The Real History of Science Fiction
Cast:
Mark Gatiss (narrator), Christopher Lloyd, Neil Gaiman, Gale Anne Hurd, Michio Kaku, Phil Tippett, Douglas Trumbull, John Carpenter, Richard Dreyfuss, Keir Dullea, William Gibson, Karen Gillan (more)Plots(1)
What if aliens landed on Earth? Much of science fiction explores the moment of first contact – what will people do when the aliens land? From H. G. Wells' pioneering The War of the Worlds to Independence Day, Men in Black and District 9, this episode deals with our fears of alien invasions of earth. (Prime Video)
Cast
![Mark Gatiss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/812/160812007_185f4e.jpg)
Mark Gatiss (narrator)
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Christopher Lloyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/127/165127717_176be2.jpg)
Christopher Lloyd
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Over the Garden Wall (2014) (series)
![Neil Gaiman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274155_8d5905.jpg)
Neil Gaiman
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Big Bang Theory (2007) (series)
Good Omens (2019) (series)
![Gale Anne Hurd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309443_c88a43.jpg)
Gale Anne Hurd
USA
Best series:
The Walking Dead (2010) (series)
![Michio Kaku](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431613_9a6aa7.jpg)
Michio Kaku
USA
Best series:
Mars (2016) (series)
![Phil Tippett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/703/165703656_ac7592.jpg)
Phil Tippett
USA
![Douglas Trumbull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781220_b59ae7.jpg)
Douglas Trumbull
USA
![John Carpenter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/269/165269569_8c0a00.jpg)
John Carpenter
USA
Best series:
John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023) (series) - narrator
![Richard Dreyfuss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/392/164392674_b434d1.png)
Richard Dreyfuss
USA
Best series:
Weeds (2005) (series)
Parenthood (2010) (series)
Family Guy (1999) (series)
![Keir Dullea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/104/162104397_db7b6f.png)
Keir Dullea
USA
![William Gibson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781224_cacd76.jpg)
William Gibson
USA
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
Upload (2020) (series)
Wild Palms (1993) (series)
![Karen Gillan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/940/163940560_82ce1a.jpg)
Karen Gillan
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Night and the Doctor (2011) (series)
Pond Life (2012) (series)
![Rutger Hauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/860/162860715_f6e54d.png)
Rutger Hauer
Netherlands
Best series:
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Galavant (2015) (series)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
![John Landis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/891/166891466_e3ea40.jpg)
John Landis
USA
Best series:
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) (series)
The Stand (1994) (series)
Eek! the Cat (1992) (series)
![Steven Moffat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318160_b35bca.jpg)
Edward Neumeier
USA
Ed Solomon
USA
Best series:
Mosaic (2018) (series)
![David Tennant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/249/162249666_280cf9.jpg)
David Tennant
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Legend of Vox Machina (2022) (series)
Staged (2020) (series)
![Chris Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273933_caad66.jpg)
Chris Carter
USA
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series)
Millennium (1996) (series)
The Lone Gunmen (2001) (series)
![Peter Coyote](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267412_1d2df5.jpg)
Peter Coyote
USA
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Road to Avonlea (1990) (series)