The premise of Sil's creation, the detection of extraterrestial transmissions that provide detailed instructions for the creation of a humanoid lifeform, is virtually identical to premise of the BBC television series A for Andromeda (1961), co-written by astronomer Fred Hoyle and author John Elliot. The only difference between the two premises is that, in this movie, Earth receives two alien transmissions, the first provides the formula for a new chemical process using methane that will provide virtually unlimited energy (thus convincing the Earth of the aliens' good intentions), then with the instructions for Sil's creation. In A for Andromeda (1961), the Earth receives only one alien transmission, this provided instructions for building a new kind of supercomputer, and the computer in turn generates the intructions for the creation of the humanoid Andromeda.

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