Science Fiction that we like:
The Politics of Space: 1 The Last Astronaut ABCtales.comAn example of the kind of UK science fiction in which we're interested. Contains allusions to various UK science fiction characters and...
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A shaking hand wipes Dean Jagger's pate...
Watched X - The Unknown at the weekend, a phenomenal 1956 Hammer science fiction film.Here are some preliminary notes for future exploration:According to Jimmy Sangster, the screenwriter and production...
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"Yes, it's over... He's the smaller of the two"
The National Archives Research, education & online exhibitions Exhibitions Public Information FilmsA public information film produced by The Central Office of Information and The Observer two weeks...
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"And a pub right next door to me"... "Oh no you don't."
The National Archives Research, education & online exhibitions Exhibitions Public Information FilmsAnother Central Office of Information film, or more correctly, cartoon. Entitled 'New Town', it...
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Quatermass would hang his head in shame...
Black Arrow: British Rocket Science and the Cold WarAn online seminar on the history of British Rocket Science in the post-war period. Will comment more when I get the chance. Once I do, we'll be able...
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Welcome to Avengerland
According to this site, Avengerland is "the area within half an hour's drive of the Borehamwood and Pinewood film studios" which provided many of the locations for UK television programmes. Programmes...
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"I could viddy myself very clear, running and running on like very light and...
Classic Trailers - A Clockwork OrangeI watched 'A Clockwork Orange'(Buy A Clockwork Orange from amazon.co.uk here) the other night and was surprised at just how dowdy, cold and worn out it looks. I...
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There's nothing better than an apocalypse on your doorstep
There's a brilliant scene in 'The Quatermass Xperiment' (Buy it at amazon.co.uk here) where Victor Caroon, the last surviving member of the first British mission into space and in the process of...
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We've been linked by a Triffid!
It's not every day that you can say that you've been highly commended for your efforts by an extra-terrestrial plant, but that's exactly what happened earlier today.Wyndham The Triffid has posted a...
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Worth going to college for?
The British Film Institute is a wondrously arcane institution. Living inside the National Film Theatre on London's Southbank, it fights to save the last remnants of UK moving visual culture from...
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"If this is living in the future today... I'm all for it."
I've never really been a fan of Gerry Anderson and his various miniature and not so miniature extravaganzas. There's a horrid air of 'gadget' hanging over them that stifles any interesting ideas they...
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Out on the Peninsula, the future passed by...
Archeology of the Future's been out and about this weekend. We took part in this project: Greenwich Emotion Map. The project itself is as Science Fiction as they come. Christian Nold, the artist, using...
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Science Fiction and the Suburbs
Sometimes you come across something that speaks to something inside of you that you didn't even know was there. In many ways the origin of this blog can be traced back to a single photograph. You can...
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Prospero: The Little Satellite That Could
Above us, travelling at 17,000 miles per hour, a tiny piece of British Science Fiction orbits the Earth every one hundred minutes. The final child of the British Space Programme, a satellite launched...
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Save The Devil Girl From Limbo
The above embedded video clip is from the much maligned 1954 film 'Devil Girl from Mars', starring Patricia Laffan as the titular extraterrestrial female. Going on this clip it doesn't look half as bad...
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Bank Holiday Archeology
Archeology of the future had a smashing time this bank holiday weekend, undertaking a variety of activities that relate very strongly to the purpose of this blog.The practice of the archaeology of the...
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Bank Holiday Archeology Part 2
As promised, Archeology of the Future has returned to share the remainder of our bank holiday activities with you...The Traveller On ReturningSaturday was, of course, the return of a champion, reborn...
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Techniques of Escape: John Wyndham's Chocky
Archeology of the Future has been raiding the mouldering piles of paperbacks in the cupboard under the stairs, digging through the accumulated strata to uncover some rich gems. Chocky by John Wyndham,...
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Barbican Conservatory: A virtual garden?
Come and explore the Barbican Conservatory in this 360 degree model!To further illustrate why I love the Barbican Conservatory, as discussed in this previous post, why not have a virtual look round it...
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"We're on the verge of something so ugly": Quatermass II
It is fifty years ago or so, in a place not so alien… In the greens and browns of the countryside, New Towns of tile, concrete and rational planning spring up. Roads arrive metre by metre to join them....
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