Posted by : Ray Plumlee in (Dimension X)

Listen to Dimension X Episode 05 Knock

Tagged Under : 1950, 1950s, classic, Future, Old Time Radio, OTR, Rocketship, sci-fi, science fiction, Spaceship

Dimension X

Dimension X

Based on the short story by Frederick Brown the story starts and ends with “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…”

The show’s announcer begins by saying “a sweet blood curdling story that is only two sentences long. The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…” The story goes on and elaborates on those two sentences and builds a more complete story around them.

The story is about Walter Phelan, the last man on Earth. An Immortal space faring race calling themselves the Zan have invaded the earth and have killed off all life other than pairs of animal specimens for their zoo.

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Posted by : Ray Plumlee in (2000 Plus)

Listen To 2000 Plus Episode 07 When Machines Went Mad

Tagged Under : 1950, 2000 Plus, Computer, Future, Old Time Radio, OTR, Robot, sci-fi, science fiction

2000 Plus

2000 Plus

At an unknown time in the far distant future The Master Mechanical Brain with their robot police have taken over Mech City. Mech City is a domed city where robots do everything for the humans. It is not said but the story infers that this is the only human outpost left on earth. A man named Morton, who has developed a Master Mechanical Brain, has plans of human genocide, planning only to spare a few re-adjusted humans.

This story is about a rebellion among a few humans led by Bob Thomas, who resents Morton and the Master Controller for having Mech City transformed into a complete machine civilization. The Robot Mind Police Patrol the city and search for the remaining human inhabitants who are not re-adjusted.

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