gie ▁York , ▁and ▁Fred ▁F oy ▁as ▁the ▁announ cer . ▁ ▁Story ▁situations ▁and ▁characters ▁T ough , ▁char ism atic ▁group ▁leader ▁Jack ▁is ▁usually ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁figure ▁solutions ▁to ▁the ▁myster ies . ▁Jack ▁has ▁more ▁of ▁an ▁edge ▁than ▁the ▁typical ▁radio ▁hero ▁of ▁the ▁period . ▁He ▁dist rust s ▁the ▁attract ive ▁women ▁who ▁always ▁seem ▁to ▁show ▁up , ▁and ▁he ▁prof esses ▁to ▁dis like ▁women ▁in ▁general . ▁The ▁series ' ▁writer ▁claimed ▁that ▁Jack ' s ▁problems ▁with ▁women ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁his ▁youth . ▁He ▁had ▁got ten ▁a ▁girl ▁pre gn ant ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁leave ▁his ▁home ▁town ▁in ▁shame . ▁This ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁back ▁story ▁detail ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁made ▁explicit ▁on ▁the ▁show . ▁Doc ▁and ▁Reg gie ▁are ▁slightly ▁less ▁ed gy ▁characters . ▁The ▁Texas - born ▁Doc ▁is ▁a ▁hard - f ight ing , ▁bo ast ful , ▁high - sp ir ited ▁character ▁who ▁provides ▁com ic ▁relief . ▁Reg gie , ▁an ▁English man ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁great ▁strength , ▁however , ▁usually ▁sh ied ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁fair er ▁sex . ▁ ▁Mor se , ▁regarded ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁writers ▁in ▁radio , ▁took ▁delight ▁in ▁creating ▁v ivid ly ▁imag ined ▁settings ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁and ▁elaborate , ▁often ▁b izar re ▁and ▁at ▁times ▁over - the - top ▁plots . ▁In ▁a ▁medium ▁whose ▁hero es ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁serious ▁and