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26th Jul 2012, 1:21 AM #1
Season 7 - contemporary sci-fi
The 1970s were pretty much the "golden age" for British sci-fi, and it wouldn't be until the late 2000s that British-made sci-fi would be so prominent on the small screen again.
As has become our custom, let's take a look at contemporary Sci-Fi from 1970.
On the BBC, we had:
Doomwatch - a collaboration between Gerry Davis and Dr Kit Pedler, which started up during Doctor Who and the Silurians
And that was about it on the BBC. On ITV, there was also:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - while it didn't start during Season 7 of Doctor Who, its final episodes of its original run were on TV during the early part of Season 7.
Timeslip - a children's sci-fi show dealing with the uses and abuses of sci-fi.
UFO - a Gerry Anderson creation (his first live-action thing), and it ran in September 1970, after Season 7 had finished running.
At this point, American sci-fi was pretty much non-existant on TV.
On the big-screen the following big movies were released:
The Horror of Frankenstein - one of many Hammer Horror productions.
Colossus: The Forbin Project - a giant computer becomes sentient and tries to take over the world (sound familiar?)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes - the second of the Planet of the Apes movies.
What are your favourite pieces of science fiction from 1970? Have I missed anything out? We want to know YOUR thoughts!
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