The Lost World (1999 - 2002)

Country of Origin: Canada / Australia / USA
Date(s) of Broadcast:
Number of Seasons: 3
Total Number of Episodes:
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PLOT SUMMARY

Professor George Challenger leads an expedition to a lost world in South America. Taking with him Lord Roxton heiress Marguerite Krux and skeptical scientist Professor Summerlee. But having escaped from headhunters in a hot air balloon, they find himself stranded on a remote plateau when a thunderstorm forces them to land. They meet Veronica, a beautiful young woman who has lived on the plateau since her parents disappeared when she was eleven years old. The explorers are going to need all of Veronica's skills to survive this strange new world.

Australian made TV series (with Canadian money) based on Arthur Conan Doyle's story of an expedition to a South American plateau where dinosaurs still roam. Designed to cash in on Jurassic Park (1993) with an eye on the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995 - 1999) audience it sticks relatively closely to the character make up of the novel even if none of them shine. The CGI is a just about adequate and encountering yet another undiscovered variety of dinosaur gets rather samey, though when they try to vary the plots it goes horribly wrong.

PILOT
The Journey Begins / Stranded (3 April 1999)

SEASON ONE
More Than Human (2 October 1999)
Nectar (9 October 1999)
Cave of Fear (16 October 1999)
Salvation (23 October 1999)
Blood Lust (30 October 1999)
Out of Time (6 November 1999)
Paradise Found (13 November 1999)
The Beast Within (20 November 1999)
Creatures of the Dark (27 November 1999)
Tribute (15 January 2000)
Absolute Power (22 January 2000)
Camelot (29 January 2000)
Unnatural Selection (5 February 2000)
Time After Time (12 February 2000)
Prodigal Father (19 February 2000)
Birthright (26 February 2000)
Resurrection (4 March 2000)
The Chosen One (22 April 2000)
Prophecy (13 May 2000)
Barbarians at the Gate (20 May 2000)

SEASON TWO
All or Nothing (7 October 2000)
Amazons (14 October 2000)
Tourist Season (21 October 2000)
Stone Cold (28 October 2000)
Divine Right (4 November 2000)
Skin Deep (11 November 2000)
London Calling (18 November 2000)
The Prisoner (25 November 2000)
The Games (20 January 2001)
The Source (27 January 2001)
Trophies (3 February 2001)
Voodoo Queen (10 February 2001)
The Guardian (17 February 2001)
Under Pressure (24 February 2001)
The Outlaw (3 March 2001)
Quality of Mercy (10 March 2001)
Mark of the Beast (21 April 2001)
Survivors (28 April 2001)
The Pirate's Curse (5 May 2001)
The Visitor (12 May 2001)
A Man of Vision (19 May 2001)
Into the Fire (26 May 2001)

SEASON THREE
Out of the Blue (20 October 2001)
The Travelers (27 October 2001)
An Eye for an Eye (3 November 2001)
True Spirit (10 November 2001)
The Knife (17 November 2001)
Fire in the Sky (24 November 2001)
Dead Man's Hill (1 December 2001)
Hollow Victory (8 December 2001)
A Witch's Calling (12 January 2002)
Brothers in Arms (19 January 2002)
Ice Age (26 January 2002)
The End Game (2 February 2002)
Phantoms (9 February 2002)
The Secret (16 February 2002)
Finn (23 February 2002)
Suspicion (2 March 2002)
The Imposters (8 April 2002)
The Elixer (15 April 2002)
Tapestry (22 April 2002)
Legacy (29 April 2002)
Trapped (6 May 2002)
Heart of the Storm (13 May 2002)

UK
Television Distributor: Sci-Fi Channel

Germany
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: PG

Le monde perdu de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: La découverte - French title
Die Verlorene Welt - German title

KEYWORDS

book into film, dinosaurs, lost worlds