Land of the Lost (1974–1977)

A family is thrown back in time and must survive in a dinosaur dominated land.

Creators:

Marty Krofft, Sid Krofft

Stars:

Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Spencer Milligan

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Wesley Eure	...	Will Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Kathy Coleman	...	Holly Marshall (43 episodes, 1974-1976)
Spencer Milligan	...	Park Ranger Rick Marshall (30 episodes, 1974-1975)
Philip Paley	...	Cha-Ka (29 episodes, 1974-1976)

Storyline

Rick Marshall is a park ranger who takes his two kids, Will and Holly, on a rafting trip down a river. During the trip, an earthquake occurs which somehow opens up a rift in time, propelling the Marshalls into a land populated by dinosaurs, ape-men, and the dreaded Sleestak. Later in the series, Rick manages to find his way home and is replaced by Uncle Jack (who had rafted down the same river looking for his family).

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Plot Keywords:

dinosaur | earthquake | land of the lost | missing link | sibling rivalry | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1974 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (43 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The producers came up with a very interesting idea to keep their viewers looking at the show during the hiatus between the first and second seasons. In the first season's final episode, the Marshalls discover that for some reason they aren't supposed to be there. Enik later informs them that due to a time disturbance that they never really arrived in the Land of the Lost and must go back in time and relive the accident that brought them there. By going back in time, they also would experience everything that happened to them up to that point in a sort of time loop.

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Quotes

[The alien Enik has made a startling discovery about the temporal doorway that has led him and the Marshalls to this world]
Enik: I cannot leave here. Nothing can leave here, unless an object of equal mass and temporal energy enters.
Will Marshall: Well, that means we can't leave either, unless three other people come in.
Enik: Yes, but there is more. You should not be here at all. Your presence here is the source of my problem. Look...
[Enik opens the time doorway onto a view of the Grand Canyon]
Will Marshall: It's Earth! Enik, if I ...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Humanoid Woman (1989)

User Reviews

This thing is almost thirty years old now!

I used to argue with my brother over this show. I wanted to watch 'Valley of the Dinosaurs' and he wanted to watch this one. To tell the truth, he was in the right, and I never did watch Valley on a regular basis.

It still has some corn to it, the acting was over the top from all three players, but I just took it that they took after their father. This was about the only show that it never bothered me that there were unanswered questions about things that happened, like the pylons, the skylons and sleestax (the way it was written on the wall). I used to think they had enough to contend with with Grumpy and Big Al and Big Alice without getting sleestax on top of it. Definitely one of the better of the Sid & Marty Krofft shows, if not the best, better than Pufnstuf. The show may have held on if Spencer Mulligan, as Dad, had not left. It wasn't the same show.