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Oh, thank goodness! I hate those things.
Thunderbirds?? Really??
Concerning the “Doctor Who” entry, the recent ones ought to never ever compare to the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker era.
Not a bad list. Personally, I would flip Battlestar Galactica with Babylon 5 and Star Trek with The Twilight Zone.
Babylon 5 had a clear continuous story, whereas a large part of Galactica was made up as they went along.
the Twilight Zone is the clear gold standard for story telling with highest percentage of wheat to chaff of any SF series.
Thunderbirds? Astro Boy?
Oh, yeah, it the Rolling Stoned.
What?! No “Lost in Space”!
only stargate and babylon 5 are good
No Farscape?
Wouldn’t go to Rolling Stoners for any reason, but here are my favorites.
BSG
DS9
TNG
Sliders (1st season only)
Dr. Who (2005-2006)
Earth: Final Conflict
Alien Nation
X-Files
SeaQuest (first couple of seasons)
Humans (one season in and this is already a classic)
Outer Limits
The premise is that Earth, being wrecked by humans, gave rise to some mutant humanoids, the albino, mostly nocturnal, ferociously strong and blood thirsty Abbies. (aberants? aboriginals?) The Abbies build nothing. They seek to destroy anything built.
One scientist recruited or kidnapped people, put them into hibernation for two thousand years, and built an impregnable valley fortress to shelter them from the Abbies.
It's the engineering and the economy of the place that tick me off. How could you make a place that would tend itself for two thousand years, especially against humans before they were destroyed? How could you store that much food and power?
And how would humans not efficiently wipe out the Abbies, small in number at first, as they proved themselves able to wipe out every large beast they set their mind to?
As with all lists like this, it is pretty subjective. Some of these shows I have never heard of, some I would like to see.
I have always really liked British Sci-Fi as they could do a lot with cheesy special effects but had a great story line and characters, along with some really good actors to play the roles.
Now while not strictly a sci-fi show,”The Avengers” TV show from England had it’s share of sci-fi themed shows.
The Prisoner, Twilight Zone and the first Star Trek were way ahead of their time. Not so sure I’d call the first two ‘Science Fiction’ though. More like reality tv and fantasy.
Red Dwarf
I always liked “The Time Tunnel”, especially the episode where they brought machine guns to the Roman Era....talk about a fantasy game-changer......
How about “Galactica 1980”? Laughable to the point of being a classic, lol.
Good list with BTVS in top 10, but never watched Dr Who , Battle Star Galactica, Space 1999.
Could not make sense of the Prisoner, saw some Firefly , but never Dollhouse, saw X files until final season , Lost Quantum Leap, the Star Treks.
Where is Angel?
Flash is currently good.