Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 3 - Eps 18: The Fossil Men
The crew of a lost submarine returns as rock men to menace the Seaview. A new man, Kowalski's friend Richards, is captured on a diving mission and turned into a Fossil Man. Nelson is then ordered to turn command of the Seaview over to these rock men. Will Nelson comply? Will the crew be dipped into the transformation lava to exist as living rock?
About Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Title: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
First Air Date: 1964-09-14
Last Air Date: 1968-03-31
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 121 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 110
Network: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Irwin Allen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Synopsis
Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.
Cast

Richard Basehart
Adm. Harriman Nelson

David Hedison
Captain Crane

Terry Becker
Chief Sharkey

Del Monroe
Kowalski

Paul Trinka
Patterson

Richard Bull
Doctor

Robert Dowdell
Chip Morton