Orbit One Zero [British science fiction radio drama] BBC

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Orbit One Zero aired in 1961 and was a British science fiction radio drama where the plot involved the search for a source of gamma radiation in space and the discovery of a mysterious cylinder on a remote island. The radiation source of the cylinder becomes important to the final resolution of the story.

An astronomer in residence at an English university receives a call from a colleague who claims to have picked up intelligent signals originating from the edges of the Solar System. His investigation of the matter leads to the discovery of strange glowing cylinders which suck both heat and matter from everything around it. Unchecked, they could turn the Earth into a freezer as cold as deepest space.

In 6 parts, mp3 files, total running time 02h54m57s