Lost in Space

Lost in Space

Prof. John Robinson

Maureen Robinson

Maj. Don West

Judy Robinson

Will Robinson

Penny Robinson

Dr. Zachary Smith

The Robot

The Robot

As the series progressed, kissing scenes between John and Maureen Robinson were toned down - not out of any censorious demands but to avoid boring, embarrassing or alienating the more juvenile audience members.

The robot cost $75,000 to produce and weighed in excess of 200 pounds. Two of them were made for the series.

The third season episode Fugitives in Space featured two ape-faced aliens and another alien (Creech, who was more pig-faced than simian) used the simian makeup by John Chambers that became famous in the movie, Planet of the Apes (1968), and its sequels.

The Robot is mounted on tracks. Yet in close-ups when it moves with a normal walking action and it is possible to see the actors legs move in the lower parts of the suit.

Robot: I cannot accept that course of action.

Robot: Warning! Warning! Alien approaching!

Dr. Smith: Yours not to question why; yours to do as I say or die.