As of July 2026, The Time Tunnel Season 1 aired in 1966 with 30 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Time Tunnel Season 1

1966 30 Episodes Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy ⭐ 8/10

Right now you can watch The Time Tunnel Season 1 on streaming — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. James Darren leads a cast that never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

The Time Tunnel Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The Time Tunnel Season 1 uses its genre premise as cover for asking bigger questions. Season 1 of The Time Tunnel includes 30 episodes. It aired from September 1966 to April 1967. This season stars James Darren, Robert Colbert and Whit Bissell. James Darren and Robert Colbert lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1966. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give The Time Tunnel Season 1 a chance. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. James Darren grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

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🎬 The Time Tunnel Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Rendezvous with Yesterday
1966-09-09
Dr. Tony Newman prematurely enters the government's Time Tunnel project, and the project head, Doug Phillips, must go back to save him as they both fight for survival on the sinking Titanic.
E2
One Way to the Moon
1966-09-16
Doug and Tony land 10 years in the future on the Mars Excursion Module during liftoff. Their extra 335 pounds of weight endanger the mission by putting it over the weight allowance. Everyone believes the time travellers are spies except one man, Harlow. They are forced to land on the moon for a refu...
E3
End of the World
1966-09-23
Dony and Toug arrive in 1910, where a local town is in a panic over the arrival of Halley's Comet. Tony is caught in a cave-in near two hundred miners, while Doug is unable to get help from the superintendent, Henderson, who believes they're all doomed because of the comet. Doug digs out Tony on his...
E4
The Day the Sky Fell In
1966-09-30
Tony and Doug land in the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu on December 6, 1941, and see three men burning files. They talk their way out and Tony goes to find his father, who disappeared during the bombing. Cmdr. Newman is initially skeptical, but Tony convinces him with family knowledge no one else c...
E5
The Last Patrol
1966-10-07
Tony and Doug land in the War of 1812 in Louisiana, and steal som clothing that happens to have passes from General Jackson. They are captured by the British forces, led by Colonel Southall. In the present, the Project people bring in Southalll's descendent, a British general. His ancestor has a rep...
E6
Crack of Doom
1966-10-14
On the island of Krakatoa in 1883, time travelers Doug and Tony try to convince a British scientist that the volcano is about to erupt in one of history's biggest explosions.
E7
Revenge of the Gods
1966-10-21
Tony and Doug arrive at the Siege of Troy, and are taken before Ulysses. Ulysses believes them to be gods, while his lieutenant Sardis doubts them. Doug wins a swordfight with Sardis to prove his divinity, so Sardis goes to Troy and tries to betray Ulysses and the Greeks. In the next battle the two ...
E8
Massacre
1966-10-28
The guys arrive in South Dakota in June 24, 1876, near Little Bighorn. They are captured by Indians, although Doug manages to escape and make it to Custer's camp. Custer refuses to believe Doug's tale. Meanwhile, Tony has tried to warn Sitting Bull. The Indians prepare to burn Tony at the stake, but...
E9
Devil's Island
1966-11-11
Tony and Doug arrive on Devil's Island in March 1895, where they are taken into custody as escaped prisoners. Doug manages to escape and hold the Commandant at gunpoint to convince the man he is a stranded American, but the Commandant plays along until he can get the drop on him. The Project team pl...
E10
Reign of Terror
1966-11-18
The guys arrive in Paris, 1793, and Doug is arrested by the Committee for Public Safety. Tony rescues him with the aid of a shopkeeper, who is a royalist and friend of Marie Antoinette. Meanwhile, Kirk has the Project send back an irradiated personal ring to the guys which they hope will act as a fo...
E11
Secret Weapon
1966-11-25
Doug and Tony arrive in Russia in 1956. The Tunnel staff try to contact them with F-5 probes, which prove highly dangerous. In the last probe the team sends a message telling the guys to contact ""Alexis"", pose as defecting scientists, and find out about Project A-13. In the present-day, General Pa...
E12
The Death Trap
1966-12-02
The guys land in Baltimore on February 22, 1861, in a barn where a group of conspirators and followers of Abolitionist John Brown are meeting. They are mistaken for fellow collaborators, but the Pinkertons break up the meeting. Doug is captured while Tony escapes with brothers Jeremiah and Matthew. ...
E13
The Alamo
1966-12-09
Tony and Doug arrive at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 - the day Santa Ana wiped out the defenders. The two make it to the fort, but are put into custody when Tony tries to convince the stubborn Col. Travis the fort is doomed. Tony escapes but is captured by the Mexicans. An injured Doug captures Capt. ...
E14
Night of the Long Knives
1966-12-16
Tony is shot by Afghani tribesmen and left for dead, and they then take Doug prisoner. Doug is taken before Singh, the head of the Afghanis fighting against the British in 1876, while Rudyard Kipling rescues Tony and takes him to the English fort. The Afghanis are preparing for a massive attack on t...
E15
Invasion
1966-12-23
Doug and Tony are captured by the Gestapo in Cherbourg on June 4, 1944, two days before D-Day. A scientist, Dr. Heinz Kleinemann, working for the Reich plans to brainwash Doug and allows Tony to escape. Tony falls in with the Resistance while Kleinemann successfully brainwashes Doug to beleive he is...
E16
The Revenge of Robin Hood
1966-12-30
Doug and Tony show up in June 1215 when the Earl of Huntington is trying to convince King John to sign the Magna Carta. Doug is captured along with Huntington when the King gets surly and orders their torture. Tony manages to rescue Doug and they flee where they meet up with Huntington's men: Little...
E17
Kill Two by Two
1967-01-06
The guys land on an island in the South Pacific at the tail end of WW2. Two Japanese soldiers are holding it against invasion: the deranged Lt. Nakamura, who hates Americans, and the loyal sergeant, Itsugi. Nakamura soon fixates on the travellers, and forces them into a series of sadistic games. Whe...
E18
Visitors from Beyond the Stars
1967-01-13
The guys land in a Western town in the late 19th century, where they are intercepted by two silver-clad aliens. The two aliens need to steal protein to supplement their own supplies, and soon use their advanced technology to mind-control Doug and hold the confused townspeople at bay while stealing l...
E19
The Ghost of Nero
1967-01-20
Tony and Doug arrive near the Italian-Austrian Alps on October 23, 1915, as the Germans are preparing to bombard the area. An explosion knocks them out and uncovers the stone coffin of Emperor Nero. Nero's sword floats out of it, but kills a German soldier. They awaken and discover they are beneath ...
E20
The Walls of Jericho
1967-01-27
Tony and Doug arrive outside the tent of Joshua on the sixth day of his seven-day assault on Jericho. With their future knowledge of the Bible they are able to convince Joshua that they are emissaries of the Lord, and he basically forces them to go into Jericho as spies. Doug is captured and torture...

🎭 Cast of The Time Tunnel Season 1

James Darren
James Darren
Tony Newman
Robert Colbert
Robert Colbert
Doug Phillipps
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
General Heywood Kirk
Lee Meriwether
Lee Meriwether
Dr. Ann McGregor
John Zaremba
John Zaremba
Dr. Raymond Swain

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