# Lost in Space (extra stuff qwerty asdf added because the site said I can't use the title Lost in Space because apparently someone else has already used it.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447 "2020-09-12T19:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/1 "2020-09-12T19:11:57Z")
I recently found a free source for all of the _Lost in Space_ episodes, the real thing from the 60s, not that fake modern stuff. I have watched a few random episode but I decided the only proper way to do this is to watch every single episode beginning with season 1, episode 1. I will begin tonight or tomorrow morning. In the process, I have a few questions about the series that I will try to find the answer to: 1. Does the character Judy Robinson serve any literary purpose other than eye candy? I saw a recent photograph of Marta Kristen today and she is still hot. 2. Are the robot and Dr. Smith secret lovers (off camera)? They sure sound like an old married couple. 3. How did they get all that stuff into the _Jupiter 2_ and still have plenty of room to walk around? 4. Did Major West ever do Judy? Does anyone else have any questions about _Lost in Space_ that have been bothering them for the last 55 years? If so, post them and I will seek the answers. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/2 "2020-09-12T19:56:23Z")
And why did Penny Robinson name her pet space chimp Debby? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/3 "2020-09-12T20:21:35Z")
Hopefully, your source includes the original pilot episode–no Robot, no Dr. Smith, the ship is the Gemini 12, lotsa different stuff. If you wasted a HUGE chunk of your formative years (as I did), you’ll see how Mr. Frugal (Irwin Allen) chopped up this epi and used it in several episodes throughout the season. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/4 "2020-09-12T20:49:34Z")
I’m convinced the _Jupiter 2_ is the cornfield from _The Twilight Zone_. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/5 "2020-09-12T21:59:06Z")
Thread title made me shout, _“Danger, Will Robinson!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/6 "2020-09-13T02:09:05Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > Does anyone else have any questions about _Lost in Space_ that have been bothering them for the last 55 years? If so, post them and I will seek the answers. thanks Ynnad It sounds like an excellent project. If you are willing to do it I have a request. I am sure that during one watching of an episode the Robot gave his full technical designation. I cant remember what he said or who he was talking to, but my vague recollection is that it formed an acronym that worked as a name [I’m thinking LUTHER but not sure]. Sadly, it was in the olden days when you couldn’t look this sort of stuff up online or immediately wind back time. Can’t find anything on the internet, but was it what we now would call an Easter egg or the feverish dreams of a pimply adolescent? ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/7 "2020-09-13T02:36:24Z")
M3-B9 G.U.N.T.E.R. **Robot (Lost in Space** ) The Class M3 Model B9 General Utility Non-Theorizing **Environmental Control Robot** , also known simply as the **M3-B9** G.U.N.T.E.R., is a fictional character in the television series Lost in Space. From [Robot (Lost in Space) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_(Lost_in_Space)) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/8 "2020-09-13T02:40:54Z")
I had to watch numerous episodes of the show for my book on robots. I still twitch spasmodically if I encounter anyone named Will or Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/9 "2020-09-13T03:01:04Z")
^ Was IDAK in your book? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/10 "2020-09-13T03:04:02Z")
Indeed, there’s a surprising number of topics about Lost in Space: [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=lost%20in%20space%20in%3Atitle](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=lost%20in%20space%20in%3Atitle) The dupe title is from 2013… _and_ 2000! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/11 "2020-09-13T03:08:03Z")
@codinghorror I wish your avatar would be available as a smilie or emoji. (Is it?) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/12 "2020-09-13T03:31:44Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > I am sure that during one watching of an episode the Robot gave his full technical designation. I cant remember what he said or who he was talking to, but my vague recollection is that it formed an acronym that worked as a name [I’m thinking LUTHER but not sure]. M3-B9 G.U.N.T.E.R. **Robot (Lost in Space** ) The Class M3 Model B9 General Utility Non-Theorizing **Environmental Control Robot** , also known simply as the **M3-B9** G.U.N.T.E.R., is a fictional character in the television series Lost in Space. Well, that took all of 17 seconds from someone who knew what they were doing. Much appreciated, Wallet. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/13 "2020-09-13T04:52:07Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > Did Major West ever do Judy? Of course not. It was 1965 and they weren’t married. Even married people rarely had sex more than once back then. A woman who had sex three times would surely die leaving her husband to raise the three kids by himself. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/14 "2020-09-13T06:00:29Z")
A book on robots, you say? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/15 "2020-09-13T14:02:40Z")
Why did the robot go from being an amazing object of terror (to my 8 year old self) in that first episode, to being a ham handed robotic clown in subsequent episodes? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/16 "2020-09-13T15:50:54Z")
Same reason Dr. Smith went from an enemy agent who aimed to kill the Robinsons to a buffoon whose main purpose was to lob insults at the Robot. I saw a one man show on YouTube that Jonathan Harris did in (I think) Sydney. He told the audience that he used to lie awake at night thinking of new insults. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/17 "2020-09-13T16:25:00Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > - Does the character Judy Robinson serve any literary purpose other than eye candy? I saw a recent photograph of Marta Kristen today and she is still hot. > … > - Did Major West ever do Judy? As to the characters: Throughout season 1 West & Judy were getting increasingly romantic. Then in season 2+ the writers drove the show away from that. Probably because they realized real soon they’d have to confront all the consequences that 1960s prime time TV couldn’t deal with. As to the actors: When the show began Kristen was 20 and Goddard was 29. We can assume he would’ve been all over that if the opportunity presented itself. Did it? Hellifino. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/18 "2020-09-13T17:08:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Was IDAK in your book? No, I skipped the androids in that chapter. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A book on robots, you say? _Robots in American Popular Culture_, extremely readable despite the academic title. Board rules say I can’t link to it, but a search will bring it up along with the companion website of the same name. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why did the robot go from being an amazing object of terror (to my 8 year old self) in that first episode, to being a ham handed robotic clown in subsequent episodes? Irwin Allen realized that adults were fleeing the idiotic show but that kids were drawn to it, so he completely revamped the supposedly serious parts and made it a silly comedy. The other adults who were told they’d be the stars were not happy. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/19 "2020-09-13T17:21:24Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Irwin Allen realized that adults were fleeing the idiotic show but that kids were drawn to it, so he completely revamped the supposedly serious parts and made it a silly comedy This is also the reason the trajectory for a Judy/Major West romance was abandoned. They were targeting an audience that didn’t like “mushy stuff”. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447/20 "2020-09-13T17:37:44Z")
GUNTER? Now I’m picturing the robot speaking with a fake Austrian accent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-extra-stuff-qwerty-asdf-added-because-the-site-said-i-cant-use-the-title-lost-in-space-because-apparently-someone-else-has-already-used-it/920447.md?page=2)