Top 50 Sci-Fi TV Series Countdown (LoC #79)

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Ha, MST3K as #1, guess I should have seen that coming but I never think of it as science fiction at all, pure comedy for me....

Kind of shocked that the original BSG made it on but Space 1999 didn't.  That's the only major oversight I can think of.  Only ones I would quibble over being on the list are the Batmans and I guess 3rd Rock From The Sun.

Here's mine (forgot Futurama, not sure where I'd place it, maybe 9th, and kick Earth 2 off):

1 Battlestar Galactica 2004
2 Star Trek (TOS)
3 Doctor Who
4 Star Trek Next Generation
5 Stargate SG-1
6 Firefly
7 Babylon 5
8 Star Trek Deep Space 9
9 Stargate Atlantis
10 Enterprise
11 Red Dwarf
12 Space 1999
13 Farscape
14 Eureka
15 Torchwood
16 Warehouse 13
17 Star Trek Voyager
18 Blake's 7
19 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
20 Andromeda
21 Battlestar Galactica 1978
22 SeaQuest DSV
23 Lexx
24 Earth 2
25 Lost In Space

[Pak-Man]

My list:

1. Rick and Morty
2. Venture Brothers
3. Futurama
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6. Space Dandy
7. Transformers
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
9. MST3K
10. Twilight Zone
11. Sealab 2021
12. Firefly
13. Invader Zim
14. Marvel: Agents of SHIELD
15. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
16. Quantum Leap
17. Dollhouse
18. Sliders
19. The Jetsons
20. ALF
21. Lost in Space
22. The Incredible Hulk
23. M.A.N.T.I.S.
24. Mork & Mindy
25. Knight Rider

[Soguru]

25. Lois and Clark: The new adventures of Superman
24. The Lone Gunmen
23. The Greatest American Hero
22. Sliders
21. The Outer Limits
20. Heroes
19. Farscape
18. Orphan Black
17. V
16. Transformers
15. 3rd rock from the sun
14. Avatar
13. Justice League Unlimited
12. Babylon 5
11. Battlestar Galactica (new series)
10. Star Trek: the original series
9. Life on mars (UK)
8. Lost
7. The Twilight Zone(original)
6. The X-files
5. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Quantum Leap
3. Mystery science theater 3000
2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1. Dr Who

[The Lurker]

If I had remembered to send a list in (or even make one) this would probably be somewhere on the list.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/k3EoBl5uBfU" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/k3EoBl5uBfU</a>

[Tripe]

Will post my list tomorrow, there's s bunch I should have included, more tomorrow.

[Johnny Unusual]

1.   Doctor Who
2.   Futurama
3.   The Twilight Zone
4.   Firefly
5.   The Prisoner
6.   Star Trek
7.   Justice League/Unlimited
8.   Star Trek: The Next Generation
9.   Cowboy Bebop
10.   The Venture Brothers
11.   Batman: The Animated Series
12.   Life on Mars
13.   Samurai Jack
14.   Quantum Leap
15.   Red Dwarf
16.   Trigun
17.   X-Files
18.   Babylon 5
19.   Farscape
20.   Planetes
21.   Dollhouse
22.   Nowhere Man
23.   MST3k
24.   Sliders
25.   Galaxy Express 999

Am I the only one who remembers Nowhere Man?  It was a pretty cool show that was basically an homage to both the Prisoner and the Fugitive.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/5XPXiY4ncCE" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/5XPXiY4ncCE</a>

Dollhouse would have been higher if it went on longer and if the starts of it's seasons were as strong as the latter halves.  Also, I like Eliza Dushku but she really didn't have the range that the show demanded of her (interestingly, many of the other actors did). Still, kudos to Fox for giving it a second season.

[ScottotD]

1. Mst3k
2. Doctor Who
3. Futurama
4. X-Files
5. Batman: The Animated Series
6. Sealab 2021 
8. Invader ZIM
9. Rick and Morty
10. Red Dwarf
12. The Venture Bros.
13. Æon Flux
14. The Twilight Zone
15. Ultimate Spider-Man
16. Star Trek: TNG
17. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
18. Life on Mars (UK version)
19. Eureka
20. Millennium
21. Torchwood
22. Ashes to Ashes
23. Star Trek
24. V
25. Young Justice

Like I said, a LOT more animation in my list than I expected. 

[BathTub]

Yeah I remember enjoying Nowhere Man, but I recall it was cancelled before resolved.

[MightyJack]

1.   Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Damn skippy!
2.   Lexx
3.   Red Dwarf
4.   Firefly
5.   The Outer Limits (original)
6.   X-Files
7.   Star Trek (original)
8.   Fringe
9.   Twilight Zone (Original)
10.   Justice League Unlimited
11.   Batman The Animated Series
12.   Six Million Dollar Man - odd that Bionic Woman made it, but this one didn't.
13.   Batman ‘66
14.   The Tick (animated)
15.   Smallville
16.   Wonder Woman
17.   The Bionic Woman
18.   Quantum Leap
19.   The Incredible Hulk
20.   Land of the Lost
21.   Dark Angel
22.   The Prisoner
23.   Sliders
24.   The Invaders
25.   The Flash

[Space version 2.0]

15. 3rd rock from the sun

Best moment
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[CJones]

If I had remembered to send a list in (or even make one) this would probably be somewhere on the list.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/k3EoBl5uBfU" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/k3EoBl5uBfU</a>

Too bad you didn't. I had Galaxy Rangers on my list.

Here's mine:

1 Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Hands down the best space opera ever. It's like an animated Game of Thrones, but in space)
2 Star Trek: Deep Space 9
3 Doctor Who
4 Star Trek: The Next Generation
5 Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
6 Stargate - SG1
7 Star Trek (the original one)
8 Galaxy Rangers
9 Buck Rogers in the 25 Century
10 Stargate: Atlantis
11 Transformers
12 Farscape
13 Star Trek: Voyager
14 Voltron
15 Battlestar Galactica (The original one)
16 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
17 Pole Position
18 Eureka
19 The Mighty Orbots
20 Babylon 5 (I know this should rank higher, but I could never get into it)
21 Knight Rider
22 MASK
23 Starship Troopers (Yes there was a TV show version, produced by Verhoven himself. Unfortunately, it was never finished.)
24 Star Trek: Enterprise
25 Gundam

[Tripe]

Here's mine, sorry the quality on some of the vids is pants, nobody seems to have remastered old shows more's the pity.

1 Doctor Who
2 Starfleet

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A show whose theme sounded so like it was being done by Brian May (it wasn't) that, one day the good Doctor and his pal Eddie did a cover of it:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/UqvV7L0RNmw" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/UqvV7L0RNmw</a>

3 Life on Mars
4 Stargate SG1
5 Saphire & Steel

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_gjHmEUiaxo" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/_gjHmEUiaxo</a>

6 Quatermass and the Pit

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/_i7JxVWxXuw" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/_i7JxVWxXuw</a>

The movie is ace too, but they did this bugger live, I'm always impressed by that in early television

7 Blake's Seven
8 Red Dwarf
9 Firefly
10 Babylon 5
11 Ulysses 31

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OZ4c1X5ene8" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/OZ4c1X5ene8</a>

Yay Homeric vaguely space Jesusy Franco-Nipponese sci fi fantasy

12 Hyperdrive

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RDctzetIe2s" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/RDctzetIe2s</a>

Kill the Humans, and their culture!

13 Sliders
14 Galloping Galaxies

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZLL7n1DpDNQ" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/ZLL7n1DpDNQ</a>

15 The Girl From Tomorrow

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4waQKy64b8U" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/embed/4waQKy64b8U</a>

16  Under The Mountain

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFbxNvABbq8" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/zFbxNvABbq8</a>

17 Children of the Dogstar

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CeDXLp9O3yE" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/CeDXLp9O3yE</a>

18 Deep Space Nine
19 Star Trek: The Next Generation
20 Star Trek: The Original Series
21 Hard Time On Planet Earth

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ls0Idqi5WxA" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Ls0Idqi5WxA</a>

Not sure why I like this one so much; it was kind of Highway to Heaven with aliens but I like the idea of earth as a penal colony I guess

22 Mork and Mindy
23 The X Files
24 Space 1999

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/8WZW4groJro" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/8WZW4groJro</a>

Really, this one didn't make it? For shame people, for shame.

25 Quantum Leap

And a couple I might have considered had I thought about it longer.

Space: Above and Beyond

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HLeLEmp1AY" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/2HLeLEmp1AY</a>

Space Battleship Yamato

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/QgutpNRMgn4" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/QgutpNRMgn4</a>

Gatchaman

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx0vhpG3lLc" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Xx0vhpG3lLc</a>

... what?

Oh, alright, Battle of the Planets

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/acOnskcyrtA" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/acOnskcyrtA</a>

[Nobody]

Had I voted, my top 4 would have been:

1.  MST3K  (Came in #1)
2.  Star Trek: The Next Generation  (Came in #3)
3.  Quantum Leap  (Came in #9)
4.  Doctor Who  (Came in #4)

Overall this is an excellent list.  Some great show, and many of the are on Netflix.  I know I'll be re-watching some of them.

[ColeStratton]

Good list! Here's mine:

1.   Firefly
2.   Max Headroom
3.   Orphan Black
4.   Star Trek (Original Series)
5.   Star Trek (The Next Generation)
6.   Mystery Science Theater 3000
7.   Futurama
8.   The X-Files
9.   The Twilight Zone
10.   Buffy the Vampire Slayer
11.   Quantum Leap
12.   Lost
13.   Dr. Who
14.   The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
15.   Angel
16.   Voltron
17.   V (original miniseries)
18.   The Outer Limits
19.   The Greatest American Hero
20.   Torchwood
21.   The Prisoner
22.   The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (BBC miniseries)
23.   Lost in Space
24.   Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
25.   Battlestar Galactica (1978)

And I really really wish I had remembered Heat Vision and Jack!