Time Tunnel Console

Lot #68
Irwin Allen | "Lost In Space" "The Time Tunnel" and "City Beneath the Sea" Control Station with Photo, Book, and DVD
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000
Starting Bid: $2,500

An original control station unit used in the Irwin Allen television series Lost in Space (Irwin Allen Productions, 1965-1968), as well as The Time Tunnel (20th Century Fox Television, 1966), and the made for TV film, City Beneath the Sea (Motion Pictures International, 1971).

This original control panel is composed of metal and wood, and features unique controls designed for the production of the show. This unit powers on with illumination in all three control panel screens. This unit started as an original U.S. Air Force control module that was modified by the production team for use in the series. Unique features include an hourglass design, present in the panels on either end.

This control panel unit is highly visible in all thirty episodes of the series The Time Tunnel, placed directly in the center of the main "Project Tic-Toc" underground facility in Arizona. While this unit retains many of its original components, the center panel screen originally displayed a television during the series, which was later removed for use on subsequent productions at Fox Studios. As noted in a previous auction listing, this unit was rented out by a prop house for various productions from the 1960s through the 1980s.

This control station was used in episodes of Lost in Space including season three episodes "Kidnapped in Space," when it is used by the androids on the Xenian Space Probe to communicate with other entities, in "Space Destructors," when it can be seen attacked by B-9 in the cyborg's cave, and in "Haunted Lighthouse" when it is seen in the background.

Accompanied by a color photograph showing the set of the show, as well as the novel, The Time Tunnel (Pyramid Books, 1967).

Includes a DVD of the television series.

45 x 68 x 44 inches

PROVENANCE Lot 544, "Hollywood Auction 17," Profiles in History, December 12, 2003

Sold for $16,250 including Buyer's Premium.