British television science fiction fiction was "Star Cops" (1987), which ran for only nine episodes to poor viewing figures on the corporation's second channel, BBC2. It was written by Chris Boucher, who had contributed scripts to "Doctor Who" and "Blake's 7", and was script editor for the later series entire run. The 1980s also saw the arrival on the BBC of two science fiction comedy series both of which had their origins on radio. The first was "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (1981) by Douglas Adams which amalgamated aspects of the original radio series with that of the subsequent novel. The second was
Social science fiction Although mostly known for her mainstream works, she wrote numerous notable works of social science fiction, including "Memoirs of a Survivor" (1974), "Briefing for a Descent into Hell" (1971), the "Canopus in Argos" series (1974–1983), and "The Cleft" (2007). Social science fiction Social science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned less with technology/space opera and more with speculation about society. In other words, it "absorbs and discusses anthropology" and speculates about human behavior and interactions. Exploration of fictional societies is a significant aspect of science fiction, allowing it to perform predictive