History Radio / JourneyIntoSpace

** Lemmy frequently says "Do me a favour, Mitch!" when disagreeing with his crewmate.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At the beginning of every episode of ''Operation Luna'', a voice - either Guy Kingsley Poynter (Doc) or David Jacobs - intones "JOURNEY. INTO. SPACE!"

* SeriesContinuityError: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the ''Luna'' crew forget their encounter with the Time Travellers on Earth in the distant past once they return to their own time. However, Jet and Lemmy remember the whole experience perfectly in ''The Red Planet''.

* Doc Matthews: TheMcCoy and TheHeart. Canadian medical officer. Much of the series' exposition was delivered through Doc’s diary.

* SubSpaceAnsible: {Averted|Trope}}. This becomes a plot point in ''The Red Planet'', when [[spoiler: the lack of any significant delay in communicating with Earth alerts the ''Discovery'' crew to the fact that the voice is an impostor, that of James Edward Whitaker]].

* AbsentAliens: {{Averted|Trope}}, even though the series at first merely appears to a fairly realistic drama about the struggle to achieve a manned moon-landing.

* FasterThanLightTravel: {{Averted|Trope}}. Space travel is limited to the inner planets and takes a very long time, until the Time Travellers show up.

* SubSpaceAnsible: {{Averted|Trope}}. This becomes a plot point in ''The Red Planet'', when [[spoiler: the lack of any significant delay in communicating with Earth alerts the ''Discovery'' crew to the fact that the voice is an impostor, that of James Edward Whitaker]].

* ChromosomeCasting: ''The Red Planet'' was the only entry in the original series to feature women in the cast: Miriam Karlin played an hallucination of Lemmy's mother in Episode 13 while Madi Hedd played Martha Bodie in Episodes 15 and 16.

''Journey into Space'' was a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio series written by Charles Chilton. It was originally broadcast from [[TheFifties 1953 to 1958]] but set in the [[{{Zeerust}} distant future of 1965 to 1972]].

* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: In ''The Red Planet'', Whitaker's presence causes Jet to have a dream about visiting the British Empire Exhibition with Whitaker in 1924. He hears the song "When It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" and sees UsefulNotes/{{London}} as it existed in 1924 as opposed to how it exists in his own time of 1971. Prior to this, Jet had never heard of either the Exhibition or the song.

* ArcWords: In ''The Red Planet'', characters who have been conditioned by the Martians often say "Orders must be obeyed without question at all times."

* BizarreHumanBiology: In ''The Red Planet'', the Martians altered many humans so that they could survive in the Martian atmosphere.

* OlderThanHeLooks: In ''The Red Planet'', James Edward Whitaker claims to have been born on September 12, 1940, which is consistent with his appearance being that of a man in his early 30s. However, his actual date of birth on September 12, 1893. Records indicate that he disappeared in 1924. He has not aged a day in the intervening 47 years. [[ThisWasHisTrueForm After he dies, his body reverts to its true age of 78.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At the beginning of every episode, a voice - either Guy Kingsley Poynter (Doc) or David Jacobs - intones "JOURNEY. INTO. SPACE!"

* TheSpock: In ''The Red Planet'', James Edward Whitaker is cold, emotionless and never makes small talk due to his conditioning by the Martians. His shipmate Frank Rogers finds him creepy and off-putting and can hardly even stand to be in his presence after only two days. This presents a problem considering that the two of them must share Freighter No. 2 during the fleet's six month journey to UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. Lemmy has much the same reaction to Whitaker as Rogers does.

** The ''Discovery'' in ''The Red Planet''.

** Jet often says "Good heavens!" when shocked.

* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: In ''The Red Planet'', Whitaker's presence causes Jet to have a dream about visiting the British Empire Exhibition with Whitaker in 1924. He sees UsefulNotes/{{London}} as it existed in 1924 as opposed to how it exists in his own time of 1971.

* SeriesContinuityError: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the ''Luna'' crew forget their encounter with the Time Travellers on Earth in the distant past once they return to 1965. However, Jet and Lemmy remember the whole experience perfectly in ''The Red Planet''.

** In ''The Red Planet'', a fleet of nine ships, consisting of the flagship ''Discovery'' and eight freighters, bound for UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} is launched from UsefulNotes/TheMoon on April 1, 1971. By this time, there is a lunar colony.
* TrappedInThePast: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the proximity of the ''Luna'' to the Time Travellers' fleet near UsefulNotes/TheMoon causes it to be sent at least 13,000 years back in time. Jet believes that they have travelled about 50,000 years into the past. The announcer gives the date as 20,000 years prior to 1965 in the introductions to the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of ''Operation Luna''. This is confirmed in-universe by Jet in the latter.

* OlderThanHeLooks: In ''The Red Planet'', James Edward Whitaker claims to have been born on September 12, 1940, which is consistent with his appearance being that of a man in his early 30s. However, his actual date of birth on September 12, 1893. Records indicate that he disappeared in 1924. He has not aged a day in the intervening 47 years. [[spoiler: After he dies, his body reverts to its true age of 78.]]

** There is a time delay when the crew communicates with Earth: of little over a second when the ''Luna'' exchanges messages with Control after landing on UsefulNotes/TheMoon in ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'' and of several minutes when the ''Discovery'' exchanges them with Control after landing on UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} in ''The Red Planet'' and ''The World in Peril''.

** In ''The Red Planet'', a fleet of nine ships bound for UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} is launched from UsefulNotes/TheMoon on April 1, 1971. By this time, there is a lunar colony.

* SubSpaceAnsible: {{Averted|Trope}}. Becomes a plot point in ''The Red Planet'', when [[spoiler: the lack of any delay in communicating with Earth alerts the crew to the fact that the voice is an impostor]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: Discounting the final episode of each series, every episode ends in a cliffhanger.

** Mitch, especially in ''Operation Luna''. His short fuse and over-protectiveness of his self-designed anfgd constructed spaceship and lunar mission makes him downright unreasonable towards his crewmates, particularly Lemmy, whom he even describes as "psychologically unsuitable" and "a psychological misfit" in Episode 1. He mellowed a great deal throughout the second and third series.

** There is a time delay when the crew communicates with Earth: of little over a second when the ''Luna'' exchanges messages with Control after landing on UsefulNotes/TheMoon in ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'' and of several minutes when the ''Discovery'' exchanges them with Control after landing on UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} in later series.

* ''The Return from Mars'' (1981)
* ''Frozen in Time'' (2008)
* ''The Host'' (2009)

* ColonizedSolarSystem: The space programme's long-term goal is to establish colonies on UsefulNotes/TheMoon, UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}. Mitch believes that the construction of a lunar colony will be a matter for their children or grandchildren. On October 30, 1965, Jet experiences a premonition of the launch of a ship bound for UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}.

* ShoutOut: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', Lemmy sarcastically compares the voice of the initially unseen Time Traveller to the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]].

** In ''The Red Planet'', a fleet of nine ships bound for UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} is launched from UsefulNotes/TheMoon in April 1971.

''Journey into Space'' was a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio series written by Charles Chilton. It was originally broadcast from [[TheFifties 1953 to 1958]] but set in the [[{{Zeerust}} distant future of 1965 to 1972]]. It was the last British radio programme to achieve higher ratings than its television rival.

** Jet Morgan himself can also be one to a lesser extent. Although a very capable leader and ultimately concerned for his crew's safety, he has a tendency to be over-impatient and occasionally insensitive. He is often condescending towards Lemmy. For instance, in ''The Red Planet'':

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At the beginning of every episode, a voice - sometimes that of Guy Kingsley Poynter (Doc) - intones "JOURNEY. INTO. SPACE!"

* RousseauWasRight: In ''The World in Peril'', Jet delivers something of a KirkSummation, admitting that although humanity has made some terrible mistakes, it is learning and will better itself if allowed to develop in freedom.

* TrappedInThePast: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the proximity of the ''Luna'' to the Time Travellers' fleet near UsefulNotes/TheMoon causes it to be sent at least 13,000 years back in time. Jet believes that they have travelled about 50,000 years into the past.

** Jet Morgan himself can also be one to a lesser extent. Although a very capable leader and ultimately concerned for his crew's safety, he has a tendency to be over-impatient and occasionally insensitive. For instance, in ''The Red Planet'':

* TheDanza: Andrew "Jet" Morgan is played by Andrew Faulds.

''Journey into Space'' was a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] radio series written by Charles Chilton. It was originally broadcast from [[TheFifties 1953 to 1958]] but set in the [[{{Zeerust}} distant future of 1965 to 1972]].

* InterplanetaryVoyage

* Doc Matthews: TheMcCoy and TheHeart. Canadian. Much of the series' exposition was delivered through Doc’s diary.

* AncientAstronauts: The Martians were huge and their visit to Earth gave rise to myths about giants.
* CatchPhrase: Jet often says "Good heavens!" when shocked.

* FirstContact: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the ''Luna'' crew make first contact with the Time Travellers on UsefulNotes/TheMoon.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: At the beginning of every episode, a voice intones "JOURNEY. INTO. SPACE!"

* RousseauWasRight: In ''The World in Peril'', Jet delivers something of a KirkSummation, admitting that although humanity has made some terrible mistakes it is learning and will better itself if allowed to develop in freedom.

* [[spoiler: TimeTravel]]: Happens to the crew in ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna''.

** Mitch, especially in ''Operation Luna''. His short fuse and over-protectiveness of his self-designed and constructed spaceship and lunar mission makes him downright unreasonable towards his crewmates, particularly Lemmy, whom he even describes as "psychologically unsuitable" and "a psychological misfit" in Episode 1. He mellowed a great deal throughout the second and third series.

* MentalTimeTravel: In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', the presence of the Time Travellers causes Jet's mind to travel back in time to his childhood when he was being tutored on UsefulNotes/TheMoon by his great-uncle Hector in Edinburgh.

* AbsentAliens: Averted, even though the series at first merely appears to a fairly realistic drama about the struggle to achieve a manned moon-landing.

* FasterThanLightTravel: Averted. Space travel is limited to the inner planets, and takes a very long time until the Time Travellers show up.

* UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}: In ''The Red Planet'', [[CaptainObvious obviously]].

* SubSpaceAnsible: Averted. Becomes a plot point in ''The Red Planet'', when [[spoiler: the lack of any delay in communicating with Earth alerts the crew to the fact that the voice is an impostor]].