What happens
Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy discover that their spaceship's refrigeration has failed on a flight toward Venus, and that metal-eating worms are chewing through the hull. Hoping to learn who arranged the sabotage, they investigate civilian supervisor Bert Gant, who was assigned to their ship's supplies. Space Patrol is working to stop the enemy Prince Baccarati, whose nuclear reactor on Planet X is powering his spaceship factories and mines. The episode is from the Space Patrol series, originally broadcast on October 31, 1953.
Outer space, a spaceship bound for Venus, Venus City, and Planet X, with its nuclear reactor plant and Iron Mountain
Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Bert Gant, Prince Baccarati, Dr. Melengro, Brugger, Professor Bullock, Professor Erskine
Listen for: The discovery of the metal-eating worms and the reveal of who arranged the sabotage
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.