Michael Imison

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Michael Imison

Born February 9, 1935 · Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK (age 91)

Michael Imison (born in Hoylake, Cheshire, 9 February 1935) is a retired British television director and literary agent. He directed several productions for the BBC in the 1960s, including Doctor Who, and subsequently served as the story editor on the second series of the science-fiction anthology programme Out of the Unknown. Imison began his career at the BBC working for the Script Department. …

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Doctor Who: The ArkDoctor Who: The Ark · 1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
★ 6.81966
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.
The EyeThe Eye · 1966
The Eye
1966
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Julian Clay is accused of murdering Andrew Maddox - a charge he cannot deny because 'The Eye', a device which records the past, saw him do it. However, the law affords one loophole.
The ProphetThe Prophet · 1967
The Prophet
1967
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Robot QT-1, aboard an orbiting space station, controls the massive energy beam which transmits the sun's power to receivers on Earth. But QT-1 (Cutie) has some strange bees in his positronic bonnet. How could weak creatures of protoplasm create a nearly invincible, totally logical entity like himself? It is up to his human supervisors, Powell and Donovan, to convince Cutie of his niche in creation before his new robot theology becomes a threat to all life on Earth.
The World in SilenceThe World in Silence · 1966
The World in Silence
1966
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
College student Sarah Richards is alone in fearing and disliking the new teaching machines but even she does not foresee the terrifying situation that arises when her supervisor, Stephen Kershaw, re-arranges the machines to conform with revised fire regulations.
Too Many CooksToo Many Cooks · 1966
Too Many Cooks
1966
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Dr Andrew Cook, inventor of a process for making living replicas of human beings, has unwittingly duplicated himself and becomes a secret weapon in the Solar System's struggle for economic survival against a powerful alien culture, the Sentients.
Second ChildhoodSecond Childhood · 1966
Second Childhood
1966
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Charles Dennistoun, a 60-year-old contestant on 'You Bet a Million' - a quiz show for millionaires - wins the jackpot prize, a course in rejuvenation. But his friends and family have mixed feeling, and the repercussions have blackly comic effects on all concerned.
Tunnel Under the WorldTunnel Under the World · 1966
Tunnel Under the World
★ 8.01966
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
Déja vu: as Guy Birkett goes through the day he has a nagging feeling that he's been here before, experienced this already; except the details are always different. Is it conceivable that he is merely a simulacrum, the ultimate in consumer market surveying?
Satisfaction GuaranteedSatisfaction Guaranteed · 1966
Satisfaction Guaranteed
1966
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
A human-looking robot housekeeper is the latest gadget to acquire in the ceaseless battle to keep up with the Joneses. But housewife Claire Belmont starts to question the wisdom of her husband's purchase when TN3 (Tony) arrives. Can a man-like robot do everything a man can do, but willingly, obediently, tirelessly? Is a robot less than a man, or more?

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