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| Natural History of an Alien | |
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| Starring | Various scientists |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour with commercials (US) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two (UK), Discovery Channel (US) |
| Release | 1998 |
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Natural History of an Alien, also known as Anatomy of an Alien in the US, is an early Discovery Channel pseudo-documentary similar to Alien Planet, aired in 1998. This pseudo-documentary featured various alien ecosystem projects from the Epona Project to Ringworld. It also featured many notable scientists and science fiction authors such as Dr. Jack Cohen, Derek Briggs, Christopher McKay, David Wynn-Williams, Emily Holton, Peter Cattermole, Brian Aldiss, Sil Read, Wolf Read, Edward K. Smallwood, Adega Zuidema, Steve Hanly, Kevin Warwick and Dougal Dixon.