The Forbidden Planet: Space Patrol (October 23, 1954)

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“The Forbidden Planet” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 23, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Corey and Buzz Happy pursue the fugitive Spangler, who has fled toward the planet Arcturus after a wanted criminal escaped from Earth's solar system. The transcript breaks off partway through the story, so the episode's ending is not covered here. Corey and Happy land on the Forbidden Planet, where they are overcome by its poisonous atmosphere, and they then find themselves prisoners of Spangler and his partner Ticoja, who has his own plans for them and the Arcturian patrol.

Deep space, the Arcturus solar system, and the Forbidden Planet, a deserted world of ruined cities near the city of Kidron

Characters: Commander Corey, Buzz, Happy, Spangler, Ticoja, Rin

Listen for: Corey's hyperspace call to Arcturian Space Center, and the moment Corey realises he is being manipulated into sending a false distress message

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.