The Time Tunnel

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Name:	The Time Tunnel
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Irwin Allen
Date(s):	September 9, 1966 – April 7, 1967
Medium:	TV series
Country of Origin:	United States
External Links:	Wikipedia
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The Time Tunnel is an ABC 1960s science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure.

Fandom

The Time Tunnel Fan Forum was a Yahoo Groups mailing list for fans. It was active from 2003 to roughly 2014, when activity started to decrease. The forum didn’t close until 2019.

Fan Comments

Oh god — TIME TUNNEL. Don't speak to me of TIME TUNNEL. This is the series which claimed to be educational, then completely mystified and irritated me with the episode on Greek mythology. (I know quite a bit about Greek mythology ~ it's one of my pet subjects, along with volcanoes, but I digress). Not only was Odeysseus [sic] running the entire show (Odeysseus????? What happened to Agammamnon [sic], for crying out loud?), but they insisted on referring to the gods by their Roman names. So Zeus became Jupiter, Hera became Juno, and the only one to remain the same was Apollo, whose name is the same in both religions anyway! Athene i became Diana...gee, it was so teeth-gritting! I had to switch it off in the end, I was so disgusted. If they were doing something so simple then why didn't Allen at least hire a research assistant? All she needed to do then was refer to the Iliad, or indeed, any of the classics!

That was Allen's problem in every series he did — no research, even less continuity. He had the attitude of 'Throw anything in, the kids won't notice.' Well, some of the kids noticed even then, and we're still noticing now. A certain degree of fantasy is acceptable, but he went overboard.

I don't 'loathe' TIME TUNNEL. I love watching it! Yeah, the plots are real sucky and the logic stinks, but Allen's real talent lay in his characterizations and in choosing actors (not actresses; the guy concentrated on the male members of his cast! No objections here, girls) who were attractive, intelligent and interrelated beautifully. I enjoyed it for the people, if

nothing else.

Fanworks

Skits

The opening ceremony of Time-Warped convention in Sydney, Australia, featured a Harpic Productions' skit with Doug and Tony. They arrive in 1986 just in time for a science fiction media convention. Colleague Ann twiddles some knobs on her console but is unable to assist them.

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  Doug and Tony emerge from the Time Tunnel into 1986.

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  Doug has lost his jacket. Tony has lost more than a jacket.

Zines

• Time Tunnel Fanzine
• Visiting Time, a gen V/Time Tunnel zine.

Archives & Fannish Links

• Time Tunnel works at AO3