A for Andromeda

The Machine

Directed by Michael Hayes
S1 • E2    Oct 9, 1961    45m
7.0
Fleming has decoded the message, which he thinks is a set of mathematical instructions for constructing a computer of complexity beyond anything in existence. The authorities give the go-ahead for the building of the computer at Thorness, in Scotland. the military, politicians and scientific community all prepare in their own way for what the construction of the computer will mean. meanwhile, knowledge of the message becomes public and Britain is thrown into panic.

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Cast of The Machine

  • Esmond KnightProfessor Ernest Reinhart
  • Patricia KnealeJudy Adamson
  • Peter HallidayJohn Fleming
  • Noel JohnsonJ.M. Osborne
  • Jack GwillimAir Commodore Watling
  • John NettletonHarries
  • Frank WindsorDennis Bridger
  • Donald StewartGeneral Vandenberg
  • John HollisKaufman
  • Geoffrey LewisDoctor Geers
  • Julie ChristieChristine Jones
  • Michael HayesDirector / Producer
  • Fred HoyleWriter
  • John ElliotWriter
  • Norman JamesProducer

 

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