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The sadness and dissociation is accentuated greatly—especially with the comparisons of being lost in space, along with being billions of miles away. That headspace is a hard one to be in, for sure. You describe it very well and so eloquently. The show has moments of gravity and pathos, but it mixes these things in with humour and joy. When I was younger, I loved watching shows like BSG: I loved the grittiness and hyper-realism. Lost in Space pays less attention to the details and mechanics of both the setting and the storytelling, and yet it still comes off as 'true-to-life.' Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first season of Netflix's Lost in Space. Netflix's new take on Lost in Space is ostensibly exactly what the old one was about: The Robinsons, a.

'Lost in Space' Season 2 Trailer Includes Missing Robot, Space Fish, & a Premiere Date By Allie Gemmill Oct 06, 2019 Come for the robot mystery, stay for the ethereal space carp. Netflix released.

Series 1A-1998 Class YM-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robotic Bion,^[1] also known as simply 1A1998YM3B-9 G.U.N.T.E.R. , Class M-3 Robot or Class YM Robot, is a fictional character in the television series Lost in Space. His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show.^[2][3]

History[edit]

Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics, such as laughter, sadness, and mockery, as well as singing and playing the guitar. With his major role often being to protect the youngest member of the crew, the Robot's catchphrases were 'It does not compute' and 'Danger, Will Robinson!',^[4] accompanied by flailing his arms.

The Robot was performed by Bob May^[5] in a prop costume built by Bob Stewart.^[3] The voice was primarily dubbed by Dick Tufeld,^[6] who was also the series' narrator, and Jorge Arvizu for the Spanish dubbing. The Robot was designed by Robert Kinoshita, who also designed Forbidden Planet's Robby the Robot.^[7] Both robots appear together in Lost in Space episode #20, 'War of the Robots,' and in episode #60, 'Condemned of Space.' The Robot did not appear in the unaired pilot episode, but was added to the series once it had been greenlit.

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Initially, the bellows-covered legs were articulated, and were moved separately by the actor inside. However, the metal edges inside the suit cut actor Bob May's legs, so changes were made. The legs were bolted together, and the robot was pulled along by a wire instead of walking as it had done before. A new lower section was constructed with the legs cut off at the knee. This was filmed either in close-up or behind something to obscure the actor's feet protruding out the bottom; this version of the suit was informally referred to by the cast and crew as 'the Bermuda shorts.'^[8][9]

Features and abilities[edit]

Robot consisted, from top down, of

1. A glass bubble sensor unit with moving antennae;
2. A fluted, translucent ring collar (actually an arrangement of shaped ribs, through which performer Bob May could see);
3. A cylindrical, rotating trunk section with extending bellows arms that terminated in red mechanical claws. The trunk section had controls, indicators, a small sliding translucent door through which data tapes, similar to punched tape, could be accessed ('The Hungry Sea'), a removable power pack and a signature chest light that illuminated in synchrony with the Robot's speech (May had a key inside the suit that he would tap in time with his speech to illuminate the light, resulting in some scenes where one of the claws can be seen moving in time with the light);
4. Bellows legs that were understood to move with some agility but which, due to real-world practical limitations, were rarely seen on camera to move separately; and
5. Trapezoidal continuous track units at the bottom of each leg. These normally paired as a single locomotive device, but they also could function as individual feet. The leg and tractor sections apparently could be readily detached, allowing the Robot to be positioned in the rear of the Chariot ATV, although the actual disconnect operation was depicted only once.

According to the series

1. The Robot possessed powerful computers that allowed him to make complex calculations and to deduce many facts;
2. He had a variety of sensors that detected numerous phenomena and dangers;
3. He was programmed with extensive knowledge on many subjects, including how to operate the Jupiter 2 spaceship;
4. His construction allowed him to function in extreme environments and in the vacuum of space;
5. He was extremely strong, giving him utility both in performing difficult labor and in fighting when necessary. Moreover, his claws could fire laser beams and, most frequently, a powerful 'electro-force' that was similar to arcing electricity.

In one first season episode, Dr. Smith was seen to remove the robot's programming tapes, which resemble a small reel of magnetic tape, from a hatch below the robot's chest panel.

After Lost in Space[edit]

Two versions of the robot were used during Lost in Space filming – a 'hero robot' costume worn by Bob May, and a static, 'stunt robot' prop that was used for distant or hazardous shots. Both versions fell into disrepair after the series, but these have since been discovered and restored. The 'hero' is privately owned by TV and film producer Kevin Burns, who commissioned a replica in the early 1990s for touring and conventions. The 'stunt robot' is in storage at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington.

Like Robby the Robot, the B-9 Robot prop costume was re-used on at least one other show. On the Saturday morning children's show Mystery Island, it was modified to make the primary character 'P.O.P.S.' There it had different domes, different color scheme, and an added rectangular skirt of gold-colored tubes, covering the rubber bellows legs and base.

Full-size replicas of the robot are available commercially. Other versions have been built by hobbyists around the world,^[10][11] who have built at least 15 detailed full-size replicas of the Robot.

In the 1998 film, the Robot is originally a sleeker design equipped with weapons, but its original form is destroyed during a fight on an alien ship. Will is able to download most of its consciousness before the robot's original body is destroyed, filling in the gaps with extracts of his own neural patterns, and eventually manages to build a new body for it that bears a resemblance to its appearance in the original series.

In the 2018 Netflix series, the Robot is an alien AI within a skeletal-looking body which bears only a few resemblances with earlier versions, such as his famous line and loyalty to Will, with its combat form resembling the tank from the 1998 movie. The Robot was the cause of the colony ship Resolute's destruction in the beginning of the series when it came to reclaim the engine and another of its kind dubbed Scarecrow, which were powering the Resolute. Its attack trapped the Robinsons and other colonists on a doomed planet, but after befriending Will Robinson and growing the equivalent to a soul, it soon sacrificed itself to protect the Robinson's from SAR, the second Robot the Robinsons encounter.

The Resolute and the Robot soon teleported to the Robot's home system, where it and Will are eventually reunited after SAR's destruction. After integrating a new alien engine into the Resolute, the Robot turned on Will after saving the dying Scarecrow from being tortured, but after failing to try and hijack the ship to return to its home planet to repair Scarecrow, it helps the kids hijack a Jupiter so they can return to the planet after Hastings, a high ranking member of the crew, tried to kill them. The Robot stays behind to fight off Hastings and the guards so that Will and Ben Adler, a human they befriended, can return Scarecrow to their kind. With Ben's sacrifice, Scarecrow is reunited with his kind.

Later, the race Robot and Scarecrow belong to attack the Resolute for revenge and to get their technology. While the Robots ultimately succeed in destroying the Resolute, Scarecrow turns on its fellows to protect the colonist children while they, the Robinson kids, and the Robot escape in a Jupiter integrated with the engine, leaving the parents and adults to fend for themselves in the Robots home system as only 97 people can survive in a single Jupiter.

References[edit]

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1. ^'90 Autographed Original Lost In Space Scripts'. The Irwin Allen News Network.
2. ^Hamilton, John (September 1, 2006). Science Fiction in the Media. Edina, Minnesota: ABDO Publishing. p. 13. ISBN9781596799943. OCLC69021016. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
3. ^ ^abMumy, Bill; Dutkiewicz, Michal; Zahler, Thomas F.; Allen, Irwin (2005). Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul. Olathe, Kansas: Bubblehead Publishing. ISBN9780976543602. OCLC153921250. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
4. ^David Romano (March 2016). '5. It Does Not Compute'. Make: FPGAs. Maker Media. ISBN9781457187841. Some of us remember hearing the phrase 'That does not compute' used by the robot from the hit 1960s television series Lost in Space. When it comes to contemplating what a computer really is, I think many of us can honestly say 'It does not compute' or even 'Danger, Will Robinson!'
5. ^staff (June 21, 2007). 'June Lockhart To Star At Museum Robofest'. Palm Beach Daily News. Palm Beach, Florida. Retrieved August 17, 2012.(subscription required)
6. ^Mansour, David (June 1, 2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 403. ISBN9780740751189. OCLC57316726.
7. ^Raucci, Richard (1999). Personal Robotics: Real Robots to Construct, Program, and Explore the World. Natick, Massachusetts: A K Peters, Ltd.ISBN9781568810898. OCLC491860916. Retrieved August 17, 2012. ... Forbidden Planet (1956), designed by Robert Kinoshita, who would later create the familiar Robot (B-9) for the Lost in Space television series (1965).
8. ^Newman, Richard (2010). 'HighTechScience.org Lost in Space Robot'. Richard Newman. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
9. ^ICONS (1998). 'B-9 Robot Bob May Interview. An Interview with Robot Actor Bob May'. B9 Robot Builders Club. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
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11. ^Geranios, Nicholas K. (May 23, 2002). 'Robot Hut takes visitors for a trip back in time'. The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington: Frank A. Blethen. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

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By Richard A. Coyle

The cult favorite 'Lost in Space' got off to a good start in the first year it ran. This was known as the 'black and white' year where the shows were more darker and serious, even 'noirish.' Personally, I was dismayed when the show took a turn toward more colorful (pun intended) story lines the next year by adding (what else?) color and silly plots. My preference is toward a more serious style of science fiction, so the irreverent joke stories pulled down the show in my eyes. Of course, other fans may differ with me on this.

I endured the general public's view ofsci-fi as being 'that silly stuff with carrot people'for what seemed like forever. One benefit of the show was that somany people were exposed to science fiction who may not haveotherwise ventured into a cinema or read a book. Then, possiblydue to the laughs, they found it more enjoyable than expected. Ithelped the show to succeed while seeming to parody itself attimes. And helped opened the door for other Science Fictionshows.

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But, enough lamenting, let's take alook at the raygun used in the show. The pistol used in the firstyear of 'Lost in Space' was a mixture of the plausible- and the not very.

For a start it was your basic black -which worked because a darkish weapon looks like it meansbusiness. Next, it had a realistic gun 'look' which, tome, was a seven inch barrel, a trigger guard, hand grips and anice ribbed main body.

But, on the down side, there was ablunderbuss tip, an apple coring ring in gold or bronze justbehind the tip and worst of all, silly sights in the form of agold square window thing with a target post foresight just tworibs away - merely an inch apart; you could not possibly sightwith these. Then, to put a cherry on top, if you looked closelyat the front of the barrel you will find a redundant blade sightjust behind the apple coring ring. Three sights?

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The next fact may have foreshadowed the direction to come in the following year. To make this raygun, the propmakers used a Remco toy gun. They made only a few alterations to produce an intelligent weapon for the crew of the Jupiter Two to carry.

This toy was a confused hand gun. Itwas boxie and rectangular like an automatic weapon but had noammo clip, distinguishable slide marked out in the body or evenan ejector port to throw the spent shells (if there were any).

The barrel had a fore stock, givingthis viewer from the States a nostalgic twinge for the old Coltcap and ball pistols of the civil war, or a Walker 45. Toincrease the likeness to a revolver, it even had a small rodunder the barrel on the front of the fore stock like the cylinderpin used in revolvers. It was a hodgepodge of details - butperfect for a futuristic raygun.

Starting with the tip, the blunderbuss tip is stock as it came with the original toy. The propmakers added the apple coring ring to the front. Moving back, we come to an instrument lamp lens and holder. This was added to the top of the gun about 1/8 of an inch behind the part where the barrel joins the main body.

Slightly back on the original toy gunbody were a few nondescript lines. These lines were locatedwhere, on an automatic pistol, a slide action might separate fromthe main frame. And these lines were not a complete demarcation;they did not draw out this parting line, suggested it only. Thesemock slide lines seem to be perfect indicators for a place tomake your cut if you want to add some realistic detailing, makeit look more 'rayguny'. From studying the photos andstills of the show, I believe this is exactly what they did; forthis area is where they added the ribbed rectangle part.

There you have it. Take a toy gun, add a few goodies and you have yourself a raygun powerful enough to bring down a Cyclops.

One of the best 'Gun' showswould be 'One of our dogs is missing.' This is the onewere Doctor Smith disassembles all the guns as he cleans them.The 'stunt' props field strip rather nicely, but DoctorSmith can tear down but as useable can not build up again. Willhas to return and reassemble the guns.

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The Toy that became a TV star on Lostin Space.

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