John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
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Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
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- TriviaFeatures the first occurrence of the Robot's laughter, about which he says it is "only [his] computers being cleared" when Dr Smith asks what else "do we have to do" for work.
- GoofsDuring Professor Robinson's "Volta Blade" duel with the Leader, he splits a tree in half with his sword. One half of the large tree falls on the cord of his electronic sword, completely trapping it. In the next shot, the cord has come "untrapped" from the tree and is again swinging freely.
- ConnectionsReferences The Fly (1958)
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An ending of anti-Star Trek sensibilities
I came here to see if any other reviewers had a problem with accepting the ending of this episode and apparently it's just me.
We are given no information about the "monster" in the cave that is about to be slain as a self esteem booster. Maybe it deserved this fate for some reason we are not told of but all we see is a being minding it's own buiseness in it's home and looking in curiosity or fear at those who have come to kill him/her. The assumption that the being deserved death solely based on it's appearance is disturbing to this viewer and this episode would have been made more palatable had they justified his/her slaughter. As it is,all we walk away with is "UGLY IS BAD,IT SHOULD DIE". Star Trek this ain't.
We are given no information about the "monster" in the cave that is about to be slain as a self esteem booster. Maybe it deserved this fate for some reason we are not told of but all we see is a being minding it's own buiseness in it's home and looking in curiosity or fear at those who have come to kill him/her. The assumption that the being deserved death solely based on it's appearance is disturbing to this viewer and this episode would have been made more palatable had they justified his/her slaughter. As it is,all we walk away with is "UGLY IS BAD,IT SHOULD DIE". Star Trek this ain't.
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- bigonbass
- Apr 17, 2021
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