The Last Enemy

I only just saw the conclusion of the TV drama The Last Enemy yesterday evening.

In a case of art imitating life, The Last Enemy presented a disturbing vision of Britain which is looming close around the corner.

In the drama, ID cards were issued to the general public following a terrorist incident at Victoria station which killed over 200 people.

The ID cards were said to be issued as a means of increasing security and fighting terror but they were really being used to control and suppress the general public.

The ID cards were linked to a database called TIA which had detailed information about an individual's health, finances, biometric data, genes, education, job, underwear, what they had for breakfast etc.

Along with the Big-Brother-gone-mad scenario, there was also assassinated microbiologists, suicide and genetic tagging. It was more like a fly-on-the-wall documentary than a television drama, and so all the more chilling.

Perhaps because the UK media appears to be somewhat gagged by the Government of late, the BBC are resorting to sneaking the real news into their television dramas.

Or maybe the Powers That Be (whoever they might be) are preparing us for our bleak future through the medium of television drama.

In any case, The Last Enemy appears to be us.

As stated in the documentary, Ludicrous Diversion (2006), “they are using our fear for our safety to restrict our liberty. And they are using their false promises of security to erode our privacy...The terrorists cannot take away our freedom or change our way of life. Only our own elected leaders can do that. And they are.”

Related Link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lastenemy/