'Crack of Doom' Story Code '9608' by William Welch

August, 1883: Doug and Tony materialise on a tropical island, just as a volcanic eruption rocks the ground beneath their feet. They are captured by a tribe of natives whose leader, Karnosu, orders them to be sacrificed to appease the volcano. The two time-travellers are about to be thrown to a fiery death when they are saved by Englishman Doctor Holland, who informs them that he has been sent by the Royal Society to study the volcano on the island – which is known as Krakatoa; Doug and Tony ask him the date, but the scientist has lost track of time. At Tic-Toc, Doctor MacGregor and Doctor Swain attempt to pinpoint the date, while Jerry notes that Krakatoa exploded at 10:02 a.m. on August 27th 1883. Using the diary belonging to Holland's daughter, Eve, the two time-travellers learn that the date is August 26th, prompting Doug to insist that they head for the safety of Java. But unknown to them, Ann's time-fix shows that Java will be inundated by a tidal wave and that only the high ground of Sumatra is safe. Holland and Eve refuse to listen to Doug and Tony’s warnings of an imminent eruption, but when lava erupts out of the volcano, Holland finally admits that he lied so that he could measure the volcanic right activity up to the moment of the explosion. Doug checks Eve's journal and realises that she forgot to take into account the International Date Line – and that today is actually the 27th. They are then attacked by Karnosu and his people, who want them as sacrifices to appease their god. Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Kirk gives the order to use the Isolation Plan to retrieve Tony, but when the scientist arrives at the complex , he finds everyone frozen in a time warp due to the isolation effects. Finding the information concerning Sumatra, Tony leaves a message in Doctor Swian’s hands and then returns to Doug using the Time Tunnel - but will he be in time to save his friend from the attacking natives and the exploding volcano..?

Cliff-hanger: Emerging from the time / space vortex, Doug and Tony find themselves caught between two battling armies of Greeks and Trojans…

James Darren (Tony Newman), Robert Colbert (Doug Phillips), Whit Bissell (Lieutenant General Heywood Kirk), John Zaremba (Doctor Raymond Swain), Lee Meriwether (Doctor Ann MacGregor), Torin Thatcher (Doctor Holland), Ellen McRae (Eve Holland), Vic Lundin (Karnosu), Sam Groom (Jerry), George Matsui (Young Native)

Directed by William Hale
Produced and created by Irwin Allen
An Irwin Allen Production in Association with Kent Productions, Inc. and Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.

TX:
US TX - 14th October 1966

Notes:
*Featuring Doctor Tony Newman, Doctor Doug Phillips, Lieutenant General Heywood Kirk, Doctor Raymond Swain and Doctor Ann MacGregor