Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Deadly Dolls
TV Flash files “The Deadly Dolls” as hour 86 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 4, episode 2, aired 1967-10-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E02: listed hour 86 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 2 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1967-10-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Fires of Death” (S04E01). Next is “Cave of the Dead” (S04E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A puppeteer comes on board to entertain the crew. But it is later revealed that his puppets are alive and they plan to take over the sub. That's when they replace the crew members with duplicates. Only Nelson and Crane are left to try and stop them.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Deadly Dolls sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S04E02 is listed hour 86 of 110 — hour 2 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 2.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S04E02 air?
The Deadly Dolls aired 1967-10-01 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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