Favourite sci fi series

[Spudgunner]

Scrolling wanting something to watch.....I catch on itvX Battlestar Galactica....not the 70s version......damn....what an underrated series.......thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks

Blake 7

 

[Cozzamec]

Stranger Things - Gave it a go, got hooked!

Great series, I've watched them all with my daughter, great music and eighties back ground, reminds me of Spielberg sci-fi era, ET, Close encounters etc

 

[Manley JP]

I am bound to say. I am not Sci Fi Merch minded- But my Viper LED light kit that i posted on youtube looks the nuts. Watching the DVD series last year prompted me to buy a model , strip it out and fit LED lights and a battery inside and switch underneath the model. I had probably posted this before though. Our soldering Iron is junk though- it must be 40 years old. Very powerful LED lights.

 

[SJC]

Captain Scarlet
Thunderbirds

 

[Manley JP]

If you were watching dissimilar combat between Erin Grey in an earth defence force Starfighter or Sheba Cain in a Viper, which pilot would win a mock dog fight? My money would be Lt Cain as the Viper pilots were in deep space on lots of missions. I bet she would be the best fighter pilot of the two. Ralph McQuarry famous designer, designed both ships.

 

[Danjutsu]

Voyager ,even if only for 7 of 9.

 

[Manley JP]

I was reading fairly recently, that Lloyd Bridges and Martin Landau, turned down the roles of Kirk and Spock in classic sixties Star Trek.

 

[Dudd I]

Landau was contracted to Mission Impossible. I suspect Nimoy made the better Spock.
We'll never know, unless we can find the parallel universe where it did happen

 

[DJon]

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I am bound to say. I am not Sci Fi Merch minded- But my Viper LED light kit that i posted on youtube looks the nuts. Watching the DVD series last year prompted me to buy a model , strip it out and fit LED lights and a battery inside and switch underneath the model. I had probably posted this before though. Our soldering Iron is junk though- it must be 40 years old. Very powerful LED lights.

Superb , loved the original Battlestar Galactica , went to the cinema to see the first two films and was actually quite scared how times and films have changed

 

[Manley JP]

Some rare brochure pics off a Galactica Viper Leaflet, inc the original Ralph McQuarrie design sketches. McQuarrie did a few of the Star Wars robots designs I think.

 

[Manley JP]

Commander Adama, the Galactica boss, said to his new probationary pilots, "You will either go to "Blue Squadron", where Lt Starbuck will be blowing cigars in your face and trying to win all your pay at the gambling table or you might get sent to "Red Squadron" the all female fighter pilot unit where in the crew room, the lady pilots lounge about in their pressure suits... any preference for which Squadron you would like to be assigned to?".... the original series was so rushed the actors often had to read off script boards as they filmed.. Apollo's wife, Jane Seymour s character, was shot and passed away in the female pilot episode, as she only wanted to do a few episodes.

The last episode was good- they came across NASA moon landing transmissions.. not knowing how far away the Blue Planet (Earth) was, or what the "Eagle has Landed" Apollo 11 transmission was ...

The rush to produce the original series was to cash in on the interest in sci fi - post Star Wars.. George Lucas took out a lawsuit against Glen A Larson the Galactica producer , that went on for years but got dropped in the end.. he was trying to say the series had copied some of his ideas.. which to be fair, they hadn't if you ask me. You can buy the entire series for about a fiver on ebay. Well worth it!!!

The second highly critically panned original series , Galactica 1980 had an ever more reduced budget- they reached earth and had Vipers with invisibility cloaking devices and flying motorbikes, along with Dick Van Dykes son, in one of the lead roles.

 

[John Pembroke]

Blake Seven as I liked to see the cardboard settings move around when touched

 

[Manley JP]

To be fair the first Galactica had some good episodes, the all female fighter unit episode and where they find the second Battlestar, The Pegasus - plus Apollo in his Wild West "Shane" themed shoot out- the Vipers were the bests scenes though. I think they only had the one studio model Viper when filming.

Quiz question- Ray Bolger the Scarecrow out of the Wizard of Oz and dancer Fred Astaire- both had late seventies guest star roles in which sci fi series?..... you guessed it.. the original Battlestar Galactica.

Anyone ever see Yul Brynner in the seventies sci fi movie, "The Ultimate Warrior".. ? He was good in that , as was William Smith, Conan's dad in the 1982 Conan film. The plot and photography were not top notch, but Yul Brynner was good in that movie. A better script and it could have been a classic.

 

[SJC]

Does Doomwatch count as sci-fi?
Being watching it again on sky.

 

[Dudd I]

Edge of Darkness with the late, great Bob Peck, was interesting.
It's last scene was supposed to have him transform into a tree, until they realised that would take half the budget on its own.

 

[JAA7]

Edge of Darkness with the late, great Bob Peck, was interesting.
It's last scene was supposed to have him transform into a tree, until they realised that would take half the budget on its own.

Awesome soundtrack as well.

 

[Manley JP]

Anyone ever see the Chimpanzee playing the little robot dog in original Battlestar Galactica- from the DVD special features, someone uploaded it to you tube- the actors and directors talk about it below, how the Chimpanzee wore the costume and was trained during the filming.

 

[themightytemple]

Firefly? Serenity? Absolute classics! Or of Han Solo type character but Mandalorian is also excellent

 

[Manley JP]

I watched the 70s Buck Rogers couple of years back, before re selling the DVD set back on eBay. Pitched for kids really with pretty toned down stories and the cast ending up laughing at the end of every show. No wonder Gill Gerald tried to change the direction of the show and make the jokes less numerous - watching the opening credits rolling on both Galactica and Buck Rogers sure takes you back to watching them as a kid. Peter Graves and Woody Strode were in a good episode, but it could have been a much greater series. A product of its time. Trisha Noble was in a good episode though.

We just watch UFO and classic Captain Kirk- playing on repeat as I type- due to TV licence being junked years back.

 

[DJK]

UFO, Space 1999, Farscape, just watching all the old Xfiles.