The Lost World
Professor Challenger reveals the existence of a remote plateau in the Amazon jungle where dinosaurs have survived. He returns there leading an expedition. Not only are dinosaurs found and confronted, but also highly evolved apes, Amazonian Indians who think Challenger a god, and, on the way, the attractive orphaned niece of a lonely missionary. Theology intervenes in this exercise in vindicating Darwin and the missionary twice attempts to sabotage the mission. After much excitement, love is found in unexpected places, and, confronted by civilization, as represented by the Royal Society in London, Challenger changes his story.
- 2001-2001
- 1 season
- A&E Home Video
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- TV-14
Professor Challenger reveals the existence of a remote plateau in the Amazon jungle where dinosaurs have survived. He returns there leading an expedition. Not only are dinosaurs found and confronted, but also highly evolved apes, Amazonian Indians who think Challenger a god, and, on the way, the attractive orphaned niece of a lonely missionary. Theology intervenes in this exercise in vindicating Darwin and the missionary twice attempts to sabotage the mission. After much excitement, love is found in unexpected places, and, confronted by civilization, as represented by the Royal Society in London, Challenger changes his story.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2001
Episode 1
Part 1
75 mins
Professor Challenger proposes an expedition to discover the home of an animal which he believes to be a prehistoric pterosaur. He gathers an expedition party and journeys to a plateau in South America to find a pathway to a lost world.
Episode 2
Part 2
75 mins
Having arrived in the lost world, Challenger and his party meet a friendly, indigenous tribe and help them in their ongoing battle against a hostile tribe of ape-men.