5 Reasons Why Farscape Is Still The Best Sci-Fi TV Series Ever (20 Years On)

5. The Humour

Farscape's comedy was sharp, side-splitting, and injected some true life into the show. It was often outrageous and anarchic, never afraid to pop cultural references, and parody everything, including itself. The comedy element was something that grew and evolved with each series, as the writers became emboldened with the show's popularity.

Entire episodes were dedicated to comedy. Take for example the Looney Tunes Roadrunner/Wile E Coyote homage episode, Revenging Angel, and the clubland insanity of Scratch and Sniff. Humour was at their core, but it was good humour which was genuinely hilarious.

Many of the characters also displayed a funny side, and their comedy traits were a large part of their likability. This was mostly a testament to the actors, and their exemplary performances. A case in point was Australian actor Wayne Pygram, who played arch-antagonist Scorpius.

Scorpius wasn't really a character from which humour could be extrapolated. So instead, writers created the neural clone alter-ego character Harvey, who served as a not always helpful voice inside of protagonist, John Crichton's head. And so ensued a swathe of slapstick performances and the occasional pink bunny costume.