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Brave new space frontiers
Showrunner Naren Shankar hopes The Expanse, a tale of interplanetary intrigue and class warfare, will be as influential as sci-fi franchise Star Trek
Despite being dubbed the smartest and most politically relevant science-fiction series on television, the first three seasons of The Expanse (2015 to now) eked out a fairly modest audience.
This prompted some critics to glumly declare it "the best science-fiction show you've never seen".
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 21, 2020, with the headline Brave new space frontiers. Subscribe
