as of 2021, "andromeda" is one of two tv series (the other is "earth: final conflict") based on ideas roddenberry had as early as the 1960s and 1970s. roddenberry died in 1991, nine years before the series premiere. the name "dylan hunt" was used for the hero of two tv pilots roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s, "genesis ii", and "planet earth." both had a similar setting.