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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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The Space Patrol Radio Show ran from October 1952 to March 1955 for 129 known episodes. The same cast of actors performed on both the TV and the radio shows. Included here is the series log for the radio version. As there was also a Space Patrol Television version running simultaneously that version of the show will be discussed elsewhere on this website.

As a further note 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 does turn up from a previously unknown source.

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The first episode in the Space Patrol radio show series is a lost episode. It is believed to have been broadcast on 4 October 1952. 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 this episode is 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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This the second episode in the Space Patrol radio show series is a lost episode. It is believed to have been broadcast on 11 October 1952. 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 does turn up from a previously unknown source.

* The Old Time Radio Researchers Organization Database indicates that this episode is 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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This the second episode in the Space Patrol radio show series is a lost episode. It is believed to have been broadcast on 18 October 1952. 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 does turn up from a previously unknown source.

* The Old Time Radio Researchers Organization Database indicates that this episode is 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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This is the first Space Patrol episode where the radio show program was not lost and is available below for your listening enjoyment. Space Patrol Officer Lieutenant Grayson reports to the Commander demanding a Brain-O-Graph so he can prove to himself he really saw what he thinks he saw. A hole in empty space. But before he is given the Brain-O-Graph ships start disappearing and the Commander suddenly believes him and they head to the Terra V to go investigate.

Once Lieutenant Grayson gets them to the right location they find the hole. Commander Corey contacts Professor Jocha who explains to the Commander that the hole is probably a “psychloplex” or a gate to another universe.

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This the fifth episode in the Space Patrol radio show series is another of the lost episodes. It is believed to have been broadcast on 01 November 1952. Though we believe we know the title of this episode the story line in 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 this episode is 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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A shipwrecked scientist on the hot side of Mercury sets off a massive search and rescue operation. In addition to the search for Professor Mallison, Commander Corey is busy tracking down sabotage attacks against the power plant when they discover a break in the vital water conduit supporting the local colony of The City of the Sun Solaria.

Following tracks from the break in the water conduit Commander Corey and Happy discover a giant 6 wheel atomic digging machine, driven by Burick and Grouse, explaining what had been destroyed to the Solaria water supply conduit. Corey and Happy land to investigate and are chased down and run over by the atomic digging machine.

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Commander Buzz Corey is concerned about the number of accidents Spaceway’s Inc. are having on their freight and passenger ships operating in the outer planets of the Solar System (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto), which seems to coincide with the expansion into the outer planet routes of the powerful TransOrbit shipping line. The TransOrbit Shipping line is headed by a woman named Jelna Fenton who has self identified herself as the “Queen of Space” and an assistant and all around thug Brax Cardo.

An aside: Since this episode is all about the outer planets perhaps Jelna Fenton, and this episode should be called the “Queen of Outer Space.” The movie Queen of Outer Space is one of my favorite space movies and a cult classic.

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The Secretary General has approved an appropriation to make a giant bubble to enclose the Venus Space Station. The process is conceived by brilliant scientist Dr. Berman which is a method of inflating atmosphere shells in space made of “electroplast.” The process is much like blowing up a balloon, however one kilometer in diameter, and once the giant sphere has hardened it is cut in half then put around the space station and the two halves are then welded together.

Buzz and Happy first discover a plot to sabotage the project when they intercept space-a-phone conversations about getting rid of GLEK. It turns out that GLEK is the more common name for “electroplast,” by the technicians who handle it. The plot is headed by Dr. Berman’s jealous former colleague (Kolgar played by Bela Kovacs).

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