Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a small group of materials that were brought together as auction items to fund an ongoing fan effort to prevent the cancellation of the science fiction television series Farscape (1999-2003). The materials in this collection are less important for their inherent value, perhaps, than for the fan phenomenon they represent. The Save Farscape movement was a major grass-roots campaign by concerned fans to influence the broadcasting decisions of a television network. It was not the first of such campaigns, by any means. Fan campaigns to save beloved shows date back to 1967-1968, when an unprecedented effort of protest letter-writing and phone calls by an organized group of fans influenced NBC to renew Star Trek for a third season. In 1984, the group Viewers for Quality Television was founded, initially to "rescue" the series Cagney and Lacey from...