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Alpha Control: a Lost in Space Podcast

Welcome Galactic Castaways, this is Alpha Control the podcast about Irwin Allen’s classic 1960’s Sci-Fi Adventure television series LOST IN SPACE. Listen to a comprehensive review of one episode of the show per podcast! We also release special shows and interviews focusing on subjects directly related to Lost in Space. Alpha Control is an interesting, fun walk down memory lane with two fans who grew up watching Lost in Space that finally get the opportunity to share their knowledge and love of the show with a wider audience.

Episodes

13 - One of Our Dogs is Missing

ONE OF OUR DOGS IS MISSING EPISODE SYNOPSIS: While the men of the expedition, except Smith, are away, the women discover the wreckage of a space vehicle. On their return to the spaceship they find an intruder has looted their food supply. Later a small, friendly dog appears… The dog is found to be the only occupant of the wrecked capsule; it had been sent up, frozen in suspended animation in an early space experiment, and became re-animated when the freezing tube broke on landing… The mystery of...

Jul 26, 20181 hr 19 min

12 - The Raft

THE RAFT EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Will has come up with an idea for building a small, two-man spaceship by utilizing parts from the Jupiter 2. Everyone gets to work on the project and soon the small craft is constructed. Don is due to fly it the following morning. But that night Dr. Smith sneaks out, panning to abscond with it. He takes the Robot along to release the lines for him at the right moment, but before he can get away he is surprised by Will. While trying to convince the boy that he’s only th...

Jul 19, 20181 hr 21 min

11 - Wish Upon a Star

WISH UPON A STAR EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Smith and Will discover a strange device which has the power to materialize an object the holder has in mind. Immediately there is great competition amongst the whole family for its services. But instead of being a blessing, it only makes the users progressively greedier. Quarrels break out as to whose turn is next and even cheating is resorted to, while necessary chores are left undone waiting for the ‘thought machine’ to do them instead. Robinson anxious at t...

Jul 12, 20181 hr 16 min

10 - The Sky is Falling

THE SKY IS FALLING EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Smith encounters a strange metallic object crawling toward him. It is evidently constructed for collecting data & soil samples. Everyone is interested as it must obviously have been sent by some ‘intelligent’ form of life. The next day Will comes across a humanoid boy, the same age as himself. They rapidly make friends & find they have much in common. The space boy & his parents are ‘Taurons’, who are scouting out the planet to see if it is suitable for colon...

Jul 05, 20181 hr 13 min

Special - Calling Alpha Control: MARC CUSHMAN

CALLING ALPHA CONTROL: MARC CUSHMAN EPISODE SYNOPSIS: We welcome Mr. Marc Cushman to Alpha Control for an exclusive interview. Marc is a Writer, Producer, Director and a Saturn Award Winning Author, which he won for his definitive 3 Volume Book set ‘These Are the Voyages’ a history of the original Star Trek TV series. He is the also the Author of an equally superb 3 Volume set of Books, titled ‘Irwin Allen’s Lost in Space; an Authorized Biography of a Classic Sci-Fi Series’. MARC’S’ BIO : Marc w...

Jun 28, 20181 hr 14 min

9 - The Oasis

THE OASIS EPISODE SYNOPSIS: The sources of water on the planet are drying up. The Robinsons have rigged up a water-conversion unit but it doesn’t supply enough for their needs. It becomes vital to find a new source. They set off in search & find an oasis. The water isn’t drinkable but there is a lot of fruit growing there. They bring some back with them to test if it is safe to eat. Smith sees the fruit and eats some, not knowing that it has not yet been tested. The result is that he & the pet '...

Jun 21, 20181 hr 18 min

8 - Invaders from the Fifth Dimension

Invaders From the Fifth Dimension EPISODE SYNOPSIS: A spaceship from another galaxy lands on the planet. One of its necessary computers has worn out & it cannot get back to its own star system without a replacement. A human brain will do to replace the missing part, the aliens tell Smith, who discovers them. They will take him, shrinking his body to fit into the required space. Smith terrified, offers them Will in his place, as being a better fit. He cons the boy into going along with him to the...

Jun 14, 20181 hr 20 min

7 - My Friend Mr. Nobody

My Friend Mr. Nobody EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Penny, exploring, finds a cave in a rocky area where a curious echo sounds as if it is trying to talk to her. The echo gradually forms intelligible words & penny goes there every day to play with her mysterious, invisible friend that Maureen believes is just a child’s imaginary playmate. One day Smith discovers that the pebbles she brings back from the cave are diamonds. Greedy to get more without anyone knowing what he’s up to, he tricks Don into blasting ...

Jun 07, 20181 hr 8 min

6 - Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Jimmy H apgood is a happy-go-lucky space traveler who has been planet-hoping for 15 years after becoming lost on a mission to Saturn. When he drops in on the Robinsons, they try to help him repair his ship’s guidance system in return for passage for their children back to Earth. Hapgood is not too keen on the idea until Penny’s bout with a wild space fungus growing from his spacecraft causes a change of heart. His sentiments are short-lived, however, when Dr. Z...

May 31, 20181 hr 12 min

Special - Calling Alpha Control: CRAIG REINBRECHT

CALLING ALPHA CONTROL: CRAIG REINBRECHT EPISODE SYNOPSIS: We welcome Mr. Craig Reinbrecht to Alpha Control for an exclusive interview. Craig is the Leader of the B9 ROBOT BUILDERS CLUB, which is a fantastic hobby organization that has over 600 members who either HAVE or ARE building their very own Lost in Space Robot replica. Now we’re Not talking about a 12” inch model robot folks, although those are great, NO the B9 Robot Builders make studio quality full scale replicas of the original Lost in...

May 24, 20181 hr 23 min

5 - The Hungry Sea

THE HUNGRY SEA EPISODE SYNOPSIS: The Robinson party escape from the cave with its relics of an ancient alien civilization just as a planet quake topples the whole structure. Continuing their way to the tropics they discover that owing to the planet’s elliptical orbit, they are in danger of being roasted alive during the rapidly approaching moment when it comes closest to the sun. They manage to survive this ordeal but John decides they must get back to the comparative safety of the spaceship as ...

May 17, 20181 hr 16 min

4 - There Were Giants in the Earth

THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE EARTH EPISODE SYNOPSIS: The Robinsons find Will in time to save him from the Robot, who is temporarily de-activated. The family are beginning to settle down on the strange planet when they become aware that a Giant is prowling the valley. That & the discovery that the temperature is dropping rapidly, causes them to decide to move south. They pack up the Chariot & start off, except Smith, who refuses to leave the ‘safety’ of the Jupiter 2. They escape the Giant, who tries...

May 10, 20181 hr 13 min

Special - Calling Alpha Control: KEVIN BURNS

CALLING ALPHA CONTROL: KEVIN BURNS EPISODE SYNOPSIS: We welcome Mr. Kevin Burns to Alpha Control for an exclusive interview. Kevin is a man who has been called the ‘Keeper of the flame’, maybe I should just say the Keeper…of all things Irwin Allen, AS WELL AS an executive producer & creator of the new Netflix Lost in Space series, which premiered on 13th of April 2018. He’s joining us today to share his lifelong LOVE of the ORIGINAL series and of course talk about the new reboot. KEVIN'S BIO: Ke...

May 03, 20181 hr 17 min

3 - Island in the Sky

ISLAND IN THE SKY EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Island in the Sky In the Derelict Alien ship’s control room, John had discovered a neighboring planet with a mass nearly equivalent to Earth. They decide to land there to make necessary repairs. While they orbit the planet, Robinson leaves the ship to land & investigate further. Smith who reprogrammed the Robot to respond only to his commands, tries to take over & return to Earth. Don foils him but, in the process, the ship crash lands. No one is hurt & the fa...

Apr 26, 20181 hr

2 - The Derelict

THE DERELICT EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Maureen & John are outside the spaceship, debilitated by the heat from an approaching comet, they are rescued by Don. Next, they see an enormous spaceship, seemingly adrift. It bears down on them & engulfs the J2. While John & Don are studying its navigational system for clues to their whereabouts, Will exploring, finds a huge chamber full of strange, frozen forms. Unwittingly, he presses the button that defrosts them. Smith, finding Will & terrified by these stran...

Apr 19, 20181 hr 5 min

1 - The Reluctant Stowaway

THE RELUCTANT STOWAWAY EPISODE SYNOPSIS: In 1997, from the now desperately overcrowded Earth, the Robinson family & their pilot set off in the Jupiter 2 spaceship, as pioneers to colonize a distant planet circling Alpha Centauri. At blast off Smith, an agent of an enemy power, who has programmed the Jupiter 2’s Robot to destroy the ship, is trapped aboard. The robot is de-activated before completely carrying out his orders, but the ship is damaged & now far off course, lost in another galaxy. Ro...

Apr 12, 20181 hr 10 min
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