A for Andromeda

It feels like watching a slow descent into existential dread as artificial intelligence begins to assert its will.

Created by

Fred Hoyle

Genres

Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Esmond Knight, Peter Halliday, Patricia Kneale

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.

How it feels

Eerie, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Technology, identity, power, morality

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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