Warning, may contain spoilers!
VTBOS Season Three starts off with a bang, and a brainy bang at that! The mind-controlled zombies theme that runs through so much of Cold War culture is alive and well aboard the Seaview! A giant alien brain is jamming world communications and the Big Sub is sent to investigate. The combination of a visiting scientist and a unknown element (in this case the giant brain) is always trouble for the Seaview, and this occasion is no exception. The fact that the brain seems to be speaking in the same bossy voice as Lost in Space robot B-9 makes it all the more enjoyable. The only small quibbles that I have with the opening episode is that Kowalski doesn't really get clobbered and Admiral Nelson almost snaps a pencil betwixt thumb and fore finger, but holds back at the very last moment! This series was one of my favourites as a kid growing up in the Sixties, and just gets better with age. I agree that all ships should switch to lurid red lighting when in distress and should maintain the policy of storing fireworks in key instrument panels, whenever possible. The classics just never go out of style!
Kowalski, on guard duty.
VTBOS Season Three starts off with a bang, and a brainy bang at that! The mind-controlled zombies theme that runs through so much of Cold War culture is alive and well aboard the Seaview! A giant alien brain is jamming world communications and the Big Sub is sent to investigate. The combination of a visiting scientist and a unknown element (in this case the giant brain) is always trouble for the Seaview, and this occasion is no exception. The fact that the brain seems to be speaking in the same bossy voice as Lost in Space robot B-9 makes it all the more enjoyable. The only small quibbles that I have with the opening episode is that Kowalski doesn't really get clobbered and Admiral Nelson almost snaps a pencil betwixt thumb and fore finger, but holds back at the very last moment! This series was one of my favourites as a kid growing up in the Sixties, and just gets better with age. I agree that all ships should switch to lurid red lighting when in distress and should maintain the policy of storing fireworks in key instrument panels, whenever possible. The classics just never go out of style!
Kowalski, on guard duty.