Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Today, we want to pay tribute to the science fiction TV shows of the sixties. Although those years weren’t as TV-prolific as the following decades at the turn of the century, those classic series have been lighting up our living rooms – I, for one, like to watch sci-fi with the lights off – right up to the present day. It couldn’t be otherwise; their scripts are timeless.

TV shows like Star Trek, which has led to countless sequels and spin-offs, released its first episode in September 1966, eagerly broadcasting an inclusive future, but not exempt from risks and action, too! Another classic, The Twilight Zone, which aired for the first time from 1959 to 1964, and then again a second, third, and fourth time, most recently in 2019, is an anthology spanning science fiction, thriller, fantasy, and a host of other genres, always delivering an intriguing end-of-the-episode moral.

That said, when talking about sixties small-screen sci-fi, one must give special credit to film and TV producer and director Irwin Allen: he created four of the most popular TV shows of the time: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants. By the way, Allen later earned the nickname “Master of Disaster” for superb movies such as The Poseidon Adventure.

Lost in Space might probably stand out amongst our younger readers due to Netflix’s recent remake – I’d suggest comparing the looks of “Robot” from the original to the Netflix release. However, our strong recommendation is to go on underwater adventures. Based on its 1961 movie release of the same name, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was the first and the longest-running TV show in Allen’s career. Dive in, and you get to watch plenty of black-and-white episodes!