If you can find it give SeaQuest a try. It is basically Star Trek on a submarine. The episodes and plots feel very much like any of your typical Space Operas, and the show is pretty good.
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Thanks for the lists guy. I'm watching V right now. It reminds me a bit of Animorphs (brings back my childhood )and the medical officer reminds me of Charlie Jade. An excellent show that never got past it's first series.
I'll try Space tomorrow. I've got a week before I have to go back to class and realise that I wasted my easter break.
I'll try Space tomorrow. I've got a week before I have to go back to class and realise that I wasted my easter break.
Definitely. If you've seen Space: 1999 it's very similar in tone. Same production team. What I've found with both series is that the stories seem both more and less complex than standard 70s fare. More shades of gray than black and white. What I mean by that is they are more cerebral and don't assume the audience must be led by the nose, but at the same time the plots are pretty straightforward. They integrate a fair amount of philosophy into the action. It can result in some odd pacing now and then but I think it's worth it.
Great model work and the costumes are abfab.
I suppose it depends upon where you are. While Blake's 7 is available on DVD in Region 2, it's still not out in Region 1 (due to some rights issues with the Terry Nation estate, I think).
I noticed your original post didn't mention Doctor Who. While it's something of a different animal from the militaristic Star Trek model, it is a show about exploring various alien planets throughout time & space, as well as visiting many eras in Earth's past & future and protecting the Earth from alien invasions. Rather than an organized Starfleet, Doctor Who centers on the Doctor, an immortal alien who travels through time & space in a small blue police box that is bigger on the inside. The best part is, the show is currently in its 31st season on the BBC, so there's TONS of stories to choose from (although some episodes from the 1960s are missing).
Also, if you're up for a spaceship sci-fi comedy, I strongly recommend Red Dwarf. It's one of my all-time favorite sci-fi series & comedy series, worth watching again & again.
Meanwhile, if you're in the mood for more Gene Roddenberry stuff, Earth: Final Conflict has a lot of really interesting concepts.
Meanwhile, if you're in the mood for more Gene Roddenberry stuff, Earth: Final Conflict has a lot of really interesting concepts.
Not really. Same executive producer, but the creative personnel are mainly all different. Different writers, mostly different directors, different production designer, different effects supervisor. They look and feel completely unalike. They're still both terrific shows though. I think UFO runs out of steam a bit towards the end - they lose some of the character-based human drama of the earlier instalments in favour of high-concept "bizarre alien plot of the week" storylines - which are amazing the first time you see them, but have less rewatch value than the others. It's well worth seeing the series though.
Of course, my first recommendation will always be for Space: 1999, series 1. As it's the greatest sci-fi show of all time.
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