The run
- Network
- ABC
- Years active
- 1952–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 112
- Genre
- science fiction
The mission of Space Patrol was to bring law and order to the interplanetary frontier. Each episode centered around the Space Patrol crew commanded by Commander Buzz Corry, as the crew jumped around the universe in Terra V.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
11 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air, with 2 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1954, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Capture of the Red Falcon · 15 May 1954
- 2. The Strange Voyager · 22 May 1954
- 3. The Red Demon of Venus · 29 May 1954
The Fugitive from Tolarma
19 Mar 1955 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 19 March 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Weed of Despair
12 Mar 1955 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 12 March 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Monster from the Past
5 Mar 1955 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 5 March 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Voyage to the Future
26 Feb 1955 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 26 February 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Time Pirates
19 Feb 1955 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 19 February 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Hermit of Pluto
12 Feb 1955 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 12 February 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Conquest of Dargeeda
5 Feb 1955 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 5 February 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Shadow of Chardu
22 Jan 1955 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 22 January 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on ABC
ABC in 1952–1955
Other series the network carried while Space Patrol was on the air.
What it became
The rocket age
Dimension X put Bradbury and Asimov on the air with sound design as the special effect. Every science fiction audio drama since is working in that studio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Space Patrol
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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