The Time Tunnel (1966)

The Time Tunnel (1966)

Scientists Tony Newman and Doug Phillips are the young heads of Project Tic-Toc, a multi-billion dollar government installation buried beneath the desert...

Cast: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba, Lee Meriwether, Dick Tufeld, Denise Welch


30Season 1

Town of Terror

April 7, 1967

In 1978, Doug and Tony have to stop aliens from stealing all the oxygen from the planet Earth.

29Season 1

Raiders from Outer Space

March 31, 1967

During the Battle of Khartoum in 1883, Tony and Doug stumble upon aliens who plan to conquer the Earth using missiles. The aliens also send a bomb through the Time Tunnel to prevent any interference with their plans.

28Season 1

The Kidnappers

March 24, 1967

After Time Tunnel member Doctor Ann MacGregor is kidnapped by a time traveler from another planet, Tony and Doug are sent there to rescue her.

27Season 1

Merlin the Magician

March 17, 1967

Merlin the Magician pulls Tony and Doug from their journey through time and send them to help a young King Arthur fight an invasion of Vikings.

26Season 1

Attack of the Barbarians

March 10, 1967

Doug and Tony must help Marco Polo stop an attack by Mongols in thirteenth century China. Tony meets and falls in love with the daughter of Kubla Kahn.

25Season 1

The Death Merchant

March 3, 1967

Ending up on different sides just prior to the Battle of Gettysburg, Doug and Tony must stop an attempt by Machiavelli (who had traveled in time from the Renaissance due to the Time Tunnel Project) from trying to affect the outcome of the battle and send him back into time.

24Season 1

Chase Through Time

February 24, 1967

Doug and Tony are transported to the Grand Canyon, Arizona, in 1547. Meanwhile, the saboteur Raul Nimon kills Dr. Alfred Stiles and plants a nuclear bomb with a timing device in the phase synchronizer console; however, the security seals all the exit and Nimon escapes through the time tunnel that is fixed in Doug and Tony.

23Season 1

Pirates of Deadman's Island

February 17, 1967

Doug and Tony have a run-in with pirates off the Barbary Coast in 1805 and help in the rescue of the nephew of the King of Spain assisted by American Naval officer Stephane Decatur.

22Season 1

Billy the Kid

February 10, 1967

Landing in 1881 New Mexico in the middle of a jailbreak of Billy the Kid, to defend Tony Doug shoots at Billy who escapes swearing to hunt down Doug. According to their research back at the Time Tunel, two unknown strangers were killed by him on that date.

21Season 1

Idol of Death

February 3, 1967

Doug and Tony land in 1519 Mexico, where Cortez is looking for a golden mask. Their archaeology expert back at the Time Tunnel insists that they retrieve the mask, which he has been searching for for twenty years, or he will not help them.

20Season 1

The Walls of Jericho

January 27, 1967

Appearing out the tent of Joshua, commander of the Israelites, Doug and Tony are sent into the city as his spies.

19Season 1

The Ghost of Nero

January 20, 1967

During an encounter between the Germans and the Italians in World War I, Doug and Tony land in a villa that is haunted by the ghost of the Roman Emperor Nero.

18Season 1

Visitors from Beyond the Stars

January 13, 1967

Doug and Tony are transported to a spacecraft with two weird aliens that intend to invade Earth to steal proteins for their dying planet. They land on Mullins, Arizona, in 1885, and the aliens use a device called "Projector" to subdue the earthlings.

17Season 1

Kill Two by Two

January 6, 1967

Stuck on a Pacific island that is about to be bombarded by the American Navy in February 1945, Doug and Tony are captured by a downed Japanese pilot and a Japanese Army sergeant.

16Season 1

The Revenge of Robin Hood

December 30, 1966

In thirteenth century England, Doug and Tony become involved with the Earl of Huntington otherwise known as the legendary Robin Hood and their efforts to get King John to sign the Magna Carta.

15Season 1

Invasion

December 23, 1966

Landing in 1944 occupied France two days before D-Day, Doug is captured by the Germans and psychologically reprogrammed to hunt down and kill Tony who must keep their knowledge concerning the impending invasion from the Nazis.

14Season 1

Night of the Long Knives

December 16, 1966

Doug and Tony land in nineteenth century Asia, meet Rudyard Kipling and become involved in the conflict between the British and local tribesman for control of the Khyber Pass.

13Season 1

The Alamo

December 9, 1966

Doug and Tony materialize, and immediately come under attack from Mexican soldiers. They race for the nearest shelter and barely make inside... the Alamo, days before the Mexican Army will overrun it! Worse, Alamo commander Colonel Travis decides they must be spies and orders them imprisoned.

12Season 1

The Death Trap

December 2, 1966

Doug and Tony are transported to February 1861 to a barn where a group of conspirators leaded by Jeremiah plots a plan to kill Abraham Lincoln, but they are surprised by a raid of governmental agents.

11Season 1

Secret Weapon

November 25, 1966

Doug and Tony are transported to Russia on 16 June 1956, and sooner they receive an F-5 probe from the Time Tunnel personnel with the message "Meet Alexis".

10Season 1

Reign of Terror

November 18, 1966

Doug and Tony find themselves during the French Revolution and become involved in a plot to rescue the doomed French Queen, Marie Antoinette.

09Season 1

Devil's Island

November 11, 1966

Doug and Tony are transported to 1895 to the French penal colony of the Devil's Island, a prison where political and criminal prisoners where sent and never leave, and are mistakenly taken as two runaway prisoners.

08Season 1

Massacre

October 28, 1966

Doug and Tony are transported to the summer of 1876 and witness soldiers slaughtered by Indians in the middle of the desert. They are hunted and captured by three Indians; however Doug is rescued by the Trumpeter Tim that survived the massacre and is bringing a dispatch from General Crook to General George Armstrong Custer.

07Season 1

Revenge of the Gods

October 21, 1966

Doug and Tony are transported to 1200 BC in the middle of the war between Greeks and Trojans. They are captured by Ulysses' men and their knowledge of history makes Ulysses believe that they are gods from the Olympus.

06Season 1

Crack of Doom

October 14, 1966

Tony and Doug are transported to Krakatoa, a volcanic island between Java and Sumatra in great activity, and the blowup seems to be imminent. The travelers in time are attacked by superstitious natives who believe that a sacrifice would appease the fire.

05Season 1

The Last Patrol

October 7, 1966

In 1815 one of the final battles of the War of 1812 was fought near New Orleans, Lousiana. Doug and Tony materialize behind British lines and soon find themselves in the custody of Colonel Southall, a man history records as "The Butcher" because of a disastrous mistake attacking the strongest side of Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson's fortifications.

04Season 1

The Day the Sky Fell In

September 30, 1966

December 6, 1941: Dr. Tony Newman confronts his own past at Pearl Harbor and he wants to know what happened to his father.

03Season 1

End of the World

September 23, 1966

Doug and Tony escape the moon only to materialize in an old mine shaft in 1910, the year that Halley's Comet passed very close to earth. Many in town, including prominent scientist Professor Ainsley, believe the comet will smash into the Earth and end all life!

02Season 1

One Way to the Moon

September 16, 1966

Doug and Tony escape death aboard the Titanic only to be hurled ten years into their future aboard a rocket bound for the moon.

01Season 1

Rendezvous with Yesterday

September 9, 1966

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.