What happens
Commander Buzz Corry and Happy Jack test a new star-drive ship at the Lunar Fleet Base, Project Infinity, a secret design. A damaged cargo freighter calls for help, and Buzz and Happy rescue its two crewmen into their airlock. One of the men then produces a blast gun from a metal box and takes over the patrol ship. Space Patrol is a 1950s radio adventure series, and this episode aired on October 2, 1954, with its lead actors not named in the transcript. The story continues as the captured pair are forced into hyperspace, where a strange space-phone signal begins to intrude.
The Lunar Fleet Base on the Earth's moon, then a patrol ship in space, including hyperspace.
Characters: Buzz Corry, Happy Jack, Roart Dexter, Nate Soren
Listen for: The moment the rescued men pull a blast gun from the box and take over the ship.
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.