The Real History of Science Fiction
UK,
2014, 43 min
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)
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