A for Andromeda

Oct 03, 1961 (en) Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy [45] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 03, 1961
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    A for Andromeda
  • Release
    Oct 03, 1961
  • en
    -

Overview

Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature" ...?

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Esmond Knight

    Professor Ernest Reinhart

  2. Patricia Kneale

    Judy Adamson

  3. Peter Halliday

    John Fleming

  4. Noel Johnson

    J.M. Osborne

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 4 / Crews : 3

Season 1 ( 1961-10-03)

The Message

Episode: 1

The Machine

Episode: 2

The Miracle

Episode: 3

The Monster

Episode: 4

The Murderer

Episode: 5

The Face of the Tiger

Episode: 6

The Last Mystery

Episode: 7
Oct 03, 1961 (en)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
[45] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 03, 1961
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato 50%
Original Title A for Andromeda
en

Overview

Set in 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature" ...?

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer