TWTD PROGRAM NUMBER 2001
A SPACE ODYSSEY

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, March 14, 2009

X MINUS ONE (3-21-56) “One Thousand Dollars a Plate.” In the future, astronomer Dr. Bensinger makes his first space flight to Mars, with startling results. Cast: Bob Hastings, Karl Swenson, Mandel Kramer, Ralph Bell. Fred Collins announces. Sustaining, NBC. (27:00)

TWO THOUSAND PLUS (1950) “Flying Saucers.” In the year 2012, flying saucers have been seen over the White Sands mili­tary base and are considered a threat to its rocket launching site. Cast: Ralph Bell, Luis Van Rooten, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Williams. Sustaining, MBS. (29 min)

SUSPENSE (2-2-53) “Plan X” starring Jack Benny as a Martian chosen to carry out Plan X to deal with the “invasion rocket” from Earth. Cast: Joe Kearns, William Conrad, Howard McNear, Jack Kruschen, Mary Jane Croft, Stuffy Singer. Harlow Wilcox announces. AutoLite, CBS. (29 min)

ESCAPE (3-29-53) “The Invader.” A high school science teacher makes contact with space aliens who are coming to destroy the earth and the human race. Cast: Howard McNear, Fay Baker, Edgar Barrier, Paul Frees, Peter Leeds. Sustaining, CBS. (29 min)

SPACE PATROL (10-25-52) “The Hole in Empty Space” starring Ed Kemmer as Commander Buzz Corry with Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy. The Cycloplex, a force intrud­ing from another dimension, threatens the solar system. Cast: Ken Mayer, Bela Kovacs, Norman Jolley. Ralston Cereals, ABC. (29 min)

DIMENSION X (9-15-51) “Kaleidoscope.” A spaceship encounters a magnetic storm, but the captain refuses to change course. Cast: Joe DeSantis, Leon Janney, Joan Alexander. Sustaining, NBC. (28 min).