Sci-Fi Television in the 1980s
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- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsMarc SingerFaye GrantMichael IronsideA year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsKent McCordBarry Van DykeRobyn DouglassWhen the Battlestar Galactica finally arrives at Earth, they find they must subtly raise its tech level while protecting it from the Cylons.
- CreatorMichael CrichtonLou ShawStarsJim McMullanJames WainwrightWilliam JordanThe security chief of an android manufacturing company must stop a mad scientist, who's sending the failed theme park's androids to infiltrate society for his own ends.
- StarsToshio FurukawaJay BenedictMikio TerashimaCreated by Go Nagai, this sci-fi/fantasy puppet series sees heroes Shiro Ginga, Bongo Heracles, and Bigman Lee protect a girl named Lamia from the evil Gelma Armada, with the supership X Bomber and its giant robot component, Big Dai-X.
- StarsChristopher GodwinCarmen Du SautoyBarrie RutterMattocks, Fost and Ackroyd are Britain's first three astronauts. They must live in small, cramped space station orbiting the earth. Naturally, these conditions make coexistence difficult for them, but funny to us.
- StarsTony HaygarthPatsy RowlandsPrunella GeeLazy, unambitious repairman and UFO enthusiast Des Kinvig encounters a spaceship captained by the beautiful Miss Griffin from Mercury. Or is it all just the fantasy of a man having a quiet breakdown?
- CreatorAnthony LawrenceNancy LawrenceStarsJudson ScottRichard LynchE.G. MarshallAn ancient and powerful human-like alien is pursued on modern Earth while he searches for his long lost partner.
- StarsKirsty WilkinsonLance WarrenRoy LeywoodTwin teens Rachel and Theo vacation in Auckland, reuniting with Mr. Jones who rescued them from woods years ago. Jones is an alien fighter needing their help against giant slug creatures led by Wilberforce, planning world domination.
- CreatorAlbert BarilléStarsRoger CarelAnnie BalestraAlain DorvalA team of peacekeepers travels the galaxy solving disputes and exploring new worlds. Set against a story of a dispute between a dictatorial planet vying for more power and the rest of the union.
- StarsGavin CampbellSylvestra Le TouzelRobin EllisAn anthology of six plays that offered predictions of the future ranging from 1997-2016. Made by the same team behind the more regarded Play For Today, it lasted for a single series.
- CreatorSteven E. de SouzaAllan BalterHarve BennettStarsPeter BartonLouis Gossett Jr.Amy SteelThe adventures of high-school student Matthew Star, who is actually a superpowered alien Prince from another world.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsSam WaterstonA.C. WearyGeorge InnesIn 1912, Quentin E. Deverill, an eccentric expatriate American professor, uses his unique skills to solve mysteries in London.
- CreatorJames D. ParriottStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceDavid CadienteA member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsDesi Arnaz Jr.Chuck WagnerHeather McNairA computer-generated superhero and his human creator fight crime in the city.
- CreatorJoe CampLen JansonChuck MenvilleStarsChris BurtonRic SpiegelKen MillerOn a distant red planet, a tyrant kills the king and imprisons the queen. The crown prince escapes to Earth with a droid, befriending a stray dog.
- CreatorGerry AndersonStarsJeremy HitchenDenise BryerAnne RidlerThe missions of a planetary defense organization dedicated to protecting Earth from a Martian menace.
- CreatorJohn WyndhamStarsJames HazeldineCarol DrinkwaterAndrew EllamsA story centered on a young schoolboy and his strange relationship with an extraterrestrial entity.
- StarsChristopher LockwoodLoretta HaywoodGraham RaveyBhodi Li earth's world champion at Photon is selected to join an elite team of Photon Warriars. The Guardians of the Light of Photon work to keep the evil warlord of Arr from taking over the universe.
- CreatorHenry OrensteinStarsFrank WelkerPeter CullenCorey BurtonTwo opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.
- StarsJohn ShackleyCeri SeelJim BakerCousins Will and Henry Parker, avoiding mind control by alien Masters via capping at 16, journey to find free humans after learning their world is conquered by Tripods in 2089.
- StarsAnthony DanielsGraeme CampbellDan HennesseyThe adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO years before serving the Rebel Alliance. The series features several story arcs and one hour-long special.
- StarsJim HenshawJames CrannaCree SummerThe young Wicket and his Ewok friends have fantastic adventures on the forest moon of Endor.
- CreatorJames D. ParriottStarsDean Paul MartinKevin Peter HallMark Thomas MillerThe adventures of a team of misfit superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank.
- CreatorRoderick TaylorStarsSam GroomGretchen CorbettTony O'DellThrown into another dimension, a family must keep ahead of a tyrannical state's hunters while searching for a way home.
- CreatorCarl MacekStarsSteve KramerTom WynerRobert AxelrodAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and the technology and secrets she bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.