The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey was an NBC network sci-fi series which aired as a midseason replacement from February 3 to June 16, 1977, lasting for one season & 10 episodes.

It was produced by Bruce Lansbury Productions and Columbia Pictures Television.

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The series centered a family and their associates who charter a boat out into the Caribbean for a scientific expedition.

After an encounter in the area of the Bermuda Triangle with an unnatural luminous green cloud accompanied by the eerie disembodied sound of ship's bells, they find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island from which they are unable to escape.

  • Jared Martin as Varian
  • Ike Eisenmann as Scott Jordan
  • Carl Franklin as Dr. Fred Walters
  • Katie Saylor as Liana
  • Roddy McDowall as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Production [ ]

D. C. Fontana recalled that once "The Fantastic Journey" had been commissioned, she and the producers had a very short period of time to develop and produce the show before filming commenced.

Additional scenes were filmed and inserted into the pilot which introduces the Atlanteans who are the focus of Episode 2, but this new material also quickly moves off-screen the characters Paul, Eve and Jill (who were originally intended to be regulars), as the network wanted a more diverse group of travelers.

Also, a subplot involving the travelers finding a 1940s Air Force pilot held prisoner by 16th century pirates was removed from the first episode.

The show benefited from a larger than normal amount of location filming, with familiar sites such as the Hollywood Hills, Zuma Beach, the Bonaventure Hotel in LA and Griffith Park Observatory all appearing in various episodes.

The character, Willaway was created specifically with Roddy McDowall in mind and fortunately, he was interested and took the role when approached.

Cancellation [ ]

Although airing in a time when the nation's interest in the Bermuda Triangle, UFOs and fantasy was at a height, "The Fantastic Journey" failed to last beyond the ten episodes, having been scheduled as a mid-season replacement (following the failure of another fantasy series, " Gemini Man ") against "The Waltons" & "Welcome Back, Kotter."

NBC ordered 12 episodes of the series to follow the revised pilot, but production ended early when it was apparent that the ratings were low. The show was either pre-empted or its time-slot changed several times during its short run.

By its tenth episode, the ratings had dropped, and the show was cancelled.

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An American Sci-Fi series that has a group of travelers ( Ike Eisenmann , Carl Franklin , and Roddy McDowall ) being trapped in the Bermuda Triangle and meeting two people ( Jared Martin and Katie Saylor ) while they try to get back home.

The show aired from February 3, 1977 to June 16, 1977 on NBC .

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  • Action Girl : Although it doesn't happen as much in later episodes, Liana is shown in the first two episodes to be a capable fighter and is implied to use her psychic abilities in combat.
  • Arc Villain : The Source, an orange brain that feeds off of energy from human sacrifices, is the Big Bad for the show's opening two-parter.
  • Badass Pacifist : Varian was a musician in his own time and abhors violence. However, if he has to, he will use his atomic energizer to fight, and is not above destroying inhuman entities like The Source. Fred and Liana also have shades of this, since they're both anti-violent but willing to fight in self defense.
  • The Bermuda Triangle : Where the group first start their time traveling escapades.
  • Bond Creatures : Liana shares a telepathic connection with her cat Sil-El. This usually results in Sil-El observing something in secret and then communicating with Liana about it.
  • Combat Medic : Fred is a doctor but he will fight if necessary. Varian, who has healing powers but was primarily a musician in his own time, is a downplayed version of this.
  • Evil Is Hammy : In the episode "Funhouse," Apollonius, once he's in the body of Willoway, speaks in a loud and echoing voice. Apollonius : (in Willoway's body) "HEEEEEEEEEE'S MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!"
  • The Leader : Varian. He makes the team's decisions and is usually the most reliable and stable.
  • The Lancer : Fred works together with Varian but can also handle things on his own. Since the two of them are both healers, they form a supportive friendship.
  • Team Kid : Scott, the child of the group.
  • The Heart : Liana, who is telepathic and sensitive to the needs and suffering of others.
  • The Smart Guy : Willoway, a Smug Snake but brilliant scientist whose knowledge of technology, languages, and history comes in handy,
  • Team Pet : Sil-El, Liana's pet cat who communicates with her telepathically and accompanies the team on their travels.
  • The Homeward Journey : The group use portals from one dimension to the next hoping to find the one that leads home. With only 10 episodes, they never got home.
  • "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight : The climax of the episode "Funhouse" has Varian doing this with a possessed Willoway.
  • Jive Turkey : Fred, a Black man from 1977, drops slang words like "dynamite," even calling Willoway a "turkey" at one point. There's also this exchange from the beginning of "Children of the Gods" (justified since Willoway is from the 60's): Willoway: "Now I remember a '37 pommeau. Robust! But not overpowering." Fred: "It's alright. It's alright if it's chill." Willoway: "Chilled? You don't chi-" (Beat) Willoway: "Gotcha." Fred: (laughing) "I got you. "
  • Karma Houdini : Willoway goes from being the main villain of the third episode to joining the regular cast. Fred brings this up but Varian makes it clear that Willoway has no chance of surviving on his own, and Liana quickly forgives him for trying to abduct her and force her to marry him.
  • Lost World : The various places encountered in the Bermuda Triangle by the main cast.
  • Patchwork World : An island in the Bermuda Triangle has a series of timezones, each with trapped groups of people from the past, present, and future.
  • Three of the travelers on the boat carrying Scott and Fred, including Scott's parents, were going to be part of the main cast, but they ended up going home ahead of their son.
  • Liana disappears after Episode 8. In-universe this is because she's helping the residents of one of the zones they've passed through rebuild, but in Real Life actor Katie Saylor was unavailable due to illness.
  • Raise Him Right This Time : In one episode, a murderer steals an object that has the power to warp matter, create food, and other such things from a peaceful community. The orb reacts to him and regresses him into an infant. The community scoop him up and promise to raise him well; his life will replace the one he took.
  • The Smurfette Principle : Liana is the sole female member of the group. The initial two episodes featured a larger central cast with two female characters, including Scott's mother, but these were Put on a Bus for the series proper, having returned home.
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S1.E2 ∙ Atlantium

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S1.E3 ∙ Beyond the Mountain

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S1.E4 ∙ Children of the Gods

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S1.E5 ∙ A Dream of Conquest

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S1.E6 ∙ An Act of Love

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S1.E7 ∙ Funhouse

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S1.E8 ∙ Turnabout

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S1.E9 ∙ Riddles

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S1.E10 ∙ The Innocent Prey

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The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series about a family and their associates who charter a boat for a scientific expedition into the Caribbean. After an encounter in the area of the Bermuda Triangle with an unnatural green cloud, the group find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island from which they are unable to escape.

They encounter Varian, initially disguised as an Arawak native, who is later revealed to be from the year 2230. A 23rd-century pacifist, musician and healer, Varian explains to the travelers that, like he and many before them, they have been caught in a space/time continuum where people from the past, present, future and from other worlds are trapped, co-existing on the island in a series of timezones. The only way home can be found in a place called "Evoland", which lies "far to the rising sun". The only way to travel between time zones is via invisible gateways that instantaneously transport individuals or groups from one zone to another.

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The Fantastic Journey (1977) is an American science fiction television series, originally airing on NBC , about a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean that becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. They meet up with travelers from other times, planets, and dimensions who have also become trapped, and together they "slide" through portals from one dimension to the next hoping to find the one that leads home.

  • 1 Opening sequence
  • 2.2 Atlantium
  • 2.3 Beyond the Mountain
  • 2.4 Children of the Gods
  • 2.5 A Dream of Conquest
  • 2.6 An Act of Love
  • 2.7 Funhouse
  • 2.8 Turnabout
  • 2.9 Riddles
  • 2.10 The Innocent Prey
  • 4 External links

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  • Lost in the Devil's Triangle, trapped in a dimension with beings from the future and from other worlds, a party of adventurers journeys through zones of time back to their own time. Varian, a man from the 23rd century, possessing awesome powers. From 1977, Fred, a young doctor just out of medical school. Scott Jordan, the 13-year-old son of a famous scientist. Liana, daughter of an Atlantean father and an extraterrestrial mother. And Jonathan Willaway, rebel scientist from the 1960s. Together they face the frightening unknown on... the fantastic journey.

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Children of the Gods

A dream of conquest, an act of love, the innocent prey.

  • Jared Martin - Varian
  • Ike Eisenmann - Scott Jordan
  • Carl Franklin - Dr. Fred Walters
  • Katie Saylor - Liana
  • Roddy McDowall - Dr. Jonathan Willaway

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Back row, L-R: Katie Saylor, Roddy McDowall, Carl Franklin. Front row: Ike Eisenmann and Jared Martin. Fantastic Journey cast 1977.JPG

The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 16, 1977. It was originally intended to run 13 episodes, as a mid-season replacement , but NBC cancelled the series in April, after the ninth episode aired. A tenth episode, already produced, was burned off two months later.

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The series concerns a family and their associates who charter a boat out into the Caribbean for a scientific expedition. In the Bermuda Triangle , after encountering a glowing green cloud, accompanied by the eerie disembodied sound of ship's bells , the group find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island from which they cannot escape.

Christina Hart as Gwenith, with Jared Martin as Varian, in "An Act of Love" Christina Hart Jared Martin The Fantastic Journey 1977.JPG

They encounter Varian ( Jared Martin ), initially disguised as an Arawak native, who is later revealed to be from the year 2230. A 23rd-century pacifist, musician and healer, Varian explains to the travelers that, like he and many before them, they have been caught in a space/time continuum where people from the past, present, future and from other worlds are trapped, co-existing on the island in a series of "Time Zones". The only way home can be found in a place called "Evoland", which lies "far to the rising sun". (It was indicated in interviews of the time that Evoland was also the name of the island.) The only way to travel between Time Zones is via invisible gateways that instantaneously transport individuals or groups from one zone to another. In one episode, "Beyond the Mountain", the group also encounters a second cloud, which has much the same effect, but which also splits up the group.

After the initial pilot story, a steady group of travelers forms around Varian as de facto leader, and the series then follows this group as they travel across the many Time Zones of the island to find Evoland. On their way, they encounter people from different planets and times who are also trapped on the island and who have adapted to their plight in different ways.

The pilot initially suggested the historical past would be explored. The series, though, soon adopted a consistently futuristic style during the series following pressure from the network. Three characters after the pilot were also dropped, as they wanted a more exotic group of travelers, hence the arrival of Liana and Willoway. Liana disappeared from the last two episodes when Katie Saylor fell ill.

  • Varian ( Jared Martin ): "A man from the 23rd century possessing awesome powers", Varian generally uses a kind of crystalline "tuning fork" device called the Sonic Energizer through which he focuses his thoughts into what is described as a sonic manipulation of matter. The device is completely useless in anyone else's hands, and seems capable of a huge variety of tasks, from opening doors to disrupting electrical systems to large scale acts of destruction, as well as its apparently intended function as a diagnostic and healing device. Following the departure of Professor Paul Jordan at the end of the pilot film, Varian takes over as de facto leader to the travelers and adopts a parental role over Paul's teenage son, Scott (most notable in episodes such as "An Act of Love" and "Turnabout").
  • Scott Jordan ( Ike Eisenmann ): "The 13-year-old son of a famous scientist", Scott has an excellent knowledge of Earth history and events, but is still young and has much to learn.
  • Dr. Fred Walters ( Carl Franklin ): "A young doctor just out of medical school" whose impulsive and rather hot-headed nature acts as a counterpoint to the calm, pacifistic Varian. A friend of Scott's father and the only other member of the group from the same time period, the athletic black physician takes the role of protective "older brother" with the young teen.
  • Liana ( Katie Saylor ): "Daughter of an Atlantean father and an extraterrestrial mother". The beautiful blonde Liana possessed greater than human physical strength due to her mother being from a planet with a higher gravity than Earth . (However, not much use was ever actually made of Liana's strength.) She also had powerful psychic abilities (presumably due to her mixed heritage) which allow her to, among other things, telepathically communicate with animals - especially her cat Sil-El. Saylor left the show after the episode "Turnabout" due to illness. In the next episode "Riddles" the reason for her not being present with the group was given that she opted to stay a few days at Coriel to help the inhabitants work out their new government and would catch up with the group later.
  • Dr. Jonathan Willoway ( Roddy McDowall ): "Rebel scientist from the 1960s" who has a mastery of computers, robotics and scientific knowledge which is quite useful to the group. He is something of a never entirely trustworthy black sheep , basically a cooler version of Doctor Smith from Lost in Space without the congenital cowardice, who often tends to do things for his own mysterious reasons. Over the course of the episodes, however, the black-clad Willoway comes to care about Scott and his fellow travelers and becomes more integrated into the group, although Fred makes no secret about still not trusting him which leads to a bickering Spock / McCoy -style relationship between the two.
  • Sil-El (The Felix Team [1] ): Liana's companion and pet, a " tuxedo cat " with which she can communicate telepathically and who sometimes scouts ahead for her, acting as an extra set of eyes and ears.

D. C. Fontana recalled that once the show had been commissioned, she and the producers had a very short period of time to develop and produce the show before filming commenced. Additional footage was shot and inserted into the pilot, introducing the Atlanteans, who are the focus of Episode 2. The addition of these scenes resulted in quickly moving off-screen the characters of Paul, Eve and Jill. They were originally intended to be regulars, but the network wanted a more diverse set of travelers. A subplot involving the group finding an Air Force pilot from the 1940s, held prisoner by 16th-century pirates, was removed from the first episode as well.

The character of Willoway was created with McDowall specifically in mind. The actor was interested, and took the role when it was offered.

The show benefited from more location filming than usual, with familiar sites such as the Hollywood Hills , Zuma Beach , the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, and Griffith Observatory appearing in various episodes.

Although it aired in a time when the nation's interest in the Bermuda Triangle , UFOs and fantasy was at a height, the show failed to find success. It was originally scheduled opposite The Waltons and Welcome Back, Kotter , both very popular family series, as a midseason replacement for another failed fantasy show in that time slot, Gemini Man . NBC would repeatedly preempt and move the series before finally giving up on it, after only ten of the twelve episodes that the network had ordered to follow the revised pilot had been produced. The script for an eleventh episode, "Romulus", was once available on the Internet. [2]

Within a few months of the abrupt end of production, several of the team that worked on the series would be producing the thematically similar Logan's Run for the 1977–1978 television season .

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  • ↑ Vikki, Virtual (2003-04-06). "The Fantastic Journey: The Internet 'Portal' " . Archived from the original on 2005-11-29.
  • ↑ From the Writers Guild of America, West catalog: "Signatory Project Confirmation [ search: "Fantastic Journey" ] " . Writers Guild of America, West . Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
  • 1 2 From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [ search: "Fantastic Journey" ] " . United States Copyright Office . Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
  • ↑ Muir, John Kenneth (October 11, 2007). "Cult TV Flashback # 35: The Fantastic Journey: "Beyond the Mountain" " . Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
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The Fantastic Journey was an NBC American science fiction television show. There were ten episodes.

"The Fantastic Journey" was a short-lived, relatively unlamented TV series. It traced the adventures of a band of travelers marooned in a Bermuda Triangle-like area of multi-leveled time zones. Each week's show pitted the intrepid band against a danger in a new time zone. The zones co-mingled in this strange region and ranged from antediluvian Atlantis to far in the future. And our stars played characters from many of these eras. The show was not a rousing success, and did not last very long, although in honesty, 'Fantastic Journey,' like Logan's Run at a later date, appears to have been a victim of the overly-hasty ratings game. Both shows were pulled just when they had begun to develop some of their potential and gave some promise of turning onto a really good program after all." [1]

The show was the subject of Susan M. Garrett's first published fanfic .

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  • Fantastic Journal has two issues.
  • Peripatetic #1 was all Fantastic Journey .
  • The Ghostbusters Live From the Bermuda Triangle is a Real Ghostbusters / Fantastic Journey crossover by Sheila Paulson.
  • The Guardian Stone is a Fantastic Journey / Lord of the Rings crossover by Sheila Paulson.
  • Vortex had nine issues.

There are also at least three one-shot Fantastic Journey fics in various multimedia zines .

  • "Walls of the New Jerusalem" in Green Floating Weirdness #2 (crossover with War of the Worlds TV series)
  • "Over the Hills and Far Away" in Green Floating Weirdness #3 (crossover with War of the Worlds TV series)
  • "Gloom" in Moonbeam #7
  • ^ from a fan in Right of Statement #3

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The Fantastic Journey

Cast & crew.

Andrew V. McLaglen

Ike Eisenmann

Scott Jordan

Carl Franklin

Dr. Fred Walters

Jared Martin

Katie Saylor

Roddy McDowall

Dr. Jonathan Willoway

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  1. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 16, 1977. It was originally intended to run 13 episodes, as a mid-season replacement, but NBC cancelled the series in April, after the ninth episode aired. A tenth episode, already produced, was burned off two ...

  2. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey was an NBC network sci-fi series which aired as a midseason replacement from February 3 to June 16, 1977, lasting for one season & 10 episodes. It was produced by Bruce Lansbury Productions and Columbia Pictures Television. The series centered a family and their associates who charter a boat out into the Caribbean for a scientific expedition. After an encounter in the ...

  3. The Fantastic Journey (TV Series 1977)

    The Fantastic Journey: With Jared Martin, Carl Franklin, Ike Eisenmann, Katie Saylor. Travelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.

  4. Fantastic Journey

    Fantastic Journey may refer to any of the following: . The Fantastic Journey, a science fiction series from 1977 that lasted 10 episodes.; Fantastic Voyage, a science fiction film from 1966 where a crew and submarine are shrunk to perform delicate brain surgery.; Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov; The Fantastic Flying Journey, a novel of Gerald Durrell

  5. The Fantastic Journey (Series)

    The Fantastic Journey. Series. Create Subpage. An American Sci-Fi series that has a group of travelers ( Ike Eisenmann, Carl Franklin, and Roddy McDowall) being trapped in the Bermuda Triangle and meeting two people ( Jared Martin and Katie Saylor) while they try to get back home. The show aired from February 3, 1977 to June 16, 1977 on NBC.

  6. The Fantastic Journey (TV Series 1977-1977)

    Season 1. 1977 • 10 Episodes. Season 1 of The Fantastic Journey premiered on February 3, 1977. The Innocent Prey. (1x10, June 16, 1977) Season Finale. View All Seasons.

  7. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 16, 1977. It was originally intended to run 13 episodes, as a mid-season replacement, but NBC cancelled the series in April, after the ninth episode aired. A tenth episode, already produced, was burned off two months later.

  8. The Fantastic Journey (TV Series 1977)

    S1.E3 ∙ Beyond the Mountain. Thu, Feb 17, 1977. Liana is separated from Varian, Fred, and Scott after another strange storm. Liana meets an eccentric man named Jonathan Willaway who lives in a seeming Utopia, while the others find themselves in a swamp with a tribe of green people who seek vengeance on Willaway .

  9. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series about a family and their associates who charter a boat for a scientific expedition into the Caribbean. After an encounter in the area of the Bermuda Triangle with an unnatural green cloud, the group find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious uncharted island from which they are unable to escape.They encounter Varian ...

  10. The Fantastic Journey (1977)

    The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.

  11. Fantastic Voyage

    Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who is shrunk to microscopic size and venture into the body of an injured scientist to repair damage to his brain.

  12. The Fantastic Journey: Season 1

    Season 1 - The Fantastic Journey. Scientists enter a time warp in the Bermuda Triangle. In the Bermuda Triangle, explorers (Scott Thomas, Ike Eisenmann, Susan Howard, Karen Somerville, Carl ...

  13. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey cast. The Fantastic Journey (1977) is an American science fiction television series, originally airing on NBC, about a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean that becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island.They meet up with travelers from other times, planets, and dimensions who have also become trapped, and together they "slide ...

  14. The Fantastic Journey: Season 1, Episode 1

    The Fantastic Journey - Season 1, Episode 1. In the Bermuda Triangle, explorers (Scott Thomas, Ike Eisenmann, Susan Howard, Karen Somerville, Carl Franklin) pass through a time warp into a ...

  15. Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey

    Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey is a hidden object game based on the popular book series by Martin Handford. The game features 12 levels, each with a different theme and a variety of challenges. You can play solo or with friends in online or local multiplayer modes. Join Waldo and his friends as they explore the fantastic worlds of the magic scroll.

  16. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey. Scientists enter a time warp in the Bermuda Triangle. Page 1 of 5, 9 total items. A series gets an Average Tomatometer when at least 50 percent of its seasons have a score ...

  17. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey is an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 16, 1977. It was originally intended to run 13 episodes, as a mid-season replacement, but NBC cancelled the series in April, after the ninth episode aired. A tenth epi

  18. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey was an NBC American science fiction television show. There were ten episodes. Canon "The Fantastic Journey" was a short-lived, relatively unlamented TV series. It traced the adventures of a band of travelers marooned in a Bermuda Triangle-like area of multi-leveled time zones. Each week's show pitted the intrepid band ...

  19. Where's Waldo?: The Fantastic Journey

    Where's Waldo?: The Fantastic Journey is a multiplatform game based on the book series Where's Waldo. It features the game play which is also in the books, searching for different people and objects in different scenarios. The game features twelve worlds in which the player must find characters and items within a time limit, with more being unlocked later on in the game. Waldo's dog Woof gives ...

  20. The Fantastic Journey

    The Fantastic Journey. List. Archaeologists in the Bermuda Triangle are transported to an island where the past, present and future coexist. Andrew V. McLaglen.

  21. Gokujō Parodius

    Gokujō Parodius. Gokujō Parodius ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~, [ a] translated as Gokujo Parodius - Pursuing the Past Glory and also known as Fantastic Journey, is a 1994 side-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Konami. It is the third entry in their Parodius series, itself a parody spin-off of their Gradius series.

  22. Category:The Fantastic Journey

    Katie Saylor The Fantastic Journey.jpg 1,442 × 1,891; 460 KB. Categories: 1977 American television series debuts. 1977 American television series endings. 1970s American science fiction television series. Science fiction television programs from the United States. Television shows set in the Bermuda Triangle. Television shows set in New York City.

  23. Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey (video game)

    The Fantastic Journey, known as Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey in the United Kingdom, [3] is a video game published by Ubisoft and developed by Ludia based on the book of the same name. It is a puzzle adventure game released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows, and the iPhone, and is also a remake of The Great Waldo Search ...