How many times has Will Robinson been reincarnated?

He came back as Wesley Crusher on STTNG.
He came back as Lucas on Seaquest.

How many other times?

I don't know. Will Robinson struck me more as a kid than any of those other characters. He was not quite so omniscient as the other incarnations.

I think all boy genius's that routinely save the day are descendants of this guy:

http://www.solarguard.com/sghall/happy04.jpg

Boy, teenagers looked a lot more "mature" in the fifties!

Not quite a Will Robinson reincarnation, but Bill Mumy's daughter Liliana is one of the co-stars of The Cleaner (starring Benjamin Bratt). The apple sure didn't fall far from that tree--she's three years older than Bill was when Lost In Space first aired, and she looks just like he did at that age. Well, except that she has longer hair...and the whole "she's a girl" thing...

One of the Brady brothers? The kid on Lassie?

Boy, teenagers looked a lot more "mature" in the fifties!

You must have missed the last couple of seasons of "Fame" in the 80s! :)

What's the real point here? The Will Robinson character is pretty unique, as are Dr. Smith, and the Robot.

I named my son Will. He was born 10-12-97. 2 days before the Jupiter II was launched to be forever Lost in Space.

Bob

Wasn't he originally Opie?

Wasn't he originally Opie?

No. He was originally Anthony Fremont.

http://www.notmytribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/twilight-zone-good-life-anthony-freemont.jpg

And if you don't apologize for thinking he was Opie, he'll turn you into a Jack-in-the-Box with your own bad face!

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Wasn't he originally Opie?
According to IMDb, Ron Howard played Opie in the springboard episode of Make Room for Daddy. But Angela Cartwright was on that show's cast.

They were easy to mix up, and seemed to get very similiar roles.

How many times has Will Robinson been reincarnated?

He came back as Wesley Crusher on STTNG.
He came back as Lucas on Seaquest.

How many other times?
There's the blond girl on Sanctuary. She's saving the day by displaying impossible martial arts.

There's the blond girl on Sanctuary...

Oh yeah, that reminds me of Davy, on Davy and Goliath. Not that he has anything like a Will Robinson role, either.

The original point here was that in TV Sci-Fi there appears to be a need to create a Will Robinson. The first few seasons of STTNG suck because of the ridiculous Will Robinson saving the Enterprise over and over. No matter how bright, no teenager is going to be an "Acting Ensign" on a real ship.

The original point here was that in TV Sci-Fi there appears to be a need to create a Will Robinson. The first few seasons of STTNG suck because of the ridiculous Will Robinson saving the Enterprise over and over. No matter how bright, no teenager is going to be an "Acting Ensign" on a real ship.

Point taken, my take on this thread is that we're seeing far too much scifi where some young kid/teen, like you said, is saving the day. Be it Will, Westly, or the blond gal on Sanctury. It's an obvios attempt to attract the kids to a show but it just doesn't work. There's just no way, even for a prodigy, to gain enough life experience, technical or physical skill in such a short time to "save the day". I thank the Gods they didn't pull this on Babylon 5.

Not so much a "boy genius", but Boxey on TOS Galactica was obviously written in to allow them to use the "kid gets into trouble, needs saving" formula of TV writing.

IMHO, a kid in the cast of a sci-fi show is the first indication that it's gonna be bad. Very bad.

...IMHO, a kid in the cast of a sci-fi show is the first indication that it's gonna be bad. Very bad.

I tend to agree, especially where the kids are "precocious". But the LiS kids weren't the problem with LiS; far from it. And the ST:TNG "acting ensign" status reminds me of a M*A*S*H gag about a corporal captain rank. Perhaps, midshipman might be more realistic?

I know that shows with kids are intended to appeal to certain demographics, but they're not all bad. And, as I said before, I don't see a Will Robinson character type.

He's also Winky in the comic strip "Brewster Rocket"...

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/tmrkt/2008/tmrkt081102.gif

He's also Winky in the comic strip "Brewster Rocket"...

:lol: Are you sure you're not thinking of Mr. Bill?

Right now, I am watching on Sci-FI a ST:TNG episode where Will Robinson's science experiment has gotten loose and has crippled the Enterprise.

An intelligent producer would have rejected such a story idea out of hand.

Will hasn't been the same since his meeting with the Minbari.

IMHO, a kid in the cast of a sci-fi show is the first indication that it's gonna be bad. Very bad.

When they bring in a kid on any show, who was not an original cast member, it is the beginning of the end, IMO.

Oh yeah, watch out for Ted mcginley as well! :lol:

Max Bryant