Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

S01E21: The Indestructible Man

After returning from a mission on deep space, a lifelike robot is brought aboard the Seaview, but the crew soon discovers that the robot has been mysteriously reprogrammed to wreak havoc.

Overview

Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.

Episodes

Eleven Days to Zero

S01E01 Eleven Days to Zero

September 14, 1964 60 min
A gigantic tidal wave will destroy much of the civilized world, but Admiral Harriman Nelson has a plan to stop it -- Seaview will set off a nuclear explosion at precisely the right time and...
The City Beneath the Sea

S01E02 The City Beneath the Sea

September 21, 1964 60 min
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 meets an ex-diver, now...
The Fear-Makers

S01E03 The Fear-Makers

September 28, 1964 60 min
After 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 aboard is an enemy agent who has...
The Mist Of Silence

S01E04 The Mist Of Silence

October 5, 1964 60 min
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, one per hour, and...
The Price of Doom

S01E05 The Price of Doom

October 12, 1964 60 min
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 of succumbing to the horrible,...
The Sky is Falling

S01E06 The Sky is Falling

October 19, 1964 60 min
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 to open negotiations. The military...
Turn Back the Clock

S01E07 Turn Back the Clock

October 26, 1964 60 min
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. The question is, will he...
The Village of Guilt

S01E08 The Village of Guilt

November 2, 1964 60 min
A sea monster kills three villagers in a Norwegian fjord; however, one man survives. Seaview arrives to investigate. Nelson and Crane are met with hostility from the locals and find the survivor has died. Nelson...
Hot Line

S01E09 Hot Line

November 9, 1964 60 min
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 -- but one of...
Submarine Sunk Here

S01E10 Submarine Sunk Here

November 16, 1964 60 min
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 do nothing...
The Magnus Beam

S01E11 The Magnus Beam

November 23, 1964 60 min
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 fighter, comes to Crane's aid....
No Way Out

S01E12 No Way Out

November 30, 1964 60 min
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....
The Blizzard Makers

S01E13 The Blizzard Makers

December 7, 1964 60 min
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"" to kill Nelson. When his first attempt fails,...
The Ghost of Moby Dick

S01E14 The Ghost of Moby Dick

December 14, 1964 60 min
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 more to do with...
Long Live the King

S01E15 Long Live the King

December 21, 1964 60 min
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 of his own...
Hail to the Chief

S01E16 Hail to the Chief

December 28, 1964 60 min
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 operation....
The Last Battle

S01E17 The Last Battle

January 4, 1965 60 min
Admiral Nelson is kidnapped from a plane during mid-flight and held on a remote island by Nazis who plan to conquer the world.
Mutiny

S01E18 Mutiny

January 11, 1965 60 min
After Nelson's experimental submarine is attacked by a giant jellyfish, tension mounts aboard the Seaview as Nelson exhibits signs of a mental breakdown.
Doomsday

S01E19 Doomsday

January 18, 1965 60 min
When a mass missile launching by a foreign power sets the U.S. on nuclear alert, the Seaview goes into a fail-safe maneuver, but is the launch really what it appears to be, and does this...
The Invaders

S01E20 The Invaders

January 25, 1965 60 min
An undersea earthquake exhumes hundreds of strange metallic capsules, and a powerful humanoid creature who could destroy mankind is restored to life after millions of years in suspended animation.
The Indestructible Man

S01E21 The Indestructible Man

February 1, 1965 60 min
After returning from a mission on deep space, a lifelike robot is brought aboard the Seaview, but the crew soon discovers that the robot has been mysteriously reprogrammed to wreak havoc.
The Buccaneer

S01E22 The Buccaneer

February 8, 1965 60 min
A mad art connoisseur seizes control of the Seaview and plans to pirate Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa from a French Ship bound for the World's Fair.
The Human Computer

S01E23 The Human Computer

February 15, 1965 60 min
A newly installed super-computer is tested on the Seaview...but the enemy has other plans.
The Saboteur

S01E24 The Saboteur

February 22, 1965 60 min
Crane is brainwashed by enemy agents, and his new mission is to deactivate certain strategic undersea missiles and to assassinate Admiral Nelson!
Cradle of the Deep

S01E25 Cradle of the Deep

March 1, 1965 60 min
A strange experiment to speed up evolution goes horribly awry, and an enormous protoplasm monster threatens the lives of the entire crew.
The Amphibians

S01E26 The Amphibians

March 8, 1965 60 min
The cre of the Seaview is called to investigate an undersea laboratory where scientists are surgically transforming humans into amphibians.
The Exile

S01E27 The Exile

March 15, 1965 60 min
Nelson is stranded aboard a life raft with the ex-premier of a hostile foreign power who carries vital information on a plot to destroy the free world.
The Creature

S01E28 The Creature

March 22, 1965 60 min
The crew is joined by Captain Adams, the sole survivor of an ill-fated missile launch, in search of the mysterious force responsible for the disaster.
The Enemies

S01E29 The Enemies

March 29, 1965 60 min
Nelson and Crane hear about the destruction of the submarine Angler. When they read the captain's log and hear the tapes made in the control room, Nelson and Crane are puzzled: Captain Williams wen insane...
The Secret of the Loch

S01E30 The Secret of the Loch

April 5, 1965 60 min
The Seaview travels to Scotland via a secret, underground conduit to investigate the mystery of the legendary Loch Ness Monster.
The Condemned

S01E31 The Condemned

April 12, 1965 60 min
Nelson and Crane are dismayed when an egotistical, publicity-seeking scientist is given command of the Seaview to test a new pressure system which will allow the sub to explore uncharted depths.
The Traitor

S01E32 The Traitor

April 19, 1965 60 min
Nelson's sister is abducted by enemy agents who demand top-secret information as ransom, but will Nelson betray his country to protect the only family he has?

Cast

Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart
Adm. Harriman Nelson
David Hedison
David Hedison
Captain Crane
Terry Becker
Terry Becker
Chief Sharkey
Del Monroe
Del Monroe
Kowalski
Paul Trinka
Paul Trinka
Patterson
Richard Bull
Richard Bull
Doctor
Robert Dowdell
Robert Dowdell
Chip Morton

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