History Series / PhilipKDicksElectricDreams

* AdaptationExpansion: The original Dick stories used for this series were generally very short and tightly focused on the "twist" or "gimmick" of the story; liberties had to be taken to fill an hour-long script with each of them, especially since most of the original "twists" are now [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny extremely familiar to audiences]]. (E.g. the original ending of "The Impossible Planet" is that it was EarthAllAlong, the twist in "The Father-Thing" is that the kid's dad is a BodySnatcher, "Foster, You're Dead!" which became "Safe and Sound" was a simple ShaggyDogStory about how TechnologyMarchesOn, etc.)

''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'' is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Creator/PhilipKDick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4. The title is a reference to one of Dick's most famous works, ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: As with its sister series ''Series/BlackMirror'', all over the place, but generally one whole notch "softer", to the point of going into straight up Mohs/ScienceInGenreOnly SpaceOpera as well as veering from ScienceFiction proper into MagicRealism, making this show more similar to ''Series/BlackMirror'''s forebears ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' and ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963''.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: As with its sister series Series/BlackMirror, all over the place, but generally one whole notch "softer", to the point of going into straight up Mohs/ScienceInGenreOnly SpaceOpera as well as veering from ScienceFiction proper into MagicRealism, making this show more similar to Series/BlackMirror's forebears Series/TheTwilightZone and Series/TheOuterLimits.

SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: As with its sister series Series/BlackMirror, all over the place, but generally one whole notch "softer", to the point of going into straight up ScienceInGenreOnly SpaceOpera as well as veering from ScienceFiction proper into MagicRealism, making this show more similar to Series/BlackMirror's forebears Series/TheTwilightZone and Series/TheOuterLimits.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The directors for each episode were strongly encouraged to experiment and put their own unique thumbprint on the story without worrying overmuch about [[ViewersAreGeniuses making everything obvious to the audience]]; it shows, especially for episodes like "Crazy Diamond" or "Kill All Others".

* HotterAndSexier: All of the PhilipKDick stories used in Season 1 were from the 1950s; none of them contained any sex whatsoever, whereas the majority of these episodes contain {{Fanservice}} moments, if not full-on nude sex scenes.

* AdaptationInspiration: Several of these adaptations change so much from the original story they almost qualify as InNameOnly, engendering a bit of a TheyChangedItNowItSucks from hardcore PhilipKDick fans.

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4. The title is a reference to Dick's most famous work, Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Many stories take place in the near future, where one or two advancements now define society.
* AfterTheEnd: The setting of "Autofac" is a post-apocalyptic Earth, some years after a nuclear war.
* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Autofac", an automated factory keeps functioning and polluting the environment even after the [[LuddWasRight consumerist society that built it has collapsed]]. The episode has another example of the trope when it's revealed that [[spoiler: the androids it created to replace human consumers have developed independent thought and genuine human feelings.]]
* GreenAesop: The automated factory in "Autofac" keeps churning out products and wrecking the environment even after humanity has been all but destroyed by an apocalyptic war.
* HumanityIsInfectious: [[spoiler: The final twist in "Autofac".]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: "Autofac" reveals that all of humanity has been replaced by androids. Interestingly, it involves a SurprisinglyHappyEnding in that a village of androids is revealed to [[HumanityIsInfectious be human in all the ways that count]].]]

* CrapsackOnlyByComparison: "Real Life" presents two worlds: a brighter far future with flying cars, and a near-future that is pretty much like our reality.
* CuckooNest: The premise of "Real Life", where a lesbian policewoman in a far future society takes a virtual vacation as a straight male widower living in a near-future society who is also the developer of a [[MindScrew virtual reality machine that allows him to live out a fantasy life as a lesbian policewoman in the future]]...
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The end of "Real Life"]].
* GenderBender: The lesbian policewoman in "Real Life" becomes a [[ColorMeBlack straight black man]] when she takes a virtual vacation. Or maybe it's the [[MindScrew straight black man that becomes the lesbian policewoman]].

* IChooseToStay: In "Real Life", we get a variant of this Trope. [[spoiler: The protagonist chooses to stay in the worse of two lives, because she thinks it is the real one. Turns out, the happier, futuristic life she rejected was the real one.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: The virtual vacation in "Real Life".
* SpiritualAntithesis: "Real Life" is one to BlackMirrorSanJunipero. In it, [[spoiler:a lesbian policewoman in a happy relationship gets trapped in an unhappy virtual world where she is a straight male widower grieving for his dead wife, all because her subconscious thinks she does not deserve to be happy.]]

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is a science fiction anthology series that is based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick. It premiered on Channel 4 in the UK on September 2017. It has been considered by some a [[FollowTheLeader replacement]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'', that also started on Channel 4.