| For those of you who don't know, Irwin
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| | the Spindrift. Other characters included
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| Allen was a clever man. He devised a
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| | rich society girl Valerie Ames Scott,
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| movie and tv series called Voyage to the
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| | played by Deanna Lund and a Spindrift's
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| Bottom of the Sea, other tv shows that
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| | stewardess, played by Heather Young.
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| followed included Lost in Space and a
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| | Kurt Kasznar played lovable rogue
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| time travel adventure called Time Tunnel.
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| | Commander Alexander B. Fitzhugh. The show
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| Having tackled every dimension in
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| | used giant props such as a giant stool or
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| space-time you would have thought that
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| | a giant camera (which was kept on display
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| Allen would have quit while he was ahead.
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| | at Universal Studios for many years).
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| No chance. By a stroke of genius, in
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| | These props needed to be constructed,
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| 1967, he came up with Land of the Giants,
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| | moved and stored and this made production
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| a tv series where the main characters
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| | expensive. Throughout its run, the show
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| found themselves on a planet just like
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| | maintained thought provoking storylines.
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| Earth where the human were just like us -
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| | Ostensibly it was an adventure series
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| except that they were 12 times
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| | characterized by the almost constant
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| bigger.Irwin Allen knew that the
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| | battle for survival as the "little
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| screenwriters would have great fun with
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| | people" tried get by in a giant's world.
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| the almost limitless possibilities of the
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| | The problem was that the writers were
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| situation he had conjured. At first he
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| | inevitably drawn by the fascinating
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| played with various potential scenes
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| | possibilities that were opened by the
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| using sketch storyboards. He imagined a
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| | existence of a parallel Earth. What were
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| giant foot coming down with the an actor
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| | the differences between the giant's Earth
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| just scurrying out of the way and a
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| | and our Earth? What kind of society did
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| pursuit by a giant cat and a giant
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| | they live in? Whereas Irwin Allen's
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| spider. Many more scenes were sketched
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| | earlier tv creation Lost in Space had
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| until he was ready to take his idea to
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| | become more frivolous as each season went
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| the television networks. He produced an 8
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| | by, there seemed to be a determined
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| minute presentation movie reel and took a
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| | effort to maintain some serious content
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| tour of networks chiefs and production
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| | and depth to Land of the the Giants.In a
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| houses. The ABC network soon realised the
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| | show like this one, a tightrope is always
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| show's potential and gave Allen the go
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| | being walked. On the one hand a show
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| ahead for a pilot and a 26 episode
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| | needs some glitz and action to maintain
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| season.Long time collaborator Tony Wilson
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| | audience share especially amongst
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| helped Allen write the pilot. This laid
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| | youngsters. Although this can achieve its
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| down a template for the show so that
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| | aim in the short term it has the tendency
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| writers such as William Welch and husband
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| | to cheapen the whole project over time
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| and wife team Bob and Esther Mitchell
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| | with each story needing to out-glitz the
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| could pen other episodes. The cast
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| | previous one, leading to falling off of
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| included Gary Conway who played captain
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| | appeal and the show's eventual demise. On
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| Steve Burton and Don Marshall who played
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| | the other hand, keeping some integrity
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| his co-pilot, Dan Erickson.The pilot show
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| | and keeping gimmicks and glitz under
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| sets the scene: it is the 1980's and
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| | control will maintain a loyal, albeit
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| Captain Burton and Dan Erickson pilot a
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| | limited, following. This approach may
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| routine flight from New York (changed to
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| | result in a slow audience build which is
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| Los Angeles in later shows) to London. In
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| | fine until the tv network and advertisers
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| order to escape the drag of the
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| | lose patience and pull the plug
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| atmosphere, aircraft travel such
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| | prematurely. This is what happened to
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| distances through the edges of the
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| | Land of the Giants especially in view of
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| atmosphere. On this occasion, though,
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| | the high production costs. Still. there
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| things go wrong. Their craft, the
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| | are very few shows that have managed to
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| Spindrift is caught up in a space warp
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| | walk this tightrope over a length of
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| that somehow dumps it on an alien planet
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| | time. In this case, two seasons may seem
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| that is just like Earth - except that
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| | short, but it was still a great
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| everything - and everyone - is 12 times
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| | achievement.Vernon Stent is the content
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| bigger than on the real Earth.Land of the
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| | writer for You can see more information
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| Giants started its run on ABC on 22nd
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| | about this show by clicking on Land of
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| September 1968 and lasted for two
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| | the Giants. What happened to Gary Conway
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| seasons. The underlying plot of the show
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| | and Deanna Lund? Find out at Where are
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| was that the characters needed to repair
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| | they Now?
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