[ngcles]

Hi One of One & All,

Yep, I went out about a month ago (like you seemingly) and bought the boxed set of _all_ the episodes and have been having a thoroughly enjoyable time with 'em too. (Being ratings season, there is virtually nothing worth watching on TV again!) I am particularly fond of the 3rd season -- all three series are different but the Robinsons spent a lot more time "in space" in series 3 and it was completely "camp" and over the top and well ... wild!

Of all, "Visit to a Hostile World" was my absolute favourite episode -- when they return to Earth but it's 1947. Back when it was running on TV, if I missed that episode during the run (for some reason or another) I would be very, very dirty with myself. Another favourite was "The Golden Man" in Series 2. Now I can watch them to my heart's content and even my 17yo daughter likes them ...

I think it first started here in about 1969 or 1970 -- about the height of the Apollo programme (Sydney -- Channel 10, 5pm weekdays) and was _must see_ for me after school and before dinner. I must have watched the whole three seasons about 8 years in a row. I can certainly relate to being able to memorise the lines. At the start, I idolised Will (naturally), by the time I was 14, I was in love with Penny (Angela Cartwright).

Lost in Space would never have survived to a 2nd series without the nefarious Dr Smith -- it would have been very wooden and ordinary. They needed their own "portable villain" to create the situations they would have to extricate themselves from.

I love Lost in Space, it is one of the major reasons I am an Astronomy "geek" today ...

Gilligan's Island ??? Hmmm ...

Best,

Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T