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My Science Fiction Life
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Science fiction and the family

"When you're a speccy geek kid, it doesn't hurt to have a great character like Brains in the thick of things." paulg1974

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Paul Cornell

Writer Paul Cornell talks about how Doctor Who changed his life for the better.

Recommended recollections

A selection of the best recollections on the site picked by you, the users.

"No film or any other performance of the War of the world's caught the spirit of the original quite like Jeff Wayne's version." BobSteele on War of the Worlds musical

"I was not alone in my love for the show, and throughout its screening, Tripods ruled the playground as well as the TV screens." GrahamDRichards on The Tripods

"There are movies ten years younger that look ten years older." Sourdust on Blade Runner

"Our vicar kindly moved the service forward by 15 minutes to accommodate those of us that wanted to rush home to listen to Journey into Space." angelicSpaceboy on Journey into Space

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My Science Fiction Life TV show

My Science Fiction Life on TV

Watch clips from BBC Four's TV programme. Scientists, artists and contributors to this site explain how they've been inspired by science fiction.

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Classic Choice
Lisa Harrow as Liz in Star Maidens

Star Maidens

"The plotting is wildly improbable, and yet it is always compelling and wonderful fun. It is science fiction made in the style of a 1970s British sex comedy," says LondonJonnyMorris about Star Maidens.

Themes in SF
Nuclear explosion

A very British catastrophe

Science fiction is littered with tales of ruin - why are the British obssessed with the end of the world?

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Your recollections...
Tom Baker as Doctor Who

Small screen, big impression

Devoted to the Doctor, terrified by Tripods, and blown away by Blake - readers recall their top TV science fiction memories.

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