Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World

Infobox Television
show_name = The Lost World


caption = Logo
format = Adventure
Science Fiction
Fantasy
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picture_format = SDTV
audio_format =
runtime = 44 minutes (approx.)
creator =
developer =
executive_producer = 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
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country = CAN
AUS
NZL
language = English
network = The WB (1999-2001) syndicated (2002)
first_aired = April 1 1999
last_aired = May 1 2002
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 66
list_episodes = List of Lost World episodes
website = http://www.lostworldtv.net
imdb_id = 0240278
tv_com_id = 897

"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World" is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "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 continued to be syndicated in the United States on the cable television station TNT at 5:00AM EST Monday through Friday, until eventually that came to an end as well.

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 claims to the skeptical London Zoological Society;
*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 (William 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.

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)

Episodes

DVD releases

Image Entertainment has released all three seasons of "The Lost World" on DVD in Region 1.

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 primarily filmed in Gold Coast, near Sydney, Australia.

Notes

The producers of the show have revealed some details of the proposed fourth season from 2002. If the subsequent season had been produced, fans would have learned that Professor Arthur Summerlee was indeed alive, residing in Avalon. Avalon, near the border of the Plateau, is where Veronica's surviving mother Abigail Layton had become the Plateau's protector soon after her disappearance. She became the ruler of Avalon and had left behind a triangle artifact - the Trion - for her daughter Veronica to find. Veronica was to become the new Protector of the Plateau. Her treehouse dwelling was apparently the epicenter of the entire Plateau. The new season would have also revealed that Marguerite and Roxton were always meant to be together. [ [http://www.reeves-stevens.com/TLWSUMMARY1.pdf 30-page PDF summary of planned 4th season plotlines, from the writers] ]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0240278|title=The Lost World
* [http://www.lostworldtv.net/ The Official Lost World website]
* [http://www.jenodell.com/ Jennifer O'Dell Official Site]