Here Comes Tobor

Here Comes Tobor was a proposed American science-fiction television series.[1] It was produced for the 1956–1957 season.[2] However, the project was not aired and only a pilot episode was filmed.[1]

The show was a spinoff from Captain Video and His Video Rangers.[1] Tobor ('Robot' spelled backwards) was a nine-foot-tall robot that had come into the control of the U.S. government.[1][2] In the Captain Video series, Tobor had been one of Captain Video's enemies.[3] In Here Comes Tobor, Tobor is owned by Professor Bruce Adams (played by Arthur Space) and mind-controlled by Adam's nephew Tommy (Vincent Terrace claims Tommy was played by Tommy Terrell while Billboard stated that eleven-year-old actor Tiger Fafara had been cast for the role).[1][4] Tommy is, in the series, able to control Tobor through an ESP detector. Moreover, his IQ is supposedly the highest ever registered.[5] Bruce Cowling was also cast for a role.[4]

In the pilot, Professor Adams runs the Adams Research Center. However, no explanation is given on how Tobor (previously an 'evil' robot) has come into the possession of Professor Adams. The plot of the pilot episode centers on a search for a missing nuclear submarine, which Professor Adams and Tobor help the U.S. Navy to find. The credits of the pilot episode read "Tobor played by Tobor".[1]

Here Comes Tobor was produced by Guild Films and was shot in Hollywood by co-producer Carl Dudley.[6] The theme of Here Comes Tobor was composed by Howard Jackson.[1] The pilot cost around $50,000 to produce. After having failed to sell the pilot for the 1956–1957 season, Guild Films made renewed attempts to merchandise it during 1957.[7]

DVD release

The pilot of Here Comes Tobor was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on February 26, 2008.[8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Terrace, Vincent. Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002. p. 79
  2. 1 2 Billboard 21 apr 1956. p. 14
  3. ↑ Terrace, Vincent. Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2002. p. 47
  4. 1 2 Billboard 14 apr 1956. p. 4
  5. ↑ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 2007. p. 120
  6. ↑ Billboard 7 apr 1956. p. 8
  7. ↑ Sponsor, Volume 11. p. 40
  8. ↑ "Alpha Video - Here Comes Tobor". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
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