Their presence took the show off-course, in another sense. From its original, simple Swiss Family Robinson premise — of a family battling for survival on a hostile alien world — "Lost in Space" ...

For kids of the ’60s, it was a thrilling weekly ride and for adults revisiting it later, it became a time capsule of an era when television dared to mix earnest family drama with outlandish spectacle.

Producer Irwin Allen is known for several hit movies and TV shows, namely the 1972 epic feature film, The Poseidon Adventure, and the original Lost in … ...