10.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestBogg and Jeff land in 1880 London and save famous world-traveller Nellie Bly from Jack the Ripper. The three of them meet with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who is suffering from writers' block. Besides making sure Doyle write his Holmes novels and Bly goes on her famous world trip, they discover that Bogg's nemesis, the evil renegade Voyager Drake (from The Trial of Phineas Bogg) is the one who tries to kill Bly as Jack the Ripper.
A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
Production
Charming low-budget time periods on a soundstage
Acting
Hexum's chaotic energy vs. Peluce's deadpan precocity
Writing
History lessons disguised as sci-fi adventures
Creator
James D. Parriott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jon-Erik Hexum died from a prop gun accident on another set during production, forcing the show to end abruptly with only 20 episodes.
The show's 'Omni' device predates similar glowing handheld tech in Doctor Who and became a touchstone for 80s kids who wanted history to be an adventure, not homework.
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