Date: October 16, 1997. The Jupiter 2 is to launch, but a saboteur wants to destroy it. Unfortunately he is part of the Jupiter 2 crew now Lost In Space.Date: October 16, 1997. The Jupiter 2 is to launch, but a saboteur wants to destroy it. Unfortunately he is part of the Jupiter 2 crew now Lost In Space.Date: October 16, 1997. The Jupiter 2 is to launch, but a saboteur wants to destroy it. Unfortunately he is part of the Jupiter 2 crew now Lost In Space.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
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Fred Crane
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- (uncredited)
Don Forbes
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- (uncredited)
Hoke Howell
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- (uncredited)
Frank Parker
- Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Ford Rainey
- The President
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Dick Tufeld
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Paul Zastupnevich
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- TriviaAlpha Centauri, a.k.a. Alpha Centauri AB, is currently classified (as of 2012, at any rate) as a binary star, approximately 4.37 light years from Earth, with its 2 stars designated as A (the larger) and B (the smaller). Proxima Centauri, a.k.a. Alpha Centauri C, is .2 light years from Alpha Centauri AB. At 1/7th the size, its sun is much smaller than ours and not visible to the naked eye, but its distance from Earth is 'just' 4.24 light years, making it the closest star to ours. It was discovered in 1915. An Earth-mass planet had been detected in orbit around Alpha Centauri B, but, It's not in the habitable zone, instead orbiting very close to the host star. Its surface temperature is estimated to be 1200 °C (about 2200 °F or 1500 K) - far too hot for liquid water, and also above the melting temperatures of many silicate magmas.
- GoofsThe narrator calls the Jupiter 2 an "intergalactic" vehicle. It plainly isn't, as the J2's stated mission is to travel from our star system to a neighboring one, within the same galaxy.
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Maj. Don West: If you wake up and find me driving, you'll know you're in trouble.
- ConnectionsEdited from Lost in Space: No Place to Hide (1965)
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Sci-Fi & Disaster
In 1997 an American family and a reluctant stowaway become lost in space.
The start of one of the greatest TV shows ever made. All 83 episodes of Lost In Space are not perfect but nearly every episode has a good moment or two that makes the whole hour worthwhile. Sometimes that good moment is a knockout bit like the teaser of season two's The Forbidden World where the Jupiter 2 crash lands on an alien planet.
If you are a fan of shows like The Outer Limits (1963), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), Batman (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966), Star Trek (1966), QM's The Invaders (1967), Land Of The Giants (1968), Shazam! (1974) and Irwin Allen's Captain Nemo (1978) you will love Lost In Space.
Producer Irwin Allen is very much the star of anything he makes. His control-freak quirks are all over Lost In Space (but less so in season two). I wrote Irwin's IMDb Bio so if you don't know what I mean by Irwin quirks...read his Bio.
The Reluctant Stowaway is one of my two favourite episodes of the series (the other favourite is The Derelict) as it is just totally outstanding from the first frame to the last frame.
A sight and sound wonder with Dick Tufeld narrations and John Williams music providing the sounds. The sights include amazing footage of spaceship Jupiter 2.
We also see Jonathan Harris at his very best as the EVIL Dr Smith.
I am both a sci-fi nutcase and a disaster nutcase, this hour covers both genres...so what more could I want?
I have many more Lost In Space episode reviews on this site.
The start of one of the greatest TV shows ever made. All 83 episodes of Lost In Space are not perfect but nearly every episode has a good moment or two that makes the whole hour worthwhile. Sometimes that good moment is a knockout bit like the teaser of season two's The Forbidden World where the Jupiter 2 crash lands on an alien planet.
If you are a fan of shows like The Outer Limits (1963), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), Batman (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966), Star Trek (1966), QM's The Invaders (1967), Land Of The Giants (1968), Shazam! (1974) and Irwin Allen's Captain Nemo (1978) you will love Lost In Space.
Producer Irwin Allen is very much the star of anything he makes. His control-freak quirks are all over Lost In Space (but less so in season two). I wrote Irwin's IMDb Bio so if you don't know what I mean by Irwin quirks...read his Bio.
The Reluctant Stowaway is one of my two favourite episodes of the series (the other favourite is The Derelict) as it is just totally outstanding from the first frame to the last frame.
A sight and sound wonder with Dick Tufeld narrations and John Williams music providing the sounds. The sights include amazing footage of spaceship Jupiter 2.
We also see Jonathan Harris at his very best as the EVIL Dr Smith.
I am both a sci-fi nutcase and a disaster nutcase, this hour covers both genres...so what more could I want?
I have many more Lost In Space episode reviews on this site.
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of The Reluctant Stowaway (1965) in Australia?
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