Surely never intended for adult viewing, this was the stuff of tea-time telly when kids would watch with their parents. It's junior format was underscored by the inclusion of two youngsters in the crew of the ship (as if!) so that nothing too monstrous could happen. Certainly it was no place for Trollenberg Terrors or Face Huggers.
Everything was neat and trite and hygienic. There was no swearing, no innuendo and definitely no sex. Internal conflict was provided by a 'stowaway' individual who was spineless, unprincipled, disloyal, and threatened to jeopardise the mission or the lives of other members of the crew in every episode. And any other father would have taken him aside and warned him; 'Do that again and you're dead'. But instead his chicanery was simply accepted as just a foible of an unreliable friend. He was basically OK, really. Like I said; this was space saccharine for kids.
I believe the robot was the one that had been designed for, and had starred in, the infinitely superior 'Forbidden Planet' of 1959 vintage. Ah well; waste not, want not. Good to see that sci-fi was setting a benchmark for recycling even way back in the 1960's.
Nowhere near as popular or credible as 'Star Trek', with which it was in competition. It faded quickly (and quite rightly) into grown-up children's memories.
Everything was neat and trite and hygienic. There was no swearing, no innuendo and definitely no sex. Internal conflict was provided by a 'stowaway' individual who was spineless, unprincipled, disloyal, and threatened to jeopardise the mission or the lives of other members of the crew in every episode. And any other father would have taken him aside and warned him; 'Do that again and you're dead'. But instead his chicanery was simply accepted as just a foible of an unreliable friend. He was basically OK, really. Like I said; this was space saccharine for kids.
I believe the robot was the one that had been designed for, and had starred in, the infinitely superior 'Forbidden Planet' of 1959 vintage. Ah well; waste not, want not. Good to see that sci-fi was setting a benchmark for recycling even way back in the 1960's.
Nowhere near as popular or credible as 'Star Trek', with which it was in competition. It faded quickly (and quite rightly) into grown-up children's memories.