Editing Science fiction on television (section)

==== 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>