History Series / SpacePatrolUS

''Space Patrol'' is a 1950s American series that was created to deliver the same thrills to kids that ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|1954}}'' delivered to their parents. The stories focused on Kit Corry (and later [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute his brother Buzz]]), CIC of the futuristic Space Patrol, an intergalactic police force. Each episode often featured recurring villains, such as (most famously) Prince Baccaratti. At its peak, it ran concurrently as a 15-minute weekday series, a half-hour Saturday series, and a weekly radio show, ''all featuring the same cast'', and ''all transmitted live''. Now ''that's'' commitment. Ran for 5 seasons (1950-1955) and a total of ''1239'' episodes: 210 30-minute episodes, 900 15-minute episodes and 129 radio shows. Not to be confused with the 1963 British Puppet series ''[[Series/SpacePatrolUK Space Patrol]]'', which is sometimes re-titled to ''Planet Patrol'', to avoid confusion

* UnrealisticBlackHole: The very first episode of the radio play series dealt with a black hole that ate a SP ship. They're still able to get a radio signal out.

''Space Patrol'' is a 1950s American series that was created to deliver the same thrills to kids that ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|1954}}'' delivered to their parents. The stories focused on Kit Corry (and later [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute his brother Buzz]]), CIC of the futuristic Space Patrol, an intergalactic police force. Each episode often featured recurring villains, such as (most famously) Prince Baccaratti. At its peak, it ran concurrently as a 15-minute weekday series, a half-hour Saturday series, and a weekly radio show, ''all featuring the same cast'', and ''all transmitted live''. Now ''that's'' commitment. Ran for 5 seasons (1950-1955) and a total of ''1239'' episodes: 210 30-minute episodes, 900 15-minute episodes and 129 radio shows.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: In one episode, Cadet Happy is ''absolutely astounded'' by the size of the Solar System. Buzz and Carol bring him back down by reminding him that there are a ''lot'' of stars in the Milky Way, with our sun being only one of them. To be fair, this was a 1950s show aimed at children (who might not understand the concept of big distances), but it seems unrealistic for someone who was born in the 30th century, with ''interstellar'' travel being commonplace, to be astounded by this.

* TheChick: Carol Carlisle

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Despite being shown to children in The Fifties, Carol Carlisle and Tonga defy the StayInTheKitchen role by engaging fully in Commander Buzz Corry and Space Cadet Happy's adventures, [[ParentService while wearing miniskirts]] a decade before they became fashionable.

* CatchPhrase: "''SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE PATROOOOOOOOOL!''"

* SubspaceAnisible:The Space-O-Phone.

* SubSpaceAnisible:The Space-O-Phone.

* UnrealisticBlackHole: The very first episode of the radio play series dealt with a black hole that ate a SP ship.

''Space Patrol'' is a 1950s American series that was created to deliver the same thrills to kids that ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|1954}}'' delivered to their parents. The stories focused on Kit Corry (and later [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute his brother Buzz]]), CIC of the futuristic Space Patrol, an intergalactic police force. Each episode often featured recurring villains, such as (most famously) Prince Baccaratti. At its peak, it ran concurrently as a 15-minute weekday series, a half-hour Saturday series, and a weekly radio show, ''all featuring the same cast'', and ''all transmitted live''. Now ''that's'' commitment. Ran for 5 seasons (1950-1955) and god-knows-how-many episodes[[note]]210 30-minute episodes, 900 15-minute, and 129 radio shows. Adding that up gives us ''1239'' episodes.[[/note]].

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits from ''Film/DestinationMoon'', with garden gloves for their hands and fire extinguishers for {{Jet Pack}}s.

* ThrowItIn: Guest stars who were unused to live television performances would sometimes freeze up and have to be prompted by the other actors. One lead character didn't recover for the entire episode, so the others pretended he was a telepath and they were reading back what he was putting into their heads!

* AnachronismStew: The controls on the spaceship came from surplus WW2 bomber parts.

* PropRecycling: The spacesuits from ''Film/DestinationMoon'', with garden gloves, and fire extinguishers for {{Jet Pack}}s.

* ThrowItIn: Guest stars who were unused to live television performances would sometimes freeze up and have to be prompted by the other actors. One lead character didn't recover for the entire episode, so the others pretended he was a telepath and they were reading back what he was putting into their heads!

* DarkActionGirl: Tonga started as a villain, but some BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood enabled her FaceHeelTurn.

* ThrowItIn: Guest stars who were unused to live television performances would sometimes freeze up and have to be prompted by the other actors. One lead character didn't recover for the entire episode, so the others pretended he was a telepath and they were reading back what he was putting into their heads!

* DarkActionGirl: Tonga

''Space Patrol'' is a 1950s American series that was created to deliver the same thrills to kids that ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|1954}}'' delivered to their parents. The stories focused on Kit Corry (and later [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute his brother Buzz]]), CIC of the futuristic Space Patrol, an intergalactic police force. Each episode often featured recurring villains, such as (most famously) Prince Baccaratti. At its peak, it ran concurrently as a 15-minute weekday series, a half-hour Saturday series, and a weekly radio show, ''all featuring the same cast'', and ''all transmitted live''. Now ''that's'' commitment. Ran for 5 seasons (1950-1955) and god-knows-how-many episodes.