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Science fiction was a literary genre, usually dealing with futuristic or technological themes. H. G. Wells coined the phrase during an adventure with the Sixth Doctor. (DW: Timelash)
Popular science fiction television series in England included Nightshade and Professor X, though American series such as Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek were well known. (NA: Nightshade, No Future; DWM: Ophidius; EDA: Escape Velocity; DW: The Empty Child)
Some of the known science fiction film franchises included Star Wars, Alien, and Terminator. (PDA: Mission: Impractical, DW: Dreamland, TW: Greeks Bearing Gifts, SJA: Warriors of Kudlak, Prisoner of the Judoon; EDA: Escape Velocity and others)
Amy Pond once pretended to be a science fiction fan. She cited Jules Verne as an example of a science fiction author whose work she had read. (DWM: The Screams of Death)
