British Space Programme in Fiction
Works of science fiction have often described a United Kingdom with an ambitious space programme of its own. Notable fictional depictions of British spacecraft or Britons in space include:
- "How We Went to Mars" by Sir Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Fiction Stories March 1938)
- Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future (comics, 1950–1967, 1980s)
- Journey Into Space (radio, 1953–1955)
- The Quatermass Experiment (television, 1953)
- Blast Off at Woomera by Hugh Walters (1957)
- Doctor Who (television) — "The Ambassadors of Death" (1970), "The Christmas Invasion" (2005)
- The Goodies - "Invasion of the Moon Creatures"(television, 1973)
- Moonbase 3 (television, 1973)
- Come Back Mrs. Noah (television, 1977)
- Star Cops (television, 1987)
- Red Dwarf (television, 1988–1999, 2009)
- Ministry of Space (comics, 2001–2004)
- Hyperdrive (TV series) (television, 2006–2007)
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