Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 

The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...

Creator:

Irwin Allen

Stars:

Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Richard Basehart	...	Adm. Harriman Nelson / ... 110 episodes, 1964-1968
David Hedison	...	Capt. Lee B. Crane / ... 110 episodes, 1964-1968
Robert Dowdell	...	Chip Morton / ... 109 episodes, 1964-1968
Del Monroe	...	Kowalski / ... 98 episodes, 1964-1968
Terry Becker	...	Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey / ... 71 episodes, 1965-1968
Paul Trinka	...	Patterson / ... 58 episodes, 1964-1968

Storyline

Voyage chronicled the adventures of the world's first privately owned nuclear submarine, the SSRN Seaview. Designed by Admiral Harriman Nelson, she was a tool of oceanographic research for the Nelson Institute of Marine Research. Though the show is known for its "monster" episodes, many plots were veiled commentaries of what was happening in the news. Such plotlines as nuclear doomsday, pollution of natural resources, foreign threat, and theft of American technology are all still relevant today.

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Plot Keywords:

submarine | nuclear submarine | orchestral music score | sea adventure | sea monster | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Viaje al fondo del mar

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Irwin Allen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min (110 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color Black and White (31 episodes)

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Late in the filming of the second season, Richard Basehart fell ill during the filming of the episode "The Monster's Web", and was unable to complete that episode, and work on the next two. "The Monster's Web" was re-written to minimize the part of his character, Admiral Nelson (knocked out of action in the first act), with a stand-in used for many shots with his face hidden and lines dubbed. The next episode, "The Menfish", had Nelson away, and his lines reassigned to guest character Admiral Park (Gary Merrill). The following episode, "The Mechanical Man", had Nelson still away, and reassigned his lines to Captain Crane (David Hedison) and Crane's lines to Commander Morton (Robert Dowdell). Basehart returned in time to appear in the season finale, "The Return of the Phantom".

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Goofs

Any time the Seaview dives below 600 feet, the sea should be completely dark. Visible light does not penetrate the ocean below that level.

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Quotes

Captain Crane: [after watching a flying saucer depart] We can expect to see it again someday. I hope they'll remember they were treated as friends.
Admiral Nelson: They'll remember all right. I wonder if we will.

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Connections

Spoofed in Dead End (1985)

User Reviews

Great 1960's Sc-Fi Adeventure

Irwin Allen became known as a special effects wizard because of this series which was the most successful. The photography in it was always great, & Allen knows how to create effects. The SeaView - the main sub in the show would still be futuristic today. Of course the ideas for this series was spawned by the movie that preceded it with the same name.

Richard Basehart & David Hedison were great choices to be in command. They carried the dialog real well & there were plenty of good name guest stars in episodes too. Once in a while a pretty woman would stop in for an episode but most of the time the male cast carried this show to the top for ABC.

Later in the series, they introduced a flying submarine, something which in reality has still never been created. This show can really fire the imagination with how it worked. Now that it is on DVD, it might get some more new fans. As for Irwin Allen Productions, while they have done more recent work, since 1982's Code Red, there has not been as much success as this & the 60's & 70's stuff they did.