Andra (novel)
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| Author | Louise Lawrence |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1971 |
Andra is a 1971 science fiction novel, the first novel by English writer Louise Lawrence.[1]
In 1976 it was made into a children's television program by ABC Television.
Plot
The book was set 2000 years from now, after the world was destroyed by war leaving the earth knocked off its rotation and the ground above to become a desolate frozen wasteland with everyone that survived living below the ground in underground cities.
The main story revolves around Andra, a teenage girl who has a terrible accident and has to have a brain graft operation to survive. However, the only donor available was a young man that lived and died in 1987. After the operation her life is totally changed; she becomes a rebel, fighting against the rigid laws that rule society underground in Sub City One and the totalitarian authority that rules over life and death of any individual.
Television series
| Andra | |
|---|---|
| Genre | science fiction |
| Written by | Eugene Lumbers |
| Directed by | Mark Callen John Gauci |
| Starring | Lisa Peers Robert Hewett Jonathan Hardy Bruce Kerr Suzanne Dudley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Christopher Muir |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Release | 8 September 1976 |
The book was adapted into an Australian children's program and released on 8 September 1976 by the ABC-TV. The Andra TV series (8 x 30 minute episodes) is unique amongst such shows as to have been created on such as small budget that in the background, in crowd scenes, the 'crowd' is actually made up of store clothing dummies. The sets, instead of containing items of furniture, or other articles, are large white blocks piled up on each other.
The series targets a female audience but a similar Australian science fiction series, Alpha Scorpio was made a little earlier in the 70s and aimed at a male audience.
Cast
- Lisa Peers as Andra
- Robert Hewett as Syrd
- Jonathan Hardy as Shenlyn
- Bruce Kerr as Lazcaux
- Suzanne Dudley as Cromer
Episode Guide
- (10 September 1976) Andra, a young citizen in Sub City One, leaves her lecture and wanders into a supply tunnel where she is knocked over and suffers severe brain damage. Dr Lascaux asks for permission to attempt a brain graft using a 2,000-year-old brain.[2]
- (17 September 1976) A spaceship which set out 30 years ago to discover the new Earth, returns into contact, having successfully completed its mission.[3]
- (24 September 1976)
- (1 October 1976) A spaceship is prepared to explore the new planet which has been discovered. When it returns with information about the planet, it seems it must crash land and the crew will die.[4]
- (8 October 1976)
- (15 October 1976) The expedition party returns to Sub City One–without navigation charts.[5]
- (22 October 1976)
- (29 October 1976) Andra realises that the rocket ships for the new planet are about to take off and runs blindly to the surface.[6]
References
- ^ Book page at Louise Lawrence website
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 480. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 September 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 657. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 August 1978. p. 24. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 498. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 October 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 510. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 October 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Channel 3". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 522. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 October 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Andra at IMDb
- Andra TV series at AustLit (subscription required)
- Original novel at AustLit (subscription required)
- Review of book at Publishers Weekly
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