Talk:The Starlost
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Nice write-up. Still really needs some dates though! GregUbben 18:49 18 May 2003 (UTC)
This sounds very familiar to a Robert A. Heinlein story..."The Universe is Five Miles Long," or something like that. Adam Bishop 17:46, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
(It is Orphans of the Sky, actually. Adam Bishop 22:18, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC))
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This series was a great idea, too bad it didn't take off. The series is/was available on VHS at Amazon. It's very cheesy but we still like to watch it at our house. A couple of episodes guest star Walter Koenig as the alien "Oro".
I also tracked down a copy of "Phoenix Without Ashes", and the novel is an adaptation of the first episode, where the main character finds his way out of his dome and starts to explore the ship.
This would make a great movie. Commking
[edit] NBC or syndication?
I just noticed a contradiction: the article says Fox produced the series for syndication, yet information I have says it was aired on NBC. Can anyone confirm which is the case? All I remember for certain are the CTV broadcasts. 23skidoo 20:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Fox did not exist as a TV network in the 1970s. I don't believe 20th Century Fox had a television production unit in that decade either. Perhaps Fox refers to a person's last name in this context, though I would tend to doubt it. Hope that little bit helps.
- Hi 23skidoo. The anon editor above is wrong. Fox has had a TV production unit doing work as far back as 1949 as shown here [1]. As to the syndication question I am not sure what information you have but I can tell you that here in Colorado it aired on Saturdays at 6pm on what was then our CBS outlet. In that era the 5-7pm timeslot belonged to the local station to use as they liked. News and sydicated shows were the most common programming. In later years The Muppet Show aired in the same 6pm time slot. I would suspect that this show aired on various networks in various markets. I will admit that the mists of time may have me confused so I would ask is your NBC info about a national airing or a local one? I also found the page as it stands a little confusing about this (in fact I came here to post the same question that you have) and if someone can clear it up it would be appreciated. MarnetteD | Talk 14:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- My source is the book TV North by Peter Kenter which states it was broadcast by NBC. 23skidoo 15:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
