Win a Pathfinders box set!

Two astronauts in space suits space-walking. — (Image credit: Network)

Produced by Sydney Newman, who went on to be a key figure in the creation of Doctor Who, and co-written by Malcolm Hulke (who would later create the Silurians and the Sea Devils), Pathfinders is a significant precursor of the series.

Itself a sequel to 1960's Target Luna, it sees a core gang of travellers travelling to the Moon, Mars and Venus over the course of three series (first aired from 1960-1961), encountering such things as the crystallised remains of a 400 million-year-old man, dinosaurs, and Venusian cave people.

Network have just reissued the trilogy on DVD. Extras include PDFs of the scripts for Target Luna (which no longer exists in the archives), and a detailed booklet by TV historian Andrew Pixley. We have three box sets to give away. To put your name in the hat for the chance to win one, simply answer the question below.

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The cover of the Pathfinders Trilogy DVD box set. — (Image credit: Network)

Ian Berriman has been working for SFX – the world's leading sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine – since March 2002. He's also a regular writer for Electronic Sound. Other publications he's contributed to include Total Film, When Saturday Comes, Retro Pop, Horrorville, and What DVD. A life-long Doctor Who fan, he's also a supporter of Hull City, and live-tweets along to BBC Four's Top Of The Pops repeats from his @TOTPFacts account.