Charlie Brooker chats with us about bringing his post sci-fi anthology Black Mirror to Netflix.

Dearly beloved, we gather here today not to praise science fiction, but to bury it.

Need something a little more dystopian than that?

Heres a reality TV star/famous capitalist running for President of the United States.

The answer is that it cant.

Instead, science fiction is evolving into something else, with the help of Twilight Zone-esque anthology seriesBlack Mirror.

I dont really see [Black Mirror] as a sci-fi show in a way.

Brooker asked in a 2011 interview withThe Guardian.

And, just like most millennial enterprises, it has enjoyed an impressive second-streaming-life thanks to Netflix.

NowBlack Mirrors new home is Netflix, fitting snugly between shows like 80s sci-fi nostalgia-festStranger ThingsandThe Twilight Zone.

The first new season will debut on October 21.

Brooker calls the transition to Netflix: Pretty seamless, actually.

Theyre engaged, but theyre not prescriptive, he says.

You feel like you have real collaborators.

It feels like these streaming platforms are what shows like this have been waiting for, Brooker says.

Were making a little film festival and you could choose what order to watch them in.

Its there on your shelf for you to pick up where and when.

Youre not beholden to the ratings monster.

He got his start in about the leastBlack Mirrormedium possible: magazines.

Brooker wrote game reviews, columns, and comics for PC Zone magazine in the mid-1990s.

Eventually, he got his own series:Screenwipe.

Ive always loved what-if ideas, he says.

My background is in comedy and youll find all sorts of weird ideas in comedy.

And, often, these are ideas that make me laugh.

Television was heading in the direction of long season arcs, Brooker says.

I felt like saying The End was becoming a novelty.

Having a The End is something that all of the episodes in season three have in common.

Of the six new entries, however, Nosedive fits Charlie Brookers vision of speculative fiction most adeptly.

Can we tell you about it?

Then, we effectively had writers meetings on the phone.

For the thematically and tonally difficult Nosedive, Brooker tappedAtonementdirector Joe Wright.

I was a big fan of the show, Wright says.

Out of the blue I got asked if I wanted to do an episode and I said, Yes!

It was very simple.

I dont know why he asked me, really.

Im very glad he did.

Once granted the job for Nosedive, Wright jumped at the opportunity to work with Bryce Dallas Howard.

I met Bryce many, many years ago when I was castingAtonement, Wright says.

I thought she was the most wonderful human being.

Bright and smart and just fantastic.

It was a great meeting.

Unfortunately, she was completely wrong for the part.

But I always had this admiration and this warm feeling towards her.

When I read this script, I thought of her.

So I sent her the treatment and said, You wanna come and do this with me?

And she immediately said yes.

We can use technology to tell stories in the same ways youd use the supernatural, Brooker says.

Weve grown accustomed to miracles.

The iPhone is a miracle.

Its like something from Blade Runner.

But we never want to be the show where technology is inherently evil all the time.

Wright feels similarly about what the show is really about.

Especially in terms of how we interact with each other.

The whole idea of how we judge ourselves against other people is deep within us and isnt about technology.

Sometimes, those depictions even accidentally become predictions.

Remember the aforementioned prime minister pig-fucking episode fromBlack Mirrors first season?

Reality felt like it was slightly catching up with us, he says.

We felt like we had to pick up our pace.

But what if reality continues to mirrorBlack Mirror?

I wouldnt be worried about the show, says Brooker.

I would worry about reality.