A group of scientists sailing the Caribbean are shipwrecked after entering a strange green mist. They do not know the island they are stranded and cannot explain why the land holds all kinds of different plants and animals that don't belong together (its like being in a zoo) two of the group tried to get to the shipping lanes in a small dingy to flag down help but died in the attempt they washed a shore the next day. Unknown to the rest of the group they were being watched by an Indian and when they traveled inland the Indian followed. when the Indian made himself know it was to fix a broken arm of the Capt. then lead the group to a cave for shelter where the group found a mummy and hieroglyphic's that don't belong together and also looked freshly painted that morning the Indian left as the group slept but young Scott woke and followed learning that he wasn't an Indian but a man from the 23rd century named Varian and he explained about the island and how he crashed here himself meanw
They move on to find an advanced city called Atlantium, whose citizens promise them a way home via a time machine - Karen Sommerville, Susan Howard Scott Thomas arrive at the city first and are sent home, but the leader of the city ""The Source"" has a plan for the others, he is growing weak and needs one of there bodies for reenergizing. when Scott Fred and Varian arrived at the camp after going back to pick up there gear they found it empty but Rhea is waiting there to lead them to the city of Atlantium. Once there they are told that there companions have been sent home already. Scott took this hard for he didn't think his dad would leave him but a note from his father explained his reasons and that he would be seeing him soon. they were than told by Dar-L tat the transfer generator had shorted out with the others transfer but will be fixed soon. after the evening meal Dar-L asks Scott if he would like to go see some of the games in Atlantium. he agrees not knowing that he was the one
A strange red storm cloud separates Liana from the rest of the group where she is found by Jonathan Willoway (Roddy McDowall), a noted scientist from Earth in the 1960s Meanwhile Varian, Fred and Scott find themselves in a swamp where they meet green-skinned aliens, and help to cure their leader from a malaria type disease. They learn that these people used to live beyond the mountain. Willoway drove them off by turning their helpers, which are in fact androids, against them. Willoway now a bit lonely with only androids for company decides to make Liana his wife. He sends the androids to make sure Varian, Fred and Scott don't interfere with his plans. One of the androids (Cyrus) develops feelings for Liana and when Willoway states that if Liana doesn't stay with him he would kill them all, Cyrus destroys the androids power source. Jonathan Willoway is defeated and even after saying he would kill the travelers, they allow him to join them.
the group comes across an ancient Greek temple and decides to make camp for the night. while scouting the area Varian and Fred see a boy fall and take him back to the camp site when the boy wakes up he is terrified of the adults but seems to trust Scott a little more then the rest with the help of Varian's healing device the boy falls asleep during the night the boy wakes up and decides to leave while the group is asleep but Scott wakes up and follows him a short distance away both Scott and the boy are captured by the boys people who turn out to be all children who happen to hate and fear adults and who also have a deadly weapon inherited from the adults that ran the colony before they were wiped out by war. While the group searches for Scott, Willoway is found by a group of the children as he is leaving the temple (an act punishable by death) and brought to the city. In the mean time Varian Fred and Liana arrive at the city demanding Scott be released to them Now the children h
In the next time zone the group witnesses a group of solders hunting a creature (The Neffring) both from another world. The Neffring is caught and so is our group they are taken to a nearby city where it is learned that there leader Luther is very ill. Nikki the son of the leader ask if any of the travelers is a doctor and Fred and Varian see what they can do to help. Willoway learns from lara of a plan that second in command Consul Tarant has to invade the other time zones upon the leaders death and offers to play spy for her to learn where the troops are stationed. it gets a little hairy when it is learned by Consul Tarant that not only have Fred and Varian find out that Luther was poisoned by Tarant brother but also of Willoway spy game
After an injection of a love serum, Varian dreams of a woman then meets and marries her but he is unaware that after the service he is to be sacrificed by his wife's people to appease their God. The rest of the group goes on ahead. Only because Scott returns to give Varian a present this is found out and he rushes back to get the others. But during the sacrificing ceremony Varian's new wife Jumps into the fiery pit in his place devastated by the loss Varian uses his mental powers to destroy the temple so no more sacrifices can be performed the others arrive and pull him and the rest of the people out of the temple before it all crashes down around them
The traveler's come across a carnival and take up an offer by a sorcerer Appolonius to try his fun house, only to discover his other plan which is to steal Willoway's body for himself and liana's and Fred's bodies for his 2 companions. Fred and Liana are caught awaiting the takeover of there bodies while after Appolonius enters Willoway he tries to persuade Varian and Scott to meet him in the next zone telling them that Appolonius will tell only him the secret to evailand and the door way back home but Varian see through Appolonius's plan and fights his will to help Willoway to escape from him. Fred and Liana escape and show up in time to watch the showdown
Liana is captured by a group of men who treat women as slaves, the travelers become involved in her rescue, but things don't go to plan as the woman have already taken care of the problem by using the complex computer to transport the men to a holding cell. They offer a place for Liana but as they are male, consider them a problem as well, but because of there behavior to liana they see a difference in them and decide to use them as (breading stock) the queen orders them to be given a poison in there meals that will act as a leash of sorts for once given the poison wont effect you unless you stop taking it. Scott gets a sample of the poison and Fred escapes to retrieve his medical kit left behind at there camp by the river. He is chased by Connell but helping her after a bad fall she decides to help him and his friends. In the mean time Queen Halyana has another problem the complex computer develops a mind of its own and starts to take over the city. Queen Halyana asks Willoway to fix
A mysterious rider guides the group to an old house. The travelers – minus Liana – quest for an object that will assist their search for Evoland, and a strange couple conjures illusions drawn from their deepest fears.
A prison craft from Earth's future crash lands in the area where the travelers are resting, releasing two prisoners, a convicted murderer and a thief, into a community of stranded humanoid aliens that does not comprehend violence or the concept of doors and locks. With a killer on the loose scheming to abscond with an orb that gives the aliens psychokinetic powers, Varian and the others must deal with him and protect the pacifists.
