Surfacing at the South Pole following a long mission, the crew of the Seaview are horrified to find the sky has changed colour - it is literally on fire! A meteor storm has apparently ignited the atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere. The world looks doomed.
At the United Nations, Admiral Nelson ( Richard Basehart ) proposes to launch a missile, thus blasting the burning gases out into space. A small group of U.N. officials travel in Seaview to see whether the plan is viable. Most are in favour, but Weber ( David J. Stewart ), a rival of Nelson's, is adamantly opposed to it, and resorts to murder to stop it going ahead. He also drugs the crew into inciting mutiny...
A no-frills remake of the 1961 'Voyage' feature film, clearly produced as a 'filler'. All the shots of blazing skies were lifted from said picture. Unlike the movie, here only the bottom half of the world is in trouble ( presumably to excuse the footage of F.S.-1 soaring through clear blue skies ). Nelson's plan was rejected outright originally, whereas in William Welch's version it is given serious consideration. David J. Stewart is suitably creepy as 'Weber', though why he kills only the men from the U.N. and not Nelson himself is strange. Also in one scene he uses his specially-drugged signet ring to inject a large number of crewmen - just how much drug can one small ring contain?
Interesting to hear Richard Basehart's 'Nelson' saying lines originally uttered by Walter Pidgeon. Despite the familiar scenario, this works reasonably well in its own right. Shame we don't get Barbara Eden swinging her hips though.
At the United Nations, Admiral Nelson ( Richard Basehart ) proposes to launch a missile, thus blasting the burning gases out into space. A small group of U.N. officials travel in Seaview to see whether the plan is viable. Most are in favour, but Weber ( David J. Stewart ), a rival of Nelson's, is adamantly opposed to it, and resorts to murder to stop it going ahead. He also drugs the crew into inciting mutiny...
A no-frills remake of the 1961 'Voyage' feature film, clearly produced as a 'filler'. All the shots of blazing skies were lifted from said picture. Unlike the movie, here only the bottom half of the world is in trouble ( presumably to excuse the footage of F.S.-1 soaring through clear blue skies ). Nelson's plan was rejected outright originally, whereas in William Welch's version it is given serious consideration. David J. Stewart is suitably creepy as 'Weber', though why he kills only the men from the U.N. and not Nelson himself is strange. Also in one scene he uses his specially-drugged signet ring to inject a large number of crewmen - just how much drug can one small ring contain?
Interesting to hear Richard Basehart's 'Nelson' saying lines originally uttered by Walter Pidgeon. Despite the familiar scenario, this works reasonably well in its own right. Shame we don't get Barbara Eden swinging her hips though.