 Dr. Harrison and Prof. Nordstrom develop the robot Tobor for space flight, intending that he should be controlled by ESP. They announce their plans at a press conference which will spread the news worldwide, then they become concerned that press conference security was breached because an extra person attended and they wouldn t want the information falling into the wrong hands! The extra person was a spy; he and his henchmen kidnap Nordstrom and his grandson, but Nordstrom cleverly signals Tobor to charge to the rescue. The spies tear open the boy s shirt and threaten to use a blowtorch on him, and the composition makes the torch appear to be pointed at the boy s temple while he concentrates on summoning his hero Tobor (the boy s father has been dead for several years, but it looks like Harrison is striking up a relationship with his mother).