Voyagers!/At a Glance

Voyager Phineas Bogg crash lands into the room of lonely and newly orphaned Jeffrey Jones. Phineas loses his precious Guidebook in a tug of war with Jeffrey's faithful dog Ralph and has to rescue Jeffrey from a fall out of the skyscraper window. Ralph is left behind with the Guidebook. And Jeffrey never returns home again. After a few cosmic trips full of bickering and bonding, Jeffrey proves to be an invaluable companion to Bogg. As they travel through the ages keeping history on track, Phineas uses a brass device known as the 'omni'. It tells him locations and dates. Bogg's omni only went up to the year 1970, however an apparent 'glitch' had sent him to Jeffrey's time-zone. When the omni light is red, it means history has hit a snag and it's a Voyager's job to correct it. A green light means success and they can move on to the next assignment. Why or how this occurs is never explained, but it happens.

The omni usually lands them in the midst of their future or current assignment. Along they way they forge memorable friendships and have exciting, dangerous, and humorous encounters with notable historical figures. It's like a history text-book come to life. The Voyagers help inspire the creation of the airplane with the Wright brothers, and save Abraham and Mary Lincoln from Abduction by Rebel spies. They attempt to solve the case of Jack the Ripper and Nellie Bly and Sir Author Conan Doyle, and rescue young Harriet Tubman from a hanging so she could start the Underground Railroad. Jeffrey gives Thomas Edison a push to create the lightbulb, and Babe Ruth the confidence in the game. These escapades are all in a days work for this tireless duo.