Top 5 favorite Sci-Fi Fantasy TV series

[primemover003]

James Jacobs wrote:

Sharoth wrote:

So what are your favorite SciFi TV series, James?

Currently? Lost.

My top five SciFi TV shows of all time would probably be:

1) Lost
2) Battlestar Galactica (the SciFi channel incarnation, not the original)
3) X-Files
4) Twilight Zone
5) Star Trek (Next Gen)

So yeah I stole this from another Thread but James got me thinking what mine were so here goes!

1) Babylon 5
2) Star Trek (TNG)
3) Farscape
4) Dr. Who
5) Alien Nation

Honorable mentions: Sliders, Stargate SG-1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Quantum Leap.

Here's a good article if you need to look up some... LINK

--Vrocket man!

[Studpuffin]

1. V
2. Battlestar Galactica (current series).
3. Babylon 5
4. Stargate SG-1
5. Mystery Science Theatre 3000

V was awesome, if a bit of a sleeper. Can't top BSG currently. B5 just felt so different from Star Trek that it always felt fresh. Stargate was that awesome show you watched while insomnia kept you awake at 2 AM. Does MST3000 even count?

[JoelF847]

Limiting it to 5 is tough.

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Lost
3. Babylon 5
4. X-Files
5. Star Trek (DS9)

Not quite making my list are: Star Trek (TNG), Nowhere Man, Doctor Who, Heroes, Reaper, Dark Angel, Terminator: SCC, Torchwood, and probably a few others I'm overlooking at the moment.

[Andrew Turner]

5. Doctor Who
4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (that's right--wanna fight?)
3. Battlestar Galactica (reimagined series)
2. The Twilight Zone (1959-64)
1. The X-Files

[brent norton]

Firefly
Doctor Who (Baker)
Buffy
Angel
Star Trek NG.

[Balfic-graa]

1: Babylon 5
2: Firefly
3: Eureka
4: Enterprise
5: Space Above and Beyond

[Jason Nelson]

1. BSG (current series)
2. Babylon 5
3. Buck Rogers (hey, I was in love with Erin Grey; first season was great, second season... not so much)
4. Space 1999 (yes, super-70s cheese, but I loved it)
5. ummm... Does BJ and the Bear count? :) No, fine, how about BSG (original series)...

Honorable mention would have to go to Jason of Star Command from Saturday mornings, if only for the excellent name of the main character.

P.S. I always liked Star Trek just kinda okay. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. I could probably put the original series of TNG in at #5, and I probably should just as payback for the abomination that was "Galactica 1980." Eccchhh...

I dunno if I'd call Twilight Zone a sci-fi series. It always seemed more on the edge of horror to me, though often with a sci-fi twist.

[Andrew Turner]

Jason Nelson wrote:

...I dunno if I'd call Twilight Zone a sci-fi series. It always seemed more on the edge of horror to me, though often with a sci-fi twist.

Serling called it 'sci-fantasy.'

[Erik Mona]

1. Doctor Who (inclusive)
2. Lost
3. Deep Space 9
4. Battlestar Galactica (new one)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 1-3)

I'm probably forgetting a couple. Thundarr the Barbarian would come in at #6.

[Russ Taylor]

In no real order:

Doctor Who / Torchwood
Babylon 5
Stargate
Battlestar Galactica (minus most of seasons 3 and 4)
Red Dwarf

Thundarr rocks.

Edit: Stargate pushes Quantum Leap off the list. That show was just plain good fun :)

[primemover003]

Erik Mona wrote:

1. Doctor Who (inclusive)

2. Lost
3. Deep Space 9
4. Battlestar Galactica (new one)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 1-3)

I'm probably forgetting a couple. Thundarr the Barbarian would come in at #6.

LORDS OF LIGHT!!!

[Set]

Deep Space 9
Babylon 5

and shows that I only liked the first seasons of;
Buffy (earlier seasons)
Earth: Final Conflict (first season)
Andromeda (first season)

[Garydee]

1) Star Trek(TOS,TNG,DS9)
2) Babylon 5
3) X-Files
4) Buffy
5) Starblazers(How many of you can still sing the complete intro?)

[Crow81]

1)Red Dwarf (Best Concept Ever)
2)Star Trek (TNG)
3)Star Trek (original)
4)Babylon 5
5)Heroes

[Callous Jack]

1) DS9
2) Lost
3) Firefly
4) Angel
5) Farscape

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Garydee wrote:

Starblazers(How many of you can still sing the complete intro?)

:D

We're off, to outer-space, defending mother Earth! To save, the human race!
err...um...I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Studpuffin]

Set wrote:

Deep Space 9

Babylon 5

and shows that I only liked the first seasons of;
Buffy (earlier seasons)
Earth: Final Conflict (first season)
Andromeda (first season)

Aghhh! I forgot Earth: Final Conflict!

[Erik Mona]

primemover003 wrote:

Erik Mona wrote:

1. Doctor Who (inclusive)

2. Lost
3. Deep Space 9
4. Battlestar Galactica (new one)
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 1-3)

I'm probably forgetting a couple. Thundarr the Barbarian would come in at #6.

LORDS OF LIGHT!!!

DEMON DOGS!

[Renrut Werdna-Bizzaro]

5. Angel, seasons 1-4 and the final episode (stop laughing at me!)
4. Stargate Atlantis
3. Stargate SG1
2. Smallville
1. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, seasons 1-5 (Buffy's death was the last really great episode, IMHO)

[Krypter]

I'm not sure what counts as sci-fantasy these days, but here's my list:

1. The Prisoner
2. Twin Peaks
3. Firefly
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. Samurai Jack

Throw in some Transformers, Robotech, Nowhere Man and Doctor Who as well.

[feytharn]

No real order (changes with my mood)
Battlestar Galactica (current show)
Babylon 5
Firefly
Buffy
Dr Who

[Shadowborn]

Well, if I actually put them in a ranked order it would be:

1)Farscape
2)Firefly
3)Doctor Who
4)X-Files
5)Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[Callous Jack]

I'm so happy to see DS9 getting the love it deserves...

[Garydee]

Callous Jack wrote:

I'm so happy to see DS9 getting the love it deserves...

Yep. DS9 got off to a very slow start, but the last few seasons became the best Star Trek that's ever been on TV, IMHO.

[Garydee]

Mairkurion {tm} wrote:

Garydee wrote:

Starblazers(How many of you can still sing the complete intro?)

:D

We're off, to outer-space, defending mother Earth! To save, the human race!
err...um...I have no idea what you're talking about.

Heh, heh, heh.

[B_Wiklund]

Doctor Who
B5
Firefly
Red Dwarf
Invader Zimm

[Russ Taylor]

Callous Jack wrote:

I'm so happy to see DS9 getting the love it deserves...

It's my favorite of the Treks, but it's hard to get past its history as a ripoff of the B5 proposal (down to copying a lot of names). Paramount = sleaaaaazy, at least back then.

[Lefric]

1) Babylon 5
2) Trek: TOS
3) the original Battlestar Galactica (the new one has become a POS)
4) Firefly
5) Buffy / Angel

[Shade]

1.) Lost (by leaps and bounds)
2.) Buffy
3.) Jericho
4.) Primeval
5.) Stargate: SG-1

[Erik Mona]

1) Manimal
2) Automan
3) The Sentinel
4) Werewolf!
5) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

[Jason Nelson]

Garydee wrote:

1) Star Trek(TOS,TNG,DS9)

2) Babylon 5
3) X-Files
4) Buffy
5) Starblazers(How many of you can still sing the complete intro?)

For some reason I thought we were going live action, but if we are including cartoons then absolutely Star Blazers FTW, and yes I can still sing the complete intro (Gamilon... I think I'm missing a line or two on the Comet Empire intro).

[Tensor]

1. Firefly
2. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
3. The Six Million Dollar Man
4. Star Trek (all)
5. BSG (old & new)

[Sol]

1. Firefly (there has never been a funnier, better, cleaner made, every damn episode is great, show made that stand sup in so few episodes).

2. Battlestar Gallatcia (new) - So intense, so well paced, so damn wired (can we say Baltar ala Jesus?). It had to make the creme of the creme.

3. X-Files - sure there were terrible seasons, but it is still a behemoth in the dark sci-fi TV and movie world.

4. Star Trek (inclusive) - where would we all be without the trek?

5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2 Whedon's in the top 5). While I would often not call Buffy sci-fi (except for the occasional robot step-father, military Frankenstein monster, side show freak), it deserves to hit the top 5.

[Shadowborn]

Erik Mona wrote:

1) Manimal

2) Automan
3) The Sentinel
4) Werewolf!
5) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

*choke*

You just made milk come out of my nose. Seriously. The scary thing is, I wasn't even drinking milk...where the heck did it come from?!

The great thing about Werewolf was it was identical to the Incredible Hulk, only with a guy that turned hairy instead of green.

[Tensor]

I had some posting issues. This is my 2nd try.

SciFi:
1. Firefly
2. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
3. The Six Million Dollar Man
4. Star Trek (all)
5. BSG (old & new)

Fantasy:
1. Buffy
2. Xena
3. Highlander
4. Friday the 13th: The Series
5. Land of the Lost

[Aberzombie]

1. Babylon 5
2. Lost
3. Firefly
4. Star Trek (Original)
5. Heroes

[Seldriss]

1. Star Trek (all the series, i see them as a continuity)
2. Battlestar Galactica (new version)
3. Stargate SG1
4. The Twilight Zone
5. The Martian Chronicles

[Bryan]

1. Stargate SG-1
2. Star Trek TNG
3. Highlander
4. V
5. Star Trek TOS

And an honorable mention to The Greatest American Hero (my favorite show as a kid, although I'm sure if I watched it now it wouldn't feel the same) and Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles (not on the air long enough yet to make the list, IMO).

[Cotillion]

Hmmmm tough one! I only get five.

In no particular order

Firefly
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
BSG
Deep Space Nine
Farscape

I wish to say that Stargate SG1 (the first three seasons) as well as Space: Above and beyond deserve mention.

What's the call on the show Supernatural? because I'd bump someone off the top five list for that.

[Sebastian]

BSG
Firefly
Lost (first season only)
Quantum Leap (cheesy but fun!)
Carnivale

[Krypter]

Seldriss wrote:

5. The Martian Chronicles

I just read the book. It's a tv show now?

[Drakli]

#5 The X-Files
#4 Cowboy Bebop
#3 Invader Zim
#2 The Real Ghostbusters *
#1 Dr. Who **

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* First season and 1/2 or so.
** Inclusive, though Tennant's my favorite, with Baker a close 2nd.

Yes, I know 3/5s of my list are cartoons. I love animation. Heck, I imagine in animation.

Is it just me or do the good sci-fi shows seem to outnumber the fantasy series? Kind of a shame.

And... of course, the list (Except Dr. Who) is always subject to potential revision. Such is life.

[Timitius]

1. Star Trek: TNG
2. X-Files
3. Red Dwarf
4. Angel
5. Quantum Leap

[Timitius]

Erik Mona wrote:

2) Automan

Ah, Automan. A cop buddy TV show with Tron. Excellent. Forgot all about that one.

[Studpuffin]

Krypter wrote:

Seldriss wrote:

5. The Martian Chronicles

I just read the book. It's a tv show now?

I think Fox made a mini-series about 15 years ago...

I don't think it ever made it to debut stage for television, but I could be wrong.

[Curaigh]

Erik Mona wrote:

1) Manimal

2) Automan
3) The Sentinel
4) Werewolf!
5) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

I think Sean (title character on Psych) has quoted all of these. Can Werewolf be found anywhere?

Star Trek (inclusive: some good some bad)
Firefly (first season only (hah had to be said! :)
Lost
BSG

The last is a little harder as I have watched them all regularly (or on disc):
Red Dwarf, Hercules/Xena, Battle of the Planets, Smallville, Highlander, Dukes of Hazard,* Knight Rider.

Spoiler:

*What?!? A flying car with it's own catchphrase is too fantasy! Yeee Haaaawwww!!!

[Stewart Perkins]

Hmmm definately in no particular order: Farscape, Buffy, Angel, Heroes (season 1 only), Star Trek TNG, and Quantam Leap

[Sebastian]

Timitius wrote:

Erik Mona wrote:

2) Automan

Ah, Automan. A cop buddy TV show with Tron. Excellent. Forgot all about that one.

...

Holy s&&%, was that Little Ricky?!?!

[GAAAHHHH]

Doctor Who (William Hartnell is my favorite)
Torchwood
Blake's 7
Firefly
Farscape

Honorable Mention:
Special Unit 2
Buck Rogers
Dresden Files
Greatest American Hero

[Studpuffin]

Studpuffin wrote:

Krypter wrote:

Seldriss wrote:

5. The Martian Chronicles

I just read the book. It's a tv show now?

I think Fox made a mini-series about 15 years ago...

I don't think it ever made it to debut stage for television, but I could be wrong.

I take it back. It aired in 1980. I must've seen a rerun.