The BEST episodes directed by Nathan Juran
#1 - The Clones
Land of the Giants - Season 2 - Episode 11
A giant scientist performs cloning experiments on the Earthlings.
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#2 - A Very Small Rifle
Daniel Boone - Season 6 - Episode 1
Johnny Appleseed acts as a peacemaker between the settlers and the Cherokee when a young Cherokee is accidentally shot by a young settler.
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#3 - The Deadly Mantis
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8 - Episode 4
Movie Plot: After being exposed to atomic radiation, a giant Praying Mantis attacks the North Pole. On the SOL: Mike and Crow upset Servo by not participating in casual day / the Crew holds a memorial service for Pearl, who then calls to tell them that she is angry and she will pursue them to the bitter end / Crow is eaten by an alien that was brought on board the SOL / the Crew gets a letter from Dr. Peanut, who survived the blast and is now in Wisconsin. On Ape Earth: Pearl, Bobo, and Dr. Peanut accidentally (with help from Mike) detonate a bomb that destroys the planet / Pearl has survived and, with Bobo, she will hunt down the SOL across space. Stinger: The corporal goes for a little stroll. Original film made in 1957.
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#4 - Return from Outer Space
Lost in Space - Season 1 - Episode 15
Will disobeys John’s orders to stay away from the matter-transfer unit and is transported back to Earth.
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#5 - The Flaming Rocks
Daniel Boone - Season 4 - Episode 18
Daniel, Mingo, and pal Jeremiah intercede to prevent reprisals when a stubborn Welshman begins mining coal from Tuscarora land
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#6 - Hero's Welcome
Daniel Boone - Season 4 - Episode 21
Boone helps an old friend (Charles Drake) who lost his son because his neighbors think him a coward.
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#7 - Target Earth
Lost in Space - Season 3 - Episode 16
Will tries to brew dissension among shapeless aliens who plan to conquer Earth.
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#8 - Blast Off into Space
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 1
Dr Smith and Will befriend an old miner named Nerim. After a series of earthquakes indicates that the planet is breaking up, Dr Smith tries to convince them that it is merely the effects of mining, and no harm will come to the planet. John informs him that he is wrong and that the Robinson family will be departing within the day. It is a race against time to escape the crumbling planet.
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#9 - The Magic Mirror
Lost in Space - Season 1 - Episode 21
Penny discovers an extraordinary mirror which reflects a world that does not exist.
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#10 - Cry of Gold
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 8
Two scumbag land developers hire English boxing champion Thomas Cromwell to dispose of Daniel in a prizefight so they can buy up Boonesborough property.
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#11 - Wreck of the Robot
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 13
The robot is being used to help create a sinister army of machines.
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#12 - Condemned of Space
Lost in Space - Season 3 - Episode 1
The Robinsons board a computer-controlled spacecraft filled with frozen men.
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#13 - The Shape of Doom
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Episode 20
Dr. Alex Holden is hunting a gigantic whale in which he has injected an experimental growth serum. It turns on the doctor and destroys his boat, killing his crew. He is rescued by Seaview, which was on route to plant a nuclear device to blast an undersea channel. Dr. Holden obsesses over getting his swallowed equipment from the whale when it turns and comes at the sub, swallowing the bomb as it is being lowered! Nelson cannot detonate the bomb, as the president's carrier is in the area. The nearly insane Dr.Holden steals Nelson's remote detonating device and threatens to blow up the whale if he's not permitted to get samples of the whale.
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#14 - The Ghost Planet
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 3
Due to Smith's actions the crew has had to land their ship on an alien planet which is run by cyborgs. Meanwhile the crew try to break free from the captors who promise them power and luxury and they have to save their robot who was crippled by a ray gun.
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#15 - The Space Primevals
Lost in Space - Season 3 - Episode 5
In an attempt to rescue Don and Smith, the Robinsons pit their robot against a computer that rules a race of primitive aliens.
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#16 - The Inheritance
Daniel Boone - Season 4 - Episode 7
Strange happenings greet Rebecca and Israel when they visit a seaside house left to Rebecca by her uncle.
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#17 - Deadly Invasion
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 3 - Episode 10
Faceless aliens invade Earth and try to take over an underwater atomic base. The leader takes the form of an old, deceased friend of Admiral Nelson in order to convince Nelson they mean no harm. Nelson will have none of it and leads a landing party to the base to stop the aliens, even if the cost includes their own lives.
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#18 - The Space Trader
Lost in Space - Season 1 - Episode 23
The Robinsons are victimized by a huckster who will stop at nothing to get their equipment.
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#19 - Empire of the Lost
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 1
Daniel receives a major surprise upon his return from a journey when British Colonel Worthing orders Boonesborough to be evacuated. He says it's because he's battling a Native American rebellion but Daniel suspects otherwise.
#20 - Deadly Pawn
Land of the Giants - Season 2 - Episode 4
The Earthlings must play a game of real-life chess with a demented giant industrialist.
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#21 - The Machines Strike Back
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Episode 12
A missile defense platform-drone malfunctions and threatens to destroy the East Coast of the US.
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#22 - Nightmare
Land of the Giants - Season 2 - Episode 16
While working with a helpful Giant scientist, the Earthlings are subjected to radiation which causes strange hallucinations.
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#23 - The Courtship of Jericho Jones
Daniel Boone - Season 1 - Episode 29
Jericho Jones kidnaps a Creek princess and elopes with her. Needless to say, this event causes considerable disruption of settler-Native American relations.
#24 - The Desperate Raid
Daniel Boone - Season 4 - Episode 10
Boone teaches a lieutenant about backwoods fighting during an attack on a British cannon installation.
#25 - The Mound Builders
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 3
A chief (Henry Silva) of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death; guest Simon Oakland.
#26 - Billy the Kid
The Time Tunnel - Season 1 - Episode 22
Doug and Tony arrive in Lincoln in late April in the 1860s, and run afoul of Billy the Kid. Doug shoots Billy and apparently kills him, then he and Tony escapes. It turns out Billy took the bullet in the belt buckle, and he goes after the two. They manage to capture him thanks to a voice-transmitted distraction provided by Kirk, but Tony goes back into town and is mistaken for Billy. Pat Garrett arrives and eventually convinces the sheriff that Tony isn't Billy, but the mob isn't hearing it. Billy catches up to Doug and challenges him to a gunfight. Pat and Tony get involved, with Tony knocking out one of Billy's men planning to backshoot Doug and Pat intervening when Doug blows it. The two men are whisked off again.
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#27 - The Girl from the Green Dimension
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 16
Will is green! Smith must fight the evil Urso to restore Will’s normal color.
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#28 - The Prisoners of Space
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 6
The Galaxy Tribunal of Justice contacts the travelers to tell them they will be tried for crimes committed in space.
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#29 - The Death Merchant
The Time Tunnel - Season 1 - Episode 25
Arriving in Gettysburg in the 1860's, Doug and Tony are separated by an explosion which seemingly gives Tony. A jolt from the Tunnel revives him but with amnesia. Doug falls in with the Union forces, while Tony becomes involved with the South and Sgt. Maddox when he is mistaken as a courier sent to buy gunpowder from an arms merchant, Michaels, who stole the stuff from the Union. Doug gets there first to find the merchant is Machiavelli! Apparently Machiavelli's pattern matches Tony's, and he was swept up and brought to Gettysburg by the Time Tunnel. The Tunnel send Machiavelli's dog back when it's about to kill Doug, draining them of power. The amnesiac Tony takes Doug prisoner and turns him over to his sergeant, while Machiavelli delights in the carnage. Doug escapes and tries to save Tony who is determined to complete his mission. Machiavelli kills Maddox and then Doug and Tony fight when Doug tries to destroy the gunpowder. The two men come to terms but when Machiavelli tries to de
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#30 - West of Mars
Lost in Space - Season 2 - Episode 11
Dr Smith is mistaken for a notorious outlaw.
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#31 - The Walls of Jericho
The Time Tunnel - Season 1 - Episode 20
Tony and Doug arrive outside the tent of Joshua on the sixth day of his seven-day assault on Jericho. With their future knowledge of the Bible they are able to convince Joshua that they are emissaries of the Lord, and he basically forces them to go into Jericho as spies. Doug is captured and tortured after they try to stop an exection, and Tony befriends a harlot, Rahab. With the help of Rahab and her father, a blind architect, they manage to free Doug. Tony and Rahab are set up for execution, but when a skeptical Anne tries to use the Tunnel to free them in opposition to how the Bible describes the incident, the Tunnel shuts down as if by some outside (dare we say Divine?) force. Tony and Rahab are spared when Joshua launches his attack and both the guys and the Project team witness the miracle just before they are whisked away once more.
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#32 - The Deserter
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 18
A bounty hunter seeking Army deserters learns one of his captives is valuable Boone.
#33 - Raiders from Outer Space
The Time Tunnel - Season 1 - Episode 29
Tony and Doug arrive in Khartoum, November 2, 1883, in the middle of a battle between British and Arab forces. However, two aliens take them prisoner. The aliens plan to conquer Earth with missiles, and will be ready to launch in two hours - they send a bomb to the Project to prevent them from interfering. Tony is taken to be killed but the alien with him is forced to teleport out when the British approach. Then both guys are transferred out of the cave by the Tunnel staff, where they make contact with Captain Henderson and convince him about the aliens. The three of them attack the cave and manage to stop the aliens, with some help when the Project send the bomb back to the aliens.
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#34 - The Ben Franklin Encounter
Daniel Boone - Season 1 - Episode 23
After returning from a trip to Virginia, Daniel and Mingo tell via flashback how they met the legendary Benjamin Franklin and almost got themselves shanghaied to England in the process.
#35 - Land of the Lost
Land of the Giants - Season 2 - Episode 13
Barry and Valerie are carried off in a balloon to a distant land ruled by a malevolent dictator.
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#36 - Ghost Town
Land of the Giants - Season 1 - Episode 2
The Earthlings find themselves trapped in an Earth-sized town run by a giant eccentric and his sadistic daughter.
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#37 - Jonah and the Whale
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 2 - Episode 1
The Seaview is on a joint mission with Russian scientists to salvage the remains of a Soviet undersea lab. While a scientist is being lowered in the diving bell, a giant whale arrives and rams the bell. The glass is shattered, killing him. Nelson and the remaining Russian scientist, Katya Markova, go on a second dive. The whale reappears, this time swallowing the diving bell whole! Now it's a race against thime as Captain Crane and the crew of the Seaview find the diving bell and get it out before Nelson and Markova run out of oxygen!
#38 - A Matter of Vengeance
Daniel Boone - Season 6 - Episode 19
A man who lost his parents years before blames a scarred stranger.
#39 - Noblesse Oblige
Daniel Boone - Season 6 - Episode 22
A cook (Philip Proctor) posing as a French prince falls in love in Boonesborough;
#40 - The Homecoming
Daniel Boone - Season 6 - Episode 23
Israel befriends an elderly Indian (David Opatoshu) plotting revenge for his tribe s near-extinction.
#41 - Israel and Love
Daniel Boone - Season 6 - Episode 26
Israel finds first love with the daughter (Robin Mattson) of a flamboyant woodcarver (Tim O Connor).
#42 - The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Svengoolie - Season 17 - Episode 11
A classic tale of father and son go camping, werewolf bites father, father becomes werewolf, wife divorces werewolf, son traumatized by...not sure if it's divorce or werewolf...and child psychologist gives REALLY bad advice. This 1973 offering is brought to you by the director and star of the stop-action classic The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Enjoy.