''Galloping Galaxies!'' is a British

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series set on a spaceship that was shown on the BBC from 1 October 1985 to 18 December 1986, comprising two series, of ten episodes in total. It was created and written by Bob Block, the creator of ''

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''. Jeremy Swan who directed Rentaghost, produced and directed the series. It featured

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in one of his final roles as the voice of the ship's bog-eyed computer, SID. A novelisation of the first series was released by

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in 1987,http://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk
/ref> and the second series was announced to follow in book form, but never materialised. No commercial release of the show has ever appeared.

Synopsis

The stories are set in the 25th century, and follow the adventures of the ''Spaceship Voyager'', the computer SID, Captain Pettifer (Robert Swales) and his crew. Cover blurb of novel: "''GALLOPING GALAXIES!'' is the funniest thing this side of the

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and will boldly make you laugh where you have never laughed before!"

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