The Robinsons leave their planet to escape a collision with a comet and find a ship full of frozen convicts.The Robinsons leave their planet to escape a collision with a comet and find a ship full of frozen convicts.The Robinsons leave their planet to escape a collision with a comet and find a ship full of frozen convicts.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
Duke Fishman
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Ben Frommer
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Eldon Hansen
- Robot Guard
- (uncredited)
Lars Hensen
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
- Convict
- (uncredited)
Robby the Robot
- Robot
- (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis is the second time, the first being the first season War of the Robots, that Robby the Robot appears in. He is the robotic warden on the spaceship full of frozen convicts. The Prison spaceship itself appears in another first season show: The Derelict.
- GoofsAs Will walks down the ladder to the alien ship and looks in the door window, you can see one of the frozen prisoners move his hand around a spear. His head is also turned when the trio walk through the door.
- ConnectionsReferences Forbidden Planet (1956)
Featured review
Still lost but at least back in space and a little less campy (for now anyway)
Taking off at the last minute, the Jupiter 2 and its crew (including Debbie the Bloop) barely avoid being destroyed along with their foster planet by a massive comet. Damaged by the near collision and in search of replacement parts for the space-drive, the ship docks with a massive alien spaceship that turns out to be an automated prison full of frozen felons. The central premise is promising, especially when it's discovered that the prison's clock as long ceased to function and the convicts are overdue for release, but little clever is done with the intriguing premise. As the season 3 opener, the episode is a welcome return to 'space-opera' (as opposed to the planet-bound monster-of-the-week stories that characterised season 2) but there is still little science in the fiction (the threatening comet and passing super-nova make no astronomical sense and the idea that the felons would be frozen in possession of their weapons is ridiculous). On the plus side, John and Don are given more to do, Robbie the Robot guest stars as an automated prison-guard, and Marcel Hillaire is entertainingly menacing as Phanzig, a strangler foolishly thawed out by (who else?) Dr. Smith. All in all, an OK start to the final season but the show's budgetary limitations are still apparent and too much running time continues to be spent on Dr. Smith's silly antics.
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- jamesrupert2014
- Mar 28, 2023
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