Frankenstein 2007
Director: Jed Mercurio
Year: 2007
Country: UK
Duration: 90 mins
Rating: TV
Cast: Helen McCrory
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"Mary Shelley's classic horror, Frankenstein, is given a fresh new twist, as literature's most infamous creator, Dr Victor Frankenstein, is re-born in the 21st century as a female biologist. At an unspecified time in the near future, the earth's climate has changed. Moreover, we now have advances in stem-cell research, cloning and bio-engineering. As water mixes with the volcanic ash in the atmosphere, the rain runs red. While a storm rages overhead, Dr Victoria Frankenstein sits by the hospital bed of her dying son, William. Doctors tell her to prepare for the worst. Brilliant and committed, Frankenstein is a scientist conducting highly controversial work in the field of stem cell research and biotechnology. Overseen by Professor Andrew Waldman (Neil Pearson) her latest research programme, the Universal Xenograft Project, is pushing her and her assistant Ed Gore (Benedict Wong) to the limit of their abilities. But for Frankenstein, the incentive is not financial reward or international acclaim. Convinced that the UX Project is her son's last chance for survival and maddened by grief and desperation, Victoria secretly takes a sample of his blood and incorporates it into the programme. She tells no one what she has done. In the confines of a purpose built tank, the cells grow quickly. As they diversify, mutate and re-form, Ed is astonished by their progression. When he notes the presence of what can only be a human tooth within the tank, he alerts Waldman. The two men confront Frankenstein and the three then view X-rays of the internal activity. They reveal a large mass of organs and tissue and as she peers into the tank, an eye opens. Victoria realises with horror that she is no longer in control of the experiment. The UX is breeding its own bio-organism and… it's alive. (Aired ITV1, 24 October 2007, 21:00)
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