One thing that Kevin and I both pounced on with glee at Tower Records was a DVD set of the first season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. This is pure nostalgia, of course. My excuse is that I was only about 9 years old when I had a crush on Captain Crane. But we watched the pilot episode last night (it was never actually aired, so it was the one thing that would be guaranteed new to us). A few things were obvious. Firstly science fiction TV has come a very long way in forty years. Second, people were remarkably blasé about letting off nuclear bombs back then. Third, the bad guy looked remarkably like The Hood. And finally, with a bit of work on the script and a lot of work on the effects it could probably be turned into a decent piece of modern TV.

Did you know that the Seaview had a secret base near Santa Barbara? I didn’t. We do now.