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Subjects: Ray Bradbury (author), [[John Clute]] (author), [[Wendell Mendell]] (Planetary Scientist), [[Patrick Collins]] (professor of economics at Azabu University in Japan), [[Story Musgrave]] (astronaught), [[Greg Bennett]] (writer), [[Marshall Savage]] (author), [[Christopher McKay]] (planetary scientist)
Subjects: Ray Bradbury (author), [[John Clute]] (author), [[Wendell Mendell]] (Planetary Scientist), [[Patrick Collins]] (professor of economics at Azabu University in Japan), [[Story Musgrave]] (astronaut), [[Greg Bennett]] (writer), [[Marshall Savage]] (author), [[Christopher McKay]] (planetary scientist), [[Kim Stanley Robinson]] (author)


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Future Fantastic
GenreScience fiction documentary
Directed byPenny Southgate
Presented byGillian Anderson
Theme music composerHAL / real VIVID
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerEdward Briffa
ProducersDavid McNab, Jasper James
EditorsAllan Fowlie, David Sleight
Running time24 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release21 June –
30 August 1996

Future Fantastic was a British documentary television series which premiered in 1996. This show looked at the how science and science fiction complement each other, and how ideas and technologies from the past are helping to shape our future. The series was narrated by Gillian Anderson and co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Learning Channel and Pro Sieben.

Episodes

Alien

Alien: Discusses the possibility of encountering intelligent life on other planets.

Subjects: Story Musgrave (astronaught), Seth Shostak (astronomer), Frank Drake (astronomer), Jill Tarter (astronomer), Arthur C. Clarke (author), Richard F. Haines (scientist), Robert Sheaffer (UFO investigator), John Clute (author), David Bischoff (author), Glenn Campbell (Area 51 Investigator), Bob Lazar (engineer)

I, Robot

I, Robot: Discusses the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence, computers, and robots in our everyday life.

Subjects: Joe Engelberger (roboticist), Red Whittaker (roboticist), Marvin Minsky (cognitive scientist), Hans Moravec (computer scientist), Takeo Kanade (roboticist), Kevin Warwick (roboticist), Rodney Brooks (roboticist)

Starman

Starman: Looks at how we might eventually reach the stars.

Subjects: Nick Argento (historian), Arthur C. Clarke (author), Frederik Pohl (author), Yoji Kondo (author), Alan Bond (rocket engineer), Gerald A. Smith (scientist), Jack Williamson (author), Robert L. Forward (author), Michio Kaku (physicist), Patrick Moore (astronomer), Ron Miller (artist) [1] [2]

Incredible Shrinking Planet

Incredible Shrinking Planet: Looks at the future of transport, including teleportation and time travel.

Subjects: John Clute (author), Paul Moller (engineer), James R. Powers (Designer), Dennis Bushnell (NASA scientist), Brian Motts (inventor), Robert L. Forward (author), Leik Myrabo (engineer), John C. Mankins (nasa scientist), John Anderson (NASA scientist), Larry Niven (author), Marc Levoy (head of the 3D Fax Project), Anton Zeilinger (physicist)

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Brave New Body

Brave New Body: Looks into how body modification will shape our lives in the future.

Subjects: Joseph M. Rosen (plastic surgeon), Mark Pauline (roboticist), Martin Caidin (writer), Donald Humphrey (surgeon), Max More (futurist), Natasha Vita-More (author), Dr Eugene Dejuan (eye surgeon), Bruce Sterling (author), Greg Bear (author), Walter Gehring (biologist), Dr. Richard Ellenbogen (plastic surgeon)

[9] [10] [11]

Weird Science

Weird Science: Shows how we have come close to defying gravity, and achieving invisibility and perpetual energy.

Subjects: John Clute (author), Michael Burns (physicist and military systems designer), Richard A. Hull (inventor), Peter Granoel (inventor), Jim Greggs (inventor), Franklin Mead (Senior. Scientist at the Advanced Concepts Office), Frank Close (physicist), Edwin May (nuclear physicist), Richard Wiseman (psychologist) [12] [13] [14]

Brainstorm

Brainstorm: Looks at technology being put into and onto people's heads to create artificial experiences.

Subjects: John Clute (author), Dr Jonathan Walden (virtual reality engineer), Neal Stephenson (science fiction author), Richard Johnston (Human Interface Technology Lab), Dr. Andrew Junker (founder of Brainfingers), Dr Christopher Gallen (neurologist), Pat Cadigan (science fiction author), Richard Norman (bioengineer), Ted W. Berger (bioengineer) [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Underneath a purple sky

Underneath a purple sky: Looks at the future of space tourism.

Subjects: Ray Bradbury (author), John Clute (author), Wendell Mendell (Planetary Scientist), Patrick Collins (professor of economics at Azabu University in Japan), Story Musgrave (astronaut), Greg Bennett (writer), Marshall Savage (author), Christopher McKay (planetary scientist), Kim Stanley Robinson (author)

[20] [21] [22]

Immortal

Immortal: Questions whether we may ever achieve immortality.

Subjects: Marvin Minsky (cognitive scientist), Max More (futurist), Natasha Vita-More (author), Rema Greenhill, Malcolm Greenhill, Michael R. Rose (evolutionary biologist), Siegfried Hekimi (biologist), François Estear (biologist), Robert Ettinger (academic), Steve Bridge (President of Alcor), Ralph C. Merkle (nanotechnologist), Brian Stableford (author), John Clute (author), Frank Tipler (mathematical physicist), Gregory Benford (author) [23] [24] [25] [26]

Theme music

The theme music to Future Fantastic was by HAL [27] who later collaborated with Gillian Anderson on the track "Extremis" which was released by Virgin Records in 1997.[28]

References

  1. ^ glencoemodels.com [1]
  2. ^ elvieinternationalcorp.com [2]
  3. ^ freepatentsonline.com [3]
  4. ^ Digital Heritage [4]
  5. ^ afr.com [5]
  6. ^ univie.ac.at [6]
  7. ^ thunderbirdspecialties.com [7]
  8. ^ southpasadenan.com [8]
  9. ^ Manufacturing Organs: The New Industrial Revolution | Joseph Rosen | TEDxDartmouth [9]
  10. ^ researchgate.net [10]
  11. ^ ucsfhealth.org [11]
  12. ^ Richard Hull teslauniverse.com [12]
  13. ^ Jim Greggs water pump [13]
  14. ^ newsweek.com [14]
  15. ^ washington.edu [15]
  16. ^ Wired 1998 [16]
  17. ^ eMed Events [17]
  18. ^ Cyborgism: Cyborgs, Performance and Society [18]
  19. ^ ABC [19]
  20. ^ thespaceshow.com [20]
  21. ^ Wendell Mendell linkedin [21]
  22. ^ Artemis Project [22]
  23. ^ Alcor [23]
  24. ^ Wormbase [24]
  25. ^ Steve Bridge alcor profile [25]
  26. ^ Ralph Merkle [26]
  27. ^ "About HAL and Gillian's Collaboration". Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  28. ^ "Hal press conference". Virgin. 13 May 1997. Archived from the original on 27 October 2002. Retrieved 1 September 2008.


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