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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 26, 2017 22:09:10 GMT
Dimension XX Minus 1  Dimension X ran on NBC 1950-1. The show was later retooled as X Minus 1 in 1955-8. They dramatized stories from the pulp SF "golden age" of the 1940s by writers like Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein etc. While there are plenty of rocketmen and space travel stories, the most interesting episodes IMHO are those that prefigure the classic Twilight Zone situation -- ordinary people caught up in fantastic situations. Stephen King once commented that Richard Matheson took horror out of the gothic mansion and let it happen anywhere, even the minimart down the street. That's what these shows helped do for SF -- although Twilight Zone would get the credit. I wonder how often Rod Serling listened to them. From the story by Ray Bradbury: The ending is a masterpiece
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Oct 27, 2017 8:39:06 GMT
WOW!! Thanks!  |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 27, 2017 19:23:59 GMT
Stephen King once said that listening to the radio version of Ray Bradbury's 'Mars Is Heaven' on Dimension X was what led him down the road he would take as a writer of horror.
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Post by needysboy on Oct 28, 2017 1:00:46 GMT
I pledge my allegiance!
And listen when I can.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 28, 2017 7:51:27 GMT
Stephen King once said that listening to the radio version of Ray Bradbury's 'Mars Is Heaven' on Dimension X was what led him down the road he would take as a writer of horror.  |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 28, 2017 19:28:20 GMT
Thanks for that, Dr. Kimble. It sure brought back memories.
I used to play that one for the students in my high school Mystery-Science Fiction class.
SUSPENSE and DIMENSION X programs were frequent visitors to the classroom (lights were out during their playing).
They were stand-alone anthologies (no recurring characters ) and were completed in a neat 30 minutes listening time.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Nov 10, 2017 17:01:28 GMT
This was the first Dimension X I ever heard, about 20 years ago.
"To The Future"
s1e8
Written by Ernest Kinoy, from a story by Ray Bradbury
May 27, 1950
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 10, 2017 18:46:42 GMT
One of my favorite 'X Minus One' shows was THE EMBASSY -- that combined a Noirish Private eye with a Sci-Fi theme. There was even a 'Kasper Gutman' character left over from THE MALTESE FALCON in the mix.
In my Mystery/Science Fiction high school English class it was the carryover from one to the other -- finishing off the mystery portion to seque into the Sci-Fi study.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Dec 6, 2017 8:08:11 GMT
"Cold Equations" X Minus 1From the story by Tom Godwin August 8, 1955 A spaceship pilot transporting urgently needed serum discovers a young woman has stowed away on the ship -- but the fuel supply will not support her extra weight...Wikipedia |
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Post by hardball on Apr 2, 2018 5:10:01 GMT
Dimension X came first, but I prefer X-1. Mars is Heaven, the Parade, Castaways, Man in the Moon and the Outer Limit are classics. But the best one is the Tunnel Under the World.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 7:28:10 GMT
This is good 
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Post by hardball on Apr 3, 2018 4:45:39 GMT
How would archaeologists and historians 6,000 years in the future react when they uncover remnants of our civilization?
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Post by hardball on Apr 3, 2018 4:47:43 GMT
Caltex Theatre radio adaptation of The Forbidden Planet
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Post by lordquesterjones on Apr 3, 2018 11:26:34 GMT
I pledge my allegiance to 'Radio 4 Extra' in the UK.
It's spoken word channel, and they have all sorts of interesting stuff on there.
They've just produced another series of 'Hitch Hikers Guide..' stories featuring the original cast.
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Post by hardball on Apr 5, 2018 2:37:05 GMT
Not OTR but still a good one. From 2014, the BBC adaption of Philip K Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. This was the book from which Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was based on.
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Post by hardball on Apr 5, 2018 5:36:40 GMT
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