LOST IN SPACE
A warm welcome to the Irwin Allen News Network's web pages dedicated to Lost in Space
HIGHLIGHTS AND LATEST ADDITIONS
LOST IN SPACE - BEHIND THE SCENES
We have updated the Lost in Space Behind the Scenes Gallery with some new pictures including the filming scene below on the 20th Century Fox Studios moat set. As we go through our collection of old photos, we will add anything we find. If you have any behind the scenes photos from Lost in Space that you think others might enjoy seeing, please email over with your name to credit with the picture.
INFINITY #69 - MARK GODDARD TRIBUTE
The latest issue of Infinity magazine (#69) features an excellent 6 page tribute to Lost in Space star Mark Goddard, written by Mark Phillips. This magazine and back issues can be purchased directly from the Infinity website in both print and digital format. Note that there have been several articles on the Irwin Allen shows and their cast members in previous issues of Infinity magazine, so it is worth browsing through their back issues too.
JULIEN'S AUCTIONS 14-15 DECEMBER 2023
The auction season hasn't yet finished for 2023. Julien's Auctions Hollywood Legends: Robots, Wizards, Heroes & Aliens Auction on 14-15 December 2023 features 5 Irwin Allen props and costumes including the original stunt B-9 Robot.
MARK GODDARD
It has been with great sadness that we have learned this evening of the passing of Lost in Space star Mark Goddard on 10th October via Bill Mumy on Facebook. Mark and his work have been a feature in our lives for as long as we can remember. Our thoughts tonight are with Mark Goddard's family and friends including all of the Lost in Space cast who formed lifelong friendships with Mark after working on the show.
The photo above shows Mark Goddard with his fellow Lost in Space cast mates at the 24th January 2015 Hollywood Show in Los Angeles. Below is a photo we took of two Don Wests in 1998 after the movie premiere in LA.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS - THE GREG JEIN COLLECTION 14-15 OCT 2023
2023 has brought us some amazing auctions featuring major Irwin Allen props and collectibles, and the 14-15 October 2023 Heritage Auction continued that theme. The Greg Jein Collection Hollywood Platinum SignatureŽ Auction #7278 included several Lost in Space props. The top sale price for an Irwin Allen related item was $350,000 (including Buyer's Premium) for the Robot Feet.
Here is a lovely video from "The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of" showing the Chariot prop which sold for $162,500 (including 25% Buyer's Premium) at the The Greg Jein Collection Hollywood Platinum SignatureŽ Auction #7278.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS - THE IRWIN ALLEN COLLECTION 29 JULY 2023
July 2023 brought us an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime, opportunity to bid on a vast collection of original Irwin Allen props, paintings, drawings, and collectibles. The Heritage Auctions - Irwin Allen Collection auction took place in session 5 of the 3 day Hollywood/Entertainment SignatureŽ Auction #7351 from 27 to 29 July 2023. Click here to read the press release from Heritage Auctions (HA.com).
THE FANTASY WORLDS OF IRWIN ALLEN ROBOT
Aside from all the exceptional original artwork featured at the upcoming Heritage Auctions (HA.com) Irwin Allen Collection auction on 29th July 2023, the star of the show must surely be "The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen Robot" which is a precise replica of the original B-9 Robot. Recreated by Academy-nominated visual effects model builder Greg Jein from studio molds, with lighting, electronics and wiring installed by Ron Hamill, this exciting one-off creation will be the item to watch during the auction. Below is this Robot when it appeared in The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen with Bill Mumy and June Lockhart.
PAUL ZASTUPNEVICH - LOST IN SPACE COSTUME ART
Before the Heritage Irwin Allen Collection auction takes place on 29 July 2023, there is an Azarian Collection Auction featuring 5 pieces of Paul Zastupnevich Lost in Space Costume Art.
SPACE BEAUTY ALIEN TUNIC
Several people have asked us about the costumes recently auctioned in the Heritage Auctions Comisar Collection (2-4 June 2023) and wanted to know where they can be seen in episodes. The first costume is the alien tunic with 6 arms. The costume was worn by a Space Beauty contestant in Season Three. The tunic also appeared in an earlier episode, Two Weeks in Space, worn by Carroll Roebke (Tat) and Edy Williams (Non), minus the extra arms.
KIDNAPPED IN SPACE JUMPSUIT
The second costume we have received questions about is the orange jumpsuit. We have not found any scenes featuring Penny (Angela Cartwright) wearing the costume, but did find the outfit in the third season Lost in Space episode Kidnapped in Space. The outfit was worn by two characters "1220" (played by Carol Williams) and "1246". If you find any episodes featuring Penny in the costume, please let us know.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS 2-4 JUNE 2023
An exciting range of costumes and props from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, and Land of the Giants went up for auction at the The Comisar Collection Platinum Signature Auction on 2-4 June 2023. These items included crew costumes from both Voyage and Giants and the giant screwdriver and Flying Sub miniature props. The Irwin Allen related item which sold for the highest price was the Flying Sub miniature (sold for $100,000 including the 25% buyer's premium).
MARTA KRISTEN AT SCREENING OF "THE BEAST INSIDE"
Lost in Space star Marta Kristen attended the Industry Screening of "The Beast Inside" held at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, California on 2nd December 2022.
INTERVIEW WITH MARTA KRISTEN
This is a Pioneers of Television interview with Marta Kristen.
INTERVIEW WITH ANGELA CARTWRIGHT
This is a Pioneers of Television interview with Angela Cartwright.
INTERVIEW WITH BILL MUMY
This is a Pioneers of Television interview with Bill Mumy.
HERITAGE AUCTIONS - LOST IN SPACE
Heritage Auctions (HA.com) held an amazing auction of unique and original Lost in Space costumes and props over the weekend of 4-7 November 2021. All the Lost in Space lots were successfully sold on Sunday 7th November. See Lots 89811 to 89840. Two costumes achieved astonishing sale prices of $75,000 each, plus a 25% Buyer's Premium on top of that. These high value items were the Will Robinson's Season 3 Costume Ensemble and the Maureen Robinson's Season 3 Costume Ensemble. Amazingly, some Star Trek costumes didn't sell in the auction for half that price.
Special thanks to Heritage Auctions for allowing us to share the photos of the Lost in Space auction collection with you.
2021 November 4 - 7 Hollywood & Entertainment Signature® Auction #7245
HERITAGE AUCTIONS PREVIEW WITH LOST IN SPACE STARS
Joe Moe, Angela Cartwright, Brian Chanes, Bill Mumy, Michael Mansfield, Marta Kristen and Executive President at Heritage Auctions Joe Maddalena pose with costumes from Season 1 of Lost in Space at the Auction Reception and Preview: Monsters & Friends: Featuring the Kevin Burns Collection at Heritage Auctions, Beverly Hills on 26th October 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. Courtesy of Getty Images.
Here are Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, and Marta Kristen with their respective Lost in Space costumes.
LOST IN SPACE FIRST SEASON LASER PISTOL
Lost in Space Season 1 Electronic Laser Pistol
Devlin And Associates LLC is selling officially licensed first season Lost in Space laser pistols and this limited edition collectible is also available via eBay and Facebook. You can see the laser pistol in action in the YouTube video below.
Officially Licensed collectible.
- Assembled laser pistol with lights and digital sound from the TV series!
- Officially licensed limited edition of 100.
- Comes with numbered display stand (black base underneath stand not included available from other vendor)
- Foldable sight stock
- Programmable USB port to add additional sounds
- Powered by 3 AAA batteries - included
- Materials - Resin and ABS plastic, handmade
Available on eBay from user "devlinandassociatesllc".
LOST IN SPACE - THE ART OF RON GROSS TRADING CARDS
This collection of trading cards designed by Ron Gross is available from MonsterWax.
You can purchase individual sets (base, base+inserts, monster metal cards) or a limited edition box (800 produced) containing 24 packs, with each pack containing 5 cards, 1 sticker, and 1 piece of gum.
The full Ron Gross set consists of:
- 45 base cards (2 sets per box)
- 9 Cast cards (1 set per box)
- 9 Models and Cover Art cards (1 set per box)
- 9 Other Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen cards: Voyage to the Bottom of Sea, Land of Giants, Time Tunnel (1 set per box)
- 9 Monster stickers (1:1 packs)
- 6 Monster Metal Cards (1:24 packs, complete sets sold separately)
- 2 Checklists (1:12 packs)
- 1 Artist bio card (1:24 packs, signed versions 1:48)
- 1 Printing plate (1:48 packs)
LOST IN SPACE FAN PODCAST
Laen August and Kurt Kuersteiner host a weekly Lost in Space podcast with comprehensive reviews of all 83 episodes of Lost in Space.
Alpha Control Lost in Space Podcast
18" DIAMETER JUPITER 2 FROM LOST IN SPACE LAUNCH TRIBUTE
New video from Mark at THE THIRD MODELS
PLANET LIFT OFF EFFECTS FOR 1/35 MOEBIUS JUPITER 2 BUILD
New videos from Mark at THE THIRD MODELS
DERELICT TRIBUTE
RECORD STORE DAY LOST IN SPACE
The annual Record Store Day releases on Saturday 22nd April 2017 included a vinyl record of previously unreleased Lost in Space themes and interviews and features a Lost in Space Robot picture cover. Note that this is a limited edition release of just 1000 copies. A full Lost in Space album is planned for later in the year.
THREE VOLUME SET OF BOOKS BY MARC CUSHMAN
All three volumes of Marc Cushman's Irwin Allen's Lost in Space: The Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series are now available. This trilogy explores the history of Lost in Space through research and interviews and includes many never seen before photographs. Reading through the chapters will give you a greater understanding on how television classics like this were produced.
This will be the ultimate reference source for anyone studying the series. Marc has kindly provided a chapter for you to read here at IANN covering the pilot episode The Reluctant Stowaway.
IRWIN ALLEN'S LOST IN SPACE, VOLUME 1, Chapter 10 (PDF 2.5MB)
Marc Cushman has also written a three volume series of books researching Star Trek.
All three volumes are available direct from the publishers Jacobs Brown Press or on Amazon.com (all available in print and on Kindle).
FULL SCALE CHARIOT REPLICA
The video above is courtesy of Chris Pappas and shows John Antonellis' amazing replica build of the Chariot from Lost in Space. Chris Pappas was a consultant on the project and provided considerable materials.
LOST IN SPACE BLU-RAY
Fantastic Blu-Ray box set of the complete Lost in Space series in high definition with bundles of extras, many never seen before including stunning photo galleries and special effects videos. Released on Tuesday 15th September 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the premiere episode broadcast in 1965. Region Free and plays perfectly on US and UK players. Available with two different outer boxes, one with smooth surface and one limited edition version with molded embossed Robot graphic, at Amazon.com (#ad).
JUPITER 2 WITH LAUNCH GANTRY AND BASE
David Holderbaum has built this stunning model using the Moebius Models Jupiter 2 kit with a custom built launch gantry and base. Click here to view all of David's latest builds.
JUPITER 2 LAUNCH SEQUENCE
Mark M Models has created this video launch sequence using a superb build of the Moebius Models 1/35 scale Jupiter 2 kit.
BEELIBONES AND THE LOST TREASURE
Bill Hedges has built this marvellous Beelibones replica head (Lost in Space episode Treasure of the Lost Planet) based on a plaster head purchased from a talented artist, Pierre Veilleux. Artist Rita Lane painted the face on the outside of the box. This Beelibones replica prop is featured in the very funny Youtube video shown above. Gallery to follow shortly.
THE SATICONS ARE BACK
Steven Cateris has told us about a new Australian film called 'Mental.' The Saticons from Lost in Space are in it! One of the characters, Michelle, thinks aliens from outer space are visiting her in her bedroom. The aliens are the Saticons, and they say "We want the mechanical man" (just like in 'Wreck of the Robot.') Toni Collette breaks in to her bedroom and says, "You can't give them the mechanical man because you're not a character from Lost in Space." Later in the film, Michelle says, "Those aliens are from Lost in Space, aren't they?" Toni Collette's character Shaz says, "Great episode! But not as good as the one Dr Smith turns into a tree." The credits acknowledge Space Productions for use of the Saticons from Lost in Space, although the actors are described as playing the Faceless Figures.
THE ANTI-MATTER ROBOT TRIBUTE
Philip Hamrick has produced a beautiful tribute to Dick Tufeld and Bob May in the form of a diorama depicting a scene from The Anti-Matter Man.
B9 Robot by Jim Pinteralli
Season One Jupiter 2 Build
MarkM Models is currently customizing the Moebius Models Jupiter 2 kit to reflect the design of the Jupiter 2 in Season One of Lost in Space. To see all of his Irwin Allen model builds, please visit MarkM Models' model build gallery.
LOST IN SPACE AT THE HOLLYWOOD SHOW
Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, June Lockhart, and Mark Goddard from Lost in Space appeared together with a B9 Robot replica at the Hollywood Show on 12-13 February 2011. Robot owned and built by Thomas Messerschmidt. Photograph above is courtesy of the Hollywood Show.
CREATIVITY
Irwin Allen's shows live on through the creativity of their fans worldwide, and we celebrate their work throughout this web site. Click here for more Lost in Space creativity.
LOST IN SPACE VAULT
The Irwin Allen News Network (IANN) and the Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive (MPTV) are pleased to bring you the Irwin Allen Photo Vaults including a photo vault featuring rare Lost in Space from the MPTV archive. Many of these are rarely seen pictures which are shared in the Photo Vaults for your viewing pleasure.
FEATURES
The Lost in Space pages are being updated with new material and we welcome your input to help inspire the next generation of Lost in Space fans. Feature articles may include anything Lost in Space or Irwin Allen related. Click here or on the above image to visit the model gallery which includes the creative builds from many talented model builders including MarkM Models who built this Jupiter 2 model.
PUBLICATIONS
IANN and Giants Log have written many newsletters and one-off specials containing 35 years of research into the shows and movies. There are several interviews and many photos from all our meetings with actors and production crew members including our late honorary President, Paul Zastupnevich. We have extended our publications to the Internet over the past decade so fans around the world can easily find out more about these classic shows. These shows live on through you as you share your pleasure of them with future generations and we are here to help.
Feel free to browse around the site and if you would like to participate with articles, photos, convention reports etc, we would welcome your input. Whenever we have a spare moment we try to add something new to the site (which isn't easy when working full time). We think you will enjoy some of the latest additions.
This website is a tribute to Irwin Allen, the performers, the production crews, and the studios who made the television shows and movies a reality. It is also a tribute to all the people who help to keep these productions alive for future generations.
