Season 3 of Dark Matter is a little bizarre (going off the rails a bit), but still delivers thrilling and action-packed adventures. Dark Matter is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name and developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with Space channel. An order for 13 episodes was placed for the first season of the series, which premiered on June 12, 2015 on both Space and Syfy.. On September 5, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season.