When you start to reel off the list
of 80s Science Fiction TV shows - you realise
how many there actually were. Science Fiction
TV series are well sought after nowadays - with the
SciFi TV channiel airing many current and past television
programmes.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century(1979-1981). In this
TV Sci-Fi - Buck - played by Gil Gerard - awoke in
the late 25th century following a freak mishap with
his ship - sending him 500 years into the future.
He finds the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, and
has to fight off the Draconians. Buck soon makes new
friends - including a robot called Twiki, and a mechanical
brain - Dr Theopolis.
1980 saw the sequel
to the late 70s science fiction TV series Battlestar
Galactica - Galactica 1980 -
in which the crew of the ship finally return to Earth
where they must introduce advances in technology to
help them kill the Cylons. Lorne Green starred
- but Dirk Benedict did not.
Red Dwarf
began in the 80s - it ran for 8 seasons from 1988
until 1999. It's main stars were Craig Charles
(who now plays Lloyd in Coronation Street) as Dave
Lister, Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer, Danny John-Jules
as The Cat, and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten. The
story in the science fiction TV comedy followed the
adventures of the last human alive after being stranded
in space three million years ahead of his time - with
his only friends - a hologram, a cat, and a robot.
Blake's 7
ran into the early 80s (1978-1981). Set in the
third century of the second calendar, it featured
the planet Earth in a destitute state - with a corrupt
galactic government drugging it's citizens in order
to dissolve their will to fight. In this science
fiction TV show, Roj Blake (Gareth Thomas) was
the rebel who had once attempted to lead a resistance
group against the federation, was caught and had all
his memories taken away. Blake though, bounced
back after witnessing a mass murder by the police
that was covered up. He found an abandoned alien
ship and set off with some friends to liberate the
worlds controlled by the federation.
ALF(1986-1990)
- featuring A.L.F. (an Alien Life Form) - was a
comedy science fiction 80s TV show
based on the lives of a typical American family, and
the effect that a furry creature from outer space
could have on them. The Tanners one day find
the small arrogant extraterrestrial after he crashes
into their garage. A.L.F. is from the planet
Melmac and has a hunger for the family cat. The
Tanners must must do all they can to stop the neighbours
from finding out that they are harbouring an Alien.
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