Unidentified Flying Oddball, also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur, (1979) is Walt Disney’s movie adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Subsequently re-released in the United States under the titles The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court, and directed by Russ Mayberry, the film starred Dennis Dugan as astronaut Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his look-alike android Hermes. Trimble’s NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, landing him and the android near King Arthur’s Camelot, where - with the aid of their 20th century technology - they must defeat a plot by the evil Sir Mordred and Merlin to oust King Arthur from the throne.
In a quite unusual fashion, Merlin is presented as an evil character, intent on dethroning Arthur.
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A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande and enemies with the awful knight Sir Nordred. It seems Nordred is out to oust Arthur, while Alisande's father is not the goose she believes him to be but is also a victim of Nordred's schemes. It's as well the Americans have arrived. Written by Jeremy Perkins
