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The twentieth century saw an explosion in the whole science fiction genre, and with this explosion there was a whole new range of heroes and villains born. Comic book, pulp fiction and science fiction novel writers managed to create characters that gripped the reader's imagination. The heroes were strong characters with extraordinary powers, fighting against adversaries that were clearly evil. For every good guy there was a bad guy to battle, and a bad guy who's powers were a clear threat to the hero.

With the prevalence of science fiction, spreading into every sort of media, many characters are known by large proportions of the population. Therefore many people could provide a list of their favourite characters or those they believe to be the most famous. My selection appears below, and I hope that you agree with at least a few of them.

DOCTOR WHO The Doctor and The Master
My favourite science fiction character is the Doctor' from Doctor Who. Created by the BBC some forty-five years ago, the Doctor has spread from the small screen, to radio, to film and to some two hundred books. The Time Lord from Gallifrey is now in his tenth regeneration and is nine hundred years old. Despite his age, the Doctor still travels through time and space with a succession of companions in the TARDIS. Regarded as do-gooder' by his enemies, the Doctor continues to stick his nose into historical events, gets to meet famous people and fights a succession of aliens. The special effects have improved greatly over the year, although generations of children have hidden behind their sofas as the Daleks or Cybermen appeared on their television screen.

The Master is almost the total opposite of the Doctor, and is a reoccurring adversary for the Doctor to fight. The Master is the greatest individual enemy that the Doctor has yet faced. The Master is a renegade Time Lord, and in many aspects is the classic villain. The Master is shown to be a genius, a maniac and a man with a huge ego and a lust for power. The Doctor and The Master were once class mates, and developed a number of the same skills, including hypnosis. If anything it shows that there is perhaps very little difference between a hero and a villain.

STAR TREK Captain Kirk and the Klingons
James Tiberius Kirk, Star Fleet captain and admiral. I am not sure that you can think of science fiction on television without William Shatner springing to mind. As the lead character in the original Star Trek series, Kirk captained the Enterprise

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