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The Mechanical Man

Episode aired Mar 13, 1966
TV-G
52m

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7.9/10

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While assisting an undersea drilling operation, Capt. Crane and the Seaview become locked in a life-and-death struggle with an android, powered by a new source of limitless energy, Subterran... Read allWhile assisting an undersea drilling operation, Capt. Crane and the Seaview become locked in a life-and-death struggle with an android, powered by a new source of limitless energy, Subterranium 116.While assisting an undersea drilling operation, Capt. Crane and the Seaview become locked in a life-and-death struggle with an android, powered by a new source of limitless energy, Subterranium 116.

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Richard Basehart

Admiral Nelson
(credit only)

David Hedison

Captain Crane

James Darren

Omir

Arthur O'Connell

Paul

Allan Hunt

Riley

Del Monroe

Kowalski

Cec Linder

Van Druten

Seymour Cassel

Jensen

Robert Dowdell

Chip Morton
(as Bob Dowdell)

Robert Riordan

Vendon
(uncredited)

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- Sobey Martin
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Trivia
Late in the filming of the second season, Richard Basehart fell ill. In this episode, Nelson was away and they reassigned his lines to Capt. Crane (David Hedison) and Crane's lines to Cmdr. Morton (Robert Dowdell).

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When Capt. Crane receives a phone call on the bridge, he is handed a compact grey telephone. The phone he is handed is an early Western Electric "Trimline" phone, which, although in hindsight is exactly appropriate for the year the episode is set in (1978), was brand-new in 1966, quite scarce and not yet widely available. The phone he is handed is a "wall model", intended to be mounted vertically, not used on a flat surface. After his call, Hedison keeps his hand on top of the phone on the desk, presumably to keep the receiver from sliding off onto the desk.

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7/10

....And introducing James Darren!!

As usually to save money due James Darren was already under contract with Fox for the upcoming series The Time Tunnel, then what about introducing him to major audience meanwhile the run-up was ongoing? Well it was how Irwin Allen worked, seized the best opportunity to get both.

He played a Mechanical Man created by his master Arthur O'Connell to lead a research to find another power source beneath of the ocean, Seaview was there as supporting to them, out of the blue the cold hybrid man starts think for himself only, the implications are predictable, in this episode once more Richard Basehart is absent for some reason.

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