Editing Dan Dare (section)

==In other media==
===Radio===
====Radio Luxembourg serial====
[[Image:dandare.jpg|thumb|This ad for ''The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' serial appeared in the ''[[Radio Luxembourg (English)|208]]'' magazine in March 1952.]]
''The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' aired five times a week on [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]] for five years from 2 July 1951. Dan's voice was  [[Noel Johnson]], who also played [[Dick Barton]] on BBC radio.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,258523,00.html Obituary: Noel Johnson] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref> Each episode started with the command "Spaceships Away!". The 15-minute show was sponsored by [[Horlicks]] and on 3 March 1952, the 106th episode of Dan Dare was heard that Monday night with different episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:15pm. Although the dramatisation was recorded on wax discs for broadcast, the original discs were lost or destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://downthetubes.net/?p=3531 | title=Dan Dare's Holy Grail: Radio Luxembourg's Dan Dare Radio Show| date=2008-04-03}}</ref> Until recently no copies had ever been recovered but in late 2011 two episodes were found as part of the Lost Shows Appeal, orchestrated by missing episode hunter Charles Norton. The recovered shows were "Under Sentence of Death" (episode 76), aired on 21 January 1952, and "The Lost World On Mars" (episode 53), aired on 19 March 1953.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiped.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/lostshowsappeal2011.pdf |title=lostshowsappeal2011 |access-date=2012-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121051042/http://wiped.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/lostshowsappeal2011.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-21}}</ref>

====Radio Madrid serial====
"Diego Valor" Spanish adaptation of Dan Dare from 1954

====BBC adaptation====
From 19 April – 10 May 1990, BBC Radio 4 aired a four-part adaptation of Voyage to Venus, dramatised by Nick McCarty and directed by Glyn Dearman. The cast included [[Mick Ford]] (Col. Dan Dare), Donald Gee (Digby), [[Richard Pearce (British actor)|Richard Pearce]] (the Mekon), [[Terence Alexander]] (Sir Hubert Guest), [[Zelah Clarke]] (Prof. Peabody), William Roberts (Hank Hogan), [[Sean Barrett (actor)|Sean Barrett]] (Pierre Lafayette), [[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffatt]] (Kalon), Shirley Dixon (Mrs. Digby), [[Ben Onwukwe]] (Volstar), David Goudge (Sondar), [[Margaret Courtenay (actress)|Margaret Courtenay]] (Aunt Anastasia), [[Brian Miller (actor)|Brian Miller]] (Urtag), David King (Dapon).

====B7 Media adaptation====
In September 2015, [[B7 Media]] secured the rights to produce a new Dan Dare audio drama series from the Dan Dare Corporation. The lead writers were Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle, with Andrew Mark Sewell as director and Simon Moorhead as producer; [[John Freeman (editor)|John Freeman]] served as creative consultant.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://downthetubes.net/?p=25282 | title=Sufferin' satellites! Dan Dare to return as audio drama series| date=2015-09-07}}</ref> The first volume, released in 2016, starred [[Ed Stoppard]] as Dan Dare, [[Geoffrey McGivern|Geoff McGivern]] as Digby, [[Heida Reed]] as Professor Peabody, [[Michael Cochrane]] as Sir Hubert, Raad Rawi as the Mekon and [[Bijan Daneshmand]] as Sondar;<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/dan-dare-volume-01-1552 | title=1. Dan Dare Volume 01 – Dan Dare – Big Finish}}</ref> Volume 2 was released in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/dan-dare-volume-02-1553 | title=2. Dan Dare Volume 02 – Dan Dare – Big Finish}}</ref> Both volumes were produced in association with [[Big Finish Productions]].  [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] began airing the B7 episodes in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bd729c | title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Dan Dare}}</ref>

===Television===
In the 1980s, a series of live-action adverts for Mobil motor oil featured Dan and Digby in comedic situations, trying to get their rockets to go faster. The dialogue was straight from wartime upper class RAF officers' slang.

In 2002, ''[[Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (TV Series)|Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future]]'' became a [[3D computer graphics|computer-generated]] TV series produced first by [[Netter Digital]] then by [[Foundation Imaging]], running to twenty-six 22-minute episodes. The series drew on several comic book incarnations. It started on [[Nicktoons UK]] on 5 November 2005 at 6.30&nbsp;pm. Two abortive attempts had been made to make a live-action series, in 1981 and 1991. [[James Fox]] and [[Robert Bathurst]] were reportedly lined up to play Dare respectively. In 1991, a short pilot starring Bathurst as Dare and [[Geoffrey Hughes (actor)|Geoffrey Hughes]] as Digby was made.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Dare Remembered |author=John Freeman |work=Down The Tubes |url=http://www.downthetubes.net/features/comics_characters/dan_dare/dan_dare.html |access-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502044443/http://www.downthetubes.net/features/comics_characters/dan_dare/dan_dare.html |archive-date=May 2, 2012}}</ref> Parts of it were broadcast in an ITV documentary, ''Future Perfect''.

===Film===
In 2010, [[Variety.com|Variety]] announced that [[Warner Bros.]] was planning to produce a Dan Dare movie starring [[Sam Worthington]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Warner Bros. takes on space 'Dare'|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/warner-bros-takes-on-space-dare-1118022089/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=12 May 2016|date=2010-07-23}}</ref>

===Computer games===
During the 1980s Dan Dare starred in three computer games for the [[Commodore 64]]/128, [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] and [[Atari]] computers. The first was a different game on each system; the second and third were shoot'em-ups. All three were based on the 1950s strip rather than the contemporary comics:
*''[[Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future]]'' (1986, Electronic Arts, re-released by Ricochet)
*''Dan Dare II: The Mekon's Revenge'' (1988, Virgin Games, re-released by Ricochet)
*''Dan Dare III: The Escape'' (1990, Virgin Games)

===Console video games===
The protagonist human character from the ''[[Gaiares]]'' science fiction space shooter starfighter combat game released in Japan in 1990 was changed from an original character called Dan Diaz to the legendary sci-fi hero Dan Dare in the English translated western version.

===Music===
[[Pink Floyd]] founder [[Syd Barrett]] wrote Dan Dare into his song "[[Astronomy Domine]]", from the band's debut album ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]'', with the line "Stairway scare, Dan Dare, who's there?".

British electronic dance group [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]] mentioned Dan Dare in their song "Absurd", "Dan Dare's sitting there, scared by the killer teddy bears".

[[David Bowie]]'s song "D.J." contains the somewhat obscure lyric: "I feel like Dan Dare lies down".

[[Elton John]] recorded "Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future)" for his 1975 album ''[[Rock of the Westies]]''.

[[Les Barker]]'s album ''Dogologues'' includes a monologue "Dan Dare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mrsackroyd.com/Dogologues.html|title = Ackroyd - Dogologues}}</ref>

British punk rock group [[The Mekons]] included their song "Dan Dare" on their 1979 album ''[[The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen]]'', and recorded it again for their 2004 album ''Punk Rock''.
 
The album ''[[Below the Waste]]'' by the [[Art of Noise]] opened with the song "Dan Dare".

The relaunch of the ''Eagle Magazine'' in 1982 saw a free single giveaway of a track called ''Dan Dare'' by the group Loose Talk.