Episode
Lost in Space: The Mechanical Men
Overview
After Dr Smith is turned away from camp yet again, he awakes from a nap to find he has been tied up by little mechanical men. The Robinson's camp is invaded the mechanical men of INDUSTRO, who claim that they want a leader..their leader. The Robinson's learn that the Robot is what they want, and that if he is not surrendered the mechanical men will attack. When the Robot surrenders, the mechanical men realise he is not the ""evil"" leader they wanted and they subsequently switch his personality with Dr Smith. An attack occurs when Dr Smith returns to camp wth the voice and personality of the Robot, which Don finds hilarious, and uses to full advantage. An attack ensues and the mechanical men are defeated and turn Dr Smith and the Robot back.
Details
- Series
- Lost in Space
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1967-04-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Mechanical Men is Episode 28 in Season 2 of Lost in Space. It aired on 1967-04-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 27: The Phantom Family
Will returns to camp following a cosmic storm. John and Maureen are not there as they are at the weather relay station for a few nights. When he gets there, the rest of the family are acting strange. He finds out they are androids, sent to learn how to cope like the Robinsons and teach the rest of their race when they return home. The real Robinsons, are kept in a tube, as they are not allowed to come in to contact with thier double. Will must teach them to become like their counterparts.
Episode 29: The Astral Traveler
Dr Smith and Will become trapped in a cave during a cosmic storm. Will is accidently pulled through a cosmic time warp, and ends up on Earth, in Scottish castle. He meets a headless ghost called Hamish who was beheaded at the Castle. Hamish is trapped there due to the callous crimes he has committed. They rest of the family manage to get Will out, but Hamish follows him. They decide to re-create the time warp, and send Hamish home, and with him Dr Smith, carrying star-charts and maps so that he may send a rescue mission to save the Robinsons. Upon re-entering the warp, Dr Smith drops the charts, and Will runs after him to give them to him. They are both taken. When they reach the castle again, Dr Smith and Will realise that they are not in their time. Also, Hamish becomes angry when he realises that Dr Smith is a liar, and has no intention of helping the Robinsons. As an act of reveng he sets out to destroy Dr Smith. In the end, Will and Dr Smith return to the planet, and Ha
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