Dr. Zarkoff's request to test his new anti-gravitation device on a remote planet is denied because of the mysterious deaths of most of a recent scientific expedition that recently explored the world. The sole survivor's wild tale of an idol's curse is dismissed by Flash and he, Dale and Zarkoff return to the planet to investigate. Director: Gunther von Fritsch Writers: Earl Markham, Bruce Elliot, Alex Raymond Steve Holland as Flash Gordon Irene Champlin as Dale Arden Joseph Nash as Dr. Hans Zarkov Initially broadcast on October 1, 1954. Space hero Flash Gordon and his crew of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation patrol space, battling space monsters, power-mad alien dictators and other threats to the stability of the universe.