The Camera Time Tunnels
by Shimi Cohen
The first episode set up the series: Drs. Tony Newman (James Darren) and Doug Phillips (Robert Colbert) are scientists working on Project Tic-Toc, a time control experiment.
Lack of results in their time experiments are leading to budget cuts, so Tony rashly enters the Tunnel before it can be fully tested.
A few bright lights and explosions later, he finds himself on the H.M.S. Titanic.
To save Tony (and potentially the ocean liner), Doug follows.
There are lots of arguments and plans, but the Titanic sinks anyway.
There are several reasons that The Time Tunnel appealed to many of us as kids. First, Tony and Doug got to go back in time to see famous events, along with a few imagined ones in the future. The history you learned about in school was dramatically presented each week!
As a child of the 1980s, living with reality shows of the 2020s, I still hold out hope for The Time Tunnel to return.
This year I will try to search through the camera time tunnels.
The first: Haifa, Bat Galim Beach, July 2021
