Editing Science fiction on television (section)

===Continental European science fiction series===

==== German series ====
Among the notable German language productions are:

* [[Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion|Raumpatrouille]], a German series first broadcast in 1966,
* The miniseries ''[[Das Blaue Palais]]'' by [[Rainer Erler]],
* ''[[Star Maidens]]'' (1975, aka "Medusa" or "Die Mädchen aus dem Weltraum") was a British-German coproduction of pure SF.
* ''[[Der Androjäger]]'' (1982/83) was a sci-fi comedy produced by Bavaraia Filmstudios in cooperation with Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 
* ''[[Lexx]]'', a German-Canadian co-production from 2000.

==== Danish series ====
Danish television broadcast the children's TV-series ''[[Crash (1984 TV series)|Crash]]'' in 1984 about a boy who finds out that his room is a space ship.

==== Dutch series ====
Early Dutch television series were ''{{ill|Morgen gebeurt het|nl}}'' (Tomorrow it will happen), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about a group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, ''De duivelsgrot'' (The devil's cave), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the Earth and ''Treinreis naar de Toekomst'' (Train journey to the future) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans a soul. All three of these television series were aimed mostly at children.

Later television series were ''Professor Vreemdeling'' (1977) about a strange professor who wants to make plants speak and ''{{ill|Zeeuws Meisje|nl|Zeeuws Meisje (televisie)}}'' (1997) a nationalistic post-apocalyptic series where the Netherlands has been built full of housing and the highways are filled with traffic jams. The protagonist, a female superhero, wears traditional folkloric clothes and tries to save traditional elements of Dutch society against the factory owners.

==== Italian series ====
Italian TV shows include ''[[A come Andromeda]]'' (1972) which was a remake of 1962 [[BBC]] serial, ''[[A for Andromeda]]'' (from the novels of Hoyle and Elliott), ''Geminus'' (1968), ''[[Il segno del comando]]'' (1971), ''[[Gamma (miniseries)|Gamma]]'' (1974) and ''La traccia verde'' (1975).

==== French series ====
French series are ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'', [[France|French]] science-fiction/fantasy television series (both co-produced with Canada) and a number of smaller fiction/fantasy television series, including ''Tang'' in 1971, about a secret organization that attempts to control the world with a new super weapon, "Les atomistes" and 1970 miniseries "La brigade des maléfices".

Another French-produced science fiction series was the [[new age]] animated series {{lang|fr|Il était une fois... l'espace}} ({{langx|en|Once upon a time...space}}).  [[Anime-influenced animation]] includes a series of French-Japanese [[cartoon]]s/[[anime]], including such titles as ''[[Ulysses 31]]'' (1981), ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'' (1982), and  ''[[Ōban Star-Racers]]'' (2006).

==== Spanish series ====
The first Spanish SF series was ''Diego Valor'', a 22 episode TV adaption of a radio show hero of the same name based on [[Dan Dare]], aired weekly between 1958 and 1959. Nothing was survived of this series, not a single still; it is not known if the show was even recorded or just a live broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jiménez|first=Jesús|title=Andreu Martín y Enrique Ventura resucitan a 'Diego Valor'|url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20130823/andreu-martin-enrique-ventura-resucitan-diego-valor/743062.shtml|website=rtve|language=es|date=23 August 2013|access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Boix|first=Armando|title=La aventura interplanetaria de Diego Valor|url=http://www.ciencia-ficcion.com/series/sdiegovalor.htm|website=Ciencia-ficción.com|date=5 June 1999|language=es|access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fueradeseries.com/diego-valor-una-aventura-en-espana-y-el-espacio/|title=Diego Valor: Una aventura en España y el Espacio|last=Agudo|first=Angel|date=July 2006|website=Fuera de Series|language=es|access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>

The 60s were dominated by [[Chicho Ibáñez Serrador]] and [[Narciso Ibáñez Menta]], who adapted SF works from Golden Age authors and others to a series titled ''Mañana puede ser verdad''. Only 11 episodes were filmed. The 70s saw three important television films, ''Los pajaritos'' (1974), ''La Gioconda está triste'' (1977), and {{Lang|es|[[La cabina]]}} (1972), this last one, about a man who becomes trapped in a telephone booth, while passersby seem unable to help him, won the 1973 [[International Emmy Award]] for Fiction.<ref name=Jimenez2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20120218/ciencia-ficcion-genero-tan-raro-cine-espanol-como-estimulante/498557.shtml|title=La ciencia ficción, un género tan raro en el cine español como estimulante|first=Jesús |last=Jiménez|access-date=13 February 2016|date=18 February 2012|language=es|website=rtve}}</ref>

The series ''Plutón B.R.B. Nero'' (2008) was a brutal SF comedy by [[Álex de la Iglesia]], in the line of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', or ''[[Doctor Who]]'', with 26 episodes of 35 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vertele.com/noticias/alex-de-la-iglesia-inicia-su-viaje-espacial-en-television-espanola/ |title=Álex de la Iglesia inicia su viaje espacial en Televisión Española |website=Vertele |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=29 March 2016 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bartolomé|first=Eva Mª|title=Si España tuviera que salvar al mundo|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/16/television/1216238841.html|website=El Mundo|language=es|date=17 July 2008|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vidiella|first=Rafa|title=Álex de la Iglesia se estrena en televisión con su serie 'Plutón BRB Nero'|url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/414341/0/brbnero/serie/iglesia/|website=20 Minutos|language=es|date=24 September 2008|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Other series of the 2010s were ''[[Los protegidos (Spanish TV series)|Los protegidos]]'' (2010-2012), ''[[El Barco (TV series)|El barco]]'' (2011-2013), and ''[[El internado]]'' (2007-2010), all three inspired by North American productions, with minor SF elements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portalcomunicacion.com/lecciones_exp.asp?id=80 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160329182437/http://www.portalcomunicacion.com/lecciones_exp.asp?id=80 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |title=Las tendencias de las series de ficción españolas en los primeros años del siglo XXI |website=Lecciones del portal |issn=2014-0576 |author1=Puebla Martínez, Belén |author2=Carrillo Pascual, Elena |author3= Iñigo Jurado, Ana Isabel |access-date=29 March 2016 |language=es}}</ref><ref name=ecartelera>{{cite web|last=Alabadí Lunes|first=Héctor|title=5 veces que las series españolas lo intentaron con la ciencia ficción y la fantasía, y fallaron|url=http://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/28943/5-intentos-series-espanolas-intentaron-ciencia-ficcion-fantasia/|website=e-cartelera|language=es|date=15 February 2016|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>

The latest success is ''[[El ministerio del tiempo]]'' (''The ministry of time''), premiered on February 24, 2015 on [[Televisión Española|TVE]]'s main channel [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|La 1]]. The series follows the exploits of a patrol of the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel.<ref name= "elperiodico">{{Cite news|title = Un ministro secreto y oculto|url = http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/opinion/ministro-secreto-oculto-3969000|last = Monegal|first=Ferran |date =  26 February 2015|access-date=23 February 2016|newspaper=[[El Periódico de Catalunya|El Periódico]]|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = El Ministerio del tiempo: un viaje sin complejos|url = http://www.elmundo.es/television/2015/02/24/54eb751de2704e84738b456d.html|last= Rey|first=Alberto |newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |date = 24 February 2015|access-date=23 February 2016|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = "El Ministerio del Tiempo": el futuro de la ficción española|url = http://laguiatv.abc.es/noticias/20150225/abci-critica-ministerio-tiempo-201502241819.html|last= Marín Bellón|first=Federico |date = 25 February 2015|access-date=23 February 2016 |newspaper=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|language=es}}</ref> It has garnered several national prizes in 2015, like  the [[Premios Ondas|Ondas Prize]], and has a thick following on-line, called ''los ministéricos''.<ref>{{cite web|title='El Ministerio del Tiempo' se estrena el martes 24 de febrero contra 'Bajo sospecha'|url=http://www.formulatv.com/noticias/44070/el-ministerio-del-tiempo-estrena-martes-24-febrero-bajo-sospecha/|website=FormulaTV|access-date=15 March 2015|language=es|date=18 February 2015}}</ref><ref name= "20minutos">{{Cite news|title = Los fans convierten la serie 'El Ministerio del Tiempo' en un fenómeno sin precedentes|url = http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2421701/0/el-ministerio-del-tiempo/ministericos/comunidad-fan/|last= González|first=Daniel |date = 6 April 2015|access-date=23 February 2016|newspaper=[[20 minutos]]|language=es}}</ref>

==== Eastern European series ====
[[Serbia]] produced ''[[The Collector (Serbian TV series)|The Collector]]'' ({{lang|sr|Sakupljač}}), a science fiction television series based upon [[Zoran Živković (writer)|Zoran Živković's]] story, winner of a [[World Fantasy Award]]. 

''[[Návštěvníci (TV series)|Návštěvníci]]'' ''(The Visitors)'' was a Czechoslovak (and Federal German, Swiss and French) TV series produced in 1981 to 1983. The family show aired in a larger number of European countries.