The best television science fiction ever made.

I have been a massive sci-fi fan ever since I was a kid.  Back then, sci-fi was truly amazing as cgi didn't exist and science was still simple.  So starting out with Lost in Space, I moved into Star Trek, Space 1999, Battlestar Galactica and so on.

So, I want a discourse on the best sci-fi show ever made, but I want to restrict it.  Some shows just are not sci-fi in the traditional sense of the meaning.  Buffy and shows like it are fantasy, not sci-fi.  3rd Rock is comedy/sit-com, not sci-fi.  Cartoons are just cartoons.  Superheroes are just superheroes (so no to Heroes, brilliant show that it is).

Sci-fi has to be set in some futuristic setting or have alien type connotations.

Having watched so many sci-fi shows, I actually don't have any problems picking the best one.  The best one is:

I saw an episode of the old Star Trek once. I thought it was pretty good iy had that old batman "So bad it's good" thing.

"I saw an episode of the old Star Trek once. I thought it was pretty good iy had that old batman "So bad it's good" thing."

I used to watch Babylon 5 back in the day...however, star trek is my favorite.

Original Star Trek. Maybe it is just that when I was a kid there weren't many of these shows. There were a couple of British imports like Space 1999 and UFO, but Star Trek, which was in reruns, I am not that old, was just so different and cool. My friends and I all bought the paperback books with the shows made into short stories in them. The cover are ruled.

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The best part of the original star trek is when something is happening to the ship, and everybody is throwing themselves around like there's an earthquake. It look so fake it's great!

"The best part of the original star trek is when something is happening to the ship, and everybody is throwing themselves around like there's an earthquake. It look so fake it's great!"

I'd have to go for star trek Next Gen. Closely followed by DS9

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Futurama goddammit!

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Firefly!

I'm part of the ' Generation Z' and I watched the whole of Babylon 5.

I loved it.
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The X-Files for me, definitely.

Necro-thread! 

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lol, that guy in the bottom right corner looks like someone is about to shoot him in the face.

next generation

I'm a big Doctor Who fan though I will admit it is a little hit and miss sometimes. Firefly is amazing, stil need to see Serenity

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Space: Above and Beyond yet.  That series suffered premature cancellation from the Fox Network.  Like Firefly it was cancelled way before it had a chance to find the right audience.

All the Star Treks but the first, Stargate, and a few other I can't recall. Don't have a favourite as I love them all equally. My guilty pleasure is Andromeda. I know it's bad, but I love it.

Babylon 5 is the correct answer. Season 3 alone cements this. That and TNG are the only good sci fi shows ever.

Sliders for all the alternate universes. But x-files is still a cool show too.

Let's see, I have been watching oh-so much of Stargate Atlantis and Universe lately, but I still do not think that tops Next Generation for me. There was something about the moral choices, interesting planets, and great story that kept me into that show. So, I guess I'll just make a list.

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation
2. Futurama
3. Star-Gate Universe
4. Star-Gate Atlantis
5. Babylon 5

The correct answer is lost. No prime time show has been able to fully captivate its viewers for 6 years when all it started as a show of survivors on an island of mystery. Through those six years it became a science fiction show through the evolution of its story telling and the places they went and the things characters did.

Also, smoke monster

I really liked x files I was so hooked every sunday night I miss the 90's.

Farscape is a kids' show and vomit inducing to anyone introduced to it over 13.  Babylon 5 got good when it introduced the political arch.  The first series was dreadful.  Loved Sliders.

firefly

Doctor Who.
Farscape.
Stargate SG1 (not any of this Atlantis or universe BS)
and, dont kill me, but Lost.( at least up until the crap last season.)

Linkyshinks RIP never forget

Farscape is a kids' show and vomit inducing to anyone introduced to it over 13.  Babylon 5 got good when it introduced the political arch.  The first series was dreadful.  Loved Sliders.

I almost had a heart attack when I noticed that oldschool made this thread.......I feel much better now after looking at the OP's date.

Futurama goddammit!

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lol, that guy in the bottom right corner looks like someone is about to shoot him in the face.

Futurama

Fringe perhaps

1. Doctor Who (Both classic and reboot, I love it)

Too many good ones to be able to limit yourself to having to pick just one. Sadly I think it's going to be a while before something new pops up though as there seems to be nothing on the horizon to fill in the sci-fi tv series beyond a few possible new shows coming to the BBC America later this year.

TNG and Doctor Who. 

Dude! You totally forgot "The Langoliers!"

I would like to watch dr who. But I have zero idea on where to start due to how many of them are out there. Any help here would be great.