Some of my favourite television shows have been on the SciFi channel, or at least classified as Science Fiction. From
Star Trek in all its incarnations to
Warehouse 13, they often have a depth of imagination and character that seems to be lacking elsewhere.
So what are some of your favourites? Apart from the above-mentioned, I have to go with the long-established
Dr. Who. Who hasn't hidden behind the sofa from Dr. Who monsters as a child? And now I get to see my daughter doing it :). I really like the new episodes, from Christopher Eccleston onward - you see more of the doctor's character and his true, tragic loneliness. And the stories are excellent.
Firefly - how can there be so few episodes??? It had such wit and imagination, to say nothing of action and character! Despite the excellent movie Serenity, the series could have gone so much further - and I know I'm far from the only person who thinks so :)
Flash Forward - another one that could have had gone further in my opinion - I loved the concept that whatever they did, there were some things they just couldn't change, and some things about their own futures, they misunderstood because they didn't and couldn't have all the facts.
The Lost Room. I discovered this little gem by accident. Clever and funny, it followed a policeman's efforts to find his daughter after she disappeared into a room which could be opened through any door in the world as long as you had The Key. There were lots of other fun and bizarre objects discovered on the way, including a bus ticket that threw you onto a dusty road outside a motel :).
I suppose I have to mention
Star Trek again! Which incarantion is your favourite or least favourite? The original series?
The Next Generation?
Deep Space Nine?
Voyager?
Enterprise? I know which had the worst theme tune :). I really liked all of them when they started up, but looking back, I think
The Next Generation probably had the most class. I thought
Voyager had huge potential, especially in characterization, but sadly much of this never happened. And I really didn't like the ending!
OK, over to you! Talk to me about tv sci-fi!
Marie
