The Fantastic Journey 

A scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. They meet up with travellers from other times, planets, and ... See full summary »

Stars:

Jared Martin, Carl Franklin, Ike Eisenmann

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jared Martin	...	Varian 10 episodes, 1977
Carl Franklin	...	Dr. Fred Walters 10 episodes, 1977
Ike Eisenmann	...	Scott Jordan 10 episodes, 1977
Katie Saylor	...	Liana 10 episodes, 1977
Roddy McDowall	...	Dr. Jonathan Willaway 8 episodes, 1977

Storyline

A scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. They meet up with travellers from other times, planets, and dimensions who have also become trapped, and together they "slide" through portals from one dimension to the next hoping to find the one that leads home.

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Plot Keywords:

portal | bermuda triangle | island | shipwrecked | ship | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

For decades, fans have speculated whatever became of Katie Saylor, as she quit the series before its cancellation, then was nowhere to be found in online searches. She seemed to have dropped off the face of the Earth, and people began to wonder if she was, in fact, dead. As of 2019, Katie is very much alive. After a bout of severe illness, she took some personal time off, then decided never to return to acting. She later married and changed her last name. As such, she happily sank into anonymity where she has preferred to remain, well away from Hollywood.

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Quotes

[Opening credits narration]
Narrator: Lost in the Devil's Triangle, trapped in a dimension with beings from the future and other worlds, a party of adventurers journey through zones of time back to their own time. Varian, a man from the 23rd century, possessing awesome powers; from 1977; Fred, a young doctor just out of medical school; Scott Jordan, the thirteen-year-old son of a famous scientist; Liana, daughter of an Atlantean father and an extraterrestrial mother; and Jonathan Willaway, a rebel ...

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Connections

Referenced in The Fantastic Journey: les coulisses extraordinaires (2020)

User Reviews

By any other name....

THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY found some after-life as an edited and syndicated TV film called LOST IN TIME,dated (1980). I saw this once, on a UHF channel in the early to mid-90's on a Sunday afternoon. What they did was edit the first 90 minute pilot, and second hour long show into something like an hour and 45 minute movie to play in two-hour time slots in syndication and thus have a complete movie. It also had a narration of sort at the end, as the group walked off to the usual "time zone" beam-out effect, and as I recall that said something like "And so their quest to find their rightful place in time, is just beginning" or something like that. It was a terrific show in it's day and for the fact we had almost no SF shows at all on TV aside from the re-runs of STAR TREK and SPACE:1999.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fantastic Journey

Filming Locations:

Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bruce Lansbury Productions, Columbia Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (10 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1