Category: Fantastic Journey, The

Fantastic Journey: The Innocent Prey

Fantastic JourneyThe tenth and final episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres, airing in a time slot intended to burn off the remaining episode outside of any crucial ratings periods. Cheryl Ladd and Gerald McRaney guest star. Read more

Fantastic Journey: Riddles

Fantastic JourneyThe ninth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. The promise of shelter for the night turns into a waking nightmare (not to mention an episode that would’ve been ideal for a Halloween special). Read more

Fantastic Journey: Turnabout

Fantastic JourneyThe eighth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. The travelers stumble into a deadly escalation of a war between the sexes. Joan Collins guest stars. Read more

Fantastic Journey: Funhouse

Fantastic JourneyThe seventh episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. The travelers visit an unusual circus from which there is no escape. Read more

Fantastic Journey: An Act Of Love

Fantastic JourneyThe sixth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. Varian hangs up his traveling shoes to get married; his bride, naturally, doesn’t survive to the end of the episode. Read more

Fantastic Journey: A Dream Of Conquest

Fantastic JourneyThe fifth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. John Saxon guest stars, and a model of the space shuttle with its external tank and solid rocket boosters is referred to as a spaceship from the distant future. Read more

Fantastic Journey: Children Of The Gods

Fantastic JourneyThe fourth episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. The travelers find a futuristic city where orphaned children have taken over and gone mad with their newfound power. Read more

The Fantastic Journey: Atlantium

Fantastic JourneyThe second episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. Katie Saylor joins the cast as Liana, a character not included in the original series outline who helps the few holdovers from the pilot episode. Read more

The Fantastic Journey: Vortex

Fantastic JourneyNBC premieres The Fantastic Journey, a “sci-fi-lite” series featuring such Star Trek veterans as story editor D.C. Fontana and director Vincent McEveety, but dealing mainly with familiar concepts (the lost city of Atlantis, post-apocalyptic futures that look a lot like southern California, etc.). It lasts only ten episodes before it’s cancelled. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast