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
Australian science fiction television the independent science fiction series, "Damon Dark", about a government agent who investigates UFO reports and hunts alien invaders, which has gone on to become a webseries for YouTube. The forthcoming television version of "Star Wars" will be a Lucasfilm production shot in Sydney. Other shows like "Time Trax", "Roar", and "" were filmed in Australia, but used mostly US crew and actors. Australian science fiction television Science fiction television has been produced in Australia since the 1960s, as a homegrown response to imported overseas US and British shows. Artransa Park productions made a number of programmes in collaboration with