Best SCI-FI tv shows

[violet lightning]

My faves...In no real order:

1. The Twilight Zone (original)
2. Red Dwarf
3. Battlestar Galactica (remake)
4. The Outer Limits (original)
5. Lexx
6. Lost in Space (for the kitsch factor)
7. The X-Files
8. Star Trek (original)
9. Star Trek: Next Gen
10. Mystery Science Theater 3000

honorable mentions: Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, Project Blue Book, My Favorite Martian, Primevel, Sliders, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman.....:D:D
UFO...I don't remember the show, but I did have some cool S.H.A.D.O space toys!

[NCC-1701]

how could i forget red dwarf!?

[violet lightning]

Red Dwarf was great!!!!!
My favorite has to be the "JFK" episode, where they solve the whole conspiracy theory!

[aa2239]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

Red Dwarf was great!!!!!
My favorite has to be the "JFK" episode, where they solve the whole conspiracy theory!

Yep, original Red Dwarf rocks! One of the funniest shows ever! :D I'm so disappointed with the new series in the UK... it's complete shit compared to the original. My fave episode is "Ouroboron", it basically explains how Lister was born. Classic, and quite a clever plot too.

Also gotta give shout-outs to Star Trek (all series apart from TOS), Stargate SG1 (not Atlantis), and Battlestar Galactica (new series, not original).

[ARIES666]

LEXX

Sorry....I double-checked....of course....VioletLightning picked it as well!

[rockabilly]

YES!! Xenia Seeberg is so sexy. Lexx was a great show ... and i think they had a living ship before Farscape did.

[The Conquistador]

Robotech:The Macross Saga. The Robotech episodes after that kinda sucked. Roy Fokker and Max Sterling were my heroes!

[rockabilly]

1. Doctor Who
2. Sliders ( first three seasons )
3. Star Trek
4. Battlestar Galactica ( new )
5. Primeval
6. Stargate
7. Firefly
8. The Invisible Man ( Quicksilver gland i want one )
9. Torchwood
10. Farscape
I have many more but ten is the standard.
Honorable mentions
Buffy/ Angel / Dark Angel / Twilight Zone / Outer Limits / V

[transjen]

I think Buffy/Angel is more of a horror/adventure then SCI-FI if horror is counted then i would have added Kolchak the Nightstalker [75 series] great show but only lasted one season Lost in Space is another great show just skip season 2 and watch season 1 and 3 Jennifer

[rockabilly]

Kolchak was great and lets forget the remake ever happened.

[johndowe]

Originally Posted by NCC-1701

how could i forget red dwarf!?

Hi there.

Maby it because you were going where no man had gone before?

JohnDowe.

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

UFO...I don't remember the show, but I did have some cool S.H.A.D.O space toys!

Well, you're about to get a refresher course.
UFO has just been optioned for a big screen remake...

[tslust]

I loved X-Files.

[Hankstar3]

SCI FI. My top ten are (and this is in no particular order):

The Star Trek Saga (I'm a fan of it all TV, Movies, & Books)
BSG
The Stargate Saga
X-Files
Babylon 5 (truly a complete story)
Farscape
Firefly (killed before it reached its true potential)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Was good in the 80's would love to see an updated version)
Space Above and Beyond (The concept was sound but the show had poor writers. I can't wait to see a update version or movie)
Dark Angel (This story needs to be continued)
Terminator: The Series
Roswell (This needs to story needs to be continued)

Ok it more then ten, but then I can easily make it to 20:D
I love SCI FI

The Twilight's Zone & Outer Limits of course..

[transjen]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

UFO...I don't remember the show, but I did have some cool S.H.A.D.O space toys!

UFO was a show by Gerry Anderson before he did Space 1999, UFO was his first live action series till then he used puppets in THUNDERBIRD and CAPTAIN SCARLET and a few others like Stingray Jennifer

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

UFO...I don't remember the show, but I did have some cool S.H.A.D.O space toys!

Originally Posted by transjen

UFO was a show by Gerry Anderson before he did Space 1999, UFO was his first live action series till then he used puppets in THUNDERBIRD and CAPTAIN SCARLET and a few others like Stingray Jennifer

Actually, a little fun trivia for you: UFO was actually the genesis for Space:1999.
From UFOseries.com...

Most of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's series only lasted 39 episodes or less, as financier Lew Grade was more interested in making a brand new series than continuing old ones. So, when UFO finished filming 26 episodes in the fall of 1970, it wasn't even expected that there would be a second season. And sure enough, Lew asked Gerry to start filming the detective/crime-fighting series "The Protectors".

In America, ITC syndicated UFO over 136 TV stations during the 1972-73 season, two years after filming had been completed. This was not part of a network showing, although many articles at the time associate it with CBS because it was shown on CBS stations in the largest markets of New York and Los Angeles. UFO did very well in the ratings on these two stations for the first several months. It did so well in fact that CBS was thinking about ordering a second season.

As a result, Gerry Anderson and his team began pre-production on a sequel series which would take place in the year 1999. The battle with the Aliens would have escalated, and SHADO HQ would have been moved to the moon in a much larger moonbase. Models, sets, and costumes were prepared, but then the ratings began to fall and the series was canceled. However, Gerry used this pre-production work for a brand new series, which turned out to be SPACE: 1999.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by CreativeMind

Actually, a little fun trivia for you: UFO was actually the genesis for Space:1999.
From UFOseries.com...

Most of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's series only lasted 39 episodes or less, as financier Lew Grade was more interested in making a brand new series than continuing old ones. So, when UFO finished filming 26 episodes in the fall of 1970, it wasn't even expected that there would be a second season. And sure enough, Lew asked Gerry to start filming the detective/crime-fighting series "The Protectors".

In America, ITC syndicated UFO over 136 TV stations during the 1972-73 season, two years after filming had been completed. This was not part of a network showing, although many articles at the time associate it with CBS because it was shown on CBS stations in the largest markets of New York and Los Angeles. UFO did very well in the ratings on these two stations for the first several months. It did so well in fact that CBS was thinking about ordering a second season.

As a result, Gerry Anderson and his team began pre-production on a sequel series which would take place in the year 1999. The battle with the Aliens would have escalated, and SHADO HQ would have been moved to the moon in a much larger moonbase. Models, sets, and costumes were prepared, but then the ratings began to fall and the series was canceled. However, Gerry used this pre-production work for a brand new series, which turned out to be SPACE: 1999.

Thanks for the info as i never know this, The idea shows promise kinda wish they made it but then SPACE 1999 was a great series i alway like the shapeshifter they introducted in the second season, UFO is on my next to buy list Jennifer

[ARIES666]

Key word here is "best"! There have been so many tacky, cheaply produced, corny Sci-Fi television shows that just do not stand up to the "test of time". I am going to go with "best" as opposed to "favorite" shows. Shows like Lost in Space, Voyage To the Bottom of The Sea, Knight Rider (original), Six-Million Dollar Man, etc, etc have a certain nostalagic charm about them, but quality TV...I think not!

That said, this list is purely subjective in nature, since it is my opinions. There will be shows missing from this list that I am sure are quality shows, but if I have not seen them, then I cannot pick them!

Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
Outer Limits (1963-1965)
Star Trek (1966-1969)
The Prisoner (1968)
Lexx (1997-2002)
Firefly (2002)
Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009)
Fringe (2008-????)

I would like to put "Wild, Wild West" (1965-1969) on the list, but it has been so long since I have seen it. It was a very imaginative
"western/action/comedy" series. Set in the old west, but the agents (Robert Conrad and Ross Martin) had very advanced weapons and gadgets. I think it classifies as "sci-fi", but others may disagree.

[worlock1422]

1 - Babylon 5
2 - Firefly
3 - Eureka
4 - The Org 80s Transformers Cartoon
5 - Star Trek VOY



I know Ill think of one or 2 more after I push post lol

[transjen]

Originally Posted by ARIES666

I would like to put "Wild, Wild West" (1965-1969) on the list, but it has been so long since I have seen it. It was a very imaginative
"western/action/comedy" series. Set in the old west, but the agents (Robert Conrad and Ross Martin) had very advanced weapons and gadgets. I think it classifies as "sci-fi", but others may disagree.

Wild Wild West is one of those shows that are in the grey area some consider it in the same area as Gunsmoke basicly a western, Other consider it a SCI-FI show due to like you mentioned the futurelistic gadgets and plots of the villians, I consider it a James Bond traped in the wild west but it is a fun show to watch, Oh i tend to like the old out dated camp SCI-FI shows over most of the darker hasher SCI-FI shows as the newer shows are geared towards FX and little story and i find most to be depressing, Just my opion Jennifer

[SluttyShemaleAnna]

Anyone who doesn't have the new Battlestar Galactica in their top ten should be sent to a funny farm.