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Space Patrol - "Prison Planet" (1955) · Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Three pilots from a disastrous expedition have been recovered. One
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  Speaker 1: remains unaccounted for in the distant Draxok galaxy. On January 8th, 1955,
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  Speaker 1: ABC brought listeners Space Patrol, episode 119, Prison Planet. Commander
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  Speaker 1: Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy, played by Ed Kemmer and
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  Speaker 1: Lynn Osborne, take the terrifying half a million light years
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  Speaker 1: beyond the United Planets to search for the missing flyer.
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  Speaker 1: Their mission brings them into the reach of Mecker, guardian
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  Speaker 1: of the Draxok galaxy, in a story from writer Lou
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  Speaker 1: Houston with Larry Robertson directing. And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 1: Nestle's Ever Ready, the instant cocoa, Nestle's Quick for great
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  Speaker 1: chocolate milk, and Nestle's Chocolate Bars now present Space Patrol.
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  Speaker 2: High adventure in the wild, vast reaches of space.
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  Speaker 3: Missions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice.
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  Speaker 1: Travel into the future with Buzz Corey, Commander-in-Chief of the
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  Speaker 1: Space Patrol.
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  Speaker 4: Space Patrol.
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  Speaker 1: In today's transcribed space patrol adventure, Buzz and Happy are
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  Speaker 1: in their spaceship approaching a planet in a remote solar system.
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  Speaker 3: Commander, where did that thing come from?
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  Speaker 2: It's a glowing object. It's headed right towards us.
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  Speaker 3: A meteor.
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  Speaker 2: Meteors don't glow in space.
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  Speaker 3: It's getting brighter. It's a ball of fire. There's another one.
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  Speaker 3: Where in the universe are they coming from? It's a weapon.
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  Speaker 5: A weapon?
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  Speaker 3: Then it's some of MAKOR's work.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Trying to make good as a threat to destroy us.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be back in just a moment with a thrilling story,
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  Speaker 1: Prison Planet.
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  Speaker 3: It's quicker than a jet flight. It's quicker than the
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  Speaker 3: speed of light.
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  Speaker 7: It's Nestle's Quick, the miracle product that mixes so quick
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  Speaker 7: it gives you chocolate milk in seconds. Fellas and girls,
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  Speaker 7: have you tried instant Nestle's Quick? Nothing was ever so speedy.
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  Speaker 7: Here's all you have to do to get perfect chocolate milk. First,
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  Speaker 7: pour out your big, cold, frosty glass of milk. Then
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  Speaker 7: add two teaspoons of Nestle's Quick.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 7: You pour the milk first. Then you add Quick. Spoon
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  Speaker 7: it around once or twice, and there's your chocolate milk. Boy,
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  Speaker 7: it practically makes it sound. And where do you taste
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  Speaker 7: that flavor? Quick is just like those great Nestle's chocolate bars. Yes, sir,
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  Speaker 7: it's got that special Nestle's chocolate flavor, that special Nestle's
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  Speaker 7: chocolate richness, that special Nestle's chocolate smoothness. It's a real
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  Speaker 7: soda fountain treat right in your own home. You're going
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  Speaker 7: to love having wonderful Nestle's Quick with meals, for snacks,
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  Speaker 7: and before bedtime. And you can tell Mom that Quick
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  Speaker 7: is good for you because it's fortified with vitamin D.
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  Speaker 3: And the more Quick you drink, the more milk you drink.
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  Speaker 3: So Mom's sure to approve.
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  Speaker 7: Ask her to get that big brown and yellow can
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  Speaker 7: of Nestle's Quick, and then you can join all the
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  Speaker 7: space patrollers in the most delicious, most chocolate, quickest treat
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  Speaker 7: in the universe.
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  Speaker 2: That's Q-U-I-K, Nestle's Quick.
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  Speaker 1: And now, today's space patrol adventure, Prison Planet. Boson Happy
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  Speaker 1: have returned to the Graxok star system half a million
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  Speaker 1: light years from the United Planets to search for the
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  Speaker 1: one remaining pilot of an ill-fated expedition. Three other pilots
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  Speaker 1: have already been found and have returned safely to Terra.
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  Speaker 3: Boson Happy realize.
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  Speaker 1: That every moment spent in the unfriendly galaxy means increased peril,
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  Speaker 1: for Makor, guardian of the star system, has sworn to
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  Speaker 1: destroy them. While Happy watches the viewscopes for unfriendly ships,
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  Speaker 1: Buzz makes repeated attempts to contact the missing Space Patrol
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  Speaker 1: pilot by space accord.
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  Speaker 6: Commander Corey aboard Terrified calling Lieutenant Stitter, element four of
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  Speaker 6: Expedition Enigma.
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  Speaker 3: Commander Corey calling Lieutenant Stitter.
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  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter, barrel five.
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  Speaker 3: You got him.
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  Speaker 6: This section's terrible, and I keep watching those views until
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  Speaker 6: I try again.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 2: There's no sighting so far. Corey to Lieutenant Stitter. Your
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  Speaker 2: signal is very weak.
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  Speaker 3: Keep talking. Repeat. Keep talking. We'll try to get a
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  Speaker 3: fix on your signal.
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  Speaker 5: I read you faithfully, Commander. Would you repeat your orders?
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  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter requesting repeat on orders from Commander Corey.
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  Speaker 2: Stitter must be thousands of D.U.
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  Speaker 3: 's away.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, and Mako is causing the interference. Is that deflector
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  Speaker 6: field again, huh? If we don't contact Stitter soon and
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  Speaker 6: get into Star Drive, Mako will be coming after us.
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  Speaker 6: I wish we could make him listen to reason.
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  Speaker 4: He won't happen.
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  Speaker 6: He broke his word with us, and we outsmarted him
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  Speaker 6: and hurt his pride. He won't be satisfied until he
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  Speaker 6: gets his revenge. I guess there are characters like that
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  Speaker 6: in every galaxy. I'd better try to reach Stitter again.
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  Speaker 6: Commander Corey calling Lieutenant Stitter of Expedition Enigma.
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  Speaker 1: Elsewhere in the defense headquarters of the Draxok star system, Maekor,
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  Speaker 1: guardian of the galaxy, confers with his chief aide, Cendrana.
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  Speaker 8: I've marked the star chart, Cendrana. This point indicates Corey's position.
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  Speaker 8: And the other intruder? The second ship is 40,000 omegas
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  Speaker 8: away from Corey.
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  Speaker 3: Its vector is indicated by this arrow. I see.
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  Speaker 9: And Corey is in communication with the other ship.
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  Speaker 3: To a very limited extent. Our deflector field is working
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  Speaker 3: quite successfully.
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  Speaker 9: It may be possible to send some of our ships
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  Speaker 9: after Cory and destroy him before he escapes from our galaxy.
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  Speaker 3: No one is going to get Cory but me. You understand?
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  Speaker 8: My own personal reputation depends on it. I've got the
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  Speaker 8: entire plan worked out. First, we will capture this, uh,
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  Speaker 8: Lieutenant Stitter and his ship.
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  Speaker 3: That will be simple. Then we can turn our full
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  Speaker 3: efforts into getting Cory.
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  Speaker 9: You say it will be simple to capture the other ship?
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Look at its vector. It is heading towards Zirgor.
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  Speaker 3: The prison planet? That's right.
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  Speaker 8: A maximum security base. A planet from which no news
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  Speaker 8: leads to.
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  Speaker 3: The rest of the galaxy. Except by my authority. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: but I don't see how we can possibly.
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  Speaker 8: We will order this unwelcome visitor to lend on Zirgor.
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  Speaker 3: We do it. I got it all figured out. Now listen...
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  Speaker 3: Corey can contact Stitter, but we can't.
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  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter, Element 4 of Expedition Addictment calling Commander Corey
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  Speaker 5: aboard the Terra 5.
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  Speaker 8: An urgent message to Lieutenant Stitter of the United Planets Expedition.
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  Speaker 8: This is Maycore, Guardian of the Galaxy. I want to
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  Speaker 8: help you.
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  Speaker 3: Please acknowledge.
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  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter here. You say you're the Guardian of the Galaxy?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 8: I am in charge of defenses of this star system,
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  Speaker 8: the region of space you're in now. I've already had
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  Speaker 8: contact with your Commander Corey, and know that he's looking
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  Speaker 8: for you.
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  Speaker 3: We promise to give him all the help possible.
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  Speaker 5: That's certainly welcome news. Say, is it possible for you
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  Speaker 5: to relay a message to my commanding officer?
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  Speaker 8: No, not at present, on account of those solar radiations.
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  Speaker 3: I offer a suggestion if you see fit to follow it.
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  Speaker 5: Since you're working with Commander Corey and I'm lost, the
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  Speaker 5: best thing is to let you give the orders.
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  Speaker 3: Why, thank you, Lieutenant. It will be easier that way.
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  Speaker 3: I believe I know your present position.
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  Speaker 8: There should be a yellow star approximately 20 degrees to
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  Speaker 8: the right of your present heading.
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  Speaker 5: It's 23 degrees by my estimates.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 8: You're near the planet Zirgal. Make a landing on that planet.
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  Speaker 8: Then we'll notify Commander Pory where to find you.
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  Speaker 5: Planet inhabited?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, but by a very primitive civilization.
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  Speaker 8: And I suggest that you carefully avoid.
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  Speaker 3: Any settlements for fear of alarming the natives.
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  Speaker 4: I understand.
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  Speaker 8: And I'll contact you later and help you establish your
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  Speaker 8: exact position on the planet, so Commander Corey can locate
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  Speaker 8: you without any trouble.
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  Speaker 5: I'm very grateful, Maker.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, this star system is always happy to help friendly visitors, Lieutenant. Now,
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  Speaker 8: don't be concerned about it, Commander. I'll personally take care
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  Speaker 8: of everything. And I wish you a safe landing on Virgo.
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  Speaker 3: There, Cinderella. You see?
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  Speaker 9: I still don't like the idea of sending him to
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  Speaker 9: the prison planet. The prison authorities see his ship and
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  Speaker 9: they'll report it. Didn't you hear me tell the stupid
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  Speaker 9: lieutenant to avoid all settlement? He'll never know he's landing
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  Speaker 9: on a prison planet. Until later, when we have him
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  Speaker 9: locked up.
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  Speaker 3: It would be better to do away with him.
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  Speaker 8: Suppose he talks, Dan. We would understand him without a translator.
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  Speaker 8: And there are no electronic translators on.
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  Speaker 3: This prison planet. It would be foolish to do away
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  Speaker 3: with him.
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  Speaker 8: Because we may need him later if we decide to
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  Speaker 8: attack Korin's solar system.
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  Speaker 3: I realize no one has ever returned from Zergol in
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  Speaker 3: the 12 Tarbans that has been operating as a prison. Right.
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  Speaker 3: Not even the guards and official personnel.
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  Speaker 8: And the pilots who bring new prisoners there are not
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  Speaker 8: allowed to leave the ship. They must return without setting
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  Speaker 8: foot on Zergol.
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  Speaker 3: And Then you're sure there's nothing to worry about? Nothing, Simran.
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  Speaker 3: We'll capture our lieutenant and his spaceship. And then we'll
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  Speaker 3: go after Commander Corey. Now come. Let's go to our
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  Speaker 3: ship and best off for Zirgal.
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  Speaker 1: Still encountering bad reception, Buzz and Happy continue their attempts
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  Speaker 1: to contact Lieutenant Stitter.
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  Speaker 2: This is the direction Stitter seemed to be heading.
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  Speaker 3: We need to change back there. A deflector may cause
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  Speaker 3: us throwing instruments way off. Uh-oh. There's something in the viewscope, sir.
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  Speaker 3: A ship?
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  Speaker 9: No, sir, it's too big.
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  Speaker 3: A giant meteor, maybe. A small moon, a satellite of
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  Speaker 3: that kind. Sure, that's probably it.
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  Speaker 6: If we can contact Stitter again, we can use a
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  Speaker 6: sort of planetary system as a reference point. Mendicore aboard
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  Speaker 6: Terra 5 calling Lieutenant Stitter. Mendicore aboard Terra.
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  Speaker 3: 5 calling Lieutenant Stitter.
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  Speaker 1: Some distance from Zergol, Makor and Sindrana adjust a special
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  Speaker 1: device on their spacephone that modifies.
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  Speaker 3: The deflector field. Two moments later, they establish contact with
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  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Stitter. Have you landed yet, Lieutenant Stitter?
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  Speaker 5: No, Makor. I'm flying at low altitude over a mountain range,
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  Speaker 5: looking for a place to set down.
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  Speaker 3: Are you near a settlement of any kind?
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  Speaker 5: I don't think so. I made a careful check by
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  Speaker 5: a viewscope at high altitude before I came in low.
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  Speaker 3: That's excellent.
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  Speaker 8: Now, from your space-aphone signal, you appear to be on
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  Speaker 8: the bright side of Zirgal.
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  Speaker 5: Correct. The sun is right overhead.
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  Speaker 3: Have you observed the large body of water?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, but it's beyond the horizon now. It's several hundreds
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  Speaker 5: of what we call miles to my right.
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  Speaker 3: Then you are over an entirely unpopulated region, Lieutenant. Lend
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  Speaker 3: them the first suitable place you see.
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  Speaker 5: Very good, Major.
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  Speaker 8: After your landing is secured, space-aphone me.
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  Speaker 3: I'll have no difficulty finding you.
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  Speaker 5: How about Commander Croy? Has he contacted again?
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  Speaker 3: No, but don't worry. One of our communication centers is
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  Speaker 3: certain to reach him soon. Make or hide. There you are, Cendrana.
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  Speaker 3: That ship and its pilot are as good as in
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  Speaker 3: our hands. The plan is working out very well, Mako.
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  Speaker 3: I confess that I'm... Cendrana, the viewscope. It's a spaceship. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: and on a vector towards Zergoth. Possibly one of our
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  Speaker 3: own prison ships. If there were prisoners being consigned to Zirgal,
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  Speaker 3: I'd known about it. A supply ship, then?
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  Speaker 8: The prison senate has been self-supporting for the last two Tarvans.
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  Speaker 8: It must be Corrie. He has managed to get some
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  Speaker 8: sort of a fix on Stitter's signal.
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  Speaker 3: I hope he hasn't overheard our conversations with Stitter. If
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  Speaker 3: he has, there's nothing he can do about it. He'll
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  Speaker 3: never reach Zirgal. How are we going to stop him?
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  Speaker 3: It's not wise to engage Corey in combat. We've learned
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  Speaker 3: that fact. We won't need to get closer to him
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  Speaker 3: than we are now.
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  Speaker 8: Not if we use the Dero projectiles.
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  Speaker 9: It's forbidden to use the Dero projectiles except in the
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  Speaker 9: most extreme emergency.
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  Speaker 3: Well, isn't this one?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, but you must have permission from the Supreme Consul
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  Speaker 9: of the Galaxy. That would mean telling them there are
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  Speaker 9: alien ships in our star system. I was able to
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  Speaker 9: obtain the Deiro project, pal, without a formality. The Supreme
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  Speaker 9: Council will never know. Take the control, Syndrano.
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  Speaker 3: I will launch.
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  Speaker 4: The.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure that was the Spitter we heard a moment ago.
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  Speaker 3: Want to stay on this vector, sir?
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: It'll take us close to that planet.
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  Speaker 2: Man, that's not so safe.
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  Speaker 3: The Mako are looking for us. Maybe the planet's uninhabited.
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  Speaker 3: We can only contact Spitter before Mako's tipped off. Hey, Commander.
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  Speaker 4: Commander, look.
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  Speaker 3: Where did that thing come from?
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  Speaker 9: It's glowing.
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  Speaker 3: It's headed right towards us. A meteor. Meteors don't glow
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  Speaker 3: in space. And a meteor would have registered on our viewscopes.
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  Speaker 3: It's getting brighter. It's a ball of fire. There's another one.
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  Speaker 3: We'll change our course.
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  Speaker 7: Where in the universe are they coming from? All of
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  Speaker 7: a sudden, two flaming blobs appear out of nothing. Hey,
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  Speaker 7: they're changing course too, Commander.
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  Speaker 3: Both of them swerved when we did.
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  Speaker 2: Either they're attracted to us or... Or they're under some
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  Speaker 2: sort of control.
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  Speaker 3: It's a weapon.
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  Speaker 2: There must be some of Nacor's work.
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  Speaker 3: Right. He's trying to make good his threat to destroy us.
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  Speaker 3: They're gaining on us, sir. What are we going to do?
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  Speaker 1: We'll return to Space Patrol in just a moment. Say, Tony,
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  Speaker 1: did I hear you telling the gang that you have
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  Speaker 1: a soda fountain.
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  Speaker 3: At your house? That's right, Captain Tufel.
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  Speaker 2: Well, don't you think that's exaggerating just a little bit?
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  Speaker 3: Gee whiz, no.
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  Speaker 10: My mom always keeps plenty of Nestle's Quick in our galley.
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  Speaker 10: And that's just like having a soda fountain. Because I
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  Speaker 10: can make up real chocolate milk just like a soda
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  Speaker 10: fountain treat anytime I like.
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  Speaker 3: You see? Well, I guess I can't argue with that, Tony.
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  Speaker 1: Nestle's Quick is the greatest treat in the universe because
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  Speaker 1: it makes the greatest chocolate milk in the universe.
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  Speaker 3: Imagine being able to.
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  Speaker 1: Fix chocolate milk with the same wonderful rich flavor as
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  Speaker 1: your favorite Nestle's chocolate bars right in your house.
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  Speaker 3: And you can fix it just as quick as that.
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  Speaker 10: All you have to do is pour out your glass
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  Speaker 10: of milk, add two spoonfuls of Nestle's Quick, Put it
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  Speaker 10: around once or twice, and it's ready to drink.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, Nestle's Quick has plenty of what it
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  Speaker 1: takes to help build sound teeth and bones.
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  Speaker 3: Plenty of vitamin D.
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  Speaker 10: Another thing that's good is the more Quick you drink,
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  Speaker 10: the more milk you're drinking.
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  Speaker 3: And that's great for all us space patrollers.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, everybody could have a soda fountain at home by
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  Speaker 1: just asking Mom to bring home the big brown and
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  Speaker 1: yellow can of Nestle's Quick. Then anytime you like meals
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  Speaker 1: or snacks, you can fix yourself a real chocolate treat,
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  Speaker 1: Nestle's Quick.
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  Speaker 10: If you're like all us space patrollers, you'll love Nestle's Quick.
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  Speaker 10: That's Q-U-I-K, Nestle's Quick. Boy, is it chocolatey and good.
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  Speaker 1: And now, back to our space patrol adventure, Prison Planet. Makor,
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  Speaker 1: guardian of the galaxy, has tricked Space Patrol Lieutenant Snidder
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  Speaker 1: into landing in a deserted section of Zergol, a prison planet.
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  Speaker 1: When Makor and his chief aide, Syndrana, saw Commander Corey's
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  Speaker 1: ship approaching Zergol.
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  Speaker 3: He fired two day-roll projectiles at the Terra-5.
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  Speaker 1: Wasn't happy to realize their danger, but so far are
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  Speaker 1: unable to escape the strange flaming projectiles by evasive action.
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  Speaker 3: We'll just have to try to outrun them, Happy.
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  Speaker 2: How about going into star drive? Maybe we'd be safe
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  Speaker 2: in hyperspace. We'd be plunging into an unknown dimension with
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  Speaker 2: no hope of finding our way back.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, those fireballs are gaining on us.
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  Speaker 2: They're getting bigger, growing in size. Maybe they'll burn themselves
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  Speaker 2: out before they hit us.
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  Speaker 3: I'm afraid not, Happy.
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  Speaker 2: That weapon is some strange energy force. I think it
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  Speaker 2: feeds the travel.
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  Speaker 3: On what?
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  Speaker 2: Microscopic particles in space. And we're a giant particle, so
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  Speaker 2: it's chasing us.
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  Speaker 7: If we can't dodge them or outrun them, what are
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  Speaker 7: we going to do?
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  Speaker 2: Happy, what's the simplest way you know to get a
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  Speaker 2: bone away from a hungry dog?
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  Speaker 6: Gee, I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Unless it's to offer him a bigger bone.
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  Speaker 5: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: It's just what we're going to do now.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 6: We're going to offer those hungry blobs of energy a
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  Speaker 6: bigger bone. We're changing vector to head right for that
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  Speaker 6: small moon.
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  Speaker 3: Will they go after the moon?
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  Speaker 4: They may.
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  Speaker 6: The moon's small, but gigantic in comparison with our ship.
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  Speaker 6: We're going to have to rely on instruments at this velocity.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: We'll have to work fast.
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: You'll compute the moon's orbit.
• 16:03
  Speaker 6: We'll leave it up to the automatic pilot control to
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: skim us close to the moon's surface.
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: Wow, this computer better work fast. The fireballs are really
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: closing in.
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: We've done all we can, Hap. We might as well relax.
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: I think I must have fed the wrong data into
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: the computer, Commander. I think we're going to crash. We've
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: played our hand, Hap. If we tamper with the controls now,
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: we might really make an error. Here we go.
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: You can open your eyes now, Captain.
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: Huh?
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: Didn't... didn't... We missed the moon. How about those fireballs?
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: They've changed course with the moon.
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: Of the career bluestone. The rocket's at work.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: I wonder what'll happen when they collide with it.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: Oh, look at that. The whole moon is burning up.
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: It isn't the moon any longer. It's a sun.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: A miniature star.
• 16:58
  Speaker 9: Wow.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: That's what would've happened to us. Look at our instruments.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: They're picking up all kinds of wild radiation.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: I'll bet we couldn't pick up a space-phone signal from
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: Snitter now if he was in the next compartment.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Maycore is probably a few D.U.s away trying to figure
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: out what happened.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: We'll cross over to the other side of the moon's
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: orbit and hide out there. Macon, you destroyed the moon.
• 17:21
  Speaker 9: The Darrow projectiles destroyed the moon.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: Stop gibbering. The important question is, did we get Corey?
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter calling Macon, guardian of the galaxy. Lieutenant Stitter
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: calling Macon, guardian of the galaxy.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: There's a lot of interference considering how close we are
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: to the planet. It's the Darrow radiation. Maker to Lieutenant Stitter,
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: have you landed? Yes.
• 17:40
  Speaker 5: My ship is on a grassy plain near a wooded section. Good.
• 17:44
  Speaker 8: Keep reporting at intervals. We will locate your exact position
• 17:48
  Speaker 8: by your signal.
• 17:48
  Speaker 5: Very good, Maker. Any word from Commander Corey?
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: There is nothing to worry about now, Lieutenant.
• 17:54
  Speaker 8: Just keep in contact and we'll have you in safe
• 17:56
  Speaker 8: hands in a very short time.
• 17:59
  Speaker 3: Maker out. You'll be in safe hands, all right. The
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: hands of the guards of the prison, Blackie.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: From his grounded ship on the planet Zurgau, Lieutenant Stitter
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: continues his periodic messages to his supposed rescuers. Finally, a
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: strange ship appears over the horizon and lands a few
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: yards from his own.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: Two men emerge from the ship and walk toward his
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: space patrol cruiser.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: As Stitter turns to open the hatch to welcome them,
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: a signal light flickers on the spaceophone panel and a
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: buzzer sounds. Surprised, Lieutenant Stitter steps to the spaceophone and
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: quickly turns to a special frequency.
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: Port Terra 5 calling Lieutenant Stitter. Urgent. Commander Corey to
• 18:44
  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Stitter here, Commander.
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: Stitter, you're in danger. Blast off immediately.
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: In danger?
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: Well, there's some mistake, sir.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: I've been in contact with the Guardian of the Galaxy.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: He's ready to rescue me.
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: He's tricked you. Get off that planet before he lands.
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: But the ship has already landed. In fact, there are
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: two men about to come aboard. They'll be in here
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: before I can blast off.
• 19:02
  Speaker 5: Are they in spaces?
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: No, sir.
• 19:04
  Speaker 5: Then you won't need one either. Get out of that ship.
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: Run to the cargo hold and go out to the
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: emergency hatch. Don't try to fight them.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: I think they're entering the airlock now, sir.
• 19:12
  Speaker 5: Hurry, Stitter. Take a miniature space-o-phone. We'll find you and
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: pick you up.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Hurry up. That's strange. He's not in the control compartment.
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: Wait a minute. Look out through the port. He left
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: the ship. Yes, he's running toward the woods. Maybe he's suspicious.
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: I'll go after him. You return to our ship and
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: wait for me. Terrible.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: 5 flies low over the planet Zirgo while Buzz and
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: Happy scan the ground with a telescopic view scope.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: I sure hope Spitter got away.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Can't we try to contact him now, sir?
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: All right, Happy. We don't want to try too soon.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: By now, he's either captured by Makar or he's far
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: enough away to.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: Risk talking to us.
• 20:05
  Speaker 6: Commander Corey calling Lieutenant Spitter.
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: Corey to Spitter.
• 20:11
  Speaker 6: If you read me but can't answer, we're looking for you.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: And we'll keep looking till we find you. I hate
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: to think of what Maker will do to him if
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: he catches me.
• 20:17
  Speaker 6: Judging by the fabulous space-going conversation we have accepted, Maker
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: wants Stitter along with him.
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: I sure hope so.
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: I'll try again.
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: Vendor Corey calling Lieutenant Stitter.
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: Lieutenant Stitter here, Commander. Everything's all right.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: You got away from Maker? Yes, sir.
• 20:31
  Speaker 5: I just ran into the woods. I'm all right now.
• 20:34
  Speaker 5: This is a wonderful planet. Wonderful. I never felt the
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: good of my life.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Stitter, listen. You're still in danger. Give me a few
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: landmarks so I can find you.
• 20:42
  Speaker 5: Never mind, Commander. I don't want to leave this place ever.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: Stitter, what's wrong with you?
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: What?
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: Nothing's wrong. Absolutely nothing. What could possibly be wrong in
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: this beautiful, wonderful world?
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: Stitter.
• 20:56
  Speaker 6: Lieutenant Stitter, you're still under orders.
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: I demand an explanation.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: Nothing to explain, Commander. I like it here, that's all.
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: Thanks for your trouble, sir. Goodbye. Stitter out.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: What's that in there? Hey, I know. A makeover study
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: and making him put on an act. That is no way.
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: For some reason, he just wasn't going to do this.
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: What's the matter?
• 21:14
  Speaker 9: Look.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: There are two ships down there. Yes, sir.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: And beyond it, in the clearing, there's a man. Just
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: a few scopes, sir.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: A little more. There.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: It's Stitter, sir. See? Space patrol uniform. There's room in
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: the clearing to set the ship down. While I land
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: the ship, you check the atmosphere sample we scooped up.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: The air must be okay, sir.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Lieutenant Stitter didn't complain about it.
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: No, he certainly didn't. Make that test after.
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: Using the rappel array, Buzz brings the Terra 5 in
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: on a vertical descent into the clearing.
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: As they leave the ship and approach the Lieutenant.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Stitter leans against a tree and watches them with amused interest.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: Lieutenant Stitter. Hi, Commander. Hello, Happy. Lieutenant. Come on, Lieutenant.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: Let's get into the ship. Why is everybody so serious?
• 22:05
  Speaker 6: This is a glorious planet. Why would anyone want to
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: leave it? Still, you're being affected by the atmosphere. There's
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: a gas in the air that tests similar to nitrous oxide.
• 22:15
  Speaker 6: sometimes called laughing gas. It gives you a false feeling
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: of well-being.
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Isn't it great, Commander? That dragon will carry him aboard.
• 22:21
  Speaker 5: Yes, sir. Don't hurt him.
• 22:22
  Speaker 3: Remember, he can't help the way he's acting.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: If you don't get aboard that ship right away, you'll
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: be just like him.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: Come on, Lieutenant. Easy now. All three of you, turn
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: around and raise your hand. I warn you, don't force
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: me to use this weapon. Easy, sir.
• 22:36
  Speaker 8: Well, I see you have your translating devices with you.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: That will make it easier for both of us. Come on.
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: We're going on a walk through the woods. To my ship.
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: Why is everybody so anxious to leave this wonderful world?
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Don't worry. You'll be back. You'll be here permanently, Lieutenant. Hey, great!
• 22:54
  Speaker 8: You won't think it's so funny when you find out
• 22:56
  Speaker 8: what Zergol really is.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: It's a prison planet. This is a prison planet? Yes.
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: Some distance from.
• 23:03
  Speaker 8: Here is the Guarded Prison. It was built by prison
• 23:06
  Speaker 8: labor from other planets. And no one who has been
• 23:09
  Speaker 8: brought to Zergol has.
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: Ever left it.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: Now, I call that a mighty nice arrangement. For you, perhaps.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: But not for Corey and the cadets.
• 23:17
  Speaker 8: After I get what information I want from them, they
• 23:19
  Speaker 8: will be destroyed.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: Now, come on, all of you.
• 23:22
  Speaker 6: He's running things as if nothing happened.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. First, I'd better relieve you of your weapons.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: Just keep your hands raised. That's it, Commander. Now, you cadets.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: And don't move or I'll bust you to bits.
• 23:36
  Speaker 7: Hey, Commander, how come the atmosphere doesn't make this guy good-natured?
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: He's been exposed as long as Lieutenant Spitter. He's fighting
• 23:41
  Speaker 7: it like we are. Spitter was caught off guard and
• 23:43
  Speaker 7: didn't realize what was happening.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: All right, let's go. Stand right where you are.
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: Are you there with the blaster?
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: Drop it. Stranger has you covered, Makor. He's right behind you. Well,
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: that's wonderful advice, Makor. Drop it. Very well. Do you
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: know who I am? Of course. You're Makor, Guardian of
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: the Galaxy. And you, obviously, are an escaped prisoner.
• 24:04
  Speaker 8: If you don't put down that weapon and let me go,
• 24:06
  Speaker 8: you will be in for severe punishment.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: You won't think it's so funny when the guards catch you.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: The guards? Maycore, listen, I am a guard. Yannick, the guard. Ridiculous.
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: Why are you wearing your prisoner's uniform, then? I like
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: to change off. I'm a guard, all right.
• 24:22
  Speaker 9: It's my job to keep nosy officials like you from
• 24:25
  Speaker 9: interfering with the happiest planet in the galaxy.
• 24:27
  Speaker 8: Commander, this is a madman. Help me escape from him,
• 24:30
  Speaker 8: and I'll let you return to your home planet.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: Nobody leaves Zurg off. It would spoil everything.
• 24:34
  Speaker 6: What do you mean, spoil everything?
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: Isn't this a prison, Planet? Oh, not to us.
• 24:39
  Speaker 9: We have plenty to eat and practically no work to do.
• 24:41
  Speaker 9: Zurgol is a paradise. I was in one of the
• 24:44
  Speaker 9: original workers who was sent here to build a prison.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: When we saw what we had here, we invented a
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: little scheme to keep Zurgol a paradise. This is impossible.
• 24:52
  Speaker 8: Zurgol is a maximum security prison. The worst criminals in
• 24:55
  Speaker 8: the galaxy are sent here.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: Yes, it's our only source of immigration.
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: If the truth ever got out about Zurgall, it would
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: be swamped with honest people.
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: In a short time, there would be a shortage of food. Fighting, robbery,
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: murder would be everywhere. You mean there's no crime here now?
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: Why should there be? There's plenty for all.
• 25:12
  Speaker 9: If any man has any tendency to be nasty, the
• 25:14
  Speaker 9: effects of the atmosphere makes him a pretty jolly citizen
• 25:16
  Speaker 9: after a few days.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't stay here. I can't stay here. Yes, Mako.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: You're afraid the people you falsely accused of crime will
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: get revenge. But don't worry. You'll be safe. We have
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: a saying here that everything grows on Zurgall.
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: But he I understand the reason you want no one
• 25:31
  Speaker 6: to leave, General, but we three are from another galaxy.
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: All we want is to return home.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: We'll never reveal your secret or bother you, I promise.
• 25:38
  Speaker 9: Something tells me you're sincere, but my duty to the
• 25:41
  Speaker 9: others forces me to make you stay.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: I assure you, after a while, you won't want to leave.
• 25:45
  Speaker 3: That's not the point.
• 25:46
  Speaker 9: We have our duty to our solar system, just as
• 25:48
  Speaker 9: you have to your planet. What else could you ask
• 25:51
  Speaker 9: of life than to live on Zergon?
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: Look around you. At the trees, the flowers, the blue skies.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Take that weapon, John. Pat, pick up your gun. Keep
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: him covered. Yes, sir.
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: Thank you, Corey.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Now I'll give this convict a lesson in respect. Laker.
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: Laker, break it up.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: Let go of him. I'll give him a thrashing, you'll remember. No,
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: you won't. Did he hurt you, Janet? Not much. Thanks
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: for taking him off me. You're certainly hit. He's untied.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: You better watch him. His spaceship is outside the woods.
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: He may have a partner aboard. I know. It's in Granham.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: He's already been captured.
• 26:23
  Speaker 6: Well, my two friends and I are blasting off now.
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: What I said before still goes. We'll keep you a secret.
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: Thank you. Happy, you ready?
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: Yes, sir.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: I've got all the weapons. Tenants, sit down. I'm ready, Commander.
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: I guess I lost control for a while. Sorry, sir. Goodbye, Jeanette. Goodbye, Commander.
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: Good luck. Goodbye. Come on, then. Let's get back to town.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: But I like it here. I think I'll stay. Goodbye, Commander. Happy,
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: come on. Yes, sir.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: An action preview of next week's exciting space patrol adventure
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: in just a moment.
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: What's new? Nestle's new. Nestle's what?
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: Coconut.
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: Ah, that's my favorite verse, Commander, because I sure go
• 27:06
  Speaker 7: for Nestle's great new coconut bar.
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: Oh, I see. Well, you've practically gone through the entire
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: month's supply already.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: Gee, Commander, I just can't help myself.
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: When I bite into that luscious, thick, rich milk chocolate
• 27:15
  Speaker 7: just loaded with crisp, toasted coconut, I sort.
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: Of lose my head. I got to keep eating.
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: I'll admit, there never has been such a delicious chocolate
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: bar as the new Nestle's coconut bar.
• 27:25
  Speaker 7: Well, except maybe those other sensational Nestle's chocolate bars. You know,
• 27:28
  Speaker 7: the rich milk chocolate, the almond bar, and wonderful crunch.
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: Stop.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Now you're making me hungry.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: What are we waiting for? Be my guest, Commander.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Have a Nestle's chocolate bar. And that goes for you, too,
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: fellas and girls.
• 27:39
  Speaker 7: Remember, N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best chocolate.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: And now, a preview of next week's exciting Space Patrol adventure.
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: Buzz and Happy are exploring the ruins of a lost civilization.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Suddenly aware that a man is following them, Buzz pulls
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Happy into a dark passage.
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: I don't think he can see us stuck in here.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: We've got the entrance now. He can't see us in
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: the dark passage, but he'll leave us. Commander, that big
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: stone at the entrance. It's moving.
• 28:13
  Speaker 6: He knows we're in here.
• 28:13
  Speaker 7: Yeah, but no man in the universe can move that stone.
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: It wastes time. He's not from this universe, huh? Commander,
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: he sealed us in. We're trapped.
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: Be with us again next week for the thrilling Space
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: Patrol story, The Crown of Darjeetah. Space Patrol, created by
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: Mike Moser, starring Ed Cameras, Commander Corey, and then Osborne
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: as Cadet Happy, was written by Lou Houston, produced and
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: directed by Larry Robertson, executive producer Helen Moser. Other players
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: were Bela Kovacs, Norman Jolly, Ken Mayer, and Tony Sy,
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: Dick Tufel speaking. This week's Space Patrol was brought to
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: you by Nestle's Ever Ready, the instant cocoa, Nestle's Quick
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: for great chocolate milk, and famous Nestle's Chocolate Bar. This
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: program is broadcast to our armed forces overseas through the
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. Space Patrol
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: came to you transcribed from Hollywood. This is ABC Radio Network.
• 29:22
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• 29:26
  Speaker 1: prison planet comes to a close. Good evening. Follow old-time
• 29:30
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