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"The Menfish"
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VBS episode
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2x24 / 56th of 110 aired
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First aired
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Written by
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William Read Woodfield, Allan Balter
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Directed by
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Tom Gries
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Previous episode
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"The Monster's Web"
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Next Episode
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"The Mechanical Man"
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Summary[]
In Admiral Nelson's absence, Admiral Park and Captain Lee Crane have to stop Dr. Borgman's mad plan to create a new race of menfish.
There's a history between these two[]
While Admiral Nelson was tied up at a conference in Washington, D. C., Admiral Park filled in aboard the Seaview. Nelson had previously given permission for Dr. Borgman and his assistant, Hansjurg, to carry out an experiment aboard the submarine. However, both scientists had been backlisted for their experiments on humans. In fact, Admiral Park's investigating committee had been responsible for Borgman having been sent to jail.
It was not long before seaman Bailey was missing. The suspicious Admiral went to the Missile Room to see what Borgman was up to and discovered the doctor had harvested the pineal gland from the missing crewman and used it to turn a fish into an anthropomorphic hybrid. He was demonstrating how he could use his control device to command the creature to swim left or right when the Admiral burst in. The doctor used a pistol to prevent the Admiral from interfering. With Hansjurg's help, he operated on the Admiral, giving him one of his control implants. After that, the Admiral was forced to approve all of Dr. Borgman's requests.
Menfish everywhere[]
Dr. Borgman created more of his menfish, taking command of the Seaview. Captain Crane, forced to aid in the creation of more, smuggled a liquid oxygen tank into the radiation chamber the doctor used to enlarge his small creatures to human size. The Captain thought the oxygen concentration or the frigid temperature would abort the procedure, but instead the manfish that resulted was a giant as large as the Seaview. It was also too large to be controlled by the (comparatively) tiny electrodes in its brain. It attacked the submarine.
Hansjurg fights back[]
Realizing Dr. Borgman would let them all die to further his plan, Hansjurg broke the control device and strangled his mentor. Now freed, the Admiral used the lasers in the Flying Sub to kill the giant. Hansjurg helped restore the missing crewmen to normal and remove the electrode implanted in Park.
Cast[]
| A c t o r | R o l e |
| Gary Merrill | Admiral Roy Park |
| David Hedison | Captain Lee Crane |
| G u e s t C a s t | |
| John Dehner | Borgman |
| Victor Lundin | Hansjurg |
| A d d i t i o n a l C a s t | |
| Del Monroe | Kowalski |
| Roy Jenson | Johnson |
| Robert Dowdell | Chip Morton |
| Wayne Heffley | Seaview doctor |
| George Sims | Bailey |
| Ray Didsbury | Collins |
| Ron Stein | Forrestor |
| Frank Graham | manfish |
Links[]
Watch the episode on the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea channel on Hulu