Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction

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Dominic Sandbrook

John Das

Ben Southwell

Michael Poole

William Shatner

Nichelle Nichols

Anthony Daniels

Kenny Baker

Zoe Saldana

Neil Gaiman

Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction: Episode 1: Space

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Episode 1: Space

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Dominic Sandbrook looks at science fiction's enduring fascination with outer space.

A series exploring the science fiction genre. Dominic Sandbrook looks at writers' enduring fascination with outer space, dating back to the 19th century with Jules Verne.

Series in which historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the most innovative and imaginative of all genres - science fiction. He is joined by leading writers and film-makers, who tell the inside story of their best-known works. 

In this first episode, Dominic looks at science fiction's enduring fascination with outer space, from Jules Verne's pioneering 19th-century vision of a voyage to the moon to the galaxy far, far away of Star Wars. 

Along the way we learn what Star Trek has in common with the British navy, the deep sea inspiration for Avatar, how Ursula K Le Guin captured the 1960s sexual revolution in her acclaimed novel The Left Hand of Darkness, how Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey seem so believable, and why a man in a dressing gown became one of science fiction's best-loved heroes in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 

Among the interviewees are William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek), Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker (Star Wars), Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and author Neil Gaiman.

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Historian Dominic Sandbrook and leading creators tell the story of science fiction.

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