For a couple of days before it was all green light, smooth sailing, and everyone was very confident that there would be a fifth season. Then a couple of days before it was announced, it all went very quiet, up top. So I felt "something funny is going on." And that was the unfortunate fact of life.

What do you think about the fan efforts to save the show?

It's absolutely extraordinary. I mean, I knew that there was a strong fan base, but I had no idea that people felt so passionately. All our contributions to the show created something that's quite special. I had no idea.

I just used to trek out to glamorous Homebush, to the industrial estate, and go out to deep space there. This is the first actual convention I�ve been too, and this isn�t even a specifically Farscape convention, [here] at Gallifrey.

So it�s absolutely incredible to meet the fans who we make the show for. And to see how strongly they identified with it, and loved it. Well, that�s what we made the show for. No fans, no show.