An adventure in the conquest of space was a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by B. D. Chapman. Only a single series was produced which was broadcast by the BBC Light Programme on Monday evenings in late 1959. Presumed to have been wiped and lost, a set of discs of the entire series, recorded for the BBC Transcription Service, was discovered and restored. Since 2016, Orbiter X has occasionally been repeated on the BBC's archive station, BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Plot
Orbiter X Radio Show
The fictional Commonwealth Space Project (CSP), based in Woomera, South Australia, is working to build a space station orbiting a thousand miles above the Earth's surface:[2] Orbiter X. Planned to be a refuelling station for further space exploration, along with laboratories and other services, the CSP has launched the various components for the space station into orbit.
But before construction can begin, the first assembly ship, Orbiter 1, is seemingly attacked and loses contact with CSP Control. A second ship, Orbiter 2, piloted by Captain Bob Britton (John Carson), sent to rescue the first crew finds Orbiter 1 deserted and the spacecraft's log missing. Orbiter 2 is also attacked by a UFO and Flight Engineer 'Hicky' (Barrie Gosney) seriously injured. With their spacecraft crippled, the crew have no alternative but to abandon ship and place themselves at the mercy of their attackers. Once aboard the UFO, they meet Commander Gelbin (Arthur Lawrence), the deputy leader of the Unity organisation: a group of technocrats who plan to use Orbiter X themselves and create a New World Order.
Orbiter X - 01 The First Step to the Stars.mp3
Orbiter X - 02 Conflict in Space.mp3
Orbiter X - 03 The Master Plan.mp3
Orbiter X - 04 Flight to the Moon.mp3
Orbiter X - 05 Inside the Moon Station.mp3
Orbiter X - 07 Price of Survival.mp3
Orbiter X - 08 Marooned in Space.mp3
Orbiter X - 09 Operation Salvage.mp3
Orbiter X - 10 Return to Woomera.mp3
Orbiter X - 11 A Flight Against Time.mp3
Orbiter X - 12 Building the Space Station.mp3
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