The Ghost of Moby Dick

Episode aired Dec 14, 1964
52m

6.8/10

S1.E14

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Whale specialist Walter Bryce has taken his family to sea in pursuit of the largest living creature ever to exist, an immense whale twice the size of the previously known largest creature to... Read allWhale specialist Walter Bryce has taken his family to sea in pursuit of the largest living creature ever to exist, an immense whale twice the size of the previously known largest creature to exist! He wants metabolic data, including heart rate; to get it, he harpoons the whale wi... Read allWhale specialist Walter Bryce has taken his family to sea in pursuit of the largest living creature ever to exist, an immense whale twice the size of the previously known largest creature to exist! He wants metabolic data, including heart rate; to get it, he harpoons the whale with a special sensor. The enraged animal destroys the Bryce boat, killing Walter's son Jimm... Read all

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David Hedison in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)

Whale specialist Walter Bryce has taken his family to sea in pursuit of the largest living creature ever to exist, an immense whale twice the size of the previously known largest creature to exist! He wants metabolic data, including heart rate; to get it, he harpoons the whale with a special sensor. The enraged animal destroys the Bryce boat, killing Walter's son Jimmy and crippling Walter. After recovering, Walter seeks out Nelson and Seaview to continue his research - but does he have an ulterior motive? —CommanderBalok

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Genres
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
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Trivia
The title refers to the 1851 Herman Melville novel "Moby Dick" about the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaler "Pequod", commanded by Captain Ahab who had an obsession with the great white whale named Moby Dick. Richard Basehart (Admiral Harriman Nelson) played the narrating sailor Ishmael in a movie adaptation of Moby Dick (1956).

Goofs
Numerous visible wires towing both the Seaview and the whale underwater.

Connections
References Moby Dick (1956)

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Nine Out Of Ten Drama

A big whale, the largest creature living on the planet, kills the son of a scientist...now he wants revenge.

A wonderfully scripted/acted drama about the desire for revenge. June Lockhart and Basehart are outstanding. However, "Chip" makes a couple of mid-episode forced attempts at humour (in the missile room) that go over like a bad smell.

If you want a B&W Voyage with lots of Seaview miniature effects: this is the one for you! In fact this hour and The Creature are the two season one episodes that highlight the outside of the Seaview more than any other B&W shows.

However, an hour like this with lots of Seaview special effects and a powerful plot line demands a strong musical score and we don't get it! We just get the same sleepy music that fills season one, thankfully the scores would improve in the colour years.

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