Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Eleven Days to Zero
TV Flash files “Eleven Days to Zero” as a desk essential hour — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1964-09-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1964-09-14 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The City Beneath the Sea” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Eleven Days to Zero”. Eleven Days to Zero launches the Seaview: Basehart's Admiral Nelson, Hedison's Captain Crane, Allen spectacle spun from the 1961 film.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A gigantic tidal wave will destroy much of the civilized world, but Admiral Harriman Nelson has a plan to stop it -- Seaview will set off a nuclear explosion at precisely the right time and place. Evil forces seek to destroy Nelson before he implements his plan -- in the chaos following the tidal wave, they hope to take over the world! Seaview's original Skipper is killed and it's Lee Crane from the US Navy to the rescue.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Eleven Days to Zero sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 110 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S01E01 air?
Eleven Days to Zero aired 1964-09-14 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Nelson and Crane on the Seaview in an early, straighter adventure hour show the film-to-series contract. Later monster weeks are the camp-adjacent spectacle if you want creatures over Cold War nerves.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is Irwin Allen spectacle in a flying-sub hull: Richard Basehart's Admiral Nelson, David Hedison's Captain Crane, and the Seaview meeting monsters, spies, and weekly disaster. It spun from Allen's 1961 film into four seasons of underwater set pieces. Cold War nerves as creature feature — straight faces, big models.
The silhouette is a glass nose on an experimental submarine. *Flying-sub hull, big models, Cold War nerves dressed as creature couture.* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is Irwin Allen spectacle: Richard Basehart's Admiral Nelson, David Hedison's Captain Crane, the Seaview meeting monsters, spies, and weekly disaster. Spun from Allen's 1961 film onto ABC (1964–1968; four seasons, 110 episodes). Straight faces, big stakes. **This was not a quiet patrol; this was disaster theater in a hull.**
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Filed against
- Richard Basehart as Adm. Harriman Nelson
Richard Basehart commanded Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Adm. Harriman Nelson — Irwin Allen spectacle in a flying-sub hull, monsters and spies meeting weekly disaster. David Hedison's Captain Crane kept the deck honest. TV Flash…
- David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane
David Hedison’s Capt. Lee Crane ran Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea from the Seaview’s conn — Irwin Allen spectacle in a flying-sub hull, Richard Basehart’s Admiral Nelson, monsters, spies, weekly disaster. Four seasons of underwater set…