Old Time Radio - DVD-ROM - 127 mp3 X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC.
Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950-51), 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 by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, 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 some original scripts by Kinoy and Lefferts.
Episodes of the show include adaptations of Robert Sheckley's "Skulking Permit," Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven," Heinlein's "Universe" and "The Green Hills of Earth", " Pohl’s "The Tunnel under the World," J. T. McIntosh’s "Hallucination Orbit," Fritz Leiber’s "A Pail of Air" and George Lefferts' "The Parade."
The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown, leading into this introduction (although later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction):
Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction presents... X Minus One.
The series was canceled after the 126th broadcast on January 9, 1958. However, the early 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia for old-time radio; a new experimental episode, "The Iron Chancellor" by Robert Silverberg, was created in 1973, but it failed to revive the series. NBC also tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following the broadcasts. All episodes of the show survive.
In November 2008, Counter-Productions Theatre Company in Boston, became the first theatre company to stage three episodes, "The Parade," "A Logic Named Joe" and "Hallucination Orbit." HERE'S HOW YOU CAN PLAY mp3 FILES FROM THIS DVD: 1 - WITH YOUR COMPUTER USING YOUR FAVORITE PLAYER (Windows Media Player, Winamp, Real Player and many more) 2 - WITH THE LATEST HOME DVD PLAYER CAPABLE TO READ mp3 FILES 3 - WITH YOUR mp3 PLAYER, JUST UPLOAD THE FILES AS YOU DOING NOW 4 - YOU CAN BURN YOUR FAVORITE FILES ON A CD AND PLAY IT IN YOUR CAR OR HOME PLAYER THAT ARE CAPABLE TO READ mp3 FILES (Please Check your player manual) THESE DVD WILL BE DELIVERED IN WHITE PAPER SLEEVE EPISODES LIST 1. And The Moon Be Still As Bright
2. No Contact
3. The Parade
4. Mars is Heaven
5. Universe
6. Knock
7. The Man in the Moon
8. Perigi's Wonderful Dolls
9. The Green Hills of Earth
10. Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium
11. Nightmare
12. The Embassy
13. The Veldt
14. Almost Human
15. Courtesy
16. Cold Equations
17. Shanghaied
18. The Martian Death March
19. The Castaways
20. And The Moon Be Still As Bright (Repeat)
21. First Contact
22. Child's Play
23. Requiem
24. Hello, Tomorrow
25. Dwellers in Silence
26. The Outer Limit
27. Zero Hour
28. The Vital Factor
29. Nightfall
30. To the Future
31. Marionettes, Inc.
32. A Logic Named Joe
33. The Roads Must Roll
34. Time and Time Again
35. Perigi's Wonderful Dolls (Rebroadcast)
36. The Parade (Rebroadcast)
37. The Cave of Night
38. C-Chute
39. Skulking Permit
40. Junkyard
41. Hello, Tomorrow (Repeat)
42. A Gun for Dinosaur
43. Tunnel Under the World
44. A Thousand Dollars a Plate
45. A Pail of Air
46. How-2
47. Star, Bright
48. Jaywalker
49. The Sense of Wonder
50. Sea Legs
51. The Seventh Order
52. Hallucination Orbit
53. The Defenders
54. Lulungameena
55. Project Mastadon
56. If You Was A Moklin
57. Project Trojan
58. Wherever You May Be
59. Mr. Costello, Hero
60. Bad Medicine
61. The Old Die Rich
62. The Stars Are The Styx
63. Student Body
64. The Last Martian
65. The Snowball Effect
66. Surface Tension
67. Tunnel Under The World (Rebroadcast)
68. The Lifeboat Mutiny
69. The Map Makers
70. Protective Mimicry
71. Colony
72. Soldier Boy
73. Pictures Don't Lie
74. Sam, This Is You
75. Appointment In Tomorrow
76. The Martian Death March (Repeat)
77. Chain of Command
78. The Castaways (Repeat)
79. There Will Come Soft Rains & Zero Hour (Rebroadcast)
80. Hostess
81. The Reluctant Heroes
82. Honeymoon in Hell
83. The Moon Is Green
84. A Saucer of Loneliness
85. The Girls From Earth
86. Open Warfare
87. Caretaker
88. Venus Is A Man's World
89. The Trap
90. Field Study
91. Real Gone
92. The Seventh Victim
93. The Lights On Precipice Peak
94. Protection
95. At The Post
96. Martian Sam
97. Something For Nothing
98. The Discovery Of Mornial Matheway
99. Man's Best Friend
100. Inside Story
101. The Category Inventor
102. Skulking Permit (Rebroadcast)
103. Early Model
104. The Merchants Of Venus
105. The Haunted Corpse
106. End As A World
107. The Scapegoat
108. At The Post (Repeat)
109. Drop Dead
110. Volpla
111. Saucer Of Loneliness (Repeat)
112. The Old Die Rich (Rebroadcast)
113. Tsylana
114. The Native Problem
115. A Wind Is Rising
116. Death Wish
117. Point Of Departure
118. The Light
119. Lulu
120. The Coffin Cure
121. Shocktroop
122. The Haunted Corpse (Rebroadcast)
123. Double Dare
124. Target One
125. Prime Difference
126. Gray Flannel Armor
127. The Iron Chancellor |
