In 1970, a team of scientists decrypts a mysterious signal from space with instructions to create a supercomputer. This in turn contains instructions to create a living organism.
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Series Cast Summary
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Professor Ernest Reinhart
(7 episodes, 1961)
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Patricia Kneale | ... |
Judy Adamson
(7 episodes, 1961)
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| Peter Halliday | ... |
John Fleming
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(7 episodes, 1961)
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| Noel Johnson | ... |
J.M. Osborne
(6 episodes, 1961)
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| Julie Christie | ... |
Andromeda
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(6 episodes, 1961)
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| Donald Stewart | ... |
General Vandenberg
(5 episodes, 1961)
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| Geoffrey Lewis | ... |
Doctor Geers
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(5 episodes, 1961)
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| Mary Morris | ... |
Professor Madeleine Dawnay
(4 episodes, 1961)
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| John Hollis | ... |
Kaufman
(4 episodes, 1961)
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Peter Henchie | ... |
Egon
(4 episodes, 1961)
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| Frank Windsor | ... |
Dennis Bridger
(3 episodes, 1961)
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John Murray Scott | ... |
Harvey
(3 episodes, 1961)
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Brenda Peters | ... |
Secretary to Osborne
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(3 episodes, 1961)
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Ernest Hare | ... |
Minister of Science Ratcliff
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(3 episodes, 1961)
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John Rowlands | ... |
Lab Assistant
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(3 episodes, 1961)
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| Anthony Valentine | ... |
Corporal
(2 episodes, 1961)
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| Jack May | ... |
Major Quadring
(2 episodes, 1961)
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Maurice Hedley | ... |
The Prime Minister
(2 episodes, 1961)
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| John Nettleton | ... |
Harries
(2 episodes, 1961)
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Peter Ducrow | ... |
Doctor Hunter
(2 episodes, 1961)
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Peter King | ... |
Newsreader
(2 episodes, 1961)
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David King | ... |
Minister of Defence Burdett
(2 episodes, 1961)
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| Barry Jackson | ... |
1st Sentry
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(2 episodes, 1961)
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Robert S. Young | ... |
Commissionaire
(1 episode, 1961)
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Felicity Mason | ... |
Secretary to Quadring
(1 episode, 1961)
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Bernard Kilby | ... |
Whelan
(1 episode, 1961)
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Timothy Harley | ... |
Fitter
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Hugh Lund | ... |
Lieutenant de Felice
(1 episode, 1961)
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Derek Lanyon | ... |
2nd Sentry
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Frederick Treves | ... |
Captain Lovell
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Mary Chester | ... |
Grace
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Ken Wynne | ... |
Cluton-Danvers
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Kenneth Kendall | ... |
Self - Interviewer
(1 episode, 1961)
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Margaret Denyer | ... |
Mrs. Tate-Allan
(1 episode, 1961)
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| Jack Gwillim | ... |
Air Commodore Watling
(1 episode, 1961)
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Richard Mayes | ... |
Teacher
(1 episode, 1961)
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Terry Lodge | ... |
Jenkins
(1 episode, 1961)
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Forster Norris | ... |
BBC Interviewer
(1 episode, 1961)
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| John Barrett | ... |
Oldroyd
(1 episode, 1961)
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Anne Hudson | ... |
Nurse
(1 episode, 1961)
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Nigel Clayton | ... |
Private Secretary
(1 episode, 1961)
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Michael Hayes | ... |
Countdown Announcer
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(uncredited)
(2 episodes, 1961)
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Bill Ellis | ... |
Lab Assistant
(uncredited)
(2 episodes, 1961)
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Tina Matthews | ... |
Nurse
(uncredited)
(2 episodes, 1961)
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| Kenneth Colley | ... |
Dead Body
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1961)
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| John Scott Martin | ... |
Lab Assistant
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(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1961)
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John Caesar | ... |
MP Corporal
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1961)
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Bill Sellars | ... |
Ministerial P.A.
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1961)
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Rex Rashley | ... |
Civil Servant
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(1 episode, 1961)
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Peter Holmes | ... |
Lab Assistant
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1961)
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Production Companies
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- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1961) (United Kingdom) (tv)
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Storyline
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In 1970, a team of scientists decipher a mysterious signal from space and discover that it provides instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once built, this computer provokes argument between two of leading team members, Fleming and Dawnay, over the machine's real intentions as it provides further instructions to create a living organism, which Dawnay starts to develop. Later it appears to compel lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and when the organism is fully developed, it appears in the exact form of Christine, and named Andromeda. But what is the purpose of this "creature"? Written by Anonymous |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Little of this series remains. Until 2006, only approximately fifteen minutes (the fourth and fifth film reels) of the final episode survived, plus some clips including the titles. The sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962), survives in its entirety. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Random Shoes (2006). See more » |