Episode

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Terror on Dinosaur Island

Name: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Terror on Dinosaur Island
Released: 1965-12-26
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Paul Trinka, Del Monroe, Robert Dowdell, Richard Basehart, David Hedison

Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaSeason 21965-12-26

Overview

A submerged domed island is forced to the surface by its volcano and exposes a Jurassic-style world.

Details

Series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 14
Air date: 1965-12-26
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Terror on Dinosaur Island is Episode 14 in Season 2 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. It aired on 1965-12-26. The runtime is 60 min.

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Episode 15: Killers of the Deep 1966-01-02 | 60 min A foreign power is salvaging sunken nuke missiles from the ocean floor to make themselves a superpower.

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Episode 19: Graveyard of Fear 1966-01-30 | 60 min A scientist and his secretary come aboard Seaview when their research vessel is sunk by a giant Portugese Man-Of-War. They want Admiral Nelson to return to the scene, but won't tell him the real reason.

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Episode 20: The Shape of Doom 1966-02-06 | 60 min Dr. Alex Holden is hunting a gigantic whale in which he has injected an experimental growth serum. It turns and destroys his boat, killing his crew. He is rescued by Seaview, which was on en route to plant a nuclear device to blast an undersea channel Holden obsesses over getting his swallowed equipment from the whale when it turns and comes at the sub, swallowing the bomb as it is being lowered! Nelson cannot detonate the bomb, as the president's carrier is in the area. The nearly insane Holden steals Nelson's remote detonating device and threatens to blow up the whale if he's not permitted to get samples of the whale.