Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea series encouraged Irwin Allen to produce other science fiction television shows. The most notable of these shows were "Lost in Space", "The Time Tunnel", and "Land of the Giants". The success of the feature film led to the 1964–1968 television series on ABC, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". During the series run, the film's storyline was remade as a one-hour episode. That episode was written by Willam Welch and was titled "The Sky's on Fire". Other scenes in the film were also rewritten and incorporated into the television series. In June 1961, Pyramid Books published a novelization of
Aurora Plastics Corporation from movies, TV shows and comic books were also introduced. Batman was a regular offering as was the Hulk, so both DC and Marvel characters were represented. Model kits from "Twelve O'Clock High", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "The Mod Squad", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (the larger "Seaview" sub and a separate kit of its flying sub), "The Invaders", "Lost in Space", "Land of the Giants" and "" appeared. These kits were often a television-related scene where heroes battled some kind of large monster, alien or animal. Aurora’s figure kits continue to be highly valued by collectors. Aurora