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The PilotEpisode, an adaptation of "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright" by Creator/RayBradbury, aired on the 22nd, but weekly episodes began the 24th of April 1995, with a {{Radio}} original story, "No Contact" by Creator/GeorgeLefferts (both episodes were {{Recycled|Script}} from ''Dimension X''). The final episode, an adaptation of "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor" by Creator/FinnODonnevan, aired on 9 January 1958. An attempt to revive ''X Minus One'' was made on 27 January 1973, with episode number 126, an adaptation of "Literature/TheIronChancellor" by Creator/RobertSilverberg.
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The PilotEpisode, an adaptation of "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright" by Creator/RayBradbury, aired on the 22nd, but weekly episodes began the 24th of April 1995, 1955, with a {{Radio}} original story, "No Contact" by Creator/GeorgeLefferts (both episodes were {{Recycled|Script}} from ''Dimension X''). The final episode, an adaptation of "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor" by Creator/FinnODonnevan, aired on 9 January 1958. An attempt to revive ''X Minus One'' was made on 27 January 1973, with episode number 126, an adaptation of "Literature/TheIronChancellor" by Creator/RobertSilverberg.
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', this radio GenreAnthology drama which ran from 1955 to 1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
As noted on Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show opened with the same teaser:
->Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' presents... ''X Minus One''.
Later they would use ''Galaxy'' in place of ''Astounding''. Some openings did not include the word 'transcribed'.
Each week, a new story, taken from either ''Astounding'' or ''Galaxy'', was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for an adult audience, as opposed to typical 1950s science fiction (especially science fiction movies or TV shows) which either trivialized this type of story (as in the case of most "bug eyed monster" style low-budget "Earth is being invaded by monsters [[MarsNeedsWomen (or) Martians]]" films) or targeted it for juveniles (e.g., ''Series/CaptainVideo'').
For its time, the show was somewhat groundbreaking in that it covered science fiction as serious fiction directed to adults. Story lines included characters with gambling and addiction problems, criminal tendencies, and even one case where a space ship piloted by a computer with a female personality, was being "made love to" by its "robot boyfriend."
[=MP3s=] of the show can be downloaded for free from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/XMinus1_A , or can be purchased on CD for $10 for the low quality set or $25 for the high-quality set from the "official" http://www.xminusone.com/text/showlist.htm website, it claims to include all 195 episodes. You can also listen to episodes on Website/YouTube.
As noted on Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show opened with the same teaser:
->Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' presents... ''X Minus One''.
Later they would use ''Galaxy'' in place of ''Astounding''. Some openings did not include the word 'transcribed'.
Each week, a new story, taken from either ''Astounding'' or ''Galaxy'', was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for an adult audience, as opposed to typical 1950s science fiction (especially science fiction movies or TV shows) which either trivialized this type of story (as in the case of most "bug eyed monster" style low-budget "Earth is being invaded by monsters [[MarsNeedsWomen (or) Martians]]" films) or targeted it for juveniles (e.g., ''Series/CaptainVideo'').
For its time, the show was somewhat groundbreaking in that it covered science fiction as serious fiction directed to adults. Story lines included characters with gambling and addiction problems, criminal tendencies, and even one case where a space ship piloted by a computer with a female personality, was being "made love to" by its "robot boyfriend."
[=MP3s=] of the show can be downloaded for free from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/XMinus1_A , or can be purchased on CD for $10 for the low quality set or $25 for the high-quality set from the "official" http://www.xminusone.com/text/showlist.htm website, it claims to include all 195 episodes. You can also listen to episodes on Website/YouTube.
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As noted on Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the show opened with the same teaser:
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-->--'''Original TitleSequence'''
First broadcast on 22 April 1955, ''X Minus One'' was a [[SpiritualSuccessor revival]] of ''Radio/DimensionX'', airing on the {{Creator/NBC}} radio channel until 1958. This series holds the record for the longest running ScienceFiction RadioDrama, a GenreAnthology of episodes that aired over a hundred different stories. The first fifteen episodes [[RecycledScript reused]] the ''Dimension X'' scripts with new talent behind the voices and sound effects.
This series was directed by Creator/FredWiehe, Creator/DanielSutter, and Creator/GeorgeVoutsas, lasting for one hundred twenty-six episodes. Most of the scriptwriting was by Creator/ErnestKinoy or Creator/GeorgeLefferts, but also bringing in new writers like Creator/HowardRodman and Creator/WilliamWelch. The scriptwriters would usually create [[AudioAdaptation adaptations]], with a few scripts original to ''X Minus One''.
Each week, a new story, taken from either ''Astounding'' or ''Galaxy'', was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for
For its time,
[=MP3s=]
The PilotEpisode, an adaptation of "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright" by Creator/RayBradbury, aired on the 22nd, but weekly episodes began the 24th of April 1995, with a {{Radio}} original story, "No Contact" by Creator/GeorgeLefferts (both episodes were {{Recycled|Script}} from ''Dimension X''). The final episode, an adaptation of "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor" by Creator/FinnODonnevan, aired on 9 January 1958. An attempt to revive ''X Minus One'' was made on 27 January 1973, with episode number 126, an adaptation of "Literature/TheIronChancellor" by Creator/RobertSilverberg.
The entire series survives today in digital form because of the
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In "The Cold Equations", Marilyn Lee Cross stows away aboard the Emergency Dispatch Ship to Woden in order to reunite with her husband Gerry, on whom she cheated. In the [[Literature/TheColdEquations short story]] by Tom Godwin, Marilyn and Gerry are siblings.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides is a journalist who investigates Janet Boyce's encounter with the FlyingSaucer in 1957 and later prevents her from drowning herself on June 25, 1962. In the short story by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the [[NamedByTheAdaptation unnamed equivalent character]] has no connection with the woman until he finds the copy of the saucer's message that she placed in a bottle and does not meet her until the night that he saves her.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: "Pictures Don't Lie" involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Sagittarians]]. They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by Creator/RobertHeinlein.
* DoubleDontKnow: One episode had the character using this trope.
* DownerEnding: Many of the shows ended up with a bad result for the protagonist.
* GenreAnthology: ''X Minus One'' was a science fiction radio anthology series.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides slaps Janet Boyce to prevent her from killing herself.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the woman who receives the telepathic message from the FlyingSaucer is named Janet Boyce while the man who [[InterruptedSuicide prevents the woman from committing suicide]] is named Jason Bernaides. In the short story, they are not named.
* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: "Pictures Don't Lie" features Saggitarians trading video libraries with an Earthling scientist. They send him a talk show and an adventure movie, and he sends them ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''X Minus One'' is this to ''Radio/DimensionX'', which aired on NBC radio from 1950–1951.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "A Saucer of Loneliness" begins on June 25, 1962 and then flashes back to 1957 to tell the story of Janet Boyce's difficulties after her refusal to divulge the contents of the message from the FlyingSaucer.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: In "Project Mastadon", the protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In "The Cold Equations", Marilyn Lee Cross stows away aboard the Emergency Dispatch Ship to Woden in order to reunite with her husband Gerry, on whom she cheated. In the [[Literature/TheColdEquations short story]] by Tom Godwin, Marilyn and Gerry are siblings.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides is a journalist who investigates Janet Boyce's encounter with the FlyingSaucer in 1957 and later prevents her from drowning herself on June 25, 1962. In the short story by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the [[NamedByTheAdaptation unnamed equivalent character]] has no connection with the woman until he finds the copy of the saucer's message that she placed in a bottle and does not meet her until the night that he saves her.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: "Pictures Don't Lie" involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Sagittarians]]. They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by Creator/RobertHeinlein.
* DoubleDontKnow: One episode had the character using this trope.
* DownerEnding: Many of the shows ended up with a bad result for the protagonist.
* GenreAnthology: ''X Minus One'' was a science fiction radio anthology series.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides slaps Janet Boyce to prevent her from killing herself.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the woman who receives the telepathic message from the FlyingSaucer is named Janet Boyce while the man who [[InterruptedSuicide prevents the woman from committing suicide]] is named Jason Bernaides. In the short story, they are not named.
* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: "Pictures Don't Lie" features Saggitarians trading video libraries with an Earthling scientist. They send him a talk show and an adventure movie, and he sends them ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''X Minus One'' is this to ''Radio/DimensionX'', which aired on NBC radio from 1950–1951.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "A Saucer of Loneliness" begins on June 25, 1962 and then flashes back to 1957 to tell the story of Janet Boyce's difficulties after her refusal to divulge the contents of the message from the FlyingSaucer.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: In "Project Mastadon", the protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In
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* DoubleDontKnow: One episode had the character using this trope.
* DownerEnding: Many
* GenreAnthology: ''X Minus One'' was a science fiction radio anthology series.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides slaps Janet Boyce to prevent her
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "A Saucer of Loneliness",
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE000AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode zero]] is
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE003MarsIsHeaven Episode three]] is
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE004Universe Episode four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE005Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE008TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE009DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE010Nightmare Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfheMachines".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE011TheEmbassy Episode eleven]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE012TheVeldt Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE013AlmostHuman Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE014Courtesy Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE015ColdEquations Episode fifteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/TomGodwin's "Literature/ColdEquations".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE020FirstContact Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE021ChildsPlay Episode twenty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE022Requiem Episdoe twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE024DwellersInSilence Episode twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/DwellersInSilence".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE025TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE026ZeroHour Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ZeroHour".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE027TheVitalFactor Episode twenty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE028Nightfall Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE029ToTheFuture Episode twenty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE030MarionettesInc Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE031ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE032TheRoadsMustRoll Episode thirty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE033TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE036TheCaveOfNight Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/TheCaveOfNight".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE037TheCChute Episode thirty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/CChute".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE038SkulkingPermit Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/SkulkingPermit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE039Junkyard Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Junkyard}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE041AGunForDinosaur Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/AGunForDinosaur".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE042TunnelUnderTheWorld Episode forty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TunnelUnderTheWorld".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE043AThousandDollarsAPlate Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackMcKenty's "Literature/AThousandDollarsAPlate".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE044APailOfAir Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/APailOfAir".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE045How2 Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/How2".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE046StarBright Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/MarkClifton's "Literature/StarBright".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE047Jaywalker Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Jaywalker}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE048TheSenseOfWonder Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/MiltonLesser's "Literature/TheSenseOfWonder".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE049SeaLegs Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankQuattrocchi's "Literature/SeaLegs".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE050TheSeventhOrder Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/JerrySohl's "Literature/TheSeventhOrder".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE051HallucinationOrbit Episode fifty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/JTMcIntosh's "Literature/HallucinationOrbit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE052TheDefenders Episode fifty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "Literature/TheDefenders".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE053Lulungomeena Episode fifty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GordonRDickson's "{{Literature/Lulungomeena}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE054ProjectMastodon Episode fifty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/ProjectMastodon".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE055IfYouWasAMoklin Episode fifty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/IfYouWasAMoklin".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE057WhereverYouMayBe Episode fifty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/WhereverYouMayBe".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE058MrCostelloHero Episode fifty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/MrCostelloHero".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE059BadMedicine Episode fifty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FinnODonnevan's "Literature/BadMedicine".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE060TheOldDieRich Episode sixty]] is an adaptation of Creator/HLGold's "Literature/TheOldDieRich".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE061TheStarsAreTheStyx Episode sixty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TheStarsAreTheStyx".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE062StudentBody Episode sixty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FLWallace's "Literature/StudentBody".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE063TheLastMartian Episode sixty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/TheLastMartian".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE064TheSnowballEffect Episode sixty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/TheSnowballEffect".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE065SurfaceTension Episode sixty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesBlish's "Literature/SurfaceTension".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE067TheLifeboatMutiny Episode sixty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/TheLifeboatMutiny".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE068TheMapMakers Episode sixty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TheMapMakers".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE069ProtectiveMimicry Episode sixty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlgisBudrys's "Literature/ProtectiveMimicry".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE070Colony Episode seventy]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Colony}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE071SoldierBoy Episode seventy-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MichaelShaara's "Literature/SoldierBoy".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE072PicturesDontLie Episode seventy-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/PicturesDontLie".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE073SamThisIsYou Episode seventy-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/SamThisIsYou".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE074AppointmentInTomorrow Episode seventy-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/AppointmentInTomorrow".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE076ChainOfCommand Episode seventy-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StevenArr's "Literature/ChainOfCommand".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE078ThereWillComeSoftRains Episode seventy-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE079Hostess Episode seventy-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Hostess}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE080TheReluctantHeroes Episode eighty]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/TheReluctantHeroes".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE081HoneymoonInHell Episode eighty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/HoneymoonInHell".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE124PrimeDifference Episode one hundred twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlanENourse's "Literature/PrimeDifference".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE125GrayFlannelArmor Episode one hundred twenty-five]] is an adaptation of [[Creator/FinnODonnevan Finn O'Donnevan]]'s "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE126TheIronChancellor Episode one hundred twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSilverberg's "Literature/TheIronChancellor".
*
* CharacterNarrator: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE095MartianSam Martian Sam]]", Joe, one of the ball club players, acts as narrator for the story, telling the audience about what he had seen and monologuing his opinions about the characters and settings.
%%* DownerEnding: Many of the shows ended up with a bad result for the protagonist.%%Too General; cite an
* FeedTheMole: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE056ProjectTrojan Project Trojan]]", Phase Three was identifying a
* FictionalDocument: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE056ProjectTrojan Project Trojan]]", the war program is inspired by a story in ''Incredible Science Fiction Tales''. To "research" for the project, the characters read more ScienceFiction tales from the magazine.
* FindOutNextTime: The earliest episodes would give a short summary of the next week's story. After the series got partnered with ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'', it would sometimes describe one of the recent stories from the magazine, even when said story wasn't the basis of next week's episode. More of a "find out right now!" advertising of their print-medium partner.
* FutureImperfect: In one episode, two hunters, upon finding an alien, mention "Edison's automobile" and
*
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In [[Recap/XMinusOneE083ASaucerOfLoneliness episode eighty-three]], [[AudioAdaptation adapted]] from Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/ASaucerOfLoneliness", Jason Bernaides slaps Janet Boyce to prevent her from killing herself.
* LetXBeTheUnknown: The "X" in the name [[SpiritualSuccessor carries over]] from ''Radio/DimensionX'', but now implies tension and excitement, the countdown for a rocket launch! Each episode warns of "a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds".
* LoopholeAbuse: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE095MartianSam Martian Sam]]", a Martian is hired as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite being only eighteen inches tall, the Martian's arm is 32 feet long, so most batters have a lot of trouble hitting the ball. Naturally, the Braves counter this by hiring an intelligent virus from Jupiter, so tiny that no pitch can be of the regulation height against them.
* MatterReplicator: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE069ProtectiveMimicry Protective Mimicry]]", an [[AudioAdaptation adaptation]] of Creator/AlgisBudrys's "Literature/ProtectiveMimicry", a galactic treasury agent investigates the source of some credit notes that appear to be genuine save that they all have the same serial numbers, and since the printing process is so fiendishly complicated he believes that someone invented a matter duplicator. [[spoiler:It turns out the counterfeiter found an alien tree that made copies of whatever "attacks" it, like a paper airplane made from a 50 credit note. And during the final fight the agent runs into said tree, making it a bit difficult to get tickets back home for all of him.]]
* MentalSpaceTravel: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE063TheLastMartian The Last Martian]]", [[AudioAdaptation adapted]] from Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/TheLastMartian", the titular character claims he escaped from a hospital on Mars to find the rest of his people all lying dead in the streets. Eventually he came to a copper column in the middle of a colosseum and touched it, then found himself in the body of a factory worker in New York. [[spoiler:It turned out the others had abandoned their bodies on Mars and taken over humans to escape a plague. He was left behind because he was moronic by Martian standards - that is, as smart as an average human.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In [[Recap/XMinusOneE083ASaucerOfLoneliness episode eighty-three]], the woman who receives the telepathic message from the FlyingSaucer is named Janet Boyce while the man who [[InterruptedSuicide prevents the woman from committing suicide]] is named Jason Bernaides. This is [[AudioAdaptation adapted]] from Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/ASaucerOfLoneliness", where the two characters are not named at all.
* PlanetOfHats: One episode featured a reptilian alien coming to a mining planet for one of their workers (basically a milder version of a [[Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick Furian]]). The reptile alien's hat is that they CannotTellALie (although they don't have to say the whole truth either) while the "Furian's" hat is being HotBlooded. Lampshaded by the "Furian": "You know how they say we're all good at bar fights?"
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The show's title would be announced as "X! MINUS! ONE!".
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: In "[[Recap/XMinusOneE095MartianSam Martian Sam]]", the title is based on one of the characters on the baseball team. The story, however, [[CharacterNarrator is told from Joe's perspective]].
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: Early episodes would end their FindOutNextTime segments by calling out the show's title; "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis X! MINUS! ONE!]]".
* SpiritualSuccessor: This show was an effort to revive ''Radio/DimensionX'', an earlier ScienceFiction GenreAnthology which aired on NBC radio from
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* WorksSetInWorldWarII: "[[Recap/XMinusOneE056ProjectTrojan Project Trojan]]" is set during the war, and is about a team of counter-intelligence operatives trying to trick the Germans into chasing a fake scientific development.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: In
* XMakesAnythingCool: The title comes from the countdown for a rocketship; "X minus five, minus four, minus three, minus two, X minus one...". The association is due to the emphasis on ScienceFiction for this radio program.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In "The Cold Equations", Marilyn Lee Cross stows away aboard the Emergency Dispatch Ship to Woden in order to reunite with her husband Gerry, [[YourCheatingHeart on whom she cheated]]. In the [[Literature/TheColdEquations short story]] by Tom Godwin, Marilyn and Gerry are siblings.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In "The Cold Equations", Marilyn Lee Cross stows away aboard the Emergency Dispatch Ship to Woden in order to reunite with her husband Gerry, [[YourCheatingHeart on whom she cheated]].cheated. In the [[Literature/TheColdEquations short story]] by Tom Godwin, Marilyn and Gerry are siblings.
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* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: ''Pictures Don't Lie'' features Saggitarians trading video libraries with an Earthling scientist. They send him a talk show and an adventure movie, and he sends them ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}.''
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* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: ''Pictures "Pictures Don't Lie'' Lie" features Saggitarians trading video libraries with an Earthling scientist. They send him a talk show and an adventure movie, and he sends them ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}.''''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
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* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: ''Pictures Don't Lie'' features Saggitarians trading video libraries with an Earthling scientist. They send him a talk show and an adventure movie, and he sends them ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}.''
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In "The Cold Equations", Marilyn Lee Cross stows away aboard the Emergency Dispatch Ship to Woden in order to reunite with her husband Gerry, [[YourCheatingHeart on whom she cheated]]. In the [[Literature/TheColdEquations short story]] by Tom Godwin, Marilyn and Gerry are siblings.
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: One episode involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Saggitarians]]. They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: One episode "Pictures Don't Lie" involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Saggitarians]].Sagittarians]]. They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides is a journalist who investigates Janet Boyce's encounter with the FlyingSaucer in 1957 and later prevents her from drowning herself on June 25, 1962. In the short story by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the [[NamedByTheAdaptation unnamed equivalent character]] has no connection with the woman until he finds the copy of the saucer's message that she placed in a bottle and does not meet her until the night that he saves her.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Jason Bernaides slaps Janet Boyce to prevent her from killing herself.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the woman who receives the telepathic message from the FlyingSaucer is named Janet Boyce while the man who [[InterruptedSuicide prevents the woman from committing suicide]] is named Jason Bernaides. In the short story, they are not named.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the woman who receives the telepathic message from the FlyingSaucer is named Janet Boyce while the man who [[InterruptedSuicide prevents the woman from committing suicide]] is named Jason Bernaides. In the short story, they are not named.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "A Saucer of Loneliness" begins on June 25, 1962 and then flashes back to 1957 to tell the story of Janet Boyce's difficulties after her refusal to divulge the contents of the message from the FlyingSaucer.
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: One episode involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Saggitarians.]] They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}},'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by ''Creator/RobertHeinlein.''
* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by ''Creator/RobertHeinlein.''
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: One episode involved a scientist who was trading [[NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture TV broadcasts with Saggitarians.]] Saggitarians]]. They really liked the "Dancing hippo" segment of ''Disney/{{Fantasia}},'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and in return, sent an episode of one of their TV shows.
* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by''Creator/RobertHeinlein.''Creator/RobertHeinlein.
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* GenreAnthologyGenreAnthology: ''X Minus One'' was a science fiction radio anthology series.
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* AudioAdaptation: Of ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth'' by ''Creator/RobertHeinlein.''
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', the radio GenreAnthology drama which ran from 1955 to 1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', the this radio GenreAnthology drama which ran from 1955 to 1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''X Minus One'', the radio drama which ran during 1955-1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''X Minus One'', the radio GenreAnthology drama which ran during 1955-1958 from 1955 to 1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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->Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' presents... X Minus One.
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->Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' presents... X ''X Minus One.
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Each week, a new story, taken from either Astounding or Galaxy, was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for an adult audience, as opposed to typical 1950s science fiction (especially science fiction movies or TV shows) which either trivialized this type of story (as in the case of most "bug eyed monster" style low-budget "earth is being invaded by monsters [[MarsNeedsWomen (or) Martians]]" films) or targeted it for juveniles (e.g., ''Series/CaptainVideo'').
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Each week, a new story, taken from either Astounding ''Astounding'' or Galaxy, ''Galaxy'', was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for an adult audience, as opposed to typical 1950s science fiction (especially science fiction movies or TV shows) which either trivialized this type of story (as in the case of most "bug eyed monster" style low-budget "earth "Earth is being invaded by monsters [[MarsNeedsWomen (or) Martians]]" films) or targeted it for juveniles (e.g., ''Series/CaptainVideo'').
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[=MP3s=] of the show can be downloaded for free from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/XMinus1_A , or can be purchased on CD for $10 for the low quality set or $25 for the high-quality set from the "official" http://www.xminusone.com/text/showlist.htm website, it claims to include all 195 episodes.
You can also listen to episodes on Website/YouTube.
You can also listen to episodes on Website/YouTube.
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[=MP3s=] of the show can be downloaded for free from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/XMinus1_A , or can be purchased on CD for $10 for the low quality set or $25 for the high-quality set from the "official" http://www.xminusone.com/text/showlist.htm website, it claims to include all 195 episodes.
episodes. You can also listen to episodes on Website/YouTube.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: X Minus One is this to ''Radio/DimensionX'', which aired on NBC radio from 1950–1951.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: X ''X Minus One One'' is this to ''Radio/DimensionX'', which aired on NBC radio from 1950–1951.
* WorthlessYellowRocks:A In "Project Mastadon", the protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
* WorthlessYellowRocks:
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''X Minus One'', the radio drama which ran during 1955-1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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Long before Creator/RodSerling created ''TheTwilightZone'', ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''X Minus One'', the radio drama which ran during 1955-1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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As noted on TheOtherWiki, the show opened with the same teaser:
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Long before RodSerling Creator/RodSerling created ''TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''X Minus One'', the radio drama which ran during 1955-1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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* RecycledScript: Over a dozen scripts from a previous sci-fi radio series, ''Radio/DimensionX'', were reused on ''X Minus One''.
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* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rick-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
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* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rick-quick get-rich-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
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* GenreAnthology
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* RecycledScript: Over a dozen scripts from a previous sci-fi radio series, ''Radio/DimensionX'', were reused on X Minus One
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* RecycledScript: Over a dozen scripts from a previous sci-fi radio series, Radio/DimensionX, were reused on X Minus One
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* RecycledScript: Over a dozen scripts from a previous sci-fi radio series, Radio/DimensionX, ''Radio/DimensionX'', were reused on X Minus One
* SpiritualSuccessor: X Minus One is this toRadio/DimensionX, ''Radio/DimensionX'', which aired on NBC radio from 1950–1951.1950–1951.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rick-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
* SpiritualSuccessor: X Minus One is this to
* WorthlessYellowRocks: A protagonist got mixed up in a time-traveling get-rick-quick scheme by going to the past and investing in stocks that would rise and property loaded with a type of mineral that the seller told him had interesting scientific qualities but was basically worthless—uranium.
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* RecycledScript: Over a dozen scripts from a previous sci-fi radio series, Dimension X, Radio/DimensionX, were reused on X Minus One
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Each week, a new story, taken from either Astounding or Galaxy, was performed as a radio drama (or comedy) in which the material was played straight for an adult audience, as opposed to typical 1950s science fiction (especially science fiction movies) movies or TV shows) which either trivialized this type of story (as in the case of most "bug eyed monster" style low-budget "earth is being invaded by monsters [[MarsNeedsWomen (or) martians]]" Martians]]" films) or targeted it for juveniles.
juveniles (e.g., ''Series/CaptainVideo'').
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Long before RodSerling created ''TheTwilightZone'', probably the best science fiction and fantasy program made, there was ''XMinusOne'', ''X Minus One'', the radio drama which ran during 1955-1958 on the NBC radio network. Using material supplied by the two major science fiction magazines of the day, ''Astounding Science Fiction'' and later ''Galaxy'', the show produced a weekly radio drama involving science fiction, aimed at adults. (One of the program's sponsors was Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.)
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