Lost in Space (TV series)

Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series created by Irwin Allen, and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series ran for three seasons with a total of 83 episodes. It was the second of a total of four science fiction series created by all.

The first season of the series was in black and white, the other two in color.



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[hide] *1 Plot  ==Plot[ Edit] == In 1997 hits the Earth so overcrowded that the natural raw materials quickly run out. Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, their children, Judy, Penny and Will, and their friend Don West will be selected for a project to colonizeother planets to go. They'll be having a spaceship called the Jupiter 2 to Alpha Centauri to search a new habitable planet. There the trip will last for a long time, the family brought in seem dead State. The ship's computer will wake them if they are at the place of destination.
 * 2 characters and cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 History
 * 3.2 Receipt
 * 3.3 cessation
 * 3.4 rumors surrounding the series
 * 3.5 spin-offs
 * 4 Episodes
 * 5 footnotes
 * 6 external links

Just before the launch calls for a foreign agent named Dr. Zachary Smith ship within. His goal is to sabotage the mission. He programs the robot to destroy everything of the ship shortly after take-off. He can not, however, leave the ship on time and goes along the space in involuntarily. By his extra weight is placed on the Jupiter 2 off course.This saves the robot indeed on hollow. The family is awakened from their apparent death and can stop the robot, but then they turn out to be completely lost.

Soon they are forced to land on a strange planet. In seasons 1 and 2 are trying to keep the family standing in front of the many dangers of this planet. In season 3, they find a way to leave the planet and try to find them still Alpha Centauri. Dr. Smith continues behind the scenes the sabotage mission. Starting from the second season, however, he is more like a coward who only wants to return to Earth. ==Characters and cast[ Edit] == During the series, had a lot of actors guest-starred on the series, including Al Lewis, Edy Williams, Arte Johnson, Don Matheson, Kurt Russell, Strother Martin, Francine York, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael j. Pollard,Henry Jones and Allan Melvin. ==Background[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===History<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Irwin Allen produced to promote the series a pilot episode titled "NO Place to Hide". The pilot just turned to the Robinson family. When CBS accepted the pilot and decided to make the series, the characters were Dr. Smith and the Robot adding figured out. The ship received for the series an extra deck, and was renamed from "Gemini 12" to "Jupiter 2". Many of the plot twists from the pilot were again incorporated in the first episodes. Actually, the series "Space Family Robinson", as a reference to the Swiss family Robinson. This however, could not continue since Disney owned the rights to this book (they had only released a film of this book), wanted to give the copyright and not free.
 * Dr. John Robinson (Guy Williams): the Commander of the expedition. He is a pilot, and the father of the Robinson children. He has much knowledge of Astrophysics.
 * Dr. Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart): Johns wife, biochemist and by job. They often performed the voice of reason in the team. Her status of doctor is only mentioned in the first episode.
 * Major Don West (Mark Goddard): the pilot of the spaceship, and a good friend of the Robinsons. His character often serves as polar opposite to that of Dr. Smith.
 * Judy Robinson (Marta Kristen): the eldest of the three children. They initially had for himself a career as a musical artist in mind, but nevertheless chose to go along with her family.
 * Penny Robinson (Angela Cartwright): the middle one of the three children. She loves animals and classical music. In the series she gets an alien pet called Debbie.
 * Will Robinson (Billy Mumy): the youngest of the three children. He is a child prodigy with a predisposition for technique. He is only prepared to accept Dr. Smith on board.
 * Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris): a foreign spy who actually sabotage the mission should have. He serves as the antagonist of the series. Smith is a specialist in intergalactic psychology. As the series progresses he forms ever more the comic relief in the series instead of a malicious character.
 * The Robot: the Robot is a Model B-9, class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot. He has no name. Despite the fact that he is a machine, he shows often human characteristics. The robot was played by Bob May in a robotpak. He was voiced by Dick Tufeld.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first season was shot in black and white, and had a more serious tone than the later two seasons. Only the special effects were filmed in color. Starting from the second season, the series included entirely in color, and more emphasis was put on humorous situations. The series was broadcast at the same time with the Batman television series, and rumors are that the series took on a more campachtige overtone express to better compete with this series. The changes, and especially the change in Smiths character, were not always appreciated by the actors. Especially Mark Goddard and Guy Williams found it but nothing that the series the serious science fiction from the first season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  In the third season came the emphasis therefore again more on adventure to lie, but the humorous undertone remained present. ===Receipt<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the series has a cult status today, the series by science fiction community often seen as an example of bad attempts at making science fiction series. The series was a reasonable success.

<p lang="en" len="176" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Fans of the series can be divided into two groups: fans of the serious episodes from season 1 and season 2 episodes from fans of the humorous and campy 3. ===Cessation<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The exact reason why the series was discontinued is not known. In itself the viewing figures were good enough for a fourth season. A few theories are:

===Rumors surrounding the series<span class="mw-editsection" len="362" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Gene Roddenberry— the creator of Star Trek— often claimed that CBS often ideas for "Lost in Space" performance at Star Trek. This is, however, unlikely there was already a successful producer Irwin Allen (he had even won an Emmy Award ) when Roddenberry for the first time with the idea for Star Trek came. CBS had the pilot for Lost in Space already approved before Star Trek began.
 * Budget Problems. The series was too expensive to produce. The cost for season three was $ 164.788 per episode, and the actors were negotiating to get a higher salary for season 4. In doing so, the producers had been told that they it from season 4 with 15% less budget needed to do.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]
 * According to Robert Hamner, one of the writers of the series, had CBS executive Bill Paley just hate the series that he came to the budget problems the series to make it stop.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3]
 * The Lost in Space Forever DVD cites a decline in the ratings as the main reason that the show was discontinued.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]
 * May not be the main reason, but still of influence, was the fact that June Lockhart and Director Don Richardson had virtually no interest in the series.

<p lang="en" len="134" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Another rumor is that Lost in Space a more campy undertone supposed to distinguish themselves from the serious Star Trek series. ===Spin-offs<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Episodes<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * In 1991, the series continues as a comic book series.
 * In 1998 appeared the film of the same name, based on the series.
 * In 2003 there were plans for a new series, but this cancelled. The already-made sets were sold to the series Battlestar Galactica