Official Press Release:
This tale begins in the jungle with a man running for his life in the dark and pouring rain. The beast pursuing him, whatever it is, must be enormous by its speed and sound. The man, a scientist, is brought to the camp of GEORGE CHALLENGER, explorer and scientist. Although the injured man dies from his vicious wounds, his death is not in vain. In his notes are discoveries of a prehistoric world. Jump to London, weeks later, where the distinguished scientist George Challenger is trying to convince his fellow scholars at the London Zoological Society of the existence of the prehistoric world. It is here that we meet the rest of the expedition - the hunter, the reporter, the heiress and the skeptical scientist. Shortly after their expedition begins, they become stranded in a place of hostile beauty where anything can happen and nothing is as it seems - the Lost World.
Starring: Peter McCauley (Professor George Edward Challenger), Rachel Blakely (Marguerite Krux), Will Snow (Lord John Roxton), David Orth (Edward "Ned" T. Malone), Jennifer O'Dell (Veronica Layton), Michael Sinelnikoff (Doctor Arthur Summerlee)
Guest Starring: William De Vry (Malone), Laura Vazquez (Assai), George Henare (Chief Jacoba), Lani John Tupu (Chief Guide), Robert Coleby (Maple White), Laslo Racz (Chief)
Written by Jim Henshaw & Peter Mohan
Directed by Richard Franklin
Trivia: This episode is the first half of the pilot movie. It includes several scenes not included in the pilot movie. Sadly, it also has several scenes edited out.