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- Title
'A new wilderness': memory and language in the television science fiction of Nigel Kneale.
- Authors
Rolinson, Dave; Devlin, Karen
- Abstract
This article considers Nigel Kneale's considerable influence on the development of British television and the place of sf in his career. Kneale's work consistently interrogates the limits of science and the inadequacy of human attempts to master nature, and distinctively unites symbols of ancient dread with present-day anxieties. This article argues that The Stone Tape (1972) links these extremities to language, associating ancient recordings with the Chora and rationalised scientific management with the Symbolic Order, thereby revealing the gendered distinctions which inform these themes.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SCIENCE fiction; KNEALE, Nigel; TELEVISION broadcasting; TELEVISION writers; STONE Tape, The (TV program); SCIENCE fiction television programs; TELEVISION; MASS media industry; GREAT Britain in motion pictures; SEMIOTICS
- Publication
Science Fiction Film & Television, 2008, Vol 1, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1754-3770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3828/sfftv.1.1.5