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4. Quatermass to Christopher Nolan
Space travel redefines human potential, reviving exploration and conquest while inspiring innovation and unity as we reach for the cosmos.
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Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age is a documentary TV series that premiered on Sky Arts on April 3, 2025. It has 1 season and 4 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 4 "Quatermass to Christopher Nolan", aired on April 24, 2025.
This four-part series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age. It looks at the creation of the atomic bomb by Robert Oppenheimer and others, the Cold War, and the many varieties of science fiction expression in all media.
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4 episodes · 1 season
2025 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
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Space travel redefines human potential, reviving exploration and conquest while inspiring innovation and unity as we reach for the cosmos.
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A look at the genre's ability to foretell the shape of future society, touching on the works of Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood and American writer Ted Chiang. Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale created a more political, dystopian model to illustrate relations between genders becoming oppressive. Though not a prolific author, Chiang has produced prestigious works such as Arrival, Understand and Division by Zero.
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This episode focuses on the work of authors including Arthur C Clarke and Ray Bradbury.
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This episode explores early science-fiction writers, including Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and HG Wells (Things to Come and The Time Machine). Plus, the possibility of nuclear apocalypse, as portrayed in works including Herman Kahn's On Thermonuclear War, Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe, Nevil Shute's On the Beach and Peter Watkins' The War Game.
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The most recent episode of Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age, Season 1 Episode 4 "Quatermass to Christopher Nolan", aired on April 24, 2025.
Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age has 1 season with 4 episodes in total.
Wonderland: Science Fiction in the Atomic Age first aired on Sky Arts on April 3, 2025.
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