Andromeda - Artificial female life-form on the British science fiction fantasy A FOR ANDROMEDA/BBC/1961. Andromeda (played by Julie Christie) was built by a supercomputer which itself was constructed from guidelines transmitted through space to Earth by a mysterious signal from the Andromeda Galaxy (picked up by a powerful radio telescope). Esmond Knight, Peter Halliday, Mary Morris and Frank Windsor costarred as British scientists who supervised and investigated this unique woman. In the sequel to the original series THE ANDROMEDA BREAKTHROUGH/BBC/1962, Andromeda (now played by Susan Hampshire) travels to the Middle East to fulfill her galactic programming directives. This sci-fi serial was conceived by astronomer Fred Hoyle and writer John Elliot. For an updated version of the 'Andromeda' plotline see the sci-fi film Species (1995).