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June 7, 2010 10:44 AM

The Martians And Us a BBC documentary series on the history of British science fiction. Part 1 - 'From Apes To Aliens' (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Part 2 - 'Trouble In Paradise' (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Part 3 - The End Of The World As We Know It (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Bonus feature. How to be Sci Fi (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) where the distinguished thespian Nicholas Craig explains the art, and indeed science, of science fiction acting.

posted by fearfulsymmetry (7 comments total)

Oooooooh. THANK YOU!
posted by zarq at 11:00 AM on June 7, 2010

I'll be in my bunk...
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 11:22 AM on June 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

Awesome! It'll take me forever to watch all these.
posted by Liquidwolf at 12:14 PM on June 7, 2010

Never been happier that I can stream videos from YouTube to my XBox/TV...


except the last time I said this about a collection of YT links as part of a seemingly brilliant post.


Can't wait to get around to watching this one at home.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 1:13 PM on June 7, 2010

Oh my lord, you're all in for a treat. I *loved* this short season when it was on BBC4. Great post!
posted by Jofus at 1:31 PM on June 7, 2010

A bit Who-heavy, but quite splendid otherwise. Yay!
posted by Sys Rq at 3:13 PM on June 7, 2010

Yeah, this is quality stuff. I especially liked the focus, in the third episode, on apocalyptic fiction. Threads is absolutely bone-chilling.
posted by slackdog at 4:59 PM on June 7, 2010