# The Starlost. Time to try again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starlost-time-to-try-again/449234 "2008-05-14T02:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starlost-time-to-try-again/449234/21 "2008-05-14T20:08:50Z")
[Space Ark.](http://davidszondy.com/future/space/space_ark.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starlost-time-to-try-again/449234/22 "2008-05-15T02:10:31Z")
I don’t know if either Ellison or the production bible ever got as far as figuring out how the series could end, but I think I know the perfect ending:The long-lost Control Room isn’t aboard the main ship at all; it’s on a small pilot ship preceding the ark by thousands of miles. To gain access to it the inhabitants of the ark have to rediscover the technology to fly a pilot in a shuttle out to the control ship. The moral being that the quest to do so becomes an analogy to the original goal of saving mankind through spaceflight. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starlost-time-to-try-again/449234/23 "2008-05-15T02:26:41Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] BTW, is it possible to get the original series on DVD or VHS? [/QUOTE] Not officially. But bootlegs are available. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-starlost-time-to-try-again/449234.md?page=1)