Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
The Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was produced by the prolific Allen Irwin. It is about the incredibly advanced submarine Seaview, captained by the intrepid Lee Crane. The sub is crewed by its creator, Admiral Nelson, Lt. Commander Chip Morton and the rest of the gang. The series was spawned by the film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and is enjoyable in an undemanding sort of way. Good for a laugh :-). It ran for 4 years and 110 episodes.
The Theme
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The Episodes
Stevens played:
- Forester in The Saboteur, episode aired February 22, 1965 (season 1); written by William Read Woodfield, directed by George Reed
The plot: The enemy sends a brainwashed Captain Crane to sabotage the disarming of missiles in silos on the sea floor, then to kill Admiral Nelson. He succeeds. ... Just kidding. Adding spice to the episode is an unnamed fellow saboteur, also on board the Seaview, keeping an eye on Crane.
- Sam Garrity in Deadly Invasion, episode aired November 20, 1966 (season 3); written by John + Ward Hawkins, directed by Jerry Juran
The plot: A miniscule spaceship disguised as a meteor invades the Seaview, spawning big aliens who have run out of gas and need an abandoned underwater atomic base fired up in order to fill up. Stevens plays an alien who assumes the form of a WWII pal of Nelson's.
Read review from The Irreverent Guide
- Van Wyck in Cave Of The Dead, episode aired October 8, 1967 (season 4)
The plot: Attempting to solve the mystery of some missing ships Seaview encounters a Flying Dutchman-like ship which attacks them. They end up close to a strange island and tootle off to investigate. Van Wyck (Stevens) is misplaced while Nelson seems to be imagining things.
some plot info from Irwin Allan News Network
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