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Countdown for blast off. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come 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 Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine presents X minus one. Tonight we take you some 800 years into the future to meet man's best friend. Well what's…

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Synopsis

In the episode Man's Best Friend from X Minus One, we are thrust into a future where technology dictates the course of human lives. The protagonist, Schnee, is informed that he is destined to become the new ruler of society, a position that comes with the grim responsibility of eliminating the current leader, Overlord Kip. This revelation is delivered by Floria, a salesman who represents the Munitions and Container Corporation, and he offers Schnee a substantial bribe to carry out the act. However, Schnee is skeptical of the machine that foretold his fate, questioning its authority and the very nature of the predictions it makes.

Host

R

Radcliff Hall

Cast›

Bob Hastings

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Leona Powers

Raymond Edward Johnson

Santos Ortega

W

Wendell Holmes

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
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XMinusOne57-04-24098MansBestFriend.mp3

X Minus One, Episode 98

Man's Best Friend

Wednesday, April 24, 1957 · 22:19

X Minus One, Episode 98

Man's Best Friend

Wednesday, April 24, 1957 · 22:19

Summary

In a future where machines predict destinies, a man named Schnee learns he is destined to become a ruler, but he is reluctant to fulfill this role, especially when it involves killing the current leader.

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