The TV King

Even today, the 1960's television show Lost in Space defies description. Some would call the program "science fiction", others "action adventure" and still others as "children's television". Truth be known, the show probably was all these at one time or another. Probably the best description one could give is the show represented an amalgamation of two popular television formats popular in the 1960's. Science fiction on television was fairly commonplace as America's space race with the Soviet Union reached a fevered pace. The media gave detailed, almost daily, reports on the United States expensive race to be the first humans to step onto the lunar surface. Because of that, it was only natural to tap into this national frenzy with a slick television series where the audience could travel with those astronauts. To obtain the coveted "family hour", the ephemeral 8PM to 9PM time, one had to appeal to the sensibilities of the 1960s family. With that, all the networks pro

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Watch Ghost in Space A strange, ghost-like presence appears after an explosion in a bog awakens it. Dr. Smith conducts a séance, certain the rampaging ghost is his dead uncle's spirit.
Watch The Keeper, Part 2 Chaos reigns as the Keeper's creatures, let loose by the robot and Dr. Smith, overrun the planet. The Keeper refuses to stop the heinous animals unless the family gives him Penny and Will.
Watch The Magic Mirror Frustrated with impending adolescence, Penny falls into a mirror and enters a strange new dimension. There she befriends a lonely alien boy who tells her she can never leave Mirrorland - but she'll never have to grow up.
Watch Return from Outer Space Will discovers a matter-transfer portal that returns him to Earth, but once there, the residents of a small town in Vermont have a hard time believing his stories of life in space.
Watch Follow the Leader The mind and soul of Professor John Robinson is overtaken by an unseen alien spirit, forcing Robinson to turn against the family as he tries to take over the ship.
Watch All That Glitters Dr. Smith discovers the dark side of greed when he steals a magic disc that turns everything he touches - even Penny - into platinum.
Watch The Sky Pirate The Robinsons find new hope when they meet a marooned pirate with an interstellar vehicle capable of returning to Earth. But their plans are foiled when a slithering mass pursues the pirate in search of a stolen object.
Watch His Majesty, Smith Dr. Smith lobbies to become king of a luxurious planet named Andronica, only to discover he's to be used as a human sacrifice.
Watch The War of the Robots The family's robot is seemingly replaced when Will repairs a robotoid from an advanced civilization - until the new machine wreaks havoc by trying to take over the ship.
Watch The Space Trader Dr. Smith makes a hard bargain when his dealings with a space trader go awry, and he finds himself in an intergalactic contract he's unable to break.
Watch The Keeper, Part 1 The family comes upon an evil alien zookeeper, whose trance-like powers can entice exotic animals-and young humans like Will and Penny-to follow him into captivity.
Watch The Space Croppers An oddball family of alien hillbillies ensnares the Robinsons. Their daughter tries to romance Don while their pet werewolf and fast-growing, man-eating plants spell trouble.
Watch The Challenge A tough little alien boy and his father attempt to prove their superiority to humans by challenging John and Will Robinson to a test of strength and bravery.
Watch No Place To Hide The Robinson family (without the later-to-be-added Robot B-9 and Dr. Smith characters) rockets into outer space, only to crash-land onto a desert planet.
Watch Island In The Sky The family crash-lands on an unknown planet in an attempt to rescue Professor Robinson. Maureen and the others use the chariot to man the search, only to face more havoc from Dr. Smith's diabolical schemes.
Watch The Lost Civilization John, Don and Will discover an underground world of soldiers frozen in suspended animation, waiting for their princess to be awakened by a kiss - so they can take over the universe.
Watch The Reluctant Stowaway The Robinson family takes off on the pioneering launch of the Jupiter 2, towards a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. But sabotage by Dr. Zachary Smith leaves the family and their robot lost in space.
Watch A Change of Space Will comes upon an alien spaceship that takes him to the Sixth dimension, transforming him into a boy genius. Jealous Dr. Smith uses the ship as well, with very different results.
Watch There Were Giants in the Earth The Robinsons set up camp on a planet populated by strangely evolving life forms. As the family moves their camp in search of warmth, they are confronted by a giant Cyclops.
Watch The Hungry Sea Following a quick escape from an ancient city, the Robinsons must flee the heat of an unknown planet's sun. Heading through storms and earthquakes, they land safely--only to face an unknown entity from outer space.
Watch The Derelict Following a tense effort to rescue John Robinson from deep space, the Jupiter 2 is drawn inside a massive alien spaceship. There, the family confronts a strange race of bubble creatures.
Watch Welcome Stranger The Robinsons try to persuade a long-stranded astronaut, James Hapgood, to take Will and Penny back to Earth. He refuses, but has a change of heart after a near tragedy befalls Penny.
Watch My Friend, Mr. Nobody Penny befriends a lonely echo voice she calls "Mr. Nobody." But when the girl appears to be injured, the being's wrath threatens the Robinsons-until Penny persuades it not to hurt her family.
Watch The Oasis The Robinsons' water crisis deepens when Dr. Smith uses their only water supply for a shower. But a strange alien fruit may be the answer-until it causes Smith to grow to twice his normal size.
Watch Invaders From The Fifth Dimension Glowing humanoids invade the Robinsons' colony in search of a brain to navigate their ship. Their plan is foiled when Will's worry over his parents' safety makes his brain unusable.
Watch Attack of the Monster Plants The family is threatened by a giant cyclamen plant that can create realistic duplicates of anything it absorbs. Soon the plant feeds on the Jupiter 2's fuel supply and then makes an evil version of Judy Robinson.
Watch One Of Our Dogs is Missing A friendly little dog survives the crash of a space capsule and leads Professor Robinson and Don West to Judy, just in time to save her from the claws of a giant hairy mutant.
Watch The Raft Will comes up with an idea for a two-man ship that can travel to Earth. But when Dr. Smith hijacks the ship, a crash landing finds Will and Smith trapped in a jungle, pursued by a bush creature.
Watch The Sky is Falling The Robinsons confront their mistrust of an alien family that has beamed in from space. Unable to understand their language, they fear for Will's safety when he and the little alien boy disappear.
Watch Wish Upon A Star When Dr. Smith and Will discover a magic wish-granting machine, the family becomes intoxicated with greed. But the party ends when a strange alien creature reclaims the magic machine.
Watch Treasure Of The Lost Planet The discovery of a talking head leads Will, Penny, Dr. Smith and the Robot on a strange search for a lost pirate's treasure.
Watch The Thief from Outer Space With a magical ruby ring, and a little help from Penny and Dr. Smith, Will Robinson helps a futuristic Arab Chieftain find his long-lost, but much-changed, princess.
Watch The Android Machine A female android, capable of human emotions, joins the Jupiter 2 -- only to be rejected by Smith and the Robot because of her superior intelligence.
Watch A Visit To Hades A magical lyre sends Dr. Smith to a Hades-like prison filled with smoke and fire. Meanwhile, a Mephistophelean political rebel escapes the prison and lands on the Jupiter 2, where romances the frustrated Judy.
Watch Space Circus The ringmaster (James Westerfield) of a space circus asks Will and Smith to join his troupe.
Watch The Phantom Family A scientist makes android copies of Smith, Don and the girls, then orders Will to teach them how to behave.
Watch Mutiny In Space Dr. Smith and the Robot discover an abandoned alien spacecraft which Smith hopes might provide a getaway to Earth. Instead, they are captured by an outlaw spaceship Admiral named Zahrk.
Watch West Of Mars Chaos ensues on a Western-style planet when Dr. Smith is mistaken for a notorious intergalactic gunslinger named Zeno'at the same time Zeno is hiding out with the Robinsons, disguised as Dr. Smith.
Watch Revolt Of The Androids In another foiled get-rich-quick scheme, Smith becomes involved with a ruby-devouring android named Idak. But when a more powerful android appears, Idak experiences human feelings and he conquers the monster to save a female android's life.
Watch The Space Vikings Dr. Smith and Will have a mythological adventure as they take on the ancient God Thor and travel on a winged horse to Valhalla.
Watch The Mechanical Men A band of tiny robots -- who worship the Robinson's Robot as their leader -- surrounds Dr. Smith and forces Smith and the Robot to switch personalities.
Watch Rocket To Earth Dr. Smith takes a job as an alien magician's assistant, in hopes of returning to Earth. But the plan backfires when Will and Smith are fired on by Earth Space Control and forced to return to deep space.
Watch Deadly Games Of Gamma 6, The John Robinson is coaxed into an intergalactic wrestling match by a giant alien fight promoter -- only to learn that Earth's safety hangs in the balance.
Watch Forbidden World After the ship makes a forced landing, Smith meets an alien (Wally Cox) and guzzles an explosive liquid.
Watch The Golden Man Penny befriends a frog-like alien involved in a war with a leader of another civilization.
Watch The Toymaker Will and Smith enter a strange vending machine and wind up in a toy factory run by an eccentric.
Watch Wreck Of The Robot Aliens plan to use the Robot as a blueprint for a device to control machinery.
Watch The Girl From The Green Dimension The green alien who once hypnotized Smith returns and shows him bits of the future.
Watch The Cave Of The Wizards Smith's fascination with a computer in a cave endangers the Robinsons' escape plan to Alpha Centauri.
Watch The Questing Beast Penny meets a scaly female beast chased by a bumbling knight (Hans Conried).
Watch Blast Off Into Space Smith's dealings with a prospector (Strother Martin) threaten to maroon the ship on a disintegrating planet.
Watch The Prisoners Of Space A galactic tribunal tries the Robinson party for space crimes.
Watch The Dream Monster A scientist drains the Robinsons' human qualities to pass on to an android.
Watch The Astral Traveler Driven into a cave by an electrical storm, Will stumbles into a space-warp that takes him back in time through an astral space tunnel, landing him in a haunted Scottish castle.
Watch Trip Through The Robot The Robot grows to enormous proportions when his ionic processes are reversed, leading Dr. Smith and Will on a fantastic journey to restore him to his usual size -- before he is destroyed!
Watch The Colonists An ear-shattering noise leads the Robinsons to a showdown with a statuesque Amazon warrior named Niolani, who plans to rule and colonize a planet by enslaving all the men.
Watch Wild Adventure John Robinson saves the day when Dr. Smith inadvertently sets the Jupiter 2 on a direct course towards the sun -- but not before Smith can be enticed by a seductive interstellar Lorelei.
Watch The Ghost Planet The Jupiter 2 lands on a planet Dr. Smith mistakenly believes is Earth. When Smith is lured out of the ship by cyborgs masquerading as earthlings, the Robot saves him--and the family--in the nick of time.
Watch Curse Of Cousin Smith Dr. Smith's cousin Jeremiah drops in by parachute and attempts to rob Smith of their aunt's inheritance-- which they almost lose by betting against a robot gambling machine.
Watch The Galaxy Gift Penny becomes embroiled in a war between two alien factions when she takes possession of the powerful magic amulet both sides are fighting for.
Watch Two Weeks In Space Two clever alien bank robbers transform themselves into Earthlings.
Watch The Promised Planet Once welcomed to do so, the Jupiter 2 arrives on a planet inside the Alpha Centauri solar system.
Watch The Great Vegetable Rebellion Dr. Smith picks a flower and is immediately accused of murder by a giant talking carrot, who says that he must now die!
Watch Junkyard of Space While on a junkyard planet, Dr. Smith realizes the crew’s food supply is dwindling.
Watch Space Beauty When Farnum B., Showman of the Cosmos, crash-lands on the Robinson’s current planet, he immediately tries to recruit Judy for his Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant.
Watch A Day At The Zoo Penny is captured and taken to an intergalactic zoo, where she is expected to be part of a show, along with the rest of her family.
Watch Fugitives in Space An alien prison escapee manages to exchange his prison jacket for Dr. Smith’s parka.
Watch The Time Merchant The Robinsons accidentally interrupt the voyage of a time traveler, Chronos, and then, as always, Dr. Smith manages to upset him further.
Watch Kidnapped In Space Another spaceship sends out an SOS because their leader, a computer, needs brain surgery.
Watch The Flaming Planet A plant that thinks Dr. Smith is its mother attaches itself to the Jupiter 2.
Watch The Condemned Of Space Trying to escape from a flaming comet, the Robinsons come upon a spaceship filled with frozen alien criminals.
Watch Target: Earth The never-helpful Dr. Smith accidentally launches the Space Pod into space while the lower half of the Robot is on board!
Watch Space Destructors While exploring a cave with the Robot, Smith hits buttons on a control panel he discovers, thereby activating a cyborg-creating device.
Watch The Space Primevals After trying to seal a menacing volcano so that the Jupiter 2 can take off, Don West and Dr. Smith are captured by cavemen.
Watch Hunter's Moon After he and the Robot are attacked by a hairy mutant, John Robinson whips out his laser pistol and destroys the homely beast.
Watch The Haunted Lighthouse The Robinsons give refuge aboard the Jupiter 2 to a lost alien boy named J-5 and agree to take him home.
Watch Deadliest Of The Species In order to make repairs to the Jupiter 2, the Robinsons land on a planet where the Robot discovers a female robot.
Watch Flight Into The Future While in the Space Pod, the bumbling Dr. Smith accidentally launches himself, Will and the Robot to a nearby planet.
Watch Castles In Space The Robinsons take in a princess who is being sought by a bounty hunter.
Watch The Anti-Matter Man John Robinson is accidentally transported to an anti-matter world, where he is held captive by an evil replica of Don.
Watch Collision Of Planets A group of space hippies seek to destroy the Robinsons’ planet!
Watch The Space Creature As if Dr. Smith isn’t odd enough to begin with, an unusual creature takes over his personality.
Watch Visit To A Hostile Planet Caught in a “time warp,” the Jupiter 2 crew discover not only that they can now return to Earth, but it’s suddenly 1947!
Watch Princess of Space After searching for the long-lost Princess Alpha of Beta-Three, Captain Kraspo believes Penny may actually be the princess.

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