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Re: Time Tunnel Vol. 2 Question
I can fill in some of the gaps for you.
Time Travelers was a made-for-TV movie that also served as a pilot for Irwin Allen's attempt to revive the old time-travel bit as a TV series. Sam Groom, who played Jerry in THE TIME TUNNEL, was one of the two leads in this movie - Tom Halick was the other. The premise of the movie is that Sam Groom's character, a doctor, is pressed into service by Tom Halick (and his governmental-backed group) to go back in time to before the great Chicago fire in an attempt to find a cure for a disease that's running rampant in the present. A doctor in old Chicago, played by Richard Basehart, supposedly had a cure that was lost in the fire. It's a pretty good story from an idea by Rod Serling. Some of the old TIME TUNNEL computer-machines make an appearance too, but there's no big impressive Tunnel apparatus - just a doorway into time.
The 2002 pilot was an attempt to re-do THE TIME TUNNEL in a modern-day setting, with modern-day special effects, etc. Two of the main leads, with familiar names of Doug Phillips and Toni Newman, were to be played by David Conrad (the husband character in GHOST WHISPERER) and Andrea Roth. None of the old TIME TUNNEL stars were involved, despite some rumors prior to filming that one of them might be. I've not seen this one, so I'm looking forward to it.
Harry
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