THE LOST PLANET 15 Chapter serial 1953 The Lost Planet is a 1953 Columbia Pictures 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl (who also wrote for Rocky Jones, Space Ranger). It appears to have been planned as a sequel to the earlier chapterplay Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere and shares many plot-points, props and sets, as well as some of the same cast. However, the Video Rangers do not appear, and their uniforms are instead worn by "slaves" created electronically by Reckov, the dictator of the Lost Planet (Gene Roth) with the help of mad scientist Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) and enslaved "good" scientist Professor Dorn (Forrest Taylor). Unlike the Captain Video serial, The Lost Planet has a female character, Professor Dorn's daughter Ella (Vivian Mason) who strides about the Lost Planet (Bronson Canyon) in a fetching female version of the Video Ranger uniform. The hero is not Captain Video, but a newspaper reporter, Rex Barrow, played by Judd Holdren (who had previously played Captain Video and Commando Cody). Plot: Dr. Grood (Michael Fox) has succeeded in winning control over the planet Ergro as the first step in his desired conquest of the Universe. Reporter Rex Barrow (Judd Holdren), his photographer Tim Johnson (Ted Thorpe), Professor Edmund Dorn (Forrest Taylor) and his daughter Ella (Vivian Mason) are all captured by Grood, who plans to make use of the professor's knowledge. With the help of the professor's inventions, Rex is able to free Ergro of Grood's domination, while Grood is sent on an endless voyage into space. CAST: Judd Holdren .... Rex Barrow Vivian Mason .... Ella Dorn Michael Fox .... Dr. Ernst Grood Forrest Taylor .... Prof. Edmund Dorn Gene Roth .... Reckov Ted Thorpe .... Tim Johnson Karl 'Killer' Davis .... Karlo, aka Robot R-4 Jack George .... Jarva Frederic Berest .... Alden John L. Cason .... Hopper (as John Cason) Lee Roberts .... Wesley Brenn, aka Robot R-9 Nick Stuart .... Darl Leonard Penn .... Ken Wopler I. Stanford Jolley .... Robot No. 9 Joseph Mell .... Lah Chapters: 1. Mystery of the Guided Missile 2. Trapped by the Axial Propeller 3. Blasted by the Thermic Disintegrator 4. The Mind Control Machine 5. The Atomic Plane 6. Disaster in the Stratosphere 7. Snared by the Prysmic Catapult 8. Astray in Space 9. The Hypnotic Ray Machine 10. To Free the Planet People 11. Dr. Grood Defies Gravity 12. Trapped in a Cosmo Jet 13. The Invisible Enemy 14. In the Grip of the De-Thermo Ray 15. Sentenced to Space RUNNING TIME: 255 MIN (APPROX) FULLY CHAPTERED MENU ALL DVD'S SUPPLIED WITH CASE AND ARTWORK Overseas items (eg to USA) are sent by ROYAL MAIL AIRMAIL. ROYAL MAIL do not do tracking for airmail items unless you pay considerably more for insurance for the privilege – as anything posted overseas (eg, to the USA) is not under their control. This is usually prohibitively expensive, but if you would like your item insured please contact me first. Items are usually sent the day after you pay, or perhaps the same day depending on the time difference, and delivery normally takes about two weeks (10 days usually, but sometimes longer). During busy periods (Christmas especially) it can take around three weeks. This applies to postage to USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and to a limited extent, also to Europe. PLEASE NOTE I AM A UK SELLER POSTAGE TAKES LONGER (a couple of weeks, not a couple of days).