Does this ring a bell?
Been meaning to post this for ages. A friend of mine is looking for a TV series. This is what he remembers about it. Hopefully someone reading might be able to shed some light on this for us.
Probably aired in the early '80s. Kind of a cross between Lost in Space and Sliders. Family gets lost on an alternate Earth-like planet. They keep attempting to jump back to their home (either same planet or back to Earth) by opening these light port holes and keep ending up at another place. Similar idea to Quantum Leap, but that's not it either.
One remembered episode goes like this:
Good-looking late teen or early 20s son winds up being held captive by a bad guy. Memory serves that the bad guy was played by John Calicos. Bad guy shows the son a trophy case of severed fingers. These are people I've defeated - your finger will soon be there. Son says "No, I won't lose". He then has a brawl with a robot-like guy the size of wrestler. Much bigger and stronger. For the 80s it was a pretty violent fight on TV. Son ends up with his body sprawled across the robot-like guys knees. Robot is about to strike down and kill the son by breaking him in two. With his last bit of strength the son reaches up and grabs the robots head, managing to open it and pull the plug, turning it off. Obviously, the son survives the encounter.
The thought was that this series was created by Gene Roddenberry. We originally thought it was Earth 2, but that's not it. Nothing found on IMDB under Roddenberry or Calicos that sounds right. Could be wrong about the name of the actor, but he was so distinctive and did play a Klingon on Star Trek so is likely a casting by Roddenberry.
Any ideas?
Probably aired in the early '80s. Kind of a cross between Lost in Space and Sliders. Family gets lost on an alternate Earth-like planet. They keep attempting to jump back to their home (either same planet or back to Earth) by opening these light port holes and keep ending up at another place. Similar idea to Quantum Leap, but that's not it either.
One remembered episode goes like this:
Good-looking late teen or early 20s son winds up being held captive by a bad guy. Memory serves that the bad guy was played by John Calicos. Bad guy shows the son a trophy case of severed fingers. These are people I've defeated - your finger will soon be there. Son says "No, I won't lose". He then has a brawl with a robot-like guy the size of wrestler. Much bigger and stronger. For the 80s it was a pretty violent fight on TV. Son ends up with his body sprawled across the robot-like guys knees. Robot is about to strike down and kill the son by breaking him in two. With his last bit of strength the son reaches up and grabs the robots head, managing to open it and pull the plug, turning it off. Obviously, the son survives the encounter.
The thought was that this series was created by Gene Roddenberry. We originally thought it was Earth 2, but that's not it. Nothing found on IMDB under Roddenberry or Calicos that sounds right. Could be wrong about the name of the actor, but he was so distinctive and did play a Klingon on Star Trek so is likely a casting by Roddenberry.
Any ideas?