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The Time Tunnel

**The Time Tunnel** is a 1966-1967 American color science fiction TV series, centered around time travel adventures. Created and produced by Irwin Allen, it was his third science fiction TV series, distributed by 20th Century Fox and aired on ABC. The series lasted one season with 30 episodes. It's still available for viewing through cable and internet streaming. A pilot for a reboot was made in 2002, but it didn't lead to a new series.

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* 7.6 (187)ActionAdventureDramaFantasyScience FictionUnited States
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Creators
Irwin Allen
Countries
United States
Studios
ABC · Irwin Allen Productions · 20th Century Fox Television · Kent Productions
Runtime
60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-G
Release
09/09/1966
Score
7.6 / 10 (187)

Awards and nominations

  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy.
  • 1 win & 1 nomination total.
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
6 episodes
Episode 1. The Time Tunnel (2002) (Unaired Pilot)
60 min

In 2006, an experiment of the Department of Energy in hot fusion to produce energy releases a storm in time along 240 minutes, changing history. Only the personnel in the core of the laboratory know the true story and now they need to fix…

Episode 2. The Making of The Time Tunnel
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. Irwin Allen Interview
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. The Time Tunnel Original Pilot
60 min

An extended version of the first episode, running about 55 minutes rather than the regular 50 minutes. It contains material that was cut from "Rendezvous with Yesterday" and then added to two subsequent episodes: Tony arriving alone…

Episode 5. Time Travelers TV Movie
60 min

In 1976, there's an outbreak of a disease that no one has seen before. All what they know is that rsembles a disease that existed at around 1871, and that a Dr. Henderson was able to save most of his patients but the Chicago Fire…

Episode 6. Irwin's Home Movies
60 min

Silent footage shot with a home movie camera during the filming of the pilot.

Season 1
Season 1
30 episodes · 1966
Rendezvous with Yesterday
Episode 1. Rendezvous with Yesterday
1966-09-09 · 60 min

Dr. Tony Newman prematurely enters the government's Time Tunnel project, and the project head, Doug Phillips, must go back to save him as they both fight for survival on the sinking Titanic.

One Way to the Moon
Episode 2. One Way to the Moon
1966-09-16 · 60 min

Doug and Tony land 10 years in the future on the Mars Excursion Module during liftoff. Their extra 335 pounds of weight endanger the mission by putting it over the weight allowance. Everyone believes the time travellers are spies except…

End of the World
Episode 3. End of the World
1966-09-23 · 60 min

Dony and Toug arrive in 1910, where a local town is in a panic over the arrival of Halley's Comet. Tony is caught in a cave-in near two hundred miners, while Doug is unable to get help from the superintendent, Henderson, who believes…

The Day the Sky Fell In
Episode 4. The Day the Sky Fell In
1966-09-30 · 60 min

Tony and Doug land in the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu on December 6, 1941, and see three men burning files. They talk their way out and Tony goes to find his father, who disappeared during the bombing. Cmdr. Newman is initially…

The Last Patrol
Episode 5. The Last Patrol
1966-10-07 · 60 min

Tony and Doug land in the War of 1812 in Louisiana, and steal som clothing that happens to have passes from General Jackson. They are captured by the British forces, led by Colonel Southall. In the present, the Project people bring in…

Crack of Doom
Episode 6. Crack of Doom
1966-10-14 · 60 min

On the island of Krakatoa in 1883, time travelers Doug and Tony try to convince a British scientist that the volcano is about to erupt in one of history's biggest explosions.

Revenge of the Gods
Episode 7. Revenge of the Gods
1966-10-21 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive at the Siege of Troy, and are taken before Ulysses. Ulysses believes them to be gods, while his lieutenant Sardis doubts them. Doug wins a swordfight with Sardis to prove his divinity, so Sardis goes to Troy and tries…

Massacre
Episode 8. Massacre
1966-10-28 · 60 min

The guys arrive in South Dakota in June 24, 1876, near Little Bighorn. They are captured by Indians, although Doug manages to escape and make it to Custer's camp. Custer refuses to believe Doug's tale. Meanwhile, Tony has tried to warn…

Devil's Island
Episode 9. Devil's Island
1966-11-11 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive on Devil's Island in March 1895, where they are taken into custody as escaped prisoners. Doug manages to escape and hold the Commandant at gunpoint to convince the man he is a stranded American, but the Commandant…

Reign of Terror
Episode 10. Reign of Terror
1966-11-18 · 60 min

The guys arrive in Paris, 1793, and Doug is arrested by the Committee for Public Safety. Tony rescues him with the aid of a shopkeeper, who is a royalist and friend of Marie Antoinette. Meanwhile, Kirk has the Project send back an…

Secret Weapon
Episode 11. Secret Weapon
1966-11-25 · 60 min

Doug and Tony arrive in Russia in 1956. The Tunnel staff try to contact them with F-5 probes, which prove highly dangerous. In the last probe the team sends a message telling the guys to contact ""Alexis"", pose as defecting scientists,…

The Death Trap
Episode 12. The Death Trap
1966-12-02 · 60 min

The guys land in Baltimore on February 22, 1861, in a barn where a group of conspirators and followers of Abolitionist John Brown are meeting. They are mistaken for fellow collaborators, but the Pinkertons break up the meeting. Doug is…

The Alamo
Episode 13. The Alamo
1966-12-09 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 - the day Santa Ana wiped out the defenders. The two make it to the fort, but are put into custody when Tony tries to convince the stubborn Col. Travis the fort is doomed. Tony escapes…

Night of the Long Knives
Episode 14. Night of the Long Knives
1966-12-16 · 60 min

Tony is shot by Afghani tribesmen and left for dead, and they then take Doug prisoner. Doug is taken before Singh, the head of the Afghanis fighting against the British in 1876, while Rudyard Kipling rescues Tony and takes him to the…

Invasion
Episode 15. Invasion
1966-12-23 · 60 min

Doug and Tony are captured by the Gestapo in Cherbourg on June 4, 1944, two days before D-Day. A scientist, Dr. Heinz Kleinemann, working for the Reich plans to brainwash Doug and allows Tony to escape. Tony falls in with the Resistance…

The Revenge of Robin Hood
Episode 16. The Revenge of Robin Hood
1966-12-30 · 60 min

Doug and Tony show up in June 1215 when the Earl of Huntington is trying to convince King John to sign the Magna Carta. Doug is captured along with Huntington when the King gets surly and orders their torture. Tony manages to rescue Doug…

Kill Two by Two
Episode 17. Kill Two by Two
1967-01-06 · 60 min

The guys land on an island in the South Pacific at the tail end of WW2. Two Japanese soldiers are holding it against invasion: the deranged Lt. Nakamura, who hates Americans, and the loyal sergeant, Itsugi. Nakamura soon fixates on the…

Visitors from Beyond the Stars
Episode 18. Visitors from Beyond the Stars
1967-01-13 · 60 min

The guys land in a Western town in the late 19th century, where they are intercepted by two silver-clad aliens. The two aliens need to steal protein to supplement their own supplies, and soon use their advanced technology to mind-control…

The Ghost of Nero
Episode 19. The Ghost of Nero
1967-01-20 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive near the Italian-Austrian Alps on October 23, 1915, as the Germans are preparing to bombard the area. An explosion knocks them out and uncovers the stone coffin of Emperor Nero. Nero's sword floats out of it, but…

The Walls of Jericho
Episode 20. The Walls of Jericho
1967-01-27 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive outside the tent of Joshua on the sixth day of his seven-day assault on Jericho. With their future knowledge of the Bible they are able to convince Joshua that they are emissaries of the Lord, and he basically forces…

Idol of Death
Episode 21. Idol of Death
1967-02-03 · 60 min

Doug and Tony arrive in a jungle in 1519 Yucatan as Cortez and his Spanish conquistadores attack the locals. The pair rescue natives being tortured for knowledge of a sacred golden mask and intervene. They are captured and believed to be…

Billy the Kid
Episode 22. Billy the Kid
1967-02-10 · 60 min

Doug and Tony arrive in Lincoln in late April in the 1860s, and run afoul of Billy the Kid. Doug shoots Billy and apparently kills him, then he and Tony escapes. It turns out Billy took the bullet in the belt buckle, and he goes after the…

Pirates of Deadman's Island
Episode 23. Pirates of Deadman's Island
1967-02-17 · 60 min

Doug and Tony arrive on the Spanish Main on April 1805, where they are captured by Captain Beal and his crew. They befriend Armando, a young boy who claims to be the nephew of the King of Spain. Tony eventually manages to escape where he…

Chase Through Time
Episode 24. Chase Through Time
1967-02-24 · 60 min

The guys arrive in Arizona, 1547, as a technician named Nimon kills a scientist. After a shootout, he flees into the Tunnel. Nimon is a spy who has planted a nuclear device in the complex. The guys need to find Nimon to get him to reveal…

The Death Merchant
Episode 25. The Death Merchant
1967-03-03 · 60 min

Arriving in Gettysburg in the 1860's, Doug and Tony are separated by an explosion which seemingly gives Tony. A jolt from the Tunnel revives him but with amnesia. Doug falls in with the Union forces, while Tony becomes involved with the…

Attack of the Barbarians
Episode 26. Attack of the Barbarians
1967-03-10 · 60 min

Doug and Tony are captured by the Mongols in 1287, led by Genghis Khan's grandson Baku. Tony is tortured until Doug stages a rescue, where they meet with Marco Polo, who is aiding Kublai Khan. Tony falls in love with Sahib, daughter of…

Merlin the Magician
Episode 27. Merlin the Magician
1967-03-17 · 60 min

Tony and Doug are frozen in time, then a rather fey Merlin appears in the Project base. He takes the guys out of time and freezes them, commands them to do his bidding, then sends them on to 544 A.D., Cornwall England. They meet a young…

The Kidnappers
Episode 28. The Kidnappers
1967-03-24 · 60 min

The guys' signal is intercepted and a silver-skinned alien shows up and kidnaps Anne. He leaves behind a data card which the rest of the Project staff use to send Tony and Doug to. The guys end up in a futuristic complex and meet a…

Raiders from Outer Space
Episode 29. Raiders from Outer Space
1967-03-31 · 60 min

Tony and Doug arrive in Khartoum, November 2, 1883, in the middle of a battle between British and Arab forces. However, two aliens take them prisoner. The aliens plan to conquer Earth with missiles, and will be ready to launch in two…

Town of Terror
Episode 30. Town of Terror
1967-04-07 · 60 min

The guys arrive in a brick basement on the North Atlantic coast in 1978. It has advanced electrical equipment, and they are attacked by an overalled man. He collapses dead, then gets up and disappears in a cloud of smoke. They go upstairs…

Cast by season
James Darren
James Darren
Tony Newman
Robert Colbert
Robert Colbert
Doug Phillipps
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
General Heywood Kirk
Lee Meriwether
Lee Meriwether
Dr. Ann McGregor
John Zaremba
John Zaremba
Dr. Raymond Swain
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