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2000 Plus

12 episodes · 1950–1951 · Mutual · Sci-Fi

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2000 Plus ran on Mutual from March 15, 1950, to January 2, 1952, and it was the first adult science-fiction series on radio, beating Dimension X to the air by a month. Unlike most of its rivals it used original scripts rather than published stories. Sherman H. Dryer created, wrote and produced it with Robert Weenolsen; Emerson Buckley conducted. Only a handful of episodes survive.

Sources: 2000 Plus, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1950

• The Men from Mars March 29, 1950 · Mutual · 30 min
  Two teenagers buy a secondhand spaceship for $87 and take off for Mars.
• When the Machines Went Mad April 26, 1950 · Mutual · 22 min
  A master mechanical brain builds mechanical men and makes human men miserable.
• When the Worlds Met May 3, 1950 · Mutual · 30 min
  The day super-intelligent beings from Mars first land on Earth.
• The Insect May 17, 1950 · Mutual · 30 min
  A scientist is testing a growth ray on insects, and while he is away, his wife is trapped in the room with them.
• The Other Man June 7, 1950 · 31 min
• The Brooklyn Brain June 21, 1950 · Mutual · 29 min
  A not-too-bright fellow volunteers for a scientific experiment that promises him instant culture.
• Space Wreck June 28, 1950 · Mutual · 29 min
  A luxury liner with 750 passengers blasts off for outer space.
• A Veteran Comes Home July 5, 1950 · Mutual · 28 min
  A soldier comes home after five years fighting the Martian wars, to the wife and son who waited for him.
• The Green Thing September 27, 1950 · Mutual · 31 min
  The same monster appears in the dreams of many people at once, and it leads to an invasion from Venus.
• The Giant Walks November 8, 1950 · Mutual · 28 min
  A mad scientist plans a race of thirty-foot giants to take over the world, and he is well on his way.
• Worlds Apart November 15, 1950 · 28 min

1951

• The Rocket and the Skull October 10, 1951 · Mutual · 28 min
  The key man in the race to the moon is hurt in a plane crash, and begins hearing strange messages to Mars.