Science Fiction
X Minus One - was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from
April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958. X Minus One
is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced
for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X
episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science
fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov,
Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and
Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts.
This show is a must for the old time radio fan, and even more so if you
are a sci-fi fan. So sit back and enjoy the talents of some of the best
with over 110 episodes and better then 50 hours of entertainment.
Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast from April 8, 1950 to
September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live, and the
remainder were pre-recorded. Fred Wiehe and Edward King were the
directors, and Norman Rose was heard as both announcer and narrator (his
famous opening: "Adventures in time and space, told in future tense..."). So sit back with the precursor to X Minus One, and enjoy over
23 hours, 50 episodes of science fiction written by some of the best science fiction
writers ever.
Space Patrol is a science fiction adventure, aimed at juvenile
audiences of the early 1950s via television, radio, and comic books. The
success of the TV show spawned a radio version, which ran from 18
September 1950 to 19 March 1955. The same cast of actors performed
on both shows.
So sit back, and for the next 40 hours and over
90 episodes, listen
to the science fiction adventure that is prized by Old Time Radio
collectors today as one of radio's most enjoyable adventures.
Dark Fantasy was an
American Radio supernatural thriller anthology. It had a short run
of 31 episodes, debuting on November 14, 1941 and ending on June 19,
1942. Even though it only had a short
run, the stories were quite imaginative for their day, found a
nationwide audience almost immediately, and were way ahead of their
time. Sit back, and be prepared to feel those
shivers and goose bumps while you listen to almost 10 hours and 24
episodes of Dark Fantasy.
Journey Into Space
was a BBC Radio science fiction program and was written by BBC
producer Charles Chilton. There were three
series were produced. The first series was created in 1953,
soon after Riders of the Range, which was a popular Western and also
written by Chilton, ended its six seasons on the BBC Light Program.
Michael Standing, then Head of the BBC Variety Department, asked
Chilton if he could write a sci-fi program, and Journey to the Moon
(later known as Operation Luna) was the
result. The second series, The Red Planet,
followed the adventures of the crew in their first attempt to reach
and explore Mars. Several new characters were introduced, the most
notable of which were Frank Rogers and James Edward Whitaker, the
two original crewmen of freighter #2. Series three of
Journey Into Space, The World in Peril,
followed Jet Morgan and his crew's return to Mars in an attempt to
avert the impending Martian invasion. So take
a Journey into Space and enjoy over 24 hours and 55 episodes of this
wonderful sci-fi series.
