In 1965, veteran sci-fi potentate Irwin Allen created this space-age updating of The Swiss Family Robinson for CBS, and it quickly became one of the best-loved genre shows of the pre-Star Trek era. Set in the "futuristic" world of 1997, Space followed the intergalactic travels of an adventurous family catapulted beyond our solar system due to the machinations of a sabotage-minded stowaway. TV series veterans Guy Williams (Zorro) and June Lockhart (Lassie's "mom") starred as John and Maureen Robinson, husband-and-wife scientists accompanied on their outer-space explorations by son Will (Billy Mumy), daughters Judy and Penny (Marta Kristen and Angela Cartwright), stalwart pilot Don West (Mark Goddard), and the supercilious saboteur Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris). The first-season episodes, collected in this box set, were clearly the best; they stressed action and adventure in the grand old space-opera style, and each installment finished with a suspenseful cliff-hanger ending designed to lure viewers back the following week, just like the Flash Gordon movie serials of an earlier era. Before the first season ended, tongue-in-cheek story lines elbowed their way into the continuing narrative, and Dr. Smith -- initially a sinister character -- was softened considerably to provide comic relief. An undisputed favorite of baby boomers, Lost in Space served as the Wednesday night lead-in to fish-out-of-water sitcom classics The Beverly Hillbillies and Green Acres. Viewed today, its fanciful settings, trend-setting special effects, exciting action scenes, and cheeky humor add up to a welcome blast of kitsch from the past. Ed Hulse

Product Details

• UPC: 024[zasłonięte]102502
• Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Presentation: B&W
• Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
• Language: English, Espańol
• Subtitles: English, Espańol
• Time: 23:41:00
• Sales Rank: 3,699

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Lost in Space: The Reluctant Stowaway
• Lost in Space: The Derelict
• Lost in Space: Island in the Sky
• Lost in Space: There Were Giants in the Earth
• Lost in Space: The Hungry Sea
• Lost in Space: Welcome, Stranger
• Lost in Space: My Friend, Mr. Nobody
• Lost in Space: Invaders from the Fifth Dimension
• Lost in Space: The Oasis
• Lost in Space: The Sky Is Falling
• Lost in Space: Wish Upon a Star
• Lost in Space: The Raft
• Lost in Space: One of Our Dogs Is Missing
• Lost in Space: Attack of the Monster Plants
• Lost in Space: Return from Outer Space
• Lost in Space: The Keeper, Part 1
• Lost in Space: The Keeper, Part 2
• Lost in Space: The Sky Pirate
• Lost in Space: Ghosts in Space
• Lost in Space: The War of the Robots
• Lost in Space: The Magic Mirror
• Lost in Space: The Challenge
• Lost in Space: The Space Trader
• Lost in Space: His Majesty Smith
• Lost in Space: The Space Croppers
• Lost in Space: All That Glitters
• Lost in Space: The Lost Civilization
• Lost in Space: A Change of Space
• Lost in Space: Follow the Leader

Features:

Unaired pilot episode, "No Place to Hide."