CTVA US Sci-Fi - "Tom Corbet, Space Cadet" ( (1950-55)
starring Frankie Thomas
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NBC,CBS,ABC,DuMont 3 years -New York- Live
Produced by Allen Ducovny, Leonard Carlton
US Sci-Fi Series 1950-55 x episodes X 15min then 30min
(02-Oct-1950 to 29-Dec-1950) (CBS)
(01-Jan-1951 to 26-Sep-1952) (ABC)
(07-Jul-1951 to 01-Sep-1951) (NBC) (reruns)
(29-Aug-1953 to 22-May-1954) (DuMont) (Alternate Saturdays)
(11-Dec-1954 to 25-Jun-1955) (NBC) (Weekly, Saturdays)
Starring Frankie Thomas as Tom Corbett
With:
Edward Bryce as Captain Strong
Jan Merlin as Cadet Roger Manning
Jack Grimes as Cadet T.J. Thistle
Patricia Ferris/ Margaret Garland as Dr. Joan Gale
John Fiedler as Cadet Alfie Higgins
Al Markim as Astro
Announcer: Jackson Beck
Premise:
The exploits of Tom Corbett, a Cadet at Space Academy, U.S.A. an Earth based
West Point
wherein young men and women train to become Solar Guards, the agents of a
celestial police
force that has been established to protect the planets of the Solar Alliance
(Earth, Mars,
Venus and Jupiter)
########## Tom Corbett, Space Cadet ##########
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CBS (02-Oct-1950 to 29-Dec-1950)
No Details
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Summer Replacement for "Victor Borge" on
NBC Saturdays (Reruns 07-Jul-1951 to 01-Sep-1951)
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These summer reruns, were usually three 15 minute weekday
episodes edited
and condensed to 30 minute shows narrated by Frankie Thomas.
R1 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SPACE WEEK
7Jul51 NBC rerun
Rivalry is running high among the cadet teams during the annual Race Week
competitions,
especially between the crews of the Polaris and the Vulcan who cordially detest
one another.
Tom and his team appear on the verge of victory until one of his crew is accused
of stealing
a test from Dr. Dale's office.
R2 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MARTIAN REVOLT
14Jul51 NBC rerun
The announced plan to divide the Space Academy into a number of separate
campuses is really
a front for revolutionaries to overthrow the Solar Guard and take over the Solar
System. The
space cadets are trapped in a rocket ship designed to crash onto the surface of
Mars,
killing everyone aboard.
R3 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: TRIAL IN SPACE
21Jul51 NBC rerun
R4 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: GRAVEYARD OF THE ROCKETS
28Jul51 NBC rerun
Commander Arkwright leads Captain Strong, Dr. Dale and the Space Cadets on a
search
for a famous scientist who is feared lost on an uncharted solar system.
R5 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE ASTEROID OF DEATH
4Aug51 NBC rerun
Roger Manning and Captain Strong investigate a strange anti-matter asteroid.
R6 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MYSTERY OF ALKAR
11Aug51 NBC rerun
While an Alkarian, a denizen of a legendary planet beyond the orbit of Neptune,
menaces the
crew of the Polaris, the real threat to the Space Alliance lurks in the shadows.
R7 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE LOST COLONY OF VENUS
18Aug51 NBC rerun
An adventure hijacks the Ventura and forces the Space Cadets to search for a
legendary lost
colony on Venus. The crew finds the colony - and the menace that destroyed it
two centuries
earlier as well.
R8 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SUMMER SPACE MANEUVERS - Part. I
25Aug51 NBC rerun
R9 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SUMMER SPACE MANEUVERS - Part. 2
01Sep51 NBC rerun
The Polaris is crippled by a mechanical failure and is forced to land on
Jupiter. Harsh
atmospheric conditions and crushing gravity hinder efforts to repair the vessel
or rescue
the crewmen.
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ABC (01-Jan-1951 to 26-Sep-1952)
2.x [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: TRIAL IN SPACE
21Jul51 ABC
Tom fears that Astro has contracted a serious illness called "Space Fever" that
would wash him
permanently out of the Space Academy.
2.x [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: ICE CAVES OF PLUTO
21Feb52 ABC
2.x [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: DANGER IN DEEP SPACE
6May52 ABC
########## Tom Corbett, Space Cadet ##########
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DuMont Network, Alternate Saturdays
(29-Aug-1953 to 22-May-1954)
3.1 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MILLION DOLLAR
PATROL
29Aug53 DuMont Sat
Tom, Roger and Astro proof the value of Space Academy training when they race to
the rescue
of a crippled space liner.
3.2 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE TROJAN PLANETS
12Sept53
The crew of the Polaris investigate strange activity on planetoids orbiting
Jupiter.
3.3 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE OUTPOST OF
DANGER
26Sep53 DuMont Sat
Tom and his crew respond to a distress signal and find an remote outpost whose
colonists are
ravaged by a deadly disease.
3.4 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: TARGET DANGER
10Oct53 DuMont Sat
War games are supposed to be bloodless, but when a feud causes the Commander's
flagship to
crash, torpedoes are launched at Tom's spaceship and Roger Manning and another
cadet are
at each other's throats, casualties appear to be inevitable.
3.5 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MOUNTAINS OF
FIRE
24Oct53 DuMont Sat
The Polaris and her crew come to the aid of an imperiled agricultural outpost.
3.6 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE GHOST SHIP
7Nov53 DuMont Sat
Tom and his men investigate when an apparently abandoned spaceship causes a
series of crashes.
3.7 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE BEACON OF DANGER
21Nov53 DuMont Sat
An unscrupulous mechanic tampers with shipping lane warning beacons in hopes of
luring a
treasure liner to crash in a debris field.
3.8 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SPACESHIP OF DEATH
5Dec53 DuMont Sat
The course of a crippled space liner threatens a nearby spaceport with
destruction.
3.9 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE RAIDERS OF THE
ASTEROIDS
19Dec53 DuMont Sat
Space outlaws are preying on prospectors searching for uranium on remote
asteroids. Tom and
his fellow cadets are ordered to disguise themselves as miners in order to
break-up the
ruthless gang.
3.10 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE PLANET OF DOOM
2Jan54 DuMont Sat
The Polaris and her crew are ordered to rescue two pretty young pilots who have
crashed on
Jupiter.
3.11 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: CARGO OF DEATH
16Jan54 DuMont Sat
The captain of a tramp space freighter kidnaps Roger when his failure to
maintain his vessel
kills many of his crew. Tom and Astro infiltrate the ship to rescue Roger before
the ship
explodes due to its commander's negligence.
3.12 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE IRON MAJOR
30Jan54 DuMont Sat
A martinet refuses to grant the space cadets liberty when their ship lands after
a long voyage.
3.13 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet:THE SPACE
PROJECTILE (I)
(see #4.20 - same title?)
13Feb54
3.14 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: RESCUE IN SPACE
27Feb54 DuMont Sat
3.15 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE EARTH DIGGER
13Mar54 DuMont Sat
The crew of the Polaris is sent to investigate a mysterious cave-in under the
Moon's surface.
3.16 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SPACE STATION OF
DANGER
27Mar54 DuMont Sat
Twin threats imperil Tom and his men on a remote space station: a liquid
compound is
evaporating into the station's atmosphere sickening the crew while saboteurs
plan to
destroy the base with a nuclear time bomb.
3.17 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: TREACHURY IN SPACE
10Apr54 DuMont Sat
Roger and Astro are astonished when Tom is accused of treason and kicked out of
the Space Academy.
3.18 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: COMET OF DEATH
24Apr54 DuMont Sat
The Polaris crosses the path of a comet, imperiling both ship and crew.
3.19 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: DEATH TRAP
8May54 DuMont Sat
Tom responds to a mysterious distress signal from an empty sector of space.
3.20 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE RUNAWAY ROCKET (final episode of season
3)
22May54 DuMont Sat
While conducting a space trial for a new type of speedy scout ship, Commander
Arkwright, Captain
Strong and Cadet Rattison's vessel veers into the path of the Sun after an
electrical short-circuit.
Only the tiny Polaris, with its crew of cadets, can save their friends of a
fiery death.
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NBC Saturdays (11-Dec-1954 to 25-Jun-1955)
last season, for Sponsored by Kraft,
The show was broadcast in a Monday, Wednesday and Friday format
with 30 minute shows on Saturday.
4.1 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE ATOMIC CURTAIN
11Dec54 NBC Sat
Tom and his pals attempt to rescue a pair of cadets trapped by a deadly beam.
4.2 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: ASTRO'S TRIAL
18Dec54 NBC Sat
Astro is charged with negligence when his commands seem to have caused a
spaceship to wreck.
4.3 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE RUNAWAY ASTEROID
1Jan55 NBC Sat
Commander Arkwright stakes his career on the Space Patrol's ability to alter the
course of an asteroid
so it can be converted for use as a space station.
4.4 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SUIT UP FOR DEATH
8Jan55 NBC Sat
Tom clashes with the Space Patrol quartermaster over the safety of the cadets'
spacesuits.
4.5 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: MYSTERY OF THE
MOTHBALL FLEET
15Jan55 NBC Sat
Tom and the crew of the Polaris are assigned the tedious job of guarding the
Solar Guard's fleet of
mothballed spaceships. The task soon changes from boring to terrifying when one
of the crew members
is found mysteriously murdered.
4.6 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE LIFE RAY
22Jan55 NBC Sat
Tom and his men are assigned to repair the life ray.
4.7 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: A MIGHTY MITE
29Jan55 NBC Sat
T.J. is constantly teased about his diminutive stature - that is until the
Polaris springs a deadly
fuel link and only a man T.J.'s size can affect the repairs to save the ship and
its crew.
4.8 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: ACE OF THE SPACE
LANES
5Feb55 NBC Sat
Glory hound Roy Cowan is assigned to the Polaris to attempt a new speed record
for the Titan run.
After his recklessness endangers the ship Cowan flees the vessel, leaving Tom
and his shipmates
trapped in a deadly debris field within the rings of Saturn.
4.9 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE ASTEROID STATION
12Feb55 NBC Sat
A reporter working for a newspaper opposed to building space stations arrives at
an asteroid
looking to smear the Solar Guards reputation.
4.10 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE GRAPES OF
GRANYMEDE
19Feb55 NBC Sat
Tom, Astro and T.J. are assigned to find the source of the grapes that are
poisoning the solar
system's colonies.
4.11 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: ASSIGNMENT :
MERCURY
26Feb55 NBC Sat
A mistake by T.J. causes the Polaris to veer into Mercury's atmosphere - and
it's deadly temperature.
4.12 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SMUGGLERS OF DEATH
5Mar55 NBC Sat
The crew of the Polaris is assigned to capture smugglers of a deadly crystal.
4.13 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MYSTERY OF THE
MISSING MAIL SHIP
12Mar55 NBC Sat
A blackballed Solar Guard links up with a weapons specialist recently dismissed
from the Space Academy
to wreak havoc on the solar system's merchant shipping. Tom and his men are
assigned to serve as bait
to lure the renegades into a trap.
4.14 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE GREMLIN OF
SPACE
19Mar55 NBC Sat
As punishment for a series of demerits, the Polaris crew is assigned a
month-long tour of duty on cargo
detail. Their first shipment is a rambunctious chimpanzee who causes the cadets
all sorts of headaches.
4.15 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: TERROR IN SPACE
26Mar55 NBC Sat
Astro suffers psychological trauma after an accident in space and the Space
Academy staff fears that
the young cadet will never be able to serve as a spaceship officer again. When
the Polaris is
confronted by a deadly peril, Astro must confront his darkest fears or allow his
fellow cadets to perish.
4.16 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SPACESHIP OF DANGER
2Apr55 NBC Sat
A spaceship captain's plan to scuttle his craft for the insurance money places
his passengers,
including Tom Corbett and friends, in dire peril.
4.17 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE MAGNETIC
ASTEROID
9Apr55 NBC Sat
The Polaris and the Sirius spaceships are ordered to locate a heavily magnetic
asteroid that is
disrupting Solar Guard communications and navigation. Their mission is imperiled
by T.J.'s feud
with the rival crew.
4.18 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: DANGER IN THE
ASTEROID BELT
16Apr55 NBC Sat
A routine training flight turns potentially deadly when Tom's vessel becomes
trapped in an asteroid belt.
4.19 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: FALSE ALERT
23Apr55 NBC Sat
The Polaris responds to a mayday signal only to discover that the SOS is only a
fake designed to
lure unwary ships to their doom.
4.21 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE OUTPOST OF
TERROR
7May55 NBC Sat
The Polaris crew visit a remote station on one of the moons of Neptune and
immediately discover
a crewman who apparently died of radiation poisoning.
4.22 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: EXERCISE FOR DEATH
14May55 NBC Sat
The leader of the Solar Guard is less than impressed with the Polaris' crew
until Tom and his
friends volunteer to destroy a target rocket ship that is out of control and
endangering Space Patrol vessels.
4.23 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: AMBUSH IN SPACE
21May55 NBC Sat
Roy Cowan, a disgraced Solar Guard captain, breaks out of prison and, with two
henchman,
hijacks a space freighter to use as bait to destroy his old adversaries on board
the Polaris.
4.24 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE STOWAWAY
28May55 NBC Sat
The Polaris' mission to field test a new ship engine is endangered when a young
stowaway is
discovered on board.
4.25 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
4Jun55 NBC Sat
Tom, Astro and T.J. are delivering a battered spaceship to a Venusian shipyard
to be junked
when the engines malfunction and the cadets are forced to abandoned ship. The
three men
land in a remote swamp and, after reuniting manage to find their way to a rescue
station.
Their relief is short-lived when nearby volcanoes suddenly become active and
threatens to
kill the cadets with their heat and deadly gas before they can be rescued.
4.26 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: SPACE BLINDNESS
11Jun55 NBC Sat
Commander Arkwright agrees to take an astronomy professor on a flight into deep
space to get
a better view of a supernova, but when the professor ignores the Commander's
orders and takes
down the ship's ultraviolet protection, he blinds himself and the Commander -
the only crew
members aboard their ship. Tom and the Polaris' crew are called upon to perform
a dangerous
rescue.
4.27 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: COMET OF DANGER
18Jun55 NBC Sat
A photographer traveling with Tom, Astro and T.J. on a routine mission requests
to take
close-up pictures of a nearby comet with disastrous results.
4.28 [--] Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: THE FINAL TEST (final episode)
25June55 NBC Sat
The cadets are taking their final exams and must pass in order to graduate from
the Space
Academy. Astro, a genius with a toolbox, freezes taking his nucleonics test and
it looks
like he may flunk out of the Space Academy. While awaiting his fate, he joins
Tom, T.J. and
Eric on a flight into deep space and must repair their spaceship's engines when
Captain
Strong unknowingly fires space torpedoes at their vessel.
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