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No, you're right,, I should have worded that better.. I think End of the World and One Way to the Moon are specifically mentioned, and some general news of how the series is doing in the ratings at the time. There's so much in the book it is hard to find everything.

Time Tunnel never received credit for its humanistic aspects - Tony trying to bridge a level of understanding with a humane Chief Sitting Bull, the Tic-Toc Doctor in Pirates of Deadman's Cove who refused to fall victim to ageism (forced mandatory retirement), so he goes back to 1805 to save...

Going back to Voyage publications, I agree with earlier comments that Jon Abbott's Irwin Allen Productions book is a solid read, well informed and written. My only two gripes are that he's pretty harsh on Voyage's first year, and that there aren't any new interviews in the book. The Making of...

While we wait for the last of Year Four Voyage to be released, here's some trivia. According to a UPI news article in 1966, motion picture actor Victor Mature was visiting the Voyage set and when they needed somebody to sit at the radio console for a scene, Irwin Allen and director Sobey Martin...

Well, in the meantime, Jeff T asked for the original Neilsen ratings of the first 13 episodes from year 4. Here they are (a 16 rating and over is considered survivable, as is anything above a 26 share): 1. Victor Jory in Fires of Death: Rating: 14.2 Share: 27 2. Vincent Price and those darn...

Mike Bailey's voice lives on, his Voyage site is still online. He was always intelligent and insightful, he will be missed: Meanwhile, here's a list of the yet to be released Year Four episodes, but I'm going to follow Jeff Ts example and only mention the positives for each episode. For...

I was saddened to hear that Michael Bailey had passed away. I had received a couple of emails from him over the years, in response to my questions and he was always friendly and extremely well versed in the Voyage universe. I know some fans bristled at his episode reviews on his site but Mr...

I wish Richard Basehart had understood how his character was a hero to so many young people during Voyage's initial run. He played the Admiral with believability, a challenge considering the wild nature of later stories. But he didn't give himself credit for this. San Diego columnist Don...

The latest Filmfax magazine (# 120) has an interesting look back at Men into Space, with lots of rare photos. But their interview with Rena Lundigan (William's wife) must be old, since she passed away a couple of years ago. But she shares amazing insights as to how Lundigan felt about the show...

Jeff is right, it's the sales of these Voyage DVDs that will really determine if they continue. I often buy Irwin Allen DVD titles as gifts for friends who are undecided about purchasing the DVDs for themselves and most of the time, they end up enjoying these shows and sometimes end up buying...

One noteworthy thing about Mr. Terrific is that it didn't do badly during its brief run on CBS in the ratings. If you look at the 1966-67 ratings list (compiled by AC Nielsen for all 90 shows that year), Mr. Terrific ranked a healthy 36th - ahead of The Invaders (39) F Troop (40), UNCLE (42)...

I do think we'll see the last DVD set of Voyage released, it'll just be awhile. Appreciated the interesting stock footage info from Charles. Another strange shot is from the teaser of ATTACK, where we see a saucer in the sky, firing a laser beam. I suspect it was stock (NOT from Day the Earth...

Stephen Strimpell gave an interview to Filmfax (or Outre) magazine around 2001, a really candid chat about how much he disliked working on the Mr. Terrific show but he was also very funny, a great wit. He died a few years ago.

I was very sorry to hear about Del Monroe's passing. He brought an authentic quality to "Kowalski" and I'm glad he was able to meet many of the VOYAGE fans at some of the conventions in the past 10 years. I found a couple of interviews he did, one for Starlog in 1998 and another for Filmfax...

Mark, the book was called Seaview: The Making of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea by Tim Colliver, published by Star Tech in 1992. A kind of high budget, softcover fanzine: The Good: * Mini-interviews with Terry Becker, Pat Culliton, Del Monroe, others (Becker has a great story of a day in...

Mark, I have some questions, comments and Voyage trivia - not sure how "rockin" these will be. But here goes: The Q: Towards the end of "Man of Many Faces," there is stock footage of a giant explosion on the sea surface (I think from year 2's Terror on Dinosaur Island). But am I imagining...

I'm looking forward to the next Voyage DVD release too. I recall one called "Death Clock" that was pretty good (but I'm talking 30 year-old memories here). I just finished watching the year 4 DVDs and have to say I was surprised by how good and energetic these episodes were. The only times I...