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Fantastic Voyage (TV series)

Fantastic Voyage is an American animated science fiction television series based on the famous 1966 film directed by Richard Fleischer . [1] The series consists of 17 half-hour episodes, airing Saturday mornings on ABC-TV from September 14, 1968, through January 4, 1969, then rebroadcast the following fall season. The series was produced by Filmation Associates in association with 20th Century Fox Television . A Fantastic Voyage comic book, based on the series, was published by Gold Key and lasted two issues. [2]

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The show was later broadcast in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel 's Cartoon Quest , from 1992 to 1996. [3]

There are currently no plans to release the series on DVD and/or Blu-ray Disc in Region 1 from 20th Century Home Entertainment , although most of the series is available for viewing on YouTube , and the show was released on DVD in the United Kingdom years previously.

Fantastic Voyage is the story of the C.M.D.F. (Combined Miniature Defense Force), a secret United States government organization that possessed the ability to reduce people to microscopic size. [4]

The main characters were Commander Jonathan Kidd; biologist Erica Lane; scientist Busby Birdwell; and a "master of mysterious powers" known only as Guru. The team was reduced in size for its missions, each miniaturization period having a time limit of 12 hours, and it traveled around in a microscopic flying submarine, the Voyager, doing battle against the unseen, unsuspecting enemies of the free world, both criminal and germinal matter. The missions of the team were given out and supervised by Professor Carter, in charge of the miniaturization process, and a character usually referred to as "the Chief" (presumably the overall leader of the CMDF), who was always seen only in shadow. Occasionally, the four were accompanied by people who did not work for CMDF, but who Professor Carter and The Chief felt would be helpful. More often than not, these people were villains. The series featured character voices provided by Marvin Miller , Jane Webb , and Ted Knight . The producers were Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott ; the director was Hal Sutherland . The music was provided by Gordon Zahler (of Plan 9 From Outer Space infamy).

Changes from the film, aside from the ship's crew, included the duration of miniaturization (one hour in the film, 12 in the cartoon) and the meaning of the acronym CMDF from "Combined Miniaturized Deterrent Force" to "Combined Miniature Defense Force".

Headquarters: CMDF--Combined Miniature Defense Force. Project: Fantastic Voyage. Process: Miniaturization. Authority: Top Secret, highest clearance. Team: Jonathan Kidd, Commander. Guru, master of mysterious powers. Erica Lane, doctor, biologist. Busby Birdwell, scientist, inventor, builder of the Voyager . Mission: In their miniaturized form, to combat the unseen, unsuspected enemies of freedom. Time limit: Twelve hours.

While the series was in production, the Aurora Model Company developed a plastic model of the Voyager , releasing it only months before the series' cancellation was announced. Due to the short run of the show, this kit received only one press run, and as a result, it is one of the rarest kits to find in the Aurora line. A contributing factor to this scarcity is that most of the kits were bought for use as toys (by fans of the show) rather than as static display or collectors's items; thus they were lost, broken or disposed of long before they became "collectables."

Unbuilt, in-box kits have been sold on eBay for prices between US$300 and US$700. Assembled and partially assembled models in varied conditions from "acceptable" to "well-worn" have been sold for over $100, depending on their condition.

Polar Lights, a company which owned the rights to re-produce the kit, passed on re-releasing the subject. Company director Dave Metzner stated that they had to produce much more in-demand subjects in order to be able to afford even considering the production of such niche products.

However, Moebius Models retooled from an original kit, and went into production on a reproduction Voyager kit, including the original distinctive delta-shaped stand used for Aurora aircraft models.

The complete series was released, as a 3-disc DVD set, in the United Kingdom by Revelation Films on November 21, 2011.

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This cartoon version of  Fantastic Voyage  was inspired by  the original film (starring Raquel Welch ) involving a shrunken submarine undertaking a variety of miniature missions, always with a twelve-hour time limit.

Commander Jonathan Kidd led the crew, which travelled aboard a high-tech vehicle called the  Voyager . With scientist Busby Birdwell (who built the ship) at the controls, the  Voyager  could dive underwater like a sub, fly through the air like a plane, or rocket off into space like a UFO.

The cartoon version also featured Professor Carter, biologist Erica Lane, and the mystical Guru, who possessed some kind of “mysterious power.” Whatever it was, it came in handy – in every episode, the crew faced unknown microscopic creatures, as well as shrunken enemy spies, all out to stop the CMDF.

Each episode paid close attention to the detail of the miniature world, which was, without a doubt, the main hook of the show. The producers also refused to patronise their audience with simplistic dialogue, giving the show a more grown-up feeling.

The eyepatch-wearing captain, though, was a poor substitute for Raquel!

Commander Jonathan Kidd Ted Knight Guru  Marvin Miller Dr Erica Lane  Jane Webb Busby Birdwell  Marvin Miller Professor Carter  Ted Knight The Chief  Marvin Miller Narrator  Ted Knight

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