No Place To Hide (unaired pilot) The adventures of the space family Robinson, who become hopelessly lost in space while on their way to colonize a new world. This was the first pilot shot for the series.  Network execs felt the show needed more conflict and shelved this version. Differences are: no Doctor Smith or Robot.  The ship is called the Gemini 12 instead of the Jupiter 2.  Hardcore fans will recognize footage used in later episodes. Trivia: The original title for this series was Space Family Robinson. Walt Disney Productions threatened to sue because of the similarity between this title and Swiss Family Robinson.

The Reluctant Stowaway Air Date: 15-Sep-65 Teleplay: S. Bar David Story: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Tony Leader Guest Cast: Don Forbes, Hal Torey, Byron Morrow, Hoke Howell, Brett Parker, Fred Crane, Tom Allen In the year 1997, the Robinson family takes off in the Jupiter 2, America's first colonization mission to Alpha Centauri.  However, a spy for a foreign country, Dr. Zachary Smith, sneaks on board and sabotages the mission by reprogramming the ship's robot to destroy the Jupiter 2 after launch.  But Smith becomes trapped on board, and the Robinsons save the ship, but not before it's guidance system is damaged, and the Jupiter 2 becomes lost in space. [Note: Originally, the Robot was a villain, and not the good guy it would later become.  Also, Dr. Smith was more ruthless.]

The Derelict Air Date: 22-Sep-65 Teleplay: Peter Packer Story: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Alex Singer Guest Cast: Don Forbes, Dawson Palmer The Jupiter 2 is pulled into a giant alien spaceship, where they encounter an advanced race of bubblelike creatures.  John and Don search for maps and equipment, while Dr. Smith and Will get into trouble.

Island in the Sky Air Date: 29-Sep-65 Teleplay: Norman Lessing Story: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Tony Leader Guest Cast: None While outside the ship, Prof. Robinson's parajets misfire, and he plummets towards the planet below.  Don attempts to follow in the Jupiter 2, but Dr. Smith's sabotage causes the retro-rockets to fail, and the ship crash lands. They then search the planet for Prof. Robinson, using the space chariot. [Note: This is the first time the "space chariot" (a combination tractor and bus) is used.]

There Were Giants In The Earth Air Date: 6-Oct-65 Writer: Carey Wilber Story: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Leo Penn Guest Cast: Lamar Lundy John discovers that the planet they are on will soon move farther from its sun and freeze.  The Robinson's attempt to abandon the ship and move South in hopes of surviving.  They encounter a carnivorous Cyclops who impedes their escape.

The Hungry Sea Air Date: 13-Oct-65 Teleplay: William Welch Story: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: None John discovers that the planet's orbit will again carry it back towards the sun.  The family heads back towards the Jupiter 2 in the Chariot, but encounter earthquakes and storms.  They cross an island sea to reach their ship.

Welcome Stranger Air Date: 20-Oct-65 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Alvin Ganzer Guest Cast: Warren Oates The Robinsons find astronaut Jimmy Hapgood, also lost from Earth, on the planet.  They help him repair his ship, which is in better condition, so that he can return to Earth.  Mr. and Mrs. Robinson ask him to take Will and Penny with him, but Dr.  Smith plots to have himself taken instead. However, Hapgood enjoys life in space, and no one returns to Earth.

My Friend, Mr. Nobody Air Date: 27-Oct-65 Writer: Jackson Gillis Director: Paul Stanley Guest Cast: William Bramley Penny plays with an "imaginary" companion, actually a disembodied life force living below the surface.  When Dr. Smith accidentally injures Penny, the companion unleashes its wrath across the entire planet, until Penny intervenes and calms it down, and then it undergoes a startling transformation.

Invaders From The Fifth Dimension Air Dates: 3-Nov-65 and 23-Aug-66 Writer: Shimon Wincelberg Director: Leonard Horn Guest Cast: Ted Lohmann, Joe Ryan Luminous aliens capture Dr.  Smith, and plan to replace their burnt-out computer with his brain.  However, he bargains with them, and promises them Will's brain instead.  Thus they are pitted against the Robinsons.

The Oasis Air Date: 10-Nov-65 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Sutton Roley Guest Cast: None Smith eats some alien fruit before it can be tested, and grows into a giant. Convinced that the Robinsons were trying to kill him, he plots to finish them off.  However, he is returned to normal size, and does not kill any Robinsons.

The Sky is Falling Air Date: 17-Nov-65 Writers: Barney Slater, Herman Groves Director: Sutton Roley Guest Cast: Don Matheson, Francoise Ruggieri, Eddie Rosson The Robinsons find themselves unable to understand the electronic language of a visiting space family.

Wish Upon a Star Air Dates: 24-Nov-65 and 7-Sep-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Sutton Roley Guest Cast: Dawson Palmer Banished from the Robinson Camp, Dr.  Smith takes refuge in the wreck of an alien spaceship, where he finds a machine that can materialize anything one wishes.  To get the Robinsons to allow him back into the Jupiter 2, he donates the machine to them.  It then starts to play on their greed. The machine's original owner, a strange Rubberoid creature, then returns to retrieve it.

The Raft Air Date: 1-Dec-65 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Dawson Palmer The Robinsons construct a small space craft capable of carrying two people back to Earth.  Dr. Smith takes off in it, with Will, but it isn't on the Earth that they land.

One Of Our Dogs Is Missing Air Dates: 8-Dec-65 and 24-Aug-66 Writer: William Welch Director: Sutton Roley Guest Cast: Dawson Palmer The Robinsons find a suspended animation test ship with a twenty-year-old dog in it.  Then at night, food is being taken off the ship, and growling noises are heard.  It's not the dog, however, but a giant, hairy mutant who attacks Judy, until the dog saves her.

Attack of the Monster Plants Air Dates: 15-Dec-65 and 4-May-66 Writers: William Read Woodfield, Alan Balter Director: Justin Addis Guest Cast: None Giant cyclamen plants, which duplicate anything put into them, make an evil duplicate of Judy, in an attempt to get the Jupiter 2's supply of deutronium fuel.  The evil Judy feeds all of the fuel to the plants, while Dr. Smith refuses to tell the Robinsons where the real Judy is.

Return From Outer Space Air Dates: 29-Dec-65 and 11-May-66 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Nathan Juran Guest Cast: Reta Shaw, Walter Sande, Donald Loxby, Sheila Mathews Will is able to use the Tauron's maser device to transport himself back to Earth.  However, nobody will believe that he is one of the Robinsons, or that they are shipwrecked.

The Keeper Air Dates: Part I - 12-Jan-66 and 18-May-66                  Part II - 19-Jan-66 and 25-May-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Harry Harris Guest Cast: Michael Rennie, Wilber Evans An intergalactic zookeeper comes by, and the Robinsons are suspicious of the way he treats them as specimens, rather than humans, which is true. He decides to add Will and Penny to his menagerie.  Hoping to steal the Keeper's ship, Dr.  Smith sneaks on board, but accidentally lets all of the animals loose.  The Keeper then says that if the Robinsons do not hand over Will and Penny, he will allow the dangerous monsters to overrun the planet.

The Sky Pirate Air Dates: 26-Jan-66 and 1-Jun-66 Writer: Carey Wilber Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Albert Salmi Will is kidnapped, and later befriends Tucker the space pirate, who is being chased by a creature from another galaxy.

Ghost In Space Air Dates: 2-Feb-66 and 8-Jun-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Dawson Palmer Dr.  Smith throws an explosive into a gaseous bog, creating an invisible, destructive force that threatens the Robinsons.  Dr. Smith is convinced that the thing is the spirit of his uncle Thaddeus.  While the Robinsons figure out how to capture it, Smith tries to exorcise it.

The War Of The Robots Air Dates: 9-Feb-66 and 15-Jun-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Robby the Robot Will finds a robot and repairs it.  It helps the Robinsons with their chores, but is in actuality an evil robot created by an advanced race.  It is programmed to have a will of its own, and it plans to capture the Robinsons for its masters, and destroy their Robot.  [The robot used is actually Robby the Robot, from several MGM SF movies.]

The Magic Mirror Air Dates: 16-Feb-66 and 22-Jun-66 Writer: Jackson Gillis Director: Nathan Juran Guest Cast: Michael J.  Pollard Penny, and her pet Bloop, Debbie (don't ask what a Bloop is! All I know is that it is something like a chimpanzee) fall through an alien mirror into another dimension, onto a planet inhabited by a lonely, nameless boy.

The Challenge Air Dates: 2-Mar-66 and 29-Jun-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Don Richardson Guest Cast: Michael Ansara, Kurt Russell An alien and his son come to the Robinsons, and challenge John and Will to a test of strength and courage to prove their superiority over Earthlings. Unknown to the Robinsons, if John and Will win, they will all be killed.

The Space Trader Air Dates: 9-Mar-66 and 6-Jul-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Nathan Juran Guest Cast: Torin Thatcher When a space merchant attempts to drum up business by destroying the Robinson's food supply, a hungry Smith promises to will his body to the trader in 200 years in exchange for food.  Unfortunately, the fine print allows the trader to collect immediately.

His Majesty Smith Air Dates: 16-Mar-66 and 13-Jul-66 Writer: Carey Wilber Director: Harry Harris Guest Cast: Liam Sullivan, Kevin Hagen Smith is selected to be king of an alien civilization, but later finds the reason - the aliens select only the most useless creatures of the Universe, to be sacrificed to their primitive deities.

The Space Croppers Air Dates: 30-Mar-66 and 20-Jul-66 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Mercedes McCambridge, Sherry Jackson, Dawson Palmer Hoping to get back to Earth, Smith romances the mother of a clan of space hillbillies, unaware that they are growing a crop of plants that feed on animal and human flesh.

All That Glitters Air Dates: 6-Apr-66 and 27-Jul-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Harry Harris Guest Cast: Werner Klemperer, Larry Ward, Ted Lehmann A space thief entrusts Penny and Smith with a neck-ring that turns anything the wearer touches into platinum.  Smith betrays the thief and keeps the ring for himself, then accidentally turns Penny into platinum.

The Lost Civilization Air Dates: 13-Apr-66 and 3-Aug-66 Writer: William Welch Director: Don Richardson Guest Cast: Kym Karath, Royal Dano, Dawson Palmer According to the rules of an ancient civilization, Will must marry the princess he kissed and awoke from suspended animation.  The civilization has been stockpiling soldiers in freezing tubes, and now plans to conquer the universe, beginning with Earth.  [For a primitive planet, Earth attracted a lot of universe-conquerors!]

A Change Of Space Air Dates: 20-Apr-66 and 10-Aug-66 Writer: Peter Packer Director: Sobey Martin Guest Cast: Frank Graham Will returns from a faster-than-light trip into the sixth dimension in an alien spaceship with his intelligence greatly enhanced.  Smith, trying to repeat the incident, returns as an old man.

Follow The Leader Air Dates: 27-Apr-66 and 17-Aug-66 Writer: Barney Slater Director: Don Richardson Guest Cast: Gregory Morton Knocked unconscious during a cave-in, John's mind and body are possessed by an alien warrior's spirit.  When the rest of the Robinson's become suspicious of John's unusual behavior, he seals them up in the cave, and plots to throw Will off a cliff.  Will exorcises the spirit through the power of his love for his father.