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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sky is Falling
    8.4/10(148 votes)

    #1 - The Sky is Falling

    S1:E6

    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 authorities, however, have other ideas, and Seaview may be in as much danger from human interference as from the aliens.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 10 - Submarine Sunk Here
    8.4/10(148 votes)

    #2 - Submarine Sunk Here

    S1:E10

    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 but wait for help. But will help arrive in time?

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 24 - Edge of Doom
    8.4/10(84 votes)

    #3 - Edge of Doom

    S4:E24

    "Idiots!!!" Admiral Nelson to himself. There is an imposter on Seaview. Lee Crane is the main suspect. Admiral Nelson takes Morton and Sharkey into his confidence. They must put Crane to the test to find out whether or not he's the man they know. Captain Crane is really put through the ringer in this episode! Admiral Nelson hurts his feelings on purpose, the Captain practically chokes to death from a fire in the Circuitry Room that he gets blamed for, he gets locked in a storage room, and he's driven half out of his mind by the Admiral, Morton and Sharkey. Through it all, Crane maintains his inner belief in himself.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 19 - Doomsday
    8.2/10(117 votes)

    #4 - Doomsday

    S1:E19

    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 actually mean it's "doomsday?"

    Director:James Goldstone
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 3 - The Day the World Ended
    8.2/10(99 votes)

    #5 - The Day the World Ended

    S3:E3

    As Admiral Nelson demonstrates a new tracking device for a visiting U.S. senator, it seems to show that Seaview is the only life left on earth.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 6 - Man of Many Faces
    8.2/10(93 votes)

    #6 - Man of Many Faces

    S4:E6

    In an attempt to control the planet's tides, Dr. Randolph Mason (a nut if ever there was one -- he is part scientist, part make-up artist!) has invented a powerful electromagnet and established a magnetic field around the moon. The only person who seems to recognize the obvious danger in this silly plan is Harriman Nelson. At first glance, it would appear that Nelson has killed Dr. Randolph. At second glance, it would appear that Captain Crane has betrayed the Admiral. On third glance, the moon is getting closer and closer to Earth, and will soon collide with our beautiful blue orb -- unless the Seaview can save the world. Again. * In this episode, we learn that Chief Sharkey attended Lincoln High in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. (There actually is a Lincoln High in Coney Island.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 13 - The Lost Bomb
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #7 - The Lost Bomb

    S3:E13

    Seaview and an enemy sub battle to recover a superbomb from the ocean floor.

    Director:Gerald Mayer
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  8. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 31 - The Condemned
    7.9/10(86 votes)

    #8 - The Condemned

    S1:E31

    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.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 22 - The Death Ship
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #9 - The Death Ship

    S2:E22

    Things go wrong when Nelson and Crane test out a new automated system for Seaview.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Allan Balter

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  10. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 25 - The Mechanical Man
    7.9/10(99 votes)

    #10 - The Mechanical Man

    S2:E25

    Drs. Paul Ward and Peter Omir have discovered a powerful new element -- Subterranium 116. This element can produce limitless pure energy, but Omir may have another agenda.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 3 - Cave of the Dead
    7.9/10(89 votes)

    #11 - Cave of the Dead

    S4:E3

    "Those who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore." Investigating the loss of Navy ships, Nelson finds an ancient dagger in a cave on an uncharted island, and falls under a strange curse. Haunted by visions of skeletons and an anachronistic ship, he has trouble convincing the crew of his sanity. Meanwhile, Seaview is sailing in circles, and the visiting Commander Van Wyck seems to have disappeared. Guest star Warren Stevens also appeared in "The Saboteur" and "Deadly Invasion".

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 26 - No Way Back
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    #12 - No Way Back

    S4:E26

    Seaview experiences a sudden power overload and blows up, killing all hands aboard. When Admiral Nelson (who was at the Nelson Institute at the time of the accident) hears of the destruction of the Seaview, he gets an impossible to refuse offer from Mr. Pem (who survived from A Time To Die): in exchange for the use of the sub's nuclear reactor, Pem will transport Nelson back in time to before the explosion which destroyed Seaview. Once back in time, Pem renergizes his time travel device and brings the sub back even further in time to the American Civil War. Before the crew has time to absorb this, the ship is boarded by Major General Benedict Arnold! Now Nelson has to stop Pem's far-reaching plan to take over the world and avoid the explosive disentergration of Seaview.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 3 - The Fear-Makers
    7.8/10(150 votes)

    #13 - The Fear-Makers

    S1:E3

    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 released a fear-causing gas into the air system. As Seaview plunges into the depths a dangerous panic starts to spread.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 24 - The Saboteur
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    #14 - The Saboteur

    S1:E24

    Crane is brainwashed by enemy agents, and his new mission is to deactivate certain strategic undersea missiles and to assassinate Admiral Nelson!

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 4 - The Cyborg
    7.8/10(125 votes)

    #15 - The Cyborg

    S2:E4

    Cybernetic genius Tabor Ulrich creates a perfect mechanical duplicte of Admiral Nelson. His plot: to make the crew of the Seaview they are fighting World War Three. In doing so, the sub will launch nuclear missles at the China, Russia and the USA. After the holocaust, Ulrich plans to take over and usher in "the age of the cyborg".

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Allan Balter

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  16. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 11 - A Time to Die
    7.8/10(74 votes)

    #16 - A Time to Die

    S4:E11

    finds herself suddenly out of touch with the rest of the world, in the wrong part of the ocean and encountering strange creatures. It seems she's been thrown a million years back in time. Then the Admiral opens his cabin door and finds himself back in his Santa Barbara office, confronting the strange Mr. Pem and his pocket-sized time machine, and has to play a risky game before time can return to its normal course. The early part of this episode contains two astronomical errors. First, Nelson takes snapshots of the eclipse-darkened sky with an ordinary camera, but when the shots are developed they show galaxies and nebulae that could only be seen with a telescope. Second, the Admiral describes the pictures as showing 'constellations'. Henry Jones (Pem) also appears as Sprague in "Night of Terror" and once again as Pem in "No Way Back". This episode features re-used footage from "Thing from Inner Space".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 25 - The Death Clock
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #17 - The Death Clock

    S4:E25

    "... but the Flying Sub's my baby!" Captain Crane to Chief Sharkey Seaview's reactor is running wild -- again. Without taking the time to don protective anti-radiation gear, Captain Crane runs into the Reactor Room to shut down the pile. An explosion renders him unconscious. Although treated in Sickbay with a special anti-radiation device, the Captain does not come out of his coma-like state. Doc can find no explanation. (Apparently, Doc hasn't read the script.) Corpsman Mallory has turned that life-saving device into a time-machine. Mallory is testing his fourth-dimension gadget on Crane before using it to enslave the entire world! A warped and insane Captain Crane from the future shoots and kills Admiral Nelson, because he believes the Admiral has held him back from achieving all he should have. Maybe he's paying Nelson back for the Krueger incident.

    Director:Charles R. Rondeau
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 16 - Hail to the Chief
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #18 - Hail to the Chief

    S1:E16

    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. An enemy agent, taking the place of the doctor who would have used a radiological device on the President, will attempt to kill the Commander-in-Chief with a deadly ray. Will she be discovered in time to save the President?

    Director:Gerd Oswald
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  19. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 1 Episode 18 - Mutiny
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #19 - Mutiny

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 2 Episode 5 - Escape from Venice
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #20 - Escape from Venice

    S2:E5

    Crane is caught up with a circle of spies as he tries to make his way back to Seaview with important missile defense data.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Charles Bennett

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  21. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 3 Episode 8 - Thing From Inner Space
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #21 - Thing From Inner Space

    S3:E8

    Bainbridge Wells is filming a segment of his "Science On The Move" television series on a small island off the coast of Chile. A sea creature comes ashore and kills his crew. Wells convinces Admiral Nelson to return to the island because he wants to prove that the creature really exists. Crewman Patterson has a special interest in the mission.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 1 - Fires of Death
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    #22 - Fires of Death

    S4:E1

    The Seaview is being buffeted about by underwater explosions due to the eruption of an active volcano. Dr. Turner (Victor Jory) is aboard to stop the eruptions. However, his true mission is to bring up ""elixir stones."" An alchemist, Turner needs the stones to keep him immortal. However, in order to bring up the stones, he needs to stimulate the volcano into full eruption!

    Directors:Jerry Hopper, Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 9 - Rescue
    7.7/10(74 votes)

    #23 - Rescue

    S4:E9

    Seaview is on the lookout for an enemy sub and its underwater sub-pen. Sonar picks up a contact. The rogue sub fires at Seaview, which is saved only by virtue of her new electronic hull shield. Not so fortunate is Captain Crane, who has just located the sub-pen while on patrol in the FS-1. A powerful laser fires a beam at the Flying Sub, crippling the ship. Running out of air, moving in and out of consciousness, Crane is unable to give the pen's coordinates to Nelson. Thanks to the hard work of some enemy agents aboard, Seaview seems unable to rescue the Captain. Worried about Crane trapped in the Flying Sub, Admiral Nelson is particularly impatient in this episode. He constantly barks at Morton and the Chief.

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 12 - Blow Up
    7.7/10(67 votes)

    #24 - Blow Up

    S4:E12

    The Seaview is en route to rendezvous with the fleet when Sharkey reports a missle fuel leak. Crane and Morton believe it's worth returing to port to repair, however Nelson knows how to handle it. Taking a small breathing device with him, the Admiral locks himself in the compartment in question to effect repairs. However, he drops a wrench, the circuts blow and Nelson is knocked out. When he comes to, he's gripped by paranoia which worsens with each passing minute. Trusting no one, Nelson loses his grip on reality, arresting Doc, fighting with Sharkey and finally launching a nuclear missle at the fleet!

    Director:Jus Addiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season 4 Episode 21 - Savage Jungle
    7.7/10(68 votes)

    #25 - Savage Jungle

    S4:E21

    Alien jungle growth is spreading across Italy, and before long -- thanks to a crewman who is really an alien spy -- the vegetation invades Seaview too. The Admiral has built a device that might help, but first he and Crane have to fight their way through the overgrown corridors to prevent the missiles being used to spread the infestation even farther. * Patrick Culliton played various crewmen over Voyage's 4 seasons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Sky is Falling" is the best rated episode of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". It scored 8.4/10 based on 148 votes. Directed by Leonard Horn and written by Don Brinkley, it aired on 10/19/1964. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Submarine Sunk Here".