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Dimension X presents “The Outer Limit,” episode 23, originally broadcast on September 8, 1950. This NBC science-fiction drama is a repeat of the series’ April 8, 1950 premiere production, adapted by Ernest Kinoy from a story by Graham Doar.

In the then-future year of 1965, test pilot Steve Weston takes an experimental rocket aircraft on a tightly controlled high-altitude flight from a Southwest desert base. When his craft vanishes from radar beyond the limits of its fuel supply, the base faces an impossible mystery—and Weston’s eventual return brings an extraordinary warning. Joseph Julian stars as Weston, with Wendell Holmes and Joe DeSantis; the production was directed by Edward King.

Dimension X presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:54 Original Broadcast
28:52 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Childs Play,” episode 38, originally broadcast on June 24, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts William Tenn’s short story “Child’s Play,” with a radio adaptation by George Lefferts and a cast including Leon Janney and Karl Weber.

A mild-mannered lawyer receives an extraordinary children’s toy mailed from the future: a Build-A-Man kit capable of creating a fully grown person. As he considers what such impossible technology could do for an ordinary life, the future intrudes on the present in unsettling ways.

Dimension X 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
25:23 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Courtesy,” episode 41, originally broadcast on July 26, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama adapts Clifford D. Simak’s story, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts.

In 1997, Earth’s second expedition to the planet Landro is threatened by a deadly local plague when its defenses fail. Captain Ira Warren and his team—including Benny Faulkner and the formidable Bat Ears Brady—turn to the enigmatic Landrians for help, only to find that the natives’ customs challenge every assumption the visitors bring with them. Lawson Zerbe, Bill Zuckert, and Bill Gray star.

Dimension X 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
00:54 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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Dimension X presents “First Contact,” episode 47, originally broadcast on NBC on September 8, 1951. Adapted for radio by Howard Rodman from Murray Leinster’s celebrated short fiction, the episode features Bill Quinn, Bob Hastings, and Cameron Prud’Homme.

An Earth exploratory vessel in the Crab Nebula encounters an alien ship—the first meeting between humanity and another civilization. Once communication begins, caution, distrust, and the hope of friendship collide as both crews confront the perilous uncertainty of contact with the unknown.

Dimension X 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
23:19 Closing

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Dimension X presents “To the Future,” episode 8 of the NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast May 27, 1950. Adapted from Ray Bradbury’s short story—later revised as “The Fox and the Forest”—the drama was written for radio by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Edward King.

At a springtime Mexican fiesta in 1950, Bill and Susan Travis hope to lose themselves in the music and celebration. But the couple has fled the war-ravaged year 2155, and a pursuer from their own time threatens their chance at an ordinary, peaceful life. The cast includes John Larkin, Jan Miner, Peter Capell, and Staats Cotsworth.

Dimension X 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
30:44 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Mars Is Heaven,” episode 33, originally broadcast January 7, 1951. This NBC science-fiction drama is a rebroadcast of the production first heard on July 7, 1950.

Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story, the episode follows Captain John Black and Earth’s first Mars expedition in 1987. Landing amid heavy mist, they discover a startlingly familiar American town that seems preserved from the 1920s—an inviting discovery that soon inspires wonder and unease. Wendell Holmes stars as Captain Black, with Peter Capell as Dr. Horst.

Dimension X 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
26:07 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Destination Moon,” episode 12 of the NBC science-fiction series, originally broadcast June 24, 1950. Adapted as a radio preview of the 1950 George Pal film and credited to Pal and Robert A. Heinlein, the production was directed by Edward King.

At a rocket project in Drywell, Texas, a determined team races to launch humanity’s first expedition to the Moon as government opposition threatens to stop the mission. The drama follows the engineering challenges and mounting pressure behind an unprecedented lunar voyage, with Norman Rose as host and narrator.

Dimension X 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
29:12 Closing

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Dimension X presents “The Green Hills of Earth,” episode 32, originally broadcast December 24, 1950. This NBC sustaining broadcast is a rebroadcast of the series’ June 10, 1950 production, adapted from Robert A. Heinlein’s celebrated short story.

After a radiation accident leaves rocket engineer Rhysling blind, he becomes a wandering singer and poet of the spaceways. Ken Williams stars as Rhysling, with Tom Glazer providing the memorable folk-style songs in this lyrical journey through the working communities of the future Solar System—and one traveler’s lasting longing for Earth.

Dimension X 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
30:15 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Untitled Story,” episode 45, originally broadcast on NBC on August 23, 1951. This sustaining broadcast adapts Frank M. Robinson’s story from the September 1951 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, with radio adaptation by George Lefferts.

A gravely ill city mayor purchases a supposed elixir of life—then receives an anonymous warning that the vial may be poison. Hiring a private investigator to uncover the truth, he sets in motion a hard-boiled urban mystery with unsettling science-fiction implications. The cast includes George Petrie, Ann Sargent, and Bernard Lenrow.

Dimension X 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
30:46 Closing

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Dimension X presents “Mars Is Heaven,” episode 14, originally broadcast on NBC on July 7, 1950. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from Ray Bradbury’s short story “Mars Is Heaven!,” the drama stars Wendell Holmes as Capt. Black and Peter Capell as Dr. Horst.

An Earth expedition reaches Mars expecting an alien landscape, only to discover a leafy small American town that feels strangely familiar. As the crew encounters people and places from their pasts, their mission becomes an unnerving mystery of memory, longing, and perception.

Dimension X 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
30:04 Closing

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