Frankenstein – From Literature to Myth to Bogeyman of Science

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Recorded at the Science Museum, This illustrated lecture from Sir Christopher Frayling explores the birth of 'Frankenstein', the book's legacy and the ways in which the original has been distorted over time – a two hundred year journey in the company of re-animators, automata, robots and replicants. This is followed by a round table discussion with the anatomist and top BBC presenter Alice Roberts, the lead curator of our new Robots exhibition Ben Russell, as well as Sir Christopher Frayling. Our extra guest is journalist, film critic, and fiction writer, Kim Newman. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction.