Posted by : Ray Plumlee in (Space Patrol)
Introduction To The Space Patrol Radio Show
Tagged Under : 1950s, 1951, Black Falcon, Carol Carlyle, Chex, Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Major Robertson, Miss Tonga, Prince Baccarratti, Radio, Robert Heinlein, Smokin Rockets, Space Cruiser, Space Patrol, Terra
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Space Patrol was a science fiction juvenile adventure with shows on both television and radio. Space Patrol was created by Mike Moser, a former U.S. Navy Air Force Veteran who had been in charge of training hurricane-hunter squadrons in World War II. The TV show’s success spawned a radio version from October 1952 to March 1955 running for 129 episodes. The same cast of actors performed on both the TV and the radio shows. Similarly the writers, scripts, story lines and director were used. The TV and radio versions ran separate adventures, with some of the TV villains also appearing on the radio show.
I believe that the concept of Space Patrol came straight from the Golden Age of space era popularized by Robert Heinlein’s book “Space Cadet.” Space Cadet was a 1948 science fiction novel about Matt Dodson, who joins the Space Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System. The story is a military academy story translated into an outer space story of a teenage boy from Iowa who goes to the Military Academy to become an officer and sees action and adventure, assumes responsibilities far beyond his years, and becomes a man.
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