Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to
Spaceship Medic occupants are also struck by a deadly plague carried by the meteorite, but Chase and his medical colleagues eventually find a cure, although Chase collapses from disease and exhaustion. Recovering in hospital after the ship has docked safely, he is presented with a captain's cap by his crew. Spaceship Medic Spaceship Medic is a 1970 science fiction novel for young people by Harry Harrison. The story originally appeared in the November 1969 issue of the magazine "Venture Science Fiction" as "Plague Ship". On a routine trip to Mars, the passenger liner "Johannes Kepler" is hit by a meteoroid, killing the