Dimension X was one of old-time radio's first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ran for a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by some of the best known masters of the genre-Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others. Writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted the stories, occasionally contributing original scripts of their own.
The show, promising adventures in time and space, told in future tense, transported listeners from their everyday existence to new worlds and foreign landscapes, where alien encounters and rocket ship adventures were no more unusual than a stroll through a park.
Episodes include
With Folded Hands by Jack Williamson, starring Peter Capell and Philip Bourneuf The Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut, starring Santos Ortega and Bob Hastings No Contact by George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, starring Wendell Holmes and Lawson Zerbe Knock by Fredric Brown, starring Arnold Moss and Luis van Rooten Almost Human by Robert Bloch, starring Santos Ortega and Rita Lynn The Embassy by Donald Wollheim, starring Joseph Julian and Berry Kroeger The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein, starring Ken Williams and Nelson Olmsted Beyond Infinity by Villiers Gerson, starring Les Damon and Lotte Stavisky Hello Tomorrow by George Lefferts, starring Nancy Olson and Santos Ortega Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper, starring Peter Capell and Joe De Santis Universe by Robert Heinlein, starring Mason Adams and Peter Capell Nightfall by Isaac Asimov, starring John McGovern and Staats Cotsworth