Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Frankie Thomas as Tom Corbett
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| Author | Carey Rockwell |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
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1952 |
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| Created by | Joseph Greene |
| Based on | Space Cadet (1948) by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Starring | Frankie Thomas, Al Markim, Jan Merlin, Edward Bryce |
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| Original network | CBS (October 2 to December 1950); ABC (January 1951 to September 1952); NBC (July to September 1951, December 1954 to June 25, 1955); DuMont (August 1953 to May 1954) |
| Original release | October 2, 1950 – June 25, 1955 |
Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett — Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s.
The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Astro, originally Roger Manning and later T.J. Thistle, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkrooms, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris, and on alien worlds, both within the solar system and in orbit around nearby stars.
Joseph Lawrence Greene of Grosset & Dunlap developed Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, inspired by the Robert A. Heinlein novel Space Cadet (1948) but based on his own prior work. Greene had submitted a radio script for "Tom Ranger" and the "Space Cadets" on January 16, 1946, but it remained unperformed when Heinlein's novel was published. Greene then reworked his radio script into a script for a daily newspaper adventure strip, which was never produced.
Tom Corbett first appeared on television. The stories initially closely followed the scripts written for the unpublished newspaper comic strip Tom Ranger, Space Cadet, by Joseph Greene from 1949.
Tom Corbett is one of only six TV series to appear on all four networks of the time, along with The Arthur Murray Party, Down You Go, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Pantomime Quiz, and The Original Amateur Hour:
Michael Harvey played Captain Strong for the first six episodes of the CBS series; Pat Ferris played Dr. Dale for two episodes of the DuMont series.
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