The Time Tunnel

S01E26: Attack of the Barbarians

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 Kublai Khan. Tony falls in love with Sahib, daughter of Kublai Khan that Polo is aiding and who is kidnapped by Baku. The guys rescue her by using black powder that Polo has discovered in China. When Baku launches an assault on the fort where Polo is staying, the Project staff try and send artillery back to the guys. They thwart an attack on the fort while Tony considers staying with Sahib. In the end she returns to her duty and the two part. Doug provides the necessary ingredient to turn the black powder into gunpowder, while the Project try and send detonator caps to assist them. With the explosives the attack is thwarted and the guys are whisked out. (Copyright 2003 Steve Crow)

Overview

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.

Episodes

Rendezvous with Yesterday

S01E01 Rendezvous with Yesterday

September 9, 1966 8.0 60 min
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.
One Way to the Moon

S01E02 One Way to the Moon

September 16, 1966 7.0 60 min
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. Everyone believes the...
End of the World

S01E03 End of the World

September 23, 1966 7.0 60 min
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...
The Day the Sky Fell In

S01E04 The Day the Sky Fell In

September 30, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 disappeared during...
The Last Patrol

S01E05 The Last Patrol

October 7, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 Southall. In...
Crack of Doom

S01E06 Crack of Doom

October 14, 1966 7.0 60 min
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

S01E07 Revenge of the Gods

October 21, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 Sardis to prove his...
Massacre

S01E08 Massacre

October 28, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 believe Doug's tale....
Devil's Island

S01E09 Devil's Island

November 11, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 the man he is...
Reign of Terror

S01E10 Reign of Terror

November 18, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 Antoinette. Meanwhile,...
Secret Weapon

S01E11 Secret Weapon

November 25, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 guys to...
The Death Trap

S01E12 The Death Trap

December 2, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 collaborators, but the Pinkertons break...
The Alamo

S01E13 The Alamo

December 9, 1966 7.0 60 min
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...
Night of the Long Knives

S01E14 Night of the Long Knives

December 16, 1966 7.0 60 min
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, while Rudyard Kipling...
Invasion

S01E15 Invasion

December 23, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 allows Tony to...
The Revenge of Robin Hood

S01E16 The Revenge of Robin Hood

December 30, 1966 7.0 60 min
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 surly...
Kill Two by Two

S01E17 Kill Two by Two

January 6, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 the loyal sergeant,...
Visitors from Beyond the Stars

S01E18 Visitors from Beyond the Stars

January 13, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 supplies, and soon use...
The Ghost of Nero

S01E19 The Ghost of Nero

January 20, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 coffin of Emperor Nero. Nero's...
The Walls of Jericho

S01E20 The Walls of Jericho

January 27, 1967 4.0 60 min
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 they are...
Idol of Death

S01E21 Idol of Death

February 3, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 mask and intervene. They...
Billy the Kid

S01E22 Billy the Kid

February 10, 1967 7.0 60 min
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

S01E23 Pirates of Deadman's Island

February 17, 1967 7.0 60 min
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

S01E24 Chase Through Time

February 24, 1967 7.0 60 min
The guys arrive in Arizona, 1547, as a technician named Niman kills a scientist. After a shootout, he flees into the Tunnel. Niman is a spy who has planted a nuclear device in the complex....
The Death Merchant

S01E25 The Death Merchant

March 3, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 with the Union forces,...
Attack of the Barbarians

S01E26 Attack of the Barbarians

March 10, 1967 7.0 60 min
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 Kublai Khan....
Merlin the Magician

S01E27 Merlin the Magician

March 17, 1967 7.0 60 min
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

S01E28 The Kidnappers

March 24, 1967 7.0 60 min
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. The...
Raiders from Outer Space

S01E29 Raiders from Outer Space

March 31, 1967 6.0 60 min
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 Earth with missiles, and...
Town of Terror

S01E30 Town of Terror

April 7, 1967 6.0 60 min
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 gets up and disappears...

Cast

James Darren
James Darren
Tony Newman
Robert Colbert
Robert Colbert
Doug Phillipps
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
General Heywood Kirk
Lee Meriwether
Lee Meriwether
Dr. Ann McGregor
John Zaremba
John Zaremba
Dr. Raymond Swain

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