Stars: Ted Shackelford, Rob Youngblood, Simone Bendix, Nancy Paul | Created by Gerry Anderson
It’s been quite some years since I first watched Space Precinct, Gerry Anderson’s 1994 sci-fi police series, and I have to say – revisiting it today – it’s a fascinating piece of television history. While Anderson is best known for his classic puppet-based series like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, Space Precinct took a different approach, blending live-action with animatronics and prosthetics to create a futuristic police procedural. It may not have been a massive success at the time (though I remember the hype for the show both on TV and in magazines like the all-time classic TV Zone being Huge!) but looking back, it’s a unique and enjoyable show that blends crime drama with sci-fi adventure in a way that few other series have attempted.
At its core, Space Precinct is a police procedural set in...
It’s been quite some years since I first watched Space Precinct, Gerry Anderson’s 1994 sci-fi police series, and I have to say – revisiting it today – it’s a fascinating piece of television history. While Anderson is best known for his classic puppet-based series like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, Space Precinct took a different approach, blending live-action with animatronics and prosthetics to create a futuristic police procedural. It may not have been a massive success at the time (though I remember the hype for the show both on TV and in magazines like the all-time classic TV Zone being Huge!) but looking back, it’s a unique and enjoyable show that blends crime drama with sci-fi adventure in a way that few other series have attempted.
At its core, Space Precinct is a police procedural set in...
- 4/2/2025
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
To mark the 20th anniversary of Space Precinct, Kyle takes a walk down Demeter City's memory lane to explore the show's highs and lows…
Cops in space. It's a neat idea, right? The concept is rich with potential, but it's surprising just how underused it's been. Gerry Anderson first approached it back in 1986, when he made a pilot for Space Police, which failed to sell and so remained unaired. The show starred Shane Rimmer (the voice of Scott Tracy in Anderson's Thunderbirds), and followed the exploits of a human cop working amongst aliens. For whatever reason, this incarnation of the show never saw the light of day, and remained buried for eight years.
In 1994, the series resurfaced with a new title, new actors, new aliens, and a less comedic tone. Space Precinct 2040 was a standard police show – crimes are committed; our plucky heroes chase the perps down – but transferred to Demeter City,...
Cops in space. It's a neat idea, right? The concept is rich with potential, but it's surprising just how underused it's been. Gerry Anderson first approached it back in 1986, when he made a pilot for Space Police, which failed to sell and so remained unaired. The show starred Shane Rimmer (the voice of Scott Tracy in Anderson's Thunderbirds), and followed the exploits of a human cop working amongst aliens. For whatever reason, this incarnation of the show never saw the light of day, and remained buried for eight years.
In 1994, the series resurfaced with a new title, new actors, new aliens, and a less comedic tone. Space Precinct 2040 was a standard police show – crimes are committed; our plucky heroes chase the perps down – but transferred to Demeter City,...
- 10/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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