The narrator of the original Spaceship Earth script has been reported as many different individuals. Imagineer Marty Sklar reported that it was Lawrence Dobkin, refuting the commonly held belief that it was Vic Perrin. Perrin's name however is the name used most frequently in the Disney archives. Other names that have also been reported are Walker Edmiston and Walter Pidgeon. We believe it to be Vic Perrin. The full narration is as follows:


Now, suns reverse, moons re-phase, let us return to ancient caves where first we learn to share our thoughts and to survive. Where are we now? It is the waiting dawn where vast things stir and breathe. And with our first words and first steps, we draw together to conquer the mammoth beast. It is the dawn of a new beginning, the dawn of recorded time.

On cave walls we inscribe our greatest triumphs. A growing record of our deeds, to share with others so they too may greet tomorrow's sun.








At last, a new dawn emerges. The dawn of the Renaissance-and a wondrous machine performs as a thousand scribes. Now for all: the printed word.


The Renaissance, a beacon through the mists of time, guiding us to a new era. A time of invention and exploding communication.




Woman: GPC report. Odyssey is complete with position home.

Man: Can you switch to manual payload?

Woman: No problem. Manual payload is activated. Signal from command execution.

Man: Roger. Are you getting video?

Woman: Affirmative. Delta camera is on and tracking.

Our journey has been long. From primal caves we have ventured forth traveling the endless corridors of time seeking answers to our tomorrow. With growing knowledge and growing communication, we have changed our lives, changed our world. From the reaches of space to the depths of the sea, we have spun a vast electronic network linking ourselves as fellow passengers together, on Spaceship Earth.

