The Stone Tape

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The Stone Tape is a 1972 British television horror drama written by Nigel Kneale that blends science fiction with ghost story elements, centering on scientists investigating a haunted room as a possible recording medium for past events.

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instanceOf British television programme
horror drama
science fiction horror
television film
castMember Iain Cuthbertson NERFINISHED
James Cosmo NERFINISHED
Jane Asher NERFINISHED
Michael Bates NERFINISHED
Michael Bryant NERFINISHED
Reginald Marsh NERFINISHED
Tom Chadbon NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Kenneth MacMillan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Peter Sasdy NERFINISHED
distributor BBC NERFINISHED
editor Richard Bedford NERFINISHED
format television play
genre drama
horror
science fiction
hasConcept stone tape theory
hasCultFollowing true
hasPublicationType television drama
influenced later depictions of residual hauntings in horror fiction
inspiredTerm stone tape theory
locationOfFilming BBC Television Centre NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Jill Greeley NERFINISHED
Peter Brock NERFINISHED
medium colour television
musicBy Desmond Briscoe NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus scientific investigation of a haunting
numberOfEpisodes 1
originalBroadcastDate 1972-12-25
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC Two NERFINISHED
partOf BBC Christmas schedule 1972 NERFINISHED
plotSummary A team of scientists investigates a supposedly haunted room as a potential new recording medium for information.
producer Innes Lloyd NERFINISHED
productionCompany BBC
releaseDate 1972-12-25
runtime 90 minutes
screenwriter Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED
setting a Victorian mansion in rural England
soundDesignBy BBC Radiophonic Workshop NERFINISHED
theme intersection of science and the supernatural
memory as a physical recording
technological hubris
trauma imprinted on the environment
writer Nigel Kneale NERFINISHED

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Nigel Kneale notableWork The Stone Tape