No Place to Hide (Lost in Space) were prodigies, and Don West was identified as a doctor of geology. The pilot did not include later series regulars Dr. Zachary Smith or the Robot, and featured no scary monsters. It was instead about the adventures of the Robinsons, a happy family. The cooperative, friendly family depicted in the pilot were somewhat less so in the series, and still more different from the dysfunctional space family depicted in the 1998 spin-off motion picture. The theme music for this pilot was taken from the 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Nearly all of the footage from the pilot
Lost in Space during its original network television run. The more cerebral "Star Trek" never averaged higher than 52nd in the ratings during its three seasons, while "Lost in Space" finished season one with a rating of 32nd, season two in 35th place, and the third and final season in 33rd place. "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.