, involvingespionage andscience fiction elements. Aliens, sea monsters and dinosaurs were featured, but the primary villains were hostile foreign governments. While fantastic, the scripts had a recognisably contemporary setting.[3]
The first episodes began with Admiral Nelson and the crew of theSeaview fighting against a foreign government to prevent a world-threatening earthquake, and continuing with a foreign government destroying American submarines with new technologies in "The Fear Makers" and "The Enemies". The season also had severalocean peril stories in which theSeaview crew spent the episode dealing with the normal perils of the sea. Two examples are "Submarine Sunk Here" and "The Ghost of Moby Dick". The season introduced adiving bell and amini-submarine, and the first episodes featuringextraterrestrials (Don Brinkley's "The Sky is Falling") andsea monsters.
During the course of the first season, Nelson was promoted from a three-star to a four-star admiral. It was also established that while essentially a marineresearch vessel, SSRNSeaview was also part of the U.S. nuclear armed fleet (most notably defined in William Read Woodfield's episode, "Doomsday").[4] The season ended with theSeaview crew fighting a foreign government to save a defense weapon.
The second season began with a trip inside a whale, a trip inside a volcano, and a fewCold War intrigue and nuclear war-themed episodes, and saw several brushes with world disaster. The season ended with aghost story, one of the show's few sequels.
Due to ABC's demands for a somewhat "lighter" tone to the series,[citation needed] the second season saw an increase in monster-of-the-week type plots, yet there were still some episodes that harkened back to the tone of the first season. The second season also saw a change fromblack-and-white tocolor. The beginning of the second season saw the permanent replacement of Chief "Curly" Jones with Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey, due to the death of Henry Kulky, who portrayed Chief Jones.
The most important change in the series occurred during this season when a notably redesignedSeaview interior was introduced, along with theFlying Sub, a yellow, two-manmini-submarine with passenger capacity. The Flying Sub could leave the ocean and become airborne. The futuristic craft greatly increased theSeaview crew's travel options. It was launched from a bay, access to which was via a sealed hatch stairway at the bow section. TheSeaview's private observation deck from the first season was never seen again. TheSeaview control room was expanded and a large rectangular panel screen of flickering lights was added. TheSeaview also now had a powerful laser beam in its bow light. The small mini-sub from the first season was retained and occasionally still used in the color episodes.
The ship's enlisted men were also given more colorful uniforms (red or light blue jumpsuits) and whiteKeds Championsneakers. The traditional sailor uniforms worn in the first season were only seen in stock footage from the first season and on characters who were newly filmed to match up with that footage.
A second-season episode, "The Sky's On Fire", was a remake of the basic storyline of Irwin Allen's original filmVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) using considerable film color footage, though several film sequences were removed and had been featured in other first-season episodes such as "The Village of Guilt" and "Submarine Sunk Here."
A few later season two episodes were filmed without Richard Basehart, who was hospitalized for a bleeding ulcer. He filmed the scenes in the Flying Sub for "The Monster's Web" before hospitalization, requiring a stand in and other characters taking over his lines. He was missing entirely from the next two episodes. These episodes didn't feature his character at all, while in one story "The Menfish"Gary Merrill guested as Admiral Park, a colleague of Nelson's who substituted for him. Basehart returned for "Return of the Phantom," the final episode of the season.
The third season ofVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea ran simultaneously with two other series produced byIrwin Allen,Lost in Space (in its second season) andThe Time Tunnel.
The third season began withDick Tufeld (voice of the Robot onLost in Space) playing an evil disembodied brain fromouter space. The season continued with awerewolf story that is one of the few episodes to inspire a sequel. In one episode, theSeaview's officers and crew encounteredNazis who believedWorld War II was still ongoing. The third season only had two espionage stories and one ocean peril story that were reminiscent of the first season. One of those three stories was about a hostile foreign government trying to steal a strange new mineral with the aid of a brainwashed Admiral Nelson. This espionage story was the end of the third season.
The final two seasons continued the shift towardsparanormal storylines that were popular in the late 1960s.[2]Mummies, werewolves, talking puppets, and an evilleprechaun all walked the corridors of theSeaview. There were alsofossil men, flame men, frost men, lobster men, and shadow men.The opening credits were largely identical to the revised season two, but the initial season two yellow lettering credits that were first altered to white, (and then back to yellow on the later revised sequence) were now depicted in a golden/yellowish lettering, and closing credits were set over a green-backed painting ofSeaview underwater.
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The fourth and final season ofVoyage began withVictor Jory playing a five-centuries oldalchemist and theSeaview is threatened by the hydrodynamic effects of a major volcanic eruption. Starting with the eighth episode of the season, there were revamped opening credits depicting action sequences and the stars' pictures in color set on a sonar board design. The closing credits picture remained unchanged from season three. Near the end of the fourth season, there were three unrelated stories ofextraterrestrial invasion. One episode had an unknown master of disguise infiltrating and wreaking havoc aboard theSeaview. Another episode depicted Nelson, Morton and Sharkeygaslighting Crane. There were twotime travel stories featuring the enigmatic but dangerous Mister Pem. The second had theSeaview going back in time to theAmerican Revolution. The episode (and series) ended with theSeaview returning to the present. The final scene of the show had Nelson and Crane sitting in the seldom-used easy chairs on the port side of the observation nose discussing how fast time goes by.
In March 1968 it was announced thatVoyage would not be back for a fifth season.[5]
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The series' main theme, "The Seaview Theme", was written byPaul Sawtell. A new darker, more serious theme composed byJerry Goldsmith was introduced at the beginning of the second-season episode "Jonah and the Whale", but this was quickly replaced by the original version. A version of the Goldsmith suite re-orchestrated by Nelson Riddle was heard as incidental music in the episode "Escape From Venice", and the original Goldsmith suite was used as incidental music throughout the rest of the series. The series' main composer, supervisor and conductor wasLionel Newman, who for the second season composed a serious sounding score for when the episode credits (episode title/guests/writer/director) were shown just after the theme song, which would be used by many episodes (starting with "The Left Handed Man") through the second and into the early third season. Other guest composers includedLennie Hayton,Hugo Friedhofer,Star Trek: The Original Series composerAlexander Courage,Morton Stevens,Leith Stevens (no relation) who wrote the music to nine episodes, and Sawtell, who worked on the show for a while in the first season.
GNP Crescendo issued a soundtrack album in 1997 as part of its series tying into the documentaryThe Fantasy Worlds Of Irwin Allen, featuring Sawtell's theme from the series and his score for the pilot episode "Eleven Days To Zero" (tracks 2–6) and Goldsmith's work for "Jonah and the Whale."
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Note: Two different episodes (28 and 73) are both titled "The Creature".
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Eleven Days to Zero" | Irwin Allen | Irwin Allen | September 14, 1964 (1964-9-14) | |
A polar earthquake in eleven days could cause the destruction of civilization. Guest starringEddie Albert,Theo Marcuse, andJohn Zaremba. Note: This episode was produced in color but was broadcast in black-and-white | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The City Beneath the Sea" | John Brahm | Richard Landau | September 21, 1964 (1964-9-21) | |
Two ships have vanished near an island off the coast of Greece. Guest starringHurd Hatfield,Linda Cristal. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Fear-Makers" | Leonard Horn | Anthony Wilson | September 28, 1964 (1964-9-28) | |
TheSeaview must take up another submarine's mission when it disappears. Guest starringLloyd Bochner and special guest starEdgar Bergen. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Mist of Silence" | Leonard Horn | John McGreevey | October 5, 1964 (1964-10-5) | |
TheSeaview attempts to rendezvous with an apparent defector from a hostile nation. Guest starringRita Gam,Alejandro Rey. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Price of Doom" | James Goldstone | Harlan Ellison | October 12, 1964 (1964-10-12) | |
A scientist on a research facility in Antarctica discovers a new form of sea plankton that turns monstrously large and aggressive if exposed to heat. After the scientist mysteriously disappears, the Seaview is sent in to investigate. Guest starringDavid Opatoshu,John Milford andJill Ireland. Screenplay byHarlan Ellison (under his Cordwainer Bird alias, credited as "Cord Wainer Bird"). | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Sky Is Falling" | Leonard Horn | Don Brinkley | October 19, 1964 (1964-10-19) | |
A U. F. O. has been spotted flying around the United States, terrifying people and violating every airspace regulation in the book. It falls into the sea, which, after another ship is destroyed investigating it, the Seaview is ordered to check it out. Guest starringCharles McGraw. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Turn Back the Clock" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | Sheldon Stark | October 26, 1964 (1964-10-26) | |
A lone survivor of a doomed Antarctic expedition is rescued. The Seaview takes him and a woman photographer to see if there really is a dinosaur laden tropical paradise somewhere in the Antarctic. Guest starringNick Adams,Yvonne Craig. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Village of Guilt" | Irwin Allen | Berne Giler | November 2, 1964 (1964-11-2) | |
In the fjords of a small Norwegian fishing village, a small boat manned by three drunken fishermen is attacked by what appears to be a giant sea monster. Guest starringRichard Carlson,Anna-Lisa. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Hot Line" | John Brahm | Berne Giler | November 9, 1964 (1964-11-9) | |
A Soviet rocket carrying a satellite is crashing back to Earth, and theSeaview must transport two Russian missile experts to find and disarm it. Guest starringEverett Sloane,Ford Rainey,James Doohan,John Banner and special guest star:Michael Ansara. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Submarine Sunk Here" | Leonard Horn | William Tunberg | November 16, 1964 (1964-11-16) | |
The ship's diving bell may be theSeaview's only hope when the sub becomes entangled in a derelict minefield. Co-starringCarl Reindel,Eddie Ryder, Robert Doyle andWright King. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Magnus Beam" | Leonard Horn | Alan Caillou | November 23, 1964 (1964-11-23) | |
A powerful magnetic beam has caused the crashes of several spy planes, and has now caught theSeaview, dragging it to its destruction. Co-starringMario Alcalde, Monique Lemaire,Malachi Throne,Jacques Aubuchon andJoseph Ruskin. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "No Way Out" | Felix E. Feist | S :Robert Leslie Bellem S/T : Robert Hamner | November 30, 1964 (1964-11-30) | |
An important Soviet official is wounded and his daughter captured when they try to defect to the U.S. With the official recovering aboardSeaview, Nelson and the crew must either rescue the daughter or leave her behind. Co-starringJan Merlin andDanielle De Metz. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Blizzard Makers" | Josef Leytes | S : Joe Madison S/T : William Welch | December 7, 1964 (1964-12-7) | |
Admiral Nelson needs the help of a climatologist to help discover why the Gulf Stream has shifted, but doesn't know that the scientist has been brainwashed to kill him to stop him from uncovering the truth. Guest starWerner Klemperer. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Ghost of Moby Dick" | Sobey Martin | Robert Hamner | December 14, 1964 (1964-12-14) | |
A whale specialist's son is killed when his father's data-gathering methods enrage an enormous whale. Now the crippled father needsSeaview's help to (as he claims) continue his research. Guest starsJune Lockhart,Edward Binns. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Long Live the King" | László Benedek | Raphael Hayes | December 21, 1964 (1964-12-21) | |
When his father is assassinated, a young prince abruptly becomes his country's king, but he still has a lot to learn about ruling, and a mysterious sailor may not only help him but also help the crew keep the new king alive. Guest starCarroll O'Connor. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Hail to the Chief" | Gerd Oswald | Don Brinkley | December 28, 1964 (1964-12-28) | |
On his way to an important peace conference, the U.S. President suffers a head injury and needs a brain operation on board theSeaview. Guest starViveca Lindfors; also starringJohn Hoyt,Malcolm Atterbury andEdward Platt. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Last Battle" | Felix E. Feist | Robert Hamner | January 4, 1965 (1965-1-4) | |
Nelson is kidnapped by a group of former Nazis determined to resurrect the Third Reich. Co-starringJohn Van Dreelen,Joe De Santis, Rudy Solari. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Mutiny" | Sobey Martin | William Read Woodfield | January 11, 1965 (1965-1-11) | |
Nelson and the first officer of a new submarine are the only survivors when the sub is attacked by a giant jellyfish. Guest starringHarold J. Stone. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Doomsday" | James Goldstone | William Read Woodfield | January 18, 1965 (1965-1-18) | |
TheSeaview receives a message that the U.S. is at war. Co-starringDonald Harron,Paul Carr. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Invaders" | Sobey Martin | William Read Woodfield | January 25, 1965 (1965-1-25) | |
An undersea earthquake exhumes hundreds of strange metallic capsules, and a powerful humanoid creature who could destroy mankind is restored to life after millions of years in suspended animation. Guest starringRobert Duvall, credited as "Robert Duval". | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Indestructible Man" | Felix E. Feist | Richard Landau | February 1, 1965 (1965-2-1) | |
The Seaview is tasked with recovering a returned deep space probe. On board the probe is a robot as sophisticated as a man, and capable of experiencing everything a human can. Co-starringMichael Constantine. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Buccaneer" | László Benedek | William Welch & Al Gail | February 8, 1965 (1965-2-8) | |
The Seaview is seized by a man calling himself the "Buccaneer. As audacious as his plan is, it is only a small piece in a much larger plan. Co-starringBarry Atwater. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Human Computer" | James Goldstone | Robert Hamner | February 15, 1965 (1965-2-15) | |
TheSeaview is converted to full automation with Captain Crane the only human aboard...or so he thinks. Co-starringSimon Scott and Harry Millard. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Saboteur" | Felix E. Feist | William Read Woodfield & George Reed | February 22, 1965 (1965-2-22) | |
Crane is brainwashed to sabotage an important national defense mission which is being monitored by the national intelligence agency. Co-starringBert Freed &Warren Stevens; featuringJames Brolin. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Cradle of the Deep" | Sobey Martin | Robert Hamner | March 1, 1965 (1965-3-1) | |
The Seaview is sent on a mission that will take it into some of the most dangerous waters in the world for submarines. Adding to the tension one of the officers lost an elder brother on a similar mission years before. Also starringJohn Anderson. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Amphibians" | Felix E. Feist | Hendrik Vollaerts | March 8, 1965 (1965-3-8) | |
Two scientists want to rush ahead with the development of an amphibian adaptation for man. Guest starsSkip Homeier andZale Parry. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Exile" | James Goldstone | William Read Woodfield | March 15, 1965 (1965-3-15) | |
The premier of the "People's Republic", with some very valuable information, wants to defect to the US. The Seaview is sent to pick him up, but Nelson must first evaluate the information before deciding if the mission worth the risk. Guest starEdward Asner, co-starringDavid Sheiner. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "The Creature" | Sobey Martin | Rik Vollaerts | March 22, 1965 (1965-3-22) | |
When a missile is destroyed by apparent ultrasonic sound, the Seaview investigates with Adams, the mentally unstable launch commander, on board and finds a giant manta ray source which along with Adams' actions pose a threat to safety. Guest starLeslie Nielsen. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Enemies" | Felix E. Feist | William Read Woodfield | March 29, 1965 (1965-3-29) | |
Investigating the wreck of a submarine, theSeaview uncovers evidence of strange behavior just before the wreck. Guest starsHenry Silva,Tom Skerritt, andMalachi Throne. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Secret of the Loch" | Sobey Martin | Charles Bennett | April 5, 1965 (1965-4-5) | |
Nelson is to meet a scientist working on a secret project at Loch Ness. When he arrives he discovers the scientist is dead. A series of strange events leads Nelson to believe there may be a way for a submarine to enter the Loch. Guest starTorin Thatcher, co-starringHedley Mattingly,George Mitchell andJohn McLiam. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "The Condemned" | Leonard Horn | William Read Woodfield | April 12, 1965 (1965-4-12) | |
This episode involves the testing of a new air mixture that will allow a submarine to go to the "bottom of the sea" literally! A brash, news hogging, admiral and his aide, along with his assistant all successfully make the first tests in a diving bell. Then it is time for the Seaview to follow suit. Only then does the real fun begin! Guest starJ. D. Cannon, co-starringArthur Franz,Alvy Moore. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "The Traitor" | Sobey Martin | William Welch & Al Gail | April 19, 1965 (1965-4-19) | |
Admiral Nelson's sister is kidnapped, but Nelson soon learns that there's a more sinister behind it. Guest starGeorge Sanders, co-starringMichael Pate,Susan Flannery. Note: This is the last episode to be produced in black-and-white | ||||||
All episodes from Season 2 and onwards in color
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 33 | 1 | "Jonah and the Whale" | Sobey Martin | Shimon Wincelberg | September 19, 1965 (1965-9-19) | |
When Admiral Nelson and an impatient Russian scientist are trapped inside a diving bell inside a giant whale, it's up to the crew of theSeaview to mount an effective rescue to bring them both back alive. Guest starringGia Scala. Note: This is the first episode to be shown in color. | ||||||
| 34 | 2 | "Time Bomb" | Sobey Martin | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | September 26, 1965 (1965-9-26) | |
Admiral Nelson becomes an unwitting accomplice in a high-stakes game of sabotage designed to overturn the existing world order. Guest starIna Balin, co-starringSusan Flannery. | ||||||
| 35 | 3 | "...And Five of Us Are Left" | Harry Harris | Robert Vincent Wright | October 3, 1965 (1965-10-3) | |
TheSeaview is sent to rescue the surviving crew of a supposedly sunk U.S. WW2 submarine. Guest StarPhillip Pine, co-starring Robert Doyle,Teru Shimada. | ||||||
| 36 | 4 | "The Cyborg" | Leo Penn | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | October 17, 1965 (1965-10-17) | |
Nelson is captured and replaced by a look-alike cyborg ordered to start a war. With special guest starVictor Buono, co-starringBrooke Bundy. | ||||||
| 37 | 5 | "Escape from Venice" | Alex March | Charles Bennett | October 24, 1965 (1965-10-24) | |
Captain Crane is entrusted with the key to decipher a set of messages of great importance, but his fellow crewmembers must get to him before the enemy does. Co-starringRenzo Cesana,Vincent Gardenia andDelphi Lawrence. | ||||||
| 38 | 6 | "The Left-Handed Man" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | October 31, 1965 (1965-10-31) | |
Admiral Nelson risks his life to publicly oppose a popular political nominee secretly backed by a contentious millionaire. Guest starCyril Delevanti, co-starringRegis Toomey,Barbara Bouchet andCharles Dierkop. | ||||||
| 39 | 7 | "The Deadliest Game" | Sobey Martin | Rik Vollaerts | November 7, 1965 (1965-11-7) | |
Some sort of weapon is blocking all communication to and from an underwater installation while the U.S. President is visiting. Guest starringLloyd Bochner. Co-starringAudrey Dalton,Robert Cornthwaite andRobert F. Simon. | ||||||
| 40 | 8 | "Leviathan" | Harry Harris | William Welch | November 14, 1965 (1965-11-14) | |
Guest starringKaren Steele, co-starringLiam Sullivan. | ||||||
| 41 | 9 | "The Peacemaker" | Sobey Martin | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | November 21, 1965 (1965-11-21) | |
TheSeaview sets out to rescue a traitor who can help save the world from a doomsday device of his own making. Guest starringJohn Cassavetes, co-starringWhit Bissell,Irene Tsu &Dale Ishimoto. | ||||||
| 42 | 10 | "The Silent Saboteurs" | Sobey Martin | S :Max Ehrlich T : Sidney Marshall | November 28, 1965 (1965-11-28) | |
Captain Crane and his crew team up with foreign agents to neutralize an enemy weapon, but not all the agents are what they seem to be. Guest starringPilar Seurat, co-starringGeorge Takei,Bert Freed. | ||||||
| 43 | 11 | "The X Factor" | Leonard Horn | William Welch | December 5, 1965 (1965-12-5) | |
An American weapons scientist is kidnapped by a major spy ring, and the only lead is a mysterious toy company. Guest starJohn McGiver, co-starringJan Merlin. | ||||||
| 44 | 12 | "The Machines Strike Back" | Nathan Juran | John andWard Hawkins | December 12, 1965 (1965-12-12) | |
Something has caused Admiral Nelson's new drone sub system to malfunction and fire missiles at New York City. Guest starringRoger C. Carmel. | ||||||
| 45 | 13 | "The Monster from Outer Space" | James Clark | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | December 19, 1965 (1965-12-19) | |
An unmanned space probe returns to Earth with an alien hitchhiker, which one by one bends the crew of theSeaview to its will. No guest star. | ||||||
| 46 | 14 | "Terror on Dinosaur Island" | Leonard Horn | William Welch | December 26, 1965 (1965-12-26) | |
Nelson and Chief Sharkey are trapped on an island populated by prehistoric creatures. Co-starringPaul Carr. | ||||||
| 47 | 15 | "Killers of the Deep" | Harry Harris | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | January 2, 1966 (1966-1-2) | |
Captain Crane is captured and held prisoner on a submarine that has been stealing nuclear missiles. Guest starMichael Ansara, co-starringPatrick Wayne. | ||||||
| 48 | 16 | "Deadly Creature Below!" | Sobey Martin | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | January 9, 1966 (1966-1-9) | |
The two men rescued by theSeaview are actually dangerous criminals. Guest starNehemiah Persoff, co-starringPaul Comi. | ||||||
| 49 | 17 | "The Phantom Strikes" | Sobey Martin | William Welch | January 16, 1966 (1966-1-16) | |
Captain Crane is the target of the captain of a sunken German U-boat. Guest starAlfred Ryder. | ||||||
| 50 | 18 | "The Sky's on Fire" | Gerald Mayer | S :Irwin Allen & Charles Bennett T : William Welch | January 23, 1966 (1966-1-23) | |
A disaster has struck the southern hemisphere and theSeaview may be the world's best hope for redemption, if only the scientists in charge can agree on the right course of action. Guest StarDavid J. Stewart, Co-starringRobert H. Harris,Frank Marth. | ||||||
| 51 | 19 | "Graveyard of Fear" | Justus Addiss | Robert Vincent Wright | January 30, 1966 (1966-1-30) | |
TheSeaview is on a mission to recover a sunken ships's secret cargo, but whatever sank the other ships in the area is now after theSeaview. Guest starringRobert Loggia. | ||||||
| 52 | 20 | "The Shape of Doom" | Nathan Juran | William Welch | February 6, 1966 (1966-2-6) | |
TheSeaview pursues an enormous whale which has swallowed a 50-megaton nuclear bomb. Guest starKevin Hagen. | ||||||
| 53 | 21 | "Dead Man's Doubloons" | Sutton Roley | Sidney Marshall | February 13, 1966 (1966-2-13) | |
The reincarnation of a dead pirate captain threatens theSeaview. Guest starAlbert Salmi. | ||||||
| 54 | 22 | "The Death Ship" | Abner Biberman | Michael Lynn & George Reed | February 20, 1966 (1966-2-20) | |
A guest crew of scientists is aboard theSeaview to test new automation technology, but one of them is a cold-blooded killer with ulterior motives. Guest starDavid Sheiner, co-starringLew Gallo and Elizabeth Perry. | ||||||
| 55 | 23 | "The Monster's Web" | Justus Addiss | T : Al Gail S/T : Peter Packer | February 27, 1966 (1966-2-27) | |
TheSeaview tangles with a giant, spider-like sea monster. Guest starMark Richman | ||||||
| 56 | 24 | "The Menfish" | Tom Gries | William Read Woodfield & Allan Balter | March 6, 1966 (1966-3-6) | |
Captain Crane must stop a scientist from creating human/marine animal hybrids. Guest starGary Merrill, special guest starJohn Dehner. | ||||||
| 57 | 25 | "The Mechanical Man" | Sobey Martin | John and Ward Hawkins | March 13, 1966 (1966-3-13) | |
An unstoppable android threatens theSeaview. Guest starJames Darren, special guest starArthur O'Connell. | ||||||
| 58 | 26 | "The Return of the Phantom" | Sutton Roley | William Welch | March 20, 1966 (1966-3-20) | |
"The Phantom" Captain Kreuger returns, with Captain Crane's body as his target once again. Guest starAlfred Ryder, co-starringVitina Marcus. | ||||||
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 1 | "Monster from the Inferno" | Harry Harris | Rik Vollaerts | September 18, 1966 (1966-9-18) | |
An intelligent organism from the bottom of the ocean is brought aboard theSeaview, but proves highly dangerous. Guest starArthur Hill. | ||||||
| 60 | 2 | "Werewolf" | Justus Addiss | Donn Mullally | September 25, 1966 (1966-9-25) | |
A scientist infected bylycanthropy in turn infects Admiral Nelson. Guest starCharles Aidman. | ||||||
| 61 | 3 | "The Day the World Ended" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | October 2, 1966 (1966-10-2) | |
The arrival of a new U.S. Senator on an inspection sets off a chain of events that causes everyone on Earth outside theSeaview to mysteriously vanish. Guest starSkip Homeier. | ||||||
| 62 | 4 | "Night of Terror" | Justus Addiss | Robert Bloomfield | October 9, 1966 (1966-10-9) | |
The crew aboard theSeaview's diving bell become stranded on a mysterious tropical island. Guest starHenry Jones. | ||||||
| 63 | 5 | "The Terrible Toys" | Justus Addiss | Robert Vincent Wright | October 16, 1966 (1966-10-16) | |
The toys in an old man's sack come to life and begin sabotaging theSeaview. Guest starPaul Fix. | ||||||
| 64 | 6 | "Day of Evil" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | October 23, 1966 (1966-10-23) | |
A shape-shifting alien boards and tries to take over theSeaview. | ||||||
| 65 | 7 | "Deadly Waters" | Gerald Mayer | Robert Vincent Wright | October 30, 1966 (1966-10-30) | |
After rescuing Kowalski's brother, theSeaview is trapped on the ocean floor far below its crush limit. Guest starDon Gordon. | ||||||
| 66 | 8 | "Thing from Inner Space" | Alex March | William Welch | November 6, 1966 (1966-11-6) | |
TheSeaview investigates the mysterious deaths of a film crew on a remote island. Guest starHugh Marlowe. | ||||||
| 67 | 9 | "The Death Watch" | Leonard Horn | William Welch | November 13, 1966 (1966-11-13) | |
Nelson arrives on board theSeaview to find it totally abandoned except for Captain Crane and Chief Sharkey...supposedly on the admiral's orders. Only episode not to feature Lt. Cdr. Chip Morton(Bob Dowdell) | ||||||
| 68 | 10 | "Deadly Invasion" | Nathan Juran | John and Ward Hawkins | November 20, 1966 (1966-11-20) | |
An alien impersonating Admiral Nelson's dead friend leads a force to capture theSeaview. | ||||||
| 69 | 11 | "The Haunted Submarine" | Harry Harris | William Welch | November 27, 1966 (1966-11-27) | |
TheSeaview is attacked by a 17th century warship. Richard Basehart has a dual role in this episode. In addition to his regular character of Admiral Nelson, Basehart also plays Captain Nelson. | ||||||
| 70 | 12 | "The Plant Man" | Harry Harris | Donn Mullally | December 4, 1966 (1966-12-4) | |
Twin brothers are connected with an underwater plant creature - the one who created it and the other who wants to control it. | ||||||
| 71 | 13 | "The Lost Bomb" | Gerald Mayer | Oliver Crawford | December 11, 1966 (1966-12-11) | |
A cargo plane carrying a top secret bomb is shot down, and theSeaview races to retrieve it before an enemy government can. | ||||||
| 72 | 14 | "The Brand of the Beast" | Justus Addiss | William Welch | December 18, 1966 (1966-12-18) | |
TheSeaview suffers engine failure, and while repairs are being made Admiral Nelson is affected by radiation. | ||||||
| 73 | 15 | "The Creature" "The Creature Returns" | Justus Addiss | John and Ward Hawkins | January 1, 1967 (1967-1-1) | |
A seaweed humanoid creature captures Captain Crane. | ||||||
| 74 | 16 | "Death from the Past" | Justus Addiss | T : Sidney Marshall S/T : Charles Bennett | January 8, 1967 (1967-1-8) | |
TheSeaview discovers a German submarine from World War II on the ocean floor, but its surviving crew members still believe the war is being fought. Guest starJohn van Dreelen. | ||||||
| 75 | 17 | "The Heat Monster" | Gerald Mayer | Charles Bennett | January 15, 1967 (1967-1-15) | |
An alien intelligence invades theSeaview. Guest starAlfred Ryder. | ||||||
| 76 | 18 | "The Fossil Men" | Justus Addiss | James Whiton | January 22, 1967 (1967-1-22) | |
The strange sounds from an undersea canyon may be connected with the destruction of a British fleet 200 years ago. | ||||||
| 77 | 19 | "The Mermaid" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | January 29, 1967 (1967-1-29) | |
After Captain Crane captures a real live mermaid, its mate seeks revenge. Guest starDiane Webber. | ||||||
| 78 | 20 | "The Mummy" | Harry Harris | William Welch | February 5, 1967 (1967-2-5) | |
Transporting an Egyptian mummy proves to be anything but a routine task for theSeaview. | ||||||
| 79 | 21 | "Shadowman" | Justus Addiss | Rik Vollaerts | February 12, 1967 (1967-2-12) | |
TheSeaview and its skeleton crew are menaced by a strange object while attempting a space probe launch. | ||||||
| 80 | 22 | "No Escape from Death" | Harry Harris | William Welch | February 19, 1967 (1967-2-19) | |
A mysterious submarine deliberately rams theSeaview, severely damaging it and sending it crashing to the bottom. | ||||||
| 81 | 23 | "Doomsday Island" | Jerry Hopper | Peter Germano | February 26, 1967 (1967-2-26) | |
TheSeaview discovers a strange egg on the ocean floor, but its hatching could spell disaster. | ||||||
| 82 | 24 | "The Wax Men" | Harmon Jones | William Welch | March 5, 1967 (1967-3-5) | |
The crates that theSeaview has been ordered to transport supposedly contain ancient statues, but what are they really? Guest starMichael Dunn. | ||||||
| 83 | 25 | "Deadly Cloud" | Jerry Hopper | Rik Vollaerts | March 12, 1967 (1967-3-12) | |
If theSeaview can't uncover the truth behind a cloud causing immense destruction, then the world is doomed. | ||||||
| 84 | 26 | "Destroy Seaview!" | Justus Addiss | Donn Mullally | March 19, 1967 (1967-3-19) | |
Admiral Nelson is the only survivor of an expedition into an undersea cave to secure a new element. | ||||||
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| 85 | 1 | "Fires of Death" | Jerry Hopper | Arthur Weiss | September 17, 1967 (1967-9-17) | |
TheSeaview is sent to stop a volcano from erupting, but the scientist accompanying it has plans of his own. Guest StarringVictor Jory. | ||||||
| 86 | 2 | "The Deadly Dolls" | Harry Harris | Charles Bennett | October 1, 1967 (1967-10-1) | |
Nelson and Crane are the only ones left to stop an evil puppeteer who has replaced the crew with his puppet duplicates. Guest StarringVincent Price. | ||||||
| 87 | 3 | "Cave of the Dead" | Harry Harris | William Welch | October 8, 1967 (1967-10-8) | |
While investigating the disappearance of four Navy ships, theSeaview comes across a mysterious island and dagger that may be somehow connected with the legend and curse of TheFlying Dutchman. Guest StarringWarren Stevens. | ||||||
| 88 | 4 | "Journey with Fear" | Harry Harris | Arthur Weiss | October 15, 1967 (1967-10-15) | |
Aliens kidnap Commander Morton, then Captain Crane, and now they're after theSeaview itself. | ||||||
| 89 | 5 | "Sealed Orders" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | October 22, 1967 (1967-10-22) | |
Leaking Neutron Bomb radiation causesSeaview crewmen to either hallucinate or completely vanish. | ||||||
| 90 | 6 | "Man of Many Faces" | Harry Harris | William Welch | October 29, 1967 (1967-10-29) | |
A scientist is murdered on live TV, and the killer appears to be Admiral Nelson! It's now a game of "who's really who" as a master of disguise infiltrates theSeaview to disrupt a vital mission. | ||||||
| 91 | 7 | "Fatal Cargo" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | November 5, 1967 (1967-11-5) | |
A rare white ape brought aboard theSeaview is released and runs wild. Guest StarringWoodrow Parfrey. | ||||||
| 92 | 8 | "Time Lock" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | November 12, 1967 (1967-11-12) | |
A man from the future who collects military officers tries to add Admiral Nelson to his collection. Guest StarringJohn Crawford. | ||||||
| 93 | 9 | "Rescue" | Justus Addiss | William Welch | November 19, 1967 (1967-11-19) | |
Captain Crane, while seeking an enemy craft in the Flying Sub, is attacked. Guest StarringDon Dubbins. | ||||||
| 94 | 10 | "Terror" | Jerry Hopper | Sidney Ellis | November 26, 1967 (1967-11-26) | |
A shore party fromSeaview encounters a dying scientist, who warns that deadly planet life threatens the Earth. Guest StarringDamian O'Flynn and Pat Culliton | ||||||
| 95 | 11 | "A Time to Die" | Robert Sparr | William Welch | December 3, 1967 (1967-12-3) | |
TheSeaview is cast back a million years in time by the mysterious Mr. Pem and Nelson has to play a deadly game with Pem to escape. Guest starringHenry Jones as Mr. Pem. | ||||||
| 96 | 12 | "Blow Up" | Justus Addiss | William Welch | December 10, 1967 (1967-12-10) | |
Admiral Nelson starts behaving very oddly after using an experimental breathing apparatus. | ||||||
| 97 | 13 | "The Deadly Amphibians" | TBA | TBA | December 17, 1967 (1967-12-17) | |
Seaview is trapped on the ocean floor by malicious amphibian creatures. Guest StarringDon Matheson andJoey Tata. | ||||||
| 98 | 14 | "The Return of Blackbeard" | TBA | TBA | December 31, 1967 (1967-12-31) | |
The ghost ofBlackbeard appears, and attempts to seize theSeaview. Adding complications is that Nelson is trying to protect the US President, who is attending a diplomatic meeting. Guest StarringMalachi Throne. | ||||||
| 99 | 15 | "The Terrible Leprechaun" | TBA | TBA | January 7, 1968 (1968-1-7) | |
Two leprechauns, one good and one evil, appear on theSeaview. Guest StarringWalter Burke. | ||||||
| 100 | 16 | "The Lobster Man" | TBA | TBA | January 21, 1968 (1968-1-21) | |
A lobster-like humanoid is found on the ocean floor. Guest StarringVictor Lundin. | ||||||
| 101 | 17 | "Nightmare" | TBA | TBA | January 28, 1968 (1968-1-28) | |
Captain Crane returns from a trip in the Flying Sub to find theSeaview apparently abandoned. It soon transpires someone is putting him through a sinister test. Guest StarringPaul Mantee. | ||||||
| 102 | 18 | "The Abominable Snowman" | TBA | TBA | February 4, 1968 (1968-2-4) | |
Visiting an experimental station in the Antarctic, theSeaview discovers the station is almost abandoned, and a strange white-furred creature is glimpsed. | ||||||
| 103 | 19 | "Secret of the Deep" | TBA | TBA | February 11, 1968 (1968-2-11) | |
Seaview investigates a sea-lab surrounded by dangerous creatures. Guest StarringPeter Mark Richman. | ||||||
| 104 | 20 | "Man-Beast" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | February 18, 1968 (1968-2-18) | |
An experiment with an artificial diving-bell atmosphere has disturbing consequences. Guest StarringLawrence Montaigne. | ||||||
| 105 | 21 | "Savage Jungle" | TBA | TBA | February 25, 1968 (1968-2-25) | |
Mysterious jungle growths invade the submarine. Guest StarringPerry López. | ||||||
| 106 | 22 | "Flaming Ice" | TBA | TBA | March 3, 1968 (1968-3-3) | |
Seaview is under the ice cap, trying to investigate the cause of mysterious flooding. The malicious Frost Men are revealed as the culprits. | ||||||
| 107 | 23 | "Attack!" | Jerry Hopper | William Welch | March 10, 1968 (1968-3-10) | |
The US Navy is attacked by a hostile UFO. Nelson is captured by the UFO's inhabitants. Guest starringSkip Homeier andKevin Hagen. | ||||||
| 108 | 24 | "The Edge of Doom" | TBA | TBA | March 17, 1968 (1968-3-17) | |
There is a treacherous impostor hiding among theSeaview's crew. | ||||||
| 109 | 25 | "The Death Clock" | Charles R. Rondeau | Sidney Marshall | March 24, 1968 (1968-3-24) | |
The malevolent scientist Mallory creates an evil version of Captain Crane. Guest starringChris Robinson as Mallory. | ||||||
| 110 | 26 | "No Way Back" | Robert Sparr | William Welch | March 31, 1968 (1968-3-31) | |
TheSeaview is destroyed in a mysterious explosion. A distraught Admiral Nelson encounters the time-travelling Mr. Pem. Nelson asks Pem to help him travel into the past to change history and save theSeaview. However, Pem has his own plans, and soon Nelson finds himself on theSeaview with the infamousBenedict Arnold. Guest starring Henry Jones as Mr. Pem andBarry Atwater as Benedict Arnold. | ||||||
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20th Century Fox has released all 4 seasons on DVD in Region 1 in two volume sets.
In Region 2,Revelation Films has released the entire series on DVD in the UK in four complete season sets.[9][10][11][12] On March 26, 2012, they releasedVoyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Complete Collection, a 31-disc set featuring all 110 episodes of the series as well as bonus features.[13]
In Region 4,Madman Entertainment released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia on August 20, 2014.[14][15]
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| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| Season 1 Vol. 1 | 16 | February 21, 2006 |
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| Season 1 Vol. 2 | 16 | July 11, 2006 |
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| Season 2 Vol. 1 | 13 | October 24, 2006 |
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| Season 2 Vol. 2 | 13 | February 20, 2007 |
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| Season 3 Vol. 1 | 13 | June 19, 2007 |
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| Season 3 Vol. 2 | 13 | October 23, 2007 |
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| Season 4 Vol. 1 | 13 | March 31, 2009 |
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| Season 4 Vol. 2 | 13 | January 11, 2011 |
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On November 23, 2020, it was announced thatLegendary Entertainment is developing a new version. Chris Lunt andMichael A. Walker are writing the project.[16]
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