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Starfleet (TV Series)Starfleet (TV Series) (X Bomber) (1985)
Dir. Go Nagai
Heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's supermarionation series, this sci–fi Japanese production from manga creater Go Nagai kicks off when an…
Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series)Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle
Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
Chocky (TV Series)Chocky (TV Series) (1984) Recommended
Dir. Vic Hughes, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Carol Drinkwater
One of the best sci–fi TV serials of the 1980s is set around a schoolboy who begins to develop supernormal talents. It seems an alien force has…
Transformers (TV Series)Transformers (TV Series) (1984)
One of the defining children's TV series of the 1980s, featuring autobotic heroes who transform into cars, planes etc. to defend Earth against…
Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsDoctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Feat. Peter Davison, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee
25th Anniversary Edition of this Sci–Fi classic featuring five embodiments of the doctor. Most of the doctors find themselves transported to…
Terrahawks (TV Series)Terrahawks (TV Series) (1983)
Dir. Gerry Anderson, Tony Bell
A NASA mission to Mars encounters a hostile alien empire (from the planet Guk) in Gerry Anderson’s final stab at TV sci–fi…
Tripods, The (TV Series)Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982) Recommended
Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin
One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
Voyagers! (TV Series)Voyagers! (TV Series) (1982-1983)
Feat. Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce
Endearing sci–fi show from the 1980's featuring a time–traveller called Phineas Bogg(!) and a young accomplice who use a hand–held…
Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 4Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 4 (1981)
Feat. Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating
More adventures and intrigues for the crew of the 'Liberator', in this classic British TV Series. Series Four: 13 episodes over five…
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series)Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (1981)
Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
More convincing and clinical than previous adaptations of John Wyndham's novel, this BBC series depicts the blinding of Earth's human population and…

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