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The Planets of Lost in
Space
Analysis by Charles Mento |
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UNIDENTIFIED PLANET IN SECTOR
6:30
Season Two Planet
- Location: Sector 6:30 - not
far from THE GHOST PLANET
- Also nearby is an
interplanetary Eden where Verda takes IDAK-Alpha 12 to hide from the
new CDS store aliens (possibly from Andromeda) where if they look for
1000 years they will not find them (REVOLT OF THE ANDROIDS)
- Zumdish and his Security
Guard officer call the planet level 4823, three millionth galaxy (but
this may just be Andromedan code in THE ANDROID MACHINE)
- The planet is not very far
from the planet in WEST OF MARS, nor is it far from Casseopia (WEST OF
MARS, MUTINY IN SPACE) or Saggitarius (also WEST OF MARS and also GIRL
FROM THE GREEN DIMENSION) but far is a relative meaning as these are
all constellations
- Smith also mentions that
Earth is in a "neighboring solar system" – is it? Or is he just
trying to make it sound as if it is so that Niolani wouldn't mind
taking him there? This planet is probably far on the other side of the
galaxy away from PRIPLANUS. In common with Priplanus, this un-named
planet (SECTOR 6:30) has two big moons (WEST OF MARS) but we only see
one in THIEF FROM OUTER SPACE as the Thief's asteroid orbits it but
that doesn't mean it isn't up there
- At times, there are meteor
storms or showers (also from THIEF)
- This new planet had tree like
growths that sport foliage in purples, oranges, yellows. Blue rocks
and violet grasses, lavender bushes, reddish landscapes and far
background mountains of blue. The sky also looked wonderful, quite
blue and with white clouds constantly about. The desert set was almost
completely gone
- There are also spiked plants,
red plants, and trees. Blue trees and bushes appear as does an octopus
like tree (THE ANDROID MACHINE)
- There was a plant so small or
in such a light frequency, it couldn't be seen by the human eye
unaided (but Verda enlarged it or made it visible)
- Certain or all of the flowers
here do not exist on Verda's home planet (in the Andromeda Galaxy
maybe?). There are flowers that do not need anything but air alone
(THE ANDROID MACHINE)
- Robot states that the plants
on this planet do not follow Earth plant's process of transpiration
and do not need water (PRISONERS OF SPACE) and points out one that
acts more like a cactus, not needing moisture at all
- There are some plants, at
least, that need water and some that die from not getting water (THE
DREAM MONSTER). There are high plateaus (THE DEADLY GAMES OF GAMMA
SIX)
- Cosmic storms are not
unlikely (THE GIRL FROM THE GREEN DIMENSION, THE SPACE VIKINGS, THE
PHANTOM FAMILY, and possibly the lightning storm in THE ASTRAL
TRAVELER).
- A dangerous fissure
occasionally opens up (THE TOYMAKER) which could endanger the planet's
core.
- Earth like birds include
Sapsucker, whinedottie, and goldfinch birds (many named by Dr. Smith
after himself) do survive on this planet. In addition, another Earth
like bird is the ruby crested Crackle (A VISIT TO HADES)
- There are some larger Earth
type trees and bushes with leaves more like Earth (THE THIEF OF OUTER
SPACE, THE CURSE OF COUSIN SMITH)
- There is a large body of
fresh water nearby the Jupiter II campsite (FORBIDDEN WORLD)
- There is a large wooden tree
in A VISIT TO HADES which has a crotch that ensnares Smith at the end
- Big leafy plants appear in
THE DREAM MONSTER
- Brown, green, blue, purple,
reddish clay can be seen on the rocks near a cave that a snow white
monster lives near (as well as sand). The monster does not seem very
dangerous despite its nasty look and size. It stores rubies in its
lair (like a squirrel) and eats them. Will acknowledges it when Smith
mentions that there is no winter here (REVOLT OF THE ANDROIDS)
- Smith also mentions to Penny
that on this unhappy planet it is not May - there are no variations
that extreme except of course at rare times - like the heat wave in
THE DREAM MONSTER or the cold fronts that occasionally drop in
- Storm fronts with some
intermittent rain are not usual but not too rare either
- The drop in temperature in
THE GALAXY GIFT was caused by the Saticons but proved it can snow on
this planet
- This planet has lots of
canyons: Black Rock Canyon (WEST OF MARS), Green Rock Canyon area
which has flowers (THE DREAM MONSTER), and a Rock Canyon area (MUTINY
IN SPACE) which has lots of rocks that shielded Admiral Zahrk's space
cutter. There may also be a Red Rock Canyon (this may or may not have
been on this planet or Priplanus or it may be a similar canyon on
Priplanus that looked like an area just outside of Los Angeles on
Earth)
- The planet has lots of caves,
perhaps even more than Priplanus did. There are caves near a swamp
area
- The area is also full of
quicksand (TRIP THROUGH THE ROBOT)
- At rare times, there is a fog
which contains oxygen but also cosmic dust. There are also some fogged
in hollows (FORBIDDEN WORLD, CAVE OF THE WIZARDS with its fake alien
created Jupiter II spaceship copy)
- There is a giant spider that
rests on a rock shelf and it also has sticky glue-like substance that
captures prey (FORBIDDEN WORLD)
- It is not clear whether or
not the bird monster that was with Captain Tiabo was on the planet
when Tiabo landed or if it came with him to this planet. It is
somewhat intelligent but more like a man shaped bird-animal. It eats
little balls that Tiabo throws to it and seems to not fear laser
pistols and the Robot
- Smith mentions a radioactive
lava pit being on this planet in TREASURE OF THE LOST PLANET (he
plans to dump the alien Doodle Bug in it but the thing keeps returning
to him
- The planet has some strange
properties such the atmospheric conditions which reversed the Robot's
ionic flow and made him giant in the place called the Valley of
Shadows (TRIP THROUGH THE ROBOT) by the Robinsons. Smith claimed the
area also causes hallucinations, strange reactions and also may have
terrifying creatures about
- A storm has been known to
create a distortion in the planet's already unstable magnetic field
and create a space warp into another dimension, definitely through
space and there may be others that can transport through time as well
(THE ASTRAL TRAVELER)
- Far from the campsite, are
trees that move - they live on solar energy
- There is also a mountain made
of pure titanium and further from that area a lake that is colored
gold. None of this is a walk away from the campsite since Will, John,
and Don took the Chariot on this trip away form the Jupiter II (THE
GOLDEN MAN)
- There is also a cave with a
green bulbous headed creature with blinking light eyes (THE ANDROID
MACHINE). Smith talks of a creature in a cave that IDAK can spar with
in REVOLT OF THE ANDROIDS - it is unclear if he means the ruby eating
monster or not
There appear to have been MANY alien visitors to
this planet besides the
Robinsons:
- Capt. Tiabo came to the
planet to be alone - it is not clear if he brought the bird man with
him or if the bird man was an inhabitant of this planet
- Marvello, Nubu, Fenestra,
Bisho and the Cosmic Monster came in SPACE CIRCUS
- Verda's makers, the Celestial
Department Store (17 is where Zumdish is from), knows of the planet
(and its designation--level 4823, three millionth galaxy) and has had
at least two machines on it, as well as ordering machines on planets
nearby (THE ANDROID MACHINE, THE TOYMAKER). Zumdish claims it is
difficult to keep track of all of them, especially on this planet and
this planet is not visited much by the CDS
- The Galaxy Tribunal of
Justice knows about this planet (PRISONER OF SPACE)
- Myko, Geoo, Gromach, other
alien wrestlers, and the alien leader came secretly in THE DEADLY
GAMES OF GAMMA SIX
- THE THIEF FROM OUTER SPACE
and his slave came but oddly enough, the Princess the Thief was
searching for arrived in an alien vase during a meteor storm
- Jeremiah Smith came
- Space Enforcer Claudius and
Zeno arrived in WEST OF MARS
- Aliens from Lyre imprisoned
Morbus in an extra dimensional area between worlds - a primitve place
that was like the universe was before it was made. They may have used
some of the planet's unstable magnetic fields to make this unique
prison (A VISIT TO HADES)
- Alien shadow like men took
the Robot apart, visiting and setting up a base in a cave as did Mr.
Keema, THE GOLDEN MAN
- The Zeedam also came. This
indicated that both their civilizations knew of this planet as they
were using it to fight their one on one war
- Athena, Urso, Thor,
Byrnhilda, Mr. OM, and Zalto all came to the planet
- Zalto set up a headquarters
in a cave
- Mr. Kidno and his mutinous
dogs stranded Admiral Zahrk on the planet (MUTINY IN SPACE)
- Sir Sagramonte and the dragon
lady Gundlebar came via her own teleportation
- The Dranconians (or
Andronians or Draconians) seemed to have been on the planet a long
time and had an elaborate alien base as well as what appeared to be
some kind of crypt (CAVE OF THE WIZARDS). This may or may not have
been the planet the Andronians came from (it seems unlikely as their
civilization seemed to have more conveniences and society than any
relics or lost tombs the Robinsons found here.
- There is at least one other
alien tomb and a few pits which are traps or treasure troves placed
there by other aliens such as Beely Bones of Belageesee (TREASURE OF
THE LOST PLANET). In one of these tombs was an alien skull of some
animal – it looked like a bull or cow skull
- Sesmar claims to have arrived
about a year before the Robinsons (he is probably lying as he mentions
he will set up his laboratory on this planet at the opening of THE
DREAM MONSTER)
- Verda returns along with IDAK
Alpha 12 (modeled perhaps on the Tauron father) and Omega 17 as well
as large and dangerous Celestial Department Store machine (all
possibly from Andromeda)
- Niolani and her slave men
arrived and almost hosted other COLONISTS
- Lemnoc and his facsimiles of
Judy, Don, Penny, and Smith arrived
- Tiny mechanical men from
Industro arrived ... and looked just like the Robot
- Hammish came from Earth...and
the space warp turned him from a ghost to a human!
- Finally, the Saticons arrived
and a fly-man from their dead world came back to the planet (how is
anyone's guess). While the Saticons were evil minded, the fly-man
just seemed curious. The Saticons may or may not have been the same
species or race of aliens who took apart the Robot in WRECK OF THE
ROBOT.
The planet is apparently destroyed
when the path of a comet and the orbit of the planet cause them to
collide with each other (the viewmaster of CONDEMNED OF SPACE verifies
this to be true).
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