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"The Time Tunnel" (1966): Season 1: Episode 30 -- The time travelers materialize in 1978 in a small New England town taken over by aliens, who plan to drain all the oxygen out of Earth's atmosphere.
"The Time Tunnel" (1966): Season 1: Episode 29 -- Doug and Tony land in the desert during the historic 1883 battle of Khartoum just as a far greater battle against an alien race intent on destroying Earth begins.
"The Time Tunnel" (1966): Season 1: Episode 28 -- A metallic man of the future takes Ann to his planet for scientific study.
"The Time Tunnel" (1966): Season 1: Episode 27 -- Tony and Doug are frozen in time when a mysterious man in a cap appears in the Project base. This Merlin takes the guys out of time and sends them back to 544 A.D., Cornwall England.
"The Time Tunnel" (1966): Season 1: Episode 26 -- While Doug helps Marco Polo, Tony falls in love with a woman in 13th century Mongolia and decides to give up time traveling.

Overview

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Creator:
Irwin Allen
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
9 September 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Scientists Tony Newman and Doug Phillips are the young heads of Project Tic-Toc, a multi-billion dollar... more
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Lee Meriwether and Marshall Borden Star in 'Upon Their Shoulders' Oct 15-18 at Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center
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Lee Meriwether and Marshall Borden Star in 'Upon Their Shoulders' Oct 15-18 at Merrimack Hall Performing Arts Center
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Cast

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James Darren ... Dr. Tony Newman / ... (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert Colbert ... Dr. Doug Phillips / ... (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Whit Bissell ... Army Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk / ... (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Zaremba ... Dr. Raymond Swain (30 episodes, 1966-1967)

Lee Meriwether ... Dr. Ann MacGregor (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Dick Tufeld ... Announcer / ... (22 episodes, 1966-1967)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (30 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
USA:TV-PG
Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) more

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Trivia:
Whit Bissell, who played General Kirk, was also in the 1960 movie The Time Machine (1960) and the 1978 version The Time Machine (1978) (TV). more
Quotes:
Announcer: [opening narration for most episodes] Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel. Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new fantastic adventure, somewhere along the infinite corridors of time. more
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Featured in Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV) more

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How did Doug get trapped in time?
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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic Show!, 19 December 2003
Author: mill3ww

I was 9 years old when "Time Tunnel" came on the air, and to an impressionable kid, this series was not so much a stretch as it would be when you're older. I used to love Friday nites on ABC, IIRC the lineup was Green Hornet, Rango (w/Tim Conway), Time Tunnel, Pruitts of Southampton (w/Phillis Diller). Memory is a little weak on the exact order, but I think that's close.

From the moment I saw the slide they put on just before the show began that said "The Time Tunnel, IN COLOR!" I was jealous of everyone that had a color TV (we had an old 21" B&W Olympic brand TV from the 50's). It wouldn't be until years later that I could see it in color. I was never that crazy about "Land of the Giants" or "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", but I never missed "Lost in Space". I never understood as a kid why TT was cancelled (What do kids know? I was just upset my favorite show wasn't on anymore!)

Over the years I would see it pop up once in a great while on some UHF station where I lived in Florida (WTOG-44 in St.Pete in the early 70's). I didn't see it again for years until it reappeared on SciFi. I taped almost all the shows but missed a few. Now I keep hoping for them to come out on DVD as I keep reading, but they still haven't appeared.

I always especially loved the theme music at the beginning of the show, and used my cassette recorder in the 70's to get the theme music so I could hear it when I wanted (no vcr's then!). Sure the show inspired disbelief, but it's pure escapism. Even as a kid, I wondered out loud why they always landed where trouble was about to begin. It didn't matter though, it became my favorite show of all time and still is. I watched it on it's premiere night in 1966 and when I see "Rendevous with yesterday" it takes me back like a Time Tunnel to 1966 and laying on the floor in front of that old TV and being mesmerized by the effects and story...it's like listening to an old song and remembering the time and place where you heard it the first time.

I think it will always be a classic, even if it got (unjustly) cancelled after it's first season. Obviously, I'm not alone, with all the websites devoted to it and all the comments in forums, it will live on for a long time to come. I hope the DVD's come soon.

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