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The Starlost

1973
The Starlost

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EP1 Voyage of Discovery Sep 22, 1973

Devon discovers his people live on a huge spacecraft and is sentenced to death for heresy when he states this. He escapes, and his betrothed Rachel and friend Garth follow him on his journey.

EP2 Lazarus from the Mist Sep 29, 1973

The segment begins with Devon, Rachel and Garth at the ARK's communications board trying in vain to contact other parts of the earthship. A sudden ""Emergency"" signal flashing from the Medical Center sends the trio In search of the trouble. Just as they reach their destination, they are ambushed by a club-wielding mob of raged-looking tube-dwellers who scream threats of death to the ""thieves"" who dare to invade the forbidden ""Dome of the Dead."" Devon and Rachel narrowly escape by barricading themselves in the Medical Center, but Garth, arriving too late, is forced to flee into the darkness.

EP3 The Goddess Calabra Oct 06, 1973

Devon, Rachel and Garth are exploring one of earthship Ark's huge freight chambers. Pushing past loud radiation warnings, they are suddenly lifted to the surface of the dome Omicron and find themselves in a strange city of geodisic domes and angular buildings. A siren sounds as the trio is bathed in a hot, blinding light and surrounded by soldiers demanding identification. But the moment they see Rachel, they drop reverently to their knees and hail her as the goddess Calabra. The dumbfounded visitors are escorted to a palatial building where the Governor interrogates them as an awed court watches. Rachel's attempts to explain her origin are in vain, for the Governor indicates a portrait of the goddess Calabra who bears an extraordinary resemblance to Rachel and orders that arrangements be made at once for their wedding.

EP4 The Pisces Oct 13, 1973

Devon Rachel and Garth are awakened by a voice announcing the arrival of the ""Pisces."" As the craft's crew complete their linkup, a man and two women emerge and identify themselves as Commander Garroway, Captain Janice and Navigator Teale. They explain that they were launched from the ARK ten years ago to search for settling places for the ARK's population. They are shocked to return to find the ARK off-course, her crew vanished.

EP5 Children of Methuselah Oct 20, 1973

Devon reports back to Rachel and Garth that he's found the ARK's backup bridge. The trio attempt to enter the restricted computer area, but are temporarily thwarted by an electronic security system. When they do get through, they are shocked to see a group of children efficiently operating the complex navigational consoles. The youngsters also demonstrate the ability to ""think pain"" upon others and use this device on Devon and Garth. Rachel and the two men are taken to their commander, a fourteen-year-old boy who immediately orders that the intruders be placed under arrest.

EP6 And Only Man is Vile Oct 27, 1973

This episode is set in a lavishly appointed spa in a dome called New Eden Leisure Village. At first it seems completely deserted, but Garth hears someone moaning. He finds a young girl seemingly in a state of shock and attempts to find out what's happened. The girl will not speak. However, Rachel is able to gain her confidence and determines that something horrible frightened everyone else away, and she was left behind in the confusion. The trio decide to stay and try to solve the mysterious evacuation.

EP7 Circuit of Death... Nov 10, 1973

An electronics engineer, Sakharov, despairing of the slow death which he believes in store for all inhabitants of the Ark, bypasses the fail-safe mechanisms in order to activate the Ark's self-destruct system. In doing so, he inadvertently trips the fail-safe alarms, alerting Devon, Rachel and Garth. Sakharov, with his daughter Valarie (who opposes his plan) intends to escape the Ark at the last moment aboard the rocket designed to jettison the Ark's logs and cassette recordings of Earth history prepared, 'for the benefit of other life in the universe'. But when the rocket fails to leave, Sakharov, with Devon and Garth's help, undertakes to rewire the fail-safe and stop the self-destruct. Since all the mechanisms are in micro circuits, they must be projected miniaturized into the circuits through an astounding electronic procedure. It is a race against time to re-connect the minute circuits before the whole Ark blows.

EP8 Gallery of Fear Nov 17, 1973

In one of the service modules of the Ark, Devon, Rachel and Garth come upon a bizarre pop-art museum. of the future where circuit-breakers, plastic cubes and the common incunabulia of the future is preserved in silent, empty grandeur stretching as far as the eye can see. Without warning, ""people"" begin to appear; but special people -- friends and relatives of Garth and Rachel with whom they enjoy emotional reunions. The final person to appear is a beautiful girl, the ""curator,"" Doris, in whom Devon is instantly attracted. But the girl reveals that all the ""people"" were recreations of Magnus, the most talented and sophisticated computer ever made. Doris assists Devon In his desire to recreate,through Magnus, the original Captain of the Ark in order to learn its secrets. But the recreation of the captain warns Devon that Doris is a creation of Magnus, too, and that she is part of Magnus' plan to get himself re-programmed for totally independent existence.

EP9 Mr. Smith of Manchester Nov 24, 1973

Devon, Rachel, and Garth are lured into a dome where the inhabitants are trapped in a highly industriaiized, hell-bent-for-leather society which is choking itself to death on its own noxious effluents; the purification and filtering system of the dome simply cannot keep up with the mad pace these people have set for themselves. The leader of the Liverpudlians is Mr. Smith, an absolute ruler who knows his people would displace him if he took the hard but necessary decision to simplify their lifestyle. Smith is finally overthrown and the poliutive machines stilled as our three push onward.

EP10 The Alien Oro Nov 03, 1973

Rachel, Devon and Garth come to an uninhabited dome where they find Oro (Walter Koenig), an alien from the planet Xar who has been living a Robinson Crusoe style existence on the Ark for several years. Oro,has acquired the services of Ydana as his' girl Friday. Ydana is an inteligent but fickle woman, a wanderer from another dome. She has been helping Oro repair his space ship in the hope that she might find a "paradise" on Xar. By trickery, Oro commnands the services of Devon, Rachel and Garth to aid him in repairing his ship.

EP11 Astro-Medics Dec 01, 1973

Devon, venturing unknowingly into a quarantine area, is stricken by radiation sickness and is near death when a father-son medical team from a nearby shuttle clinic -- Isolated since the Ark's disaster -- rescue him. They literally bring him back from the dead -- but tell Rachel and Garth that sensitive, sophisticated neuro surgery will be necessary to restore Devon as a reasoning human being. And there is no time or this surgery: the shuttle clinic is about to cast off from the Ark, to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet threatened by a plague. The doctors are persuaded to stay long enough to try the operation -- and while the window for their escape is still open, leave the Ark having restored Devon to life and health.

EP12 The Implant People Dec 08, 1973

The trio happen on a dome (after Garths crossbow is stolen) inhabited by people ruled by fear via electronic brain implants.

EP13 The Return of Oro Dec 15, 1973

Oro returns, offering to repair the Ark's faulty systems and fly them all to settle on Exar, which he claims is much like earth. Devon discovers he's lying, but can only prove it in a debate in which the loser will be killed.

EP14 Farthing's Comet Dec 22, 1973

A spacewalk is undertaken when a comet threatens the ark.

EP15 The Beehive Dec 29, 1973

Rachel, Garth and Devon are trapped inside a giant food production center for the ark. It is a giant beehive where some sonic experiments are causing the natives to become restless.

EP16 Space Precinct Jan 05, 1974

Garth plays detective when some visiting space cops stop by.
6.2| 0h30m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 22 September 1973 Ended
Producted By: Glen Warren Productions
Country: Canada
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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A huge generational colony spacecraft called The Ark has gone off-course. Many of the descendants from the original crew and colonists are unaware that they are aboard a ship.

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boltar469 Steve Nyland pretty much said all there was to re assessment of this project's quality.Despite the cheesiness I managed to stick with this thing through a few episodes - I suspect it was a matter of TV access/control at that point in my life rather than losing interest in the show that kept me from watching more. I saw John Colicos' evil dictator character (that seems to have been a notable shtick during some parts of that excellent actor's career) - never made it far enough to see Walter Koenig's evil alien.Having watched a few minutes of the first episode on YouTube early this morning (I can't wait to show it to my wife, having described it to her as one of the most awesome wasted-talent epic fails in the history of television) I think the inimitable Sterling Hayden deserved mention for his totally unbending Amish bishop character in the first episode and possibly others.My main reason for starting this review is to mention a mid-70's Trek convention in a ritzy hotel we couldn't afford - we had to walk through an almost completely deserted and personality-free section of town for a few blocks. Most of my memories revolve around a panel featuring Bjo Trimble, Walter Koenig and the man himself, Harlan "Cordwainer (give Paramount the) Bird" Ellison. Listening to Harlan read all of "I'm Waiting for Kadak" in a thick Yiddish accent was an absolute delight - but the recent Starlost train wreck got mentioned and Harlan launched into an entertaining tirade about Paramount's assorted lunacies in connection with his thoroughly Frankensteined brainchild. I recall him mentioning the non-existent effects budget with particular reference to the orange throw rugs whose function was rapid transit of halls hundreds of yards long - he was quite dumbfounded by the fact that nobody thought to secure the rugs in any way. When our dauntless heroes jumped from some off-camera box or shelf, frequently en masse, to simulate landing from being catapulted down the hall, the rugs just naturally went sliding. I wonder whether anyone was actually hurt during a take? I don't remember what reminded me of The Starlost this morning (I was about half asleep at the time) but it's been a great trip down memory lane. I'm a bit disappointed that my first-generation Roku box doesn't seem to have a YouTube channel, so I can only stream this wondrous train wreck to my PC!
jerryballardusnret I have been ripped off! When Starlost started, I was captured by the show, I could not and would not miss one show. It came on Channel 5 in Los Angeles, and one day when I went to watch the show to see what would happen? The station said that the show was canceled. CANCELED !!!! The three had just got to the dead crew and they were trying to change the course of the Ark. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED? I WANT THE DVD!! SOMEONE TELL ME HOW IT ENDED? Jerry Ballard What a great movie the return of Starlost could be with todays movie technology. Spilberg, You made star Wars, why not make the series StarLost as well? I believe it would capture the hearts and lives of millions of people and keep them spellbound as did Star Wars. Anyone who has a DVD or VHS of these series, let me know or at least tell me what happened? [email protected]
jives OK, so everyone thinks the production values were terrible, then why after 35 years, does this series still exist as clear as a bell in my mind? It was amazingly thought out and the possibilities for plots were infinite like any good sci-fi series. Of particular interest were the "bounce tubes". A travel method that involved jumping into a tunnel that had no gravity and being sucked to the other end. I couldn't wait for each time the characters did that! The show was filled with "wow" moments like the view of the destroyed command center, and the view out the the window at the incredible length of the ship. Note: The ship in this series was recycled a few years later as the ship in the movie, "Silent Running".I desperately hope that there is a television producer out there that is looking for an idea to remake. With modern computer animation and a cast of a few talented young stars this could easily be the Star Trek of the new century.
powersroc The Starlost had the potential to be a classic science fiction series as it was created by the superb writer Harlan Ellison. The premise was intriguing: earth is abandoned by the humans that have poisoned it in various ways. A great spaceship arc is constructed and a series of domes house various cultures. At some point in their journey an accident occurs killing the crew, the domes are sealed off, and in time the different societies within them come to believe only in their own world and are unaware they are part of a massive starship.3 individuals from a dome with an agrarian community discover the truth, along with the fact that the ark is on a collision course with a g-class star.The series revolved around their attempts to save the ark. unfortunately Ellison came into conflict with the producers & writes extensively about this in an intro into the book based on the series, Phoenix Without Ashes.The fact that the show had a shoestring budget did not help either.This would be a wonderful premise to revive with Ellison on board, and the state-of-the-art special effects now available.