The Fantastic Journey/At a Glance

Basic Information

• Full Name: The Fantastic Journey
• Premiere Date: February 3, 1977
• Finale Date: April 13, 1977
• Networks:
  • NBC (1977)

Trivia

• Katie Saylor who plays Lianna, became seriously ill during filming, that is why she is not involved in any of the last three episodes. She made a film Supervan in the same year and then retired from acting, and has kept herself quiet since then.
• Roddy McDowall was of course a major star of the Planet of the Apes series of films, and the TV series Planet of the Apes.
• Ike Eisenmann is these days known as Iake Eisenmann.
• Carl Franklin is now a respected film director; he recently directed Out of Time, The Senator's Wife and Devil in a Blue Dress.
• The series had a sixth major character, she was a cat called Sil-El, the cat belonged to Lianna. Although Lianna tried to leave Sil-El in Atlantium, because she thought she would be safer there, Sil-El followed the group through the timezone and stayed with them.
• Jared Martin's most famous role is probably that of Steven 'Dusty' Farlow in 31 episodes of Dallas between 1979-1991.
• Ben Wallace, the captain of the ill fated boat, was played by Leif Erickson, famous as Big John Cannon in The High Chapparal.