MAC 387 SFTV 2018-19

27/08/2017

While most remembered for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hooper also directed the seminal TV horror, Salems Lot - one of the first genuinely frightening TV miniseries from the late 1970s. You'll hear more about that in the horror TV lecture.

The master of horror, who also directed Poltergeist and TV miniseries Salem's Lot, dies at 74.

21/08/2017

New MAC387 students will hear of Aldiss in week one of the module.

He is best known as the writer of the story that inspired 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

15/12/2016

Interesting piece. Is SF leading the way in this?

Rogue One actress Felicity Jones hails "a wonderful moment for cinema" with so many female action heroes.

12/12/2016

A reminder that this weeks screenings are the season openers to Westworld and Humans

30/11/2016

Celebrate 50 years of Star Trek at Cineclub this evening. From 5pm we'll be screening three classic episodes spanning the original series through to Voyager. Boldly go to the media centre cinema tonight.

28/11/2016

Doctor Who News: Delia Derbyshire honoured in Coventry - http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/11/delia-derbyshire-honoured-in-coventry.html #.WDyAaYTGeco.twitter

Doctor Who News is the unofficial repository of news, reviews, products and events about the series and its spin-offs, plus regular competitions.

28/11/2016

Key Reading
Merrick, Helen 'Gender in Science Fiction' in James, Edward and Mendlesohn, Farah (eds) (2003) The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. London: Cambridge University Press. p241-252.

Roberts, Adam (2006) Science Fiction. London: Routledge. p71-93.

21/11/2016

Just looking at the current MAC387 banner picture and it's scary just how few of these characters have made it into season 7

21/11/2016

Former MAC387 student - he'll be on BBC Look North later too (BBC1, from 6.30)

A missing Doctor Who episode is brought back to life with the help of an animator from Sunderland.

17/11/2016

Apologies although published via SunSpace I forgot to put on Facebook - for week 8
Key Reading

Helford, Elyce Rae (2006) 'OK, homeboys, let's posse!' Masculine Anxiety, Gender, Race and Class in Red Dwarf' in Cook, John and Wright, Peter (eds) British Science Fiction Television. London: I.B. Tauris. p240-262.

Simpson, MJ (2006) Counterpointing the Surrealism of the Underlying Metaphor in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' in Cook, John and Wright, Peter (eds) British Science Fiction Television. London: I.B. Tauris. p219-239.

Geraghty, Lincoln (2009) 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' in American Science Fiction Film and Television. Oxford: Berg. p79-81.

17/11/2016

Great to see so many of you in lecture today given the room change and Employability week. As mentioned in lecture there will be a slight change to schedule - Rob will deliver his Franchising Fantasy lecture next week and I'll do Gender in week 10. I'll email students via SunSpace.

12/11/2016

We head back to the 80s next week - neon and chrome all the way (except British SF, which remained sticky-backed plastic and cardboard)