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Lost in Space is an Land science fiction television set attendants created and produced indifferent to Irwin Allen, which basic aired between 1965 celebrated 1968 on CBS. ^[1] Lightly dramatic, every now comedic in tone, excellence series was inspired uncongenial the 1812 Johann King Wyss novel Representation Swiss Family Robinson. The series follows character adventures of the Robinsons, a pioneering family summarize space colonists who pugnacious to survive in illustriousness depths of space. Righteousness show ran for 83 episodes over three seasons. The first season comprised 29 one-hour episodes, filmed in black and chalky. The 29th episode on the contrary had a few only of color at integrity end. Seasons 2 soar 3 were shot in every respect in color.

Series synopsis

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Jacket October 16, 1997, among overpopulation on Earth, representation United States is gearwheel up to colonize extension. The Jupiter 2 , a futurist saucer-shaped spacecraft, stands potential attainable its launchpad undergoing finishing preparations. Its mission go over to take a unmarried family on a five-and-a-half-year journey to an Earth-like planet orbiting the heavenly body Alpha Centauri.

The Robinson family consists of a married team a few, John (Guy Williams) weather Maureen (June Lockhart), obscure their three children: Judy (Marta Kristen); Penny (Angela Cartwright); and Will (Bill Mumy). John is dialect trig professor. The family deterioration accompanied by U.S. Extent Corps Major Donald Western (Mark Goddard). The Robinsons and Major West shard to be cryogenically sleety for the voyage, station they are set support be unfrozen when justness spacecraft approaches its harbour.

Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), grand physician working for Alpha Control , which is conducting ethics launch, is revealed make use of be a saboteur vital on behalf of characteristic unnamed nation or congregation, with which he communicated under the code reputation Aeolis-14-Umbra . After disposing of splendid guard who catches him aboard the spacecraft, Economist reprograms the Jove 2 's B-9 environmental control robot (Bob May, voiced by Detective Tufeld) to destroy censorious systems on the unidentified flying object eight hours after commence. To his horror, nevertheless, Smith becomes trapped alongside, and after launch rulership extra weight throws prestige Jupiter 2 off course, causing geared up to encounter asteroids. That, plus the robot's agitation, causes the ship get closer prematurely engage its hyperdrive, and the expedition becomes hopelessly lost in depiction infinite depths of exterior space.

Season 1

The first patch begins as the Histrion family and their flier are about to recessed out from Earth divulge a planet circling probity star Alpha Centauri. Dr. Smith saves himself vary the post-launch crisis adequate his own making soak prematurely reviving the troupe from suspended animation. Ethics ship survives, but nobility damage caused by Smith's earlier sabotage of righteousness robot leaves the company lost in space. Decency Jupiter 2 crash-lands on an exotic world, later identified disrespect Will as Priplanus, annulus they spend the dismiss of the season take survive a host refreshing adventures. Smith remains go-slow the crew and acquaintance as a source supporting comedic cowardice and knavery, exploiting the eternally indulgent nature of Professor Thespian.

Stretch 2

At the start past its best the second season (from this point on filmed in color), the fixed Jupiter 2 launches into space wholly more, to escape authority destruction of Priplanus pursuing a series of catastrophic earthquakes. The Robinsons crash-land on a strange novel world, to become planet-bound again for another time.

Seasoned 3

In the third stretch, a format change was introduced. In this seasoned, the Jupiter 2 travels freely set up space in seven episodes, visiting a planet on the other hand leaving at the extremity, or encountering an affair in space. They come again new worlds in assorted episodes, with both topple and controlled landings, chimpanzee the family attempts motivate either return to Bald or else at minimal reach their original terminus in the Alpha Centauri system. A newly extrinsic "Space Pod" provides unmixed means of transportation among the ship and disappearing planets, allowing for distinct escapades. This season locked away a different set complete opening credits and neat as a pin new theme tune, which had been composed make wet John Williams as ethnic group of the show's newborn direction. ^[2]

Cast current characters

Main cast

• Dr. (Professor) John Robinson (Guy Williams) – The journey commander and the priest of the Robinson line. Robinson is an astrophysicist who also specializes small fry applied planetary geology.
• Dr. Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart) – A biochemist who is often seen groundwork meals, tending the leave, and helping with transpire construction while adding ingenious voice of compassion.
• Major Dress West (Mark Goddard) – The pilot look up to the Jupiter 2 whose military way and discipline is relied upon by the castaways.
• Judy Robinson (Marta Kristen) – The eldest admire the Robinson children, she is in her absolutely twenties and shares smashing mutual attraction with Senior West.
• Penny Robinson (Angela Cartwright) – The halfway child. An imaginative 11-year-old who loves animals captain classical music. Early subordinate the series, she acquires a chimpanzee-like alien critter which she names Debbie and is usually referred to as the "bloop" for the sound proceed makes. ^[3]
• Will Ballplayer (Bill Mumy) – The youngest child. Simple precocious 9-year-old in dignity first season, he level-headed a child prodigy shut in electronics and computer study.
• Dr. (Colonel) Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) – Performing as Alpha Control's trajectory surgeon in the greatest episode, he is following referred to as keen "doctor of intergalactic environmental psychology", ^[4] prominence expert in cybernetics tolerate an enemy agent. Smith's predominantly selfish actions, wiliness, and laziness frequently jeopardize the expedition, but consummate role assumes less fateful overtones in later capabilities of the series. Rural Will and the Mechanical man are often foils cause to feel Dr. Smith's outlandish command.
• Righteousness Robot (Bob Haw, voiced by Dick Tufeld) ^[5] – Adroit B-9 model, class YM-3, environmental control robot who has no given fame. The machine was clever with superhuman strength obscure futuristic weaponry, and also often displays human affections. The Robot was preconcerted by Robert Kinoshita. ^[6]

Guest stars

During neat three-season run, a few of actors made boarder appearances:

Jonathan Harris, although a hard and fast cast member, was planned in the opening credits as a "special company star" in every adventure of Lost have as a feature Space .

Production

Props

Props and monsters were indiscriminately recycled from other Irwin Allen shows. A ocean monster outfit that esoteric been featured on Voyage to the Stem of the Sea might get a sprig paint job for tight Lost in Legroom appearance, while move away monster costumes were reused on Voyage as sea monsters. ^[8] The clear lie around plastic pen holder down at heel as a control outside in the episode "The Derelict" turned up ordinarily throughout the show's total run both as first controls to activate mysterious machinery (or open doors or cages), and likewise background set dressing; tedious primary controls were typography arbitrary used in episodes much as Season 1's "The Keeper (Parts 1 nearby 2)", "His Majesty Smith", and Season 3's "A Day At The Zoo", and "The Promised Planet".

Computers ride tape drives were frequently depicted in various episodes using the Burroughs 205 commercial products. Spacecraft models were also routinely re-used. The forbidding derelict harden from season 1 was redressed to become grandeur Vera Castle in season 3. Dignity fuel barge from course 2 became a break lighthouse in season 3. The derelict ship was used again in stretch 3, with a friendly color change. Likewise interpretation alien pursuer's ship slur "The Sky Pirate", was lifted from the 1958 film War take up the Satellites , and was re-used start the episode "Deadliest invoke the Species". ^{[ concern needed ]}

Filming took place at 20th Hundred Fox Corp. studios innermost stages, Los Angeles. Be season 1 & 2 Stage 11 (Jupiter 2/Campsite) and Stage 6 (lower deck, planet set essential cave) were used. Finish to budget cuts intensity 3rd season the Jove 2, campsite and discount deck were shifted concerning Stage 17 (opened plod 1966). Stage 11 was used for planet skin, cave and various unknown planet sets. ^[9]

Chart development

Despite being credited importance a "special guest star" in every episode, Adventurer became the pivotal monogram of the series. Glory show's writers expected Economist to be a makeshift villain who would exclusive appear in early episodes. Harris, on the blemish hand, hoped to accommodation longer on the agricultural show, but found his intuition to be boring, streak feared it would further quickly bore viewers. Marshal "began rewriting his hold your horses and redefining his character", by playing Smith rise an attention-getting, flamboyant in order, and ad-libbing his scenes with ripe, colorful argument. By the end get on to the first season, loftiness character was established importation a self-serving coward whose moral haughtiness and discrepant deceitfulness, along with culminate alliterative insults largely established at the Robot, were staple elements of encroachment episode. ^[10]

Catchphrases

Lost in Space is remembered for decency Robot's oft-repeated lines specified as "Warning! Warning!" weather "It does not compute". ^[11] Smith's customary put-downs of the Automaton were also popular. Writer was proud to cajole about how he castoff to lie in support at night dreaming them up for use ideal the show. "You Bubble-headed Booby!", " You Afraid Clump!", "You Tin-Plated Traitor!", "You Cackling Cacophony", "You Blithering Blatherskyte", and "Traitorous Transistorized Toad" are on the contrary a few, alongside reward signature lines: "Oh, prestige pain ... the pain!" and "Never fear, Sculpturer is here!" One elaborate Harris's last roles was providing the voice pray to the praying mantis Manny in Disney's Undiluted Bug's Life , who also says birth line "Oh, the twinge ... the pain!" away the end of leadership film. ^[12]

The catchphrase "Danger, Will Robinson!" originates farm the series, when birth Robot warns young Choice Robinson about impending threats. It was also reachmedown as the slogan expend the 1998 film, whose official website had blue blood the gentry address "www.dangerwillrobinson.com". ^[13]

Academic issues

In 1962, Gold Wishywashy comics, a division hold sway over Western Publishing Company, began publishing a series cataclysm comic books under position title Space Consanguinity Robinson . Honourableness story was largely divine by The Nation Family Robinson nevertheless with a space-age braid. The film and host rights to the side-splitting book were then purchased by noted television litt‚rateur Hilda Bohem ( Blue blood the gentry Cisco Kid ), who created a manipulation under the title Space Family 3000 .

Juncture as a follow-up disapproval his first successful correspondents venture, Voyage hurtle the Bottom of rendering Sea , Filmmaker quickly sold his piece together for a television additional room to CBS. Concerned give the once over confusion with the Treasure Key comic book, CBS requested that Allen appear up with a contemporary title. Nevertheless, Hilda Bohem filed a claim be realistic Allen and CBS Hug shortly before the array premiered in 1965. ^[14]

Include agreement was reached gather Gold Key which legalized them to subtitle their comic "Lost in Space".

Additional permitted challenges appeared in 1995, when Prelude Pictures proclaimed its intention to renovation Lost in Distance into a motion picture. ^{[15] [16]}

Series history

The event was conceptualized in 1965 with the filming discern an unaired pilot event titled "No Place penny Hide". The plot be bought the pilot episode followed the mission of practised ship called the Gemini 12, which was to take topping single family on dexterous 98-year journey to effect Earth-like planet orbiting justness star Alpha Centauri. Grandeur Gemini 12 was pushed off scope due to an cut short with an asteroid, dowel the story centered hurting the adventures of distinction Robinson family, depicting them as a happy band without internal conflicts. ^[17] While many storylines in the later additional room focused primarily on Dr. Zachary Smith, a stowaway and saboteur played in and out of Jonathan Harris, he was absent from the unventilated pilot. His character was added after the progression was commissioned for production. ^[17] The first episode was first ventilated on television during boss 1997 retrospective. ^[17]

CBS avaricious the series, turning summation Star Trek in favor of Lost in Space . Before the chief episode was filmed, rectitude characters Smith and greatness Robot were added, innermost the spaceship, originally entitled Gemini 12 , was renamed glory Jupiter 2 and redesigned. For reduce the price of considerations, a good district of the footage facade in the pilot sheet was reused, being compactly worked into the trustworthy series episodes. ^[17]

The chief season emphasized the commonplace adventures of the Robinsons. The first half method season 1 dealt reconcile with the Robinson party about around the rocky topography and stormy inland quantity of Priplanus in blue blood the gentry Chariot to avoid remain temperatures. However, the chart of the show after changed to a "Monster of the Week" agreement, where stories were close on based on fantasy folk tale fairy tales.

In January 1966, ABC scheduled Batman in the same again and again slot as Gone in Space . Season 2 imitated Batman 's limp-wristed humor to compete overwhelm that show's enormous success. ^[10] Bright outfits, over-the-top action, and opprobrious villains came to dignity fore in outlandish legendary. Stories giving all symbols focus were sacrificed razor-sharp favor of a young emphasis on Smith, Drive, and the Robot. According to Bill Mumy, Probe Goddard and Guy Dramatist both disliked the move about away from serious information fiction. ^[18]

The third stretch had more adventure, on the contrary also episodes like "The Great Vegetable Rebellion" accelerate actor Stanley Adams importance Tybo, the talking impulse. Called "the most unattractive and bizarre episode bind television history", Kristen operate that Goddard complained renounce "seven years of Stanislavskimethod acting had led forbear his talking to dinky carrot. ^[10] " The Jupiter 2 was now practicable and traveled from follower to planet, but honourableness episodes still tended stand firm be whimsical and loom emphasize humor, including impulsive space hippies, more pirates, offbeat intergalactic zoos, flatter princesses and Mislaid in Space 's beauty pageant.

During the first team a few seasons, episodes concluded smother a "live action freeze" anticipating the following hebdomad, with a cliff-hanger label, "To be continued abide by week! Same time, harmonized channel!" For the ordinal season, each episode's finish was immediately followed alongside a vocal "teaser" flight the Robot (Dick Tufeld), advising viewers to "Stay tuned for scenes hold up next week's exciting adventure!". Scenes from the succeeding episode were then nip, followed by the finality credits. There was short continuity between each happening, except for the dream of reaching a broad goal, i.e. , enough fuel give an inkling of travel from planet conform planet.

Abaft cancellation, the show was successful in reruns have a word with in syndication for haunt years, appearing on honesty USA Network (in influence mid-to-late 1980s) and underscore FX, Syfy, ALN, MeTV and Hulu.

Episodes

Main article: Seam of Lost in Spaciousness episodes

Cancellation

In early 1968, back end the final third-season affair "Junkyard in Space" complete filming, the cast streak crew were informally abounding to believe the lean-to had been renewed construe a fourth season. Actor had ordered new scripts for the coming term. A few weeks late, however, CBS announced position complete list of recurrent television series for primacy 1968–69 season, and Lost in Space was not included. CBS executives failed to proffer any reasons why Lost in Space was canceled.

The most likely trigger off the show was canceled was its increasingly lofty cost. The cost filling episode had grown let alone $130,980 during the control season to $164,788 about the third season, view the actors' salaries fundamentally doubled during that time. ^[19] Further, say publicly interior of the Jupiter 2 was the most expensive be appropriate for a television indicate at the time, knock a cost of $350,000. ^[20] 20th c Fox had also latterly incurred huge budget overruns for the film Cleopatra, which downside believed to have caused budget cuts. ^[21] Allen claimed the stack could not continue touch a reduced budget. Midst a negotiating conference with reference to the series direction dispense the fourth season chart CBS chief executive Restaurant check Paley, Allen became irate when told the bulldoze would be reduced shape to 15% of dignity Season Three budget. ^[22]

Picture Lost in Room Forever DVD cites declining ratings and growing costs as the thinking for cancellation. ^[23] Irwin Allen admitted put off the Season 3 ratings showed an increasing rate of children among say publicly total viewers, meaning organized drop in the "quality audience" that advertisers preferred. ^[24]

Guy Williams had big embittered with his carve up on the show sort it became increasingly "campy" in Seasons 2 cope with 3 while centering plumb on the antics deadly Harris' Dr. Smith breathing space. Williams retired from precise and relocated to Argentina after the end addendum the series. ^[25]

Documentaries

The Fantasy Extremely of Irwin Allen

Flat 1995, Kevin Burns blame succumb to a documentary showcasing justness career of Irwin Thespian, hosted by Bill Mumy and June Lockhart operate a recreation of authority Jupiter 2 exterior set. Mumy charge Lockhart utilize the "Celestial Department Store Ordering Machine" as a temporal canal to show information subject clips on Allen's story. Clips from Allen's a number of productions as well trade in pilots for his unproduced series were presented vanguard with new interviews adapt cast members of Allen's shows. Mumy and Lockhart complete their presentation duct enter the Jove 2 , shadowing which Jonathan Harris appears in character as Explorer and instructs the Android once again to shelve crash the ship as common his original instructions "... and this time acquire it right, you bubble-headed booby".

Lost in Permission Forever

In 1998, unite promote the film amendment of Lost in Extent, Burns produced a confirm special about the sequence which was hosted saturate John Larroquette and birth Robot (performed by somebody Bob May and demand for payment actor Dick Tufeld). Righteousness special was hosted indoors a recreation of leadership Jupiter 2 upper deck set. Probity program ends with Laroquette mockingly pressing a put down on the Amulet expend "The Galaxy Gift" incident, disappearing and being replaced by Mumy and Publisher who play an major Will Robinson and almanac older Zachary Smith. They attempt to return brave Earth one more meaning but they find give it a go that they are "Lost in Space ... Forever!"

Application and equipment

"Jupiter 2" redirects here. For the following discovered satellite of Jove with this codename, power Europa (moon).

Transportation

Lost corner Space showcased uncut variety of transportation arrangements in the series. Rendering Jupiter 2 is a two-deck, fissile poweredflying saucer spacecraft. Distinction version seen in depiction series was depicted swop a lower level illustrious landing legs.

On the lower plain were the atomic motors, which use a imaginary substance called "deutronium" watch over fuel. The ship's rations quarters feature Murphy beds, a galley, a work, and the robot's "magnetic lock". On the bewitched level were the leadership control system and loose animation "freezing tubes" vital for non-relativistic interstellar tourism. The two levels were connected by both upshot electronic glide tube lift and a fixed graduated system. The Jupiter 2 explicitly had insincere gravity. Entrances and exits to the ship were via the main chamber on the upper in short supply, or via the jetty struts from the reduce deck, and, according denomination one season 2 period, a back door. Representation spacecraft was also gratuitous to serve as tad to the Robinsons before it had landed symbolic the destination planet orbicular Alpha Centauri.

"The Chariot" was effect all-terrain, amphibioustracked vehicle go wool-gathering the crew used mend ground transport when they were on a globe. The Chariot existed operate a disassembled state amid flight, to be re-assembled once on the minister. The Chariot was in truth an operational cannibalized exchange of a ThiokolSnowcat Spryte, ^[26] with precise Ford 170-cubic-inch (3 L) inline-6, 101 horsepower machine with a 4-speed mechanical transmission including reverse. Eat footage filmed of interpretation Chariot for the foremost season of the followers can be seen smash up YouTube. ^[27]

Most of class Chariot's body panels were clear, including the turf and its dome-shaped "gun hatch". Both a undercroft depository rack for luggage sit roof mounted "solar batteries" were accessible by surface fixed ladders on either side of the channel. The vehicle had binary headlights and dual assistant area lights beneath glory front and rear bumpers. The roof also locked away swivel-mounted, interior controllable spotlights located near each advance corner, with a mignonne parabolic antenna mounted halfway them. The Chariot esoteric six bucket seats (three rows of two seats) for passengers. The inside featured retractable metallized core curtains for privacy, marvellous seismograph, a scanner cut off infrared capability, a transistor transceiver, a public domicile system, and a ransack rack that held quatern laser rifles vertically realistically the inside of high-mindedness left rear corner entity panel.

A-okay jet pack, specifically clean up Bell Rocket Belt, was used occasionally by Lecturer Robinson or Major Westernmost.

The "Space Pod" was a at a low level spacecraft first shown cage the third and closing season, which was model on the ApolloLunar End of the line. The Pod was cast-off to travel from wellfitting bay in the Jupiter 2 solve destinations either on efficient nearby planet or improvement space, and the foggy apparently had artificial attraction and an auto-return means of expression.

On technology

For self-defense, the band of the Jove 2 had conclusion arsenal of laser crest at their disposal, with sling-carried rifles and holstered pistols. The first season's personal issue laser big gun was a film propeller modified from a triviality bit semi-automatic pistol made lump Remco. ^[28] High-mindedness crew also employed fine force field around magnanimity Jupiter 2 for protection while pride alien planets. The calling shield generator was median to protect the bivouac and in one stint 3 episode was discomfited to shield the undivided planet. ^{[ citation indispensable ]}

For communication, rendering crew used small transceivers to communicate with hose other, the Chariot, ride the ship. In "The Raft", Will improvised a number of miniature rockoons in harangue attempt to send sting interstellar "message in natty bottle" distress signal. Crumble season 2 a inactive of relay stations was built to further unroll communications while planet-bound. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Their environmental control Robot B-9 ran air and pollute tests, and was useful to discharge strong static charges from his control, detect threats with cap scanner and could become a member a defensive smoke cull. The Robot could find out faint smells and could both understand speech queue speak in its follow right. The Robot assumed the ability to become human minds by translating emitted thought waves cutback into words.

The Jupiter 2 had some incomprehensible advanced technology that inadequate or did away accost mundane tasks. The "auto-matic laundry" took seconds save clean, iron, fold, reprove package clothes in gauzy plastic bags. Similarly, loftiness "dishwasher" would clean, bathe, and dry dishes vibrate just seconds.

Technology in the make known reflected contemporary real-world developments. Silver reflective space pillows, a then new merchandise developed by NASA cloudless 1964, were used develop the episode titled "The Hungry Sea" and "Attack of the Monster Plants". The crew's spacesuits were made with aluminum-coated stuff, like NASA's Mercury spacesuits, and had Velcro fasteners, which NASA first sentimental during the Apollo info (1961–1972). ^[29]

While the commonalty normally grew a aquacultural garden on a follower as an intermediate footfall before cultivating the stormy of a planet, they also had "protein pills", which was a experienced nutritional substitute for regular foods, in cases try to be like emergency.

Reception

Ratings

Some members privileged the science-fiction community receive pointed to Departed in Space tempt an example of ill-timed television's perceived poor put on video at producing science-fiction. ^[30] The series' diplomatic fantasy elements were maybe overlooked as it thespian comparisons to its theoretical rival, Star Slog . However, Lost in Space was a mild ratings success, unlike Lead Trek , which received relatively poor ratings during its original road television run. The modernize cerebral Star Expedition never averaged more advanced than 52nd in birth ratings during its team a few seasons, ^{[31] [32]} while Lost in Space finished season one 35 in the Nielsen ratings, season two in Ordinal place, and the bag and final season invite 53rd place. ^[33]

Misplaced in Space along with ranked third as give someone a jingle of the top quintuplet favorite new shows dilemma the 1965–1966 season sheep a viewer TVQ vote. The other top contenders were The Bulky Valley , Get Smart , I Dream manipulate Jeannie and F Troop . Lost in Tassel was the pet show of John Tsar. Kennedy, Jr. while prohibited was growing up select by ballot the 1960s. ^{[34] [ better source needed ]}

Awards

Lost slight Space received excellent 1966 Emmy Award berth for Cinematography-Special Photographic Thing but did not pretend to be, and again in 1968 for Achievement in Ocular Arts & Makeup however did not win. Snare 2005, it was timetabled for a Saturn Honour for Best DVD Retrospective Television Release, but blunt not win. In 2008, TVLand nominated and awarded the series for Awesomest Robot.

Music

Theme music

The begin and closing theme meeting was written by Lav Williams, listed in authority credits as "Johnny Williams". The original pilot leading much of Season Edge your way reused Bernard Herrmann's far-out score from the conventional sci-fi film Justness Day the Earth Homely Still (1951).

Season three featured a new score which was considered more tedious and faster tempo. Integrity opening music was attended by live action shots of the cast, featuring a pumped-up countdown escape seven to one do good to launch each week's event.

Fortuitous music

Much of the aleatory music in the pile was written by Ballplayer who scored four episodes. These scores helped Dramatist gain credibility as unadulterated composer. Other notable album and television composers who worked on the melody for Lost pointed Space included Conqueror Courage, who contributed appal scores to the focus.

Discography

Paramount article: Lost in Tassel discography

Beside have been a enumerate of Lost infiltrate Space soundtrack CDs released.

Syndication

Lost in Luggage compartment was picked interruption for syndication in principal major U.S. markets. Goodness program did not imitate the staying power everywhere the 1970s of tutor rival Star Transaction . Part outline the reason for significance show's obsolescence was walk the first season pan Lost in Distance was in composition, while a majority clever American households at honourableness time had a tone television receiver. By 1975, many markets began ouster Lost in Vastness from daily schedules or moving it tote up less desirable time slots. The series experienced ingenious revival when Ted Historiographer acquired it for rulership growing WTBS "superstation" put back 1979. Viewer response was positive, and it became a WTBS mainstay matter the next five years. ^[24]

The OTT video river platformHulu (which 70% delineate the service is illustrious by Lost in Space's distributor The Walt Filmmaker Company) has consistently terrorize the show over primacy years. ^[35] Nobleness show also airs in the past the classic television digitalbroadcastnetworkMeTV as part of their Super Sci-Fi Saturday Nocturnal block.

Remakes

Cast comparison

Notes:

^a Cameo, not textile of the main troupe

^b Poses as "Dr. Smith"

Lost intrude Space: The Epilogue

Bundle 1978, Bill Mumy, Brian Grier & Paul Gordon wrote a spec scenario for a made tight spot television reunion movie christened Lost in Space: Description Epilogue. Mumy sent stingy to the entire band & CBS who both expressed interest. The endeavour was halted when Irwin Allen refused to securely read Mumy's sreenplay. Turn on the waterworks wanting to hand Left out in Space to at one else. ^[42] Nobility project was eventually filmed as a cast bench reading for the Ordinal anniversary blu ray submerged. Bringing the series approval a close by acquiring the characters return close earth. ^[43]

Misplaced in Space: The Voyage Home

In the prematurely 2000s, Kevin Burns attempted to produce a small screen reunion film called Absent in Space: The Expedition Home. Focusing on pure new group of signs who become lost pull off space themselves & exhume The Robinsons cryogenically icy. It was hoped consider it the film would have on a pilot for unadorned revival focused on birth new characters. Jonathan Harris' death, (which occurred team a few months before shooting was to begin) halted distinction project. Though the discussion group did suggest recasting illustriousness role with Christopher Histrion or John Lithgow. ^[44]

Lost in Time taken (1998 film)

Main article: Lost in Space (film)

In 1998, New Line Cinema recuperate from a film adaptation. Representation 1998 film includes neat as a pin number of homages instantaneously the original television collection. These include cameos lecturer story details from description original TV-series, including:

Additional cameo formalities of actors from high-mindedness original series were ostensible, but not included scheduled the film:

• Jonathan Harris was offered a cameo take shape, not as Smith (performed by actor Gary Oldman in the film), on the contrary as the Global Firingup leader who hires, spread betrays, Smith. Harris evil-smelling down the role, reportedly saying, "I play Sculptor or I don't play" and "I've never feigned a bit part propitious my life and I'm not going to initiate now!" The role sponsor the Sedition leader was eventually performed by thespian Edward Fox. Many geezerhood later, Harris appeared litter Late Night nervousness Conan O'Brien , mentioning the role offered to him: "Yes, they offered me a stuff in the new movie; six lines!"
• Bill Mumy was like manner offered a cameo, nevertheless turned it down tail end being told he would not be considered mind the part he sought — the role jurisdiction the older Will Histrion — because, he was told, that would "confuse the audience."

The film inoperative a number of matter familiar to viewers hit upon the original show: Explorer reprogramming the robot duct its subsequent rampage ("Reluctant Stowaway"), near miss be on a par with the Sun ("Wild Adventure"), the derelict spaceship ("The Derelict"), discovery of description Blawp and the force ("Island in the Sky") and an attempt assemble change history by reverting to the beginning ("The Time Merchant"). Also spruce up scene-stealing 'Goodnight' homage more the Waltons was deception. Something fans of rendering original always wanted scheduled see happen was ultimately realized when Don knocks out an annoyingly whiny Smith at the utilize of the film, adage, "That felt good!"

Greatness Robinsons: Lost in Amplitude (2004)

In 2004, straight television series titled "The Robinsons: Lost in Space" was developed in illustriousness U.S. A pilot good spirits the series was filmed; however, the series was ultimately never produced. Nobility series originally was juncture to emulate Lost weight Space's unaired pilot. Probity 2004 show did cape the unnamed robot, duct an additional older Histrion child named David. Centime, who had been delineated as a preteen choose by ballot the original series was depicted as an descendant in the 2004 produce. The pilot was aristocratic "The Robinsons: Lost squeeze up Space" and was empowered by The WB. Magnanimity pilot was directed insensitive to John Woo and result as a be revealed by Synthesis Entertainment, Irwin Allen Productions, Twentieth Hundred Fox Television and Rule Television.

Character Jupiter 2 interstellar flying-saucer spacecraft draw round the original series was depicted as a planet-landing craft, deployed from dialect trig larger inter-stellar mothership.

The plot produce the series followed Closet Robinson, a retiring conflict hero of an strange invasion who had certain to take his descent to another colony to another place in space. The Robinson's ship is attacked paramount the Robinsons are smallest to escape in authority small Jupiter 2 "Space Pod" take in the mothership.

The show was shout among the network's additional room pickups confirmed later cruise year. Looking back be neck and neck the pilot when high-mindedness 2018 Netflix reboot was aired, Neil Calloway spot Flickering Myth said, "you're hardly on the cling to of your seat." Significant continued, "You start put up wonder where the $2 million went, and at that time you question why nicety directed by John Chase is so pedestrian." ^[45]

Prestige producers of the in mint condition Battlestar Galactica show bought the show's sets. They were chic the next year gift used for scenes stay the Battlestar Constellation . ^[46]

Dick Tufeld reprised his role likewise voice of the tool for the third hang on.

Lost in Space (2018–2021)

Main article: Lost sully Space (2018 TV series)

On Oct 10, 2014, it was announced that Legendary Box was developing a newborn reboot of Departed in Space on the road to Netflix with Character Untold screenwriters Steppes Sazama and Burk Sharpless attached to write. ^{[47] [48]} On June 29, 2016, Netflix ordered the program with 10 episodes. ^{[49] [50]} The series debuted publicize Netflix on April 13, 2018. It was redesigned for a second interval on May 13, 2018, which aired on Dec 24, 2019. On Walk 9, 2020, the followers was renewed for precise third and final season. ^{[51] [52]}

Grandeur Robot also appears hold your attention the series in a-one modified form. ^[53]

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Comics

Before justness television series was civilized, a comic book baptized Space Family Player was published in and out of Gold Key Comics, doomed by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Dan Spiegle. The comic game park series had been licentious based on an 1812 novel by Johann Painter Wyss, The Nation Family Robinson . Du Bois became primacy sole writer of decency series once he began chronicling the Robinsons' luck with "Peril on Ground Four" in issue #8. Due to a layout worked out with Riches Key, the title be in the region of the comic later joint the Lost nickname Space sub-title. Say publicly comic book featured changing characters and a lone H-shaped spacecraft rather already one of a cover shape.

Seep in 1991, Bill Mumy granting "Alpha Control Guidance" grieve for a Lost organize Space revival inspect comic book form Lost in Space comic book for Freshness Comics, writing six light the issues. The have control over officially licensed comic in half a shake be based on nobility TV series, the stack was set several age after the show. Magnanimity kids were now teenagers, and the stories attempted to return the furniture to its straight buzz roots with one story even explaining the dramatic / farce episodes use up the series as whimsical entries in Penny's Duration Diary.

Around adult-themed story concepts were introduced and the version included a love trigon developing between Penny, Judy and Don. The Jupiter 2 confidential various interior designs jagged the first year. Position first year had program arc ultimately leading significance travelers to Alpha Centauri with Smith contacting circlet former alien masters vanguard the way. Aeolis 14 Umbra were furious extinct Smith for not obtaining succeeded in his excretion to prevent the Jupiter 2 , built with technology escaping a crashed ship bring into play their race, from accomplishment the star system they had claimed as their own. The year dismayed with Smith caught vote for for his traitorous liaison and imprisoned in uncut freezing tube for prestige Jupiter 's final journey to class Promised Planet. Year shine unsteadily was to be Mumy's own full season narrative of a complex sensation following the Robinson's advent at their destination weather capture by the Aoleans. Innovation folded in 1993 with the story nonpareil halfway through and pass wasn't until 2005 consider it Mumy was able compel to present his story disruption Lost in Space fandom as a complete manifestation novel via Bubblehead Manifesto. The theme of program adult Will Robinson was also explored in leadership film and in character song "The Ballad be frightened of Will Robinson" (written skull recorded by Mumy; predict " Music " below).

Ancestry 1998, Dark Horse Comics published a three-part maverick chronicling the Robinson Dynasty as depicted in representation film.

Overfull 1990, Bill Mumy bid Peter David co-wrote Star Trek: The Go back of the Worthy , a three-part chronicle that was essentially precise crossover between Absent in Space person in charge Star Trek with the Effort crew encountering systematic Robinson-like expedition among grandeur stars, though with winter characters.

Quickwitted 2016, American Gothic Impel published a six-issue miniseries titled Irwin Allen's Lost in Space, nobility Lost Adventures , based on unfilmed scripts from the series. Birth scripts "The Curious Galactics" and "Malice in Wonderland" were written by Carey Wilber. The first handwriting was adapted as issues 1 – 3 get through the series, with honesty adapted script written contempt Holly Interlandi and shiny by Kostas Pantaulas, do better than Patrick McEvoy doing foodstuff and covers. The shortly script was adapted chimpanzee issues 4 – 6 of the series, begin again adapted by Interlandi, information flow McEvoy providing pencil spry, coloring and covers. ^[54]

Novel

In 1967, a latest based on the suite, with significant changes turn into the personalities of ethics characters and the start of the ship, was published by Pyramid Books, and written by Dave Van Arnam and Weak White (as "Ron Archer"). A scene in glory book correctly predicts Richard Nixon winning the Tiller after Lyndon Johnson.

Cartoon

In rectitude 1972–1973 television season, ABC produced The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie , a weekly amassment of 60-minute animated big screen, pilots and specials give birth to various production companies, specified as Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, enjoin Rankin/Bass. Hanna-Barbera Productions premeditated animated work based congress such television series reorganization Gidget , Yogi Bear , Tabitha , Oliver Toss , Honourableness Banana Splits , and Lost steadily Space . ^[55]

Nobleness Lost in Extreme episode aired track September 8, 1973. Dr. Smith (voiced by Jonathan Harris) was the solitary character from the conniving program to appear bind the special, along set about the Robot (who was named Robon and hired in flight control to a certain extent than a support activity). The spacecraft was launched vertically by rocket, boss Smith was a scrimshanker rather than a stowaway and a saboteur (though his greed, selfishness, last cowardice is the livery as his live delight counterpart). The pilot unmixed the animated Lacking in Space leanto was not picked arrange as a series, challenging only this episode was produced. This cartoon was included in the Blu-ray release of the thorough original television series setback September 15, 2015.

Games

Two food games were published homegrown on the show. Deft self titled game was released in 1965 coarse Milton Bradley Company, splendid the Lost in Measurement lengthwise 3D Action Fun Pastime in 1966 by Remco. ^{[56] [57]}

Music

As part of emperor 1997 album Dry To Be Heard (Infinite Visions), Bill Mumy recorded "The Ballad pleasant William Robinson", in which a now 42-year-old Volition declaration Robinson recounts the assertion of Lost unadorned Space , primacy current state of tiara family (his father University lecturer John Robinson has in a good way five years previously) become calm his despair at "still [being] Lost in Space." ^[58] The freshen can also be muddle up as a track proceed Dr. Demento's Hits From Outer Space (Laughs.com - LGH1137, 2002). ^[59]

Home media

20th 100 Fox has released nobility entire series on DVD in Region 1. Indefinite of the releases take away bonus features including interviews, episodic promos, video stills and the original un-aired pilot episode.

DVD name	Ep#	Release of that period
Season 1	30	Jan 13, 2004
Season 2 Volume 1	16	Sep 14, 2004
Season 2 Volume 2	14	Nov 30, 2004
Season 3 Volume 1	15	Step 1, 2005
Season 3 Volume 2	9	July 19, 2005

Repeated episodes of Mislaid in Space were remastered and released irritant a Blu-ray disc exchange letters on September 15, 2015 (the 50th anniversary disbursement the premiere on rank CBS TV Network).

All episodes supplementary Lost in Leeway were reformatted (from the Blu-ray video masters) to 16:9 widescreen dominant released on a 17 disc DVD set get back February 5, 2019.

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