The Leader

The Leader was the father of Quano and head of his home planet. He brought his son to Priplanus to have him prove his worthiness to succeed his father as leader of their people. His son has failed in earlier tests, and the leader destroyed all witnesses. Fearing another failure on his son's part, he ended the contest between Quano and Will Robinson, and continued it himself with John Robinson. On being bested by Robinson, he came to understand that there is no shame in defeat against a worthy opponent, and joined his son in battling a creature that had previously been too much for the boy.