 Scrived in future tense Can you predict what will come in 100 years or in 10 or in the next minute? Some people think they can Nuclear scientists mathematicians astronomers Biologists they'll predict the shape of the future Why because they make the future because they see beyond the known dimensions of time and space Into the unknown Dimension X It was in the year of 1982 that space men first discovered the great galactic barrier in The past ten years rocket traveled to the moon in the nearer planets had become commonplace and Then men fixed their sights on a more distant star the remote planet known as Volta Five exploratory ships went out and none came back each in turn disappearing mysteriously at the same vanishing point At an invisible wall somewhere in the vast outer reaches that became known as the wrecker of space ships the galactic reef And yet the explorers refused to admit defeat it was on June the 2nd 1987 that the rocket star cloud made ready for takeoff the 6th to attempt to crack the barrier and win through the Volta Condition green Don't suppose you want the ship's doctor up here on the bridge during glass door. I think not many All right, then I'll be in the sick break counting vitamin pills if you need me Thank you Smitty Lieutenant college Yes, sir. You're relieved. You'd better get down to navigation control and take over. Yes, sir. Oh lieutenant. Yes, sir We've never flown together before This is your first flight in the space vessel as big as the star cloud, isn't it? Yes, sir But I was trained in oversized jobs at the Naval Academy. Well, if you're half as good a navigator as your father was you'll do fine Thank you, sir You You rode shipmates, won't you old shipmates? I served under him in the first rocket that ever got back to its base in one piece When you flew that mission and the tin can not much better than a primitive guided missile I I Almost went along on the last trip your father made to the barrier Too bad about that. Yes, sir That's all college. I'll bust you when you get down to nap control Lieutenant Paulson. Yes, sir. Get me ground control tower on the radio. I want to talk to Colonel Harrison Spark says the circuit up now captain Go ahead, sir. I've touched in our bridge speaker Colonel Harrison. Yes, captain. We're standing by for takeoff in 60 seconds Good The bill is clear to more personnel We'll try to re-establish radio contact immediately after takeoff in any event. There'll be a 24 hour ground monitor fine Good luck. I hope you make it. Thank you Bridge to navigation control Ready little tenant Of course is in the integrator for takeoff at $1200. All right, stand by for blast off Bridge to engine room fire up your rocket chambers take off at exactly 1200 hours. I'll read you off 20 seconds 19 1817 16 Condition read hold it. We don't want to stowaway sir stowaway. We're masters hiding in six bay Dr. Svetsen found him having brought up to the bridge Engine room kill your rockets and stand by This is Trouble what's the matter with you? What's the matter with you? There's a stowaway aboard. Oh, yes I thought your men were supposed to police this base. What's the matter with you? You'll know what this delay can do to us, don't you one minute later take off and throw some million miles off course We'll have to reintegrate the whole work. Oh, don't bother me for a while. I'm busy Stupid idiots captain thought oh come in spitty is your stove. I'll court-martial that Charlie use a good radio man skipper. See you to a met met Skipper and me made 50 trips to the moon to get it Didn't we captain Charlie if you wanted to come along why didn't you volunteer? I did skipper They turn me down. What's wrong with you acceleration Ben? Oh, they said my arteries wouldn't stand another trip Well, I'm I'm sorry to hear that but they're wrong sir. I got one more good trip in me Listen captain, you know these green kids don't know the first thing about space radio operation You put a man like me on I'll be getting your bedtime story for Mars. Listen Charlie You know the regulations as well as I do. I can't take you much as I'd like to Harrison will murder me for this I'm sorry Charlie. I'll have to put you ground I'll tell you what I'll ask Harrison to put you on his ground radio contact It'll seem as if you were right here with us. He won't do it, sir He'd better or I'll have him busted to corporal for letting you sneak aboard. You'd better be off Charlie Masters yes, sir. I'm sending this man to ground give him time to clear the launching platform. Yes, sir So long Charlie. I'm really sorry. Good luck skipper I thought you were going to have him drawn and courted been anybody else. I would have smitty But Charlie. Well, he's kind of special Been with me since my first command when you'll her run to the moon He wanted to come along this time. Well, it's it's only through loyalty to me. You know Lewis I didn't realize it before but you're almost human build Navigation Lieutenant Collier you there Lieutenant how badly are we fouled up? Can you recalculate the course or shall I cancel the takeoff? I've already bought a new course on the integrator, sir. Good. Can we take off in exactly two minutes two minutes? Yes, sir That's quick work. Are you sure? All right, Collier. I'm putting it in your hands. We'll blast off on your signal Lewis isn't that a lot of responsibility for young green officer? Yes, but if he can't do his job I'd rather find out now than at the galactic barrier Bridge to engine room Prepare to blast off on navigator signal. Good work, Collier. The course is corrected, sir Ready to go into atomic overdrive any time you say all right stand by to engine room kill your rockets Rockets out fire up number one cyclotron draw your dampening rods going to overdrive on the count of zero five seconds captain three two two One one zero zero on course, sir She's running hot and true. Well my compliments. Thank you, sir This job would have done your father credit He was one of the best navigation officers I ever saw thanks Now start your gyros and put her on robot control the bridge is yours. Mr. Collier If you need me, I'll be in Dr. Smith's office. Yes, sir See you got us off the ground. You can thank young Collier for that chip off the old block First great spaceman. Is he the one who? Yes He was lost in the galactic barrier on the second ship. We sent out the Volta Lewis Just what do you think this galactic barrier is? Your guess is as good as mine doc. All I know is that five ships have gone into it None of them have come back out. How about Mr. Ovek's theory that it's a time warp in space that the ships will reach it and slip into another dimension rubbish My theory is that the galactic barrier is nothing more than a radioactive layer of some kind what makes you say that Well, we know that radar signals bounce off it like they were hitting an invisible glass wall And we know that it destroys our ships and crews in some way There's no other logical explanation. What makes you think we can get through it Lewis because we're ready for it The others weren't the entire hull is completely shielded with lead. We can crack through any radioactive cloud ever detected Besides we're equipped with some new UHF radio devices that should enable us to maintain radio contact with earth Nothing can happen. Absolutely nothing. Who are you trying to convince? Myself I suppose Lewis you've had your share of glory First skipper to reach the moon back in 1962. Yeah, you could have retired Why are you risking this trip? Because five ships are missing and men like printers and markets and young collars father I'm tired of seeing good men fed into that meat chopper. Then why are we going? We haven't any choice many We're in a race the kind of race where men and ships are expendable According to interspace code the first nation to reach folder can claim it personally I want no part of it doc. There are a dozen nations who feel very differently about that. I know I know Well, at least it won't be boring I'll have to play physician morale builder and mother substitute for a hundred and twelve slightly nervous men Your morale doesn't sound too good doc as morale officer. I can state without fear of contradiction. It is terrible and Something tells me that as we approach that galactic barrier I'm not going to be alone Captain Thorsten of the Star Cloud calling Earth Star Cloud to Earth Can you read me? Charlie I see they haven't court-martialed you yet. No, sir. Thanks to you. That's good to hear you You can read as the funny papers on Sunday morning, right? How's our signal strong? Our log report for Colonel Harrison ready shoot June 2nd 1987 Four weeks out from earth running through no radiation operation normal Still making our approach to the galactic barrier That's all Charlie. See you later I sure wish I was with you How's the morale Smitty? Well, the men know we're getting closer to the barrier They're beginning to show a little tension was How's their physical condition any sickness about half the crew has come down with space blue I was afraid of that bad. Oh same as usual Lips and hands with the bluish cast eyes are sensitive to infrared I don't know when I first started flying these tin cans. Nobody ever heard of space blues There's a theory. It's caused by the terrific acceleration of the atomic overdrive The change in gravity affects the circulation and what do you think? Oh, I think it's psychosomatic I've noticed that the same men who get space blues under tension on a ship Tend to get blue coloration back on earth when they're upset. I Guess it's an occupational disease of space navigators. You think it's just nerves in I don't know Young collie has got a bad case Yes, I think it's tension from overwork. Yeah Maybe need some vitamins Lewis When will you realize that vitamins are not a panacea for all the troubles of mankind? I understand you've relieved me from Judy. Dr. Smithson says you aren't looking very well Collier I'm just giving you a rest. That's all right. I feel perfectly able to continue your lips were as blue as Minnetonka Captain I'd like to remain at my post. Don't be so foolhardy lieutenant. I'm not being foolhardy, sir You see I have a special personal reason for wanting this expedition to reach bolt Your father Yes, sir, my father You think he might still be alive, sir. I I have to find out what happened. I think I understand Very well Collier Report back to duty three-tenth of a second. We'd better try to make final contact with earth His park still trying to raise the base. Yes, but he's not having much luck getting a plus Expect to hit the barrier almost any second now Look Charlie stick with us. Will you we're switching to the automatic center now so you can track us in Okay, if we crack the barrier and come through still in one piece I'll try to get back to you on the high-frequency band. We're picking up radio activity. Is it the fishing chambers? I'll check your baby's damage control. Yes, sir. It's radiation penetrating the lead field I'll keep at it that Paulson. How are you doing? I'm on that for Pete's sake. What's the radiation from? It's coming from inside the ship, but that's impossible. Oh, sir, I checked it twice. It's got to be the engines It is we're finished that radiation must be in the overdrive pile. Are you sure? Yes, sir All right, keep check start combing this ship in five inches. Yes, sir Turn it on. Yes, sir. I'll check the atomic guns first. Come on. It was weaker now Yeah, what do you make of this Paulson? Well, it looks like some sort of portable transmitter, sir That's before in manufacture. I Don't recognize the calibration symbols at all. I've never seen anything like it. Which raises a small question What is lieutenant Collier doing with a transmitter in his cabin? I don't know sir Well, I intend to find out Paulson Get down to nav control bring Collier up to the bridge on the double Why don't we better find some way to shut this thing off first? I know a way a few simple questions Yes, sir, and I want a few simple answers. Yes, sir What were you doing with a transmitter in your cabin? transmitter captain You know nothing about it. No, sir. I don't Do you recognize these calibration symbols? No, sir Can you think of how it might have been placed in your cabin without your knowing it? Oh, sir Unless someone came in while I was on duty Would that have been possible? Well, I I suppose so Well, if someone had a key I found your cabin door unlocked. I'm at a key to the wall cabinet. I didn't say the wall cabinet. Oh, what? Well, sir, I you what lieutenant? How could you have known it was in the wall cabinet? Well, I I just assumed You turn on Collier I did hard to believe you would lie Having known and respected your father and having observed the way you had to your job However, I intend to get to the root of this thing. I Have your wrist watching that sir your wrist watch. Yeah, you I say Policeman turn on that Geiger counter. Yes, sir. Hold this watch next to it. Yes, sir That's all Lieutenant if you hadn't any close contact with that transmitter, how do you explain the radio activity of this watch? I don't sir. I think you better do whom were you sending those signals? Condition read condition read. There's your answer captain. What is this Collier? Who's aboard that ship? All right now talk Very well captain My mission seems completed your mission. Are you admitting that you're an agent of a foreign power? I am stating it. What nation? No nation captain. What? I am an agent of the bolt and government so what's the government of the planet a bolt on are you crazy? Are you so stupid that you think your people are the only ones who can invade another planet? You tell them what do you mean? We've had agents operating on earth since 1945 I don't believe you. What do you think happened to those five ships captain? Where do you suppose we got our information like your language your culture family background? Your appearance you look like commander Collier. Is that so surprising captain? We had a living model. I Thought to kill you that would be very foolish captain. I would advise you to surrender without delay Now coming in ordnance range. I'll deal with you later. Call your policy. Yes, sir Put this man in irons and take him away. Don't worry, sir. We'll take good care of him But your guns on radar tracking then and policy and is dead Still alive or my memory ship that has ever left earth was controlled by a bolt out crew Impossible those were hand-picked men and picked by I don't believe you and why not call for one thing you haven't counted on and Just what is that captain? What is it smithy? What are you trying to tell me here? Let me help you. No Lewis get message back to earth Voltaan if come Watch out smithy smithy. No skip Keeps ending nearly an hour since they hit the galactic barrier I don't understand why they haven't tried to get a message back. No, sir Neither do I All right I'll take over for a while. Yes You do that You go right ahead Sir, all right, you'd better go on get yourself some coffee You look a little blue around the gills no contact an adventure in time space and the unknown The world a little tail that starts with the disappearance of Grant's tomb It's about a veteran newspaper reporter and a strange little man who calls himself the world's greatest genius You'll hear all about it next week at the same time when we present the professor was a thief George Lefferts from a storyline by Lefferts and Ernest Kenoi featured in the cast will Louis van Rooton as captain Thorson Donald Duker as Lieutenant Cardia and Cameron Proudham as Charlie Your host was Norman Rose Music by Albert Berman engineer Bill Chambers dimension X is produced by William Welch and directed by Edward King They tuned for the remarkable quiz kids on NBC