Big list of science fiction TV shows

Frame from the screen saver of the series "Edge"

Foreword

On Geektimes and Habrahabr there were already articles with a list of Sci-Fi serials ( Fantastic TV series - a fan review , Fantastic TV series , etc.). But all of them either contained quite a few TV shows and / or superficial information about themselves, or were biased against certain TV shows.
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In this publication I will try to provide a large list of science fiction TV shows. And thanks to the vote - to find out what TV shows Geektimes users really like.

Note

Due to the inability to insert a full HTML code, the rating with IMDB and other resources will be presented in the form of text and will not be dynamically updated.
Series are ordered in chronological order (from old to new).

Star Trek / Star Trek (1966 - 1969)



The action of the series takes place in the second half of the 23rd century (2264-2269) and tells the story of the five-year research mission of the starship of the United Federation of Planets "USS Enterprise NCC-1701" under the command of Captain Kirk.

IMDB 8.4 | Film Search 8.2

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Star Trek: The Next Generation / Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)



In the world of Star Trek 80 years have passed. The crew has changed, the technology has improved, even the Enterprise has changed. Only the familiar and beloved name of the ship remained and the goals of his crew did not change - Feel free to go where no man’s foot has gone! On the bridge is the Next Generation ...

IMDB 8.7 | Film Search 8.1

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Quantum Leap / Quantum Leap (1989-1993)



1995 year. Having developed the theory that a person can travel in time within the length of his own life, Dr. Sam Beckett, at a base in the deserts of New Mexico, led a top-secret project called Quantum Leap (Quantum Leap). Facing the need to confirm his theory or lose funding, Dr. Beckett stepped into a quantum accelerator and ... disappeared.

IMDB 8.1 | Film Search 8.1

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The X Files / The X-Files (1993 - 2002)



Special Agent Dana Scully, a doctor and lecturer at the FBI Academy in Virginia, is assigned to work with Agent Fox Mulder on the X-Files project, an archive of mysterious, unresolved FBI cases that are often associated with paranormal phenomena, instances of vampirism and laboriousness, and the attack of genetic mutants , evidence of alien abduction ...

IMDB 8.7 | Film Search 8.2

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Babylon 5 / Babylon 5 (1993 - 2002)



A new era began in the history of mankind. Ten years after the Earth War with Minbar. The project "Babylon" became the embodiment of the dream of a galaxy without wars. His goal is to create a center where various civilizations will be able to solve controversial issues peacefully. The station became a meeting place and home for diplomats, adventurers, businessmen, travelers, thousands of people and aliens on two and a half million tons of rotating metal, among the abyss of space. However, over time, "Babylon 5" acquired a different meaning and became the last hope for a lasting peace. But soon this hope collapsed. And at the hour of the beginning of the great wars, he found a different content, became the last hope for victory. Time: 2257 years - 2382 years. Place: Babylon 5

IMDB 8.2 | Film Search 8.1

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Sliders / Sliders (1995-2000)



A fantastic series about physics student Quin Melori, who, based on the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen theory, conducted experiments on the study of gravity. In the course of them, instead of a gravitational machine, he received a portal machine that allowed him to move (“slide”) into parallel worlds. Queen, along with his teacher, Professor Arturo, and Wade's girlfriend (and Rembrandt Brown, who happened to be in the funnel of the portal) set off on a “little” trip to a parallel world.

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 8.0

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PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal / Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996 - 2000)



Agents of the US government research bureau conduct investigations into various anomalous situations around the world. Many secrets in the end are quite understandable, but some still remain in question.

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.9

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Lexx / Lexx (1997 - 2002)



Spacecraft "Lexx" - "the most powerful weapon of destruction in the two universes." This is a huge living and intelligent spaceship, which is inherently insect: it is very similar to the dragonfly, both externally and in physiology (it is afraid of webs and spiders, if they have cosmic dimensions). It is designed to destroy the planets with one powerful shot, to then swallow biological debris and use them as fuel. “Lexx” was originally grown to serve His Divine Shadow, but later served to destroy the “Sacred Order” it instituted.

IMDB 7.4 | Film Search 8.0

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Stargate SG-1 / Stargate: SG-1 (1997 - 2007)



The plot of the Stargate SG-1 television series continues the events that began in the original film , and tells the story of the adventures of the SG-1 crew from Earth today. In addition to these, about two dozen SG teams are exploring distant planets with the help of an alien portal known as Stargate, which are installed in the top-secret Stargate Command Center (SGC) at the US military airbase located in the mountain Cheyenne near the city of Colorado Springs (Colorado).

IMDB 8.5 | Film Search 8.1

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Farscape / On the Edge of the Universe (1999–2003)



Astronaut and scientist John Crichton tested a special spacecraft, trying to find confirmation of a scientific theory within the Earth’s orbit. He was going to use the force of gravity of the Earth as an accelerator. If successful, the experiment could be the first step towards the implementation of interstellar flights.

But during the experiment, something went wrong - suddenly a gravitational wave, or MVGP, appeared, and the wormhole formed from it swallowed the module. Having fallen into it, he swept through space and time and found himself at the other end of the Universe, hundreds of light years from Earth ...

IMDB 8.3 | Film Search 8.1

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Enterprise / Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)



In the yard of the 22nd century. Humanity, long held by the Vulcans within the solar system, finally goes into deep space. The spaceship NX-01 Enterprise, built using the latest technology and equipped with the first engine with the speed of the Warp-5, is sent to the research. Under the command of Captain Archer, the brave crew will have to explore dozens of planets, face many friendly and hostile civilizations, get involved in the Temporary Cold War and save the Earth from destruction by the Zindi race living in the mysterious Delphic zone. This is the story of the first steps of humanity in outer space and the story of the creation of the United Federation of Planets.

IMDB 7.5 | Film Search 8.0

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Firefly / Firefly (2002–2003)



The action takes place in the distant future, in which people migrated to a new star system, and tells about the adventures of a group of smugglers, the crew of Serenity - an interplanetary ship of Firefly class. In the story, in the future, two superpowers (the United States and China) united in a single federal government called the Alliance. As a result, Western and Far Eastern cultures were merged together. Despite the passage of time, some things do not change: there are more people, technologies are better, but the political, moral and ethical problems remain the same.

IMDB 9.1 | Film Search 9.3 | Rotten Tomatoes 80%

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The 4400/4400 (2004–2007)



4400 people, missing in different years of the 20th century, unexpectedly return to the earth, remaining the same as they were on the day of the disappearance. Concerned authorities are starting an investigation to find out where these people were and why they were brought back. It soon becomes clear that their appearance can change the world in the most unpredictable way.

IMDB 7.4 | Film Search 7.9

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Stargate: Atlantis / Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009)



Dr. Daniel Jackson, using the technology of the ancients, finds the coordinates of the lost city - Atlantis - and Dr. Elizabeth Weir collects an international expedition to study it. The only problem is that it is located in another galaxy - the Pegasus galaxy. But traveling even between galaxies through the star gates requires a lot of energy - as much as MHT (Zero Point Module) can issue. But there is only one such source of energy on Earth. Thus, it is initially assumed that if there is no other MNT in Atlantis, it will be a one way trip.

IMDB 8.1 | Film Search 8.1

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Battlestar Galactica / Star Cruiser Galaxy (2004–2009)



Surviving a miracle after the Cylon attack on the Kobol colonies, the civilian colonial fleet, accompanied by the Star Cruiser, the Galaxy is flying away from places where enemy forces can find them. By restoring the civilian government and gathering all the available forces, the remnants of humanity begin an unequal struggle with time, circumstances and the Cylons. Dealing with all new external and internal problems, gradually revealing the identities of 12 human-like Cylon models, they fly in search of the long-lost 13 Kobol colony, mentioned in ancient legends, of a new house, the name of which is Earth.

IMDB 8.8 | Film Search 8.1

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Doctor Who / Doctor Who (2005 –...)



The series displays the adventures of a mystical humanoid alien who calls himself a Doctor, without a goal traveling through time and space in a spaceship that looks like a police box from the 50s on the outside. The doctor is extremely eccentric and has incredible knowledge in the fields of technology, history and science. He travels with his companions, simultaneously fighting against space villains and saving the Earth from countless enemies.

IMDB 8.8 | Film Search 8.3 | Rotten Tomatoes 89%

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Torchwood / Torchwood (2006–2011)



British science fiction television series with elements of fantasy about the events in the Cardiff branch of the fictional "Torchwood Institute", which deals with the study of aliens and supernatural phenomena. The series is an offshoot of the popular television series Doctor Who, which is closely intertwined. The word "Torchwood" is an anagram of "Doctor Who."

IMDB 7.8 | Film Search 8.1 | Rotten Tomatoes 92%

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Eureka / Eureka (2006-2012)



Eureka is a high-tech city in the state of Oregon, populated by brilliant scientists working on new scientific research. The city is managed by a corporation called Global Dynamics, which is controlled by the United States Department of Defense. The existence of the city is kept secret.

IMDB 7.9 | Film Search 8.0

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Primeval / Jurassic Portal (2015-2015)



XXI Century. In the UK, inexplicable things are starting to happen: people in different parts of the country notice animals that, according to paleontologists, died out millions of years ago. The British government creates a secret science agency headed by James Lester. Members of this organization find out that in nature there are some mysterious holes between the modern and prehistoric worlds, which they call <anomalies>. The goal of scientists is to detect these "anomalies" and neutralize creatures dangerous for humanity penetrating through them ...

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.9

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Fringe / Edge (2008–2013)



The series tells about the FBI special agent Olivia Dunham, the insane scientist Walter Bishop and his son Peter, who are exploring aspects of science "beyond the limits", such as telepathy, levitation, invisibility, reincarnation, genetic mutation, and so on. A series of mysterious events occur, called the "Model."

The “Model” includes such phenomena as accelerated aging (a newborn child matures and dies in a matter of minutes), unexplained phenomena (the bus is filled with a strange substance that instantly hardens, and passengers become like mosquitoes in amber) and many other anomalies.

It looks as if someone is experimenting with the whole world, and Olivia, Peter and Walter take on the investigation of these strange events to determine their source. They discover the connection of “Model” with a corporation called “Massive Dynamics”, which is a leading global research company, with many patents for new and important technologies.

IMDB 8.5 | Film Search 8.1 | Rotten Tomatoes 92%

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SGU Stargate Universe / Stargate: the Universe (2009–2011)



The mysterious ninth chevron transfers a team of researchers from the Earth to an Ancient Unmanned Ship named "Destiny", where it turns out that there is no return to Earth. The team will have to adapt to life on board the ship carrying them to the far corners of the Universe according to the course laid down by the Ancients and may come to terms with the idea that this ship will become their home and prison until the last seconds of their lives.

IMDB 7.7 | Film Search 8.0 | Rotten Tomatoes 50%

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Caprica / Caprica (2009-2010)



The action takes place 58 years before the events shown at the beginning of the TV series “Star Cruiser Galactica” in peacetime, when the Twelve Kobol colonies are absorbed by new technologies and their own success. In one of the colonies, on the planet Kaprika, in the capital of Kaprika-City, a terrorist attack is taking place: a young man (Ben Stark) is undermining himself and all passengers of the train; The victims included his girlfriend Zoe Graystone, as well as the wife and daughter of attorney Joseph Adama. He can not accept the loss of loved ones, and once met with his father Zoe - a successful scientist who is obsessed with the return of his daughter from the dead. Together they launch a fatal chain of events that will lead to the creation of a race of cylon.

IMDB 7.1 | Film Search 7.1

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Defying Gravity / To Contrary (2009)



In the near future, eight astronauts from five different countries are sent on a space mission. For six years, they have to overcome thirteen billion kilometers. Under the scrutiny of the inhabitants of their native planet, they carefully control their emotions and feelings until they discover that the real purpose of their mission is classified, including from themselves.

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.2

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Dollhouse / Dollhouse (2009-2010)



They will be who you want, and do what you need. They speak all languages ​​and have all the skills at once. They live in a place where regrets, pain, memories are erased, and they say that they came there voluntarily. But is it? A girl named Eco lives in the mysterious “Puppet House” and is a member of an illegal and underground group of people whose personality has been erased.

IMDB 7.8 | Film Search 8.0 | Rotten Tomatoes 53%

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The Event / Event (2010-2011) The



mysterious and tense story with unpredictable plot twists begins with the protagonist’s disappearance of the main character’s bride, or rather, disappearance, since the impression is that it didn’t exist: no one can remember that ever saw her or heard something about her. A hero rushing on a quest, determined to solve a riddle, gets to the highest echelons of power and suddenly realizes that he has become a pawn in a mysterious game, played on the level of the powerful, known and, for the time being, not. And this game, it seems, can not only affect the life of everyone, but also turn our ideas about the world.

IMDB 7.0 | Film Search 7.7

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Terra Nova / Terra Nova (2011)



2149 The land is overpopulated. Most plants and animals have already disappeared from her face. The future of humanity is in doubt, scientists see the only hope for survival in the past. The space-time portal, unexpectedly discovered by them, allows to realize the most courageous plan - to resettle people 85 million years ago in order to re-restore civilization. The Shannon family is honored to join the tenth pilgrimage of the settlers to Terra Nova.

IMDB 6.8 | Film Search 6.9 | Rotten Tomatoes 71%

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Person of Interest. (2011 -...)



Mr. Finch is a mysterious billionaire who has developed a computer program that predicts future victims of crime. Finch hires Reese, a former CIA agent, allegedly dead, to help stop these crimes, using Finch’s resources and techniques, and Reese’s skills and knowledge.

IMDB 8.5 | Film Search 8.1

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Black Mirror / Black Mirror (2011 -...)



Over the past ten years, technology has comprehensively changed our lives before we had time to come to our senses and doubt them. In every house, on every table, on every palm - a plasma TV, a computer monitor, a smartphone display is a black mirror of our existence in the twenty-first century. Our connection with reality is changing. We laid on the altar of “Google” and “Apple” and worship them. Facebook algorithms know more about us than our own parents. We have access to all the information in the world, but in our head there is enough space only to perceive 140 characters from the message on Twitter. The Black Mirror displays a general concern for our modern world ...

IMDB 8.8 | Film Search 9.1

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Falling Skies / Collapsed Heavens (2011-2015)



After the invasion of alien alien Earth, the spider-like Skeeters with advanced weapons, the Mech robots, more than 90% of the population was destroyed. The story begins six months after the invasion. In the center of events is Tom Mason, a former professor of history at Boston University, who becomes the deputy commander of the Second Massachusetts Regiment, a group of civilians and military, leaving the post-apocalyptic Boston. The main character must return his son who was captured to the aliens and try to repel the invaders ...

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes 84%

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Continuum / Continuum (2012-2015)



Advocate Kira Cameron is transferred from 2077 to 2012, after a group of terrorists from her time, sentenced to execution, has escaped now. In order to track down and stop the threat from the future, Kira enters the local police. The young computer genius who created the technology that will be widely distributed in the future helps her track down the criminals.

IMDB 7.8 | Film Search 7.9

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Utopia / Utopia (2013 -...)



Fantastic thriller, the plot of which tells the story of a group of previously unfamiliar people who have at their disposal the manuscript of a certain novel called Utopia. It is supposed to predict the worst disasters that befell humanity in the previous century. The heroes of the series "Utopia" soon attracted the attention of some secret non-governmental organization called the Network. If they want to survive, they will have to learn to escape from her pursuit.

IMDB 8.5 | Film Search 8.1

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Under the Dome / (2013-2015)



On a typical, fine autumn day, the city of Chesters Mills, Maine, was suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible force barrier. Planes crash into the dome and fall, blazing from heaven; the gardener cuts off a hand by a force field; people who went to the neighboring town on business cannot return to their loved ones; Cars explode from a collision with a dome. No one understands what the barrier is, where it came from and whether it will disappear.

IMDB 6.8 | Film Search 7.1

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Almost Human / Almost Human (2013-2014)



In 2048, technical progress went out of control. New developments forever change the look of crime, the police can not cope. To counter this threat, a new defense tactic has been worked out: Los Angeles police partners are assigned combat models of Androids.

IMDB 8.1 | Film Search 8.0 | Rotten Tomatoes 69%

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Defiance / Challenge (2013 -...)



For ten years, the Earth has been torn apart by a war called the “Pale Wars” between earthlings and aliens deprived of their own planet. A group of soldiers who understood the futility of this massacre challenged their commanders. The news of them quickly spread around the planet and eventually led to a peace agreement. The plot begins in the town of Defiance (Challenge), the former St. Louis, which became home to six different races. Joshua Nolan and his adopted daughter Iris, an alien, fleeing criminals, arrived in this village, where, by chance, Joshua becomes the sheriff.

IMDB 7.0 | Film Search 7.0 | Rotten Tomatoes 80%

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Agents of SHIELD / Agents «Shch.IT.» (2013 -...)



The action of the series takes place after the events of the film "The Avengers". Agent Phil Colson returns to the law enforcement organization under the name Shch.IT., gathering a small team of professionals, he begins work on new cases, which are sometimes very strange.

IMDB 7.5 | Film Search 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes 93%

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Helix / Spiral (2014-2015)



The series will tell about a group of scientists from the Center for Combating Diseases, aimed at a high-tech research base in the Arctic to investigate a possible outbreak of the disease and who are forced to fight for the salvation of mankind.

IMDB 6.9 | Film Search 7.0 | 82% of Rotten Tomatoes

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Dark Matter / Dark Matter (2015 -...)



The crew of an abandoned spacecraft is awakened from suspended animation, without memories of who they are and how they boarded. Faced with threats at every turn, they must work together to survive. Their journey is filled with revenge, betrayal and hidden secrets.

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.1 | Rotten Tomatoes 55%

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Killjoys / Killjoyys (2015 -...)



The action of the series takes place in the distant planetary system Quadra. All power over the planets belongs to the college of nobles, known as the Council of Nine, and its subordinate trade and military organization, which is simply called the "Company". There is a tough caste system in the system, according to which the richest and most noble live on the planet Crash, while the poor and the “middle class” inhabit the planet Westerly, suffering from ion storms and the environment almost destroyed by the “Company”. To control the population of Kvadro, the Detention and Reclamation Coalition (KZR, Eng. The Recovery and Apprehension Coalition (RAC)) was created to deal with the mutual paid capture or murder of lawbreakers, which is why they were called Killjoyy or Kayfolomi. One of these reclamation agents (Killjoyev) are Johnny Jacobis and his partner Dutch, a girl with a dark past.

IMDB 7.3 | Film Search 7.0 | Rotten Tomatoes 79%

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Humans / People (2015 -...)



The action of the series will unfold in a parallel world, where new gadgets have become extremely popular - high-tech servant robots, which look frighteningly similar to humans. One such “household helper” is acquired by a family living in the suburbs. Soon they realize that sharing life with a car will have terrible consequences.

IMDB 8.1 | Film Search 7.9 | Rotten Tomatoes 86%

Update

A large number of TV shows that you suggested in the comments have been added to the list. I don’t know how full editing was reflected in the survey, so I just added new series to the end of the poll, as new versions.