The Sea Monster of Planet X: Space Patrol (November 21, 1953)

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“The Sea Monster of Planet X” is an episode of Space Patrol, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 21, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Commander Corey and Cadet Happy pursue Prince Baccarati and Dr. Malangro, who escaped an undersea city in a bullet-shaped submersible and are racing across the great sea of Panodeck. Corey and Happy try to locate the fugitives and trace their likely route toward the Colossus River, while Baccarati's own men search too. In the meantime, Corey and Happy's spaceship is damaged in a clash with an atmosphere ship, forcing them to land on a beach. This episode of Space Patrol aired on November 21, 1953.

Planet X, the great sea of Panodeck and the nearby coastline and beaches

Characters: Commander Corey, Cadet Happy, Prince Baccarati, Dr. Malangro

Listen for: The sound of Commander Corey's spaceship being hit by an atmosphere ship's fire as it struggles to land on the beach

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.