Significant Creative Influences
For a list of notable science fiction series and programs on television, see: List of science fiction television programs.
People who have influenced science fiction on television include:
- J. J. Abrams, creator of Alias, Fringe and Lost (along with Damon Lindelof), director of Star Trek
- Irwin Allen, creator of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, Lost in Space, and Land of the Giants
- Gerry Anderson, creator of Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO, Space: 1999, and Space Precinct
- Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, animators and producers of The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Valley of the Dinosaurs, Mightor, and Samson and Goliath
- Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen, Harsh Realm, and Millennium
- Russell T Davies, revived the Doctor Who franchise and created its spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Kenneth Johnson, producer and director of The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, The Incredible Hulk, V (also creator) and Alien Nation
- Sid & Marty Krofft, producers and creators of Land of the Lost and its 1991 remake, The Lost Saucer, Far Out Space Nuts, and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
- Nigel Kneale, writer and creator of the Quatermass serials
- Glen A. Larson, creator of Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Galactica 1980, and Knight Rider
- Ronald D. Moore, creator of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica; producer and writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Roswell
- Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks in Doctor Who, and of his own shows Survivors and Blake's 7
- Sydney Newman, creator of Doctor Who, The Avengers and other telefantasy shows
- Rockne S. O'Bannon, creator of Alien Nation, seaQuest DSV, and Farscape.
- Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Earth: Final Conflict, and Andromeda
- Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery
- Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano, creators of The Outer Limits
- J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, Crusade and Jeremiah
- Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse
- Robert Hewitt Wolfe, writer, producer, and/or executive producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Andromeda, The Dead Zone, The 4400, and The Dresden Files
- Brad Wright, writer, producer, co-creator and/or executive producer of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe
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