Season 1 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 32
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 (1964-1965)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Eleven Days to Zero 1x01 Eleven Days to Zero
11 Days To Zero was originally filmed in color, though the first year of Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea would be aired in black and white. This fast-paced pilot episode featured the ...
Sep. 14, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The City Beneath the Sea 1x02 The City Beneath the Sea
While investigating the disappearance of research ships in the Aegean, the Seaview is damaged by a bomb. Captain Crane goes ashore, and pretends to be a diver for hire. The Captain ...
Sep. 21, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Fear-Makers 1x03 The Fear-Makers
fter Seaview's sister ship, Polidor, is lost on an experimental deep dive, Seaview continues with the tests. Unknown to the already stressed crew, one of the visiting psychologists ...
Sep. 28, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Mist Of Silence 1x04 The Mist Of Silence
On a rendezvous mission, Crane and several crewmen are drugged into unconsciousness on a deserted yacht. Waking up in a South American prison, the men are taken out to the courtyard, ...
Oct. 05, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Price of Doom 1x05 The Price of Doom
A husband and wife Antarctic research team is killed by an experiment on plankton gone wild. Seaview arrives to investigate and take plankton samples. Soon the submarine is in danger ...
Oct. 12, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Sky is Falling 1x06 The Sky is Falling
An alien spaceship lands in the ocean, and Seaview is sent to investigate. Although Seaview is powerless in the vicinity of their ship, the aliens seem friendly, and Nelson manages ...
Oct. 19, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Turn Back the Clock 1x07 Turn Back the Clock
A lush, tropical, verdant paradise in the South Pole? Living dinosaurs? Such fanciful ideas must surely be the ravings of a madman. Or perhaps not, as Admiral Nelson soon discovers. ...
Oct. 26, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Village of Guilt 1x08 The Village of Guilt
A sea monster kills three villagers in a Norwegian fjord. One man survives. Seaview arrives to investigate. Nelson and Crane are met with hostility from the locals and find the survivor ...
Nov. 02, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Hot Line 1x09 Hot Line
A Soviet satellite has crashed into the sea and its nuclear reactor must be disarmed before it causes a disaster. Two Soviet scientists come aboard Seaview to carry out the work -- ...
Nov. 09, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Submarine Sunk Here 1x10 Submarine Sunk Here
Damaged by an explosion from an old mine field, Seaview takes a dive to the ocean floor. Listing dangerously, running out of oxygen, having to deal with fire and flood, the crew can ...
Nov. 16, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Magnus Beam 1x11 The Magnus Beam
A mysterious weapon is destroying American U2s. The Seaview's mission is to find the weapon and destroy it. Captain Crane goes undercover. A night-club performer, who is also a resistance ...
Nov. 23, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea No Way Out 1x12 No Way Out
Nelson and Crane go undercover and risk their lives in order to bring a Communist defector back to the United States. But the man is injured in the attempt, and his lover is left behind. ...
Nov. 30, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Blizzard Makers 1x13 The Blizzard Makers
In blizzard-wracked Florida, Nelson contacts a meteorologist who may be able to help explain the strange weather conditions. That night, however, the scientist is abducted, and "programmed" ...
Dec. 07, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Ghost of Moby Dick 1x14 The Ghost of Moby Dick
An old friend of Nelson's comes aboard Seaview to continue his research into the giant whale that destroyed his ship, crippling him and killing his son. His real motives, however, have ...
Dec. 14, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Long Live the King 1x15 Long Live the King
When the King of a small but friendly nation is assassinated, Seaview is assigned to take the young Crown Prince back home to assume his throne. Neither Nelson (who gets turned out ...
Dec. 21, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Hail to the Chief 1x16 Hail to the Chief
Injured in a fall, the President of the United States is in desperate need of surgery -- and the operation must be kept secret. Naturally, Seaview is chosen as the best place for the ...
Dec. 28, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Last Battle 1x17 The Last Battle
Audaciously kidnapped from a plane in mid-air, Nelson finds himself one of a group of captives on a remote island, waiting to be used as pawn in a plot by Nazis still trying to conquer ...
Jan. 04, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Mutiny 1x18 Mutiny
When an experimental submarine is lost to a giant jellyfish, Nelson is the only survivor. Rescued after days on a makeshift raft, he is eager to get back to Seaview and take up the ...
Jan. 11, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Doomsday 1x19 Doomsday
A nuclear alert puts an end to the crew's celebration of crossing the Equator. When the alert ends, a problem remains -- one of the missiles won't deactivate. Is it morally right to ...
Jan. 18, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Invaders 1x20 The Invaders
Who are the invaders? An undersea quake uncovers mysterious metallic capsules, which have been hidden for millions of years. In one capsule brought aboard Seaview is the strange and ...
Jan. 25, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Indestructible Man 1x21 The Indestructible Man
The indestructible man is really a robot programmed with human emotions. The brainchild of its loving creator, the robot was sent on an interstellar journey -- where no man had gone ...
Feb. 01, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Buccaneer 1x22 The Buccaneer
"Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you . . ." On her way to the World's Fair in Australia, the lady with the mysterious smile is the obsessive object of art collector Logan's heart. ...
Feb. 08, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Human Computer 1x23 The Human Computer
Can Seaview be run completely by a computer? Are sailors obsolete? Can an injured Captain Crane outwit his nemesis and survive long enough to save his ship? How do these enemy agents ...
Feb. 15, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Saboteur 1x24 The Saboteur
Kidnapped by enemy agents, kept awake for days, Crane is brainwashed into betraying his friend and his country. His mission is to disarm strategic missiles being placed in silos at ...
Feb. 22, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Cradle of the Deep 1x25 Cradle of the Deep
Dr. Janus has developed a device which can actually "speed up" evolution. To complete his experiments, he must have a sample of matter from the ocean floor -- from a part of the ocean ...
Mar. 01, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Amphibians 1x26 The Amphibians
Another instance of scientists losing their objectivity and abandoning their ethics. At XP-1, an undersea research facility, fantastic experiments -- turning men into amphibians -- ...
Mar. 08, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Exile 1x27 The Exile
Admiral Nelson makes a rendezvous with the defecting ex-leader of a hostile power aboard his yacht. When the yacht is blown up, Nelson finds himself adrift with the defector, Brynov, ...
Mar. 15, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Creature 1x28 The Creature
An ultrasonic force destroys an island missile testing facility, killing all but the project's supervisor. Wishing to redeem his reputation, Adams endangers the Seaview and betrays ...
Mar. 22, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Enemies 1x29 The Enemies
Seaview is sent to investigate the loss of the Angler. Nelson and Crane are shocked when they discover the answer. Delving deeper into the mystery, the two friends are soon turned into ...
Mar. 29, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Secret of the Loch 1x30 The Secret of the Loch
Seaview visits Scotland so that Nelson can deliver classified plans to a secret laboratory deep beneath Loch Ness -- but the staff of the laboratory has been killed, apparently by the ...
Apr. 05, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Condemned 1x31 The Condemned
Admiral Falk has invented a new "atmosphere" which will enable submarines to dive thousands of feet below the surface. Seaview is called upon to help conduct testing. But is the experiment ...
Apr. 12, 1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Traitor 1x32 The Traitor
Nelson receives word that his sister Edith, the only family he has, has been abducted by enemy agents. They demand secrets in exchange for her safe return; will he betray his country ...
Apr. 19, 1965
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Season 1 Characters

Chip Morton played by Robert Dowdell
Admiral Nelson played by Richard Basehart
Captain Crane played by David Hedison
Kowalski played by Del Monroe
Patterson played by Paul Trinka
Chief Curley Jones played by Henry Kulky
Sparks played by Arch Whiting
Curley Jones played by Henry Kulky
Doctor played by Richard Bull
Clark played by Paul Carr
Malone played by Mark Slade
Crewman played by Mark Slade
Lieutenant O'Brien played by Derrik Lewis
Helmsman played by Jim Goodwin
Chairman played by Berry Kroeger
Adm. Nelson played by Richard Basehart
Capt. Crane played by David Hedison
Radio Man played by Robert Lipton
Air Force General played by Frank Ferguson
O'Brien played by Derrik Lewis
Commander played by Bob Legionaire
Officer played by Kenner G. Kemp
Radar played by Patrick Culliton

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Season 1 Videos

01x17 The Last Battle
01x17 The Last Battle (51:32)

01x13 The Blizzard Makers
01x13 The Blizzard Makers (51:25)

01x05 The Price of Doom
01x05 The Price of Doom (51:25)

01x06 The Sky is Falling
01x06 The Sky is Falling (51:26)

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Season 1 Trivia

  • Episode 01 - Goof (revealing mistake): When Captain Crane is looking through the periscope during Seaview's first dive, the bow shown is of a old World War II vintage submarine.
  • Episode 07 - David Hedison dresses in the same outfit he wore in The Lost World. Yvonne Craig wears the same outfit Jill St. John wore in that movie, and the long shots are actually of Jill St
  • Episode 09 - Goof (continuity error): At the start the image of the rocket switches between an Atlas booster with a Mercury capsule, an Atlas booster with a dummy payload, and a finned rocket booster.
  • Episode 07 - Goof (crew or equipment visible): There is a visible wire lifting the lizard out of the lake.
  • Episode 16 - The title makes reference to the march "Hail to the Chief" which announces the entrance of the President of the United States at public appearances and is preceded by four ruffles and flourishes. The march is often played by the United States Marine Band and has been used officially by the Department of

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