Dimension X
DIMENSION X was first heard over NBC on Apr. 8, 1950 and ran until
Sept. of 1951. Although not the first adult science fiction radio
series, DIMENSION X is remembered because of the quality of the
shows. Some of the writers whose works were dramatized were Ray
Bradbury, Robert Block, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Kurt
Vonnegut.
These stories were adapted for radio by in-house script writer George
Lefferts. Cast regulars were Joe Desantos, Wendell Holmes, Santos
Ortega, Joseph Julian, Jan Minor, Roger Decovan, John Gibson, Ralph
Bell, and many others. The narrator was Norman Rose.
It was one of the first shows to be recorded on tape. This was so
new that one show, "Mars is Heaven", had to be re-recorded 3 times
because the engineer kept erasing the tape while editing it.
Many of the scripts for DIMENSION X were used in its successor, X
MINUS ONE, which ran Apr. 24, 1955 through Jan. 9, 1958.
50/04/08 1 The Outer Limit by Graham Doar
50/04/15 2 With Folded Hands by Jack Williamson
50/04/22 3 Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut
50/04/29 4 No Contact by George Lefferts
50/05/06 5 Knock by Frederic Brown
50/05/13 6 Almost Human by Robert Bloch
50/05/20 7 The Lost Race by Murray Leinster
50/05/27 8 To the Future by Ray Bradbury
50/06/03 9 The Embassy by Donald Wollheim
50/06/10 10 The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein
50/06/17 11 There Will Come Soft Rains-Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury
50/06/24 12 Destination Moon by George Pal and Robert Heinlein
50/07/01 13 A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster
50/07/07 14 Mars Is Heaven by Ray Bradbury
50/07/14 15 The Man in the Moon by George Lefferts
50/07/21 16 Beyond Infinity by Villiers Gersen
50/07/28 17 Potters of Firsk by Jack Vance
50/08/04 18 Perigi's Wonderful Dolls by George Lefferts
50/08/11 19 The Castaways by Ernest Kinoy
50/08/18 20 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
50/08/25 21 The Parade by George Lefferts
50/09/01 22 The Roads Must Roll by Robert Heinlein
50/09/08 23 First Contact(Rebroadcast of 50-04-08) by Graham Doar
50/09/15 24 Hello Tomorrow by George Lefferts
50/09/22 25 Dr Grimshaw's Sanatorium by Fletcher Pratt
50/09/29 26 And the Moon Be Still as Bright by Ray Bradbury
50/10/28 27 No Contact by George Lefferts (Remake of 50-04-29)
50/11/05 28 The Professor Was a Thief by L. Ron Hubbard
50/11/12 29 Shanghied by Ernest Kinoy
50/11/19 30 Competition by E. M. Hull
50/11/26 31 Universe by Robert Heinlein
50/12/24 32 The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein (Rebroadcast of 50-06-10)
51/01/07 33 Mars Is Heaven by Ray Bradbury
51/01/14 34 The Martian Death March by Ernest Kinoy
51/06/03 35 The Last Objective by Paul Carter
51/06/10 36 Nightmare by George Lefferts
51/06/17 37 A Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
51/06/24 38 Child's Play by William Tenn
51/07/12 39 Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper
51/07/19 40 The Dwellers in Silence by Ray Bradbury
51/07/26 41 Courtesy by Cliffird Simak
51/08/02 42 Universe by Robert Heinlein (Rebroadcast of 50-11-26)
51/08/09 43 The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
51/08/16 44 The Vital Factor by Nelson Bond
51/08/23 45 Untitled Story by Frank M. Robinson
51/08/30 46 Marionettes, Inc by Ray Bradbury
51/09/08 47 First Contact by Murray Leinster
51/09/15 48 Kaleidoscope by Ray Bradbury
51/09/22 49 Requiem by Robert Heinlein
51/09/29 50 Nightfall by Isaac Asimov (Final show)