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Voyage to the Bottom of the
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Saboteur (Airdate: February 22, 1965) STORYLINE: |
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Crane is kidnapped and brain-washed by enemy agents who intend to use him to subvert an important mission and kill Admiral Nelson. The mission? Seaview is to put in place new top-secret underwater remote controlled missiles. | |
| Crane arrives aboard late carrying a shaving kit secretly loaded with explosives and Mission Impossible- style spy gear; he immediately falls under the scrutiny of top security man (Forester) who is suspicious of Crane's flimsy explana-tion as to why he was incommunicado for three whole days. |  Crane comes under Forrester's scrutiny. |
Crane finds an oddly marked matchbook which verifies that another spy is on board, one who will insure that he, the Captain, carries out his mission -- incapacitate the missiles and kills Admiral Nelson. Crane drags his feet and goes so far as to "accidentally" run Seaview into an undersea mountain range. |
| Much cat and mouse sea-saw action occurs until Crane, about to kill Nelson, is shot by Forester. They figure out that Crane has been brainwashed, and become suspicious of the temporarily assigned radio operator (Parker) because he passed through information about Crane which could not have been true. Parker, meanwhile, attaches explosives to Seaview's forward ports and sets off the charges just as the submarine breaks surface. Water pours in but disaster is averted and the spy flushed out (so to speak). Captain Crane will recover from his wound and from his brainwashing treatment. |  |
 A tense crane gives orders that send Seaview careening into an undersea mountain range. |
The Saboteur. |
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Mark Says: There’s a group of latter year-one episodes that, either due to budget crunches or creative fatigue, wearily flex some otherwise interesting ideas. The concept of two people on Seaview being brainwashed (one is Crane, the other a crewman) is intriguing, as is the idea of the observation windows being blown apart. Otherwise, routine going. Warren Stevens is always a welcome presence and look quickly for James Brolin - all you see is the back of his head! Mike Says: Even as a twelve-year-old, I was uncomfortable with the implication that Seaview's main ports could be made of glass. Any material which could take the pressure at 4,700 feet over that wide an area, would not likely be greatly disrupted be plastic explosives. Some explanation was needed. Of course, in the novel, the concept of a metal capable of translucence (herculite), dealt with this problem. |
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