Penny strikes up a friendship with a deep voice in a deep cave.Penny strikes up a friendship with a deep voice in a deep cave.Penny strikes up a friendship with a deep voice in a deep cave.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
William Bramley
- Mr. Nobody
- (uncredited)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis contains the first occurrence of what will become Dr. Smith's most oft-spoken iconic line - "Oh, the pain, the pain."
- GoofsAs Doctor Smith walks across a sandy area, you can clearly see that the sections that make up the background don't match and you can see the seams in it.
- Quotes
Prof. John Robinson: What're you doing? Making yourself a necklace?
Will Robinson: No. Maybe something for Penny. Girls get so gloopy sometimes. Can you imagine bawling because you imagine your imaginary friend is mad or scared or something? Only trouble is, some of these rocks are hard as diamonds.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Imaginary Friend (1992)
Featured review
A kinder, gentler Penny-focussed episode
Penny (Angela Cartwright), feeling lonely and excluded, befriends an incorporeal voice in a cave. This is one of the few episodes to focus on Penny and Cartwright is pretty good although with the frequent references to "playing", her character seems a bit child-like (especially compared to her younger brother Will, who gets to be a 'wise beyond his years' problem-solving child-prodigy). The episode also continues the dated depiction of women - as the men (Don, John, Will, and even Smith) are involved in important mining experiments, Maureen is focused on helping Judy choose a new hair style (even in kid-targeted space operas form a decade earlier, women were functional parts of the 'rocket crews' (Vena Ray in Rocky Jones Space Ranger for example)). The mining subplot is simply an excuse for setting off explosives that trap Penny in the cave (needless to say due to the meddling of Dr. Smith). Although a bit simplistic and predictable, the story is a refreshingly different from the 'malevolent-monster-of-the-week' shtick for which the show is often remembered.
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- jamesrupert2014
- May 8, 2022
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- Runtime50 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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