The Golden Man
The Golden Man | |
Prod No: | 9515 |
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Season: | 2 |
Air Date: | 12/28/1966 |
Writers: | Barney Slater |
Director: | Don Richardson |
Principal Cast: | John Robinson (Guy Williams)
Maureen Robinson (June Lockhart) Penny Robinson (Angela Cartwright) Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) Robot B-9 (Bob May Dick Tufeld (voice)) |
Supporting Cast: | Ron Gans as Frog Alien |
Preceded By: | The Dream Monster |
Followed By: | The Girl From The Green Dimension |
The Golden Man is an episode of Lost In Space.
Synopsis
Penny is caught in the middle of a treacherous war between the leaders of. two alien civilizations. One is Keema, a handsome man dressed ih gold, and the other is a desperately ugly alien who is transformed by his feelings for Penny.
A lesson in prejudice. Two representatives from their respective planets, that are at war with each other, land on the Robinson's planet. One is a handsome golden man, the other a hideous frog creature. Dr. Smith wishes to help the Golden man destroy his foe, who claims to be the good guy, while Penny wants to help the other, who is unfriendly to strangers. It is later learned that the Golden man was wearing a disguise, and is even more hideous than his foe. He was trying to trick the Robinsons into helping him, but in the end, they saw the light.
Plot
Notes
The Frog Alien's race are called Zeedans
Dr. Smith. Tells Judy that when he was a youth, he spent many summers on his Uncle Thaddeus' farm.
The mines look like beach balls.
Maureen uses the electronic washing machine.
Maureen uses a machine that turns potatoes (where did they get them?) and turns them into potato chips.
The machine that brings the bomb is the same one used in "The Sky Is Falling"
Among the weapons Smith gave Keema, were neutron bombs.
The alien ship takes off. It looked just like Jimmy Hapgood's ship.
Will, Joh and Don appear only at the very end of the episode. They have been on an expedition.
Will tells Penny about what they saw: trees that moved. They lived on solar energy (don't all trees?) a mountain of pure titanium a lake that was collored gold