Lost In Space (1965) s01e01 Episode Script
The Reluctant Stowaway
- [ Chattering .]
- [ Machines Whirring .]
[ Man Narrating .]
This is the beginning.
This is the day.
You are watching the unfolding of one of history's great adventures-- man's colonization of space beyond the stars.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and holding.
Delay caused by difficulty with liquid oxygen loading valve.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and holding.
- TV satellite control, take over.
- [ Electronic Beep .]
Ladies and gentlemen today, the first of what may be as many as 10 million families per year is setting out on its epic voyage into man's newest frontier for colonization-- deep space.
[ Narrator .]
Reaching out into other worlds from our desperately overcrowded planet a series of deep-thrust telescopic probes have conclusively established a planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri as the only one within range of our technology able to furnish ideal conditions for human existence.
Even now, the family chosen for this incredible journey into space is preparing to take their final pre-liftoff physical tests.
The Robinson family was selected from more than two million volunteers for its unique balance of scientific achievement emotional stability and pioneer resourcefulness.
They will spend the five and a half years of their voyage frozen into a state of suspended animation, which will terminate automatically as the spacecraft enters the atmosphere of the new planet.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
We are at zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
We have also encountered an electrical power failure in our computer at the Lunar Tracking Station.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
[ Speaking Italian .]
[ All Speaking Foreign Languages .]
[ Narrator .]
Here now is the Jupiter 2 the culmination of nearly 40 years of intensive research and the most sophisticated piece of hardware yet devised by the mind of man.
Bold in concept, brilliant in execution this most delicate yet most colossal of instruments makes possible man's thrust into deep space and will soon set out on its quest for a new world.
This super spaceship stands two stories high.
The upper level contains a fantastic, sophisticated guidance control system.
An electronic elevator connects both floors of the intergalactic vehicle.
The upper and lower levels are operationally self-contained.
Here, on the lower deck, pulsating with unbelievable force are the great atomic motors that will power the ship to new worlds.
Spectacular but functional living quarters including staterooms and galley, complete this level.
There is one additional member of this expedition-- an environmental-control robot, key among whose many vital functions will be the final analysis of the physical environment of the new planet.
This historic flight, preceded by nearly a decade of intensive research and preparation has been shrouded by the most rigorous security precautions.
Other nations, in even more desperate need for breathing room on our critically crowded planet are racing the United States in this project-- countries that would go to any lengths of sabotage.
countries that would go to any lengths of sabotage.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
[ Electronic Trill .]
[ Whirring .]
[ Trill Stops .]
[ Male Voice .]
At exactly launch plus eight hours inertial guidance system-- destroy.
Radio transmitter-- destroy.
Cabin pressure control system-- destroy.
[ Groans .]
Turn that thing off, soldier.
Sorry, Colonel.
There is no personnel allowed in here after zero minus six hours.
- Do you know who I am, soldier? - I wouldn't care if you were president of the U.
S.
A.
- I'd still have to put you under arrest.
- Of course.
That's your duty.
But just for the record, I came in here to check the helium-nitrogen ratio.
I had a sudden feeling I turned a valve the wrong way.
You know how it is when you get those feelings that won't let you sleep.
I had to make sure.
Sorry, but I still have to turn you over to the officer of the day.
Naturally.
Don't apologize.
You've got your job, and I've got mine.
Eh, soldier? [ High-pitched Whine .]
Calling Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Reporting mission accomplished.
I have reprogrammed the robot.
His power has been activated.
Exactly eight hours after launch the robot will destroy the spaceship with all hands aboard.
Repeat.
Eight hours after launch the robot will destroy the spaceship.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
All technical difficulties have been resolved, and we are resuming countdown.
The count now stands at zero minus one hour and 14 minutes.
All systems are now green and go.
[ Narrator .]
In these last minutes before liftoff, we're hoping to bring you [ Narrator .]
In these last minutes before liftoff, we're hoping to bring you a few words from the members of the brave family making this historic journey.
But I'm informed by Alpha Control that Dr.
John Robinson his wife, Maureen, and their three children--Judy, Penny and Will-- are still undergoing their pre-liftoff final physical checks.
Am I okay, Doctor? Did I pass? - You'll do.
- Did you hear that, Mom? I'm okay.
Yes, Will.
We heard.
- We weren't worried, were we? - Nah.
No need for any of you to worry about your physical condition.
You're all in top shape and ready to go.
I envy you your adventure.
- Thank you, Doctor.
- [ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
The Robinson family will prepare to board the space vehicle at once.
It is now zero minus - Ready? - Are we? I should say something light and clever, shouldn't I? I just can't.
This is Alpha Control.
The Robinson family will now board the spacecraft.
We're ready.
- Hi, Don.
- Will.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Naturally, you're all well acquainted with Major Donald West by this time.
Sure.
He's our pilot.
[ General .]
Only in a manner of speaking.
Just in case something would happen to go wrong with the automatic guidance system which isn't very likely.
If you wake up and find me driving, you'll know you're in trouble.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Minus three minutes and counting.
Technicians complete final checkouts.
Major.
Dr.
Robinson.
- Good-bye, General.
- Ma'am.
Bye-bye.
Just taking a last look.
Everything snug and secure, I trust? - And now-- - [ Ringing .]
- One moment, please.
- [ Announcer .]
Ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States.
Fellow Americans friends all over the world - upon the success of this mission - I'll get a picture.
will depend whether the explosive increase of population on this planet will ultimately lead to a disaster from which none will be exempt or to a new dawn of plenty for all of humanity.
None can predict the outcome of this audacious venture to the very stars.
To those who have staked their lives upon this bold expansion of man's horizons I humbly say-- Go in peace.
The prayers of mankind are with you.
Inspiring.
Truly inspiring.
Completing disconnect check of non-flight systems.
All circuits off.
Power pack is removed.
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus two minutes and counting.
- You'd better hurry, Doc.
- Yes, yes.
Coming right along.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Astronauts, in the following order will enter freezing tubes and prepare for launch.
Will Robinson, Penny Robinson, enter tubes.
Dr.
Maureen Robinson enter tube.
Miss Judy Robinson, enter tube.
[ No Audible Dialogue .]
Zero minus 80 seconds.
Range clearance to launch.
Major Donald West, enter tube.
- Zero minus 65 seconds.
- [ Whirring .]
Zero minus 55 seconds and counting.
Dr.
John Robinson, enter tube.
- Zero minus 45 seconds.
- [ Electronic Beeping .]
Activate freezing units.
[ Narrator .]
Electromagnetic miracles now come into play.
This cosmic glow, induced through the genius of advanced technology will put the Robinson family and Major West in limbo enabling them to make an endless flight while aging but a second in the time of man.
From this moment on, our space travelers will be in a state of suspended animation which will last for the next five and a half years.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Verify all hatches secured.
[ Yelps .]
Let me out! [ Grunting .]
Zero minus 35 and counting.
Help! Get me out! Remove gas transfer and propellant vent umbilicals.
Zero minus 30.
Twenty-five.
Twenty.
Fifteen seconds.
Ten seconds.
Nine eight, seven six, five four, three two, one, zero.
[ Screams .]
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
All systems here at Alpha Control are green and go.
The trajectory now profiles properly.
The spaceship is now passing through the point of maximum dynamic pressure.
If it holds its present attitude, it will reach perfect escape velocity.
Remote readings here at Alpha Control appear normal, with no indication of change.
Medical telemeters show all members of the Robinson family are safe and well still in their total blackout of suspended animation.
[ Whirring .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Calling Aeolis 14 Umbra.
[ Staticky Clicking .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra, come in, please.
Do you read me? Mission accomplished.
Mission accomplished.
What do I do now? What clever instructions do you have for me now? How much more money are you going to pay me for this excursion? [ Loud Rumbling .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra, do you know where I am? Do you know? [ Yells .]
Do you know? [ Whirring .]
Incompleted circuit.
Incompleted circuit.
Damage may result.
Damage averted.
All systems operative.
Alpha Control.
Hello, Alpha Control.
This is Colonel Zachary Smith calling from Jupiter 2.
Can you return us to Earth? Repeat.
Can you return us to Earth? Alpha Control, this is Jupiter 2! [ Man .]
Alpha Control, this is Lunar Tracking Station 2 Omega.
[ Man #2 .]
Go ahead, Lunar Tracking.
[ Man #1 .]
We've got a problem with the Jupiter 2 flight profile.
It is now negative.
Repeat.
Negative.
Hello, Lunar Tracking.
Hello, Alpha Control.
Does anybody read me? [ Man #2 .]
Roger.
We've been working on it.
Our computers tell us there's close to 200 pounds excess weight aboard.
It has altered the flight pattern.
Abort the mission.
Can you hear me? Abort the mission! [ Man #1 .]
Alpha Control, initiate an immediate course change.
Jupiter 2 is headed directly for a massive meteor swarm.
[ Man #2 .]
Negative.
Vector controls aren't effective.
West! West! Can you hear me? - [ Rapid Electronic Beeping .]
- [ Loud Thud .]
[ Beeping Continues .]
[ Beeping Continues .]
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Heat telemeters here at Alpha Control show an outbreak of fire in back of all magna-panels in the spaceship.
Unless fire extinguishing apparatus functions properly and control regeneration occurs immediately all hope is now gone.
[ Loud Thuds .]
[ Thuds Continue .]
[ Thuds Continue .]
[ Slapping .]
Major West.
Major West! Can you hear me? Major West.
I am Major West.
- Who are you? - [ Loud Thud .]
Major West, you've got to take over the controls.
Fast! - I know you.
- Look.
Meteors.
[ Dr.
Smith .]
Get us out of this flight path! Quick! [ Thuds Continue .]
- [ Thuds End .]
- Good.
Good.
Stay with it now.
What the devil are you doing aboard? I was trapped just before liftoff.
Your helium-nitrogen ratio-- I neglected to adjust the balance control valve.
The hatch closed before I could-- - It was horrible.
- With your extra weight load no wonder the automatic navigator didn't pull us out of it in time.
[ Panting .]
We're out of it.
[ Panting .]
But we'll never know how far off course.
Can you put us about? Get us back home? Can you? - What have you done to the transmitter? - I don't know.
I-I must have lost my head.
I was trying to reach Alpha Control.
Turn us back toward Earth.
Every second you waste sends us thousands of miles in the wrong direction.
- What are you doing? - Waking up the Robinsons.
- No.
Don't wake them.
- Why not? It's their lives too.
Since I'm the only one who can pilot this ship I'll make the decisions.
Have it your way then.
Make it a family outing.
Why not? [ Electronic Trill .]
[ Electrical Arcing .]
Dad! [ Dr.
Smith .]
She'll be all right now.
- Oh, Mom.
- Oh, it's all right, dear.
I'm fine.
Come on, Will.
You really had us worried.
Dr.
Smith, you shouldn't be here at all.
Precisely the point I'm trying to make without much success, I might add.
Where's Alpha Centauri? It's out there somewhere.
[ Penny .]
Gee, it looks like we're standing still.
We're off course.
We don't know how far yet.
Don's trying to determine whether we should return to Earth or not.
There's no question about what we must do.
You saw your wife's metabolic reaction to the suspended animation state.
I warn you, Robinson.
She might not survive another such trauma.
Don't worry, darling.
No matter what we decide, I won't let you back in that tube.
[ Don .]
The meteors clobbered us.
Our whole control system's badly damaged.
You're supposed to be a space pilot and qualified.
Improvise something.
Turn us around and get us back to Earth.
If I were you, Colonel, I'd keep my mouth shut.
Don! - You're responsible for this mess we're in.
- Really, Major? Have you bothered to wonder who revived you? You tumbled out of there like a block of ice, dead as a coffin nail.
Who do you think brought you back to life? Thanks.
Our payload was calculated to a fraction of an ounce.
Without his extra weight, we would have ducked the meteor storm automatically.
Maybe and maybe not.
But without me, not one of you would be alive now.
All right, Colonel Smith.
We're properly grateful.
Right now we have to make a decision.
I'm not sure we should turn back, even if we can.
Look here.
You people volunteered for this expedition.
I did not.
I have no business being here.
I demand to be taken back to Earth! Don, do you have any idea of our present position? Not precisely.
Maybe we can calculate it.
Luckily the atomic clock is still working.
It's nearly eight hours since takeoff.
Now, these vector tapes-- they could be of help.
[ Groans .]
I was afraid of that.
- What is it? - The tapes are damaged.
Is there any way we can repair the inertial navigation system? I can try, but it means shutting off the artificial gravity for a while.
All right.
Do it.
Will, Penny.
Now, listen.
We're not gonna have any gravity for a while - so we're all gonna have to hang on.
- Oh, boy! Oh, boy.
[ Whirring .]
[ Groans .]
- Ready? - Yes.
Now, hold on.
- Oh! - [ Squealing .]
Look at your hair! [ Penny .]
Look at this.
[ Giggling .]
[ Penny .]
Hey.
That looks like fun.
Hey, Penny, watch me do a flip.
[ Judy .]
Turn around a bit.
[ Maureen .]
Oh.
Penny, look out.
You'll hit your head.
- Look out, now.
- [ John Laughing .]
Do a flip.
- Hey, Penny, can you do this? - Hey, it's fun! [ Judy .]
Just turn around.
- [ Judy .]
That looks like fun.
- [ John .]
Would you like to try it? Having fun up there? [ Maureen .]
Look out.
You're gonna bump into each other.
[ Maureen Chuckles .]
Oh! Oh! [ Laughing .]
[ Penny .]
Oh, look at me, Will.
[ Giggling .]
- [ Maureen .]
Come on.
- [ Penny .]
I don't want to come down yet.
Wait a minute.
Let me do it a little more.
Well! [ Grunting .]
Hey, this is fun! Here I go again, Penny! [ Groans .]
[ Robot Whirring .]
[ Robot .]
At exactly eight hours destroy.
[ Whirring .]
[ Whirring Stops .]
Hey, what are you doing there? You're not supposed to do that.
Now, who's the doctor, you or me? But they told us in one of the briefings-- Would you like me to teach you to program him to play chess? You play chess, don't you? Ever play on a three-dimensional board? Did you know that I was the grand master of the Oxford University Chess Society for three years running? Oh, that.
You have to disconnect it when you want to teach him something or he's apt to go right off and do it, chessboard or no chessboard.
My dad said you were left aboard when you came down to adjust the helium-nitrogen intake.
- That's right.
- But the helium-nitrogen intake valve's on the upper level.
Oh? Well, who said anything about the intake valve? It's the emergency supply I was concerned about.
Oh.
Then I'd better go back and tell them they were wrong about you.
Wrong? Why? What did they say? Well, Major West said that when he went to cadet school an excuse like yours wouldn't have got him out of Sunday chapel.
He said that, did he? Well, that's the military mind for you.
Kill or be killed.
That's all they understand.
Oh, but he's not like that.
Wait a minute.
- Say that again.
- I said, "He's not like that.
" That's what I was afraid of.
Open your mouth a minute.
- How long have you had that? - Had what? - That touch of virus on your tongue.
- I don't know.
Well, you can feel it, can't you? I guess so.
I must have been blind not to spot it before liftoff.
I thought freezing kills any virus.
You thought.
It's a good thing I'm the doctor and not you.
Do you know what that virus would have done while the rest of your body was in a state of metabolic de-animation? Just taken it over, bit by bit.
After five years there'd be nothing left but the metal in your space suit.
All the rest of you would be one big, raging mass of virus.
I'd better go and tell your mom and dad.
We've got to return to Earth immediately.
But-- You stay right there in quarantine.
[ Whirring .]
I'm an officer in the United States Space Corps, not a school bus driver.
I'd like conditions to be perfect.
But just because they're not isn't reason enough for me to abort a $30-billion mission.
Major, that $30 billion is just as much my money as it is yours.
And I don't like to waste it either.
But I'd gladly waste a hundred times that much to safeguard my family.
Now, I say we turn back.
- Don't you have an opinion? - No, I don't.
Not until we've checked every component inside out and know exactly how we stand.
- And then? - And then I'll let the computer make the final decision.
And will the computer also take into consideration a man's love and concern for his family? Or has all that been put into cold storage for the duration? Maureen, we knew perfectly well what we were getting into.
Dr.
Smith, is it possible that certain parts of the body don't reanimate as quickly as others? The heart, for instance.
Mrs.
Robinson, I'm afraid the decision no longer rests in your hands or the computer's.
What do you mean? - Your son.
- What about him? There's no cause for alarm.
Not yet, at any rate.
Stop it! Stop it! I order you to stop! Negative.
[ High-pitched Whine .]
Destroy.
Destroy.
No, no.
Abort.
Can you hear me? Abort! Abort! Abort! Destroy.
[ Screams .]
[ Electrical Arcing .]
We're going into a hyperdrive.
We're out of control! [ High-pitched Screeching .]
[ John .]
He's going for the pressure control! [ Don .]
Try again from the other side.
The power pack! Pull out the power pack! [ Maureen .]
John, look out! [ Screams .]
Penny, hang on! [ Don .]
He's breaking through! [ Dr.
Smith .]
Pull out the power pack! It's incredible.
Not one constellation you can recognize.
Where are we? [ Sighs .]
Will.
Where's Will? Will.
- Am I still in quarantine? - Quarantine? It's nothing.
Nothing that matters now.
Nothing.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Hello, Alpha Control.
This is Lunar Tracking Station Copernicus.
Jupiter 2 moving at incredible speed-- far off course beyond range of our tracking instruments.
White House, this is Alpha Control.
Message for president on scrambler.
Mr.
President, status control on Jupiter 2.
As of this moment, the spacecraft has passed the limits of our galaxy.
It's presumed to be hopelessly lost in space.
I'm sure it's the N.
G.
S.
scanner.
If you can fix it, we might be able to tell where we are.
- I'll do my best.
- Look, for the last time spacewalking's part of my business.
- Let me do it.
- Now, we've been through that.
You're the only one that can pilot the ship.
I'm expendable and you're not.
[ Hisses .]
You all right? [ John .]
I feel as if I were hit by a truck.
- Can you see the scanner? - Yes.
It's damaged, all right.
- Can you fix it? - I sure can try.
Mom.
Don, what can we do? How can we get a line to him? By rocket gun if he doesn't drift too far away.
Keep talking to him.
John, we're going to get a line to you b-by rocket gun.
[ Sobbing .]
Dad! Will, where's the ratchet wrench? I don't know.
Oh, uh, strange.
I must have picked it up by reflex.
But I'm only trying to make myself useful.
Tell John I'm coming out to shoot him this spare line.
Don's going to suit up now.
He's going to shoot you the spare line with a rocket gun.
[ John .]
No, not Don.
He's gotta stay with the ship.
There is something useful you can do, Doctor.
Suit up.
I i-in the air lock? My dear man in the first place, I am not an official member of this expedition.
And in the second, I'm simply not conditioned for it.
The heart.
At my age, it could go at once.
- For this ancient body-- - Don, we're losing him! Don, let me do it.
I know I can.
- That's all right, Judy.
- Mother, I can do it.
[ Dr.
Smith .]
Go ahead, my dear.
She's ready.
- [ Machines Whirring .]
[ Man Narrating .]
This is the beginning.
This is the day.
You are watching the unfolding of one of history's great adventures-- man's colonization of space beyond the stars.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and holding.
Delay caused by difficulty with liquid oxygen loading valve.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and holding.
- TV satellite control, take over.
- [ Electronic Beep .]
Ladies and gentlemen today, the first of what may be as many as 10 million families per year is setting out on its epic voyage into man's newest frontier for colonization-- deep space.
[ Narrator .]
Reaching out into other worlds from our desperately overcrowded planet a series of deep-thrust telescopic probes have conclusively established a planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri as the only one within range of our technology able to furnish ideal conditions for human existence.
Even now, the family chosen for this incredible journey into space is preparing to take their final pre-liftoff physical tests.
The Robinson family was selected from more than two million volunteers for its unique balance of scientific achievement emotional stability and pioneer resourcefulness.
They will spend the five and a half years of their voyage frozen into a state of suspended animation, which will terminate automatically as the spacecraft enters the atmosphere of the new planet.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
We are at zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
We have also encountered an electrical power failure in our computer at the Lunar Tracking Station.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
[ Speaking Italian .]
[ All Speaking Foreign Languages .]
[ Narrator .]
Here now is the Jupiter 2 the culmination of nearly 40 years of intensive research and the most sophisticated piece of hardware yet devised by the mind of man.
Bold in concept, brilliant in execution this most delicate yet most colossal of instruments makes possible man's thrust into deep space and will soon set out on its quest for a new world.
This super spaceship stands two stories high.
The upper level contains a fantastic, sophisticated guidance control system.
An electronic elevator connects both floors of the intergalactic vehicle.
The upper and lower levels are operationally self-contained.
Here, on the lower deck, pulsating with unbelievable force are the great atomic motors that will power the ship to new worlds.
Spectacular but functional living quarters including staterooms and galley, complete this level.
There is one additional member of this expedition-- an environmental-control robot, key among whose many vital functions will be the final analysis of the physical environment of the new planet.
This historic flight, preceded by nearly a decade of intensive research and preparation has been shrouded by the most rigorous security precautions.
Other nations, in even more desperate need for breathing room on our critically crowded planet are racing the United States in this project-- countries that would go to any lengths of sabotage.
countries that would go to any lengths of sabotage.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus one hour and 15 minutes and still holding.
[ Electronic Trill .]
[ Whirring .]
[ Trill Stops .]
[ Male Voice .]
At exactly launch plus eight hours inertial guidance system-- destroy.
Radio transmitter-- destroy.
Cabin pressure control system-- destroy.
[ Groans .]
Turn that thing off, soldier.
Sorry, Colonel.
There is no personnel allowed in here after zero minus six hours.
- Do you know who I am, soldier? - I wouldn't care if you were president of the U.
S.
A.
- I'd still have to put you under arrest.
- Of course.
That's your duty.
But just for the record, I came in here to check the helium-nitrogen ratio.
I had a sudden feeling I turned a valve the wrong way.
You know how it is when you get those feelings that won't let you sleep.
I had to make sure.
Sorry, but I still have to turn you over to the officer of the day.
Naturally.
Don't apologize.
You've got your job, and I've got mine.
Eh, soldier? [ High-pitched Whine .]
Calling Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Reporting mission accomplished.
I have reprogrammed the robot.
His power has been activated.
Exactly eight hours after launch the robot will destroy the spaceship with all hands aboard.
Repeat.
Eight hours after launch the robot will destroy the spaceship.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
All technical difficulties have been resolved, and we are resuming countdown.
The count now stands at zero minus one hour and 14 minutes.
All systems are now green and go.
[ Narrator .]
In these last minutes before liftoff, we're hoping to bring you [ Narrator .]
In these last minutes before liftoff, we're hoping to bring you a few words from the members of the brave family making this historic journey.
But I'm informed by Alpha Control that Dr.
John Robinson his wife, Maureen, and their three children--Judy, Penny and Will-- are still undergoing their pre-liftoff final physical checks.
Am I okay, Doctor? Did I pass? - You'll do.
- Did you hear that, Mom? I'm okay.
Yes, Will.
We heard.
- We weren't worried, were we? - Nah.
No need for any of you to worry about your physical condition.
You're all in top shape and ready to go.
I envy you your adventure.
- Thank you, Doctor.
- [ Man Over P.
A.
.]
This is Alpha Control.
The Robinson family will prepare to board the space vehicle at once.
It is now zero minus - Ready? - Are we? I should say something light and clever, shouldn't I? I just can't.
This is Alpha Control.
The Robinson family will now board the spacecraft.
We're ready.
- Hi, Don.
- Will.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Naturally, you're all well acquainted with Major Donald West by this time.
Sure.
He's our pilot.
[ General .]
Only in a manner of speaking.
Just in case something would happen to go wrong with the automatic guidance system which isn't very likely.
If you wake up and find me driving, you'll know you're in trouble.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Minus three minutes and counting.
Technicians complete final checkouts.
Major.
Dr.
Robinson.
- Good-bye, General.
- Ma'am.
Bye-bye.
Just taking a last look.
Everything snug and secure, I trust? - And now-- - [ Ringing .]
- One moment, please.
- [ Announcer .]
Ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States.
Fellow Americans friends all over the world - upon the success of this mission - I'll get a picture.
will depend whether the explosive increase of population on this planet will ultimately lead to a disaster from which none will be exempt or to a new dawn of plenty for all of humanity.
None can predict the outcome of this audacious venture to the very stars.
To those who have staked their lives upon this bold expansion of man's horizons I humbly say-- Go in peace.
The prayers of mankind are with you.
Inspiring.
Truly inspiring.
Completing disconnect check of non-flight systems.
All circuits off.
Power pack is removed.
This is Alpha Control.
Zero minus two minutes and counting.
- You'd better hurry, Doc.
- Yes, yes.
Coming right along.
[ Man Over P.
A.
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Astronauts, in the following order will enter freezing tubes and prepare for launch.
Will Robinson, Penny Robinson, enter tubes.
Dr.
Maureen Robinson enter tube.
Miss Judy Robinson, enter tube.
[ No Audible Dialogue .]
Zero minus 80 seconds.
Range clearance to launch.
Major Donald West, enter tube.
- Zero minus 65 seconds.
- [ Whirring .]
Zero minus 55 seconds and counting.
Dr.
John Robinson, enter tube.
- Zero minus 45 seconds.
- [ Electronic Beeping .]
Activate freezing units.
[ Narrator .]
Electromagnetic miracles now come into play.
This cosmic glow, induced through the genius of advanced technology will put the Robinson family and Major West in limbo enabling them to make an endless flight while aging but a second in the time of man.
From this moment on, our space travelers will be in a state of suspended animation which will last for the next five and a half years.
[ Man Over P.
A.
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Verify all hatches secured.
[ Yelps .]
Let me out! [ Grunting .]
Zero minus 35 and counting.
Help! Get me out! Remove gas transfer and propellant vent umbilicals.
Zero minus 30.
Twenty-five.
Twenty.
Fifteen seconds.
Ten seconds.
Nine eight, seven six, five four, three two, one, zero.
[ Screams .]
[ Man Over P.
A.
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All systems here at Alpha Control are green and go.
The trajectory now profiles properly.
The spaceship is now passing through the point of maximum dynamic pressure.
If it holds its present attitude, it will reach perfect escape velocity.
Remote readings here at Alpha Control appear normal, with no indication of change.
Medical telemeters show all members of the Robinson family are safe and well still in their total blackout of suspended animation.
[ Whirring .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra.
Calling Aeolis 14 Umbra.
[ Staticky Clicking .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra, come in, please.
Do you read me? Mission accomplished.
Mission accomplished.
What do I do now? What clever instructions do you have for me now? How much more money are you going to pay me for this excursion? [ Loud Rumbling .]
Aeolis 14 Umbra, do you know where I am? Do you know? [ Yells .]
Do you know? [ Whirring .]
Incompleted circuit.
Incompleted circuit.
Damage may result.
Damage averted.
All systems operative.
Alpha Control.
Hello, Alpha Control.
This is Colonel Zachary Smith calling from Jupiter 2.
Can you return us to Earth? Repeat.
Can you return us to Earth? Alpha Control, this is Jupiter 2! [ Man .]
Alpha Control, this is Lunar Tracking Station 2 Omega.
[ Man #2 .]
Go ahead, Lunar Tracking.
[ Man #1 .]
We've got a problem with the Jupiter 2 flight profile.
It is now negative.
Repeat.
Negative.
Hello, Lunar Tracking.
Hello, Alpha Control.
Does anybody read me? [ Man #2 .]
Roger.
We've been working on it.
Our computers tell us there's close to 200 pounds excess weight aboard.
It has altered the flight pattern.
Abort the mission.
Can you hear me? Abort the mission! [ Man #1 .]
Alpha Control, initiate an immediate course change.
Jupiter 2 is headed directly for a massive meteor swarm.
[ Man #2 .]
Negative.
Vector controls aren't effective.
West! West! Can you hear me? - [ Rapid Electronic Beeping .]
- [ Loud Thud .]
[ Beeping Continues .]
[ Beeping Continues .]
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Heat telemeters here at Alpha Control show an outbreak of fire in back of all magna-panels in the spaceship.
Unless fire extinguishing apparatus functions properly and control regeneration occurs immediately all hope is now gone.
[ Loud Thuds .]
[ Thuds Continue .]
[ Thuds Continue .]
[ Slapping .]
Major West.
Major West! Can you hear me? Major West.
I am Major West.
- Who are you? - [ Loud Thud .]
Major West, you've got to take over the controls.
Fast! - I know you.
- Look.
Meteors.
[ Dr.
Smith .]
Get us out of this flight path! Quick! [ Thuds Continue .]
- [ Thuds End .]
- Good.
Good.
Stay with it now.
What the devil are you doing aboard? I was trapped just before liftoff.
Your helium-nitrogen ratio-- I neglected to adjust the balance control valve.
The hatch closed before I could-- - It was horrible.
- With your extra weight load no wonder the automatic navigator didn't pull us out of it in time.
[ Panting .]
We're out of it.
[ Panting .]
But we'll never know how far off course.
Can you put us about? Get us back home? Can you? - What have you done to the transmitter? - I don't know.
I-I must have lost my head.
I was trying to reach Alpha Control.
Turn us back toward Earth.
Every second you waste sends us thousands of miles in the wrong direction.
- What are you doing? - Waking up the Robinsons.
- No.
Don't wake them.
- Why not? It's their lives too.
Since I'm the only one who can pilot this ship I'll make the decisions.
Have it your way then.
Make it a family outing.
Why not? [ Electronic Trill .]
[ Electrical Arcing .]
Dad! [ Dr.
Smith .]
She'll be all right now.
- Oh, Mom.
- Oh, it's all right, dear.
I'm fine.
Come on, Will.
You really had us worried.
Dr.
Smith, you shouldn't be here at all.
Precisely the point I'm trying to make without much success, I might add.
Where's Alpha Centauri? It's out there somewhere.
[ Penny .]
Gee, it looks like we're standing still.
We're off course.
We don't know how far yet.
Don's trying to determine whether we should return to Earth or not.
There's no question about what we must do.
You saw your wife's metabolic reaction to the suspended animation state.
I warn you, Robinson.
She might not survive another such trauma.
Don't worry, darling.
No matter what we decide, I won't let you back in that tube.
[ Don .]
The meteors clobbered us.
Our whole control system's badly damaged.
You're supposed to be a space pilot and qualified.
Improvise something.
Turn us around and get us back to Earth.
If I were you, Colonel, I'd keep my mouth shut.
Don! - You're responsible for this mess we're in.
- Really, Major? Have you bothered to wonder who revived you? You tumbled out of there like a block of ice, dead as a coffin nail.
Who do you think brought you back to life? Thanks.
Our payload was calculated to a fraction of an ounce.
Without his extra weight, we would have ducked the meteor storm automatically.
Maybe and maybe not.
But without me, not one of you would be alive now.
All right, Colonel Smith.
We're properly grateful.
Right now we have to make a decision.
I'm not sure we should turn back, even if we can.
Look here.
You people volunteered for this expedition.
I did not.
I have no business being here.
I demand to be taken back to Earth! Don, do you have any idea of our present position? Not precisely.
Maybe we can calculate it.
Luckily the atomic clock is still working.
It's nearly eight hours since takeoff.
Now, these vector tapes-- they could be of help.
[ Groans .]
I was afraid of that.
- What is it? - The tapes are damaged.
Is there any way we can repair the inertial navigation system? I can try, but it means shutting off the artificial gravity for a while.
All right.
Do it.
Will, Penny.
Now, listen.
We're not gonna have any gravity for a while - so we're all gonna have to hang on.
- Oh, boy! Oh, boy.
[ Whirring .]
[ Groans .]
- Ready? - Yes.
Now, hold on.
- Oh! - [ Squealing .]
Look at your hair! [ Penny .]
Look at this.
[ Giggling .]
[ Penny .]
Hey.
That looks like fun.
Hey, Penny, watch me do a flip.
[ Judy .]
Turn around a bit.
[ Maureen .]
Oh.
Penny, look out.
You'll hit your head.
- Look out, now.
- [ John Laughing .]
Do a flip.
- Hey, Penny, can you do this? - Hey, it's fun! [ Judy .]
Just turn around.
- [ Judy .]
That looks like fun.
- [ John .]
Would you like to try it? Having fun up there? [ Maureen .]
Look out.
You're gonna bump into each other.
[ Maureen Chuckles .]
Oh! Oh! [ Laughing .]
[ Penny .]
Oh, look at me, Will.
[ Giggling .]
- [ Maureen .]
Come on.
- [ Penny .]
I don't want to come down yet.
Wait a minute.
Let me do it a little more.
Well! [ Grunting .]
Hey, this is fun! Here I go again, Penny! [ Groans .]
[ Robot Whirring .]
[ Robot .]
At exactly eight hours destroy.
[ Whirring .]
[ Whirring Stops .]
Hey, what are you doing there? You're not supposed to do that.
Now, who's the doctor, you or me? But they told us in one of the briefings-- Would you like me to teach you to program him to play chess? You play chess, don't you? Ever play on a three-dimensional board? Did you know that I was the grand master of the Oxford University Chess Society for three years running? Oh, that.
You have to disconnect it when you want to teach him something or he's apt to go right off and do it, chessboard or no chessboard.
My dad said you were left aboard when you came down to adjust the helium-nitrogen intake.
- That's right.
- But the helium-nitrogen intake valve's on the upper level.
Oh? Well, who said anything about the intake valve? It's the emergency supply I was concerned about.
Oh.
Then I'd better go back and tell them they were wrong about you.
Wrong? Why? What did they say? Well, Major West said that when he went to cadet school an excuse like yours wouldn't have got him out of Sunday chapel.
He said that, did he? Well, that's the military mind for you.
Kill or be killed.
That's all they understand.
Oh, but he's not like that.
Wait a minute.
- Say that again.
- I said, "He's not like that.
" That's what I was afraid of.
Open your mouth a minute.
- How long have you had that? - Had what? - That touch of virus on your tongue.
- I don't know.
Well, you can feel it, can't you? I guess so.
I must have been blind not to spot it before liftoff.
I thought freezing kills any virus.
You thought.
It's a good thing I'm the doctor and not you.
Do you know what that virus would have done while the rest of your body was in a state of metabolic de-animation? Just taken it over, bit by bit.
After five years there'd be nothing left but the metal in your space suit.
All the rest of you would be one big, raging mass of virus.
I'd better go and tell your mom and dad.
We've got to return to Earth immediately.
But-- You stay right there in quarantine.
[ Whirring .]
I'm an officer in the United States Space Corps, not a school bus driver.
I'd like conditions to be perfect.
But just because they're not isn't reason enough for me to abort a $30-billion mission.
Major, that $30 billion is just as much my money as it is yours.
And I don't like to waste it either.
But I'd gladly waste a hundred times that much to safeguard my family.
Now, I say we turn back.
- Don't you have an opinion? - No, I don't.
Not until we've checked every component inside out and know exactly how we stand.
- And then? - And then I'll let the computer make the final decision.
And will the computer also take into consideration a man's love and concern for his family? Or has all that been put into cold storage for the duration? Maureen, we knew perfectly well what we were getting into.
Dr.
Smith, is it possible that certain parts of the body don't reanimate as quickly as others? The heart, for instance.
Mrs.
Robinson, I'm afraid the decision no longer rests in your hands or the computer's.
What do you mean? - Your son.
- What about him? There's no cause for alarm.
Not yet, at any rate.
Stop it! Stop it! I order you to stop! Negative.
[ High-pitched Whine .]
Destroy.
Destroy.
No, no.
Abort.
Can you hear me? Abort! Abort! Abort! Destroy.
[ Screams .]
[ Electrical Arcing .]
We're going into a hyperdrive.
We're out of control! [ High-pitched Screeching .]
[ John .]
He's going for the pressure control! [ Don .]
Try again from the other side.
The power pack! Pull out the power pack! [ Maureen .]
John, look out! [ Screams .]
Penny, hang on! [ Don .]
He's breaking through! [ Dr.
Smith .]
Pull out the power pack! It's incredible.
Not one constellation you can recognize.
Where are we? [ Sighs .]
Will.
Where's Will? Will.
- Am I still in quarantine? - Quarantine? It's nothing.
Nothing that matters now.
Nothing.
[ Man Over P.
A.
.]
Hello, Alpha Control.
This is Lunar Tracking Station Copernicus.
Jupiter 2 moving at incredible speed-- far off course beyond range of our tracking instruments.
White House, this is Alpha Control.
Message for president on scrambler.
Mr.
President, status control on Jupiter 2.
As of this moment, the spacecraft has passed the limits of our galaxy.
It's presumed to be hopelessly lost in space.
I'm sure it's the N.
G.
S.
scanner.
If you can fix it, we might be able to tell where we are.
- I'll do my best.
- Look, for the last time spacewalking's part of my business.
- Let me do it.
- Now, we've been through that.
You're the only one that can pilot the ship.
I'm expendable and you're not.
[ Hisses .]
You all right? [ John .]
I feel as if I were hit by a truck.
- Can you see the scanner? - Yes.
It's damaged, all right.
- Can you fix it? - I sure can try.
Mom.
Don, what can we do? How can we get a line to him? By rocket gun if he doesn't drift too far away.
Keep talking to him.
John, we're going to get a line to you b-by rocket gun.
[ Sobbing .]
Dad! Will, where's the ratchet wrench? I don't know.
Oh, uh, strange.
I must have picked it up by reflex.
But I'm only trying to make myself useful.
Tell John I'm coming out to shoot him this spare line.
Don's going to suit up now.
He's going to shoot you the spare line with a rocket gun.
[ John .]
No, not Don.
He's gotta stay with the ship.
There is something useful you can do, Doctor.
Suit up.
I i-in the air lock? My dear man in the first place, I am not an official member of this expedition.
And in the second, I'm simply not conditioned for it.
The heart.
At my age, it could go at once.
- For this ancient body-- - Don, we're losing him! Don, let me do it.
I know I can.
- That's all right, Judy.
- Mother, I can do it.
[ Dr.
Smith .]
Go ahead, my dear.
She's ready.