All language subtitles for Lost in Space 1965 01x15 Return From Outer Space.eng

Last week, as you
recall, Dr. Smith, Will and Penny

were returning from
a rock-gathering expedition

unaware that hidden
in the undergrowth nearby

lay an alien machine
of unbelievable powers.

Stop. Stop. I can't go on.

Your father's vicious desire
for revenge has broken me.

Zachary Smith has finally
been brought to his knees.

It's not revenge, Dr. Smith.

It's just that
we've gotta gather

these rock samples
from all over,

see if we can find another
vein of radioactive ore.

What about the Robot? He could carry
all of this without any trouble.

He's gotta be free
to use his sensors

for any signs
of radioactivity.

This is ridiculous.
Since when were human beings

supposed to work for machines?

Stop that!

That is the final indignity.

Go and tell your father to vent
his hostility on someone else.

Zachary Smith draws the line
at carrying rocks for animals.

Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith,
come back here right now!

Dr. Smith!

Hey, Dr. Smith! Will!

Look what I found! Some
kind of a nest and an egg!

An egg?

Where?

Well, whoever laid
that egg

certainly selected
a unique nesting place.

Hey. This is one
of the machines

that the aliens left
when they came.

We'd better get
away from here.

You know what Dad said
about them being dangerous.

We weren't to touch them
or even go near them.

A very wise precaution,
my dear,

but surely there's no harm in
collecting one little egg?

I'd fetch it myself,
but I'm completely exhausted.

You know about my bad back.
Why don't you?

It's perfectly safe, dear.

Well, if you're sure...
Yes.

Careful, dear. Careful.

An egg. A real egg.

With this hen fruit,
I shall prepare a meal

that will rival the culinary
orgies of ancient Rome.

Hey, Debbie.

Get down there. You know
what Dad said about that.

Come down this minute.

Debbie! Oh, Debbie.
Come on down.

Come on. Here we go.

Mmm! Ahh.

If I didn't know that there
weren't eggs on this planet,

I'd swear
that was an omelet.

Oh, nonsense.
I'm just whipping up

a few exotic herbs from
the hydroponic garden.

Amazing what you can do with
just a little seasoning

and some aromatic herbs.

And I thought
it was an omelet.

Gourmets came to my home
from far and wide

to learn the secret
of my salad dressings.

Naturally, I never revealed
all the ingredients.

Is this one of your
ingredients, Smith?

Carbon tetrachloride? Hardly.

But, uh, you have used it.

Of course. To remove stains. Oh.

And when did you
use it last?

Last night, I believe.

And you left the top off,
so it evaporated.

Dr. Smith,

don't you ever have any thoughts
beyond your immediate needs?

Now, without the carbon tet
for the purifier,

we stand a very good chance of
losing our entire food supply.

I could have sworn
I recapped this flask.

John, is it really
that serious?

It's the only certain method
of food preservation we have.

Now, we're gonna have to
subsist on a diet of

nonperishable items

until we find a substitute.

Oh. What is that
you've got there?

Oh, it's nothing.
Nothing at all.

If I'm to be blamed
for the food shortage,

I'm willing to provide
my own from now on.

Well, well, well.

Well, where'd you get this?

This? Actually, uh,
I don't remember.

I do. We were
rock hunting together

on the other side
of the caves.

Dr. Smith. The Taurons left a
matter-transfer unit down there.

I trust you kept
well clear of it.

Besides, we have our hands full
just trying to fix this purifier.

Come along, darling.

Dr. Smith,
have you seen Penny?

Penny? I thought she
was with you last.

I hope you didn't let her
go near that Tauron device.

Of course not, my boy. I'd never
let her do a thing like that.

But, uh, even so,

perhaps we'd better go out
and look for her.

All right.

Well, aren't you coming, Doctor?
In a moment, my boy.

No use wasting this celery. It'll
sustain us in our journey.

Penny!
Penny, where are you?

I know she was here somewhere.

Will, you could have
carried this lunch basket.

It's frightfully heavy.

Penny!

I wonder what could
have happened to her.

Doctor Smith,
you don't suppose that...

No. No, it couldn't be.

She's probably back home
right now, safe and sound.

However, my boy,

our little safari doesn't have
to be a total loss, does it?

What do you mean?

Your father was
a bit too modest

when he said the Taurons
are way ahead of us.

If they can transfer
themselves hither and yond,

why can't we do the same?

After all, who discovered
that E equals MC squared?

We or the Taurons?

I don't think we should
monkey with it, Dr. Smith.

We sorta promised.

Of course we did.

But he didn't
promise anything.

Now then,
my steely eyed sorcerer.

Let me see you
demonstrate your superiority

over this container
of molecular magic.

Replicator assembly on.

Regenerator on.

Transfer unit on.

Timing phase signal.

Keep trying-

Once we get this thing
working, my boy, who knows?

With just a little
bit of luck, I could...

Could what?

Nothing.
Just a flight of fancy.

Ah.

No Penny.
No molecular magic. Nothing.

We may as well go home.
Come along.

Oh! Good heavens.
I forgot my lunch basket.

Would you fetch it
for me, my boy?

Yes, sir.

They're gone. The lunch
basket and the celery's gone.

They were right here.

What happened, Robot?

Apium graveolens
have disappeared

and are now in a condition
of molecular change.

Destination unknown.

What a name for celery.

Say, do you think
if you reversed

whatever signals
you sent out...

Do you think maybe
we could get them back?

Command system of
matter-transfer unit

incompatible with
manmade command system.

Try something offbeat.

"Offbeat” does not compute.

How about "way out"?

Can you translate that?

Negative.

Well, try another signal,
something real wild.

Will! Where have you been?
I've been calling you.

Why didn't you answer me?

Where have you been?

Right here. I was gonna
ask you something about...

I can't
remember it now.

Debbie, come back here!

Debbie!
Penny!

The matter-transfer
unit really works.

Did I hear voices?

I gotta tell Dad!

What?

It's Penny. She must've gotten taken
away by the matter-transfer unit.

And suddenly,
right in front of my eyes,

on the very spot
that you're standing...

I gotta tell Dad!

A likely story.
The very spot indeed.

Aaah!

And then I saw
this maser beam come down

and there was Penny and Debbie
and the basket of celery.

I don't know what you're talking about.
I was there all the time.

No, you weren't.

You and Debbie and the celery were
in a condition of molecular change.

When the Robot regenerated it,
she came back from nowhere.

Will, have you been back to that
matter-transfer unit again?

That's what I've
been trying to tell you.

And yet you knew
it was off limits.

Well...

Well, go on.

Well, we were trying to...

"We"?

Oh, uh, l’ve just come from
a perfectly lovely trip

to our remote
weather station,

spent the whole morning
there admiring the view.

All right, Will.
Now, who is "we"?

The Robot and me.

"The Robot and I," dear.

Go on, Will. I'm waiting.

Anyway, Dad, believe me,
it was worth it.

Will, just how did you
manage this sleight of hand?

I mean, did you
whistle it up?

I just ordered
the Robot to send out

a few crazy signals
and they worked.

Crazy, huh?

Real crazy.

And the matter-transfer unit signaled
back in exactly the same way.

Dad, lam telling
the truth. Honest.

So am I, Will. Now tomorrow Don
and I are going to destroy

whatever's left of that
matter-transfer machine,

not because we want to,

but because the temptation
to tamper with it

is too great
and too dangerous.

Now you can go
right to your cabin.

Gee whiz.

A maser beam
hit the celery,

broke down its molecular
structure, and it was gone?

Really.
Oh?

That boy has an
extraordinary imagination.

He knows perfectly
well the Tauronic box

of tricks is totally
out of commission.

And how would you know that?
Well...

It's a perfectly
logical assumption.

Nothing's logical where
you're concerned, Smith.

You and I will never
be friends, Major.

That is the first logical
assumption you've ever made.

I don't see why they
have to destroy it.

It's not doing them any harm.

It can do just about anything.

Maybe even transfer me.

I might not get back.

Maybe the Robot...

Maybe he could command it

to send me to Earth.

And maybe I could get back

by reversing the signals.

Gosh. I could tell 'em
we're alive

and where we are
and everything,

at least close enough
for them to make

a stab at finding us
with a rescue ship.

I'm not gonna be
doing anything with it,

not unless I figure out a way
to stop them from burning it.

They'd better pay
attention to this sign.

Do you remember all about
your command capabilities?

Affirmative.

Well, listen carefully.

On my command,
you will initiate signals

for round-trip to
the planet Earth.

Roger.

Are your signals compatible
with that destination?

Destination Earth is
my place of origin.

It's almost 0800.

At 0800, you will signal
matter-transfer unit

to send me to
the planet Earth.

You will remain
here until high noon.

"High noon" is
dialect for 1200.

All right.

At 1200 hours,

you will signal
matter-transfer unit

to transfer me back here.

Is that clear?
Affirmative.

No later.
Affirmative.

Well, here goes.

My lunch. It's right there.
Can I go get it?

Negative.

Matter-transfer unit
already signaled

to send subject to
the planet Earth.

But it'll just take a...

I made it! I made it!

I'm on Earth!

Will ya quit that?

What are you doin' up there?

Not a thing.
I just got here.

Will ya get down from there before
you start another avalanche?

Hey. I've never seen you
around here before.

What's your name?

Will. Will Robinson.
What's yours?

Davey Sims. Hey.

What'd you mean when you
said you just got here?

I've been here for a half
hour, and I didn't see ya.

Unless you were
up there hiding,

waiting to dump snow on me.

No! Honest!
This was my destination,

and here I am.

Yeah? Where'd you come from?

Priplanus, that's
a planet in another galaxy.

So it's really Earth.

I get it.

You're a runaway
from home, right?

Well, this is Hatfield
Four Corners, Vermont.

You wanna find your
way back home, right?

Nope. I'm gonna call
Alpha Control.

Alpha Control, this is Will
Robinson of the Jupiter 2-

My position now is Hatfield
Four Corners, Vermont.

Come in, Alpha Control. Do
you read me, Alpha Control?

This is Will...
Hey! Lemme see that.

Hey. You must've got this
at the same dime store

you got that outfit.

Hey. Gimme that back!

Alpha Control!
You busted it!

Well, look,
don't worry about it.

I'll give you another dime,
and you can get a new one.

Is there a phone near here?

Aw, look. You're gonna
freeze in that outfit.

Why don't you just
come over to my house,

and you can phone
your mother from there?

My mother's at least
10 light-years from here.

So's the rest of my family.

Oh. Your mother's at least
10 light-years from here.

You know, you kids are
getting wackier every day.

Well, now, Davey,
you know I can't

let you make
an expensive call like that

unless your aunt
says it's all right.

I'm not Davey.
I'm Will Robinson

and I've gotta get in touch
with Colonel Mason right away.

It's very important.
I haven't got much time.

And don't worry about
how much it'll cost.

Alpha Control will
pay all expenses.

Hey! What are you
trying to do?

Hello. Miss Rachel?

Look, I only let this
goofy kid use the phone

so he could call
home and that's all.

Well, when he gives me the proper
number, I'll get it for him.

And he better not tell me to get
him any colonels or generals.

Wasting all my time
with that space nonsense.

Look. Do you wanna call home,
or do you wanna start walking?

I only wanna call
Alpha Control.

Can't you get your aunt to
give me permission to do that?

All right, kid.
Now, where do you live?

Tell me the truth.

I told you.

We took off
for Alpha Centauri,

and we ran into
a meteor storm

which knocked out
a lot of instruments.

And we landed on
this unidentified planet

and that's where we are now,
all except me, that is.

Would you care for
a nice piece of apple pie

and a glass of milk, Will?

It is Will, isn't it?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, come and sit down.

Thanks.

This sure is good pie, ma'am.

You must've been
very hungry.

Not exactly, but we're
on short rations on Priplanus

on account of
something went wrong

with the food-storage
purifier.

Oh. That is a shame.

Is 0900 the correct
Earth time, ma'am?

He means, "Is it 9:00?"

Oh. Oh. It's, uh...
It's three minutes past 9:00.

Gosh!

That leaves me
less than three hours.

I've gotta call
Alpha Control, ma'am.

Is it all right?

Oh. Oh, yes.

Yes, of course, Will. Yes.
But... But a little later.

Now, let's go in here
and have a little talk.

Just sit right down
over here.

Now, Will, dear, I know it's
great fun being an astronaut

and traveling through space and
landing on strange planets.

Aunt Clara...

Now you be quiet, Davey.

Now, I remember the
Robinson family very well.

They were the first
family in space.

I guess we all remember
how exciting it was

when they took off last year.

Tsk. Oh. Seems like such
a long time ago now.

If I could just...

Things happen so fast
in the world today.

I'm afraid a lot of people

have already forgotten
about them.

Will, maybe if you could, too,

sort of put them out
of your mind for a spell.

Yes, but...

And think about
your own family.

Now, they must be
wondering where you are.

Why don't you phone them, and
maybe they'll come over for you?

The Robinsons
are my own family

and they can't come and get me
even if they knew where I was.

The Jupiter 2 crashed
onto a hillside,

and that's where it is now.

And it can't get out

unless a rescue ship
reaches them.

That's why I'm here.

Yeah? Well, then how'd
you get here?

By the matter-transfer unit

that the Taurons
left on the planet.

I'd thought they'd
taken it back with them,

but the other
morning I was looking

for some
radioactive minerals...

You were looking for what?

Some radioactive minerals
for a propulsion unit.

Well, that's when I found
the matter-transfer unit.

And the Robot helped
me to get it working,

and that's how I got here,
on a maser beam.

But that's not important.

I've gotta reach
Alpha Control.

That's very important.

Will, dear, let's take a drive
over to the sheriff's office.

I'm sure he can help
you reach your family.

I can't reach my
family from Earth!

I wanna reach Alpha Control!

Well, he'll help you
do that, too,

much easier than I can.

Well, sonny, that's a very interesting
yarn you've been spinning.

It's not a yarn.
It's the truth.

It'll make a nice little filler
for the weekend edition.

Okay, now, sonny,
turn this way.

That's it.

May I call
Alpha Control now?

That's what you wanna do, huh?
Call Alpha Control.

As soon as possible.
I've only got two hours left.

I can get through to Alpha Control
in a split second if I have to

so don't worry about
how much time you got left.

Boy's got lots of time,
hasn't he, Clara?

Now, George, he's very young.
You won't do anything...

Oh, Clara. I've got two boys of my own.
You know that.

They were his age once.
Come on, son.

But I've gotta get in touch
with Alpha Control!

Sure, you do. And I'm not gonna
forget that, am I, Lacy?

Yeah.

Will, when this is all over,

you will come and see
us again, won't you?

Yes, ma'am, if I can ever
get us all back here.

Come on, son.

It sure would be funny

if I put his story in
the weekend edition

and it turned out
to be true.

Uh, I guess maybe I
better call Alpha Control,

just to make sure
that it's not.

Oh, I think that's a very
good idea, Mr. Lacy.

In fact, you know,
I'm gonna do more

than just write
a weekend filler on it.

I'm going to urge parents to
make sure that their children

don't take this
science fiction

that they've been
reading too seriously.

It could have mighty
serious consequences

if a boy really believes
that he's from outer space.

I'm sure it would do
a lot of good, Mr. Lacy,

if the boy's story
really is a fairy tale.

All right, boys.
All right. Let us through.

Come on.

Hey! What are you doing?

Now, you stay here
with the rest

until the bus is ready
to leave, you hear me?

Will I be able to
make my phone call soon?

Don't you worry, sonny.

Where they're gonna take you,
you'll get to do a lot of things.

Ruth, I got a boy here
I'd like to talk to you about.

What's he doing here?

Maybe that'll
tell us something.

"Warning! This instrument
is the property of..."

You know, it's bad enough having
to worry about our food supply

without having to think about
disciplining a boy who can't obey orders.

You can't blame him, really.

This gizmo's irresistible
to a boy like Will.

Will! Will, where are you?

We'll catch up
with him later.

Let's get this Robot out of the
way and knock that thing off.

Okay, Robot,

about-face
and back to camp.

And as your good friend
Dr. Smith would say,

no dawdling on the way.

Compliance not possible.
All systems preempted.

Fixed position
must be maintained.

So unfix it
and get going!

Don.

It's Will's lunch bag.
He's got me worried.

He wouldn't run off and leave this
here, especially with rationing.

Well, maybe he went
small game hunting

instead of rock hunting.

Let's put this thing out of
commission once and for all

before it causes
more trouble.

Now, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

I think we'd
better find Will first.

We can always
destroy this unit later.

You don't think that...

I don't know what to think.

Come on. Let's go.

Well, I'd like you to explain
just what you're doing here.

AH systems preempted.

Fixed position
must be maintained.

Really? Well, I've got
a little work

for you that's
far more important

than experimenting
with celery salad

or whatever it is that
boy's got you doing.

Follow me.

Imperative that I do not
abandon my station.

Repeat. Imperative.

At 1200 hours, initiate signal
to matter-transfer unit

to return subject
to original form and location.

Never mind all that nonsense..
You're coming with me.

Imperative that I
do not abandon my...

That is a little imperative
you didn't bargain for.

We can't have you bearing false
witness against me, can we?

Now, then,
just a little reprogramming

and then they can ask you
anything they like about me.

There.

And there.

Now then, I'd like to hear your
answer to a hypothetical question.

And I'll give you a little hint.
Your answer will be negative.

Was Dr. Smith,
to your knowledge,

ever in the vicinity
of the matter-transfer unit

with or without
Will Robinson?

Ahh.

A golden silence.

So much better than
chattering, isn't it'?

Now, then, shall we go?

And this time you will, of
course, follow me, won't you?

Well?

Go.

Aw, shut up!

Hey! You just play your game
and be quiet yourself, buddy!

Stick a marble in there!
Come on!

Stop cheating, man!

Hey. You in a hurry
to go somewhere?

To make a phone call.

Yeah? Who to?

Alpha Control,
if you must know.

Hey, fellas, look.

We got ourselves a spaceman.

What are they gonna do,

send you up in a misguided
missile or something?

Hey. Maybe he's in orbit.

That's not very funny.

Yeah?

You're not very funny either
in your clown outfit.

It's my regular uniform. We
all wear it on the Jupiter 2.

Who's we,
your gang, spaceman?

My family!

If you don't mind, I'd like
to be called by my name.

It's Will Robinson.

Robinson?

Hey. That's the name
of the first space family.

And their ship was the Jupiter
2, just like he said.

I know that, stupid, but this
guy's not one of them Robinsons.

That's for sure!

Yes, I am!

Hey! Will ya give me
your autograph, please?

Did you hear that,
fellas?

We got the real, genuine
Will Robinson with us today.

All right, Jupiter, what's
a stellar interferometer?

It's an instrument for measuring
the diameter of stars.

All right.
How many miles in a parsec?

19 million, 150 thousand.

Hey. How far is it
to Alpha Centauri?

5.3 light-years.

Well, he coulda learned all
that stuff from a comic book.

Except I didn't.
And I bet you don't

even know what
a Doppler effect is.

Well, sure I do.
It's kind of a rainbow.

You call that
a scientific answer?

He got that from a comic book.

Look, you.

You oughta be ashamed of yourself
for wearing that space suit.

The real Will Robinson is dead!
So are his folks!

Everybody knows that.
They're all dead.

Everyone that was
on that ship's dead.

They're skeletons
floating around in space.

They're not dead!
You take that back!

They're not dead!

Boys! Boys!

Stop it. Stop it!

They're not dead!

Oh, now who started this?

He did. He jumped on me.

He said my folks were dead!

Well, what difference does
it make to you, anyway?

You're not a Robinson.

I have to make a phone call,

and I've only
got an hour left.

All right, Will.
Come with me.

No foster parent's
ever gonna take him in.

He's gonna be stuck
here the rest of his life.

Will?

Will!

We'd better
head back to camp.

We'll have a better chance of
finding him on the radioscope.

Besides, we have to get back
to work on that food purifier.

Tsk.
Let's go.

Dr. Smith has always been

a loyal and self-sacrificing
member of the Jupiter 2 crew.

He is incapable of
telling the truth.

Oh, very good.

What did you say?

Imperative that I do not...

You're wearing my
patience very thin.

You will erase
that last statement

and correct it to read, "Dr. Smith
is incapable cf telling a lie."

Repeat.

Dr. Smith is incapable.

"Of telling a lie," you ninny!
Finish it!

Earth time is now 1105 hours.

At 1200 hours, initiate
signal to return subject

to original form
and location.

Will, I want you to remember that
you're before the town council

and that you've got to be
truthful with them at all times.

I've been truthful with them.
Honest, I have.

Now then, these folks here are
gonna decide what's best for you.

I know what's best for me.

Just let me make
that phone call.

Ohh. You and that phone call.

I can't be here all day.

Will, would you just
tell us once again?

You said you got
here on a beam from...

Priplanus.

Yes, Priplanus.

And that you want Alpha Control
to send a rescue ship.

But what I don't understand

is why your father
let you make the journey

instead of coming himself.

Well, because he...

Well, I decided to
do it on my own.

And he wasn't too
keen on letting anyone

go near the matter-transfer
unit anyway.

I see.

Now can I make
that phone call?

All I know is
Hatfield Four Corners

will be the laughingstock
of the whole country

if we let that boy
make that call.

That's right.

May I please use your phone?

Sure. Help yourself, boy.

Gee. Thanks.

I wanna talk to Colonel Mason
at Alpha Control, Cape Kennedy.

Right away. Please hurry.

Wait a minute.

You're not making any crackpot
long-distance calls on my phone.

I thought you wanted
to make a local call.

But it's a matter
of life and death.

The emergency hospital
is on Maple Street. Now, git.

What's the use?
It's too late now, anyway.

Carbon tetrachloride!

Well, give me a bottle of this.
They need it real bad.

Wait a minute.
That'll be 89 cents.

Can you charge it?

Who to?

Mr. John Robinson.
He's my dad.

Where do you live?

Right now, on Priplanus.

Priplanus? I never heard of that street.
Hey! Wait a minute!

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I
thought I left you with Miss Ruth.

Well, sonny, looks like you finally
did something I can understand.

You're a runaway and...

No. Please give it back.

They need it on
the planet for the purifier.

He said he lived on Priplanus.
There's no such street!

It's a planet, so he says.

Please give it to me.
I have to have it with me

when I'm back on
that roof at 12:00.

Our newspaper editor's
checking out your story.

Personally, I think
he's wasting his time.

Maybe he can get some officials
over here from Alpha Control

and then we'll find out
all about you.

I'm taking you
to Miss Sims.

She can keep an eye on you
till that bus gets back.

You might as well give him back
that bottle of carbon tet.

I won't be able to
get it to them now.

There'll be time for that
once we find out for sure

that you're not
the biggest storyteller

that ever hit
Hatfield County.

Now, come on. Let's go.

Ready for lunch?

I don't want any.

Now, Will.

Leave me alone!

Will, I know how you feel
being locked up here and all.

No, you don't. You don't know any
more about it than the others.

You think I made
everything up.

I don't know what
to think anymore.

If you would've let me made
that phone call from here

instead of taking me
to that sheriff,

Alpha Control
would've been here by now.

You've ruined everything.

Will, I'm so sorry.

But it's all so hard
for me to understand.

If only there was some way of knowing
for sure about these things.

There's only one way
you can know for sure.

What's that, dear?

Well, if you'll let me be at
that roof where I came from,

I'll just disappear
as soon as it's 12:00.

I'd like to believe
that and let you go,

but the sheriff
said I had to keep you

locked up here until
the bus comes for you.

Haven't they done enough?

The least they can do is let
me go back with my family.

Oh, Will, dear.

How would you like to stay
here with Davey and me

and be a part of my family?

Oh, Hatfield Four Corners
isn't very big,

but it's quiet
and beautiful

and people are real friendly
once they get to know you.

I'd do everything I could
to make you happy

and I know Davey would like to
have you as kind of a brother.

I don't want a brother!

And I don't wanna be
one of your family.

I've got a family,

and all I wanna do right
now is get back with them.

Oh, it doesn't
really matter to me

whether you've imagined
those things or not,

or if they were true.

All that really
matters is that

you're a fine boy,
and we love you.

It's no good.

No one understands.

Ahhh.

Now then, my dear friend,

I should like to hear a brief,
but compelling statement

on the sterling character
of one Zachary Smith.

Does not compute.

Spare me
the editorial comments.

It is now 1142 hours
by Earth time.

Oh, no, you don't. Oh!

Imperative that I do not
abandon my station.

At 1200 hours, initiate signal

to return subject to
original form and location.

You will scrub that and pay
attention to me, do you hear?

Come back here at once!
That's an order!

Come back at once!
This is an order!

Will!

Maureen.

I've spotted the Robot.

[Don 1 Is Will with it?

No.

Let's go.

Who is it?

It's me, Davey.
Can I come in?

It's your room.

Hey. You haven't
eaten a thing.

Uh, Aunt Clara, she was talking
about having you staying with us.

Like permanent.

Well, whatever she said,
she's wrong.

When Alpha Control finds out
how you kept me here,

I wouldn't be surprised
if they put you away for life.

Well, it was pretty hard
to believe

those things you told us.

Then you'd better get with it.

Well, lam now sort of.

What's it like in space?

How should I know?

Whatever I told you, you'd
be sure I was making it up.

No, I wouldn’t. Honest.
I really wanna know.

I don't think you mean it.

Well, I do. Like...

Well, I've been thinking.

For instance, when I was in
the square loading the cart,

I did see a flash, and I
thought it was lightning.

But instead I saw you.

What you saw
was the maser beam

that transferred me to Earth.

All the way from space?

You don't believe me.

Well, I don't disbelieve you.

I read about things like that.

In fact, I might major in
physics when I go to college.

Will you tell me about space?

Well,

it's not so different once you
find a place you can live on.

You mean it's just
like here on Earth?

Well, a person from
Earth isn't so different.

I mean, his feelings and all.

And the forms of
life you meet there,

well, they're different
to look at.

And you have to watch out

that they don't misunderstand
your reasons for being there.

But they're not so
different either.

You mean their feelings
are just like ours?

Well, I don’t know
about that, but I do know

that everything in
the whole universe

is made up of the same kind
of molecules we are.

They're just rearranged
differently, that's all.

And what you have to
learn is

to translate what they are
into what you are.

Like I did with the Taurons'
matter-transfer unit.

But it didn't do me much good.

Do you really wanna go back?

What do you think?

But it's too late now.

Well, it's eight minutes
till 12:00.

And I've run to
the square in five minutes.

What about your Aunt Clara?

I'll square it for you.
Come on!

Bye, Aunt Clara.
Thanks for everything.

Will! Davey! Boys!

What time is it?

Well, I think I beat
my old record.

We got four minutes to go.
Will, I was just thinking.

Do you think it'd be okay
with that matter-transfer unit

if I hitched a ride with you?

I don't know, Davey. The Robot’s
only programmed for me.

Well, it was
a crazy idea anyway.

It wasn't crazy at all.

The carbon tet! I can't go
without the carbon tet!

Well, I'll get it for you. Look,
you just get on that roof.

But it's 89 cents!

Hey. I'll take this bottle
of carbon tetrachloride.

There's your money.

What about your change?

I'll get it later.

I got it, Will! I got it!

Hurry up, Davey!

I'll tell them all about you
and how you helped me.

Catch. Maybe I'll get up
there someday and see ya.

Here. You better take this.

And you can thank your Aunt Clara.
She was nice, really.

And you can thank Miss Ruth
at the boys home.

And if you ever
get that sheriff

or anybody to contact
Alpha Control,

tell 'em how I got here
and howl had to get back.

Maybe they'll send out
a rescue ship.

Well, I'll do the best
I can, Will.

Bye, Davey. Merry Christmas.

Sure! And a happy New Year.

There he is! Up on the roof!

Will! Will, you come down
from there! Come down!

Where is he?

UP there!

Why, they'll be here from
Alpha Control in an hour.

What'll I tell 'em?

Aw, tell 'em anything.

Will?

Oh, Will!

Hi, everybody.

Will! Oh, where have you been? We
searched half the planet for you!

Will!

What's happened
to the matter-transfer unit?

Signal overload
responsible for burnout.

What signal?

The signal that
got me back here, I guess.

Back from where?

Earth.
Earth?

Well, I've been on
Earth all morning

at a little place called Hatfield
Four Corners in Vermont.

They sure are
behind the times there.

They wouldn't even let me call Alpha
Control to send a rescue ship.

They thought I was
some kind of nut.

Oh, Will. I think
you better watch

that imagination of yours

or we might all
think the same thing.

But it's true. I even got
a bottle of carbon tet

for the food-storage purifier.

It is carbon tet.

And it's from
Hatfield Hardware.

Is it possible he's
telling the truth?

Come along.

I have completed
the assigned task.

Good. You may now dig
at a 90-degree angle

directly toward
the hydroponic garden.

Instructions computed.

Another example of how man
has freed himself from toil.

We have harnessed
the muscle of machines,

thus giving ourselves more time
for intellectual pursuits.

Dad says machines
do too much for us.

He says it's good
to go out and work.

Does he, indeed?

Why walk when it's so
much easier to ride?

Dr. Smith!

We're over here, Dad!

Cease your efforts.
Give me the shovel at once.

Well, Dr. Smith, I see you've
really been hard at it.

Oh, yes, indeed.

A little physical exercise
is so good for one.

I see it,
but I don't believe it.

Go away, Major. You irk me.

Don and I will get
that pipe for you.

You just keep
the good work up, huh?

Yes. I'll do that,
Professor.

Something wrong?

Yes, sir. You fibbed.

I did?

Dad thinks you dug the ditch.

That was an assumption
on his part.

Never once did I say
I was responsible.

But you didn't tell him
the Robot did all the work.

Oh, come, come, William. You're
making a mountain out of a...

Dr. Smith, are you all right?

Dr. Smith, what's wrong?

Out of the way.
lam being summoned.

Dr. Smith.

Dr. Smith!