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Tony and Doug are transported to Krakatoa, a volcanic island between Java and Sumatra in great activity and the blowup seems to be imminent. The travelers in time are attacked by superstitious natives that believe that a sacrifice would appease the fire, but they are rescued by the British Dr. Everett Holland, who is research the volcano with his daughter Eve. They ask the date to Everett and Holland and Eve tells that it is 26 August 1883, the eve of the explosive eruption that destroyed the island and caused a tsunami that killed more than 36,000 people. Tony and Doug try to convince the Hollands to leave Krakatoa, but the distrustful Eve believe that they are America scientists interested in stealing the research of her father. Meanwhile, the Time Tunnel personnel brings Tony back to the facility, but a time warp suspend the passage of time and the personnel is frozen. Tony collects information about the blowup in Krakatoa and returns to the island, leaving a message to Dr. Raymond Swain. When General Kirk succeeds in contact Tony, Eve overhears the conversation and Tony confesses that Doug and he are travelers in time. But they realize that there is a mistake in the date and now it may be too late to leave Krakatoa.

"Crack of Doom" is an engaging episode of The Time Tunnel and one of the greatest attractions is the sweet guest star Ellen Burstyn (as Ellen McRae) in the role of the distrustful daughter of a scientist. The bad luck of Tony and Doug is amazing and the guys never have good-time, always finding a disaster in their travel. Victor Lundin does not convince as a native, but the time warp sequence and then the contact of the general with Tony are the best moments of this show. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Túnel do Tempo" ("The Time Tunnel")

Tony and Douglas appear on the island of Krakatau, moments before it is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. There they meet a scientist and his daughter who are conducting a geological study. Travelers will try to warn them of the danger they face in the face of an imminent eruption, but the man of science assures that according to his studies, said eruption is not about to happen. An interesting episode and in which we see Tony return to the Tunnel complex for the only time but in a wrong time frequency.

Once again, Doug and Tony are dropped on the eve of a major historical event. Here it is the eruption of Krakatoa, one of the major natural explosions ever. Their efforts are to save lives but as is usually the case, no one believes them. This one has decent suspense and their actions aren't as critical as in some of the other shows.

Upon Irwin Allen conceptive series ours friends usually are in extreme jeopardy wherever they randomly landing, now on Krakatoa deadly volcano at Sunda Strait at Sumatra and Java in the august 27th when the whole island blow up, thus Tony and Doug finding themselves in dire straits among natives and a discredited British geologist Torin Thatcher and his young daughter Helen McRae most commonly later as Ellen Burstyn, actually in few time that a unknown guest became a star.

Aside that another thing draw attention of the audience, for first time ever the time tunnel complex got a vocal broadcasting, also they freeze Tony for a second bring him back thru the tunnel, however the newest attempt doesn't work out as they expected, Tony find them frozen in the complex, another high point is about Jerry that usually had few lines only, this turn he has a pivotal share on the plot ever, sadly it never happened again.

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First watch: 1971 / How many: 6 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5.

Tony and Doug appear in 1883 on the volcanic island of Krakatoa, the island is about to explode and cause one of the biggest explosions in history, the problem is that the island has two scientists who want to remain in the island.

The scenes of Tony and Doug warning of disaster to come are well scripted and acted.

This is a William Welch scripted episode, which means that most of the best stuff is going on in the Tunnel command centre, the spoken words really sparkle here, from Ann's "they will be killed we have to act now" to Kirk's "one of the greatest explosions in history and they are sitting right on top of it".

Crack Of Doom is filled with disaster, interesting people, interesting talk, and Ellen McRae.

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Damn... time travel is confusing! Doug and Tony land in Krakatoa, 1883, shortly before the island is about to explode. They try to convince British scientist Dr. Everett Hollan (Torin Thatcher) and his daughter Eve (Ellen Burstyn) to leave the island before the disaster happens. In doing so, are the time travelers altering history or is their intervention as much a part of history as everything else, meaning that they cannot possibly change the future? Chuck in some nonsense about a power feedback causing a time warp at the Tic Toc HQ and this one will have your head spinning trying to figure it all out. So don't try...

Just sit back and enjoy the madness, as Doug and Tony try to avoid becoming sacrifices, thrown into the lava by superstitious locals to appease the volcano, and when Tony returns to Tic Toc to find himself caught in a split second, moving unseen by the tunnel operatives, who are frozen in time. It's reasonably fun if you don't think too hard about it (and whatever you do, don't try to figure out how a tiny canoe can make it from Krakatoa to Sumatra in a few minutes).