Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Long Live the King
TV Flash files “Long Live the King” as hour 15 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 15, aired 1964-12-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E15: listed hour 15 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 15 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1964-12-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ghost of Moby Dick” (S01E14). Next is “Hail to the Chief” (S01E16).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When the King of a small but friendly nation is assassinated, Seaview is assigned to take the young Crown Prince back home to assume his throne. Neither Nelson (who gets turned out of his own cabin) nor Crane are used to handling children. Help arrives in the form of a mysterious flute-playing old man who befriends the boy after he is picked up at sea.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Long Live the King sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S01E15 is listed hour 15 of 110 — hour 15 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 15.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S01E15 air?
Long Live the King aired 1964-12-21 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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- 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…