What happens
Dudley and his father travel in Dudley's time machine to the year 100,080 and find a gentle, childlike people living in a sunlit valley. Their machine is soon taken away, and the travellers must uncover what lies beneath the surface of this peaceful world. Escape is an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The Time Machine, broadcast in 1950 with John Dehner in the lead. The episode first aired on October 22, 1950. The portion of the story recounted here covers the travellers' arrival, their friendship with the little people, and their discovery that their machine has been stolen.
The year 100,080, a lush garden valley inhabited by small childlike people, and the dark tunnels beneath them where the Morlocks live.
Characters: Dudley, Dudley's father, Weena
Listen for: The mystery of the stolen time machine and the strange, eerie presence of the Morlocks.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.