Land of the Lost: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Land of the Lost is the story of a forest ranger and his two teenage children who fall through a time vortex into another universe. They try to return to our universe, but their lives are constantly endangered by dinosaurs, the ‘Sleestaks', seven-foot tall hissing lizard people who live in an underground city and the Land of the Lost's peculiar laws of physics. They also befriend the ‘Pakuni', a small tribe of ape-like creatures.

Series details

• Title: Land of the Lost
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1974-09-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 1976-12-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 6972
• IMDb ID: tt0071005
• TVDB ID: 71177

Cast and credited roles

• Ron Harper — Uncle Jack
• Spencer Milligan — Park Ranger Rick Marshall
• Kathy Coleman — Holly Marshall
• Wesley Eure — Will Marshall
• Jon Locke — Sleestack Leader
• Philip Paley — Cha-Ka
• Sharon Baird — Sa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1974-09-07; final listed air date 1974-12-28; episode order: 17.
• Season 2: premiered 1975-09-06; final listed air date 1975-11-29; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1976-09-11; final listed air date 1976-12-04; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Land of the Lost on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.