A cult TV series produced in Canada -- set in the year 2790, these are the adventures of the last survivors on earth. Star Trek and Dr. Who fans will love these quirky sci-fi adventures.
That is VCI Entertainment's description of
The Starlost, the 1973 Canadian science fiction series Created by the legendary Harlan Ellison, and Executive Produced by Douglas Trumbull (
Close Encounters of the Third Kind). Ben Bova served as a consultant on the show, which starred Keir Dullea ("Dave Bowman" from
2001: A Space Odyssey), Gay Rowan (
Revenge of the Stepford Wives), and Robin Ward (
Explosion). The story surrounds that of "The Earthship Ark", an 8000-mile-long spaceship carrying the surviving people and other Earth species following a catastrophe that doomed the planet in 2285. It's 500 years later, and now the ship is on a collision course with a star, threatening the destruction of The Ark and all the life contained in its various biospheres.
Fans of
Star Trek and
Babylon 5 will be delighted by Walter Koenig's appearance as the alien "Oro". You'll also spot John Colicos (
Battlestar Galactica) and Barry Morse (
Space: 1999) as well during the run of the series. VCI is planning a Region 1 DVD release of
The Starlost sometime in the future, according to
a "sneak peak" page they have posted. This has already been available overseas, but now it will come to North America! No further details are available yet, but we wanted to pass along VCI's heads-up to all of our readers. Our thanks to one of you, reader Craig Bell, for tipping us off about this information. Stay tuned and we'll keep you updated.
