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The Martians and Us

Episode 3: The End of the World as We Know It

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about the history of British science fiction. A look at the genre of destruction, where the writers abandon time travel and alien invasion and declare the end of the world as we know it.

Including floods, plagues, poisonous clouds and walking plants, from late Victorian disasters like The Purple Cloud, through Day of the Triffids and TV series like Survivors. Show less

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