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British television [[Sci Fi]] drama serial broadcast in 1961, written by famous cosmologist Fred Hoyle in partnership with television producer John Elliot. The series took place in the future, specifically the years 1970 to 1972.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The fire axe installed in the computer room, used by Fleming to destroy the computer. In "Breakthrough" it's the early reference to freak weather conditions.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: The computer

'''Andromeda:''' "It has been calculated." }}

* [[Computer Equals Tapedrive]]: Averted. Fleming has to destroy ''all'' the components of the computer, plus the original radio message, to ensure its destruction.

* [[Interface with a Familiar Face]]: Andromeda looks exactly like a female operator killed earlier by the computer (except she's now [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde]]). The computer used the woman's death to gain all the knowledge it needed to create an [[Artificial Human]].

* [[Is That a Threat?]]

'''Andromeda:''' "Yes." }}

* [[Mega Corp]]: International trading consortium Intel, which [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|isn't too particular about its methods]].

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Bald Men Send Postcards To Their Father]]: Kaufman is allowed to become more human (though never to the extent of doing a [[Heel Face Turn]]); in the first serial he's more of a [[Smug Snake]].

* [[Fun with Foreign Languages]]/[[Bastardly Speech]]: When Kaufman announces that Intel has effectively taken over Azaran, the translator shows his disapproval by talking loudly over him. Also this scene:

''(Kaufman glares at translator)'' }}

* [[Hollywood Silencer]]: The bowler-hatted Intel assassin uses a .25 Beretta with a miniscule silencer that makes so little sound it can be covered by a camera flash.

* [[Improperly Placed Firearms]]: The British soldiers who recapture Fleming carry [[World War Two]] Lee Enfield bolt-action rifles and a German MP40 submachine gun (the soldiers in the first serial are correctly armed with L1A1 self-loading rifles).

* [[Just Friends]]: Fleming on his relationship with Andromeda (though he kisses her at the end).

* [[The Other Marty]]: Director Michael Hayes advised the BBC to sign Julie Christie up for the sequel before she became a big star; he was ignored and the role had to be recast for "Breakthrough".

* [[Qurac]]: Azaran, a newly-independent Middle Eastern country which hopes to use the computer to resolve its agricultural problems.