Experimental Moments: R.U.R. and the Birth of British Television Science Fiction

Derek Johnston

doi:10.1353/sff.0.0079

Experimental Moments: R.U.R. and the Birth of British Television Science Fiction

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Drawing on material from the BBC Written Archive Centre, this article examines the earliest sf dramas broadcast by the BBC Television Service: two adaptations of Karel Capek's "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots") from 1938 and 1948. These productions are used as sites of formal experimentation with the possibilities of the new medium, representing one aspect of contemporary debates about the purpose of television and the style it would assume.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-268
Number of pages	18
Journal	Science Fiction Film and Television
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/sff.0.0079
Publication status	Published - 2009

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