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Countdown for blast off. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizon of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future, adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of astounding science fiction presents, X minus one. Tonight's story, Ray Bradbury's Dwellers in Silenc…

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Synopsis

In Dwellers in Silence, a Martian spaceship embarks on a journey back to Earth, twenty years after humanity's exodus due to devastating wars. The crew, consisting of Captain John Parsons and his assistants, Dr. Evans and Mr. Williams, is filled with a mix of hope and trepidation as they approach the planet that once was their home. Upon landing, they are astonished to find a city illuminated with lights, suggesting life in a place they thought was abandoned.

Host

Fred Collins

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Anne Seymour

E

Edwin Jerome

Karl Weber

R

Richard Hamilton

S

Stan Early

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X Minus One, Episode 24

Dwellers in Silence

Thursday, November 10, 1955 · 23:47

X Minus One, Episode 24

Dwellers in Silence

Thursday, November 10, 1955 · 23:47

Summary

A spaceship from Mars returns to Earth twenty years after humanity's departure, discovering a seemingly abandoned city filled with signs of life. The crew encounters an old man who reveals the truth about his family and their existence in a post-apocalyptic world.

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