Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Turn Back the Clock
TV Flash files “Turn Back the Clock” as hour 7 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 7, aired 1964-10-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 7 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1964-10-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sky is Falling” (S01E06). Next is “The Village of Guilt” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A lush, tropical, verdant paradise in the South Pole? Living dinosaurs? Such fanciful ideas must surely be the ravings of a madman. Or perhaps not, as Admiral Nelson soon discovers. The question is, will he and Crane survive their trip to a lost world?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Turn Back the Clock sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 110 — hour 7 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S01E07 air?
Turn Back the Clock aired 1964-10-26 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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- 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…