Undated Broadcasts Identified: The Planet Man (Episodes 201–250)
Continuing our sequential restoration of the 1950 syndicated juvenile science-fiction serial The Planet Man (8b3be765-ce7f-4390-b054-d3a9e33d4c74), starring Jack Grimes as interstellar troubleshooter Dantro, this update resolves an additional…
Undated Broadcasts Project — The Planet Man Climax & Galactic Armistice
Continuing our sequential restoration of the 1950 syndicated juvenile science-fiction serial The Planet Man (8b3be765-ce7f-4390-b054-d3a9e33d4c74), starring Jack Grimes as interstellar troubleshooter Dantro, This update resolves an additional 50 sequential daily broadcasts (Episodes 201 through 250).
Airing daily Monday through Friday across syndicated stations between October 9 and December 15, 1950, this sequence delivers the climactic final campaigns of the interplanetary war and the dawn of universal peace:
- The Battle of Phobos & Fall of Dictator Marston (Episodes 201–215): Dantro leads a perilous commando strike on the Martian moon Phobos, disabling automated missile launch silos before allied fleets bombard Marston's central redoubt. Though Marston attempts to orchestrate guerrilla raids using an android decoy from an iron asteroid fortress, Dantro and Slats penetrate the compound and bring the tyrant's regime to an end.
- The Liberation of Orientor & The Slave Mines (Episodes 216–229): Responding to uprisings across occupied space, Dantro storms subterranean labor complexes on Mars, liberating thousands of political prisoners. On the mechanical world of Orientor, citizens and automatons establish an autonomous commonwealth, erecting a monument in honor of the heroic android T-21.
- The Peace Treaty of Mardee (Episodes 230–245): Delegates from Earth, Mars, Venus, and Orientor assemble under the crystalline spires of Mardee to ratify the Universal Charter of Peace. Dantro, Slats, and the Darrow expedition are awarded the League Medal of Honor by presiding planetary magistrates.
- Preparing for the Deep Frontier (Episodes 246–250): With illegal uranium mines sealed and the wreckage of the spaceship graveyard converted into civilian orbital stations, the Planeteer receives upgraded ion drives in orbital drydock, preparing for new voyages beyond charted space.
Reaching 2,965 broadcasts resolved across the master project ledger, each entry features verified daily airdates, standardized sci-fi taxonomy, and pure narrative synopses.
1. Broadcasts
| Episode / Title | Airdate | Credited Background & Role | Pure Narrative Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encircling the Minefield | 1950-10-09 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 201) | The Planeteer navigates a hazardous grid of floating proximity mines deployed by Martian corsairs across the shipping lane. |
| The Infiltration of Phobos | 1950-10-16 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 206) | Dantro leads a clandestine commando strike on the Martian moon Phobos to disable automated missile launch silos. |
| The Fall of Dictator Marston | 1950-10-23 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 211) | Decisive reports from Mars indicate that dictator Marston's command bunker has been neutralized during an allied orbital barrage. |
| The Asteroid Fortress | 1950-10-26 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 214) | The Planeteer locates Marston's subterranean redoubt hollowed out inside an iron-nickel asteroid. |
| The Autonomous Commonwealth | 1950-11-09 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 224) | Dantro visits the newly sovereign mechanical world of Orientor, where machines and organic beings now trade in peace. |
| Liberating the Slaves of Mars | 1950-11-13 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 226) | Dantro storms a subterranean labor complex, liberating hundreds of interplanetary political prisoners. |
| Unit T-21's Legacy | 1950-11-15 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 228) | The heroic android T-21 is honored with a permanent monument in the central plaza of Orientor for saving human lives. |
| Return to Lunar Base One | 1950-11-24 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 235) | The Planeteer touches down on the familiar launchpads of the Moon, greeted by cheers from ground control. |
| The Peace Treaty of Mardee | 1950-12-05 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 242) | High Chancellor of Mardee affixes the grand seal to the universal charter of peace. |
| The Spaceship Graveyard Reclaimed | 1950-12-15 | Daily Sci-Fi Serial (Ep. 250) | Salvage teams begin dismantling old wrecks in the spaceship graveyard, converting scrap into civilian orbital infrastructure. |