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About the Series
![Taggart in TV Taggart in TV](./img/gq/taggart_in_tv.jpg)
From 1978 to 1982, the US sender KR2 aired a very unusual science fiction series on that time: GALAXY QUEST.
After the great success of STAR TREK and STAR WARS before, this was a try to bring science fiction to a new brilliance, but with another direction: Humour. While STAR WARS is more mythical and STAR TREK science oriented, Galaxy Quest should be both: Interesting and funny.
![Frank Ross Frank Ross](./img/gq/frank_ross.jpg)
Frank Ross developed the concept and created the series. After some ups and downs at the beginning, the show became so popular and successful that it could run 4 years and got 92 episodes at the end. The outstanding quality was the result of great authors (William Gibson and even Robert A. Heinlein for 2 episodes) and the excellent actors. Some of them were still contracted for other projects, but this was not a problem as they could take their role by using pseudonyms. Consequently, Galaxy Quest is both a science fiction series and a parody of itself.
Unfortunately, it was never shown in Germany. Despite of this, Galaxy Quest got lots of friends in Germany too. So just have a look why this series is just brilliant!
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