Senator Leroy Clark arrives at a secret underground base in the Arizona desert demanding results from Project Tic-Toc. The American government has spent billions and ten years in constructing the base for the time travel tunnel. Dr. Tony Newman decides to make the attempt by himself and ends up on the Titanic. Dr. Doug Phillips tries to rescue him. They are both stranded as the group back at the base struggles to return them to the present. They are able to monitor, communicate, and even send people/things back. However, the two scientists are constantly being diverted to other times.
I remember watching reruns of the show as a child. It was dated but compelling enough for a kid. Essentially, they go from one historical event after another. Most of the time, they struggle to convince people of an impending doom and try to escape. The most compelling part of the show is often the last five minutes when the two men are sent to some place new. It's always interesting to see where they go next. Some of it is nonsense like how everybody speaks English no matter where. The basic premise is interesting but even as a kid, I knew something is missing. The show is simply missing the antagonist. In theory, the men could find a quiet place during one of these jumps and live out their lives. Somewhere along the way, the show does figure that out and makes space aliens as the villains. Although it would be better to have only one alien race to battle. Instead, it's more like a villain-of-the-week.
This is early sci-fi TV. It's interesting. There are big sets. I don't know from which movie they got the Trojan horse. They used old footage and imaginative editing to put a lot into the show. Despite some drawbacks, the show is an iconic forerunner and it's a solid attempt although it did not get renew.
I remember watching reruns of the show as a child. It was dated but compelling enough for a kid. Essentially, they go from one historical event after another. Most of the time, they struggle to convince people of an impending doom and try to escape. The most compelling part of the show is often the last five minutes when the two men are sent to some place new. It's always interesting to see where they go next. Some of it is nonsense like how everybody speaks English no matter where. The basic premise is interesting but even as a kid, I knew something is missing. The show is simply missing the antagonist. In theory, the men could find a quiet place during one of these jumps and live out their lives. Somewhere along the way, the show does figure that out and makes space aliens as the villains. Although it would be better to have only one alien race to battle. Instead, it's more like a villain-of-the-week.
This is early sci-fi TV. It's interesting. There are big sets. I don't know from which movie they got the Trojan horse. They used old footage and imaginative editing to put a lot into the show. Despite some drawbacks, the show is an iconic forerunner and it's a solid attempt although it did not get renew.