The Menace of Planet X: Space Patrol (August 22, 1953)

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“The Menace of Planet X” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 22, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy investigate a mysterious new planet beyond Pluto after a missing Space Patrol agent, Lieutenant Simmons, was last heard from near it. Their ship is brought down in a jungle where a giant dinosaur attacks them. Meanwhile, Prince Bharati rules the planet from a castle, using a warped scientist, Dr. Malangro, to control their ship and the natives. This episode is from the Space Patrol radio series, first broadcast on August 22, 1953, with the leading roles played by Buzz Corey and Happy.

Planet X, a remote world beyond the outer reaches of the solar system, featuring jungles, glaciers and a hidden castle.

Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Lieutenant Simmons, Prince Bharati, Dr. Malangro

Listen for: The tense jungle encounter with the dinosaur and the ship's escape from its attack.

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.