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Twenty Really Good Science Fiction TV Series

by groversells • Created 13 years ago • Modified 13 years ago
I left out animated series, series aimed at kids, and comedies.
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  • 1. Sleepwalker

    2012– 4 epsTV Series
    8.6 (30)
    A man who falls asleep and wakes up in a series of most unimaginative and horrific situations, with no clue what happened. Now he must try in all his efforts to discover the truth, but will he be able to handle it?
    StarsJennifer LonardoAshley ReddyBryan Pecunia
  • Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Summer Glau in Firefly (2002)

    2. Firefly

    2002–200314 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (292K)
    Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
    CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan Tudyk
  • The Ennead (2009)

    3. The Ennead

    2009– 18 epsTV Series
    5.2 (201)
    For centuries, behind the scenes, two factions have been fighting a war. In the quest for any advantage both sides seek The Eternals, nine of whom are known as The Ennead. The Eternals have helped shape the destiny of the world from the beginning of time but, centuries ago, they vanished. Five individuals wake in the woods with odd items in their pockets and unsure of who, where or when they are. As their memories slowly begin to return they begins to suspect that everything is not quite what it seems and that they might not be strangers to each other after all. (Originally a web-series of 22 episodes which ran from 9th July 2009 to 9th Sept 2009.)
    StarsCasey MandersonMelissa KellyChanel Taylor
    Terry Miles’s latest project, 26-episode thriller web series The Ennead, starts out with five people waking up in a forest with assorted objects in their pockets and absolutely no memory of how any of them got there – or pretty much anything else, for that matter. If this were Miles’s other recent project, AdMuse, you might think it was a result of some kind of crazy office party. In The Ennead, however, all we know is that these five are part of some sort of ages-long secret battle over the fate of the world.
  • Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Aaron Douglas, Michael Hogan, Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica (2004)

    4. Battlestar Galactica

    2004–200974 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.7 (183K)
    When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
    CreatorsGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie Bamber
  • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)

    5. Doctor Who

    2005–2022175 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.5 (258K)
    The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
    CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl Mackie
  • Stranger Things (2008)

    6. Stranger Things

    2008–20095 epsNot RatedTV Series
    8.4 (685)
    An all original Sci Fi/Horror anthology series.
    CreatorEdward Earl NewtonStarsAdam DuckworthDaniel WallerToby Turner
    Stranger Things is a science fiction anthology video podcast created by Earl Newton, and is the first science fiction series shot and released in high definition on the Internet. The show premiered in March of 2007, pre-dating the larger budget Sanctuary and Masters of Science Fiction. Designed as an anthology series similar to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Stranger Things tells stories of the bizarre and extraordinary, set in the modern world.
    Stranger Things's theme music is "Exurgency" by Zoë Keating from the EP One Cello x 16.
    Stranger Things was a finalist in the 2007 Parsec Awards for Best Video Podcast and Best Video Production.
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

    7. Star Trek: The Next Generation

    1987–1994176 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (144K)
    Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
    CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan Frakes
  • Once Upon (2011)

    8. Once Upon

    2011– 5 epsTV Series
    6.0 (30)
    CreatorJoe PennaStarsJoe PennaTaryn O'NeillMark Gantt
    5 part web series, each less than 5 minutes long. View them on YouTube.
  • Portal (2002)

    9. Portal

    2002–200413 epsTV Series
    8.8 (60)
    From the omni-dimensional communications center known as The Hub, Dave and his computer companion VAL
    StarsDyanne DiRosarioSkip HarrisonAllan Peters
  • Anna Torv in Fringe (2008)

    10. Fringe

    2008–2013100 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.4 (264K)
    An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
    CreatorsJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn Noble
  • 11. Neglected

    2007–2008TV Series
    7.1 (23)
    CreatorJohn Junior SteemsonStarsDaniel CordeyRenier CronjeElle Fanning
  • Chadam (2010)

    12. Chadam

    2010– 13 epsTV Series
    6.8 (51)
    Warner Bros. and Executive Producer Jace Hall (V on ABC) partner with artist Alex Pardee on the first-of-its-kind animated series CHADAM. Using the award-winning gaming technology of the Unreal Engine 3 (Gears of War, Bioshock), our hero Chadam battles evil with his imaginative power to save his island in this action-horror fairy tale.
    StarsJordan Van VrankenJohn LanzKatey Sagal
    TheWB.com original web series viewable on said website. 10 episodes. "Chadam lives as the "chosen one" in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment and, therefore, his world ... to save it from evil. The series finds Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy. Chadam is a 3D animated web series from artist Alex Pardee and produced by Jace Hall."
  • Alpha Planet (2010)

    13. Alpha Planet

    2010– 11 epsTV Series
    7.1 (13)
    Taking place in 2256: For 200 years the entire human civilization has lived on the A.R.C. refuge ship, and supplies are running short. Four explorers have been sent back to Earth in search of signs of new life. Along the way, they discover things are not quite as expected and one member of their crew may know more than he lets on.
    StarsMichael SweeneyDon JeanesJd Mendonca
  • Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)

    14. Farscape

    1999–200388 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.3 (42K)
    Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
    CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony Simcoe
  • Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica (2003)

    15. Battlestar Galactica

    20032 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.5 (83K)
    Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
    StarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee Sackhoff
  • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

    16. Stargate SG-1

    1997–2007213 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.4 (105K)
    A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
    CreatorsJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda Tapping
  • Julianna Margulies and Peter Krause in The Lost Room (2006)

    17. The Lost Room

    20064 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.1 (34K)
    A detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
    StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter Jacobson
  • SGU Stargate Universe Kino (2009)

    18. SGU Stargate Universe Kino

    2009–201135 epsTV Mini Series
    7.1 (384)
    Stranded in a distant part of the universe, the crew of the Ancient starship Destiny record their thoughts and observations.
    CreatorsRobert C. CooperBrad WrightStarsDavid BlueBrian J. SmithJennifer Spence
  • The Mercury Men (2011)

    19. The Mercury Men

    201110 epsTV Series
    7.8 (152)
    Pittsburgh, 1975. Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly men of Mercury seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by Jack Yaeger, a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as "The League," Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.
    StarsMark TiernoCurt WoottonChristopher Preksta

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