Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Mummy
TV Flash files “The Mummy” as hour 78 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 3, episode 20, aired 1967-02-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E20: listed hour 78 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 20 of 26 in season 3. It aired 1967-02-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Mermaid” (S03E19). Next is “Shadowman” (S03E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Seaview is tasked with transporting an Egyptian mummy from a New York museum for special secret testing. It becomes apparent very quickly not all is as it should seem, and soon a terrible threat is unleashed on the crew of Seaview.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Mummy sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S03E20 is listed hour 78 of 110 — hour 20 of 26 in season 3, season 3 episode 20.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S03E20 air?
The Mummy aired 1967-02-05 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
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- David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane
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