Sinking of the RMS Titanic believed that ice posed little risk; close calls were not uncommon, and even head-on collisions had not been disastrous. In 1907, , a German liner, had rammed an iceberg and suffered a crushed bow, but was still able to complete her voyage. That same year, "Titanic"s future captain, Edward Smith, declared in an interview that he could not "imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." As "Titanic" approached her fatal collision, most passengers had gone to bed and command of the bridge had passed from Second Officer Charles Lightoller to First
RMS Titanic in popular culture visited in two Russian submersibles in the summer of 1995. With the advent of television, the themes and social microcosm provided by the "Titanic" scenario inspired TV productions, from expansive serial epics to satirical animated spoofs. The list of genres relating to the "Titanic" grew to include science fiction; and beginning with the first episode of "The Time Tunnel" in 1966, titled "Rendezvous With Yesterday", the RMS "Titanic" has become an irresistible destination for time-travelers. The "Titanic" was also spoofed in the "Pokémon" series as the S.S. "Cussler" in the episode "An Undersea Place to Call Home!.". After it sunk,