Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Theme Song of the Week: Fantastic Voyage (1968)
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As young boys in the early '70s, my brother & I would watch reruns of this every Sunday. We even scratchbuilt from wood a pair of CMDF Voyager models. :)
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SGB: Great minds must think alike. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved this series in the 1970s as well, and I would have LOVED to have a model kit of that Voyager ship. Today, I'd settle for a series release on DVD!
I'm glad you have good memories of this show too. For me, it was...seminal!
best,
John