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What is everyone's favourite Sci Fi TV series of all time & why? My top 5 favourites are: 5th favourite: Babylon 5 - I like the story arc running thu season 3&4 in particular 4th: Survivors (the old one) - some great stories e.g. Fourth Horseman, Law & Order 3rd: BSG (the new one) -...

Space 1999 was an enjoyable romp - but the science behind it - oh my word! I have the DVDs of the original series and there is a hilarious interview with Gerry Anderson on one of the discs in which he tries to justify the science behind the concept of the moon blowing up and shooting off on its...

Every now and then rummours of Blake's 7 remakes pop up but nothing ever seems to come of it. I think it would be difficult to replicate the success of the original, mainly because the original team was so good - Terry Nation, Paul Darrow, Jacqueline Pearce & Michael Keating et al all had a key...

I saw the film last week. It was fairly good actually. The inspiration for it came from an older Japanese film called Battle Royale which was adapted from a 1999 novel by Koushun Takami. Both films are worth seeing, although the Japanese original is darker.

I think a lot depends on the story as much as the "type". Take post apocalyptic for instance - the original BBC Survivors series (1970s, Terry Nation) was a timeless classic but the recent spate of zombie apocalypse themed stories have become a bit tedious. I think the odd experiments with...