Best science fiction shows in TV history. Top 10
Top 10 science fiction TV shows
Science fiction, a.k.a. sci-fi, is a literary genre which spread to the cinema, TV, comic-books and gaming during the twentieth century. During the twenty-first century science fiction has become even more popular and mainstream. On netivist we have shortlisted the top 10 science fiction sagas in the history of TV. You can vote in our poll and tell us which are your favorite shows.
The Twilight Zone: The original series was shot in black and with (1959-1964) shocked the world with thrilling and pessimistic stand-alone episodes covering a variety of genres, including suspense, horror, thriller and science fiction. Two revivals followed, from 1985 to 1989 and 2002 to 2003.
Doctor Who: The show tells the adventures of "The Doctor" an extraterrestrial being who uses a space ship, disguised in a British police box, to travel through the space and time and save multiple worlds from many villains and threats.
Stargate: The premise of this military fiction show is that a "Stargate" portal allows teleportation through the cosmos. The American military take control of it and use it to neutralize threats from the outer space. Three real action series, Stargate SG1 (1997-2007), Stargate Atlantis (2004-2009) and Stargate Universe (2009-2011), and an animated series, Stargate Infinity have been released so far.
Star Trek: alongside with Star Wars, Star Trek is the most influential sci-fi universe ever created. The original television series (1966-1969) depicts the adventures ofthe USS Enterprise and offered an innovative political and social dimension to the genre. Exploration, diplomacy and action were combined. 13 movies and 6 TV series contributed to expand the Star Trek universe later.Â
Babylon 5: This space opera (1994-1998) heavily influenced by Star Trek, deals with a space station the Earth Alliance uses for diplomatic and trade purposes with other civilizations. Topics such as politics, pacifism, religion, xenophobia, and drug addiction are recurrent in the show.
Firefly: this cult series narrates the adventures of the crew members of the Firefly-class spaceship Serenity. Although this series was cancelled soon after its release in 2002, its 14 episodes had a great impact and generated a very loyal base of fans, the "browncoats". A film and a comic-book series called Serenity helped in closing some of the plots initiated in the series.Â
Battlestar Galactica:Â human civilzation has expanded to a series of planets, known as the Twelve Colonies. But the Cylons, a race of powerful cyborgs have pledge to exterminate humankind. The original series Battlestar Galactica provides an interesting angle to civil-military conflics and some doses of mystery and action.Â
Black Mirror:  this is a British science fiction heavily influenced by the Twilight Zone which show with standalone episodes dealing with some controversial aspects of our society and how technology may contribute to aggravate them.
Westworld: The extraordinary cast and the high budget of this HBO series stand out. This series combines the topic of cybernetic humanoids with artificial intelligence as well as some ethical questions
The Expanse: this shows depicts the political infighting which is causing a threat to human survival. An alien technology, a big corporation, two big states and freedom fighters the delicate balance in the galaxy.
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