The Jupiter 2 is pulled into a giant ship occupied by bubble-like creatures.The Jupiter 2 is pulled into a giant ship occupied by bubble-like creatures.The Jupiter 2 is pulled into a giant ship occupied by bubble-like creatures.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
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Richard Basehart
- Shakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice
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- (uncredited)
Don Forbes
- TV Commentator
- (uncredited)
Dawson Palmer
- Bubble Creature
- (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe only episode of the series without a teaser segment at the beginning. It starts with the title sequence and then moves directly into the first act. The episode's title and writer and director credits, usually shown at the beginning of the first act, are displayed at the beginning of the second. The explanation is that the first act was the teaser in the original cut of the episode and the second act had been the first. At about 7-1/2 minutes long, CBS considered it too long for a teaser and moved it behind the title sequence to make it the first act and make the first act the second. This revised cut was later used in the syndication release and the 2005 DVD release. For the 2015 blue-ray release, the original cut was restored. The original cut was also aired in January 2022 on MeTV.
- GoofsCommander John Robinson writes in his log about the harrowing first "24 hours" in flights but dates it October 21st which is 5 days after their liftoff that took place on October 16th.
- Quotes
Narrator: [epilogue] Even as we watch, the spaceship Jupiter II is drawn deeper and deeper into the gravitational pull of the unknown planet. Whether its alien environment will be friendly or hostile, whether this will be the beginning of a new adventure for the Robinson family or the end of everything, only time will tell...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lost in Space: The Prisoners of Space (1966)
Featured review
Well done episode, good sets and special effects
In January 1965, the pilot episode, "No Place To Hide", was filmed, largely in the Mohave Desert. CBS network executives, as well as story editor Tony Wilson, thought that the series needed another cast member - - a 'troublemaker' character, who would create conflict and thus be the catalyst for new stories.
The character of Dr. Smith was thus created to be this troublemaker. And hey, as long as we're tinkering with the cast, let's add a cool- looking robot to the crew. It's a science-fiction show, after all, and every good sci-fi series ought to have a robot, shouldn't it?
Four of the first five episodes -- The Reluctant Stowaway, Island in the Sky, There Were Giants in the Earth, The Hungry Sea -- were created by intercutting footage from the original pilot episode with newly-filmed scenes featuring Dr. Smith and the robot.
But "The Derelict" is unusual in that it was written so as to take advantage of an existing film set from "Fantastic Voyage", a major motion picture that was being filmed at Twentieth Century Fox studios in mid-1965, at the same time that Lost In Space was being filmed at the same studio.
This is one of the finest examples of the cost-conscious nature of producer Irwin Allen. Some have called him 'cheap' -- and he was -- but it was a great idea to re-use the Brain Set from "Fantastic Voyage" as the interior of the derelict spacecraft. Under-lit and seen mostly in shadow, the Brain Set made for a wonderfully creepy set for this episode, and was probably a more-expensive set than this series would normally have been able to afford.
The character of Dr. Smith was thus created to be this troublemaker. And hey, as long as we're tinkering with the cast, let's add a cool- looking robot to the crew. It's a science-fiction show, after all, and every good sci-fi series ought to have a robot, shouldn't it?
Four of the first five episodes -- The Reluctant Stowaway, Island in the Sky, There Were Giants in the Earth, The Hungry Sea -- were created by intercutting footage from the original pilot episode with newly-filmed scenes featuring Dr. Smith and the robot.
But "The Derelict" is unusual in that it was written so as to take advantage of an existing film set from "Fantastic Voyage", a major motion picture that was being filmed at Twentieth Century Fox studios in mid-1965, at the same time that Lost In Space was being filmed at the same studio.
This is one of the finest examples of the cost-conscious nature of producer Irwin Allen. Some have called him 'cheap' -- and he was -- but it was a great idea to re-use the Brain Set from "Fantastic Voyage" as the interior of the derelict spacecraft. Under-lit and seen mostly in shadow, the Brain Set made for a wonderfully creepy set for this episode, and was probably a more-expensive set than this series would normally have been able to afford.
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