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
No Place to Hide (Lost in Space) was reused, finding its way into the first five episodes of the weekly series. Although there were obvious inconsistencies, the incorporation was nevertheless creatively carried out. The 1965 pilot was not broadcast until 1997, which was also the year of the fictional mission's liftoff. The pilot was released as part of a VHS box set, "Lost in Space: The Collector's Edition", in February 1995. No Place to Hide (Lost in Space) "No Place to Hide" is the unaired 1965 pilot episode produced for CBS to promote the television series "Lost in Space". The episode was directed by series creator Irwin