▁and ▁contributed ▁to ▁British ▁TV ▁science ▁fiction ▁there . ▁Dav ies ' ▁first ▁sci - fi ▁serial ▁was ▁the ▁six - part ▁Dark ▁Season ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁which ▁co - star red ▁a ▁young ▁Kate ▁W ins let ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁former ▁Bla ke ' s ▁ 7 ▁star ▁Jac qu eline ▁Pear ce . ▁Two ▁years ▁later ▁Dav ies ▁wrote ▁a ▁second , ▁much ▁more ▁complex ▁serial ▁called ▁Century ▁F alls ▁( 1 9 9 3 ). ▁I TV ▁contributed ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Tom orrow ▁People ▁( 1 9 9 2 – 9 4 ) ▁made ▁as ▁an ▁international ▁co - production ▁with ▁US ▁and ▁Australia ▁companies , ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁various ▁other ▁child - orient ed ▁sci - fi ▁type ▁series ▁such ▁as ▁I TV ' s ▁Mike ▁& ▁Ang elo ▁( 1 9 8 9 – 9 9 ) ▁and ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁W att ▁on ▁Earth ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁although ▁these ▁lack ed ▁the ▁c ros so ver ▁adult ▁appeal ▁that ▁Dav ies ' ▁shows ▁had ▁possessed . ▁ ▁The ▁interest ▁in ▁making ▁British ▁TV ▁science ▁fiction ▁seemed ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁broad c aster s ▁towards ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁in ▁that ▁companies ▁began ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁luc r ative ▁over se as ▁sales ▁and ▁tie - in ▁products ▁that ▁other ▁gen res ▁could ▁not ▁match . ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s ▁the ▁BBC ▁screen ed ▁four ▁seasons