Lost in Space

Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series which was originally aired in the United States for three seasons, for a total of 83 episodes from September 1965 to March 1968. The first season of the show was in black and white, the second and third season were in color. It was produced and created by Irwin Allen.

In the year 1997 Earth is suffering from overpopulation. John and Maureen Robinson, their children and Major Don West were chosen to leave Earth in a spaceship named the Jupiter 2 to find a planet capable of sustaining life. Their plans go wrong when an enemy agent, Dr. Zachary Smith, sneaks aboard the spaceship to reprogram the Robinsons' robot. Things go wrong and Dr. Smith is trapped aboard the Jupiter 2. His extra weight causes the Jupiter 2 to change course and fly into an meteor storm causing the crew to become "lost in space".

Main cast[]

Starring[]

Co-starring[]

Mark Goddard as Major Don West
Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson
Bill Mumy as Will Robinson
Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson
Bob May as the Robot (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld as the Robot (voice; uncredited)

Special guest star[]

Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith

Episodes[]

First pilot[]

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Original Airdate
No Place to Hide	N/A	6023	April 24, 1993

Season 1[]

LiS season 1, 29 episodes:

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Original Airdate
The Reluctant Stowaway	1x01 / 1 of 83	8501	September 15, 1965
The Derelict	1x02 / 2 of 83	8502	September 22, 1965
Island in the Sky	1x03 / 3 of 83	8503	September 29, 1965
There Were Giants in the Earth	1x04 / 4 of 83	8504	October 6, 1965
The Hungry Sea	1x05 / 5 of 83	8505	October 13, 1965
Welcome Stranger	1x06 / 6 of 83	8506	October 20, 1965
My Friend, Mr. Nobody	1x07 / 7 of 83	8507	October 27, 1965
Invaders from the Fifth Dimension	1x08 / 8 of 83	8508	November 3, 1965
The Oasis	1x09 / 9 of 83	8509	November 10, 1965
The Sky Is Falling	1x10 / 10 of 83	8510	November 17, 1965
The Raft	1x11 / 11 of 83	8511	December 1, 1965
Wish Upon a Star	1x12 / 12 of 83	8512	November 24, 1965
One of Our Dogs Is Missing	1x13 / 13 of 83	8513	December 8, 1965
Attack of the Monster Plants	1x14 / 14 of 83	8514	December 15, 1965
Return from Outer Space	1x15 / 15 of 83	8515	December 29, 1965
The Keeper: Part 1	1x16 / 16 of 83	8516	January 12, 1966
The Keeper: Part II	1x17 / 17 of 83	8517	January 19, 1966
The Sky Pirate	1x18 / 18 of 83	8518	January 26, 1966
Ghost in Space	1x19 / 19 of 83	8519	February 2, 1966
The Magic Mirror	1x20 / 20 of 83	8520	February 16, 1966
War of the Robots	1x21 / 21 of 83	8521	February 9, 1966
The Challenge	1x22 / 22 of 83	8522	March 2, 1966
The Space Trader	1x23 / 23 of 83	8523	March 9, 1966
His Majesty Smith	1x24 / 24 of 83	8524	March 16, 1966
The Space Croppers	1x25 / 25 of 83	8525	March 30, 1966
All That Glitters	1x26 / 26 of 83	8526	April 6, 1966
The Lost Civilization	1x27 / 27 of 83	8527	April 13, 1966
A Change of Space	1x28 / 28 of 83	8528	April 20, 1966
Follow the Leader	1x29 / 29 of 83	8529	April 27, 1966

Season 2[]

LiS season 2, 30 episodes:

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Original Airdate
Blast Off Into Space	2x01 / 30 of 83	9501	September 14, 1966
Wild Adventure	2x02 / 31 of 83	9502	September 21, 1966
The Ghost Planet	2x03 / 32 of 83	9503	September 28, 1966
Forbidden World	2x04 / 33 of 83	9504	October 5, 1966
Space Circus	2x05 / 34 of 83	9505	October 12, 1966
The Prisoners of Space	2x06 / 35 of 83	9506	October 19, 1966
The Android Machine	2x07 / 36 of 83	9507	October 26, 1966
The Deadly Games of Gamma 6	2x08 / 37 of 83	9508	November 2, 1966
The Thief from Outer Space	2x09 / 38 of 83	9509	November 9, 1966
Curse of Cousin Smith	2x10 / 39 of 83	9510	November 16, 1966
The Dream Monster	2x11 / 40 of 83	9511	December 21, 1966
West of Mars	2x12 / 41 of 83	9512	November 30, 1966
A Visit to Hades	2x13 / 42 of 83	9513	December 7, 1966
Wreck of the Robot	2x14 / 43 of 83	9514	December 14, 1966
The Golden Man	2x15 / 44 of 83	9515	December 28, 1966
The Girl from the Green Dimension	2x16 / 45 of 83	9516	January 4, 1967
The Questing Beast	2x17 / 46 of 83	9517	January 11, 1967
The Toymaker	2x18 / 47 of 83	9518	January 25, 1967
Mutiny in Space	2x19 / 48 of 83	9519	February 1, 1967
The Space Vikings	2x20 / 49 of 83	9520	February 8, 1967
Treasure of the Lost Planet	2x21 / 50 of 83	9521	March 1, 1967
Rocket to Earth	2x22 / 51 of 83	9522	February 15, 1967
The Mechanical Men	2x23 / 52 of 83	9523	April 5, 1967
Revolt of the Androids	2x24 / 53 of 83	9524	March 8, 1967
The Cave of the Wizards	2x25 / 54 of 83	9525	February 22, 1967
The Colonists	2x26 / 55 of 83	9526	March 15, 1967
Trip Through the Robot	2x27 / 56 of 83	9527	March 22, 1967
The Phantom Family	2x28 / 57 of 83	9528	March 29, 1967
The Astral Traveler	2x29 / 58 of 83	9529	April 12, 1967
The Galaxy Gift	2x30 / 59 of 83	9530	April 26, 1967

Season 3[]

LiS season 3, 24 episodes:

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Original Airdate
Condemned of Space	3x01 / 60 of 83	1501	September 6, 1967
Hunter's Moon	3x02 / 61 of 83	1502	September 27, 1967
The Space Primevals	3x03 / 62 of 83	1503	October 4, 1967
Deadliest of the Species	3x04 / 63 of 83	1504	November 22, 1967
Visit to a Hostile Planet	3x05 / 64 of 83	1505	September 13, 1967
Kidnapped in Space	3x06 / 65 of 83	1506	September 20, 1967
Flight Into the Future	3x07 / 66 of 83	1507	October 25, 1967
Space Destructors	3x08 / 67 of 83	1508	October 11, 1967
The Haunted Lighthouse	3x09 / 68 of 83	1509	October 18, 1967
Collision of Planets	3x10 / 69 of 83	1510	November 8, 1967
Space Creature	3x11 / 70 of 83	1511	November 15, 1967
The Anti-Matter Man	3x12 / 71 of 83	1512	December 27, 1967
Castles in Space	3x13 / 72 of 83	1513	December 20, 1967
A Day at the Zoo	3x14 / 73 of 83	1514	November 29, 1967
Two Weeks in Space	3x15 / 74 of 83	1515	December 13, 1967
Target Earth	3x16 / 75 of 83	1516	January 3, 1968
The Flaming Planet	3x17 / 76 of 83	1517	February 21, 1968
Time Merchant	3x18 / 77 of 83	1518	January 17, 1968
Princess of Space	3x19 / 78 of 83	1519	January 10, 1968
The Promised Planet	3x20 / 79 of 83	1520	January 24, 1968
The Great Vegetable Rebellion	3x21 / 80 of 83	1521	February 28, 1968
Fugitives in Space	3x22 / 81 of 83	1522	January 31, 1968
Space Beauty	3x23 / 82 of 83	1523	February 14, 1968
Junkyard in Space	3x24 / 83 of 83	1524	March 6, 1968

The would-be Season 4[]

Though Lost in Space was cancelled before a fourth season could be filmed, some content was produced.

For season four Allen's pitch to CBS was to include a new cast character - a purple talking llama named Willoughby. A photo of Marta Kristen talking to a llama is available on her website but there is no corroboration that this is the same creature. The photo can also be seen here. A script including this character was written by Carey Wilbur. Entitled "Malice in Wonderspace" it involves Will, Penny, Willoughby, Dr. Smith, and the Robot and borrows very liberally from Lewis Carroll (including Dr. Smith appearing as a talking caterpillar). It also shows how greatly the series had departed from its original format of action/adventure in outer space to elaborate and childish fantasies.

According to June Lockhart, cancellation was finally guaranteed due to a failure of Irwin Allen to deliver a set of story outlines to the network as promised. The CBS executives were meeting to commit to the fall schedule and without these outlines they wouldn't renew a series. This was not done to interfere with content, they simply wanted to be sure there weren't going to be costly production issues due to lack of scripts.

Bill Mumy who played young Will Robinson in the show had come up with a script for the first episode of season four, when he showed the script to Irwin Allen the idea was turned down and Irwin went on to start a new T.V. series. poor willy bones!

External links[]

The History of Lost in Space - Part One and Part Two
Lost in Space at the Internet Movie Database
Lost in Space at Wikipedia
Lost in Space at the Irwin Allen News Network
http://pennyrobinsonfanclub.net/ Penny Robinson Fan Club