I remember watching this when it was first aired in the US. I was starting college. It had a big influence on me - still does in some ways.
The plausibility of such a collapse, of a permanent disruption, seemed tangible in the very late seventies and early eighties. The energy crisis of the early 70s was still in our minds. I think this w…
I remember watching this when it was first aired in the US. I was starting college. It had a big influence on me - still does in some ways.
The plausibility of such a collapse, of a permanent disruption, seemed tangible in the very late seventies and early eighties. The energy crisis of the early 70s was still in our minds. I think this was also when we started hearing a lot about electro-magnetic pulses from nuclear weapons that would fry our electronics. Fears of nuclear war were starting to peak. There had been plenty of post-apocalyptic views of the world in books, tv, and film in the 60s and 70s. I think it all made it easy to take the what-ifs in this episode more seriously.
I remember watching this when it was first aired in the US. I was starting college. It had a big influence on me - still does in some ways.
The plausibility of such a collapse, of a permanent disruption, seemed tangible in the very late seventies and early eighties. The energy crisis of the early 70s was still in our minds. I think this was also when we started hearing a lot about electro-magnetic pulses from nuclear weapons that would fry our electronics. Fears of nuclear war were starting to peak. There had been plenty of post-apocalyptic views of the world in books, tv, and film in the 60s and 70s. I think it all made it easy to take the what-ifs in this episode more seriously.