The top 10 sci-fi shows of all-time!
1. Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
Rod Serling’s famous anthology series focused on ordinary people who sometimes found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. Each episode would typically end with an ironic or unexpected twist.
Created by Rod Serling – Details …
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009)
After the Cylon robots destroyed the home planets (Twelve Colonies) of a human civilization, the only surviving military ship, the Battlestar Galactica represents the last chance for the remaining surviviors.
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Jamie Bamber – Details …
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
The series follows the adventures of a new Enterprise and its crew decades after Captain Kirk’s 5-year mission.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes – Details …
4. The Outer Limits (1995-2002)
“There is nothing wrong with your television.” Sounds familiar? This is the second installment of the popular 1963 show created by Joseph Stefano and Leslie Stevens. The show explores how far people would go and how much terror is actually possible in life. Most of the time there is no happy ending. The episodes often feature stories such as cloning, murder, alternate dimension, space travel, family values, time travel etc. – Details …
5. Doctor Who (1963-1964)
Doctor Who is the longest running scifi show in TV history. The story follows the adventures of an eccentric time traveling alien and his friends.
Cast: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee – Details …
6. Star Trek (1966-1969)
The show follows the adventures of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew. Their main objective is to “explore new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations”.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley – Details …
7. The X-Files (1993-2000)
The adventures of two FBI agents, Mulder and Scully, who are investigating strange or previously unsolved crimes that often involves the paranormal.
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Pileggi – Details …
8. Stargate SG1 (1997-2007)
The show is based on the 1994 movie, Stargate. The series follows the adventures of a secret military team, SG1 who explore alien planets using a device called Stargate.
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks and Amanda Tapping – Details …
9. Babylon 5 (1994-1998)
After the Earth-Minbari War, in 2258, Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant space station called Babylon 5. The station is in neutral space and acts as a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy.
Cast: Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan and Richard Biggs – Details …
10. Farscape (1999-2003)
An Earth astronaut, John Crichton, gets lost in space after a failed an experimental space flight. He soon finds himself in the middle of an intergalactic conflict and becomes part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Cast: Ben Browder, Claudia Black and Anthony Simcoe – Details …