Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Silver Needle in the Sky: Chapter III (Season 1, Episode 19)
TV Episode | 26 min | Family, Sci-Fi

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Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

Silver Needle in the Sky: Chapter III (Season 1, Episode 19)

TV Episode | 26 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Rocky declares that the Ophecians have violated the exchange agreement in keeping Dr. Tyson as a hostage. Tyson, hearing how things are going, secretly slips a pill into his mouth. The Ophecians lock Rocky and the others in the conference ...See moreRocky declares that the Ophecians have violated the exchange agreement in keeping Dr. Tyson as a hostage. Tyson, hearing how things are going, secretly slips a pill into his mouth. The Ophecians lock Rocky and the others in the conference room, sealing it with a 3-hour time-lock. As the Ophecians get set to leave, Darganto tries to reassert his leadership over Atlasande. When Atlasande refuses, Darganto launches an initiative to make Atlansande look bad. He and Griff duck into a mechanical room and shut off the oxygen supply for the station. On the way to the Ophecian ship, Tyson collapses. They think he is dead and leave him behind. Times passes. Soon, everyone in the conference room becomes short of breath. Rocky quickly surmises that the air supply is not working. They will be dead by the time the 3-hour lock opens unless they can get to the control valve. Looking at the vent cover, Rocky forms a plan. He borrows Vena's lipstick tube to use as a screwdriver and then sends Bobby down the duct-works. He is small enough to fit through the 18-inch square opening. At the far end Bobby is stopped by another cover. Winky shouts for him to "use his head" to solve the problem. He does just that - he butts the cover off and restores oxygen flow. He grabs some pliers from a nearby toolbox to force open the time lock. Everyone is distressed to have lost Dr. Tyson. As they carry his body toward their ship, however, he wakes up. He used a suspended animation pill that his lab has been developing. He radios Secretary Drake to award special citations to the Orbit Jet crew, especially Bobby. Written by Garon Smith See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Crane Rocky Jones Rocky Jones See fewer	Behind Green Lights (1946)
Scotty Beckett Winky Winky See fewer	A Date with Judy (1948)
Sally Mansfield Vena Ray Vena Ray See fewer	Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)
Robert Lyden Bobby Bobby See fewer	Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Patsy Parsons Cleolanta Cleolanta See fewer	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Harry Lauter Atlasande Atlasande See fewer	Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Dayton Lummis Dr. Hillary Tyson Dr. Hillary Tyson See fewer	The Wrong Man (1956)
Rand Brooks Ranger Andrews Ranger Andrews See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Leonard Penn Griff Griff See fewer	Marie Antoinette (1938)
Dean Cromer Darganto Darganto See fewer	The Book of Acts Series (1957)
Rudolph Anders Dr. Loran Dr. Loran See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Mickey Simpson Magni Magni See fewer	Giant (1956)
Cliff Ferre Marshall (uncredited) Marshall (uncredited) See fewer	Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)
Kenneth MacDonald Ortho (uncredited) Ortho (uncredited) See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)