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Where Tom Corbett, Captain Video, CMDR Corry and Other Spacemen Still Live

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While returning from leave on Venus Astro is at the Venus Space Port and is confronted by a stranger in the dark. At first Astro doesn’t see who the stranger is but once he identifies himself as his cousin Murko, Astro see’s that the stranger is an exact duplicate for himself. Murko distracts Astro while his companion Beal hit’s Astro over the head knocking him out. They drag Astro off somewhere secluded and give Astro a shot of Sodium Pentathol (truth serum) to learn about the patrol and his Space Academy friends.

Murko takes over Astro’s place at the Space Academy. Almost immediately Tom becomes suspicious and Murko senses the suspicion. So he fakes an episode of being stunned and goes blank and when he comes out of it he explains to Tom and Roger that after they left Venus he was in an accident with a head injury. Tom and Roger are immediately concerned and want to take Astro (Murko) to the dispensary but he convinces them that he is alright and if he has another episode he will check into the dispensary himself.

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Jan Merlin actor who played Roger Manning in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Space Travel Hero Role: Cadet Roger Manning of the Solar Guard’s Space Academy in the Television and Radio series “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” 1950 – 1954. Fifty years after the series ended, he is still making personal appearances as a result of that role.

Space Travel Bio:
In the fall of 1950 he became the idol of millions of children when he won the role as Cadet Roger Manning in the Television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet as a member of the elite Solar Guard, 400 years in the future. It is this role, especially to classic space travel enthusiasts for which this site is dedicated, and that of Lieutenant Colin Kirby, Confederate officer turned soldier of fortune, in the 1958 Television series “The Rough Riders,” he is most famous for.

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Dimension X

This episode of Dimension X is a rebroadcast of the the No Contact episode first broadcast on Dimension X on 50-04-22 as episode 4 of the new series. The George Lefferts story No Contact was again heard on radio as the premeire episode for the (New) Science Fiction Anthology radio show X Minus One (X-1) on 04-24-55.

In the far flung future of 1982 (no kidding), Spacemen discover The Great Galactic Barrier. Manned space flights to the moon and mars are common. Now they are trying to travel to the planet Volta (not sure where this is or eve what solar system). Volta is beyond the barrier. The Great Galactic Barrier is a strange invisible barrier which is frustrating Man’s attempts to explore the depths of space. So far five ships have attempted the voyage, but none have ever returned, their fate a mystery since no signal can pass through the barrier.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

In the last episode Flash, was drugged with lethium by Queen Azura with lethium, forcing him to forget his friends and fooling him into believing that she is his beloved. Under the influence of the drug, Flash rejects Dale and declares Azura the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and swears his loyalty. The Queen has Tahl bring Dale and Captain Kahn back to life and Flash declares he does not know them.

Our story continues this episode in the the Kingdom of the Hawkman where King Vultan and Dr. Zarkov are missing their comrades Flash and Dale when they receive a spacephone call from one of Captain Kahn’s Lieutenant’s reporting that Flash, Dale and Captain Kahn have been captured by Queen Azura’s Blue Magic Men. King Vultan dispatches Dr. Zarkov as head of a relief expedition.

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Cast of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

In the last episode Buck and Wilma were back onboard the pursuit rocketship and were again picking up Black Barney’s rocket trail, where they had left it when they were diverted to Dr. Huer’s laboratory. The trail is strong and as they arrive in the vicinity of the ruined city of Philadelphia the rocket trail makes a sudden turn then suddenly the trail disappears.

We pickup this episode still aboard the pursuit rocketship puzzling over where Killer Kane and Ardala’s stolen rocketship has gone. While circling around the ruined city of Philadelphia they finally encounter another rocket trail. But the Gas Analyzer readings are indicating a different reading, one that would indicate a Rocket Dampener was in use. Their problem is that they understood the test rocketship that was stolen had been stripped down and all unnecessary equipment removed. Buck and Wilma are uncertain if the Rocket Dampener had been removed from the test ship so they decide to contact Dr. Huer to find out. Unfortunately, the Central Radio Bureau reports Dr. Huer is on his way to the City of Omaha to see Elmo the head of the city. The Central Radio Bureau operator suggests they wait a few minutes and try to contact Dr. Huer at Elmo’s office.

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Our story opens on the Planet Pluto in Pluto City where Commander Corey and Cadet Happy are waiting to meet with Professor Malcolm Walker, of the United Planets Research Foundation, whose rocketship has apparently gone missing. The Commander has ordered a search of Planet Pluto for the Professor. After several hours Buzz and Happy locate a downed rocketship and land nearby to investigate. A search of the rocket reveals that it is the Professors ship and that it is lightly damaged. The Professor himself is no where to be found. He did leave a note explaining that his Space-A-Phone was damaged by the crash. He explains that he saw a flash nearby and has decided to leave the ship to investigate the flash of light.

Corey and Happy return to the Terra V to follow after the Professor. Meanwhile two men, Hagle and Rorman, stumble on the Professor unconscious in the ice. Rorman brings the Professor to their cave headquarters where they revive him and introduce themselves as geologists.

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Space Patrol Show Logo

These missing episodes in the Space Patrol radio show series are another of the tragedies of lost radio episodes. Though we believe we know the title of these episodes the story lines are not known. It is one of the tragedies of collecting old time radio (OTR) that many of these old gems are lost forever and only occasionally does one of these lost shows turn up from a previously unknown source.

* The Old Time Radio Researchers Organization Database indicates that these episodes are lost and no longer available. Anyone who may discover a copy of this "Lost" episode and would like to get it into public circulation please contact Spaceman (Senior Rating) Ray.

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The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon

Last episode Flash and Barin win the tournament of death and Ming proclaims both Flash and Baron Kings. To Prince Barin and Ming’s daughter Aura he gave the Kingdom of the Forest. To Flash Gordon and the Earth girl Dale he gave the Kingdom of the Caves. Ming’s treachery is that neither kingdom has been conquered. Ming declares that these are brave men, let them try.

The story continues this episode Flash, Dale, Captain Kahn and a company of King Vultan’s Hawkmen they set out to conquer Kira the unconquered Kingdom of the Caves. Their first stop is to the Caves of Zoog, Chief of the Cavemen. After landing Zoog comes out of their underground dwellings and Captain Kahn orders Zoog to bow before King Flash the First there new King. But Zoog refuses and Flash takes him on in hand to hand fighting and wins. Zoog who lost to Flash concedes that Flash is the King of the Cave World.

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X-1 Classic Science Fiction Radio Show

A mysterious visitor, named Graffious, to the Broderick Detective Agency, in downtown New York, hires Detective Broderick and his assistant “Iron Man” Doolan to find the Martian Embassy. Both Broderick and Doolan think Graffious is crazy and start to throw him out of their office. But Graffious flashes a $500.00 bank note and suddenly they are all ears.

Grafiius explains that he is an eccentric that believes that if the Martians were on Earth they would be here only as a prelude to an invasion. That if they are indeed on Earth they would have their base “embassy” in New York the center of economic and political activity. Their Embassy would act as a listening post to gather intelligence for their planned invasion.

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Cast of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

In the last episode Buck reads the letter Willie delivered from Kane and it is a taunt to Buck to find them at their new headquarters, if they can find it. Buck quizes Willie to find out the general location of where he was near Philadelphia. With this information Buck and Wilma take their rocketship, now equipped with a Gyro Cosmic Relativator, and their Gas Analyzer to attempt to pick up Killer Kane’s rocket trail before it disapates.

This episode begins in Dr. Huer’s laboratory where he is tending to Willie’s injury’s. While waiting for an ambulance from the medical center to arrive Dr. Huer gets an idea to throw Killer Kane off in his planning. He calls the Central Radio Bureau and has them put out a phony message saying for all persons to be on the look out for Willie. It announced his Rocket Roadster was found crashed on the outskirts of the city of Niagra with a piece of Willie’s jacket but him missing.

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