1 9 8 5 ) ▁had ▁science - f iction ▁as ▁a ▁secondary ▁element . ▁The ▁industry ' s ▁shift ▁in ▁drama ▁produ ctions ▁being ▁entirely ▁mounted ▁on ▁film ▁rather ▁than ▁using ▁the ▁old ▁film / video ▁' hy brid ' ▁form , ▁with ▁increased ▁costs ▁ed ged ▁out ▁genre ' s ▁thought ▁marg inal . ▁ ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁very ▁last ▁original ▁series ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁the ▁multi - camera ▁era ▁of ▁BBC ▁science ▁fiction ▁was ▁Star ▁C ops ▁( 1 9 8 7 ), ▁which ▁ran ▁for ▁only ▁nine ▁episodes ▁to ▁poor ▁view ing ▁figures ▁on ▁the ▁corpor ation ' s ▁second ▁channel , ▁BBC 2 . ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Chris ▁B ouch er , ▁who ▁had ▁contributed ▁scripts ▁to ▁Doctor ▁Who ▁and ▁Bla ke ' s ▁ 7 , ▁and ▁was ▁script ▁editor ▁for ▁the ▁later ▁series ▁entire ▁run . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁also ▁saw ▁the ▁arrival ▁on ▁the ▁BBC ▁of ▁two ▁science ▁fiction ▁comedy ▁series ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁their ▁orig ins ▁on ▁radio . ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁The ▁H itch h iker ' s ▁Guide ▁to ▁the ▁Gal axy ▁( 1 9 8 1 ) ▁by ▁Douglas ▁Adams ▁which ▁am alg am ated ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁radio ▁series ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁subsequent ▁novel . ▁The ▁second ▁was ▁Red ▁D war f ▁( 1 9 8 8 – 9 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 – present ), ▁created ▁and ▁originally ▁written ▁by ▁Rob ▁Grant ▁and ▁Doug ▁N aylor .