Editing Colin Pillinger (section)

===Pillinger in popular culture===
''Beagle 2'' has been mentioned in Hollywood films ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (and in the prequel Transformers: Beginnings comic) and Pillinger's work on asteroid impacts in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''. A missing British Mars spacecraft was the subject of the [[The Christmas Invasion|2005 ''Doctor Who'' Christmas Special]]. Pillinger appeared in ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' season 3 episode 7 and won a contest based on the best [[burnout (vehicle)|burnout]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pukas|first1=Anna|title=Professor Colin Pillinger 1943-2014: A tribute to a very British boffin|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/474865/Professor-Colin-Pillinger-1943-2014-Tribute-to-a-very-British-boffin|access-date=14 September 2017|work=Express|date=9 May 2014}}</ref> ''Beagle 2'' featured in a science fiction story by Stephen Baxter and as one of the subjects in ''The Backroom Boys'' by Frances Spufford.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lezard|first1=Nicholas|title=The poetry of science|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/14/featuresreviews.guardianreview12|access-date=14 September 2017|work=Guardian|date=14 August 2004}}</ref>
Colin Pillinger was one of the guests talking about the planet Mars for In Our Time, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 11 January 2007.