Synopsis
The astronaut family of Dr. John Robinson, accompanied by a pilot and a robot, set out in the year 1997 from an overpopulated Earth in the spaceship Jupiter 2 to travel to a planet circling the star Alpha Centauri. The Jupiter 2 mission is sabotaged by Dr. Zachary Smith (an agent for an unnamed foreign government) who slips aboard the spaceship and reprograms the robot to destroy the ship and crew. However, Smith is trapped aboard, and his excess weight alters the craft's flight path and places it directly in the path of a massive meteor storm. Smith manages to save himself by prematurely reviving the crew from suspended animation. The ship survives, but the damage caused by Smith's earlier sabotage of the robot leaves the crew lost in space. The Jupiter 2 crash-lands on an alien world, later identified by Will as Priplanus, where they spend the rest of the season and survive a host of adventures. Smith remains with the crew and acts as a source of comedic cowardice and villainy, exploiting the eternally forgiving nature of Professor Robinson.
Season 1 aired between 15 Sep 1965 and 27 Apr 1966, 29 episodes.
Episodes
E01
The Reluctant Stowaway
15 Sep 1965
E02
The Derelict
22 Sep 1965
E03
Island in the Sky
29 Sep 1965
E04
There Were Giants in the Earth
06 Oct 1965
E05
The Hungry Sea
13 Oct 1965
E06
Welcome Stranger
20 Oct 1965
E07
My Friend, Mr. Nobody
27 Oct 1965
E08
Invaders from the Fifth Dimension
03 Nov 1965
E09
The Oasis
10 Nov 1965
E10
The Sky is Falling
17 Nov 1965
E11
Wish Upon a Star
24 Nov 1965
E12
The Raft
01 Dec 1965
E13
One of Our Dogs is Missing
08 Dec 1965
E14
Attack of the Monster Plants
15 Dec 1965
E15
Return from Outer Space
29 Dec 1965
E16
The Keeper (1)
12 Jan 1966
E17
The Keeper (2)
19 Jan 1966
E18
The Sky Pirate
26 Jan 1966
E19
Ghost in Space
02 Feb 1966
E20
War of the Robots
09 Feb 1966
E21
The Magic Mirror
16 Feb 1966
E22
The Challenge
02 Mar 1966
E23
The Space Trader
09 Mar 1966
E24
His Majesty, Smith
16 Mar 1966
E25
The Space Croppers
30 Mar 1966
E26
All That Glitters
06 Apr 1966
E27
The Lost Civilization
13 Apr 1966
E28
A Change of Space
20 Apr 1966
E29
Follow the Leader
27 Apr 1966