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tectile · Post by **tectile** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:24 am

I read a book sometime in the mid 70s that was titled "The complete guide to science fiction in television movies and radio" or something like that.

The book made reference to a short lived BBC television show called "Alpha" about a beautiful female android. It was broadcast sometime in the late 50s or early 60s.

All of the above facts could be totally wrong. The book was a library checkout and it has been thirty years since I read it.

I recently found a BBC radio drama called "Alpha" about a female AI and the priest sent to deal with her/it.

The audio quality isn't good and the story is slow but here's the link if you have an hour to kill.

http://radiomensa.podomatic.com/entry/2 ... 3_07-08_00

revtek · Post by **revtek** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:18 am

Are you sure that wasn't "A for Andromeda"?

tectile wrote:I read a book sometime in the mid 70s that was titled "The complete guide to science fiction in television movies and radio" or something like that.

The book made reference to a short lived BBC television show called "Alpha" about a beautiful female android. It was broadcast sometime in the late 50s or early 60s.

All of the above facts could be totally wrong. The book was a library checkout and it has been thirty years since I read it.

I recently found a BBC radio drama called "Alpha" about a female AI and the priest sent to deal with her/it.

The audio quality isn't good and the story is slow but here's the link if you have an hour to kill.

http://radiomensa.podomatic.com/entry/2 ... 3_07-08_00

tectile · Post by **tectile** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:54 pm

Yup, It was "A for Andromeda".

Thanks for the correction.

noidguy · Post by **noidguy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:24 am

I have the book "A for Andromeda", but haven't read it. If I remember right, didn't it have something to do with an alien communication to earth giving instructions on how to build a female robot? I thought it was kinda like the basis of the "Species" idea.

tectile · Post by **tectile** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:59 am

I did find some info from the BBC and the story line does involve aliens with instructions.

If any aliens are monitoring this board, I would be happy to have some detailed plans. I have a band saw, table saw, router, complete set of sockets and wrenches metric and SAE a collection of jewelers tools and a soldering iron

There is a newer book called "Alpha".

http://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Catherine-A ... 325&sr=8-2

foo · Post by **foo** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:10 am

The instructions relayed are initially for the construction of a computer. The computer then requires an "interface".

Incidentally, the BBC remade A for Andromeda as a one-off drama (90 minutes?) a couple of years ago as part of a season of programmes on British sci-fi. In the remake, the "interface" is portrayed as biological rather than mechanical.

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