A spaceship requests medical help for their computer and Dr. Smith has to perform brain surgery on it.A spaceship requests medical help for their computer and Dr. Smith has to perform brain surgery on it.A spaceship requests medical help for their computer and Dr. Smith has to perform brain surgery on it.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
Craig Chudy
- Alien Soldier #3
- (uncredited)
Maritza Elsen
- Alien Soldier #1
- (uncredited)
Rita Fabotta
- Alien Soldier #4
- (uncredited)
Joey Russo
- Young Smith
- (uncredited)
Jeffrey Trayler
- Alien Soldier #2
- (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFirst appearance of the Space Pod
- GoofsWhen Dr. Smith attempts to contact the space probe (externally a recycling of the 1st alien ship the Robinsons encountered in S1 E2 "The Derelict," 1965) & later when he & the Robot are confronted with the "brain surgery" issue, he is claimed by both Will Robinson & the Robot to be "not a real medical doctor!" as well as a "quack" (Smith himself declares he is a "doctor of ... psychology"). Yet the saboteur was also the physician giving them their physical exams before they took off & had the skill & equipment to revive both Major West & Maureen from the freezing tubes - especially after her negative reaction.
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"Doctor" Smith responds to a plea for medical assistance (after hearing the promise of a great reward of course) and ends up on a giant alien spaceship where he is ordered to heal the crew's dying leader or suffer the same fate. The aliens are amusing, the males are typical Irwin Allen silver-skins but the females have enormous stiff-looking hairdos (looking a bit like geishas from New Jersey) and both have costumes decorated with odd clock-like gadgets and strange spikey accessories. The plot stops making much sense when the nature of the leader is revealed and most of the plea for 'medical aid' is a set up for Dr. Smith to act like a buffoon who can't even put on a pair of surgical gloves. Little attention is paid to the show's internal consistency (suddenly the robot has medical training (and an increasingly anthropomorphic backstory) and the Jupitar 2 has a 'space pod', an incredibly useful 'shuttle-craft' that looks like it would take up a substantial portion of the spaceship but has never before been mentioned, let alone used). The clock gadgets allow the aliens to reverse time but the effects differ each time they use them and they are likely included simply to set up a goofy gag at the end of the episode. The giant alien spaceship looks good but is recycled from 'The Derelict' (S.1, e.2) and blue tinted to hide the fact that the original footage was in B/W. Oddly, the Jupiter 2's highly-trained astro-family seems to think that you could mistake a planet for a star cluster and the concept of a 'galaxy' or a 'light year' seems beyond them (or maybe just beyond the show's writers). While still an improvement on most of the planet-bound season 2 episodes, the 'Kidnapped in Space' is really only watchable for fans (and probably kids back in the '60's). The amusingly ridiculous alien costumes earns an extra rating point.
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- jamesrupert2014
- Apr 13, 2023
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