The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel
TV ShowEnded

The Time Tunnel

7.6 / 10
1966
1 season
30 episodes
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.

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TV Trailer for The Time Tunnel, 1960s

Cast

Seasons

  • Rendezvous with Yesterday

    1.Rendezvous with Yesterday

    8.0
    09-09-196660m

    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 sinkin...

  • One Way to the Moon

    2.One Way to the Moon

    7.0
    16-09-196660m

    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...

  • End of the World

    3.End of the World

    7.0
    23-09-196660m

    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...

  • The Day the Sky Fell In

    4.The Day the Sky Fell In

    7.0
    30-09-196660m

    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 disappe...

  • The Last Patrol

    5.The Last Patrol

    7.5
    07-10-196660m

    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...

  • Crack of Doom

    6.Crack of Doom

    7.0
    14-10-196660m

    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

    7.Revenge of the Gods

    7.0
    21-10-196660m

    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 Sard...

  • Massacre

    8.Massacre

    7.5
    28-10-196660m

    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...

  • Devil's Island

    9.Devil's Island

    7.0
    11-11-196660m

    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...

  • Reign of Terror

    10.Reign of Terror

    7.0
    18-11-196660m

    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 Antoin...

  • Secret Weapon

    11.Secret Weapon

    6.5
    25-11-196660m

    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 g...

  • The Death Trap

    12.The Death Trap

    7.0
    02-12-196660m

    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 collabor...

  • The Alamo

    13.The Alamo

    6.5
    09-12-196660m

    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 th...

  • Night of the Long Knives

    14.Night of the Long Knives

    7.0
    16-12-196660m

    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, wh...

  • Invasion

    15.Invasion

    7.0
    23-12-196660m

    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...

  • The Revenge of Robin Hood

    16.The Revenge of Robin Hood

    7.0
    30-12-196660m

    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 su...

  • Kill Two by Two

    17.Kill Two by Two

    7.0
    06-01-196760m

    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 t...

  • Visitors from Beyond the Stars

    18.Visitors from Beyond the Stars

    7.0
    13-01-196760m

    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 supplie...

  • The Ghost of Nero

    19.The Ghost of Nero

    7.0
    20-01-196760m

    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 coffi...

  • The Walls of Jericho

    20.The Walls of Jericho

    3.0
    27-01-196760m

    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...

  • Idol of Death

    21.Idol of Death

    7.0
    03-02-196760m

    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...

  • Billy the Kid

    22.Billy the Kid

    7.0
    10-02-196760m

    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...

  • Pirates of Deadman's Island

    23.Pirates of Deadman's Island

    7.0
    17-02-196760m

    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...

  • Chase Through Time

    24.Chase Through Time

    7.0
    24-02-196760m

    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...

  • The Death Merchant

    25.The Death Merchant

    7.0
    03-03-196760m

    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 wit...

  • Attack of the Barbarians

    26.Attack of the Barbarians

    7.0
    10-03-196760m

    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...

  • Merlin the Magician

    27.Merlin the Magician

    7.5
    17-03-196760m

    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...

  • The Kidnappers

    28.The Kidnappers

    7.0
    24-03-196760m

    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....

  • Raiders from Outer Space

    29.Raiders from Outer Space

    6.0
    31-03-196760m

    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 Ea...

  • Town of Terror

    30.Town of Terror

    6.0
    07-04-196760m

    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 ge...

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