Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet was, according to Captain Video and His Video Rangers, the second science fiction television series in the world and was broadcast by several American television October 2, 1950 to June 25, 1955. How many programs were produced in total, is not yet known.

  • 5.1 Books
  • 5.2 Radio
  • 5.3 Comics

Production backgrounds

The series was a reproduction of the DuMont production Captain Video and His Video Rangers and served as this purely commercial purposes, namely as an advertising medium for companies like Kellogg's or force. How do you model it was sent live and recorded in the kinescope process.

The series has been on 2 October until 29 December 1950 to CBS, from 1 January 1951 to 26 September 1952, ABC, August 29, 1953 to May 22, 1954, DuMont and 11 December 1954 to aired on NBC June 25, 1955.

Tom Corbett is based on the novel published in 1948 Space Cadets by Robert A. Heinlein and was adapted by Joseph Lawrence Greene for television. Writers were, inter alia, Albert Aley (9 episodes, 1954-1955 ), Willie Gilbert ( 7 episodes, 1951-1955 ), Jack Weinstock (7 episodes, 1951-1955 ), George Lowther (2 episodes), Stu Byrnes, Robert A. Heinlein and Art Wallace. Technical advisor was the German scientist Willy Ley. The series takes place in the year 2352nd

Doer characters and their occupation

Tom Corbett

Tom Corbett ( Frankie Thomas ) is the most talented Cadet of Space Academy, where all the earth astronauts are trained.

Astro

Cadet Astro (Al Markim ) is a Venusian. He is the first extraterrestrials that occurred as part of a regular ground crew in a science fiction television series.

Roger Manning

Cadet Roger Manning (Jan Merlin) was the casual, unruly counterpart of the disciplined pattern Cadets Tom Corbett.

Captain Strong

Captain Strong ( Michael Harvey ) is the supervisor of the space cadets at the Space Academy.

Commander Arkwright

Commander Arkwright ( Carter Blake ) is the commander of the space fleet, which is under the Polaris.

The spaceship Polaris

The Polaris, which is flown by the space cadet resembles externally a German V- 2 rocket as well as the Galaxy in Captain Video.

Episodes

  • The Gremlin of Space, March 19, 1955
  • The Atomic Curtain, December 11, 1954
  • Astro's Trial, December 18, 1954
  • The Runaway Asteroid, January 1, 1955
  • Suit Up for Death, January 8, 1955
  • Mystery of the Mothball Fleet, January 15, 1955
  • The Life Ray, January 22, 1955
  • A Mighty Mite, January 29, 1955
  • Ace of the Space Lanes, February 5, 1955
  • The asteroid station, February 12, 1955
  • The Grapes of Ganymede, February 19, 1955
  • Assignment: Mercury, February 26, 1955
  • The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship, March 12, 1955
  • Spaceship of Danger, April 2, 1955
  • The Magnetic Asteroid, April 9, 1955
  • Danger in the Asteroid Belt, April 16, 1955
  • False Alert, April 23, 1955
  • The Space Projectile, 13 February 1954
  • The Outpost of Terror, May 7, 1955
  • Exercise for Death, May 14, 1955
  • The Stowaway, May 28, 1955
  • Fight for Survival, June 4, 1955
  • Space Blindess, June 11, 1955
  • Comet of Danger, June 18, 1955
  • The Final Test, June 25, 1955
  • Ambush in Space, May 21, 1955
  • Cargo of Death, January 16, 1954
  • Comet of Death, April 24, 1954
  • Danger in Deep Space, May 6, 1952
  • Death Trap, May 8, 1954
  • Graveyard of the Rockets (unknown)
  • Ice Caves of Pluto, February 21, 1952
  • Rescue in Space, February 27, 1954
  • Space Station of Danger, March 27, 1954
  • Space Week (unknown)
  • Spaceship of Death, December 5, 1953
  • Summer Space Maneuvers (unknown)
  • Target Danger, October 10, 1953
  • The Asteroid of Death ( unknown)
  • The Beacon of Danger, November 21, 1953
  • The Earth Digger, March 13, 1954
  • The Ghost Ship, November 7, 1953
  • The Iron Major, January 30, 1954
  • The Martian Revolt (unknown)
  • The Million Dollar Patrol, August 29, 1953
  • The Mountains of Fire, October 24, 1953
  • The Raiders of the Asteroids, December 19, 1953
  • Terror in Space, March 26, 1955
  • The Mystery of Alkar (unknown)
  • The Outpost of Danger, September 26, 1953
  • The Planet of Doom, January 2, 1954
  • The Runaway Rocket, May 22, 1954
  • The Trojan Planets, September 12, 1953
  • Treachery in Space, April 10, 1954
  • Trial in Space, July 21, 1951

Other media

From 1952 to 1956 wrote Carey Rockwell, advised by Willy Ley, a total of eight books about Tom Corbett, which were published at Grosset & Dunlap:

  • Stand By For Mars ( 1952)
  • Danger in Deep Space (1953 )
  • On the Trail of the Space Pirates (1953 )
  • The Space Pioneers (1953 )
  • The Revolt on Venus (1954 )
  • Treachery in Outer Space (1954 )
  • Sabotage in Space (1955 )
  • The Robot Rocket ( 1956)

Radio

From January 1 to June 26, 1952 several radio play by Tom Corbett were broadcast; a number of these programs is offered as a free download on the Internet.

Comics

The company Dell Comics Prize Comics gave and from February 1952 to October 1955 a series of comic adaptations out.

1990 published by Eternity Comics three more books; 2009 Bluewater Productions began with a new edition of the series.

Tradition

As of the parallel broadcast series Captain Video and His Video Rangers Space Patrol and are only a few episodes that were recorded with kinescope, survived.

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