Twenty Really Good Science Fiction TV Series
I left out animated series, series aimed at kids, and comedies.
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- StarsJennifer LonardoAshley ReddyBryan PecuniaA man who falls asleep and wakes up in a series of most unimaginative and horrific situations, with no clue what happened. Now he must try in all his efforts to discover the truth, but will he be able to handle it?
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
- StarsCasey MandersonMelissa KellyChanel TaylorFor centuries, behind the scenes, two factions have been fighting a war. In the quest for any advantage both sides seek The Eternals, nine of whom are known as The Ennead. The Eternals have helped shape the destiny of the world from the beginning of time but, centuries ago, they vanished. Five individuals wake in the woods with odd items in their pockets and unsure of who, where or when they are. As their memories slowly begin to return they begins to suspect that everything is not quite what it seems and that they might not be strangers to each other after all. (Originally a web-series of 22 episodes which ran from 9th July 2009 to 9th Sept 2009.)Terry Miles’s latest project, 26-episode thriller web series The Ennead, starts out with five people waking up in a forest with assorted objects in their pockets and absolutely no memory of how any of them got there – or pretty much anything else, for that matter. If this were Miles’s other recent project, AdMuse, you might think it was a result of some kind of crazy office party. In The Ennead, however, all we know is that these five are part of some sort of ages-long secret battle over the fate of the world.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
- CreatorEdward Earl NewtonStarsAdam DuckworthDaniel WallerToby TurnerAn all original Sci Fi/Horror anthology series.Stranger Things is a science fiction anthology video podcast created by Earl Newton, and is the first science fiction series shot and released in high definition on the Internet. The show premiered in March of 2007, pre-dating the larger budget Sanctuary and Masters of Science Fiction. Designed as an anthology series similar to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Stranger Things tells stories of the bizarre and extraordinary, set in the modern world.
Stranger Things's theme music is "Exurgency" by Zoë Keating from the EP One Cello x 16.
Stranger Things was a finalist in the 2007 Parsec Awards for Best Video Podcast and Best Video Production. - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsPatrick StewartBrent SpinerJonathan FrakesSet almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
- CreatorJoe PennaStarsJoe PennaTaryn O'NeillMark Gantt5 part web series, each less than 5 minutes long. View them on YouTube.
- StarsDyanne DiRosarioSkip HarrisonAllan PetersFrom the omni-dimensional communications center known as The Hub, Dave and his computer companion VAL
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonJohn NobleAn F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
- StarsJordan Van VrankenJohn LanzKatey SagalWarner Bros. and Executive Producer Jace Hall (V on ABC) partner with artist Alex Pardee on the first-of-its-kind animated series CHADAM. Using the award-winning gaming technology of the Unreal Engine 3 (Gears of War, Bioshock), our hero Chadam battles evil with his imaginative power to save his island in this action-horror fairy tale.TheWB.com original web series viewable on said website. 10 episodes. "Chadam lives as the "chosen one" in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment and, therefore, his world ... to save it from evil. The series finds Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy. Chadam is a 3D animated web series from artist Alex Pardee and produced by Jace Hall."
- StarsMichael SweeneyDon JeanesJd MendoncaTaking place in 2256: For 200 years the entire human civilization has lived on the A.R.C. refuge ship, and supplies are running short. Four explorers have been sent back to Earth in search of signs of new life. Along the way, they discover things are not quite as expected and one member of their crew may know more than he lets on.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
- StarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee SackhoffFollowing the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
- CreatorRobert C. CooperBrad WrightStarsDavid BlueBrian J. SmithJennifer SpenceStranded in a distant part of the universe, the crew of the Ancient starship Destiny record their thoughts and observations.
- StarsMark TiernoCurt WoottonChristopher PrekstaPittsburgh, 1975. Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly men of Mercury seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by Jack Yaeger, a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as "The League," Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.