The Time Tunnel 1966 - 1967 Opening and Closing Theme HD

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.
Project Tic-Toc is a top secret U.S. government effort to build an experimental time machine known as "The Time Tunnel". The base for Project Tic-Toc was huge and located underground in Arizona, with no visible entry. The only way in was a large secret panel in the desert floor; when it opened, a car could descend into the complex.
Once the panel closed, only the desert was visible. Tic-Toc base was a futuristic series of complexes 800 floors deep and employing over 36,000 people ("12 thousand people in each of those complexes"). It was under the command of Lt. General Heywood Kirk (Whit Bissell).
The center of the base was The Time Tunnel control room where the Tunnel was located. In charge of operating the Tunnel were Dr. Ann McGregor (Lee Meriwether) and Dr. Raymond Swain (John Zaremba). The date at which it was operating was stated as 1968, which was two years into the future for the initial TV audience.

[@stanhauser]

This music already put us in a state of tension before the show even started !

[@user-ht1xu4gv2u]

Johnnie Williams wrote music

[@chuyhighman6927]

Yeah !!

[@evitasdad]

As a child, this programme totally connected with my love of history and adventure. Great memories.

[@mohammedcohen]

...first I heard of the volcanic explosion of Krakatoa...

[@ProfessorTime]

The intro. alone is better than TV shows today.

[@anthonybrown6804]

Totally agree

[@johngalt5205]

That is a very low bar.

[@rosskardon7195]

I was born in 1956. When I had my boyhood in the 1960's, The Time Tunnel was my favorite TV show and the beginning of my lifelong obsession and fascination with time travel!

[@GoGreen1977]

I was so disappointed when Time Tunnel was canceled after one season. I couldn't understand it. But at least Star Trek was renewed!

[@barbie3139]

i didn't put that together! No wonder we loved Star Trek in all its forms!

[@kevindouglas8652]

You wasn't the only one!.

[@joalexsg9741]

Born in 1960 and it had the same meaning to me! Fortunately, now we have the real McCoy: Skinwalker ranch!

[@joalexsg9741]

@@GoGreen1977 It was devastating to me, oh my. I thought that because we were in Brazil, they didn't care to air the other seasons. I only learned it got just that first season with the internet!

[@CaptGage]

So nostalgic. John Williams' Irwin Allen music had such energy and boldness.

[@roblabow9702]

I remember the excitement we had as kids looking forward to the new tv shows in September.

[@barbie3139]

yes me too. Getting the Fall Preview TV Guide and going through it!

[@RETROTV1394]

I love this show ...remember it when it aired back in 1966 on ABC TV. I would love to time travel . Tony and Doug were so cool . Also enjoyed Land Of The Giants , Voyage TO The Bottom of the sea, Dark Shadows, Gunsmoke , Ironside, Lost In Space , Mission Impossible. Sure miss this era of my life. LEGENDARY !

[@margonca17]

And just for a change, John Williams makes this series beautifully musical. What a genius...

[@efibrilovski6374]

my favorite show as a kid !!! its such a damn shame it only lasted one season

[@neyalmeida5314]

I used to watching this series in the end of 70'. Ammmmmmazing!!!!!!

[@wrybreadspread]

Been maybe 50 years since I heard that music. The series starred out on a high note, with the 2 guys getting sent inadvertently to the Titanic. But it gradually got a little...inane.

[@hugginkiss1027]

I remember watching this show on a black and white TV . If I had watched that opening sequence on a colour TV back then, it would have blown my seven year old mind.

[@WgsGombs]

I know,Right?

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

That's about as 60's as it gets.

[@schallrd1]

Making sure to do homework so can relax and watch television shows. Then have to get to bed to go to school in the morning. Friday nights were always special and look forward all week.

[@sargentstephens45]

I was completely swept off my feet with this show when I was a kid. Loved it so much. The concept of time travel I found utterly fascinating. Maybe the large hadron collider in Switzerland was built for this very purpose but they just couldn't quite nail it. Or maybe they have and they've kept it from us all..!!

[@williamrowlands1789]

I remember this tv show when I was a kid of 12-13 when it was on. Wonder if they ever did an episode of them going ahead to the year 2020? They would have taken one look at what the future was like and jumped right back into the time tunnel straight back to 1966. 😎

[@danwroy]

Ok

[@evertonporter7887]

Or have a final episode where Tony and Doug end up at the siege of Syracuse in time to see the dragon get taken down by the Romans and Indy and Helena parachuting to safety. Later, they meet Archimedes....

[@TralfazConstruction]

My fiancée got us tickets to see James Darren give a dinner concert on Friday, May 2, 2014. My sweetheart was no shrinking violet and she was able to get a semi-private audience with the man after the concert. Oh, yeah, she mentioned The Time Tunnel for the both of us and Moon Doggie, etc. What a blast. Mr. Darren was so patient. Bobby Rydell was there too and sang a couple of songs with James Darren. My sweetie made sure to bend Bobby Rydell's ear too. I got to shake his hand and thank him for everything. I also told him that watching Bye Bye Birdie (1963) would have a new and added dimension which made him laugh.

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

Never miss an episode when I was a Kid back in the day It was also the favorite Show of My Grandfather 👴 Bought the Complete Series on Amazon Video

[@kevindouglas8652]

The last episode,shows them jumping off"The Titanic". Nobody will ever know what happened next!.

[@andrewweisneck1102]

@@kevindouglas8652 Like Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap, Doug and Tony never returned home.

[@pattyalzawara2267]

I remember watching this as a kid, loved it!

[@fatimadossantoslima7488]

Boa

[@kevindouglas8652]

I would run home from School for this. Unforgettable.

[@EnlightnMe48]

The theme is actually pretty amazing

[@carolebarker2195]

It reminds me a bit of "West Side Story" when the Sharks fight the Jets!

[@alanfoxman5291]

Loved those Irwin Allen tv shows. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Land of the Giants

[@daniellaubach7544]

Yeah I remember Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Richard Basehart started in that TV series. Short lived series if recall right!

[@andrewweisneck1102]

You forgot Lost In Space.

[@varanid9]

@@daniellaubach7544 No, actually, it was Allen's longest running series with 4 seasons.

[@carlossantillan559]

Irwin Allen was a genius!

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

Definitely

[@geoffwilliams4478]

Absolutely. I'm only 35 and I love his Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea movie. Grew up with a lot of these classics when they showed them on the Sci-fi channel

[@robertszvetics210]

THIS WAS WHEN TV WAS AWESOME

[@TimelordR]

I hear you. Good times.

[@greg33770]

Amen robert ! Truly the "good ole' days"

[@richardkinbell3457]

yep!

[@paulfienga9466]

I hear but tv is getting better every year .

[@russkywhisky4082]

+ 1 !

[@darrylwiggins1156]

As a young boy this show the land of the giants and the invaders were my favorites.thanks tee.

[@rayogaro503]

I remember watching this in 1968 on BBC 1 around 6.pm week nights it was brilliant. 📽🎬

[@superbowlman3207]

You can watch it on metv Saturday on 4am apart of super scifi Saturday night

[@rayogaro503]

@@superbowlman3207 Not only I can watch on TV I own a box set of Time Tunnel. 📽🎬

[@joalexsg9741]

One of my favorites ever!

[@pedrosura]

Never get tired of John Williams

[@leftcoaster67]

That Johnny Williams guy is going to go places.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

Holy shit, I didn't know!

[@pedrosura]

@@SierraSierraFoxtrot Really???What about Land of Giants and Gilligans Island?

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

@@pedrosura never seen them so I can't be surprised.

[@pedrosura]

@@SierraSierraFoxtrot But you did see Timer Tunnel?? that is even more rare of a show!

[@rajibeaubourg5117]

My favorite tv series from 8 years old. This is my great crazy: concept time travel.

[@johnmcvicar8475]

THIS IS WHEN THEY MADE QUALITY SHOWS IRWIN ALLEN WAS A GENIUS YOU WONT GET SHOWS LIKE THIS AGAIN SADLY 😎

[@hopebgood]

This was one of my fave progs to watch after coming home from school when I was about 8 or 9. It was just mindless, brilliant fun. 😀

[@mollrob2399]

I know what a show growing up !

[@cristiancarrizo7170]

Mi serie favorita cuando era un niño..me fascinaba xq la fantasia no tenia limites..inimaginable..ya no hay mas series asi. Lamentablemente todo es destruccion y muerte. Una pena.😦🇦🇷❤🍷⚘👋

[@johnbattles1002]

I loved The Time Tunnel in the 60's! Two of my nephews (who are very close to me in age, so we grew up more like brothers) loved it too. I used to kid them about the show because my oldest nephew is named Doug and his younger brother is named Tony, the names of the characters on the show! Lol! James Darren, who played Tony Newman, was a teenage "heartthrob" singer about as popular as Ricky Nelson several years before the show aired!

[@kiwitrainguy]

You might be thinking of BOBBY Daren.

[@onlythewise1]

this move was so cool it made it interesting to watch all the tech and going back in time

[@tomasnatera]

Otro programa inmortal e impresionante para gente inteligente ,muy adelantado para su época, de los años 60. Una gran imaginación con muchas verdades ocultas a los que no entienden , que la verdad del verdadero conocimiento ciéntifico y técnologico no puede ser revelado para las masas comunes. Gracias sr. IRWIN ALLEN ,por darnos pistas de la realidad.

[@tsbrownie]

I have never seen this in color before. We had a black & white TV then.

[@garyrigelseven6929]

Loved this. The fact that whenever they ended up, the could be seen in full colour with sound back at tunnel HQ ! I gave this paradox absolutely no thought when I was a kid !

[@hudsony777]

Huh?

[@robertmorris8997]

@@hudsony777 Check out any episode.

[@wykikii]

Amazing journeys! Watched this back in the early 80's.

[@mariahillier3822]

Oh the memories i loved this show and had a crush on James Darren the actor who played Tony love from Maria in the UK 😘😊🇬🇧

[@KevinDee007]

Imagination & Compassion, the greatest attributes of American culture. The music wasn't bad either. Theme songs were awesome back then, like "Peter Gun", "Gilligan's Island "...etc...

[@mattkennedy4126]

I won a fm radio contest by correctly guessing this theme was from "The Time Tunnel" and not "Lost in Space" which had a comparable melody. Thank you very much, John Williams.

[@anthonystejan8492]

I loved this show as a child and teenager, damn wish they made more episodes or even a modern day remake… The theme music is really well done too, sometimes I find myself whistling it Tony & Doug are truly iconic, I learned so much history through this show! 🙌

[@j.4332]

NO please dont make a modern iteration...it would be ruined by wokeism

[@hollytrinity8012]

@@j.4332 INSTEAD OF THE WHITEWASHED VERSIONS OF HISTORY WE ALWAYS GET!!

[@grendlsma]

There was a pilot commissioned for a remake in the early 2000s I think. It didn't get picked up.

[@robertmorris8997]

There is a pilot episode, could have been a little better premise though. 49 states, they dropped New Jersey, red means go, green means stop. stuff like that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/najdo3SJibNnmrM

[@cellmate1]

When TV shows memorable theme music

[@smallstudiodesign]

Love the retro-vintage mid century graphics / look

[@mrnicelynicely1]

Great theme music -it takes me back to my childhood.

[@TimelordR]

Credit goes to John Williams who also did the themes for Lost In Space & Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.

[@senorkaboom]

TimelordR Alexander Courage did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

Paul Sawtell did the credit for the theme to an Irwin Allen TV series, "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", but it was Johnny Williams who did the credit for the themes to three other Irwin Allen TV series. Johnny did one theme for "The Time Tunnel", two themes for "Land Of The Giants", and the other two themes for the unforgettable "Lost In Space"!

[@robertkincaid]

The same MR Williams went on to write a few movie scores with a Mr Spielburg

[@TheCarnivalguy]

I was 11 when this first aired and it became my favorite show. I still remember the pilot, as it concerned the Titanic, having become fascinated with the ship and her story after viewing , A Night to Remember on local TV that summer.

[@sargentstephens45]

I remember that first show too, set on the Titanic. Blown away by it and the imagination ran wild. If I recall, the second man was sent in to rescue the first, but then they both became trapped.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

@@sargentstephens45 Exactly. I still remember their names: Tony and Doug. It was one of Irwin Allen’s early TV productions. He was also behind Lost In Space, and thr film, The Poseidon Adventure, among others. I’m full of useless trivia. lol

[@sargentstephens45]

@@TheCarnivalguy I think he did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as well. I actually love useless trivia.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

@@sargentstephens45 He did indeed produce Voyage, one of my fave boyhood shows. And really cool theme music. Not sure about Voyage, but the Lost In Space theme came from Johnny Williams (THE John Williams). Richard Basehart and David Hedison starred in Voyage, but Irwin Allen borrowed? the idea for the series from the film of the same name starring Walter Pigeon. David Hedison’s daughter is the partner of Jodi Foster. There you have more trivia just for you; stored in the nooks and crannies of my brain without the aid of google. 😉😁

[@TheCarnivalguy]

@@sargentstephens45 Michael Rennie portrayed the captain of the Titanic in that episode. Some years before, he starred in the 1951 film “The Day The Earth Stood Still”, one of my favorite sci fi films and a classic of the genre directed by Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, et al) Klaatu Barada Nikto. 😉

[@royjaruk321]

And the theme music was done by a very young John Williams. He also did the themes for Lost In Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[@DavidRodriguez-hg6kq]

The theme songs were better than the shows themselves. LOST IN SPACE was so cheesy and bad but the other one's in the most part were okay.

[@rar321blue]

Part true..but didn't work on voyage at all..

[@dogwalker666]

He did something else a bit more recently if only I could recall what it was. 😉

[@pjmvdbroek]

That explains my instant like to this music. Thanks for the clairification.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

Thank U... I didn't know that!

[@jsmith2130]

Some of the most iconic theme music to this day !!!

[@laramaui4114]

Yes, he scored several motion pictures-genius

[@anamariagutierrez2019]

Brings back memories of my teenage years with my cousin and family,

[@tomryan914]

"In the Hills of Beverly, oil that is, black gold, Texas Tea..."

[@NoCanDojack]

Love this show. Bring it back!!!

[@irenedavies144]

I wasn't even born when this was on, but I love this show, it was a shame it didn't go on longer my favourite episode has to be the one about Pearl Harbour, where Tony meets his younger self.

[@jknuttel]

I remember this show aired Friday nights on ABC at the same time and day CBS aired _The Wild Wild West_ and NBC aired _Tarzan._ How did we suvive in those days before video recorders!?

[@SCRANE1115]

Dick Tufield does the narration here. For many, he's most remembered as the voice of "Robot" from Lost in Space.

[@rayogaro503]

Quite correct not only Dick Tufield did the voice of the robot in Lost in Space and narrated Time Tunnel he also did a one time narration on the movie Forbidden Planet 1956.📽🎬

[@Betterifitsfree]

DANGER DANGER WILL ROBINSON!....

[@jonzfriend]

Where's the rest of the intro? "Now, Doug Phillips and Tony Newman tumble helplessly, lost, somewhere in the infinite corridors of time!" I still quote that robot (from the film, where he did the voice as well) when I'm shredding documents: "DESTROY ROBINSONS! DESTROY JUPITER II!"

[@alexandrerolim6827]

Este seriado O Túnel do Tempo como ficou conhecido aqui no Brasil é um dos meus favoritos.

[@robertoviannamachado3390]

Séries simplesmente espetaculares de Irwin Allen mt a quem de seu tempo!!!

[@mininaturalfarm]

Jazz in the 60s and 70s was so innovative. Very simple and yet very unique.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

I use to watch this as a kid on our black and white tv.

[@RonaldCharlesEpstein]

I remember that show in 1966.

[@joalexsg9741]

I also watched it in the sixties as a child!

[@jefftappan381]

You can almost always tell an Irwin Allen special. Lots of sparks, the sound of an electrical arc, and a Johnny Williams theme. Lots of brass and drums. But, Winton Hoch? The Winton Hoch? The ' The Quiet Man ' Winton Hoch? Wow.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

LOVE the music!

[@MrDavey2010]

I loved this show. Such a load of fun & excitement. Never forget Whit Bissell.

[@celsohenrique5901]

Inesquecível, para sempre em nossos corações. 🇧🇷

[@darcipardini]

Time Tunnel in Brasil is O Túnel do Tempo !!! Eu tinha 9 anos nessa época , me lembro que era uma série que gostava muito , mas ficava apreensiva !!!

[@antoniodominguez3839]

Magnificient programs back in that decade!!!

[@gideondingle9363]

I used 2 watch this show and Land of the Giants all the time when I was a kid.John Williams went 2 the same high school as I did.

[@donmcc6573]

Best show that I somehow missed. I didn't discover it until it started showing on MeTV.

[@jfilesgraphics]

One of my favorite shows ever

[@sargentstephens45]

One of the leading stars of this show, James Darren released a number of hits during that wonderful era of 60s pop music. One of his 'Goodbye Cruel World' I remember listening to on our old valve wireless! What great times!!

[@kiwitrainguy]

Are you sure you're not thinking of BOBBY Darren?

[@patriciaannjones8325]

Loved this show.

[@darcygeorge8411]

I wasn't born when this originally aired, but thanks to MeTV, I've discovered it. Love that John Williams did the theme.

[@daviddemar8749]

He was billed as Johnny Williams in the LIS credits. He actually did two themes for LIS

[@marysikes5861]

Lost In Space Totally Brought Me Into Irwin Allen!!!!!!

[@chrisold8596]

KIDS nowdays should be made to watch all these greats

[@improperbostonian6722]

Thankful to grow up in the 1960's with all the cool campy TV and the best part it was free! no damn cable.

[@isaacmello652]

Sinto muita saudades desta série espetacular.

[@wildman0228]

Can't believe it didn't last longer than a year! Fun Series.

[@rikosan8771]

beautiful series, pity that are only 30 episodes, passion for this series has sent me my father .. a greeting from Italy

[@ronchapman6525]

That show was crazy good when I was a kid.

[@arthurdog3]

My favorite series !

[@guillermocampos2119]

SIMPLY FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheFrog767]

Irwin was a master in this genre 🎉 . Thanks for the entertainment.

[@robertthomas5736]

Thank You Mister Johnny Williams for The Soundtrack

[@reubenmarchant2229]

This series convinced me foreign languages are a recent invention, after all according to this show everyone in the past spoke English. LOL

[@jknuttel]

Heck yeah! Just like every planet the landing party from the Starship Enterprise beamed down to. All the aliens spoke English!

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Same with Dr Who.

[@tadimaggio]

@@jknuttel I think that there were occasional suggestions that the "Universal Translator" on the Enterprise extended its field of operations to ground missions. Far from a perfect solution, but at least it acknowledged the problem, which "The Time Tunnel" never did. I suppose the genetic similarities between the various races on "Star Trek" were accounted for by the interplanetary seeding in the episode where the Terrans, Romulans and Klingons all traced their origins back to a common source.

[@ederlifortunato5681]

@@jknuttel they had universal translators.

[@AusyG]

@@dickiegreenleaf750 well dr who addressed this with the tardis's ability to translate for you

[@arieleliahou8773]

Yes, there were good shows on TV, you connected to those shows as law of attraction. This was in 60, 70, 80s when TV had the right stuff.

[@MrSteeljazz]

I remember this show. I think I was six or something. Cool.

[@luizbarros358]

Já está mais do que na hora de Hollywood fazer um filme sobre essa série fantástica.

[@ivanreis1538]

The Time Tunne, l com certeza, um seriado inesquecível!!!

[@mikey_suzefour]

Using Arizona as the secret base of operations, an early John Williams composing a cool TV score before his movie successes, and THE Irwin Allen of disaster-movie fame...I was disappointed that it ran only 1 season, but did get to see reruns when older...Great TV!

[@uldisbuks8845]

We used to go visit our friends that I have known for 60 years They had 3 boys and I had no brothers or sisters. They had a couch in their living room and what we used to do it is turn the couch and pushed it away from the wall and we'd come tumbling from the wall over the couch like they did in Time tunnel. This was in the mid-60s early 70s. The most simplistic of times the best of times kids didn't need no game boys or electronic devices y'all created your own playtime from the creativity of your brain and mind. The house where my parents friends had lived is still there in the western part of Toronto and my friend's mother who was my mom's best friend who passed is going to be turning 97 I believe in January. would like to see them do a remake of this series in a made for TV or movie theater show.

[@andrewweisneck1102]

They did remake it in 2002 with David Conrad as Doug Phillips and Andrea Roth as a female Toni Newman. The pilot is included on The Time Tunnel DVD.

[@uldisbuks8845]

@@andrewweisneck1102 thanks musta missed it

[@arturo.fortanel190]

I love Lee Meriwether as Ann Mcgregor ❤🎉❤ forever !!!🎉

[@Novamidia99]

As I was passionate for this series every day I watched and played with my childhood friend Ninho de being Dog and Tony and we created different situations by staging.

[@luisalfonsomorenodominguez1299]

Muy buenas series....agradables recuerdos👍

[@luckyman5958]

Série maravilhosa. Nos anos sessenta foram produzidas as melhores.

[@handlzus7018]

Thanks, Never saw it in color

[@dtb4394]

Absolutely superb series. I am proud to own the boxset of.

[@luisreyes1963]

Despite the constant threat of creating a time paradox, Doug & Tony certainly get into the most interesting situations throughout history (also, despite the fact that in another part of the world in a different time they spoke English).

[@simonwillis1529]

Man I grew up in the 80s and I saw all these old skool forever

[@yaronkl]

One of my favorite programs during my childhood in the 70s-80s in Israel

[@donabel1273]

Recognize the composer of the theme music at 1m48s? ... Yup, that's John Williams!

[@nickleach62]

He also did Lost in Space

[@TheAerovons]

he also played piano on Peter Gunn...talk about a legend

[@fancylong]

He also did the theme for Gilligan's Island.

[@MrGlenspace]

Don Abel yes that was his claim to fame working with Irwin Allen before working with Spielberg and Lucas.

[@seikibrian8641]

@@fancylong "He also did the theme for Gilligan's Island." No he didn't. The 'Gilligan's Island' theme was by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle. John Williams (known then as Johnny Williams) had nothing to do with the Gilligan's Island theme.