The Starlost

This low budget Canadian sci-fi series from 1973 ran for sixteen episodes before it was cancelled due to low ratings. It was created in Canada by Glen Warren Productions and partially funded by Twentieth Century Fox, who now own the broadcast and syndication rights to the series. It was also compiled down into five movies, each composed of two episodes each, with new credit sequences. The series was written by renowned science fiction author Harlan Ellison under a pseudonym of Cordwainer Bird, with additional episodes being written by other sci-fi authors. The plot concerned a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship, composed of hundreds of huge "domes", each containing a sample culture from the planet Earth, which has long since died out due to an unknown disaster. The Ark, damaged from an asteroid collision, goes off course and heads into the path of a distant sun, its crew dead. Three simple farmers accidentally find their way out of their dome and must find out how to get the Ark back on course, and avoid the sun.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 76802
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired September 14, 1973
  • Recent February 8, 1974
  • Network CTV
  • Average Runtime 60 minutes
  • Genres Children Family Science Fiction
  • Original Country Canada
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 6
Season 1 September 1973 February 1974 16
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 22
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 22
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Norman Klenman 5 10/05/1973 - 02/01/1974
Martin Lager 2 09/28/1973 - 02/08/1974
Marion Waldman 1 11/23/1973
Harlan Ellison 1 09/14/1973
John Meredyth Lucas 1 12/07/1973
Jonah Royston 1 10/12/1973
Arthur Heinemann 1 11/16/1973
Alf Harris 1 11/09/1973
Shimon Wincelberg 1 10/26/1973
Don Wallace 1 09/21/1973
Doug Hall 1 09/21/1973
Mort Forer 1 11/23/1973
Paul Schneider 1 11/30/1973
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Joseph L. Scanlan 4 10/12/1973 - 02/08/1974
Ed Richardson 3 10/26/1973 - 01/25/1974
George Ghent 2 10/12/1973 - 12/07/1973
Leo Orenstein 2 09/21/1973 - 10/05/1973
Harvey Hart 2 09/14/1973 - 09/28/1973
George McCowan 1 11/30/1973
Ursula K. Le Guin 1 09/28/1973
Francis Chapman 1 01/11/1974
Alan Spraggett 1 12/07/1973
William Davis 1 02/01/1974
Joseph Scanlon 1 11/23/1973
Helen French 1 12/07/1973
Peter Levin 1 11/02/1973

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