Summary: With Folded Hands (Aired April 15, 1950) Dimension X was first heard on NBC April 8, 1950, and ran until September 29, 1951. Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagination. Some fine isolated science fiction stories were developed on the great anthology shows, Suspense and Escape. But until the premiere of Dimension X -- a full two decades after network radio was established -- there were no major science fiction series of broad appeal to adults. This show dramatized the work of such young writers as Ray Bradbury, Robert (Psycho) Bloch, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Kurt Vonnegut. In-house script writer was Ernest Kinoy, who adapted the master works and contributed occasional storied of his own. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. THIS EPISODE: April 15, 1950. NBC network. "With Folded Hands". Sustaining. The perfect "mechanicals" from another planet make humans unnecessary, and they are always "at your service." The script was used subsequently on "Future Tense" on May 28, 1974 (see cat. #13269). Philip Bourneuf, Peter Capell, Bryna Raeburn, Alexander Scourby, Jack Williamson (author), John Dunkel (adaptor), Van Woodward (producer), Norman Rose (host), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer). 29:22. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
