Guidebook (Voyagers!)

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The Voyagers Guidebook was one of two time travel props created for the classic Sci-Fi TV series, Voyagers! (1982-1983). The first being the key prop or "Time Travel Device" a.k.a. the Voyager Omni. The two main characters are: Phineas Bogg - Jon-Erik Hexum (Making of a Male Model) as a former pirate turned time traveler and Jeffrey Jones - Meeno Peluce (The Bad News Bears) as his over-zealous but well meaning brainy sidekick.

Alongside of being issued their Omni, The Voyagers Guidebook was given to a Voyager Recruit as he or she graduated from "Voyager School". The Omni came equipped with red and green indicators that when lit would indicate that history was either wrong or right in any given year. The Guidebook was to be carefully guarded as it contained secrets of the past, present or future and was key in helping the Voyager figure out what needed to be fixed if the Omni indicated a red light. The show's pilot begins with Phineas Bogg losing his Guidebook and the bizarre circumstances that follow. The Guidebook is referred to throughout the series in many episodes and is actually used in the episode: "Voyagers Of The Titanic" by female Voyager Olivia Dunn. At the conclusion of "Voyagers of the Titanic", While in Paris 1912, She[Dunn] uses her own guidebook to show Bogg and Jeff, the outcome of their now completed mission on the "RMS Titanic".

The pages of the Guidebook were never shown in the series(Bogg, lost his in the Pilot Eps.) but it is however, what All Voyagers were trained to rely upon, to complete missions. Ironically, Phineas Bogg knew almost nothing about history(Hence the Brainy Jeffery Character). When Bogg was put on trial in the episode: "The Trial Of Phineas Bogg", Voyager Drake, the villain of the series, made losing his book the first criminal charge against Bogg in court.

The series cast a bit wider net that expected with TV audiences, especially since it was geared towards children. However, despite this, the show had only one short season of just 20 aired episodes. Hexum, it's main star, would later suffer an accidental gunshot wound to the head on the set of his next show Cover Up with Jennifer O'Neill.

Voyagers!
Actors: Meeno Peluce • Jon-Erik Hexum
Characters: Jeffrey Jones • Phineas Bogg
Items: Omni • Guidebook
Media: List of Voyagers! episodes