Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The City Beneath the Sea
TV Flash files “The City Beneath the Sea” as hour 2 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 2, aired 1964-09-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 2 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1964-09-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Eleven Days to Zero” (S01E01). Next is “The Fear-Makers” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While investigating the disappearance of research ships in the Aegean, the Seaview is damaged by a bomb. Captain Crane goes ashore, and pretends to be a diver for hire. The Captain meets an ex-diver, now a mute due to a tragic accident, who claims to have seen a "city beneath the sea". Crane gets hired by the "bad guy", but his cover is soon blown. He is taken prisoner and nearly loses his life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The City Beneath the Sea sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 110 — hour 2 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S01E02 air?
The City Beneath the Sea aired 1964-09-21 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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