The Time Tunnel - Season 1 - Eps 21: Idol of Death
Doug and Tony arrive in a jungle in 1519 Yucatan as Cortez and his Spanish conquistadores attack the locals. The pair rescue natives being tortured for knowledge of a sacred golden mask and intervene. They are captured and believed to be spies. Cortez burns his ships and plans the guys' execution, but one of the locals free them and Doug buys them time to escape by threatening Cortez with explosives. Cortez orders pursuit. Meanwhile, the Project team call up an expert familiar with the terrain, Castillano. The guys use crude explosives to delay the Spaniards while aiding a local chieftain-to-be, while the Project staff discovers Castillano has a reputation for stealing artifacts, but have no choice but to employ him. When the guys get captured Castillano offers the Project staff their location in return for the recovery of the mask. When the Staff recover the mask they inadvertently lock everyone in time, and Castillano grabs a gun to force them to let him keep the mask. A demented Cas
About The Time Tunnel
Title: The Time Tunnel
First Air Date: 1966-09-09
Last Air Date: 1967-04-07
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.602/10 (from 171 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 30
Network: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Production Companies: Irwin Allen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, ABC, Kent Productions
Synopsis
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
Cast
James Darren
Tony Newman
Robert Colbert
Doug Phillipps
Whit Bissell
General Heywood Kirk
Lee Meriwether
Dr. Ann McGregor
John Zaremba
Dr. Raymond Swain
