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Space Patrol - "Return to Planet X" (1953) · Old Time Sci-Fi Radio | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On October 3rd, 1953, ABC carried the 53rd episode of
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  Speaker 1: Space Patrol, Return to Planet X. The continuing story finds
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  Speaker 1: Commander Buzz Corey and Cadet Happy moving on from a
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  Speaker 1: skirmish in the tunnels beneath Prince Baccarati's missile base on
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  Speaker 1: Jupiter's fourth moon. Their pursuit of Baccarati leads away from
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  Speaker 1: the Jovian outpost and toward the remote Planet X. Ed
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  Speaker 1: Kemmer and Lynn Osborne had a cast that includes Bella Kovach,
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  Speaker 1: Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, and Norman Jolly. Lou Houston received
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  Speaker 1: the original story credit. From the Ralston Serials series, we
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  Speaker 1: now take you back to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Wheat Chex, Rice Chex, and good, hot Ralston present Space Patrol!
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  Speaker 3: Space Patrol!
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  Speaker 2: High adventure in the wild, vast riches of space. Missions
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  Speaker 2: of daring in the name of interplanetary justice. Travel into
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  Speaker 2: the future with Buzz Corey, Commander-in-Chief of the Space Patrol.
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  Speaker 2: And now, today's exciting Space Patrol adventure, Return to Planet X.
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  Speaker 3: A blasted heap of rubble.
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  Speaker 2: That's all that remains of the camouflaged launching base on
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  Speaker 2: Jupiter Moon No. 4, aiming point from which Prince Fakirati
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  Speaker 2: planned to hurl guided missiles across half a million miles
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  Speaker 2: of space to destroy two key cities on the planet Jupiter.
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  Speaker 2: Last week, we learned how Commander Corey and Cadet Happy
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  Speaker 2: arrived just in time to blast the missile chutes and
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  Speaker 2: control blockhouse to bits with a space torpedo from the
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  Speaker 2: Terra V.
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  Speaker 4: It's now a few moments later. Buzz and Happy have
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  Speaker 4: landed on moon.
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  Speaker 2: Number four, while the last grains of dust from the
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  Speaker 2: explosion are falling swiftly to the surface of the airless satellite.
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  Speaker 2: Wearing spacesuits and carrying portable disintegrators, they crushly approach the
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  Speaker 2: shattered structure.
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  Speaker 5: Take it easy, Hap.
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  Speaker 6: Don't go charging into that mess.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, Commander.
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  Speaker 2: But you don't think anybody could still be alive in
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  Speaker 2: that wreckage? I think we've learned not to take anything
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  Speaker 2: for granted where Baccarati is concerned. Whoever was in that
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  Speaker 2: control station may have been wearing a spacesuit.
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  Speaker 6: You're right, sir.
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  Speaker 2: This looks like a chunk of control panel, huh? Let's
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  Speaker 2: get to work with the disintegrators.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, sir. Remember, if there's someone alive under this masonry,
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  Speaker 6: we want to.
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  Speaker 2: Keep them that way. So don't blast too deep with
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  Speaker 2: the disintegrator. Just reduce the chunks of concrete to a
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  Speaker 2: size we can lift.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, sir. Nothing under that chunk. Try that one over there.
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  Speaker 2: Many feet below the surface of the moon, right under
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  Speaker 2: where Buzz and Happy are searching for survivors.
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  Speaker 3: Prince Baccarati and Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Malingo huddle in the corner of an underground room.
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  Speaker 7: What was that?
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  Speaker 8: I don't know, Your Highness.
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  Speaker 7: Perhaps they have found a passage leading down to this
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  Speaker 7: escape tunnel.
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  Speaker 6: Go to the connecting door and investigate.
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  Speaker 8: Very well, Your Highness.
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  Speaker 7: Well, can you see through the peephole?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I know your house.
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  Speaker 7: This floor was almost entirely covered with debris.
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  Speaker 8: I think a large rock just dropped there.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's what I thought had happened.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Hamish, didn't you be advised not to get out
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  Speaker 2: of the other end of the passage to the spaceship?
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  Speaker 3: There is no hurry.
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  Speaker 7: We can blast off until we're sure there is no
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  Speaker 7: space patrol ship watching this part of the moon. However,
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  Speaker 7: we can work our way down to the other center
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  Speaker 7: of the planet.
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  Speaker 6: Hold it, Happy. Cut it off. What is it, Commander?
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  Speaker 1: Look at this.
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  Speaker 6: I found it near a piece of the control panel.
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  Speaker 6: An electrode pit? Yes, a path of sensitized plastic with
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  Speaker 6: some computation on it. Robots build electrode pits. Somebody once did.
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  Speaker 6: The pen has a emblem on it.
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  Speaker 2: Black Falcon.
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  Speaker 6: Prince Baccarati. Cap, look at the writing on this path.
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  Speaker 6: He blew up this launching station just in time.
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  Speaker 2: At 1827 Universal Star Time, Baccarati was going to launch
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  Speaker 2: a guided missile to blow up Kepler City, Jupiter.
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  Speaker 6: Wow, then he must have been ready to fire it
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  Speaker 6: just as we zoomed in. The question now is, what
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  Speaker 6: happened to Baccarati? We disintegrated enough of the wreckage to
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  Speaker 6: know he isn't here.
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  Speaker 2: If he had escaped across the surface in a spacesuit,
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  Speaker 2: we surely would have spotted him. Yeah, and that'd be
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  Speaker 2: just one alternative. There must have been a trap door
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  Speaker 2: under the floor of the old box house. Sort of
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  Speaker 2: double protection.
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  Speaker 3: A cellar.
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  Speaker 6: Probably more than that.
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  Speaker 2: Very likely there's an underground hangar that can be reached
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  Speaker 2: from this blockhouse to the tunnel.
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  Speaker 6: Then he may already be ready to blast off the moon.
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  Speaker 2: Have you get back to work with the disintegrator and
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  Speaker 2: look for the entrance to the escape tunnel.
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  Speaker 6: I'll go back to the ship and call for a
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  Speaker 6: patrol squadron to watch the pretty ship blast.
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  Speaker 2: Off.
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  Speaker 3: The End.
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  Speaker 6: Hap, how you doing? I think I found it, Commander.
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  Speaker 7: Let's have a look.
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  Speaker 2: You're right.
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  Speaker 6: That's the metal framework of a trapdoor.
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  Speaker 2: Another short blast will clear the rest of the rubble away, sir.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, there's a stairway. Bring your disintegrator, Hap. We may
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  Speaker 6: need it down there. All right, Commander. There's a metal door, Hap.
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  Speaker 6: Let's see if we can open it. An airlock. Get
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  Speaker 6: in and close the door, Hap. Let's check these indicators.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a gauge for passage air pressure. 0.8 atmosphere. Then
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  Speaker 2: Baccarati wouldn't need a space suit inside the tunnel.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 6: We can open our space plates after we open the
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  Speaker 6: inner door.
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  Speaker 3: Better close the door behind us now.
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  Speaker 8: Wow, what a tunnel.
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  Speaker 3: I wonder how far it goes.
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  Speaker 4: Possibly a couple of miles, perhaps more.
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  Speaker 3: Let's get going. We have quite a hike ahead of us.
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  Speaker 7: Langrow, what's the matter with you? Stop pacing back and forth.
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  Speaker 8: I'm sorry, I feel uneasy.
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  Speaker 7: What about?
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  Speaker 8: I suppose it's been impressive this time.
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  Speaker 7: What do you mean impressive? In a few minutes, we'll
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  Speaker 7: be in a spaceship on our way back to Planet X.
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  Speaker 8: Of course, your Majesty.
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  Speaker 2: But suppose the space patrol does discover the hangar entrance
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  Speaker 2: to the tunnel.
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  Speaker 7: If they don't... Ah, stop manufacturing trouble. The hangar entrance
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  Speaker 7: is well camouflaged. The thing for us to do is
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  Speaker 7: plan what we're going to do when we get back
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  Speaker 7: to Planet X. Our number one project, of course, will
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  Speaker 7: be to get rid of Commander Corey.
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  Speaker 8: It shall receive my entire attention, Your Majesty.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 7: That will leave me free to solve our difficulties with
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  Speaker 7: our captive natives in the Arctic region of Planet X.
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  Speaker 2: That has been worrying me too. When we last left
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  Speaker 2: Planet X, they were on the verge of revolt. We
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  Speaker 2: simply must keep those Endurium mines in full production. Already
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  Speaker 2: I'm weeks behind in my timetable of conquest. There must
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  Speaker 2: be some way to terrify those natives into more effort.
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  Speaker 2: It is unfortunate, Your Highness, that some of your own men,
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  Speaker 2: your guards and supervisors, are not cooperating as they should. Listen.
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  Speaker 7: What's that?
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  Speaker 8: Someone's in the tunnel. They've discovered our spaceship.
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  Speaker 2: Wait. Wait.
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  Speaker 4: Listen.
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  Speaker 7: Take a look through the door of this compartment. Toward
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  Speaker 7: the bloodhound in the tunnel.
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  Speaker 3: See anything?
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  Speaker 2: It's very thin, I think, sir. I bet I saw
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  Speaker 2: something shattered.
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  Speaker 7: Get away from the people.
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  Speaker 3: There is somebody in the tunnel. Hit the ground half.
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  Speaker 8: It's a blast now.
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  Speaker 3: Baccarat, he sees us.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to get this thing over before he fires again.
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  Speaker 4: I dropped it when I hit the floor, sir. It's
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  Speaker 4: out of reach.
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  Speaker 3: I'll get it.
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  Speaker 7: Get down, Hap. I'm touching now, Corey. All I got
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  Speaker 7: to do is keep blasting away till I hit you.
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  Speaker 2: We'll return to Space Patrol in.
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  Speaker 4: Just a moment.
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  Speaker 2: And now, gang, the most exciting news ever revealed on
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  Speaker 2: Space Patrol. News about a gigantic contest that's going to
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  Speaker 2: shake this planet like an earthquake. News about the biggest
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  Speaker 2: prize ever given away to any boy or girl. A
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  Speaker 2: prize that's going to rock you like a thundering explosion.
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  Speaker 2: And that prize is Commander Corey's.
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  Speaker 7: Own rocket ship.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, Space Patrollers, Commander Corey is actually giving away his
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  Speaker 2: great silver and scarlet spaceship, Terra 4.
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  Speaker 4: Giving it away to some lucky boy or girl.
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  Speaker 3: Now, just imagine.
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  Speaker 4: A huge 10,000 pound all metal.
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  Speaker 2: Spaceship, 35 feet long, almost as big as a house.
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  Speaker 2: And that's exactly what it is, a clubhouse on wheels.
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  Speaker 2: Now just think, a rolling rocket clubhouse, especially equipped with lights,
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  Speaker 2: real sleeping bunts, space lockers, even a cooking stove, and
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  Speaker 2: a giant truck to pull it.
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  Speaker 4: Take you and your pals anywhere you want to go.
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  Speaker 2: Can't you just see yourself zooming down the road toward
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  Speaker 2: high adventure, headed out camping, hiking, on sightseeing trips aboard
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  Speaker 2: your rocket clubhouse on wheels?
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  Speaker 7: And here's something else you want to see, dollar bills.
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  Speaker 2: $ 1, 500 bills. $ 1, 500 that.
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  Speaker 4: Comes as first prize.
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  Speaker 7: Along with a rocket clubhouse.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 7: The first prize in this terrific contest is.
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  Speaker 2: A gigantic rocket clubhouse and a real truck.
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  Speaker 7: And $ 1, 500.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's what one of you space patrollers will win.
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  Speaker 2: Here comes Carol with something that 750 of you are
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  Speaker 2: going to win second prize. 750 Schwinn Varsity Bicycles.
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  Speaker 7: Terrific, bike space procureurs. Schwinn, America's best. With three-speed dealership
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  Speaker 7: and two-wheel handles.
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  Speaker 2: And third prize, a thousand third prizes, a thousand pieces
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  Speaker 2: of regulation space patrol equipment.
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  Speaker 4: 250 autosonic rifles.
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  Speaker 2: 250 outer space helmets.
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  Speaker 3: 250 emergency kits.
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  Speaker 7: And 250 beautiful space patrol wristwatches.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Space Patrollers, it takes only one word to win
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  Speaker 2: Buzz Corey's rocket ship or a Schwinn bike or one
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  Speaker 2: of the thousand other swell prizes. Now, sit tight, because
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  Speaker 2: right after today's Space Patrol adventure, I'm going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you about the one word that can bring you the
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  Speaker 2: great rocket.
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  Speaker 7: Clubhouse rolling up to your home.
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  Speaker 2: And now, back to our Space Patrol adventure, Return to
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  Speaker 2: Planet X. Buzz and Happy are in a tunnel on
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  Speaker 2: the fourth moon of Jupiter trying to overtake Prince Baccarati
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  Speaker 2: before he can escape from Planet X.
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  Speaker 3: Baccarati and Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Malingo have discovered the two space patrolmen. Through a compartment
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  Speaker 2: door in the tunnel, Baccarati is firing into a dim
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  Speaker 2: passageway with a blast gun. Lying flat on the floor
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  Speaker 2: near a stack of crates, Buzz and Happy so far
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  Speaker 2: have not been injured.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that was close, Commander.
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  Speaker 4: Get a show of the next one. Roll to the
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  Speaker 4: right behind those crates.
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  Speaker 2: Hurry up. And if I only hadn't dropped that disintegrator,
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  Speaker 2: probably wouldn't hit Baccarati from this distance anyway.
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  Speaker 6: Hurry!
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  Speaker 3: Now you!
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  Speaker 7: I can't see you now, so you're probably behind a
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  Speaker 7: stack of crates. But that's not going to protect you.
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  Speaker 2: I'm lucky I had this spacesuit helmet on, sir. That
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  Speaker 2: last shot clipped a chunk of crate right next to
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  Speaker 2: my head. Unless we think it's something Baccarati can just
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  Speaker 2: take his time and blast these crates.
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  Speaker 3: Away, but he gets us.
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  Speaker 8: If we were only a little closer to him, they
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  Speaker 8: could rush him.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe we could goad him into coming toward us.
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  Speaker 3: No, Baccarat.
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  Speaker 4: It doesn't take unnecessary chances.
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  Speaker 3: Here, this might do it.
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  Speaker 8: This big metal gun.
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  Speaker 7: Rocket fuel.
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  Speaker 8: Help me drag it out.
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  Speaker 3: Into the passage.
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  Speaker 7: But, sir, the whole tower will blow up.
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  Speaker 4: Remember now, a full container of fuel is very heavy.
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  Speaker 3: Give me a hand.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir. But, sir, this isn't... Quiet. Better hold your fire, Baccaratty. Oh,
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  Speaker 7: you want to surrender, I suppose. No, I'm just warning you.
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  Speaker 2: We're pushing a drum of rocket fuel out into the tunnel.
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  Speaker 7: Hit that with your blast gun.
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  Speaker 2: And you'll be shot through this tunnel like a torpedo
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  Speaker 2: through a space cannon.
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  Speaker 6: You're bluffing.
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  Speaker 2: You'd be killed too. You're determined to finish us off anyway.
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  Speaker 2: Come on, Happy, push it out. Roll it toward Baccarati.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 7: All right, Baccarati, go ahead and shoot. You can stay
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  Speaker 7: in the tunnel.
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  Speaker 6: He's given up, sir.
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  Speaker 7: He's locked the compartment.
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  Speaker 3: Stay behind the fuel drum, Hatch. Go to the door. Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 7: I can keep moving now. Get the disintegrator.
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  Speaker 3: Here's the disintegrator, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Get the door a blast.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Something's wrong.
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  Speaker 2: It won't work. Fall to the stone floor. Probably built
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  Speaker 2: with discharge mechanisms. Now we'll have to go clear back
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  Speaker 2: to the other end of the tunnel for the other descent.
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  Speaker 3: By that time, Buck, we'll be out of the tunnel.
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  Speaker 3: We'll leave the spaceship. Let's get back to our ship, Hattie.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, Commander.
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  Speaker 4: I'd like to ask you something.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, Hattie.
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  Speaker 4: Don't you feel well?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, do you feel weak or something?
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  Speaker 6: No.
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  Speaker 1: Why?
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  Speaker 3: Well, that fuel drum. I could have lifted it easily
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  Speaker 3: by myself.
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  Speaker 2: It was empty.
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  Speaker 7: Sure it was, Hattie.
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  Speaker 6: Come on.
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  Speaker 3: Let's hurry back to the ship.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: Meanwhile, Baccarati and Malangro have reached.
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  Speaker 2: The other end of the tunnel where a small spaceship
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  Speaker 2: sits poised, its sharp nose almost touching the heavy metal
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  Speaker 2: gate that seals the entrance of the hangar. With a
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  Speaker 2: last glance down the tunnel, Baccarati climbs into the ship,
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  Speaker 2: followed by Malangro. Quickly, the prince presses a button that
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  Speaker 2: operates the remote control mechanism, and the.
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  Speaker 4: Huge gates slide back. Through the nose port, the two
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  Speaker 4: men look out into a black curtain of space dotted
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  Speaker 4: with bright, unwinking stars.
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  Speaker 7: Put on a viewscope, Lengo. We'll see if any spaceships
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  Speaker 7: are out there before we blast off.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, Your Highness.
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  Speaker 7: We can't cover a very wide angle while.
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  Speaker 3: We're still in the tunnel.
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  Speaker 7: But if it looks clear, we'll have to risk a
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  Speaker 7: blast off.
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  Speaker 2: There are no patrol ships visible, Your Highness.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 7: We're blasting off. And I hope Corey managed to break
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  Speaker 7: through that compartment door back there. In fact, I hope
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  Speaker 7: he's right behind our ship when I cut out our rockets.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 7: With our radar well covered, we can confuse their view scope.
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  Speaker 7: I'll contact my castle on Planet X and report that
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  Speaker 7: I'm returning. Prince Baccarati calling Black Falcon Castle on Planet X.
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  Speaker 7: Prince Baccarati to number one tower. Report immediately.
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  Speaker 6: Black Falcon Castle to your highness, Prince Baccarati. Murdoch speaking
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  Speaker 6: and awaiting.
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  Speaker 7: Your orders, sire. I'm returning to Planet X in a
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  Speaker 7: Class D space cruiser. Alert the defense stations to expect
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  Speaker 7: my code signal at the outer perimeter. Yes, your highness.
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  Speaker 7: Do you have anything to report?
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  Speaker 6: Well, yes, your highness.
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  Speaker 2: It's in regard to the Aduria mine situation at the
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  Speaker 2: polar cap.
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  Speaker 7: Well, let's have it, Murdock.
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  Speaker 6: Production in mine area five is at a complete standstill.
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  Speaker 7: Standstill?
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  Speaker 3: Why?
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  Speaker 6: There's been a large-scale revolt. Six labor battalions refused to work.
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  Speaker 7: That's against my law. Tell the supervisors to drive the
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  Speaker 7: ringleaders out into the ice cap without food or protective clothing.
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  Speaker 6: Your excellency.
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  Speaker 2: The supervisors, I regret to report this, sire, but the
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  Speaker 2: supervisors have sided with the slaves.
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  Speaker 6: They refuse to enforce that order.
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  Speaker 7: That's unheard of. Refusing to obey the orders of Prince Baccarati.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 7: If that's the way they're going to play, I'll wipe
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  Speaker 7: them all out. Turn on the atomic heat reflectors at
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  Speaker 7: mine area five. Melt the grazer. Do you understand? Burn
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  Speaker 7: them all like red. Turn on the heat reflector at one.
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  Speaker 6: and pump them out. I mean that we'll do as
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  Speaker 6: they're told. I'll tolerate no insubordination. Is that clear?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: Then obey.
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  Speaker 6: Prince Baccarat, the honor.
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  Speaker 3: I've got a mass-murdering wrath. Baccarati is no that.
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  Speaker 2: He's the most dangerous psychopathic tyrant in the history of
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  Speaker 2: the solar system.
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  Speaker 7: How are we going to.
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  Speaker 3: Prevent those mines from being flooded?
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  Speaker 7: If any of our ships go near Planet X, they'll
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  Speaker 7: be destroyed.
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  Speaker 4: He'll maintain this distance from Baccarati's ship.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Fortunately, we're close enough to detect his rocket blast, even
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: with the Vader foil producing interference in our view scope.
• 17:58
  Speaker 7: If we close in on him now, we could catch
• 18:00
  Speaker 7: him before any of his own ships could come to us.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: But I want him to feel that he's perfectly safe
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: until the last minute.
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: You let him notify Planet X of his estimated arrival time,
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: and we'll start space-phone interferences.
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: Then he won't be able to call for help.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: No, neither will we.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: It'll be a battle just between us and Baccarati.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: On through the.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Endless reaches of space, Buzz and Happy trail Prince Baccarati.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: The ship appears in their view scope as a tiny
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: dotted plane surrounded by a shapeless blur, the effect of
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: the radar for it. Finally, both ships are far beyond.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: The orbit of T-Bone.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Then, as they near the outer defense perimeter of Planet X,
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Buzz increases acceleration.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: In the small cruiser, Akirati smiles triumphantly at Dr.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: Malinga.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Ah, we're safe now.
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: Even if any space patrol ship knew we were here,
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: they wouldn't dare affect us close to my own defenses.
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: Again, your highness.
• 18:55
  Speaker 8: We have outgiven Commander Coney.
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: I'm going to contact Murdoch at the castle to see
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: if mine area 5 hasn't been flooded out.
• 19:02
  Speaker 8: Hasn't been timely, your highness.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: It will take several hours for the floodwaters to reach
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: the moon.
• 19:07
  Speaker 7: Well, that won't hurt to let them know I'm keeping
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: fab on them.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Confound it.
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: I know it's interference, but what could be causing it?
• 19:20
  Speaker 8: The viewscope.
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: Look.
• 19:24
  Speaker 7: The ship is closing in on us. Blango, why haven't
• 19:27
  Speaker 7: you been watching?
• 19:28
  Speaker 8: It's a space patrol ship. Commander Corey's.
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: I can't call for help at my defenses because of
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: this blasted jamming signal. Probably been on our trail ever
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: since we blasted off from Jupiter's fourth moon. Well, if
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: he wants to fight, he'll get it.
• 19:49
  Speaker 8: The ship isn't terribly armed, Johannes.
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: One lucky shot might do it. Take the controls, Melango.
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: I'll mend the space ship.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: We're awfully close, sir, and I don't think he's seen
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: us yet. He may just be waiting till we get
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: close enough to fire at us. That little ship didn't
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: have much armament, sir.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: Uh-oh.
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: Fire a space torpedo close to his port side, Hap.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: Let him know we mean business, too.
• 20:12
  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: Nice going, Hap. That came close enough to scrape the
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: radar coil off his hull.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: Now cut our.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: Interference down to 20 units. We can talk to him
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: without Planet X picking us up.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. Now, all set, sir.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Baccarati, this is Commander Corey. Surrender, or our next torpedo
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: will blast your rocket assembly.
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: It's Baccarati's penitent emergency.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: They won't hear you, Baccarati. This is a private conversation
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: between you and me. Do you surrender, or do you
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: want Cadet Happy to demonstrate his skill.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: At space gunnery? All right, Corey.
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: You win.
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: Now listen, Baccarati.
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: I'm going to join airlocks with your ship, and I'm
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: coming aboard.
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: Don't try anything.
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: All right, Commander.
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: Okay, have you take the controls.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: I'll board Baccarati's ship immediately.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: A few moments later, the Terra-5 joins airlocks to Baccarati's cruiser.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: While happy remains of the controls, Buzz enters Baccarati's ship
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: with his ray gun ready for action.
• 21:15
  Speaker 6: All right, Baccarati.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: Just be the controls as they are. Stand there beside
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: Malengo with your hands up.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: Very well, Commander. I surrender gracefully. Take me to Terra.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: I've got news for you, Baccarati.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: We're going on to Planet X in your ship. I.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: I don't understand.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: I heard you ordered the glacier melted to flood the mines.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: and to see that you stop that mass murder. And
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: the only way I can be sure is to take
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: you to Planet X. But if they see your ship,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: my men, they destroy us all. I'm notifying Pluto Space
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: Patrol to pick up Terra 5 and take it to Pluto.
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: Our interference is beamed only toward Planet X, so your
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: cutthroats won't hear a word.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Within a few moments, the Terra 5 is headed back
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: toward Pluto on automatic pilot.
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: To be intercepted by Space Patrol ships.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: Meantime, Baccarati's Pooja, with Buzz and Happy aboard, proceeds toward
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Planet X.
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: All right, Baccarati.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: I think it's time you reported to Murdoch at your
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: castle and get this straight. You'll regret it if you
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: attempt to warn them, understand?
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Get a report on the heat reflectors near mine area five.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: Then tell Murdoch you're heading for the polar cap to
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: watch the fun.
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: Got that?
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: I'll tell him I'm not planning at the castle first,
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: but I'm.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: Going to the polar ice cap.
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: That's right.
• 22:25
  Speaker 7: I'll turn on your space phone and watch what you say.
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: Prince Baccarati to Murdoch at Black Falcon's castle, Planet X.
• 22:33
  Speaker 7: Prince Baccarati to Planet X.
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: Murdoch, to his highness, Mr.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: Baccarati.
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: We tried to reach you before, but there was some interference.
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: Yes, I noticed it.
• 22:41
  Speaker 7: Did you follow my orders regarding mine area five?
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: The letter, your highness. The heat reflectors were started by
• 22:47
  Speaker 6: remote control.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: Of course, it would be several hours yet before the
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: flood water reached the mine.
• 22:52
  Speaker 7: I understand. Murdoch, when I enter the atmosphere of Planet X,
• 22:57
  Speaker 7: I'll proceed at once to.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: The ice cap.
• 23:01
  Speaker 7: I want to inspect the results. That's all, Murdoch.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: From a dozen control towers on the enormous panel decks,
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: U-scope beams probe out into space and feel with electronic
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: fingers the contour of Baccarati's ship. The electronic ears listen
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: critically to the identification frequency radiated from.
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: The small cruiser, and then let the ship proceed unchallenged.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: The watchdogs have recognized their master's voice, and having done
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: their duty, watch and listen for remote ships and sounds
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: that may approach over.
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: The infinite horizon of space. Then, within the atmosphere of Planet.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: X, Buzz Corey heads Baccarati's ship for the northern polar regions.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Visible in the dim light are the atomic heat reflectors
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: and the surging, steaming waters that roar down from the
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: glacier into the valley toward Mine Area 5.
• 23:46
  Speaker 7: Smoking rockets, Commander. It's a regular flood.
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: Yes, unless it stops, 10,000 people.
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: Will meet a horrible death.
• 23:52
  Speaker 7: Well, can't you order Baccarati to tell Murdoch to cut
• 23:54
  Speaker 7: off the heat reflectors?
• 23:55
  Speaker 4: I could, but it would be out of character for
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: Baccarati to commit an.
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: Act of mercy. I see what you mean.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: Murdoch might get suspicious.
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: Alert the whole planet that the big boss might be
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: in trouble. We'll blast those towers out of operation, Hap.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: Stand by to fire the space cannon. Standing by, sir.
• 24:09
  Speaker 6: Corey, listen.
• 24:10
  Speaker 7: Those towers can't be replaced. I've millions of credits invested.
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: Quiet, Baccarati.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: I'm thinking of 10,000 lives that can't be replaced.
• 24:18
  Speaker 7: But they're subhuman natives of Pentatex, most of them. Almost savages.
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, look who's talking about savages.
• 24:24
  Speaker 7: The worst of them is worth a hundred of you, Baccarati.
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: Quiet!
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: Well, that did it happen. We got all of them
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: with one shot.
• 24:42
  Speaker 7: Yeah, but, Commander, the water's still pouring down off the glacier.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: It will for a while, but when that intense cold
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: down there, it'll freeze back into ice before it reaches
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: the mine.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: Hey, quit looking so sour, Baccarati.
• 24:51
  Speaker 7: You ought to be grateful. We just saved you from
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: destroying 10,000 people.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: They won't obey me.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: If they're men enough not to obey you, I'd say
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: they're well worth saving you. And that's just what you're
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: going to do, Baccarati. You're going to free them and
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: return them to their homes and families. Get on that
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: space phone and order all your ships here at once.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: An action preview of next week's exciting Space Patrol adventure
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: in just a moment.
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: Now, here it is, Space Patrollers.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: The one word that can win you a giant rocket
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: clubhouse and $ 1, 500.
• 25:27
  Speaker 7: And that word is.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: A name for Planet X, the terrifying new planet Commander
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: Corey is investigating. A name for Planet X, home of
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: the evil Prince Baccarati, archenemy.
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: Of the Space Patrol. Now, gang, here's how to enter
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: the Name the Planet contest.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: And space patrollers in this contest, everyone can get a
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: free prize right away.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: Just go to the nearest Weatherbird shoe dealer.
• 26:01
  Speaker 7: Maybe mom or dad can go with you.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: The Weatherbird shoe man will give you your free prize,
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: a handsome interplanetary coin album with three swell space coins inside.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: And along with the album, your Name the Planet contest
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: entry blank. You can also find out how to enter
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: by looking on the back of a package of Good
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: Hot Ralston. That's the new package with a picture of
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: Commander Corey or Cadet Happy.
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: On the front. So blast off, Space Patrollers.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Get your free coin album entry blank and enter the
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: Space Patrol Name the Planet contest today at your Weatherbird
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: shoe dealers. And now, a preview of next week's exciting
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Space Patrol adventure. Buzz and Happy are in the frozen
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: polar region of Planet X. Pursuing Prince Baccarati into the
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: shaft of an Injuria mine, they're unaware of a huge
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: figure lurking behind a shoulder of rock.
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: Baccarati and the Langrow are in here, all right. I
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: hear them down the side. Shall I use my atomo lights?
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: Not yet, then.
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: He's a giant native.
• 26:57
  Speaker 8: He's crushing my chest.
• 27:00
  Speaker 7: I'll give him a blast with my rake.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: You big fuzzy gorilla. Finish them off, Granu. Finish them.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: Be sure to join us again next week for the
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: thrilling story on the ice cap of Planet X, when
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Wheat Chex, Rice Chex, and Good Hat Ralston again present
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: Space Patrol! Space Patrol, created by Mike Moser, starring Ed
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Kemmerer as Commander Torrey, and Lynn Osborne as Cadet Happy,
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: was written by Lou Houston, produced and directed by Larry Robertson,
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: executive producer Mike Devery. Other players were Baylor Kovacs, Norman Jolly,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: Ken Mayer, and Virginia Hewitt.
• 27:49
  Speaker 7: Dick Tufel speaking. Now don't forget to tune in.
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: Next Saturday and every Saturday when Wheat Chex, Rice Chex,
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: and Good Hut Ralston again present Space Patrol! Here's the
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: story of the fastest plane of its kind in the world.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: A word from the man who test flies it, Joe Lynch.
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: It's the Air Force F-86D Sabre Jet Interceptor, designed by
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: North American Aviation Los Angeles. The Sabre holds the world's
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: speed record at 715.7 miles per hour. Wing span is
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: 37 feet, length 41, cruising range 500 miles, timing speed 300.
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: Miles per hour.
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Now by special tape recording, Maynard.
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: International Airport, the well-known test pilot of the Sabre, Joe Lynch.
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: The D is a one-man interceptor, so when you fly it,
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: you're really on your own. That's why I see to
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: it that I'm in good condition all the time. And
• 28:46
  Speaker 5: one way to stay in good condition is by eating
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: a good breakfast cereal like Rice Chex or Wheat Chex.
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: They're just packed full of energy, and they taste swell.
• 28:55
  Speaker 5: I think you'll like them, too.
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: No other cereal, puff, or plate contains so much nourishment
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: in such concentrated, bite-sized form.
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: Rice Chex, Wheat Chex.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: Be sure to see another exciting Space Patrol program on
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: your local ABC television station. Consult your local paper for
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: time and channel. This program is broadcast to our armed
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: forces overseas through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: Radio Service. Space Patrol came to you transcribed from Hollywood.
• 29:26
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• 29:29
  Speaker 1: Space Patrol and Return to Planet X now leave the air.
• 29:33
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• 29:35
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