USA, 22 September 1968-22 March 1970
2 series, 51 episodes, average 50m
35mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
An American science fiction television series created by Irwin Allen.
Premise
The sub-orbital airliner The Spindrift is on a routine flight from New York to London when it goes off course in a strange cloud. When it emerges, the crew and passengers find themselves in a strange, Earth-like world where the inhabitants are all giants and are ruled over by an authoritarian regime that is desperate to find the miniature ‘aliens’.
Credits
Regular Cast
Gary Conway (Captain Steve Burton)
Don Marshall (Dan Erickson)
Stefan Arngrim (Barry Lockridge)
Don Matheson (Mark Wilson)
Deanna Lund (Valerie Scott)
Heather Young (Betty Hamilton)
Kurt Kasznar (Commander Alexander Fitzhugh)
Kevin Hagen (S.I.D. Inspector Kobick)
Episodes
Season One (1968)
The Crash (22 September 1968)
Ghost Town (29 September 1968)
Framed (6 October 1968)
Underground (20 October 1968)
Terror-Go-Round (3 November 1968)
The Flight Plan (10 November 1968)
Manhunt (17 November 1968)
The Trap (24 November 1968)
The Creed (1 December 1968)
Double-Cross (8 December 1968)
The Weird World (22 December 1968)
The Golden Cage (29 December 1968)
The Lost Ones (5 January 1969)
Brainwash (12 January 1969)
The Bounty Hunter (19 January 1969)
On a Clear Night You Can See Earth (26 January 1969)
Deadly Lodestone (2 February 1969)
The Night of the Thrombeldinbar (16 February 1969)
Seven Little Indians (23 February 1969)
Target: Earth (2 March 1969)
Genius at Work (9 March 1969)
Return of Inidu (16 March 1969)
Rescue (23 March 1969)
Sabotage (30 March 1969)
Shell Game (13 April 1969)
The Chase (20 April 1969)
Season Two (1969)
The Mechanical Man (21 September 1969)
Six Hours to Live (28 September 1969)
The Inside Rail (5 October 1969)
Deadly Pawn (12 October 1969)
The Unsuspected (19 October 1969)
Giants and All That Jazz (26 October 1969)
Collector’s Item (2 November 1969)
Every Boy Needs a Dog (9 November 1969)
Chamber of Fear (16 November 1969)
Comeback (23 November 1969)
The Clones (30 November 1969)
A Place Called Earth (7 December 1969)
Land of the Lost (14 December 1969)
Home Sweet Home (21 December 1969)
Our Man O’Reilly (28 December 1969)
Nightmare (4 January 1970)
Pay the Piper (11 January 1970)
The Secret City of Limbo (18 January 1970)
Panic (25 January 1970)
The Deadly Dart (1 February 1970)
Doomsday (15 February 1970)
A Small War (22 February 1970)
The Marchionettes (1 March 1970)
Wild Journey (8 March 1970)
Graveyard of Fools (22 March 1970)
Alternative Titles
Au pays des géants – Canada (French), France
La terra dei giganti – Italy
Planet der Giganten – Germany, West German
Terra de Gigantes – Brazil
Tierra de gigantes – Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela
Земля гигантов – Soviet Russia
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.13 p.46
- Infinity no.32 (2021) p.22-29 – illustrated article (Here there be giants by Mark Phillips)
- Interzone no.38 (August 1990) p.44 – review (by Wendy Bradley)
Books
- Irwin Allen Television Productions,1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants by Jon Abbott pp.271-321
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) pp.178; 269
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.140
