Revenge of the Gods (21 Oct. 1966)

Doug and Tony are transported to 1200 BC in the middle of the war between Greeks and Trojans. They are captured by Ulysses' men and their knowledge of history makes Ulysses believe that ... See full summary »

Directors:

Nathan Juran, Sobey Martin

Writers:

Irwin Allen (creator), Allan Balter,

Stars:

James Darren, Robert Colbert, John Doucette

Cast

Episode cast overview:
James Darren	...	Dr. Tony Newman
Robert Colbert	...	Dr. Doug Phillips
John Doucette	...	Ulysses
Dee Hartford	...	Helen of Troy
Paul Carr	...	Paris
Joseph Ruskin	...	Sardis
Whit Bissell	...	Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk
John Zaremba	...	Dr. Raymond Swain
Lee Meriwether	...	Dr. Ann MacGregor
Kevin Hagen	...	Greek Sword Leader
Abraham Sofaer	...	Epeios
Wesley Lau	...	M / Sgt. Jiggs

Storyline

Doug and Tony are transported to 1200 BC in the middle of the war between Greeks and Trojans. They are captured by Ulysses' men and their knowledge of history makes Ulysses believe that they are gods from the Olympus. When Doug is captured by the traitor Sardis and brought to Troy, he meets Helen of Troy and proves to Paris that he might be a god. Meanwhile Tony witnesses the construction of the Trojan Horse and joins the team that will break in Troy inside the horse to rescue Helen and Doug.

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Plot Keywords:

lost in time

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 1966 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Irwin Allen Productions, Kent Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Though set centuries before the founding of Rome, this Trojan War epic uses Roman names (Venus, Minerva, Juno, Jupiter and Ulysses) rather than their Greek counterparts (Aphrodite, Athena, Hera, Zeus and Odysseus). However, since the Time Tunnel's unexplained technology has "translated" their speech into 20th-century English, such an adjustment for cultural idiom is allowable.

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Connections

Version of The Trojan Horse (1961)

User Reviews

Highly Entertaining G-Rated Look At Troy, Without Bloody Brad Pitt

Tony and Doug appear in the Mediterranean in the age of Troy and the Trojen Horse. The travellers are confused as "Gods".

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea fans like me will struggle with the casting of the character Paris, played by the late Paul Carr. Carr appeared in half a dozen Voyage/Sea episodes as a wimp seaman and seeing him in Tunnel as a mighty and brave figure requires just too much imagination from some. Revenge Of The Gods appeared shortly after Carr did his last Voyage/Sea so I can only guess that Irwin Allen wanted to butch-up the image of Paul Carr.

But having said all this, the other guest stars in this hour really shine and create a gusto charged theatrical edge to this hour that leaves the 2004 motion picture - Troy - for dead. Troy (2004) may of created a massive set as the city of Troy, and it gets full marks for that, but give me Revenge Of The Gods any day.

In production order (not screening order), this was the 4th episode of Time Tunnel and there is a high energy feeling in the hour (note the Leith Stevens score and editing) because everything was still so new.

The score should go down well with Lost In Space fans as, at one stage in the Tunnel itself, we hear the exact same music used in LIS's Blast Off Into Space. Also, in the teaser, we see that the time travellers are on the second season LIS alien planet set!

But this is no LIS meets Tunnel hour, it is a G-Rated look at Troy and the Trojen Horse story, and considering that Troy (2004) was such a blood bath, I am sure that some parents will welcome Revenge Of The Gods with open arms. I know I do.

But then again, I am not big on all this talk of Tony and Doug being confused as "Gods", about the only regular character in this series who behaved like a god was Whit Bissell as General Kirk, in the teaser Ann struggles to find out the time the travellers have landed in, a bothered Kirk responds with "You will have to do better than that". Just joking, I love General Kirk.

I am probably sending out confusing messages about why I like this episode, let me just say that, despite a few problems, the hour does create a feeling of being in the theatrical-style distant past, that alone makes Revenge Of The Gods highly entertaining.