Basically a "Swiss Family Robinson" story set in space, this show ran 84 episodes over 3 years and was a huge ratings winner. They were filled with horror, science fiction, comedy and fun.
The cast was Guy Williams as Prof. John Robinson, June Lockhart as his wife Maureen, Billy Mumy as Will Robinson, Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson, Angela Cartwright as Penny Robinson, Mark Goddard as Major Don West and Jonathan Harris as Dr. Zachary Smith.
THE RELUCTANT STOWAWAY 9/15/65...The Robinson family is about to be sent into space headed for Alpha Centuri on the Jupiter 2. Before this can happen a saboteur, Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) tries to destroy the ship and causes in to veer off into uncharted space.
THE DERELICT 9/22/65...The Jupiter 2 is pulled into another huge ship occupied by bubble-like aliens with evil intent.
ISLAND IN THE SKY 9/29/65...Dr. Robinson is pulled down onto a mysterious planet while space walking and Major West lands on the planet in an attempt to find him.
THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE EARTH 10/6/65...While the Robinson flees south after finding that the planet may freeze them to death, they are attacked by a giant cyclops monster. This is one of the most remembered episodes ever.
THE HUNGRY SEA 10/13/65...After almost freezing the mysterious planet starts moving towards the sun again threatening the Robinsons.
WELCOME STRANGER 10/20/65...Warren Oates stars as Jimmy Hapgood, a man who left Earth in 1982 on his small one man ship. The Robinsons help him repair his craft and ask if he will take Will and Penny back to Earth.
MY FRIEND, MR. NOBODY 10/27/65...Penny makes friends with a deep voice coming from a cave. Very odd episode indeed.
INVADERS FROM THE FIFTH DIMENSION 11/5/65...Aliens need a brain to use in their worn out computer and they choose Dr. Smith, but he makes a deal to bring them the brain of Will instead.
THE OASIS 11/10/65...Dr. Smith eats some fruit on the planet and becomes a giant.
THE SKY IS FALLING 11/17/65...A robot that looks like a crab announces the arrival of colonists and Dr. Smith believes that they are not peaceful, but invaders.
WISH UPON A STAR 11/24/65...Will and Dr. Smith come upon a machine that grants wishes and Smith uses it for his own gain which endangers the lives of all the Robinsons.
THE RAFT 12/1/65...Will's experiments deplete the fuel on the Jupiter 2 so Don and John try to find an alternative supply.
ONE OF OUR DOGS IS MISSING 12/8/65...With the men away trying to establish a relay station, the women must fight an alien invader who is stalking them.
ATTACK OF THE MONSTER PLANTS 12/15/65...Dr. Smith discovers plants that can duplicate anything, including human beings. A very well made episode that really stands out.
RETURN FROM OUTER SPACE 12/29/65...Will uses a matter transfer device left by aliens and finds himself back on Earth in a small town in Vermont, but nobody believes his story.
THE KEEPER PART 1 1/12/66...An alien (played by Michael Rennie) lands on the planet with the intent of taking two specimens of humans back with him to a traveling space circus.
THE KEEPER PART 2 1/19/66...Dr. Smith releases all of the creatures on The Keepers ship, and this causes even more trouble for the space family.
THE SKY PIRATE 1/26/66...Albert Salmi stars as Captain Alonzo P. Tucker, an Earthling that has escaped his alien captors. However, Tucker may not be all that he seems.
GHOST IN SPACE 2/2/66...Dr. Smith summons a ghostly monster during a seance.
WAR OF THE ROBOTS 2/9/66...The Robinsons find and repair a robot only to find that the mechanical man has plans to capture them all.
THE MAGIC MIRROR 2/16/66...Penny finds a mirror which contains a world in which a lonely young man lives.
THE CHALLENGE 3/2/66...Michael Ansara and Kurt Russell star as a father and son who land on the planet and challenge Will and John to a duel to the death.
THE SPACE TRADER 3/9/66...Dr. Smith ruins the Robinsons food supply and quickly makes a deal with a space trader for food in exchange for his body which is to be collected in 200 years. Unfortunately the trader comes to collect immediately. Torin Thatcher stars.
HIS MAJESTY SMITH 3/16/66...Dr. Smith is made the leader of an alien race, but also finds out he is their sacrifice.
THE SPACE CROPPERS 3/30/66...A family comes to the planet to harvest their crops and then leave. However Smith tries to woo the mother played by Mercedes McCambridge so he can get back to Earth. Her son is a werewolf monster and the daughter wants Don. Sherry Jackson is super sexy as the daughter, Effra.
ALL THAT GLITTERS 4/6/66...Dr Smith and Penny find a ring that turns everything to Platinum. Smith, of course turns this into a disaster.
THE LOST CIVILAZATION 4/13/66...Will awakens a sleeping princess. He finds that he must noe marry her and help her and her army conquer the universe.
A CHANGE OF SPACE 4/20/66...A strange spaceship turns Will into a genius and Dr. Smith turns very, very old.
FOLLOW THE LEADER 4/27/66... Excellent episode in which an evil spirit possesses John and plans to take the Jupiter 2 to his home planet, even at the cost of Will's life.
That wraps up season 1. The episodes were all in black and white for the first season, but for the second and third they were all in color. I thought the black and white looked better, but that is only my opinion. All in all a great first season for fans of science fiction television.
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