Voyagers! (1982–1983)

A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.

Creator:

James D. Parriott

Stars:

Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Stephen Liska

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jon-Erik Hexum	...	Phineas Bogg (20 episodes, 1982-1983)
Meeno Peluce	...	Jeffrey Jones (20 episodes, 1982-1983)

Storyline

Phineas Bogg is a member of a group people called Voyagers. They help history along. Give it a push where it's needed. He is a regular human that was living as a pirate a few hundred years ago, when he was chosen to be a voyager. He travels by way of a gold pocket watch like device called an omni. When the light is flashing red, it means history is wrong. His job is to fix it. In the pilot episode, Bogg ends up in 1982 when his omni malfunctions. (He is only supposed to be able to go as far as 1970.) He ends up in the apartment where 12 year old Jeffrey Jones and his aunt and uncle live. (Jones parents were recently killed in an accident.) While there, Jeffrey's dog grabs hold of Bogg's guide book (basically a history book.) Bogg being a pretty inept history person has no clue what to do without his book. One thing leads to another and Jeffrey falls out of the building's window. The only way to save him is for Bogg to jump out after him and travel through time. Now Bogg is stuck in ...

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Plot Keywords:

boy | surrealism | historical fiction | historical event | time travel | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Zeitreisenden

Filming Locations:

Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

James D. Parriott Productions, Scholastic Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (20 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The episode "Voyagers on the Titanic" used deleted/unused footage from the movies Raise the Titanic and Titanic.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Phineas Bogg: Bat's breath!

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Crazy Credits

During the credits, we hear Meeno Peluce, one of the cast members, say, "If you would like to learn more about [names of three famous things pertaining to the episode], take a voyage down to your public library. It's all in books."

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Connections

Edited from The Buccaneer (1958)

User Reviews

The Best way to learn!!!

I remember this series very well, because in the mid eighties it kept me occupied as toddler! As a Uni-History student, and someone for who history is a hobby, I think Voyagers was the best.

It gave to history what no other documentary or series could for a toddler. It let you walk through that era while actually captivating a young mind whose attention span would be hard to grasp on such great historical episodes. Literally seeing a time through the present day eyes of the heroes. Okay I do admit, the kids dodgy stripped t-shirt could have been changed. But it worked, doing assignments and reading books that weigh a ton, my mind still wonders down the streets of whatever era or battlefield, much in the same way that the heroes did. I am eternally grateful to whoever made this series! Its a shame that this series isn't out on DVD. Its an even bigger shame that they don't make series like this or movies like this either. The love of history is all but extinct. Current Cinema and movie makers who concentrate on blood and guts and twisting the historic facts to please an audience of adolescents who know nothing of the rich tapestry of the past is now the norm. Sad!