Land of the Lost 

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

Creators:

Allan Foshko, 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	...	Rick Marshall 30 episodes, 1974-1975
Phillip Paley	...	Cha-Ka 29 episodes, 1974-1976

Storyline

The Marshalls - widowed ranger father Rick, and his two children Will and Holly - are on an outdoor expedition like they have many times before. While rafting on this trip, an earthquake opens up a chasm resulting in them tumbling across some raging rapids and over an unknown waterfall. They end up alive but in a world unfamiliar to them, a world they will ultimately coin the Land of the Lost. It is inhabited by creatures some they have never seen or heard of, and some which no longer exist in the world they knew back home, creatures such as dinosaurs. They will find that some of these creatures are friendly, and some of them which they need to stay away from for their lives. As they eke out a life in this strange land, they try to understand what got them here so that they can make their way back home, that process which is fraught with its own dangers based on the unknowns of what is on the path to home. What they are also initially unaware of is that Rick's brother, fellow ranger ...

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Plot Keywords:

lost civilization | dinosaur | waterfall | earthquake | pylon | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Season One consisted of 17 episodes; four more than the following seasons. During the second season, during repeats, a group of season one episodes were aired toward the end of the season. Season three, however, consisted entirely of third season episodes.

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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 had a...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Watchman Video Broadcast: UFO's: Chariots of the Beast (2011)

User Reviews

Beware of the Sleestak!!

This was my favorite Saturday morning program by Sid and Marty Krofft

On a rafting expedition, the Marshall family (Holly, Will and father Rick) fall down a waterfall into a time portal which sent them to the Land of the Lost. The land of the lost was a prehistoric world.

Each week, the Marshall family faced many challenges and shared many learning experiences in the Land of the Lost. It was a story of survival. They dodged dinosaurs and befriended Cha-Ka, who was a prehistoric simian humanoid. Cha-Ka could speak in his native language Pakuni, which was learned by the Marshall Family. It is my understanding that a Pakuni dictionary has been written for those of you who want to learn Pakuni.

For its time the special effects were very good but the acting sometimes was overkill and really fake which made me laugh just because it seemed so stupid. But then again, the actors were often acting to a blue screen and the special effects were added later.

The thing that I remember the most about this show (other than my crush for actress Kathy Coleman who played Holly Marshall) was the Sleestak.

Remember the Sleestak? Those giant walking hissing lizards with those big bug eyes? A few of the Sleestak were played by professional basketball players. They really scared me as a kid and I always remembered that to get rid of them all I had to do was to touch a blue and green crystal together to create a force field.

The settings of the Land of the Lost were very imaginative and unique such as the lost city and the pylons. The background music was both a little corny but eerie too!

There were also many other memorable characters in this show including the Zarn, Enik, Ta, Sa and Malak. The Zarn was the most mysterious and scariest character in the series. The Zarn was often invisible and his presence could be heard and it sounded like wind chimes cutting through the eerie silence.

You can find more information about the show on the Land of the Lost website: www.landofthelost.com

This program had 43 episodes and ran for 3 years (1974-1977). It has been released on DVD. You can buy the DVD series on Ebay.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Land of the Lost

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (43 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1