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The Robot was designed by Robert Kinoshita, who also designed Forbidden Planet 's Robby the Robot. [8] Both robots appear together in Lost in Space episode #20, "War of the Robots", and in episode #60, "Condemned of Space". The Robot did not appear in the unaired pilot episode, but was added to the series once it had been greenlit.
No Place to Hide was colorized and appears as an extra on the Netflix Lost in Space Season 1 June 4, 2019 Blu-ray release. Note: The characters of Dr. Zachary Smith and the Robot were not in the original pilot. Much of the footage from this episode was reused in the first five official series episodes.
Lost in Space also ranked third as one of the top five favorite new shows for the 1965–1966 season in a viewer TVQ poll. The other top contenders were The Big Valley, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie and F Troop. Lost in Space was the favorite show of John F. Kennedy, Jr. while he was growing up in the 1960s. [34] [better source needed]
Tufeld is perhaps best known as the voice of the B9 Robot in the CBS television series Lost in Space, a role he reprised for the 1998 feature film. He also provided narrations for many other Irwin Allen productions, such as ABC's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Time Tunnel , and did voice work for the 1978 animated television series ...
Irwin Allen, the creator of the Lost in Space television series, selected May to fill the role of the robot, the sidekick of the Robinson family, after May was sent to see him about the part; Allen promised May, "If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job". [1] Bob donned the suit for the first time in front of Allen, and made the suit fit.
Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series following the adventures of a family of space colonists whose ship veers off course. The series is a reimagining of the 1965 series of the same name, inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson and the 1962 Gold Key comic book Space Family Robinson, created by Del Connell and artist Dan Spiegle.
In the show he was referred to as "the robot" or called by the generic name, "Robot." He was brought to life by the combination of actor Bob May and voice actor Dick Tufeld . [ 7 ] Two of Kinoshita's famous robots appeared faceplate-to-faceplate in the Lost in Space episodes "War of the Robots" and "Condemned of Space", where Robby the Robot ...
The six-person crew consisted of a family of five (the Robinsons including John, Maureen, Will, Penny, and Judy.) and one geologist (Don West). The ship was damaged by a meteor storm shortly after liftoff. The resulting damage sent the Gemini 12 out of control, and it was presumed lost in space. The disabled ship crashed on a habitable planet.