OTRR maintained 2000 Plus v2211 (985 MB on Windows/17 episodes plus related) is available for download from Dropbox, OneDrive or pCloud. Thanks to all those who made this collection possible.

 

IMPORTANT: This is being distributed as one zip file. In Windows, right-click on the file and choose Extract all.

 

These links will be available for 30 days. The episodes of this set will be available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@otrr starting November 12.

 

Synopsis:

 

Two Thousand Plus was arguably the first radio anthology science fiction series for adults, arriving on the Mutual Broadcasting Network about a month before the better-known Destination X debuted on NBC. Airing March 15, 1950, to December 26, 1951, it was created by Sherman H. Dryer and produced with Robert Weenolsen. There were earlier series with science fiction themes like the 1941 series Latitude Zero, and juvenile serials like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Flash Gordon, but, except for an audition episode of Beyond Tomorrow (produced February 23, 1950, but it is unclear whether the series was ever actually broadcast, though it was announced in newspapers in April of that year), this was the first science fiction series for adults.

Unlike its contemporary counterpart Destination X which used scripts derived from published stories, 2000 Plus produced all original stories penned by Dryer and various staff writers, positing what life would be like in “the years beyond 2000 AD.”  The resulting stories were of uneven quality, and often reflected a paranoia about changes brought by technological advances.

After airing on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM in New York for more than a year, the series bounced around the Mutual schedule in 1951 before airing its final episode at the end of that year. Of the nearly 90 episodes that were broadcast, only 16 are known to exist.

A pioneering science fiction series that is often overshadowed by the better-known series Destination X, X Minus One, and Exploring Tomorrow, 2000 Plus is worth revisiting, particularly for science fiction fans wanting to hear original stories not published or adapted elsewhere.