Return to Planet X: Space Patrol (October 3, 1953)

“Return to Planet X” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 3, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy search the wreckage of a missile base on Jupiter's moon No. 4 for survivors of the blast that destroyed it. Digging down, they find a metal door and follow an escape tunnel, while Prince Baccarati and Dr. Malingo flee through the same passage. Space Patrol is the series, first broadcast on October 3, 1953. Ed Kemmer plays Commander Corey and Lyn Osborn plays Cadet Happy. The episode follows the chase through the tunnel and a pursuit in space toward Planet X.

The wrecked missile base on Jupiter's Moon No. 4, an underground escape tunnel, and space near Planet X

Characters: Commander Buzz Corey, Cadet Happy, Prince Baccarati, Dr. Malingo, Murdoch

Listen for: The sound of the disintegrators and blast guns in the tunnel, and the ship's engines as the pursuit begins

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.