Test for Survival: Space Patrol (March 13, 1954)

“Test for Survival” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 13, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy Hapgood have a tense exchange over the annual Space Patrol survival test on Neptune's second moon, where Happy must reach a scout ship while evading enemy forces. Corey sends Happy onto his mission while he himself goes undercover on Pluto to pursue Steve Hegdorn, a member of Emil Gargoth's Cobra Gang. Gargoth's agent Rex Kralin is assigned to capture Happy during the test. The episode is part of the Space Patrol series, first aired on March 13, 1954, and the lead actor for Corey is Ed Kemmer.

Space Patrol headquarters, the Neptune's second moon survival test zone, the Zenith Consultant Service office on Mars, and Pluto.

Characters: Commander Corey, Cadet Happy, Emil Gargoth, Rex Kralin, Steve Hegdorn, Bull Oaks

Listen for: Listen for Corey's undercover confrontation with Hegdorn in Pluto's city, and Gargoth's ultimatum to Corey over Happy's capture.

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.