The Seaview - On a secret mission
| Television series | |
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| German title | The Seaview - On a secret mission / Mission Seaview |
| Original title | Voyage to the bottom of the sea |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1964-1968 |
| length | 52 minutes |
| Episodes | 110 |
| genre | Science fiction |
| idea | Irwin Allen |
| music | Paul Sawtell |
| First broadcast | September 14, 1964 (USA) |
| German-language first broadcast |
17th December 1994 |
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The Seaview - A secret mission , known as "Mission Seaview" (Voyage to the bottom of the sea) , is an American science fiction - television series from the 1960s. The main role is played by the nuclear submarine Seaview , which outwardly represents a research submarine, but in reality is a high-tech combat submarine. Under the command of Admiral Harriman Nelson and Captain Lee Crane, the crew of the Seaview u. a. against megalomaniac scientists, alien invaders and sea monsters.
In Germany, the series ran under the name Die Seaview - In a Secret Mission for the first time on December 17, 1994 on ProSieben .
The series ran on American television from September 14, 1964 to September 15, 1968. A total of 110 episodes were shot in 4 seasons .
Inventor and producer of the series was Irwin Allen . The series is a mixture between espionage and science fiction .
The series continues the movie Firebirds with Walter Pidgeon , Robert Sterling and Peter Lorre from 1961.
The series was created around the same time as Star Trek and contains many similar elements with the difference that the series is set in the sea . At the same time, the thematically related puppet series Kommando Stingray appeared in England .
Others
- At the time, the trick technology and special effects used in the series were revolutionary.
- The first season was shot in black and white , only the second season was shot in color.
- In the second season, completely new uniforms were used (in color).
- In the total of 4 seasons, some minor and major changes were made to the Seaview.
- Many of the props used (such as computers and weapons ) were also used in the following series: Lost Between Alien Worlds (1965), Time Tunnel (1966), Planet of the Giants (1968) and Batman (1966).
- The Seaview had a sister ship: the "Polydor". This was destroyed in the second episode of the first season.
- This was Irwin Allen's series which ran the longest on television.
- The Seaview - In a Secret Mission was nominated several times for an Emmy and won the award four times.