Editing Lost in Space (section)

===Cartoon===
In the 1972–1973 television season, ABC produced ''[[The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie]]'', a weekly collection of 60-minute animated films, pilots and specials from various production companies, such as [[Hanna-Barbera]], [[Filmation]], and [[Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment|Rankin/Bass]]. Hanna-Barbera Productions contributed animated work based on such television series as ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'', ''[[The Yogi Bear Show|Yogi Bear]]'', ''[[Tabitha (TV series)|Tabitha]]'', ''[[Oliver and the Artful Dodger|Oliver Twist]]'', ''[[The Banana Splits]]'', and ''Lost in Space''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=55}}</ref>

The ''Lost in Space'' episode aired on September 8, 1973. Dr. Smith (voiced by Jonathan Harris) was the only character from the original program to appear in the special, along with the Robot (who was named Robon and employed in [[flight]] control rather than a support activity). The spacecraft was launched vertically by [[rocket]], and Smith was a passenger rather than a stowaway and a saboteur (though his greed, selfishness, and cowardice is the same as his live action counterpart). The pilot for the animated ''Lost in Space'' series was not picked up as a series, and only this episode was produced. This cartoon was included in the Blu-ray release of the entire original television series on September 15, 2015.