y separately published work icon Andra (International) assertion single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Andra
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Andra Eugene Lumbers , ( dir. John Gauci et. al. )agent Melbourne : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1976 Z1845883 1976 series - publisher film/TV young adult science fiction

In the year 4000AD, after suffering a terrible injury, Andra receives a brain transplant from a donor who died in 1987. With this new brain tissue, she realises for the first time how repressive her world's regime is, and leads a rebellion against the ruling powers.

Like many relatively short-lived programs from the 1970s, Andra is now extremely obscure: as with its predecessor Alpha Scorpio, rumours abound that the master tapes have been destroyed.

Andra is also subject to a number of misconceptions. Albert Moran, for example, notes that the program is a sequel to Alpha Scorpio. (Nor is Moran the only source for this statement.) Andra, which is based on a novel by British writer Louise Lawrence, is Alpha Scorpio's sequel only in that the ABC were seeking a science-fiction program aimed at young female viewers, just as Alpha Scorpio was aimed at young male viewers.

Notes

  • Andra is included in AustLit because of an Australian-written adaptation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Collins ,
      1971 .
      Extent: 190pp.p.
      ISBN: 0001840088, 0001840843
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