First Season Episodes - No Place to Hide (unaired pilot)
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October 16, 1997: The best hope for mankind's survival on an overcrowded planet is deep space. Alpha Centauri will be the site of a new colony of man. The crew of the Jupiter-2 are the Professor John Robinson and his family, selected for both their scientific background and their emotional stability. Also aboard is Doctor Donald West, whose theories on planet habitability revolutionized space sciences.
Comment by Ray Dutczak
Before there was Dr Smith and his Robot counterpart there was an LIS pilot filmed called No Place To Hide. In the winter of 64, filming began on this show. In this original version, the Robinson Family, accompanied by Doctor Donald West, would head out for Alpha Centauri in hopes of colonization. However, their ship, the Gemini 12, is thrown off course and the Robinsons crash land on an alien planet where they are hampered by a hungry sea, a giant Cyclops and a few other alien twists of fate.
After all was said and done, Irwin Allen took this version of LIS to CBS where the powers that be rejected it! The CBS heads stated Irwin needed something more conflict to add tension to be show before they'd pick it up. Irwin and his team thought through the problem and came up with a solution named Colonel Zachary Smith. Enter Jonathan Harris as the Reluctant Stowaway, along with a metal Frankenstein portrayed by Bob May. And the rest as we say is LIS history!
-- Ray Dutczak
Filming
Dr. John Robinson............Guy Williams
Dr. Maureen Robinson......June Lockhart
Dr. Donald West...............Mark Goddard
Judy Robinson..................Marta Kristen
Penny Robinson................Angela Cartwright
Will Robinson....................Billy Mumy
Commentator.....................Don Forbes
President...........................Ford Rainey
Cyclops Giant....................Lamar Lundy
Written and directed by Irwin Allen
Script by Shimon Wincelberg
Cinematography by Winton Hoch
Film editing by James Baiotto
Art direction by Jack Martin Smith, William Creber and Robert Kinoshita
Set direction by Walter M. Scott and Norman Rockett
"Bell Rocket Belt" courtesy Textron's Bell Aerosystems Company
Astronomical photographs courtesy California Institute of Technology
Special Visual Effects by L.B. Abbott, A.S.C. and Howard Lydecker
Music by Bernard Herrmann, conducted by Lionel Newman
Music Editor Leonard A. Engel
Assistant Director Les Warner
Assistant to Producer Paul Zastupnevich
Production Manager Gaston Glass
In charge of production for Twentieth Century-Fox William Self
Executive in charge of Van Bernard productions Guy Della Cioppa
Filmed at the Hollywood studios of Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc
