Lost in Space Zachary Smith – an agent for an unnamed foreign government – who slips aboard the spaceship and reprograms the robot to destroy the ship and crew. However, Smith is trapped aboard, and his excess weight alters the craft's flight path and places it directly in the path of a massive meteor storm. Smith manages to save himself by prematurely reviving the crew from suspended animation. The ship survives, but the damage caused by Smith's earlier sabotage of the robot leaves the crew lost in space. The "Jupiter 2" crash-lands on an alien world, later identified by Will as Priplanus, where
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.