The Red Planet is a novelisation of the twenty-part radio serial.
Script Writer
Charles Chilton
Radio DetailsCharles Chilton
The Red Planet
06/09/54 — 17/01/55 / 20 × 30 Minutes / BBC Light Programme
Archive Details / CD Releases
The Red Planet is the sequel to Journey into Space. It was released on audio cassette by the BBC in an edited form in 1991 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) and again in 1998 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com). The story was finally released unedited in a CD box set in 2005 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com). Although the box set has since been deleted, the production remains as a download (Audible.co.uk / iTunes).
The Red Planet
Publisher Herbert Jenkins Format Hardback Publication Date 1956 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Sprong In Het Heelal: De Rode Planeet
Publisher Elsevierreeks Format Hardback Publication Date 1958 Original Price UNKNOWN Translator E Franquinet Country Holland
The Red PlanetBlast Off! to new heights of adventure and excitement
with JET MORGAN and the crewmen of the spaceship DISCOVERY, made famous in Charles Chilton's thrill-packed BBC radio series.
In this book, Jet leads the first fleet of rocketships to reach across space from the Moon to the 'Red Planet,' Mars. But right from the beginning the expedition was ill-omened. Uncanny happenings were to test their courage to breaking point, both on the long space flight and on the hostile planet itself.
Publisher Pan Books Format Paperback Publication Date 1960 Original Price 2/6 Country UK
Crveni Planet
Publisher Epoha Format Hardback Publication Date 1960 Original Price UNKNOWN Translator Konstantin Miles Country Yugoslavia
Sprong In Het Heelal: De Rode Planeet
Publisher Elsevier Pocket Format Paperback Publication Date 1962 Original Price UNKNOWN Translators C Bauer / E Franquinet Country Holland
Cover image and back cover blurb supplied by
Saul Hazan
Saul Hazan
The Red PlanetThe Mars Fleet, commanded by Jet Morgan, set out from the Moon on the six-months journey to the mysterious Red Planet. But before the fleet was two weeks out the strange behaviour of one of its members became the first link in a chain of uncanny happenings that were to mystify Jet Morgan and his companions throughout the journey. Not until they landed on the hostile planet did the significance of the occurrences begin to take shape.
Publisher Digit Books Format Paperback Publication Date 1963 Original Price 2/6 Country UK
Sprong In Het Heelal: Het Mars Mysterie
Publisher Mingus Format Paperback Publication Date 1985 Original Price UNKNOWN ISBN 90-6564-078-9 Translators C Bauer / E Franquinet Country Holland
