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Ideas are explored, rehashed, dis- carded and revived in new works in a cycle as certain as our orbit around our nearest star. Quite often, books, shows or plays are adapted for the big screen or vice versa. Syfy's new space opera "Dark Matter" is, technically speaking, an adaptation of a comic book, but the concept took a bit of an unconvention- al path on its way to a full- fledged TV show. Initially envi- sioned for the small screen, the idea was published as a comic book miniseries that was then used to sell the con- cept as a TV show. The series premiered last month, and a new episode of "Dark Matter" airs Friday, July 3, on Syfy. The well-known writer/pro- ducer duo behind "Dark Mat- ter" is Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, who worked on the "Stargate" franchise for years. During that time, the pair developed the bones of a sci-fi pilot episode, but didn't approach television networks right away, perhaps due to the historic tendency of sci-fi shows getting canceled after a single — or partial — season (à la cult favorite "Firefly"). "Rather than simply go out and pitch the series, I decided on a different tactic," Mallozzi said in a December 2014 inter- view with "Review Fix." "I knew, from my many years working development early in my career, that 'established properties' always seemed to garner more attention than original material. And so, [Mul- lie] and I approached Dark Horse Comics about trans- forming the pilot into a four-is- sue mini." That miniseries of comic books was published between January and April 2012, con- taining material for what would become the first two episodes of "Dark Matter." The creators had to wait nearly three years, but in October 2014, Syfy announced that they had ordered a 13-episode season from the duo. "Dark Matter" opens with the crew of a broken down spaceship emerging from stasis one by one. Faced with warnings about failing life support, a bunch of strangers and no memory of who they are, the crew is immediately off bal- ance. After getting the life sup- port online, the crew members name themselves in the order they woke up and explore the ship they find themselves on. "Dark Matter" is a gritty, character-focused space dra- ma with a similar feel to the cult classic "Firefly." The cre- ators have already proven that they know how to make a suc- cessful sci-fi TV series, and the first few episodes set up an in- triguing world for the rest of the season to explore. It's offi- cially out of comic book terri- tory, so tune in to find out which direction this show is jetting off in when a new epi- sode of "Dark Matter" airs Fri- day, July 3, on Syfy. 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