Prophets of Science Fiction — S01E01 — Mary Shelley

00:00:06 ♪♪ MARY SHELLEY IS THE VERY FIRST WRITER OF SCIENCE FICTION.

00:02:08 THEM COULD PEN THE MOST TERRIFYING STORY BY SUMMER'S END.

00:03:53 HE WOULD TAKE A METAL OBJECT, TOUCH IT TO THE LEG OF A DEAD FROG WHICH WOULD TWITCH.

00:05:55 TREE AND HE'S SO IMPRESSED WITH THE POWER OF THAT THAT HE STARTS MAKING EXPERIMENTS WITH

00:07:49 WE IMPLANT NEW ELECTRODES IN THE RAT TO PROJECT CURRENT TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE SPINAL

00:09:34 USE A HANDHELD DEVICE TO TURN THE STIMULATOR ON, AND I'LL WORK ON STANDING INDEPENDENTLY FOR

00:11:46 A NEW LEGEND HAD BEEN BORN. I HAVE FOUND IT. WHAT TERRIFIED ME WILL TERRIFY

00:13:48 DECIDES AT THAT POINT TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO TRYING TO BRING BACK THE DEAD.

00:15:42 THE BLOOD, OF BRAIN ACTIVITY, AND THEN THE MOLECULAR DEATH IS SIMPLY THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE

00:17:36 AFTER DEATH. Narrator: STITCHING TOGETHER BODY PARTS WAS CONSIDERED

00:19:32 HAVE A MOTHER FOR HIS CHILDREN. AT THE AGE OF 16, SHE EE LOPES WITH PERCY SHELLEY WHO'S MARRIED

00:21:38 ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS SOMETHING THAT SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS TAKE TO THEMSELVES.

00:23:19 IT WILL CHANGE HOW WE UNDERSTAND HOW LIFE WORKS. IT WILL CHANGE THE DETAILS OF

00:25:19 DEFINITION OF LIFE IN THE AGE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Narrator: VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

00:27:08 ALIVE, HE'S TERRIFIED. SUDDENLY HE'S PRESENTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A NEW

00:28:57 NATURE OF THE RULES MIGHT BE EVOLVING IN RESPONSE TO YOUR MANIPULATIONS TO TRY AND

00:30:42 PLATFORM TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTING THEIR ARTIFICIAL HUMAN BRAIN. IF YOU CAN FULLY CONSTRAIN

00:32:21 BETTER RAISED AND NURTURED, THAT'S THE CREATURE'S MAIN OBJECTION WITH VICTOR.

00:34:05 TEST CALLED PGD TO ENSURE EXPECTING PARENTS HAVE HEALTHY BABIES.

00:35:58 CREATURE. BUT HALFWAY THROUGH, HE STOPS. WHAT HE SAYS IS THAT SHE COULD

00:37:35 BEST OF INTENTIONS. HE WANTED TO USE THE MOST ADVANCED MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE OF

00:39:25 MARY HAD FIVE PREGNANCIES WITH PERCY AND FOUR OF THOSE RESULTED IN EARLY DEATHS.

00:40:58 YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST SAY THE PHRASE FRANKENSTEIN. DON'T GET INTO A FRANKENSTEIN

00:42:56 LIFE.