The Planet Man! The Planet Man! This is the fascinating story of Danso the Planet Man. Troubleshooter for the League of Planets Organization. The law enforcement body for peace and justice in the celestial world. Whose headquarters and center of operations are situated on the capital of all the planets, Planaria Rex. From Mercury to Pluto, wherever danger threatens the universe, you will find Danso the Planet Man fighting for fair play. In a moment, the Planet Man. As you remember, Billy, Jane, Pat Darrow, and Planet Man were with the Dusters in their hidden cave city beneath the dust deserts of Venus, when word reached them that their enemies were on their way. Manu, leader of the Dusters, assured them that he would deal with the intruders. With Billy and Jane amplifying Manu's thoughts, he and Danso are able to converse telepathically. Do not be alarmed, Planet Man. Whoever these intruders are, we shall render them harmless in ways that only we understand. But how do you know Manu these intruders are enemies? While we cannot read the thoughts of the museum, we can, however, sense their feelings. All creatures emanate radiation to betray their emotions. Even at a distance, I can sense that these men are bent on an evil errand, that they mean you harm. They're entering this building. Billy, come. Be careful, Danso. They have ray guns. How many of you are home? Why are you so flustered? What do you want? You want to know who I am? My name is Gnoki. If you and your friends here hadn't interfered, Marston would have conquered the solar system, and I might be the ruler of Venus. Ask them how they got here. Don't interrupt me. What's the difference how they got here? We have them, and that's all that matters. But these are Dusters and their cities. Look at it. Perhaps they have men hidden with weapons. Oh, I told you to be silent. You speak of weapons. What weapons could these beasts have to stand against our ray guns? Look at them. They're a little better than animals. Don't concern yourself with matters you don't understand. What do you intend to do? Intend? You speak of intend? I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to finish what Marston could not. Eliminate you and your friends. Bucker, are you ready? I still don't like it. They're too calm. They must have some trick up their sleeves. How could they be so calm in the face of our guns? This is not the time for discussion. You take care of the children. I'll personally attend to Planet Man and the girl. Now, Planet Man? Bucker, your ray gun is locked. Locked. Locked. Nookie. Nookie, something's wrong with my ray gun. I can't pull the trigger. Nookie, your hand is frozen. Frozen. Frozen. Mine, too. But my atom sword will do as well. What? What is this? Some trick? I can't move my hand. Nookie, you are paralyzed. Paralyzed. Paralyzed. I... I can't move at all. Well, do you know good to try. You might as well stop. You'll not be able to move until we're ready to let you move. I told you, Nookie. I told you they were too calm. Be quiet, you fools. What have you done to us, Planet Man? What trick have you played? This is no trick, Nookie. You made just one mistake. You thought the dustins were stupid animals. They're far from that. It's their power of thought that holds you in its grip. I might have known you to hide behind someone else. A great Planet Man using the black magic of a tribal beast. Are you afraid to stand alone? Don't listen to him, Dantro. He's trying to get you angry. You are now complaining. A few minutes ago when he saw his regime gave me the upper hand, he sang a different song. Rick, well, do you know good, Nookie? You're caught and you know it. Why not tell us who your fellow traitors are? If I tell you, will you let me free? After they've been captured, as far as I'm concerned, you may do as you please. Well, then, best have your friends release me from this magic that holds me motionless. Tell Man Noodle to let him go, Billy. You're not going to trust him, Dantro. I'm sure he's planning to pull something. I'm not afraid of him, Billy. Okay, you're the boss. Be careful. Nookie, you are free. Free. Free. Now, Nookie, you're free to move. Look out, Dantro. I told you to quit the black magic. Billy, just go. You're a Planet Man. Manu, Manu, paralyze him again. No, Billy, no. I want to keep this traitor elected once and for all. Be careful. Let me out. Let me out. Have you had enough, Nookie? Now talk. Tell me, who put you up to this? You can't make me talk. Kill me if you like, but my lips have been on. You. What's your name? Speak up before I... My name is Bacchus. And I didn't want to come, but he made me. That's no excuse. But when I told you he made me come, he would have killed me if I refused. How'd you meet him? I was sent to him. By whom? Someone at Venus Point. Did you know who it was? That's the messenger who told me to meet Nookie at the field. He said he was from the Minister of Security. What? The Minister of Security? Is it possible that he's the leader of these traitors? You, Nookie, is this true? I'll tell you, but it'll do you no good now to know. Yes, our leader is the Security Minister. But by the time you get back to Venus Point, if you do the knowledge, it'll do you no good. What do you mean by that? Simply that in 24 hours, Venus Point will no longer exist. It will be destroyed and with it the government of Venus. How do you know this? A signal for our men to move is to be my message to you when the Earth people have been eliminated. But the deadline for that message is tomorrow at sunset. If they don't hear from me by then, they'll actually... Contact Venus Point at once. Billy, ask Manu if they have a communicator. Manu, sir, there's no communicator, for they don't need one since they can communicate to their people by thought alone. Bacchus, how'd you get here? We... we came on a keep. Where is it? At the entrance to the tunnel. Come, let's go to it immediately. Save your time, it won't do you no good. What do you mean? I set a time bomb before I left. By now it has been blown to ashes. I knew that if we didn't return to it by now, we would never return. We must get to Venus Point somehow. Manu, sir, she'll give you guys. Very well, then we'll leave at once. But it'll take us days to cross the dust and to Venus Point. I'm hoping that the rescue parties will be searching for us and that one of them will spot us in land. We must take the chance. Can our friends say Venus Point and the government of Venus from a treacherous plot of mercenaries and scintillators? Will Dantro's hope of a rescue party showing up come true? Yes, we'll be back in a moment. So, level up. When we left Dantro and his Earth friends, they had departed from the city of the Newseum dusties and were trudging over the dust in the hope of being picked up by a rescue crew. They had to warn the government of Venus of Nokis' plot to destroy Venus Point. Oh, except for spending an hour on these dust walkers, they'll almost settle for being tied up and carried again. I can appreciate the kind of feet the dusters have. Look how easy it is for them to walk. It's amazing the way their feet are built. Almost like an umbrella. They open them and close them and they're webbing between their toes like a duck. Do you really think there's a chance that the rescue party will see us? I hope so. Even though our friend Nokis and his cohorts sent them on a false trail, by now they know it. You and Billy and Jane are much too important to leave wandering around in the desert. I can't wait till we get to Venus Point and tell them about the dusters. Well, I'm glad some of them are coming back with us. I'm afraid the Venusians would never believe what happened otherwise. Wait till we see a few of the things the dusters can do. They'll believe anything. But how will they communicate with each other? The dusters can't speak and the Venusians aren't telepathic like Billy and me. We don't want to stay here for the rest of our lives. That will be their first joint project. All you and Billy have to do is help them to understand each other's problems. I'm sure that working together they can devise some way of communicating. I think I hear the sound of death. You're right, Pat. Probably the search party we've been hoping for. I can see a map coming over that dune. Hey, here we are over here! Wait, wait. Billy, I wish you hadn't done that. Why? What's wrong? I wanted to be sure they'd see us. I'm absolutely certain that they're our friends. Okie's gang is looking for us too. I forgot. Maybe they didn't see us, but I'm afraid they did, Billy. I hope they're the right ones. We'll soon find out. Here they come. What happened? The dusters have come down and now they're just hovering there. They're just looking us over. It's like they're going away, see? No, they're spreading out. I'm afraid it's not the search party we expected. They're coming down all around us. Billy, you better tell the dusters we're in for trouble. They know it already, Dantl. They seem not to worry. They think they can protect us. I should be used to it by now. But I still can't believe that the dusters can build a force screen strong enough to withstand the ray gun with nothing but the power of their minds. Green, green, green. It's hard to believe, all right, Pat. Show us how much we have to learn. It may not be as good as you think, Dantl. The dusters say that they can't hold the screen long. Their energy is limited and there are so many guns firing at us. Yes, I was afraid of that. I only wish the rescue party would come. Maybe you'll wish it granted before you finish this thing. Look over there. That's what I call perfect timing. You're right, Pat. Those jets are ours. I know by the insignia on the wings. Boy, look at them. There must be 20 of them. These guys won't last long against that, Ma. Let's keep down just to be safe, Billy, and tell the dusters not to drop the screen yet. Okay, they'll hold it for a while longer. It's a good thing that rescue party came when they did. Well, why don't they surrender? That rescue party has them outnumbered four to one. They have an advantage. Like often, I'd accept their little mass. The only way to stop them is to burn them down. Well, we killed them last, but none of them are surrendering. I'm happy we can take prisoners back to Venusport with us to prove to the President the danger he's in. I guess you can tell the dusters to drop the screen now. It looks like the battle's over. Let's get to Venusport. On to Venusport with the Venusjet rescue force. Is Danto sure of what he wants to prove to the Venusian President about the Minister of Security? Has Baka just misled Danto? We'll be back in a moment, but first here is a message the planet man wants you to hear. Tune in again for more transcribed thrills and adventures. Rocket millions of light years into space with Danto the planet man. Baa planet man.
