A For Andromeda is a 1961 TV Movie series written by cosmologist Fred Hoyle and television producer John Elliot. In 1971 the italian remake, A come Andromeda was made. It tells the story of a group of scientists who detect a radio signal from another galaxy that contains instructions for the design of an advanced computer. When the computer is built, it gives the scientists instructions for the creation of a living organism named Andromeda, but one of the scientists, John Fleming, fears that Andromeda's purpose is to subjugate humanity (Wikipedia citation).
The movie, starting from the the idea of possible life in the universe, prophesies new technological progress, sensing the revolutionary potential of information technology and the disturbing implications of a cloning hypothesis.