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X Minus One was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various time slots 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.
| Show Title - (54 mp3 Downloads) |
Broadcast Date - Description |
Filesize |
| Project Mastodon |
Jun 05, 1956 |
11 MB |
| Lulungameena |
May 29, 1956 |
13 MB |
| Hallucination Orbit |
May 15, 1956 |
12 MB |
| The Seventh Order |
May 08, 1956 |
13 MB |
| Sea Legs |
May 01, 1956 |
13 MB |
| The Sense Of Wonder |
Apr 24, 1956 |
13 MB |
| Jaywalker |
Apr 17, 1956 |
13 MB |
| StarBright |
Apr 10, 1956 |
13 MB |
| How-To |
Apr 03, 1956 |
13 MB |
| A Pail Of Air |
Mar 28, 1956 |
13 MB |
| A Thousand Dollars A Plate |
Mar 21, 1956 |
12 MB |
| Tunnel Under The World |
Mar 14, 1956 |
13 MB |
| A Gun For Dinosaur |
Mar 07, 1956 |
13 MB |
| Hello Tomorrow |
Feb 29, 1956 |
11 MB |
| Junkyard |
Feb 22, 1956 |
13 MB |
| Skulking Permit |
Feb 15, 1956 |
13 MB |
| C-Chute |
Feb 08, 1956 |
13 MB |
| The Cave Of Night |
Feb 01, 1956 |
13 MB |
| The Parade |
Jan 25, 1956 |
6.05 MB |
| Perigis Wonderful Dolls |
Jan 18, 1956 |
11 MB |
| Time And Time Again |
Jan 11, 1956 |
13 MB |
| The Roads Must Roll |
Jan 04, 1956 |
13 MB |
| A Logic Named Joe |
Dec 28, 1955 |
12 MB |
| Marionettes Inc |
Dec 21, 1955 |
13 MB |
| To The Future |
Dec 14, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Nightfall |
Dec 07, 1955 |
13 MB |
| The Vital Factor |
Nov 30, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Zero Hour |
Nov 23, 1955 |
6.55 MB |
| The Outer Limit |
Nov 16, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Dwellers In Silence |
Nov 10, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Hello Tomorrow |
Nov 03, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Requiem |
Oct 27, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Childs Play |
Oct 20, 1955 |
11 MB |
| First Contact |
Oct 06, 1955 |
10 MB |
| And The Moon Be Still As Bright |
Sep 22, 1955 |
11 MB |
| The Castaways |
Sep 15, 1955 |
10 MB |
| The Martian Death March |
Sep 08, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Shanghaied |
Sep 01, 1955 |
10 MB |
| Cold Equations |
Aug 25, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Courtesy |
Aug 18, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Almost Human |
Aug 11, 1955 |
11 MB |
| The Veldt |
Aug 04, 1955 |
11 MB |
| The Embassy |
Jul 28, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Nightmare |
Jul 21, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Dr. Grimshaws Sanitorium |
Jul 14, 1955 |
11 MB |
| The Green Hills Of Earth |
Jul 07, 1955 |
11 MB |
| Perigis Wonderful Dolls |
Jun 05, 1955 |
13 MB |
| The Man In The Moon |
May 29, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Knock |
May 22, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Universe |
May 15, 1955 |
13 MB |
| Mars Is Heaven |
May 08, 1955 |
12 MB |
| The Parade |
May 01, 1955 |
13 MB |
| No Contact |
Apr 24, 1955 |
13 MB |
| And The Moon Be Still And Bright |
Apr 22, 1955 |
5.53 MB |
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