Fantastic Voyage: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The cartoon version basically picked up where the popular 1966 movie left off. A team of government scientists known as the "Combined Miniature Defense Force" had been voluntarily shrunk to microscopic size in order to gain access to areas too small for normal-sized explorers. Commander Jonathan Kidd led the crew, which traveled 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. While the animation was simp...

Series details

• Title: Fantastic Voyage
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1968-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1969-01-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36065
• IMDb ID: tt0062559
• TVDB ID: 71452

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-09-14; final listed air date 1969-01-04; episode order: 17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fantastic Voyage on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.