Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, the Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants

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Before establishing himself as the 'master of disaster' with the 1970s films ""The Poseidon Adventure"" and ""The Towering Inferno"", Irwin Allen created four of television's most exciting and enduring science-fiction series: ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"", ""Lost in Space"", ""The Time Tunnel"" and ""Land of the Giants"". These 1960s series were full of Allen's favorite tricks, techniques and characteristic touches, and influenced other productions from the original Star Trek forward. Every science-fiction show owes something to Allen, yet none has equaled his series' pace, excitement, or originality. This detailed examination and documentation of the premise and origin of the four shows offers an objective evaluation of every episode. A close-up look at these television landmarks demonstrates that when Irwin Allen's television episodes were good, they were great - and when they were bad, they were still terrific fun. Preface Irwin Allen: An Introduction Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea September 1964–March 1968 The Cast The Episodes FIRST SEASON Eleven Days to Zero The City Beneath the Sea The Fear Makers The Mist of Silence The Price of Doom The Sky Is Falling Turn Back the Clock The Village of Guilt Hot Line Submarine Sunk Here The Magnus Beam No Way Out The Blizzard Makers The Ghost of Moby Dick Long Live the King Hail to the Chief The Last Battle Mutiny Doomsday The Invaders The Indestructible Man The Buccaneer The Human Computer The Saboteur Cradle of the Deep The Amphibians The Exile The Creature The Enemies Secret of the Loch The Condemned The Traitor SECOND SEASON Jonah and the Whale Time Bomb And Five of Us Are Left The Cyborg Escape from Venice The Left-Handed Man The Deadliest Game Leviathan The Peacemaker The Silent Saboteurs The X Factor The Machines Strike Back The Monster from Outer Space Terror on Dinosaur Island Killers of the Deep Deadly Creature Below The Phantom Strikes The Sky’s on Fire Graveyard of Fear The Shape of Doom Dead Men’s Doubloons The Death Ship The Monster’s Web The Menfish The Mechanical Man The Return of the Phantom THIRD SEASON Monster from the Inferno Werewolf The Day the World Ended Night of Terror The Terrible Toys Day of Evil Deadly Waters The Thing from Inner Space The Death Watch Deadly Invasion The Haunted Submarine The Plant Man The Lost Bomb The Brand of the Beast The Creature Death from the Past The Heat Monster The Fossil Men The Mermaid The Mummy The Shadowman No Escape from Death Doomsday Island The Wax Men The Deadly Cloud Destroy Seaview FOURTH SEASON Fires of Death The Deadly Dolls Cave of the Dead Journey with Fear Sealed Orders Man of Many Faces Fatal Cargo Time Lock Rescue Terror A Time to Die Blow Up Deadly Amphibians The Return of Blackbeard The Terrible Leprechaun The Lobster Man Nightmare The Abominable Snowman Secrets of the Deep Man-Beast Savage Jungle Flaming Ice Attack The Edge of Doom The Death Clock No Way Back Episodes in Order of Production FIRST SEASON (32 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (26 EPISODES) THIRD SEASON (26 EPISODES) FOURTH SEASON (26 EPISODES) Episodes in Order of Broadcast FIRST SEASON (32 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (26 EPISODES) THIRD SEASON (26 EPISODES) FOURTH SEASON (26 EPISODES) Production Credits Lost in Space September 1965–March 1968 The Cast The Episodes FIRST SEASON The Reluctant Stowaway The Derelict Island in the Sky There Were Giants in the Earth The Hungry Sea Welcome Stranger My Friend Mr. Nobody Invaders from the Fifth Dimension The Oasis The Sky Is Falling Wish Upon a Star The Raft One of Our Dogs Is Missing Attack of the Monster Plants Return from Outer Space The Keeper The Keeper The Sky Pirate Ghost in Space The War of the Robots The Magic Mirror The Challenge The Space Trader His Majesty Smith The Space Croppers All That Glitters The Lost Civilization A Change of Space Follow the Leader SECOND SEASON Blast Off into Space Wild Adventure The Ghost Planet The Forbidden World Space Circus The Prisoners of Space The Android Machine The Deadly Games of Gamma Six The Thief of Outer Space The Curse of Cousin Smith West of Mars A Visit to Hades The Wreck of the Robot The Dream Monster The Golden Man The Girl from the Green Dimension The Questing Beast The Toymaker Mutiny in Space The Space Vikings Rocket to Earth The Cave of the Wizards Treasure of the Lost Planet Revolt of the Androids The Colonists Trip Through the Robot The Phantom Family The Mechanical Men The Astral Traveler The Galaxy Gift THIRD SEASON The Condemned of Space Visit to a Hostile Planet Kidnapped in Space Hunter’s Moon The Space Primevals The Space Destructors The Haunted Lighthouse Flight into the Future Collision of the Planets The Space Creature Deadliest of the Species A Day at the Zoo Two Weeks in Space Castles in Space Anti-Matter Man Target Earth Princess of Space The Time Merchant The Promised Planet Fugitives in Space Space Beauty The Flaming Planet The Great Vegetable Rebellion Junkyard of Space Episodes in Order of Production FIRST SEASON (29 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (30 EPISODES) THIRD SEASON (24 EPISODES) Episodes in Order of Broadcast FIRST SEASON (29 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (30 EPISODES) THIRD SEASON (24 EPISODES) Production Credits The Time Tunnel September 1966–April 1967 SINGLE SEASON Rendezvous with Yesterday One Way to the Moon The End of the World The Day the Sky Fell In The Last Patrol The Crack of Doom Revenge of the Gods Massacre Devil’s Island Reign of Terror Secret Weapon The Death Trap The Alamo The Night of the Long Knives Invasion The Revenge of Robin Hood Kill Two by Two Visitors from Beyond the Stars The Ghost of Nero The Walls of Jericho Idol of Death Billy the Kid Pirates of Dead Man’s Island Chase Through Time The Death Merchant Attack of the Barbarians Merlin the Magician The Kidnappers Raiders from Outer Space Town of Terror SINGLE SEASON (30 EPISODES) SINGLE SEASON (30 EPISODES) Land of the Giants September 1968–March 1970 FIRST SEASON The Crash The Weird World The Trap The Bounty Hunter The Golden Cage The Lost Ones Manhunt Framed The Creed The Flight Plan Underground Double-Cross On a Clear Night You Can See the Earth Ghost Town Brainwash Terror-Go-Round Sabotage Genius at Work Deadly Lodestone The Night of Thrombeldinbar Seven Little Indians Target Earth Rescue Return of Inidu Shell Game The Chase SECOND SEASON The Inside Rail Chamber of Fear The Mechanical Man Collector’s Item Giants and All That Jazz Six Hours to Live The Unsuspected A Place Called Earth The Deadly Pawn Land of the Lost Every Dog Needs a Boy The Clones Comeback Nightmare (aka The Delta Effect) Home Sweet Home (aka Return) Our Man O’Reilly Panic (aka No Escape) Pay the Piper The Secret City of Limbo Doomsday Wild Journey The Deadly Dart (aka The Retaliator) Graveyard of Fools A Small War The Marionettes FIRST SEASON (26 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (25 EPISODES) FIRST SEASON (26 EPISODES) SECOND SEASON (25 EPISODES) Bibliography Index of 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