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 |