Alien Encounters
2012–2014 · Science · 60 min · 3 seasons
S03E06 · The Time Machine
Wed, 2 July, 12:00 pm
A virtual-reality simulator predicts a collision between a comet and Earth.
About
On Alien Encounters, scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.
Episodes
- E01
The Aura
Wed, 28 May· 60 minThe Season 3 premiere explores the space-trash-mining industry. Also: super soldiers at the Pentagon; blueprints for a quantum computer.
- E02
The Entanglement
Wed, 4 June· 60 minA quantum supercomputer is built, based on alleged alien instructions, that would allow human children with alien DNA to connect to it using only their thoughts.
- E03
The Prophecies
Wed, 11 June· 60 minMore Brids connect to the quantum computer and they become more powerful, and the computer becomes more self-aware. The combined brainpower is able to crunch unprecedented data and calculate the future.
- E04
The Escalation
Wed, 18 June· 60 minA U.S. attack on quantum computer Quincy is chronicled.
- E05
The War
Wed, 25 June· 60 minAfter a failed attack on the quantum computer, the U.S. attempts to destroy the network. Also: A mysterious box surfaces out of the alien trash orbiting Earth.
- E06
The Time Machine
Wed, 2 July· 60 minA virtual-reality simulator predicts a collision between a comet and Earth.
Cast
Anthony Call
Narrator