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• Lost in Space is a science fiction television series that originally aired in the late 1960s on CBS. The show featured the adventures of a family of interstellar explorers attempting to return to Earth after their ship is sent off course by the presence of an enemy stowaway.

  Bob May, who played The Robot on the show, died on January 18, 2009.WashingtonPost.com: Lost in Space actor Bob May dies at 69 in Calif. (January 19, 2009) May appeared on the show as The Robot, but the voice of the character was played by Dick Tufeld, the show's narrator.

• Fast Facts

  1. Created by: Irwin Allen
  2. Producer: Irwin Allen
  3. Number of Episodes: 83
  4. Network: CBS
  5. Aired: September 15, 1965 - March 6, 1968
  6. First episodes aired in black and white
  7. The show later aired in color
  8. Film Adaptation: Lost In Space (1998)
  9. Based on the novel Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
  10. Allen also created the science fiction show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

• Cast Information

  • Mark Goddard as Major Don West
  • Bill Mumy as Will Robinson
  • Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson
  • Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson
  • Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith
  • June Lockhart as Maureen Robinson
  • Guy Williams as Professor John Robinson
  • Bob May as The Robot
  • Dick Tufeld as The Robot's voice

• Reviews

  "...As I grew older, I came to recognize the campy excesses of the show - but that only made me appreciate it even more, especially the overripe performances of Jonathan Harris, who turned the initially villainous and despicable character of Dr. Zachary Smith into an intergalactic comic treasure."—The Cinema LaserThe Cinema Laser: Lost in Space: The Complete First Season]

  "At the heart of Lost in Space’s raison d’etre is the desire to tell exciting, amusing stories, and it never allows anything to stand in its way. Telling an entertaining story is the number one priority and everything else be damned. In this way it is a descendant of the pulp scifi magazines that were everywhere at that time in America, and were just starting to arrive on TV."—DVD TimesDVD Times: Lost In Space: Season One (February 16, 2004)

• Quotes

  The Robot: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!"IMDb: Lost in Space memorable quotes

  Dr. Zachary Smith: "You bubble-headed booby! You realize what you've done?"IMDb: Lost in Space memorable quotes

  IDAK Alpha 12: "Crush! Kill! Destroy!"IMDb: Lost in Space memorable quotes

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Irwin Allen | June Lockhart | Angela Cartwright | Jonathan Harris | Star Trek | The Next Generation | Battlestar Galactica | Bob May

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