Fantastic Journey: The Innocent Prey
The 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.
Fantastic Journey: Riddles
The 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).
Fantastic Journey: Turnabout
The 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.
Fantastic Journey: Funhouse
The seventh episode of the short-lived NBC series The Fantastic Journey premieres. The travelers visit an unusual circus from which there is no escape.
Fantastic Journey: An Act Of Love
The 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.
Fantastic Journey: A Dream Of Conquest
The 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.
Fantastic Journey: Children Of The Gods
The 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.
The Fantastic Journey: Atlantium
The 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.
The Fantastic Journey: Vortex
NBC 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. Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast