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  • R R Giskard Reventlov

    Alister Morton wrote:

    How "early" do you go with Dr. Who?

    Early but they are for canon; the more modern Dr Who (especially with Tennant) is the best.

    Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End

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    Alister Morton
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    In the modern "reboot" era, Tennant was excellent, redefined the Doctor. Smith, Capaldi, not as good, which was disappointing. Eccleston had his moments. Tom Baker still takes some beating, mind.

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    • R R Giskard Reventlov

      For me, there are really only 4 TV/film sci-fi franchises: Dr Who Star Trek Star Wars Stargate I'm not that keen on Star Wars and some of the early Dr Who is pretty poor. Been watching some early Stargate and it was very good. Which is your favorite? Have I missed any? Honorable mention: Firefly/Serenity. Would have been the best of the best. Sigh. [EDIT] To clarify: I mean shows where there are both TV and film episodes as well as spin-off or secondary series (like Torchwood).

      Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End

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      I can't believe nobody has mentioned Farscape yet. Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.

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      • R R Giskard Reventlov

        For me, there are really only 4 TV/film sci-fi franchises: Dr Who Star Trek Star Wars Stargate I'm not that keen on Star Wars and some of the early Dr Who is pretty poor. Been watching some early Stargate and it was very good. Which is your favorite? Have I missed any? Honorable mention: Firefly/Serenity. Would have been the best of the best. Sigh. [EDIT] To clarify: I mean shows where there are both TV and film episodes as well as spin-off or secondary series (like Torchwood).

        Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End

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        Gilles Plante
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        Someone watched Heaven (The name of a fictitious town in New England) ? That was mostly quite good, but a few seasons were weak compare to the others.

        Gilles Plante

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        • A Alister Morton

          In the modern "reboot" era, Tennant was excellent, redefined the Doctor. Smith, Capaldi, not as good, which was disappointing. Eccleston had his moments. Tom Baker still takes some beating, mind.

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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          Could not stand Pertwee or Baker. Hartnell was the best of the early Doctors.

          Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End

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          • C CodeWraith

            Sure you have missed a lot, but in this case I don't even know if an English version ever existed: Raumpatrouille Orion[^] The commander notoriously disobeys orders and is a general pain in the rear for his superiors, but gets away with it (most of the time). Too bad they only made eight episodes, more like a mini series.

            I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

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            Bitbeisser
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            Orion died because they couldn't match the production speed and spread that Star Trek had, also disadvantaged by being only still in black&white, while Star Trek was done already in color. But liked such small details as the pencil sharpeners as control elements on the flight control panel... ;P

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              Orion died because they couldn't match the production speed and spread that Star Trek had, also disadvantaged by being only still in black&white, while Star Trek was done already in color. But liked such small details as the pencil sharpeners as control elements on the flight control panel... ;P

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              CodeWraith
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              At least they obviously already had ironed out all design flaws. :-)

              I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

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              • W W Balboos GHB

                Babylon 5 - hard to find a close second

                . . . reverential gap . . .

                Dr Who - the early ones (up through Dr. No. 6) (not the '2005' franchise).
                - particularly bad are the xmas specials.
                Star Trek - as long as we pretend "Voyager, with Captain Mommy" never existed
                - also, anything with "Q" sucks, as well

                some up-and-comers include:
                Preacher

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                Ravings en masse^

                "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                Bitbeisser
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                Well, never been a fan of Dr.Who. And don't think Star Trek Voyager is bad because of a female captain (or little boy Crusher_, but I agree, I don't like that Q character either... In general might also be one of the few people that like both Star Trek and Star Wars. For me, they represent two totally different approaches to life in space. Star Trek as a view as to how humanity could evolve in a couple hundreds of years, with a clear connection of their history back in our current times. Star Wars however is a totally fictitious realm, a long time ago and far, far away, that is from the onset to be a work of fantasy... Babylon 5 wasn't bad, while Battleship Galactica never really caught my attention, Firefly/Serenity was a bit boring...

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                • D DRHuff

                  R. Giskard Reventlov wrote:

                  Which is best?

                  To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women. :laugh: Only do it in Trumps voice - not Ahnold.

                  I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like. Dave

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                  Paul Kemner
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                  "hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper" - Cohen the Barbarian

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                  • G GuyThiebaut

                    You missed Battlestar Galactica :omg: If you have not seen it(the recent version not the 70's version) you are missing out on some excellent sci-fi storytelling. I stopped watching Doctor Who when it became overly political with regards to being overly conscious of and ramming gender politics down my throat(but that's the BBC for you...).

                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                    ― Christopher Hitchens

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                    irneb
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                    Which one? Original of 30+ years ago or the new FX heavy one? Just asking ...

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                    • R R Giskard Reventlov

                      For me, there are really only 4 TV/film sci-fi franchises: Dr Who Star Trek Star Wars Stargate I'm not that keen on Star Wars and some of the early Dr Who is pretty poor. Been watching some early Stargate and it was very good. Which is your favorite? Have I missed any? Honorable mention: Firefly/Serenity. Would have been the best of the best. Sigh. [EDIT] To clarify: I mean shows where there are both TV and film episodes as well as spin-off or secondary series (like Torchwood).

                      Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer. The End

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                      irneb
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                      Strictly speaking this is a "series" ... Dune MiniSeries 2000. Its "sequel" series was in some ways even better, while in others not so much: Children of Dune. Of course both are a bit removed from the original books. In which case the old Dune (1980s) was closer. Just wish the rest of the books would be continued in the same manner. Stuff like the God Emperor of Dune, the Heretics of Dune, etc. would give even more "epic" sagas.

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                      • I irneb

                        Which one? Original of 30+ years ago or the new FX heavy one? Just asking ...

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                        GuyThiebaut
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                        Quote:

                        If you have not seen it(the recent version not the 70's version)

                        RTFM ;)

                        “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                        ― Christopher Hitchens

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