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Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 1 - Space Week
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    #1 - Space Week

    S1:E1

    A Space Academy tournament, consisting of sports, a written exam, and a space race, pits the Polaris unit in competition against other Cadet units at the Academy. The chief competition is the Vulcan unit led by Eric Rattison. Controversy cast a shadow over the Polaris unit when evidence indicates that a member of the Polaris crew has stolen an examination paper from Dr. Dale's office.

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  2. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 2 - The Martian Revolt
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    #2 - The Martian Revolt

    S1:E2

    An apparent plan by the Solar Council on Mars to break up Space Academy into three separate Academy's actually masks a much more sinister plot to start a revolution with the goal of destroying the entire Solar Guard.The Space Cadets wind up imprisoned inside an old rocket that has been programmed to go out of control and crash into the Martian surface.

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  3. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 3 - Trial In Space
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    #3 - Trial In Space

    S1:E3

    Astro is believed to have contracted "Space Fever" a disease which could result in having him permanently grounded from space travel, and thus, out of the Polaris Unit. During his narration, Frankie Thomas defines for the viewers just what a 3-man Space Cadet unit, like the Polaris, really is.

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  4. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 4 - Graveyard of the Rockets
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    #4 - Graveyard of the Rockets

    S1:E4

    The Space Cadets, along with Captain Strong, Commander Arkwright, and Dr. Joan Dale, seek an Academy scientist lost on a distant planet in an uncharted solar system. Their search takes them to the legendary Rocket Graveyard, where dozens of lost ships have accumulated over the past 200 years. The graveyard appears to be otherwise deserted, but there are unknown foes waiting -- not all of which are human.

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  5. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 5 - The Asteroid of Death
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    #5 - The Asteroid of Death

    S1:E5

    A clue provided by a youthful stowaway provides the only hope of preventing Roger and Captain Strong from making contact with an anti-matter asteroid and instantaneous annihilation.

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  6. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 6 - The Mystery of Alkar
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    #6 - The Mystery of Alkar

    S1:E6

    The Cadets are menaced by a weird, near-mute visitor from Alkar, the legendary black planet lying beyond the orbit of Neptune. But a much more deadly threat comes from an old and very dangerous enemy, that could lead to an attack against the entire Solar Alliance.

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  7. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 7 - The Lost Colony of Venus
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    #7 - The Lost Colony of Venus

    S1:E7

    An adventurer calling himself the "Ace of Space"- stows aboard the Space Cadets' ship (the Ventura on this occasion) with the aid of the impulsive Roger. But "Ace" thereupon commandeers the ship and forces the Cadets to fly to Venus and help him search for the legendary Lost Colony. They do find it, amidst the Venusian jungles, but they also encounter the very same menace that wiped out the original Colony, established by the first colonists from earth 200 years ago!

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  8. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 8 - Summer Space Maneuvers - Part 1
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    #8 - Summer Space Maneuvers - Part 1

    S1:E8

    The Polaris, on a mission to destroy a dangerous contra-terrene asteroid, is crippled by a split in the servo-gyro and forced to land on Jupiter for repairs.

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  9. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 1 Episode 9 - Summer Space Maneuvers - Part 2
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    #9 - Summer Space Maneuvers - Part 2

    S1:E9

    Cadets Astro, Roger Manning, and Eric Rattison, out on space maneuvers aboard the Polaris, run into trouble when the Servo unit (which controls the automatic steering unit) on the space ship goes out of commission, and they are forced to make an emergency landing on Jupiter. Problems with Jupiter's intense gravitation field and ammonia storms threaten the ships' survival, and also hinder the efforts of Tom and Captain Strong to come to their aid.

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  10. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 1 - The Million Dollar Patrol
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    #10 - The Million Dollar Patrol

    S2:E1

    The Space Academy is in danger of being closed down forever, so Tom Corbett and the Space Cadets risk their lives to save it when they come to the aid of passengers of a crippled rocket liner a million miles from home base.

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  11. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 2 - The Trojan Planets
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    #11 - The Trojan Planets

    S2:E2

    Tom Corbett and the Space Cadets find treachery and danger on the deserted planets in the orbit of Jupiter.

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  12. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 3 - The Outpost of Danger
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    #12 - The Outpost of Danger

    S2:E3

    Receiving an urgent distress signal from the black void of space, Tom Corbett and the cadets race to battle a dread disease which has ravished the colonial outpost of Mimas.

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  13. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 4 - Target Danger
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    #13 - Target Danger

    S2:E4

    A feud between two cadets causes the wreck of the Commanders flagship during interplanetary war games. Tom, Astro, and Manning suddenly find themselves the target of deadly atomic torpedoes while taking part in maneuvers to repel a mock invasion from space. Cadets Manning and Eric Rattison (Sutton) tension builds when Eric is temporarily assigned as an extra member of the Polaris Crew. Past differences are insignificant when the two are trapped together fighting for survival and facing death.

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  14. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mountains of Fire
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    #14 - The Mountains of Fire

    S2:E5

    In a daring maneuver, Tom Corbett and the Space Cadets use their spaceship to prevent the destruction of an important agricultural station.

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  15. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 6 - The Ghost Ship
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    #15 - The Ghost Ship

    S2:E6

    A mysterious rocket ship drifts through the skies destroying liners in seemingly accidental crashes. When cadet Astro is accused of negligence, Tom steps into the picture.

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  16. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 7 - The Beacons of Danger
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    #16 - The Beacons of Danger

    S2:E7

    A crooked mechanic tampers with the beacons surrounding a space junk field thereby hoping to waylay a treasury ship.

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  17. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 8 - Spaceship of Death
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    #17 - Spaceship of Death

    S2:E8

    An airport is threatened with destruction when an explosion occurs aboard a spaceship in flight.

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  18. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 9 - The Raiders of the Asteroids
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    #18 - The Raiders of the Asteroids

    S2:E9

    The cadets disguise themselves as prospectors to trap space gangsters who have been preying on uranium seekers.

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  19. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 10 - The Planet of Doom
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    #19 - The Planet of Doom

    S2:E10

    Two pretty young auxiliary cadets make an emergency landing, causing their spaceship to crash-land on Jupiter through negligence.

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  20. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 11 - Cargo of Death
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    #20 - Cargo of Death

    S2:E11

    A freighter Captain & his first mate do not properly maintain the antiquated vessels they purchase, the result is death for the passengers and crew of 5. The negligent Captain kidnaps Roger for his crew on another ill-fated vessel. Tom and Astro, posing as civilian passengers on the freighter, must rescue Roger and stop Captain Farley before the malfunctioning freighter crashes on the moon.

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  21. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 12 - The Iron Major
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    #21 - The Iron Major

    S2:E12

    A tyrannical officer forbids the crew to leave their ship while in port.

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  22. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 13 - The Space Projectile
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    #22 - The Space Projectile

    S2:E13

    Tom Corbett is called upon to halt sabotage of a cargo firing tube.

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  23. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 14 - Rescue in Space
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    #23 - Rescue in Space

    S2:E14

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  24. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 15 - The Earth Digger
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    #24 - The Earth Digger

    S2:E15

    A machine causes a cave-in under the moon's surface.

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  25. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2 Episode 16 - Space Station of Danger
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    #25 - Space Station of Danger

    S2:E16

    Liquid compound K has seeped into the air and threatens the lives of those on the space station. Conspirators then plant a nuclear bomb to blow up the space station and its crew.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Space Week" is the worst rated episode of "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/7/1951. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Martian Revolt".