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My Science Fiction Life
Star Trek crew

Pride in science fiction

"If you view this series in the context of the time it was made it is totally revolutionary." FREETHINKER

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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.

"Probably the greatest TV tie-in of all time. They had crossover stories between XL5, Stingray and Lady Penelope." jamxl5 on TV Century 21

"It marked a turning point in TV science fiction due to its conception as one story arc spanning five years." TheBebopcowboy on Babylon 5

"I have a vivid childhood memory of Steel stuck on barbed wire and of being scared silly about photographs for weeks." ThursdayLast on Sapphire and Steel

"I remember as I child hoping I might be next to 'break out'... that was the joy of it - it could be your turn next!" m_gillyon on The Tomorrow People

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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
Gollancz SF Masterworks series cover for Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

"What kind of society would grow up where there is no male or female?" wonders Yehedarhed, prompted by The Left Hand of Darkness.
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Themes in SF
Scene from the BBC television dramatisation of Nineteen Eighty Four

The Great British Dystopia

Experts explore why British Science Fiction says tomorrow's world will be a horrible place...

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Your recollections...
2001: A Space Odyssey

Big Screen Memories

From 2001 to Robocop, Star Wars to Zardoz and everything inbetween - readers recall their seminal science fiction moments.

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