The prolific Irwin Allen brought a string of science fiction series to TV in the mid-1960s, The Time Tunnel probably being his most ambitious project due to the high production costs. The studio where the Tunnel scenery was set up was truly impressive. The stories were pretty straightforward like all Irwin Allen series. Two scientists are transported in time through the famous tunnel to prove that it works and prevent the United States Government from funding the project, this is how both are lost wandering through different times while a group of scientists does the same. Possible to return them to the present time. Supported by archival material from historical Fox films, Tony and Douglas go through the Titanic, Nazi Germany, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Wild West and are even transported to another planet. It is said that despite the success obtained, the series did not get to have a second season since the archival film material had run out, this was noticed at the end of the series since the last episodes dealt with invaders of extraterrestrial beings, which which allowed the scriptwriters not to have to adjust to historical facts and to have more freedom to invent stories.
Review of The Time Tunnel
