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1 online resource (44 minutes) |
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Historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the most innovative and imaginative of all genres - science fiction. He is joined by leading writers and film-makers, who tell the inside story of their best-known works. In this first episode, Dominic looks at science fiction's enduring fascination with outer space, from Jules Verne's pioneering 19th-century vision of a voyage to the moon to the galaxy far, far away of Star Wars. Along the way we learn what Star Trek has in common with the British navy, the deep sea inspiration for Avatar, how Ursula K Le Guin captured the 1960s sexual revolution in her acclaimed novel The Left Hand of Darkness, how Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey seem so believable, and why a man in a dressing gown became one of science fiction's best-loved heroes in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Among the interviewees are William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker (Star Wars), Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and author Neil Gaiman. Some of science fiction's greatest creative pioneers tell the story of sci-fi in this stunning definitive series spanning all its forms, from time travel to artificial intelligence, from space exploration to alien encounters. This thoroughly engaging series features filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists whose obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown -- and whose creations have captivated audiences around the globe. Having explored the future, the past, parallel universes and galaxies far, far away, contributors -- including actors William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Rutger Hauer, Zoe Saldana, Nathan Fillion, Richard Dreyfuss, David Tennant, Peter Weller, Christopher Lloyd, Keir Dullea and Edward James Olmos, filmmakers John Carpenter, Douglas Trumbull, Paul Verhoeven, John Landis and Doctor Who writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, authors Ursula K. Le Guin, Neil Gaiman and William Gibson -- report back on their experiences. With the help of Professors Brian Cox and Stephen Hawking, the series also explores the key scientific concepts underpinning sci-fi stories |
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Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2019) |
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In English |
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Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Space and time in literature.
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Space and time in motion pictures.
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Space and time on television.
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Science fiction.
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Space and time in literature.
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Space and time in motion pictures.
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Space and time on television.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Streaming video
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Southwell, Ben, director, producer
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British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.
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BBC America, production company.
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