Questions tagged [lost-in-space]
"Lost in Space" is a TV series, along with additional works, about the astronaut family Robinson. Use [lost-in-space] for all questions within the franchise. Add [lost-in-space-1965] for questions specifically about the 1965 TV series, [lost-in-space-1998] for the 1998 movie, and [lost-in-space-2018] for the 2018 rebooted TV series on Netflix.
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What are the differences between the 4-DVD and 6-DVD box sets of Lost in Space (2018)?
Has anyone bought the DVD box set for seasons 1–3 of the Netflix Lost in Space series?
There is a 4-DVD set and a 6-DVD set. I'm trying to find out the differences between them—and trying to see which ...
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What caused Irwin Allen to change theme songs for Lost in Space?
The 1960's TV series had two theme songs, both by John Williams. The first one, with the great tuba riff, was used for the first two seasons, but for some reason a new theme was used for the third ...
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Dr Smith meets an alien
I have a faint memory of a Lost In Space episode where Dr Smith is getting things he wants from an alien device.
He gets (I think) a drink of wine and then he asks for a beautiful girl but this ...
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How did Will travel back to Alpha Centauri in the last episode of Season 3 of Lost in Space
In Season 3, episode 8 of Lost in Space, Will travels with Smith and the Robot to the Robot's home planet
how does the Jupiter with Will and Smith return back to Alpha Centauri?
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What unit of measurement are they using for altitude?
Right in the beginning of Episode 1 of Lost in Space (2018), the ship is knocked off course and rapidly loses altitude. The computer voice announces the decreasing altitude as "4,000 feet", ...
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How does the "rust virus" actually spread?
Something about the rust virus (or whatever it's called - I can't remember) doesn't quite make sense to me. I'm probably just forgetting some detail or I missed some explanation at one point.
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Explain rift plot points of Season 2 finale of Lost in Space (2018)
I'm having great difficulty understanding the basic Rift-related plot points of S2E10 Ninety-Seven of Lost in Space.
Since ships can follow others through the Rift (as jeffronicus points out, the ...
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Why doesn't the Robot speak English better?
We've seen that Robot can understand what appear to be reasonably complex sentences in English, such as
He certainly is also physically capable of producing audible human speech, such as "danger, ...
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Was the passenger manifest available all the time?
In one the last episodes of Lost in Space's first season, Maureen can be seen browsing what appears like a list with names and portrait photographs of all colonists
Has this list been available the ...
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What does Naoko Watanabe say in Japanese to Don West?
In Lost in Space (2018), episode 1x06, Don West talks to Naoko Watanabe trying to find another opportunity to make some money.
She responds in Japanese, and her father, Hiroki Watanabe. responds with ...
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Did the Robinson's robot ever say this?
I have vague memories of watching the original "Lost in Space" (1965) during its initial run. After re-watching the series recently (broadcast by a local station), I now wonder if one memory I have is ...
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What is the robot's power source in the 2018 reboot of Lost in Space?
Whilst watching the reboot I wondered what the robot's power source is. Obviously it's not being charged at any point and there are no scenes (that I've seen - up to episode 3 but happy to have ...
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Why the retro atmosphere to the town Will visits in Lost in Space "Return from Outer Space" (1965)?
In the first season episode of Lost in Space (1965) "Return from Outer Space", Will is teleported to Earth, ending up in a town in Vermont. It has a feel very like Bedford Falls in "It's a Wonderful ...
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Lost in Space (1965) first season sets
I've been watching the "original" Lost in Space (1965), "rediscovering" it having only vague memories of watching it in its original run. At the start of the first broadcast episode (not referring to ...
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What was Dr Smith's motivation for being on the colony ship?
It's impossible to ask this question without spoilers.
In Episode 3 we learn via a flashback that;
Why would she do this? Did I miss something later in the episode or series that explains it? As far ...
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