Tom Corbett and Jim Harris are found by a Venus port guard and taken to the Port Commander. However, in the absence of the Port Commander, Chief Warrant officer Porter doesn’t believe Tom’s story and turns them back over to Captain Pickering. Back aboard the Constellation Captain Pickering puts Tom Corbett and Jim Harris on extra duties with the plan of working them around the clock until they drop.
Back at the Academy Captain Strong, Roger Manning and Astro figure out what has probably happened to Tom and try to contact Venus Space Port where the Constellation was scheduled to stop. However, Venus is in opposition to the Earth and out of communication. After setting up a complex radio relay from Earth, to Mars, to Titan, to Venus they finally talk to Chief Warrant officer Porter who admits he let the Captain take him back aboard the Constellation .
Meanwhile back aboard the Constellation, in desperation and with the assistance of the crew, who are fed up with Captain Pickering and First Mate Dawson, Tom Corbett organizes a mutiny and gains control of the control deck where he turns the Constellation back toward Venus.
In the mean time Captain Strong, Roger Manning and Astro are in hot pursuit.
Captain Pickering has Jim Harris as a hostage and tell Tom that if he turns the control deck back over to him he will not blast Jim Harris with a ray gun. Tom agrees but finds out afterward that the Captain ejected him into outer space.
Finally the Polaris crew catch up to the Constellation and Tom is rescued.
Broadcast Date: 52-01-24
Cast:
Tom Corbett: Frankie Thomas
Astro the Venusian: Al Markim
Cadet Roger Manning : Jan Merlin
Capt. Steve Strong: Edward Bryce
Dr. Joan Dale: Margaret Garland
Commander Arkwright: Carter Blake
Written By: Unknown
Directed By: Drex Hines
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Space Age Gizmos:
Space Lawyers: I guess the future is still infested with them. Actually in this episode this refers to someone, Tom Corbett in this episode, who quotes regulations.
Deep Space Mission: Mission to Sirius and Alpha Centauri.
Raise Ship: Phrase for launching the ship.
Space Rats: slang for subordinate crewmen.
Spaceman Second Class: Jim Harris’ Merchant Spaceman rating.
Space Ships This Episode:
Deep Space Freighter Constellation
Polaris
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