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| - While the others are preparing the Jupiter 2 for a long-awaited lift-off, Will, Dr. Smith and the Robot are collecting ore samples. Dr. Smith is injured by an explosion, and, suffering from amnesia, refuses to return to the Jupiter 2. A strange beeping noise leads Dr. Smith into a cave, and Will and the Robot follow him. They find an ancient computer and other artefacts from a forgotten civilization, but aware that the Jupiter 2 will shortly lift off, the Robot strikes Dr. Smith, restoring his memory, and the three set off for the ship.
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| - While the others are preparing the Jupiter 2 for a long-awaited lift-off, Will, Dr. Smith and the Robot are collecting ore samples. Dr. Smith is injured by an explosion, and, suffering from amnesia, refuses to return to the Jupiter 2. A strange beeping noise leads Dr. Smith into a cave, and Will and the Robot follow him. They find an ancient computer and other artefacts from a forgotten civilization, but aware that the Jupiter 2 will shortly lift off, the Robot strikes Dr. Smith, restoring his memory, and the three set off for the ship. When they arrive, they find the Jupiter 2 has become an aging hulk with no sign of the Robinsons aboard. They begin to panic, but the Robot reassures them that the ship is merely an illusion created by the same force that lured Smith into the cave and leads them to the real Jupiter 2. Dr. Smith and the Robot later return to the cave where the various alien devices tell him that he can become their ruler and restore the Dranconian civilization to its former glory. When the Robot, transformed into gold and acting rather uncharacteristically feckless, returns to the Jupiter 2, Will rushes to cave to find Dr. Smith. Smith, however, has taken on more and more of the appearance and attitude of the Dranconians and refuses to depart with the crew the next morning. Will is distraught, but his father explains that if they miss their launch window there is no way of knowing when they might be able to leave the planet again. They nonetheless go to meet Smith but fail utterly in convincing him to return. Against his father’s order, Will makes one last visit to the cave and begins to cry at Smith’s refusal to accompany him back to the Jupiter 2. After he says good-bye to Dr. Smith and the Robot one last time and leaves, Smith finds that what remains of his humanity has been touched by the boy’s tears, and with the Robot’s assistance tries to reach the Jupiter 2 in time for take-off. They are too late, and hear the ship’s engines while still some distance away. Despondent at being left behind, Dr. Smith is stunned to find that the Robinsons returned for him after picking up his approach on radar… he is so happy that he ignores Don’s sarcastic comment that they only came back for the Robot—a valuable piece of equipment.
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