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S1 E14 Queens of Sci-Fi

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

12+

25m

1 Jan 2006

Witness Zsa-Zsa Gabor as The Queen of Outer Space, among many, many other royal sci-fi sisters.

Season 1, 18 Episodes

Season 1 (18 Episodes)

A Century of Science Fiction - After the End

What "things to come" will there be after man destroys himself and the world? Examine the end of the world through this passel of post-apocalyptic pictures.

A Century of Science Fiction - Alien Life Forms

Alien Life Forms,

We are not alone. Not by a long shot. We're surrounded by sci-fi flicks filled with strange visitors from other planets with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

A Century of Science Fiction - Amazing Inventions

Amazing Inventions,

Time machines, disintegrator machines, shrinking rays - they're all here, along with many more of sci-fi's greatest inventions.

A Century of Science Fiction - Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence,

Take a look back at A.I. history in film and decide whether computers are our friends or they're all H.A.L. from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

A Century of Science Fiction - Dinosaurs

Long before Jurassic Park, dinosaurs roamed through a variety of horror films, dating all the way back to The Lost World in 1925.

A Century of Science Fiction - End of the World

End of the World,

From Biblical floods to natural disasters and plagues of giant insects, it's not always man who manages to destroy the world, as vividly illustrated in these sci-fi favorites.

A Century of Science Fiction - Final Frontier

Final Frontier,

Science fiction has become almost synonymous with outer space - and with good reason. Take a delightful trip among the stars - at warp speed.

A Century of Science Fiction - Future Worlds

What will the world be like a 100 years from now? A 1,000 years from now? A million years from now? Sci-fi filmmakers have been venturing guesses for decades.

A Century of Science Fiction - H.G. Wells

A salute to the brilliant Victorian mind that gave us The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and War of the Worlds.

A Century of Science Fiction - Lost Worlds

From saber-toothed tigers to dinosaurs hidden somewhere on isolated islands or towering mountain tops, lost worlds have been found again and again by science fiction films.

A Century of Science Fiction - Mad Scientists

Mad Scientists,

Take a look at the many legendary performers who have taken their turn experimenting with the formula of one of sci-fi's greatest tropes: the sinister mad scientist.

A Century of Science Fiction - Mutations

From exposure to intense cosmic radiation to a grand experiment experiment gone horribly wrong, mutations have grown and developed into a key component of science fiction DNA.

A Century of Science Fiction - Power of the Mind

Power of the Mind,

This fascinating chapter takes a look at such mental manifestations as ESP, mind control, and telekinesis.

A Century of Science Fiction - Queens of Sci-Fi

Queens of Sci-Fi,

Witness Zsa-Zsa Gabor as The Queen of Outer Space, among many, many other royal sci-fi sisters.

A Century of Science Fiction - Robots

From the sexy Art Deco robot in Metropolis to the low-budget gorilla-with-a-space-helmet robot in Robot Monster and on to R2D2 and C3PO, audiences have been fascinated by mechanical men and women for ages.

A Century of Science Fiction - Spawn of the Atom

Spawn of the Atom,

From the conclusion of World War II thru the 1950s and beyond, people have been fascinated by -- and frightened of -- the atom bomb and its horrible power. So naturally, it has become a regular subject for sci-fi films.

A Century of Science Fiction - U.F.O.s

Swamp gas? Airplanes? Secret government weapons? Or are they really from "out there"? Here's a look at all the sci-fi flicks that have concerned themselves with flying saucers.

A Century of Science Fiction - Sci-Fi Heroes

From Flash Gordon to Luke Skywalker, science fiction films have always had heroes dedicated to the pursuit of justice in every galaxy near and far.

Details

A Century of Science Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

12+

1 Season

26m

Hosted by horror veteran, Christopher Lee, A Century of Science Fiction chronicles the best of sci-fi and fantasy films over the course of 100 years.

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