Bill Harris directs this outstanding episode that starts with a mystery: why are all the top robots disappearing off 4 different planets? Zodiac suspects the culprit might be robot expert Professor Himber who is in Space City to do a lecture on robotics. Suspecting he may try and steal Robert, Matt rigs the robot with an alarm and a tracking device. When Himber leaves without Robert, Steve thinks he may have been mistaken. But then Robert steals the XL1 and the XL5 tracks him to the Planet Robotvia where Himber rules a planet of robots! Himber puts the crew of the XL5 on trial for destroying one of his robot tanks (a reuse of a Granatoid Tank from a previous episode) and his robot judge and jury find them guilty and sentence them to hard labor for life! This story reuses the Granatoid Robots, Al from "Space Gangsters" (he can be seen in the crowd during the Professor's lecture, as well as the news anchor character. It's really well directed with some very impressive shot selections (note the push in when the crew is behind bars as just one example).
Best of all, there's no sign of Zoony anywhere.
A fun, action adventure.
Best of all, there's no sign of Zoony anywhere.
A fun, action adventure.