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
U.S. television science fiction series during the 1980s. It also served as inspiration for ABC’s decision in 1963 to launch their own science fiction anthology, the equally iconic "The Outer Limits". Although "The Outer Limits" had a much shorter run, finishing in 1965, it proved to be famous and influential as well. Like its CBS contemporary, it spawned an only moderately successful revival decades later. Irwin Allen, who later went on to produce famous 1970s disaster movies like "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno", produced a whole range of popular science fiction series shows on American television during the 1960s. These included "Voyage