

John Robinson (Guy Williams) his wife, Maureen (June Lockhart) his children, Judy (Marta Kristen), Will (Bill Mumy), and Penny (Angela Cartwright), and ship's pilot Don West (Mark Goddard). Smith is trapped inside the vehicle with his intended victims: Prof. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) intends to prevent the mission and kill the family, with the help of the Robot, which he programs to carry out his plans to destroy the ship.
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Set in 1997, the series begn}}s the Robinsons, a family of space travelers preparing for a five-year exploratory voyage to the Alpha Centauri star system in the Jupiter 2. It was picked up and given a higher budget per episode than most other series on television at the time.įilmed in black-and-white, the first season of Lost in Space took itself more seriously than subsequent seasons-at least at the outset. Apparently, so the story goes, the laughter was not in derision rather the network executives were enjoying the show. The use of real-life cutting edge technology such as the jetpack and the impressive chariot used by the Robinsons surpassed anything seen on contemporary television.Īllen was proud of the quality of the pilot, and was shocked when the executives broke into laughter at the its initial screening. The special effects in the pilot were painstakingly created in the studio, and were the equal of those seen in feature films. Don West, from the launch of their spaceship, the Gemini 12, to their crash landing on an alien planet and the difficulties they faced in establishing a homestead there.

Aubrey was impressed with Allen's presentation and with investment by CBS, 20th Century Fox, and Red Skelton, Allen produced the $600,000 pilot "No Place to Hide," the most expensive pilot filmed up to that time.The pilot focused on the story of the Robinson family and their pilot, Dr. Irwin Allen presented his idea for a new space adventure show to James Aubrey in the Programming Department at CBS.
