A for Andromeda

This seven-parter by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot transformed Julie Christie from an unknown drama student into a star. Scientists receive radio signals from the Andromeda galaxy, giving instructions for building a computer. Once on-line, the computer creates a perfect human replica, Andromeda (Christie). The machines design new innovations for the British Government, but the leading scientist John Fleming believes the computer is intent on world domination. Thanks to archive junkings in the 60s, all that survives of A for Andromeda are the titles and a film insert from part 1, and 3 reels of 16mm telerecordings from the final episode. This title sequence featured in Channel Four’s 1001 Nights (1991), in a sequence examining wiped dramas.