[PW] Re: ?1950s radio sf program

Adrian Smith a.smith at leeds.ac.uk
Tue May 2 01:13:13 PDT 2006



I don't think this is "Journey into Space". BBC Radio. 

There were three series, which I have on tape, but there may be a 4th
series.

Adrian, Headingley UK

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:"Subject: [PW] Re: ?1950s radio sf program
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:"
:">  >    I've been waiting for this one for 50 years! Sometime 
:"in the '50s,
:">  >they still had real programs on the radio, and one of them was a  
:"> >science fiction serial that may have been even older. A young 
:"> reporter  >stows away on a moon rocket, only to discover 
:"after liftoff 
:"> that the  >real destination is not the moon but a top secret site 
:"> recently  >discovered in Antarctica. The site turns into an actual 
:"> city buried in  >the ice, and it seams to have been created by an 
:"> advanced race "unlike  >any known humans". Eventually they discover 
:"> one of the frozen  >inhabitants, and just as they are 
:"trying to thaw 
:"> him out...........  >
:">  >    Has anyone heard of this and know how it turned out?
:">
:"> I initially thought this was La Nuit des temps (the Ice People) by 
:"> Rene Barjavel, but upon closer examination I don't think 
:"this is the 
:"> one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nuit_des_temps
:"
:"It's been a long time since I read _The Ice People_, but I 
:"don't think there was a stowaway in the story... not that a 
:"radio adaptation couldn't have added one.
:"
:"See Jerry's Vintage Radio Logs:
:"
:"<http://otrsite.com/radiolog/index.html>
:"
:"for some summaries which might be useful (X Minus 1, 
:"Dimension X, probably others).
:"
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