There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.

It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.

It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition,

and it lies between the pit of man's fears

and the summit of his knowledge.

This is the dimension of imagination.

It is an area which we call the twilight zone.

The Twilight Zone that we will be discussing tonight is actually adapted from a radio play.

And surprisingly, it's actually the only Twilight Zone episode to be adapted from a radio play.

Now, I say surprisingly because Rod Serling was a fan of radio serials, it was very much the entertainment, the home entertainment of the time when he was growing up and obviously that's what people listen to so he probably heard a lot of them.

But saying that perhaps it isn't that surprising because if you listen to DimensionX, a show that we put out on DimensionX radio.com, you know, a lot of people compare these stories to the Twilight Zone. They say, you know, this is like a radio version of the Twilight Zone.

Personally, while I think they are great stories and I love that show, I don't think they're like the Twilight Zone for the most part at all.

And they do have a twist in the tale often, but still, there's still not quite that Twilight Zone feel about them.

And the same goes for suspense, the other show that we put out, except maybe for this story.

Orson Welles performed the play originally and different sources will claim that different performances are the first performance.

The book Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic lists the first time as being first broadcast

on suspense in 1942 and then on Philip Morris Playhouse a month later and then four years

later on Mercury's Summer Theatre on air.

But if you listen to the suspense version of this story, Orson Welles does make mention

of performing the play before a year earlier on Mercury Theatre.

Now I really like these versions myself and if you were to push me on it I'd say that

I probably like him just as much

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