Editing The Starlost (section)

== Episodes ==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Beginning
| AltTitle = Voyage of Discovery
| WrittenBy = [[Cordwainer Bird]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|9|22}}
| ShortSummary = Devon discovers his people live on a huge spacecraft and is sentenced to death for heresy when he states this. He escapes, and his betrothed Rachel and friend Garth follow him on his journey.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Lazarus from the Mist
| WrittenBy = Douglas Hall and Don Wallace
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|9|29}}
| ShortSummary = While Garth is held by "cavemen" descendants of the service crew, Devon and Rachel awaken one of the ship's engineers from suspended animation to help repair the Ark.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Goddess Calabra
| WrittenBy = Martin Lager <br>''from a story by'' [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|10|6}}
| ShortSummary = The trio visit a biosphere populated only by men, whose governor desires to marry Rachel, who resembles a goddess worshipped in the community.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = The Pisces
| AltTitle = The Return
| WrittenBy = Norman Klenman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|10|13}}
| ShortSummary = An exploratory vessel returns after a 10-year journey, but due to time dilation, 400 years have passed since its departure.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Children of Methuselah
| WrittenBy = Jonah Royston and George Ghent<br>''from a story by'' Jonah Royston
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|10|20}}
| ShortSummary = Thinking they have found the backup bridge of the Ark, the trio discover a module occupied by children who believe that they have been piloting the Ark since it left Earth.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = And Only Man Is Vile
| WrittenBy = [[Shimon Wincelberg]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|10|27}}
| ShortSummary = A scientist intent on breeding a hardier race of humans tries to prove that man is too selfish.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = The Alien Oro
| WrittenBy = Mort Forer and Marion Waldman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|11|3}}
| ShortSummary = An alien sent on a reconnaissance mission has crashed into the Ark and is now harvesting parts to repair his ship to return home; Garth falls for a woman who must leave with Oro in order to survive. <!-- NOTE: This episode was listed as number 10 on both IMDB and Epguides, but its air date puts it at number 7. -->
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Circuit of Death
| WrittenBy = Norman Klenman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|11|10}}
| ShortSummary = A disillusioned man triggers the self-destruction of the Ark but intends to escape; he and Devon must undergo miniaturization to stop the detonation.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Gallery of Fear
| WrittenBy = Alfred Harris and George Ghent<br>''from a story by'' Alfred Harris
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|11|17}}
| ShortSummary = A computer desires to become autonomous and tricks the trio into completing its programming.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Mr. Smith of Manchester
| WrittenBy = Arthur Heinemann and Norman Klenman<br>''from a story by'' Arthur Heinemann
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|11|24}}
| ShortSummary = The trio find their way past a mysterious high-security biosphere entrance and discover a distrusting, power-mad ruler who tries to assure them of his peaceful intentions while he pollutes his city to produce armaments.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Astro-Medics
| WrittenBy = Paul Schnieder and Martin Lager 
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|12|1}}
| ShortSummary = After Devon is injured by radiation, a medical ship that orbits the Ark comes to his aid, but the doctor who can help him is too intrigued by the possibility of helping aliens who have signaled for help.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = The Implant People
| WrittenBy = Helen French and Martin Lager 
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|12|8}}
| ShortSummary = The trio visit a biosphere where a despotic servant to the leader terrorizes the population with pain produced from mandatory implants.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = The Return of Oro
| WrittenBy = Alex C. James
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|12|15}}
| ShortSummary = Oro returns... as commander of ''Earthship Ark''. He tells the trio and their temporary companion that his home world can support the people from Earth, but Devon discovers otherwise when a robot is asked the correct questions.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Farthing's Comet
| WrittenBy = Douglas Hall
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|12|22}}
| ShortSummary = A scientist alters the Ark's course to pass through a comet's tail so he can study it; Devon must make an [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] to rewire a panel so the service reactors can be fired again; cometary debris damages the biospheres.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = The Beehive
| WrittenBy = Norman Klenman
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1973|12|29}}
| ShortSummary = The trio visit a science installation where a scientist has bred giant mutant bees.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = Space Precinct
| WrittenBy = Martin Lager
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|1|5}}
| ShortSummary = Garth decides to return to Cypress Corners, but he is recruited into the inter-ark police force by an officer intending to take a flight to assist in resolving an interplanetary conflict.
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The ''[[Starlog]] Photo Guidebook TV Episode Guides Volume 1'' (1981) lists two unfilmed episodes, "God That Died" and "People in the Dark." The latter episode, written by George Salverson, follows Devon, Rachel, and Garth as they discover a dome in which people have been living in the dark since the accident to the Ark.<ref>"[https://atom.archives.sfu.ca/56-21. <nowiki>The Starlost" episodes, [1973]</nowiki>]” [Textual record]. Norman Klenman fonds, [ca.1946]–2011, Series: 5. Television scripts, screenplays and related records, 1956–2010, Box: 17, File: 56. Burnaby, British Columbia: Simon Fraser University Library Special Collections and Rare Books.</ref>

Episodes of the original series were rebroadcast in 1978 and further in 1982. A number of episodes were also edited together to create movie-length installments that were sold to [[cable television]] broadcasters in the late 1980s.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Movie !! Episodes
|-
| ''The Starlost: The Beginning'' || "[[#ep1|Voyage of Discovery]]" and "[[#ep3|The Goddess Calabra]]"
|-
| ''The Starlost: The Return'' || "[[#ep4|The Pisces]]" and "[[#ep14|Farthing's Comet]]"
|-
| ''The Starlost: Deception'' || "[[#ep10|Mr. Smith of Manchester]]" and "[[#ep9|Gallery of Fear]]"
|-
| ''The Starlost: The Alien Oro'' || "[[#ep7|The Alien Oro]]" and "[[#ep13|The Return of Oro]]"
|-
| ''The Starlost: The Invasion'' || "[[#ep11|Astro-Medics]]" and "[[#ep12|The Implant People]]"
|}