Werewolves featured in two episodes of Season 3, written by Donn Mullally and William Welch respectively, and here is another one from the latter, only this time its Crane who gets to snarl and go hairy, not Nelson. Strictly speaking, this is not a sequel to the earlier werewolf stories. The word 'werewolf' isn't mentioned once. With Nelson absent, Crane descends into a deep trench in the diving bell which has been equipped with an artificial atmosphere created by 'Braddock' ( Lawrence Montaigne ). The test seems to be a success. Until Crane notices hair appearing on the backs of his hands...
Hedison was used to putting on weird make-up; he had been 'The Fly' in the famous 1958 movie. Here Dan Striepeke ( who worked on 'Planet Of The Apes' ) gives him shaggy hair, a snout with flared nostrils, and fangs. He looks okay, but how much better would it have been if the director had chosen to keep him creeping about in the shadows, leaping out and attacking passing crewmen, rather than have him dashing about brightly-lit corridors. A bit more imaginative lighting and this could have been a scary episode.
Nelson is absent from the first half, but reappears midway and sorts the problem out. The scene where Crane returns to normal at the end is excellent. Rather oddly, Braddock is normal when he dies, but then turns back into the man-beast. Its the usually the other way round in films/T.V. shows of this kind! Anyway, this is a good episode.
Hedison was used to putting on weird make-up; he had been 'The Fly' in the famous 1958 movie. Here Dan Striepeke ( who worked on 'Planet Of The Apes' ) gives him shaggy hair, a snout with flared nostrils, and fangs. He looks okay, but how much better would it have been if the director had chosen to keep him creeping about in the shadows, leaping out and attacking passing crewmen, rather than have him dashing about brightly-lit corridors. A bit more imaginative lighting and this could have been a scary episode.
Nelson is absent from the first half, but reappears midway and sorts the problem out. The scene where Crane returns to normal at the end is excellent. Rather oddly, Braddock is normal when he dies, but then turns back into the man-beast. Its the usually the other way round in films/T.V. shows of this kind! Anyway, this is a good episode.
