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Wish Upon a Star: Directed by Sutton Roley. With Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen. Will and Dr. Smith come upon an alien machine that grants wishes, which tests the values of the Robinson group.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Sutton Roley
- 1965-11-24
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Dr. Smith causes a serious accident through carelessness in handling a fuel cell, despite warnings to take care. After John finds that everyone is uninjured, he is unable to get a clear account of what happened from Don, Dr. Smith, or even Will. Don then brings up other cases of Smith's recent negligence and expresses a hearty wish they were rid of him. Smith reacts in a huff and announces that he will leave the camp. When the time comes, though, he is somewhat taken aback when no one says a word to stop him.
Will soon begins to worry about Dr. Smith on his own, but his father assures him there is nothing to fear. Meanwhile, Smith has set up a small camp, and as night draws on, becomes increasingly afraid at being alone. Will later appears to check on him, suggests a better location for his camp, and the two go off. They soon come across the apparently ancient and decayed ruins of an alien spacecraft, and discover a strange helmet within it. Almost accidentally, they discover that the helmet has the power to materialize their wishes.
Smith asks him what he'd like. He'd like a bike or a telescope, but then he decides he wants an apple. Apples come raining down upon Smith and Will.
It soon becomes apparent that Will had snuck out of camp without permission, and he is forced to tell everyone where Dr. Smith is when his father discovers a basket of apples in his son's cabin, products of the wishing helmet. Don and John pay a visit to Dr. Smith, who grandly promises to use the device to create a new Jupiter 2. They next day he attempts it, but when only a small model appears, they deduce that the machine has certain limitations.
•The first instance in the series of an epsiode that is essentially a morality tale, the story also is the first in which anything necessary to the plot can literally be conjured up without concern about the actual science involved. Prof. Robinson fulfills his first role as the ethical conscience of the series and Dr. Smith as the avaricous fool.
•The mummy creature will return in "The Keeper: Part II", and the memorable sound he makes is used for the cloning machine in "His Majesty Smith". Also, the odd hook-nosed creature making a brief appearance after Smith shoots a bush is changed and reused in "The Keeper: Part II".
•The mummy creature's sound is a man making a whimpering noise, slowed down about 80%.
•This is the first of many times Smith is exiled from the Robinson camp.
•The miniature Jupiter 2 procured by the wishing machine is the 18" model used for space scenes throughout the show. It is also interesting that Dr. Smith chooses to manifest another Jupiter 2 as the result suggests the reason why the developers of the wish machine couldn't use it to repair their own ship.
•In the opening scene where Don and Will are working on the chariot the IBM logo can be seen on the top one of the electronic assemblies in the rack.
•Dr Smith: "We have the gift horse. Let's not examine its mouth too closely."
•Dr Smith: "I have the thought machine, and I can have anything I want. All I have to do is think and POOF!, (heh heh), it's mine!"
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Summaries. Will and Dr. Smith come upon an alien machine that grants wishes, which tests the values of the Robinson group. Dr. Smith goes into voluntary exile after John confronts him when his laziness and carelessness threaten the group's survival. With Will's assistance, Smith makes a home in the wreck of an alien spaceship.
Watch Lost In Space Wish Upon A Star Online Wish Upon A Star (Lost in Space) When Dr. Smith and Will discover a magic wish-granting machine, the family becomes intoxicated with greed. But the party ends when a strange alien creature reclaims the magic machine.
Wish Upon a Star is an episode of Lost In Space. Synopsis. Banished from the Robinson Camp, Dr. Smith takes refuge in the wreck of an alien spaceship, where he finds a machine that can materialize anything one wishes. To get the Robinsons to allow him back into the Jupiter 2, he donates the machine to them. It then starts to play on their greed.
