

In the Yorkshire Dales, a mysterious signal from space arrives with instructions to build a powerful super-computer. Once completed, the evice's motives provokes discourse between scientists John Fleming and Madeleine Dawnay as further instructions are to create a living organism, which Dawnay develops. The entity compels lab assistant Christine to commit suicide, and, upon manifestation, adopts her form, now known as Andromeda.

Tom Hardy
John Fleming

Charlie Cox
Dennis Bridger

Kelly Reilly
Christine Jones / Andromeda

Jane Asher
Professor Madeleine Dawnay

David Haig
General Vandenberg

Colin Stinton
Kaufman
Robert Gill
Scientist
Thushani Weerasekera
Teacher
Janet Spencer-Turner
Doctor
David Maybrick
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