1966 • Television • Lost in Space
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Series: Lost in Space
Alternate title(s): The Android Machine
Original release / air date: 26 October 1966
Runtime: 50 minutes
Season: 2
Episode: 7
Country / region: United States
Original language: English
Network / broadcaster: CBS
Production company / studio: Irwin Allen Productions; Jodi Productions Inc.; Van Bernard Productions
Artificial character(s): Verda
Performer(s): Dee Hartford
ASFR type: Built
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Overview
Dr. Smith activates a mysterious ordering machine and accidentally obtains Verda, a sophisticated female android from an intergalactic department store.
ASFR Content
Verda initially behaves as a perfectly obedient android tuned to Smith's commands, but contact with the Robinson family causes her to develop compassion and independent behaviour beyond her programming. The store regards that emotional development as a defect.
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ASFR Scenes
Scene 1
Key ASFR scene
The ordering machine materialises Verda
Smith operates the machine and the female android Verda appears, identifying herself as his ordered servant.
Character(s): Verda
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Scene 2
Major
Verda acts against her programming
Verda protects the Robinson children and later offers to sacrifice herself, behaviours the store representative recognises as unexpected emotional development.
Character(s): Verda
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