Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
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| Genre | Drama - Sci Fi |
| Picture format | SDTV |
| Running time | 44 minutes (approx.) |
| Executive producer(s) | Greg Coote Jeffery Hayes Guy Mullally John Landis Leslie Belzberg |
| Starring | Peter McCauley Will Snow Rachel Blakely Jennifer O'Dell David Orth Michael Sinelnikoff Lara Cox William deVry |
| Country of origin |  Canada Australia New Zealand |
| Language(s) | English |
| Original channel | The WB (1999-2001) |
| Original run | April 1, 1999–May 1, 2002 |
| No. of episodes | 66 (List of episodes) |
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (best known for his Sherlock Holmes series), The Lost World. Premiered in the fall of 1999, it ran for three seasons before it was cancelled in 2002 after funding for a fourth season fell through. All three seasons were released in DVD box sets through 2004. The series continues to be syndicated in the United States on the cable television station TNT at 5:00AM EST Monday through Friday.
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[edit] Plot
At the dawn of the 20th century, a band of adventurers, led by adventurer and scholar Professor Edward Challenger, embark on an expedition to prove the existence of a lost world isolated from the rest of the modern world. The British expedition team consisting of a mismatched group of enthusiasts, all with less than selfless reasons for making the journey begin their trip under less than ideal conditions. The intrepid band consists of:
- Professor George Edward Challenger (Peter McCauley) — leader of the expedition, who hopes to prove his theories to his skeptical University academic peers;
- Professor Arthur Summerlee (Michael Sinelnikoff) — the elderly member of the band and a colleague to George Challenger, who does not believe Challenger's claim about there being a lost world;
- Marguerite Krux (Rachel Blakely) — the selfish financier of the expedition who goes along for her own reasons;
- Lord John Richard Roxton (Will Snow) — the Nobleman with vast hunting experience, serves as protector of the group;
- Edward "Ned" T. Malone (David Orth) — an American newspaper reporter, hoping to make a name for himself and impress his girl back home, if he survives the ordeal.
During their journey disaster strikes and their hot air balloon crashes in the uncharted Amazon jungle, where they end up on the prehistoric plateau. There they find themselves trapped and isolated in this dangerous land. The group is assisted by a young jungle-savvy woman named Veronica Layton (Jennifer O'Dell) whose parents disappeared ten years prior. Her family was part of a research group that became isolated and then lost under mysterious circumstances. Together - along with a young woman from the future named Finn (Lara Cox) who joins the band near the end of the third season -, the group fights to survive against the fearsome dinosaurs, tribal headhunters, vicious ape men, and other terrifying perils as they search for a way to escape.
[edit] Cast
- Peter McCauley as Professor George Edward Challenger
- Rachel Blakely as Marguerite Krux
- William Snow as Lord John Richard Roxton
- David Orth as Edward "Ned" T. Malone
- Jennifer O'Dell as Veronica Layton
- Michael Sinelnikoff as Arthur Summerlee (Season One)
- Lara Cox as Finn (Season Three)
- William deVry as Malone (Pilot)
[edit] Episodes
See List of Lost World episodes
Season 1
- The Journey Begins (Pilot pt. 1)
- Stranded (Pilot pt. 2)
- More Than Human
- Nectar
- Cave of Fear
- Salvation
- Blood Lust
- Out of Time
- Paradise Found
- The Beast Within
- Creatures of the Dark
- Tribute
- Absolute Power
- Camelot
- Unnatural Selection
- Time After Time
- Prodigal Father
- Birthright
- Resurrection
- The Chosen One
- Prophecy
- Barbarians at the Gate
Season 2
- All or Nothing
- Amazons
- Tourist Season
- Stone Cold
- Divine Right
- Skin Deep
- London Calling
- The Prisoner
- The Games
- The Source
- Trophies
- Voodoo Queen
- The Guardian
- Under Pressure
- The Outlaw
- Quality of Mercy
- Mark of the Beast
- Survivors
- The Pirate's Curse
- The Visitor
- A Man of Vision
- Into the Fire
Season 3
- Out of the Blue
- The Travelers
- An Eye for an Eye
- True Spirit
- The Knife
- Fire in the Sky
- Dead Man's Hill
- Hollow Victory
- A Witch's Calling
- Brothers in Arms
- Ice Age
- The End Game
- Phantoms
- The Secret
- Finn
- Suspicion
- The Imposters
- The Elixir
- Tapestry
- Legacy
- Trapped
- Heart of the Storm
[edit] DVD
All three season have been released on DVD. Season 1 was released on: January 27, 2004, Season 2 on: April 20, 2004 and Season 3 on: November 16, 2004. All three seasons were released as a 6 Disc Box set. They all had Closed-captioned, in Full Screen, and encoded in NTSC video for Region 1. The Lost World was NOT rated.
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[edit] Trivia
Lara Cox appeared in the second half of the third season as Finn, but was never given credit in the opening credits.
William deVry played Ed Malone in the two-hour telefilm that preceded the series (the film was split into two episodes for syndication purposes). David Orth took over the role at the start of the series proper.
The character of Arthur Summerlee, as portrayed by Michael Sinelnikoff, was killed off in the first season finale, but returned once as a ghost during Season 2.
During the third season both David Orth and Jennifer O'Dell were absent from the series for several consecutive episodes, due in part to financial constraints.
The show was filmed in Australia and New Zealand
[edit] Fan Involvement
The official The Lost World (known as TLW to fans) website included a message board that quickly became a popular meeting place for fans of the series. Today, several years after the cancellation of the series, fans still talk about the series on a daily basis. Several small conventions have been put together by a group of fans from the message board. These conventions have been attended by cast and crew from the series. It was at one of these conventions that a packet written by several writers for the series revealed what would have taken place had the series run for a fourth season.
[edit] Notes
The producers of the show have revealed some details of a long-ago proposed fourth season. If the subsequent season had been produced, fans would have learned that Professor Arthur Summerlee was indeed alive, residing in Avalon. Veronica's mother Abigail Layton was also alive and had become the Plateau's protector soon after her disappearance. She became the ruler of Avalon and had left behind a triangle artifact for her daughter Veronica to find. At the epilogue of the Season Three Finale, Veronica was to become the new Protector of the Plateau. Her treehouse dwelling was apparently the epicenter of the entire Plateau. It would have been revealed that Marguerite and Roxton were always meant to be together.
