Science fiction, (TV: Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (TV story)"]) sometimes shortened to "sci-fi", (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"]) was a literary genre, usually dealing with futuristic or technological themes. H. G. Wells coined the term during an adventure with the Sixth Doctor. (TV: Timelash [+]Loading...["Timelash (TV story)"])
In February 1970, Stevens dismissed Greg Sutton's outlandish claim that a green slime from the centre of the Earth transformed scientists into wolf monsters during the Inferno Project. He described Sutton's story as sounding like the plot of a "science fiction potboiler." (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Popular science fiction television series in Britain included Nightshade, Doctor Who and Professor X, though American series such as Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek were well known. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"], No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"], Bafflement and Devotion [+]Loading...["Bafflement and Devotion (short story)"]; COMIC: Ophidius [+]Loading...["Ophidius (comic story)"]; PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"]; TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"], Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"], In the Forest of the Night [+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"]; WC: The Zygon Isolation [+]Loading...["The Zygon Isolation (webcast)"])
Some of the known science fiction film franchises included Star Wars, Alien, and The Terminator. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"], Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"], Warriors of Kudlak [+]Loading...["Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)"], Prisoner of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)"]; PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"], Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"], et al.)
In 1980, the science fiction film Prey for a Miracle was released. It starred Peter Cushing as "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who", a character loosely based on the First Doctor. (PROSE: Salvation [+]Loading...["Salvation (novel)"])
A for Andromeda was a BBC science fiction series. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...{"page":"4","1":"Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"})
Amy Pond once told Eldritch Valdemar that she was a science fiction fan. She cited Jules Verne as an example of a science fiction author whose work she had read. (COMIC: The Screams of Death [+]Loading...["The Screams of Death (comic story)"])
Dr Ivan Asimoff was a writer of science fiction from the planet Sigma. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Free-Fall Warriors (comic story)"]) Marnal wrote science fiction during his time on Earth. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])
Bill Potts was a fan of science fiction, and didn't believe the Twelfth Doctor was until she stepped into the TARDIS for the first time. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])
After the Sycorax invasion of Earth on 25 December 2006 (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) UNIT released a press briefing, that stated, among other things, that aliens were no longer "little green men" or "science fiction" or "hiding under the bed". (PROSE: Alien Life [+]Loading...["Alien Life (short story)"])
A sticker found in Festival Park depicted Ozzy, with the caption "Sci-Fi Ozzy". (GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...["Wonder Chase (video game)"])