


The first purely science fiction anthology to hit the
airwaves, 2000 Plus first aired over the Mutual network in the
spring of 1950. All of the stories were original, unlike its contemporary rival Dimension
X, which drew much of its material from the sf pulps of the time. Production
values and acting were excellent, and it is a great pity that not only did the
show not last long, but that so many of the episodes have not survived.
This archive contains plotlines
for 16
of 32
known episodes

WEBMASTER RECOMMENDS:
A Veteran Comes Home; Space Wreck; When the Worlds
Met
A Veteran Comes Home
Episode: 17
Genre: War
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A traumatized war vet returns from
the Martian War to his family on Earth, only to discover to his horror that his
son can't wait to enlist.
Reviews:
A somewhat anti-climactic episode, it
nevertheless is worth a listen. The central character's reminiscences about the
Martian War are the highlight of the show, but the beginning and ending--which
bookends the Martian War part, is an interesting character study and worth a
listen also. - Douglas Hoyer
Alone
*LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Brooklyn Brain
Episode: 15
Genre: Super Science
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A thick-headed dimwit is bestowed with a
computerized brain, with which he plans to make a fortune at the race track and
win the woman of his heart's desire.
Reviews:
This episode has a good air of humor to it and is
quite an enjoyable listen. --Good a ending too. ~4 stars. - Douglas
Hoyer
The Diamond Helmet *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Doom Machine
Episode: 21
Genre: Super Science/ Robots
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Irritated by human failings, a scientist working to harness
solar power creates a robot to assist him in his efforts, because robots - as
everyone knows - are incapable of error.....
Another version was produced a decade later for Suspense
The Earth vs. Alexander Corday
*LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
Explorers from Space *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
Flower of Evil *LOST*
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The First Men *LOST*
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The Flying Saucers
Genre:Aliens
Available for Listening Booth: Y
An alien spacecraft appears over an
Air Force base; in a dazzling display of military logic, the local general
decides the wisest response is to shoot at it - igniting a series of
rather unfortunate consequences.
Reviews:
My favorite episode of the series. It has all the
elements of great 50's sci-fi...fear of the strange & unknown, a bit of
suspense & mystery and the unexpected twist ending. To top it all off,
the episode was excellently produced & acted. The music & sound effects
are very good in this series, and are particularly well-done in this episode.
~Highly \recommended!
- Douglas Hoyer
The Giant Walks
Episode: 35
Genre: Super Science
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A megalomaniacal scientist concocts a
serum that makes men into titans, with the intention of creating a super race
for world conquest.
Reviews:
A great "Mad Scientist" story. One of
the best in the series IMO. The 2000 PLUS acting troupe was quite good
and gives a particularly effective performance in this episode. Listen for Henry
Norrell's performance as Dr. Ellsworth is particular. Highly recommended
episode! - Douglas Hoyer
The Green Thing
Episode: 29
Genre: Aliens
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Patients at a sanitarium complain of
sharing the same nightmare of a 'green thing' threatening them in their sleep.
But how can they all be having the exact same dream?
Reviews:
One of the best episodes of the
series...excellent acting & production...good air of mystery, very
suspenseful. Classic 50's sci-fi from start to finish. ~4 stars. - Douglas
Hoyer
The Hosts Above the Thunder *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Insect
Episode: 10
Genre: Super Science
Available for Listening Booth: Y
The wife of a scientist experimenting on
enlarging organisms gets trapped in his lab by one of his more 'successful'
efforts.
Reviews:
Apparently the skies were just chocked-full of giant
insects back in the 50's (along w/ all the saucers of course). Well...this show
has got some of 'em, and a very melodramatic episode this is indeed! Listen for
the wife's performance in particular. Great stuff---recommended! - Douglas Hoyer
Journey into a Germ World *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Living Dead *LOST*
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The Man who Conquered Time *LOST*
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The Man who Tried to Stop June 8th *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Men from Mars
Episode: 03
Genre: Aliens
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Two kids, denied the opportunity to take a
trip to Mars, decide to build their own damn rocket.
Reviews:
The textbook definition of 'corn'. - Alex diPietro.
A good introduction to the series. The vision of the future year
2040 is quite amusing. The story--though slightly predictable--is good and the
production is very good...well-acted and
the sound is very effective--as it is in the entire series. - Douglas Hoyer
The Other Man
aka 'The Man who Found Himself'
Episode: 13
Genre: Super Science
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Scott Douglas returns home one
evening to discover that he is being sought by the World Security Police for
murder. And so is Scott Douglas.....
A later version appeared on Theater
Five as 'Molecule Masquerade'
The Robot Killer
Genre: Robots
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A suburban couple win a robotic house
servant in a contest; sounds ideal, except that wifey is mentally unstable, with
a taste for homicide.
Reviews:
Hysterical fear of technology. It just doesn't
get any better than that! Listen for the "future" ads on "Happy
Sam's" show...quite amusing. ~4 stars. - Douglas Hoyer
The Rocket and the Skull
Genre:Aliens
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Communist spies, saboteurs, and
extraterrestrials intrigue over a critical American space launch.
Reviews:
Mystery! Suspense!! Spies!!! Martians!!!! --What
more could you ask for? If you only listen to one episode of 2000 PLUS...you
couldn't do much better than to listen to this one. BTW...this story's
"future" (2006) has already passed! - Douglas Hoyer
Rocket to the Moon *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
The Silent Noise *LOST*
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Space Wreck
Episode: 16
Genre: Space Travel
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Titanic in space - on its maiden
voyage, the interplanetary passenger liner Golden Star is struck by a
meteor and set adrift .
Reviews:
Join 750 passengers aboard "The Golden
Star" luxury space cruise liner...and get LOST IN SPACE!! An amusing note:
listen for words about 'Super-atomic calculating machines". --Don't we all
want one of those? :D ...One of the better episodes. ~4 stars - Douglas
Hoyer
The Temples of the Pharaoh
Genre: Time Travel
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Two astronauts fall through a time warp
and crash-land in ancient Egypt, where they find themselves guests in the court
of the Pharaoh.
Reviews:
The quality of this recording is a bit on the
poor side, but it is an excellent production and quite an interesting tale...and
2000 Plus's only time travel story. ~5 stars! - Douglas Hoyer
That Which Lives in a Steel Head
*LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
Time Out of Hand *LOST*
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Under the Sea *LOST*
Available for Listening Booth: N
When the Machines Went Mad
Episode: 07
Genre: Dystopian Future
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A small knot of revolutionaries challenge
the tyrannical Master Controller of a future computerized city.
Reviews:
This episode's plotline is ones of the classic ones of
the fifties...fear of technology run wild...and writer Donald Stapleton does an
admirable job of encompassing that fear, as does the
great cast in portraying it. As with all good sci-fi of the era--and as usual in
2000PLUS--there is a good twist ending. See if it surprises you! - Douglas
Hoyer
When the Worlds Met
Episode: 08
Genre: Aliens
Available for Listening Booth: Y
Martians arrive on Earth to deliver a dire
warning to the primitive, warlike natives.
Reviews:
One of the best episodes of the series. Well
produced & acted. The sound effects are particularly "effective"
in this episode. Good ending. Classic 50's sci-fi---recommended. - Douglas
Hoyer
Worlds Apart
Episode: 36
Genre: Space Exploration
Available for Listening Booth: Y
A space expedition returning from Neptune
find themselves arrested and imprisoned for reasons unknown.
Reviews:
uite a good
episode. You may think you have it all figured out...but the ending may still
surprise you a bit. --This is also one of the better recordings... ~4
stars - Douglas Hoyer
