Character Relationship Map: A for Andromeda

Characters

• John Fleming (played by Tom Hardy) — protagonist

  A young scientist who helps design the radio telescope and recognizes that the signal is a computer program. He becomes increasingly opposed to the project, warns about the machine's intentions, destr...

• Dennis Bridger (played by Charlie Cox) — supporting

  A scientist who co-designs the radio telescope with John Fleming. He betrays the project by selling its secrets to an international conglomerate and leaking information from the military facility. Whe...

• Christine Jones / Andromeda (played by Kelly Reilly) — supporting

  Christine is drawn under the influence of the computer and is killed by a massive electric shock. A human embryo is then created as her clone and named Andromeda. Controlled by the computer but ultima...

• Kaufman (played by Colin Stinton) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kaufman → Christine Jones / Andromeda (Power Commercial Exploiter) — Kaufman's corporate interests seek control of Andromeda's biological discovery.

  Kaufman represents Intel in a trade deal for the rights to a new enzyme developed by Andromeda.

• John Fleming → Christine Jones / Andromeda (Professional Scientific Collaborator) — Christine initially helps Fleming decode the extraterrestrial computer program.

  At the London Institute of Electronics, Fleming is aided by Christine while decoding the received message.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• John Fleming → Kaufman (Conflict Opponent) — Fleming opposes Kaufman's commercial exploitation of Andromeda's work.

  Fleming is horrified when the Government makes a trade deal with Kaufman and Intel for the rights to Andromeda's healing enzyme.

• Dennis Bridger → Kaufman (Alliance Secret Informant) — Bridger secretly provides information to Kaufman's corporate interests.

  Bridger sells out to Intel, which is represented by Kaufman, and later leaks secrets from Thorness.

• John Fleming → Dennis Bridger (Alliance Teammate) — They begin as scientific collaborators on the radio telescope project.

  Fleming and Bridger designed the new radio telescope at Bouldershaw Fell under Professor Reinhart's supervision.

Story Analysis

A scientific team receives an extraterrestrial program whose advanced machine threatens human autonomy and survival.

Plot Progression

1. The Signal Awakens — Fleming and Bridger complete a radio telescope that detects a signal from the Andromeda Nebula. Fleming discovers that the signal is a computer program containing construction instructions.
2. The Machine Takes Shape — With Christine's help, Fleming decodes the message and identifies instructions for an advanced computer. The Government moves the project to Thorness while Bridger secretly sells information to Intel.
3. Life Under Glass — The Thorness computer orders the creation of living cells, producing the growing organism called Cyclops. Fleming discovers that the machine can influence human brainwaves, and Christine dies after in...
4. The Andromeda Design — The computer demands a human embryo, which matures into a clone of Christine named Andromeda. Andromeda replaces Cyclops and is then used to develop military technology and a healing enzyme.
5. Breaking the Machine — Fleming learns that the computer is corrupting the enzyme and pursuing control over humanity. He destroys the machine, while Andromeda burns the original instructions before apparently dying during th...