What do you need to know about Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams? (WATCH)

12 Oct 2017

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It’s been touted as the new Black Mirror, but there’s a lot more to blockbuster anthology series Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams. Here’s our crash course ahead of the premiere episodes, arriving exclusively on Lightbox next Wednesday.

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