6.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 30
LatestThe 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 and are paralyzed by an alien-android disguised as an old woman. The aliens are preparing to steal Earth's oxygen. The Project staff execute a lateral transfer and free the guys. They escape to a seemingly empty town surrounded by a force field and filled with paralyzed townspeople. A young couple, Paul and Joan, find the guys and tell them about the oxygen-stealing plot. Meanwhile the alien androids infiltrate the Project base, seal it off, and start sucking out the oxygen through the Tunnel itself. The guys must destroy the operation at their end. They fight off the androids and use explosives to blow up the alien HQ.
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.
Production
Gloriously wobbly sets that wink at you.
Practical Effects
Real explosions, real sparks, real people running from papier-mâché.
Costume
Every historical era filtered through 1966 Burbank.
Creator
Irwin Allen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The iconic Tunnel spiral was made by filming colored paint swirling in a toilet bowl. No, really. Budget king Irwin Allen strikes again.
This flopped against Star Trek's first season—ironic, since both shows share the 'trapped far from home' DNA and both got cancelled after one season (Trek famously resurrected).
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