Dimension X aired over NBC from April 8, 1950 through September 29, 1951 featuring "adventures in time and space told in future tense." The series adapted stories by the modern masters of science fiction adapting works by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Theodore Sturgeon and many others. "It was simply an idea whose time had come," producer Van Woodward recalled in 1971. "The few years after the war seemed to be one of those flowering periods where all sorts of talented, imaginative young writers begin coming out of the woodwork, and doing things a little differently than they’ve been done before. . . . The kids were better writers, and they had better ideas, and suddenly, science fiction became adult. Even the staid old Saturday Evening Post began to publish a story or two in the genre. And so, of course, radio decided to join in. We went the ‘adaptation route’ simply because that’s where the best stories are. Bright ideas for science fiction tales don’t come on order; they’re usually the product of a moment’s inspiration, by a writer who’s steeped in the field."
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