Produced by Harriet Bailey and myself for Massive. A seven part series created by seven animation teams and twelve scientists, writers, engineers, physicists and an archaeologist, on the lasting impact of Shelley's famous work. Each episode waxes poetic about different scientific, ethical and philosophical domains and the lessons we've collectively learned from Dr. Frankenstein's mistakes and triumphs. The series delves into the origins of life and consciousness, toolmaking, artificial intelligence, augmented bodies and minds, and the ethics of playing God. This film was made in collaboration with Arizona State University's Frankenbook Project, MIT Press and the Sloan Foundation. It was created and produced by Harriet Bailey and Nadja Oertelt for Massive Science and Plympton Media. It was animated by a team of award winning animators from around the world: Angela Philips and Phoebe Halstead, Rosanna Wan, Daniela Sherer, The Moth Collective, Amia Yokoyama, Joe Bichard and Caitlin Craggs, with sound design by the renowned team at Skillbard in the UK. 

Featuring the voices of:

Sara Walker, theoretical physicist and astrobiologist

Caleb Scharf, exoplanetary scientist and astrobiologist

Britt Wray, science communicator, writer and producer

Ben Novak, ecologist and biologist

David Chalmers, philosopher and cognitive scientist

Danbee Kim, comparative neuroscientist

Kate Krueger, molecular biologist

Genevieve Dewar, paleoanthropologist and archaeologist 

Braden Allenby, Professor of Engineering and Ethics

Conor Walsh, biomedical engineer

Daniel Bear, neuroscientist and AI researcher

Margaret Wertheim, science writer and curator