Eleven Days to Zero (VBS episode)
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"Eleven Days to Zero"
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VBS episode
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1x01 / 1st of 110 aired
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First aired
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[edit] Summary
This pilot episode marks the television introduction of Admiral Nelson and the nuclear submarine Seaview. It also introduced Captain Lee Crane. The pilot deals with natural seismic activity located in the North Pole, which threatens to create worldwide tsunamis. These tsunamis are large enough to destroy coastal cities in all outlying areas around the world. The concern is that foreign powers would use the destruction to attempt a takeover of the world. Nelson and a fellow scientist create a plan, which requires setting off a nuclear device. This nuke would counter act the second and deadliest of the tsunamis. Seaview sets out to complete its mission, having eleven days to do so. Within that time, foreign powers attempt all means of stopping Seaview from completing its mission. Suffering damage and consent attacks, Nelson manages to reach his objective and stops the tsunamis from happening, but not before incurring the wrath of the leader of the foreign powers.
[edit] Background Information
- Several scenes (notably the divers working on the seabed, the attack by an enemy submarine, the emergency blow, and the ice chunks falling on the submerged Seaview) were actually footage from the 1961 motion picture
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[edit] Cast
- Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson
- David Hedison as Captain Lee Crane
- Robert Dowdell as Lt. Commander Chip Morton
- Henry Kulky as Chief Curly Jones
- Del Monroe as Kowalski
[edit] Guest Stars
- Mark Slade as Malone
- Theodore Marcuse as Dr. Gamma
- Booth Colman as Chairman
- John Zaremba as Dr. Selby
- Eddie Albert as Dr. Fred Wilson
- Derrik Lewis as O'Brien
