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2000 Plus presents “Worlds Apart,” originally broadcast on November 29, 1950, over the Mutual Broadcasting System. This 30-minute science-fiction anthology drama was produced by Sherman H. Dryer and Robert Weenolsen. The spaceship Phoenix sets out on a pioneering voyage to Neptune with Captain Roberts, rocket engineer Jim Granger, and a group of passengers aboard. When a navigational emergency forces the ship down at the remote Green Valley installation, the rescued travelers find themselves confined amid unfamiliar technology, strict security, and increasingly troubling questions. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:45 Original Broadcast 29:15 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents Dimension X, Episode 1, “Outer Limit,” originally broadcast on NBC on April 8, 1950. This premiere episode was adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Graham Doar’s short story “The Outer Limit.” In the then-future year of 1965, test pilot Steve Weston takes an experimental rocket aircraft aloft from a Southwest desert base with only minutes of fuel to spare. When he disappears from radar, controller Hank Hansen and Major Donaldson face an unsettling mystery—and an urgent decision when the missing pilot unexpectedly returns. Joseph Julian stars as Weston, with Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis; Edward King directed. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:46 Original Broadcast 30:57 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents X Minus One, “The Man in the Moon,” episode 6, originally broadcast on NBC on May 29, 1955. A routine nationwide missing-persons broadcast is interrupted by a mysterious distress signal that seems to come from the Moon. When records custodian Henry Timkin recognizes a name in the transmission, a trail through government files points toward a disturbing pattern of vanished scientific talent. Written by George Lefferts and directed by Fred Weihe, this suspenseful radio mystery remakes Lefferts’s earlier 1950 Dimension X play and features Joe DeSantis, Luis Van Rooten, and Ross Martin. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:50 Original Broadcast 28:58 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Space Patrol presents “The Spies from Planet X,” episode 51, originally broadcast on ABC on September 19, 1953. Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy are played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn. Space Patrol intelligence reports a possible sighting of Prince Baccarratti in Saturn City, though the prince is believed to be at his remote Planet X stronghold. Buzz and Happy investigate the busy Saturn City spaceport, following clues involving a suspected relative and the Baccarratti family jewels. Written by Lou Huston and directed by Larry Robertson, this episode continues the Planet X/Baccarratti storyline. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:42 Original Broadcast 29:44 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X presents “The Martian Death March,” episode 34, originally broadcast on NBC on January 14, 1951. This original radio drama was written by Ernest Kinoy, with Norman Rose as announcer/narrator and a cast including Bill Zuckert. On a human-conquered Mars in 1997, a young colonist recalls encountering spider-like Martians forced into Earth-imposed reservations. When refugees set out across the harsh red landscape toward their northern mountain homeland, he becomes caught up in a powerful journey of displacement, endurance, and human solidarity. The story’s forced-removal premise carries an allegorical echo of the Trail of Tears. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:52 Original Broadcast 26:37 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

CBS Radio Workshop presents “Space Merchants Part 1,” episode 55, originally broadcast on February 17, 1957. This CBS adaptation of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s influential novel The Space Merchants was written for radio by Charles Monroe and directed by Paul Roberts. In a future ruled by the immense power of advertising, star copywriter Mitchell Courtney of Fowler Schocken receives a daunting assignment: sell the public on colonizing Venus. Staats Cotsworth stars as Courtney, with Virginia Kaye as Cathy, in the first half of a sharp science-fiction satire of corporate influence, consumer culture, and promotion without limits. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:48 Original Broadcast 25:30 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

X Minus One, “Lulu,” originally broadcast on October 31, 1957, is episode 118 of NBC Radio’s classic science-fiction anthology series. Adapted by George Lefferts from Clifford D. Simak’s novelette, the drama features Henry Norrell, Jan Miner, James Stevens, Nelson Olmsted, and Walter Black. Three space travelers accompany Lulu, a highly advanced Planetary Exploration Robot that serves as both spacecraft and mission base. When the crew gives their machine a personal name—and poetry enters the picture—their routine exploration assignment takes an unexpected and humorous turn. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:47 Original Broadcast 22:27 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

2000 Plus presents “The Robot Killer,” originally broadcast on Mutual on August 30, 1950. Episode 25 of the sustained science-fiction anthology was produced by Sherman H. Dryer and Robert Weenolsen. Happy Sam’s television promotion offers Experimental Robot 23, a six-foot household robot, as its grand prize. When John Hanold brings the remarkable machine home, its voice-command controls and place in the Hanolds’ already strained household raise unsettling questions about technology, publicity, and human emotion. Professor Straker and neighbor Virginia Barden share growing concern. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:38 Original Broadcast 28:28 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Space Patrol presents “The Voice from the Future,” episode 105, originally broadcast on ABC on October 2, 1954. In this Nestlé’s Chocolate-sponsored adventure, Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy are played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn; the story was written by Lou Huston and produced and directed by Larry Robertson. At the Lunar Fleet Base, Corry and Happy prepare to test a closely guarded experimental ship equipped with a star drive. When danger turns the mission into a struggle for survival in hyperspace, a strange broadcast that seems to come from October 1972 may hold a vital clue. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:38 Original Broadcast 30:05 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X, episode 32, “The Green Hills of Earth,” originally broadcast December 24, 1950. This NBC sustaining broadcast is a rebroadcast of the series’ June 10, 1950 production, adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story. Radiation-blinded spaceman Rhysling—known as the singing poet of the spaceways—travels the future Solar System carrying songs and memories of those who work among the stars. With Tom Glazer performing Rhysling’s music, this lyrical drama follows a final rocket voyage shaped by longing for Earth and fellowship aboard ship. Directed by Edward King and produced by William Welch. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:41 Original Broadcast 30:14 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

X Minus One presents “Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls,” episode 34, originally broadcast on January 18, 1956. Written by George Lefferts for NBC, this program is a repeat of the series’ June 5, 1955 production, based on Lefferts’s earlier Dimension X script. In Washington, D.C., a government official’s family discovers an unusual dollmaker whose remarkably lifelike creations can talk. A new doll brings wonder to the household, but its presence soon casts an unsettling shadow over the family and the official’s sensitive work. The cast includes Joe De Santis, Les Damon, and Joan Alexander. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:44 Original Broadcast 25:02 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X, episode 22, “The Roads Must Roll,” originally broadcast on NBC on September 1, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story, the production was directed by Edward King and features Norman Rose as narrator. In a future America, enormous rolling roads have replaced cars and trucks, carrying people and freight across a nation dependent on their constant motion. When the engineers who maintain this vast transportation system challenge its authority, the indispensable roads become the center of a growing crisis. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:51 Original Broadcast 30:33 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

X Minus One presents “Target One,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 26, 1957. This is episode 123 of the classic science-fiction radio series. In a future devastated by atomic war, officials approve a desperate time-travel mission to alter the course of history. Adapted by George Lefferts from Frederik Pohl’s Galaxy story, “Target One” turns Cold War-era nuclear fears into a tense drama centered on the moral cost of reshaping the past. The cast includes Frank Silvera and Joseph Bell. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:46 Original Broadcast 21:46 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X presents “The Professor Was a Thief,” episode 28, originally broadcast on NBC on November 5, 1950. This sustaining broadcast was adapted for radio by George Lefferts from L. Ron Hubbard’s 1940 science-fiction novelette, with Norman Rose as host. When reporter Sweeney claims that Grant’s Tomb has vanished, skeptical New York City editor Pop Attaby finds himself chasing a story that grows stranger by the minute. Amid missing Manhattan landmarks and baffled newsroom staff, a quiet, bookish man named Hannibal Purtwee may hold the key. The cast includes Arthur Maitland, John Larkin, and Bob Hastings. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:46 Original Broadcast 31:07 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

2000 Plus presents “When the Machines Went Mad,” originally broadcast April 26, 1950, on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Written by Donald Stapleton, this early science-fiction drama stars Ken Williams and Charlotte Manson as Johnny and Jane. In the year 2800, Johnny and Jane encounter a human resistance fighting for freedom beyond the reach of Mechs City and its all-powerful Master Mechanical Brain. As the machines pursue new electronic servants, the rebels face an increasingly urgent struggle to keep humanity from becoming expendable. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:49 Original Broadcast 22:35 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

X Minus One presents “The Map Makers,” originally broadcast on NBC Radio on September 26, 1956. This is episode 68, adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy from Frederik Pohl’s 1955 Galaxy Science Fiction story. When the deep-space survey ship Terra II is knocked off course during a hyperspace jump and its navigation atlas is destroyed, the crew faces an unfamiliar sky and an uncertain way home. With injured navigator Lieutenant Grodin at the center of the crisis, the stranded explorers must confront the limits of their maps—and their knowledge. Directed by Daniel Sutter and featuring John Larkin, Ed Prentiss, and Bob Hastings. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:49 Original Broadcast 29:35 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X presents “The Martian Chronicles,” episode 20, originally broadcast on NBC on August 18, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s newly published novel, this ambitious half-hour drama is narrated by Norman Rose. A series of linked journeys carries listeners from snowy Ohio to the canals, silent cities, and lingering mysteries of Mars. As Earth expeditions arrive and settlement begins, Bradbury’s lyrical vision contrasts human ambition with the haunting traces of an older Martian world. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:56 Original Broadcast 31:15 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

X Minus One, “The Veldt” (Episode 12), originally broadcast August 4, 1955. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story, this NBC sustaining broadcast was directed by Daniel Sutter. In an automated future HappyLife Home, George and Lydia Abbott become disturbed by their children’s extraordinary nursery, whose crystalline walls turn thoughts into lifelike worlds. When the room repeatedly conjures an African veldt—with heat, distant animal cries, and ever-more-convincing lions—they call psychologist Dr. David McClean to help understand what the children’s obsession may mean. The cast includes Mary Patton, Bill Quinn, and John Larkin. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:39 Original Broadcast 24:33 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Dimension X presents “To the Future,” episode 8, originally broadcast on NBC on May 27, 1950. This sustaining drama adapts Ray Bradbury’s “The Fox and the Forest,” with radio adaptation by Ernest Kinoy and starring John Larkin and Jan Miner. William and Susan Travis flee the war-ravaged authoritarian world of 2155 for the seeming safety of mid-century Mexico. But as they try to vanish into a more carefree era, searchers from the future close in. Directed by Edward King, this tense time-travel tale contrasts Acapulco’s inviting refuge with the menace of the world the couple left behind. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:38 Original Broadcast 30:38 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Space Patrol presents “The Treasure of Planetoid 60,” episode 39, originally broadcast on June 27, 1953. Commander Buzz Corry and Cadet Happy, played by Ed Kemmer and Lyn Osborn, return in this ABC Radio adventure sponsored by Ralston Cereals. Clues to a century-old lost space expedition and a remarkably valuable mineral lead Buzz and Happy from Neptune City to remote Planetoid 60. With crooks also pursuing the vanished explorer’s cache, the Space Patrol faces a dangerous search involving a derelict spaceship, rocky terrain, and a crucial microscopic examination. Written by Lou Huston. Old Time Sci-Fi Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:49 Original Broadcast 30:54 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-sci-fi-radio-old-time-radio--7215317/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio