DR. GOLDFOOT

Dr. Goldfoot is an evil genius.

"Some people have that Dr. Goldfoot is a evil genius with a penchant for performing villainous deeds." That is the opening statement made in one of the recordings we have of this, well, evil genius. In it he admits that he does have the reputation with some for being what I just claimed he was.

He then goes on to correct the record, though, when he states, "My aim is diabolically simple. I am going to control the world." He explains that he "has invented the ultimate in ultimate weapons, the one weapon that can positively destroy man - woman!"

To call Goldfoot a genius is to indulge in understatement. The man has created an amazing variety of devices that can astound the average mind.

He has a lipstick that looks a beautiful shade of red but which, when twisted just right, can shoot out destructive rays that can disintegrate a human being.

He has a teleport device which can make him, or whoever he chooses, to pop in and out of his office. The transfer is instantaneous and apparently without any ill effects. He uses it a lot which makes for impressive comings and goings.

He has a series of computer banks with which he can transfer tremendous knowledge about a particular subject, like art or chemistry or such, to the person who dons a metal skullcap attached to the bank.

And most importantly and impressively, he has a manufacturing device which can be programmed to generate life-sized, anatomically accurate (extremely so) humanoid "robots" (he calls them that but in truth they are actually androids). While it is not known if the device can fashion robots of both sexes, it most certainly can produce the female variety. For reasons known only to the bad doctor, these female robots are consistently clad only in gold-colored bikinis. The robots are able to walk and talk and dance and sing and even kiss and these machines obey the every instruction of Goldfoot, albeit sometimes a bit haphazardly.

Goldfoot is, when we first meet him, in his mid-60s when we first encounter him. He has a devilish smile but with devious eyes which, coupled with his thin mustache, gives him a dangerous countenance. He has a sharp tongue on him, able to deliver stinging barbs on his underlings or his opposition. Beyond that, as to his backstory, we know nothing.

Opposing the world-dominance objectives of Dr. Goldfoot is the governmental agency Secret Intelligence Command which has the unfortunate acronym of S.I.C.. This group has, apparently, its headquarters in the Pentagon. Exactly how large or important this organization is remains a mystery. What can be surmised from the meager evidence available, however, is that the actions of Goldfoot must not be its highest priorities because each of the two adventures we have of Goldfoot were being countered by a single agent and in both cases, that person was either quite new or quite incompetent or both.

When I was much, much younger, I loved camp. Well, I tolerated it. I watched Adam West's Batman on television but even at my very young age I knew most of it was silly (at least up until Yvonne Craig showed up as Batgirl). Still, I would watch anything that was related to crime-fighting superheroes or spy related or sci-fi. That would not have included Dr. Goldfoot, however, not because I would not have wanted to but because my small hometown with its two theaters would likely never have carried it.

My first introduction to it was many years later on the late late show, I believe. And then I promptly forgot it. It wasn't until a member of one of the Facebook groups I belong to mentioned it that I remembered. That recall brought with it a smile when I realized that Goldfoot definitely belonged on this site. Evil genius wanting world dominance and opposed by a government agency with an alphabet name.

Is it worth watching? No and yes. No because the plot is stupid and inane and the acting is either ham-ish, amateurish, or melodrama-ish. Yes because it is so campy it needs to be tolerated for a while. Plus there are those bikini-clad robots (androids!).