Editing Farscape (section)

==Production and broadcast==
The series was originally conceived in the early 1990s by [[Rockne S. O'Bannon]] and [[Brian Henson]] under the title ''Space Chase''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows|last1=Garcia|first1=Frank|last2=Phillips|first2=Mark|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|isbn=978-0786491834|pages=96}}</ref> The series is told in a serialized format, with each episode involving a self-contained story while contributing to a larger [[story arc|storyline]]. Nearly the entire cast originates from Australia and New Zealand, except for Ben Browder, who is an American actor.

''Farscape'''s characters frequently make use of slang such as "frell", "dren" and "hezmana" as a substitute for English expletives.<ref>{{Cite book |title=[[Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0195305678 |editor-last=Prucher |editor-first=Jeff |location=Google Books |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bravenewwordsoxf00pruc/page/72 72]}}</ref>

''Farscape'' first ran on the Australian TV Channel [[Nine Network]] and the Canadian [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV channel]], then in the US on the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] and on [[BBC Two]] in the United Kingdom. The series' original broadcast on Sci-Fi was noted for its erratic scheduling, with hiatuses lasting months often occurring mid-season. For example, the final four episodes of Season 1 aired beginning in January 2000, nearly four months after the broadcast of the preceding episode; the final four episodes of Season 3 were separated from the rest of the season by a gap of more than six months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/episodes|title=Farscape (1999–2003) Episode List|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412124210/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/episodes|url-status=live}}</ref>

Each episode cost more than $1 million to make.<ref>{{cite web|first=Maureen|last=Ryan|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/08/08/science-friction-6/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708143927/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/08/08/science-friction-6/|title=Science friction|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archivedate=July 8, 2024|date=August 8, 2003|accessdate=July 22, 2024}}</ref>