Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction: Space

Dominic Sandbrook explores the many aspects of the genre and examines its impact on cinema, television and literature. He begins by looking at sci-fi's enduring fascination with outer space, from Jules Verne's pioneering 19th-century vision of a voyage to the moon, to the universe George Lucas created for Star Wars. Along the way, he reveals how Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey seem so believable and why a man in a dressing gown became one of sci-fi's best-loved heroes in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Featuring contributions by Star Trek's William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker from the Star Wars movies, Avatar's Zoe Saldana, Dark Star director John Carpenter and author Neil Gaiman