Science Fiction Britannia season. Reflecting on the show in the programme, the author and critic Kim Newman said that "the strength of Star Cops is the writing. I don't think any of the episodes are realised as well on screen as they are on the page. [...] If it had come back for another couple of seasons it might well have been the BBC's best science fiction show". The documentary concluded that Star Cops was an "overlooked gem". Episode guide Star Cops comprised nine episodes and was first broadcast on Monday nights on BBC2 between 6 July 1987 and 31 August 1987. A tenth episode "Death on the Moon" was planned but abandoned following industrial action at the BBC. Audio series On 9 November 2017, Big Finish Productions announced they would be releasing a new series of Star Cops stories as audio plays, with surviving original cast members David Calder, Trevor Cooper and Linda Newton reprising their roles as Nathan Spring, Colin Devis and Pal Kenzy respectively. Joining them were Rakhee Thakrar as Priya Basu and Philip Olivier as Paul Bailey. Nimmy March also played Commander Shayla Moss, the new appointed co-ordinator of the Moonbase. Two box sets of four adventures were announced, and released in May and December 2018 under the banner title of Mother Earth. A further series, entitled Star Cops: Mars was announced on 1 November 2019, starring the core cast of Calder, Cooper and Newton. Two volumes, each containing three episodes were released in December 2019 and July 2020. Additionally, an audiobook novel The Stuff of Life, written by Mike Tucker and narrated by Trevor Cooper, was released in December 2019. It was set between the events of Mother Earth and Mars. A second audiobook entitled Sins of the Father, also by Tucker and again narrated by Trevor Cooper was released in December 2021. This story is set directly after the events of the Mars series. Mother Earth The Stuff of Life (audiobook) Mars Sins of the Father (Audiobook) Merchandising A very small amount of merchandising has been produced for Star Cops. To coincide with the broadcast of the series in 1987, BBC Enterprises released Justin Hayward's theme song "It Won't Be Easy" as a 7-inch and 12-inch single. The 7-inch included the track "Outer Space" by Hayward and Tony Visconti, which was one of the incidental music tracks written for "An Instinct for Murder", on