A for Andromeda

Name: A for Andromeda
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1961-10-03
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Esmond Knight, Peter Halliday, Patricia Kneale, Noel Johnson, Julie Christie

5.5First aired 1961-10-03Last aired 1961-11-14Status: Ended

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Networks: BBC Television

Overview

In the not-too-distant future of 1970, a mysterious signal from space arrives with instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once completed, the evice's motives provokes discourse between scientists John Fleming and Madeleine Dawnay as further instructions are to create a living organism, which Dawnay develops. The entity compels lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and, upon manifestation, adopts her form, now known as Andromeda.