Dimension X Episodes
A
Logic Named Joe
Genre:
Super Science
Episode: 13
An
enterprising computer company releases a PC capable of answering any question
put to it. Unfortunately, some of the questions people want answers to are not
ones that members of a civilized society should be asking... Story by Murray
Leinster.
A version of this story was produced for X Minus One.
Episode: 06
A scientist
builds a robot-- "Junior"-- capable of intelligence and consciousness, but the
machine is stolen by a criminal who has other ideas for its uses. Junior,
however, has plans of his own. Story by Robert Bloch.
Another version of this story appeared on X Minus One
See also 'Beware Tomorrow' (The Mysterious Traveler)
And the Moon be Still as Bright
Episode: 25
As though
wiping out the Martian race with Earthborn diseases weren't enough, humans
demonstrate a hostile contempt for what relics and monuments the Martians left
behind-- until one man with a conscience and a gun decides to stand up for the
dead. Story by Ray Bradbury; part of the Martian Chronicles future history.
Other versions of this story aired on X Minus One & Omni Audio Experience.
Episode: 16
Seeking an
exclusive on a revolt in a totalitarian nation, an American journalist contacts
the underground movement and is lead to a laboratory where a scientist is
experimenting with shrinking objects to microscopic size. The revolutionaries
plan to use the technology to smuggle arms into the country, but the secret
police are hot on their trail...
The
Castaways
Episode: 19
Nuclear
testing on a remote Pacific island goes awry when the natives-- rather than be
relocated-- threaten to commit mass suicide to put a curse on the project.
Two separate versions of this story were produced for X Minus One
Child's Play
Episode: 35
A
milquetoast lawyer accidentally receives a package in the mail containing a
cloning machine from the future, with which he sets about making a duplicate
capable of turning his life around. Story by William Tenn.Another
version of this story was produced for
X Minus One.See also
'Marionettes, Inc.' (Dimension X & X Minus One) and 'Prime Difference' (X Minus
One)
Competition
Episode: 20
A young
woman hoping for a bright new life in the colonies of the Rim Worlds instead
finds herself kidnapped and used as a pawn in a deadly war between rival
frontier corporate pirates. NOTE: Some commercial retailers present this
episode as part of X Minus One, complete with an edited in introduction
and closing. Why, I don't know.
Courtesy
Episode: 38
An expedition to the planet Landro meets with disaster when a strange inexplicable plague strikes. The natives seem immune, but reluctant to offer any assistance. Story by Clifford Simak .
Another version of this story later appeared on X Minus One
Episode: 12
The first
manned mission to the Moon must overcome government censure and numerous
physical obstacles to succeed. Story by Robert Heinlein. Based on the George Pal
film of the same name.
Dr.
Grimshaw's Sanitarium
Episode: 24
An
investigator infiltrates the strange goings-on at an asylum for the insane,
where the patients are undergoing a bizarre physical transformation.
Another version of this story later appeared on Future Tense and X Minus One
Episode: 37
The first
explorers from a colonized Mars to return to Earth generations after the Atomic
War discover the last survivors, a family with some very odd peculiarities about
them. Story by Ray Bradbury; part of the Martian Chronicles series.
Another version of this story later appeared on X Minus One
See also 'A Pail of Air' (X Minus One) ;
Episode: 09
A detective
agency is hired by a crackpot who wants them to investigate and expose a nest of
Martians sent to prepare the way for an invasion of Earth. Story by Donald
Wolheim.
Another version of this story appeared on X Minus One
First
Contact
Episode: 43
Classic
story of a starship which encounters an alien vessel in the Crab Nebula, and the
dilemma they both face when they realize that neither ship dares depart for fear
of giving away clues as to their origin. Story by Murray Leinster.
Versions of this story also appeared on X Minus One
Episode: 10
Classic
story of a space engineer who suffers a tragic accident and ends up tramping
about the Solar System singing about the life of spacers and dreaming of
returning to Earth once more before he dies. Story by Robert Heinlein.
Other versions of this story appeared on X Minus One ; also a TV version was produced for a 50's show called 'Out There'.
Episode: 23
To escape a
world devastated by nuclear radiation, Mankind has retreated underground, but
the Final War still rages on. A woman betrays her 'country' by falling in love
with an Asiatic POW from the other side, a capital crime punishable by exile to
the ruined surface.
See also 'The Defenders' (X Minus One) and 'The Last Objective' (Dimension X)
Kaleidoscope
Episode: 44
When a
meteor destroys a spaceship, its crew is hurled outward into space in a dozen
directions. Their suit radios will keep them in contact range for only so long.
What do men talk about when death is imminent?
Knock
Episode: 05
Aliens who
have no concept of death have wiped out humanity, literally to the last man and
woman, whom they put in a zoo as public curiosities. Story by Frederic Brown.
Versions of this story also appeared on X Minus One, Future Tense, and the more recent series (not to be confused with 2000 Plus)
Episode: 32
After
nuclear devastation and fallout has rendered the Earth's surface virtually
uninhabitable, Man continues to pursue war underground in tunneling 'warships'.
See also 'Hello, Tomorrow' (Dimension X & X Minus One), and 'The Defenders' (X Minus One).
Episode: 07
A space crew
find themselves shipwrecked on a world where the ruins of a long dead
spacefaring civilization hide a deadly secret that has the power to destroy the
present as it did the past. Story by Murray Leinster.
The
Man in the Moon
Episode: 15
The Federal
Missing Persons Bureau receives a desperate radio message from a crank who
claims to be calling from the Moon (unlikely in 1950). Of course the call is
dismissed, until a minor functionary begins to suspect that the call is related
to a strange series of disappearances over the past several years.
Versions of this story were produced for X Minus One and Future Tense.
Episode: 42
A husband
looking to get away from his wife for a vacation purchases a robot duplicate of
himself to take his place. Bad idea..... Story by Ray Bradbury.
Versions of this story were made for X Minus One and an independently produced series called Audion Theater.
See also 'Child's Play' (Dimension X & X Minus One) and 'Prime Difference' (X Minus One).
Episode: 14
The first
astronauts to land on Mars discover-- Earth; a planet where their long dead
loved ones are waiting for them in a small Midwest town just like home. Story by
Ray Bradbury; part of his Martian Chronicles series.
A popular story for radio; Two separate versions were produced for Dimension X. Other versions of this story also appeared on Future Tense, X Minus One
Episode: 20
A
compilation of several of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles stories, weaved into
a single storyline. Includes abbreviated versions of 'There Will Come Soft
Rains' and 'And the Moon be Still as Bright'.
See also 'The Martian Death March' (Dimension X and X Minus One)
Episode: 31
On a Mars
conquered by Earthmen, the last remnants of the spider-like Martian race escape
from their reservation to embark on a desperate trek across the deserts to their
mountain homelands, lead by a human religious fanatic.
X Minus One produced two separate versions of this story. Another version appeared on Future Tense.
See also 'And the Moon be Still as Bright' (X Minus One & Dimension X)
Nightfall
Episode: 46
Classic tale
of an alien civilization whose world circles a multiple star system of six suns,
and faces worldwide insanity and social collapse when night descends once every
several thousand years. Story by Isaac Asimov.
Another version of this story later aired on X Minus One
Nightmare
Episode: 33
A man begins
to suspect that all machines are on the verge of a unified worldwide revolt to
overthrow their human masters.
Another version of this story was produced for X Minus One
No
Contact
Episode: 04
A strange
invisible barrier is frustrating Man's attempts to explore the depths of space.
Six expeditions have been lost trying to cross it, their fate a mystery since no
signal can pass through the barrier. This is the story of the seventh....
Two separate versions of this story were produced for Dimension X; A third was made for X Minus One ; another was made for a 50's series called The Chase.
The
Outer Limit
Episode: 01
A test pilot
on an experimental high altitude aircraft with only ten minutes worth of fuel
disappears from radar for ten hours, yet returns safely. Of course, it is
impossible, as is his story of contact with aliens and the dire warning they
have for Mankind.
Episode: 21
An ad agency
is hired by a man insisting he is from Mars to promote an upcoming parade
marking the arrival of Martians on Earth. Of course, he must be lying, or simply
crazy.....
This episode may have been later rebroadcast on X Minus One. Also, a version appeared on Future Tense.
Episode: 34
A
radioactive and decrepit Earth prepares in secret for a deadly gambit to reclaim
its prodigal colonies and rebuild its galactic empire. Story by Isaac Asimov.
Perigi's Wonderful Dolls
Episode: 18
A dollmaker
sells a father an unusual doll which seems capable of responding to people,
presumably by recording voices and replaying them in its own voice. Is it just a
bit of technical wizardry, or is there something more to this doll than meets
the eye?
A version of this story also appeared on X Minus One.
Episode: 17
A liaison
officer from Earth is caught between a steely planetary administrator and a
fanatical alien cult who kidnap and murder people to use as raw materials for
their sacred pottery. Story by Jack Vance.
The Professor was a Thief
Episode: 27
New York
city goes into a panic when Grant's Tomb vanishes into thin air. When a bookish
little professor claims responsibility, the press laugh at him-- until the
Empire State Building goes missing.
Report
on the Barnhouse Effect
Episode: 03
A
parapsychologist discovers the secret of mind over matter, a revelation of
considerable interest to the military. The professor, however, is a born
pacifist who will do anything to keep his secret out of the hands of warmongers.
Story by Kurt Vonnegut.
Requiem
Episode: 45
Two grounded
astronauts are offered one more chance by an aging tycoon who will stop at
nothing to achieve his lifetime dream of setting foot on the Moon. Story by
Robert Heinlein.
Versions of this story also appeared on Beyond Tomorrow and X Minus One.
See also 'The Vital Factor' (Dimension X & X Minus One)
The
Roads Must Roll
Episode: 22
In the
future the country depends on an electro-hydraulic road system which acts as a
conveyor belt to transport people and cargo. The system works well, until the
engineer's union which maintains the roads stages a strike as a bid to gain
power. Story by Robert Heinlein.
Another version of this story appeared on X Minus One.
Shanghaied
Episode: 28
A man is drugged and press-ganged from his own stag party to serve on board a deepspace freighter outward bound on a fifteen year round trip to Alpha Centauri.
Another version of this story also appeared on X Minus One.
There
Will Come Soft Rains
Episode: 11
A narrative account of an automated house which continues to function long after its human occupants have gone. Story by Ray Bradbury.
Versions were also produced for X Minus One.
Episode: 36
A soldier
dying on a battlefield of the future suddenly finds himself transported back to
his own childhood. Story by H. Beam Piper.
Another version of this story also appeared on X Minus One.
To the
Future
Episode: 08
A couple escape the totalitarian, war-torn world of 2155 for the carefree gaiety of 20th century Acapulco. Unfortunately, however, the husband is a scientist too valuable for the government of the future to allow to escape. Inevitably, the Seekers must show up to find them...Story by Ray Bradbury.
A version of this story under the same title aired on X Minus One.
Universe
Episode: 30
Humanity's descendants aboard a space Ark are divided into two factions-- the lower decks occupied by humans, and the upper by mutants. One man dares probe the upper levels and his quest leads him to question not only his society's prejudices, but the ultimate truth of what might lie beyond the Ship. Story by Robert Heinlein.
Another version of this story also appeared on X Minus One.
See also 'The Sense of Wonder' ( X Minus One)
Untitled Story
Episode: 41
A strange amalgam of SF and the hard-boiled detective story. A private eye is hired by the city mayor to obtain an elixir of life from an enigmatic scientist. His investigation reveals a strange conspiracy that could have serious repercussions for the future of humanity. Story by Frank Robinson.
The
Veldt
Episode: 39
A couple purchase a holo-theater to keep their son and daughter amused, but the recreation of the sweltering African savannah the children concoct is anything but amusing....Story by Ray Bradbury.
See also 'The House on Chimney Pot Lane' (CBS Radio Mystery Theater)
One of Bradbury's most popular stories, versions appeared on X Minus One, CBC Playhouse, and the BBC .
The
Vital Factor
Episode: 40
Wayne Crowder, the ruthless head of Crowder Industries, assumes the Herculean task of being the first man in history to achieve space travel. Building the ship proves easy, but to propel it at sufficient speed seems impossible, until one man shows up with an answer-- and a heavy price for achieving the stars.
Another version of this story also appeared on X Minus One.
See also 'Requiem' (Dimension X & X Minus One)
Episode: 02
A manufacturer of domestic robots finds his livelihood threatened by a new competitor, whose 'humanoids' are vastly superior to his and are devoted to the protection and service of mankind. Maybe too devoted...Story by Jack Williamson.
A version of this story appeared on Future Tense.
See also 'The Iron Chancellor' (X Minus One)
Zero
Hour
Episode: 11
Neighborhood
children invent a new game called 'Invasion'-- or is it just a game? Story by
Ray Bradbury.