The Time Travelers

It's always the best to turn on the TV and see an amazing film starting. Such was the case today, as I switched on Silver Screen classics in time to see this 1964 wonder beginning. A very tight hour and twenty minutes, of time travel, mutants, androids, a rocket ship and a special appearance by Forrest J Ackerman.

Three scientists and one maintenance man in a lab, which is apparently moments away from a funding cut, switch on an experimental time viewer, which turns out to be a time portal, natch. Some bumbling by the wacky maintenance man, and soon all are trapped in the 2071, where we learn that a nuclear war has meant a virtual ceasing of all human advancement, particularly in the area of women's hairstyles.

Its a sixties sci fi visual feast, including beautiful effects which maintain their power to amaze. The androids are wonderfully creepy. Some nice twists in the plot, little character development to clutter up the proceedings, and there's an interesting subtext of futuristic free love.