Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Season Two, Episode 25
The Mechanical Man

Guest stars: James Darren, Arthur O'Connell
Original Premiere Date: 13 March 1966, ABCTV (USA)

While assisting an undersea drilling operation, Captain Crane and the Seaview become locked in a lifeanddeath struggle with an android (James Darren).

This is the second of two episodes produced in 1966 while Richard Basehart (Admiral Nelson) was unable to work due to illness.

This high definition video is a recording of an HDTV broadcast of newlytransferred and restored film. The episode has been shortened by the distributor to the current standard length for onehour episodes through the use of cuts and increased frame rate. Additional audio and video augmentation by TooleMan TV, 2024.

The ABC Color Presentation opener was seen before every episode of season two of Voyage during its original network run . By permission of Gavin Moffitt @Roll_VT I have included his reimagined HDTV version of the opener to start this episode! His original posting is at    • ABC Color Presentation Ident  1963  ...  .