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All episodes Season 3 S03E23 1980-03-01 60 min 1970s ABC

The Love Boat

Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement

TV Flash files “Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement” as hour 75 of 245 in the TV Flash guide — The Love Boat (1977–1986) on ABC, season 3, episode 23, aired 1980-03-01, 60 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 75 of 245 in the The Love Boat guide, hour 23 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1980-03-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Not So Fast, Gopher / Haven't We Met Before? / Seoul Mates” (S03E22). Next is “Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover” (S03E24).

The Love Boat — Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement (S03E23)

Catalog log

Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.

A friend of Capt. Stubing's runs into his long-lost old flame, who has since become a nun. He professes his love for her, forcing her to make a difficult decision about her future. A woman pursues a shy astronomer, mistakenly believing that he is the renowned sex therapist/author who is travelling incognito on the ship. A young woman's pushy mother constantly nags her to find a wealthy husband. Gopher tries to cheer the woman by asking her to dance and giving her what he thinks is a cheap toy ring, unaware that it is actually a passenger's lost engagement ring.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement sit in the The Love Boat guide?

S03E23 is listed hour 75 of 245 — hour 23 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.

When did The Love Boat S03E23 air?

Another Time, Another Place / Doctor Who / Gopher's Engagement aired 1980-03-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I watch in order?

No. It is a multi-story guest-star anthology with a regular crew. Sample any cruise; Stubing's ship is the constant.

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Why this series still plays

Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

Gavin MacLeod's Captain Stubing hosts three guest-star storylines a week while Julie, Doc, Gopher, and Isaac keep the Pacific Princess meddling. Aaron Spelling cruise-ship anthology as comfort franchise: formula as feature, theme as furniture. Bon voyage, subtlety — the cameo sport still photographs.

The first image is white: uniforms, rails, Pacific soft-focus, and Gavin MacLeod's Captain Merrill Stubing hosting three guest-star storylines before the dessert cart. ABC's The Love Boat (1977–1986) turned cruise vacation into Aaron Spelling's floating hit factory — nine seasons, 245 episodes, formula as feature. Lauren Tewes's Julie McCoy, Ted Lange's Isaac, Bernie Kopell's Doc, and Fred Grandy's Gopher never age out of meddling. Jeraldine Saunders' nonfiction about cruise life inspired the premise; Wilford…

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