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Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive CollectionTwilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection
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This half hour anthology series ran from 1959 to 1964 on CBS and set a standard for televised storytelling that lives on to this day. Not all the stories were sci-fi but most delt with powers beyond our comprehension. A true classic.
The X-Files - The Complete First Season (Slim Set)The X-Files - The Complete First Season (Slim Set)
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Two FBI agents investigate the odd little cases that fall between the cracks and get more than they ever bargained for. The show fell off somewhat at the end and never gave it's audience full closer. Still from 1993 to 2002 it was often the best thing on, though I'd stick with the first 5 or 6 seasons. Aired on FOX.
Star Trek The Next Generation - The Complete Seasons 1-7Star Trek The Next Generation - The Complete Seasons 1-7
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Star Trek could dominated this category to the point of annoyance so let's go with the strongest of the "Trek" series. "Next Generation" started off weak for about two seasons but then the alien Borg help the series find it's legs and the rest is history. STNG ran from 1987 to 1994 and was syndicated.
Firefly - The Complete SeriesFirefly - The Complete Series
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The classic that never was, "Firefly" ran on FOX for less than one season in 2002 but was so popular after cancelation that it spawned a feature movie. "Firefly" told the tale of a small group of space cargo pirates who found themselves with a very unusual cargo that could get them all killed.
Doctor Who: The Complete First SeriesDoctor Who: The Complete First Series
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There's something very cool about the original "Doctor Who" but this 2005 update that ran on the BBC (and later the Sci-Fi Channel) up-ed the budget and the ante and had us once again rooting for our favorite alien time traveler who has a special fascination for Earth.
Farscape - Season 1, Collection 1 (Starburst Edition)Farscape - Season 1, Collection 1 (Starburst Edition)
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"Farscape" could have been easily called the remake of Buck Rodgers. The plots are similar, a U.S. astronaut is pulled from home and lost in space. His new universe is filled with aliens, a living ship, and some evil dude name Scorpious. Ran from 1999 to 2003 on the Sci-Fi channel.
Battlestar Galactica  - Season OneBattlestar Galactica - Season One
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Sci-Fi Channel took the original 70's TV show (about a space armada of humans on the run from killer robots) and turned the amp up to 11. Cyclons can now look human, main characters die, and the effects are just as good as a summer big budget flick.
Dark Angel - The Complete First SeasonDark Angel - The Complete First Season
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The second season was a let down but the first is still some of the best sci-fi out there. The year is 2009 and the U.S. is slowing regressing into a third world country. Enter Max Guevara who is engineered to fight, kill, and take no prisoners. Only Max escapes that life before her programming is complete.
Earth 2 - The Complete SeriesEarth 2 - The Complete Series
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This NBC show last just one season in 1994-95. It's 2192 and a new planet is open for settlement. The first team there encounters a series of problems which puts them at odds with the natives as well as with each other.
Red Dwarf Complete Collection (18DVD)Red Dwarf Complete Collection (18DVD)
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This long running BBC comic classic which ran from 1988 to 1999 told the tale of a minning ship lost in space and crewed by its last survior.
Quantum Leap - The Complete First SeasonQuantum Leap - The Complete First Season
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From 1989 to 1993 Dr. Sam Beckett found himself traveling through time by occupying the bodies of those from the past. This sci-fi show wasn't affraid to show its softer side. It aired on NBC.
The Outer Limits - The Original Series, Season 1The Outer Limits - The Original Series, Season 1
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This "Twilight Zone" clone distinguished itself by being edger than "zone" and offen more scary. Ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965.
Land of the Giants - The Full Series (The Giant Collection)Land of the Giants - The Full Series (The Giant Collection)
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The sub-spaceship "Spindrift" and it's crew are somehow taken to another kind of Earth where every human is now a giant. It's an odd duck but it was the best of Irwin Allen TV shows. It ran on ABC from 1968 to 1970.
Alien Nation - The Complete SeriesAlien Nation - The Complete Series
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Illegal aliens are not only crossing the border, they're entering the atmosphere. Now what to do with all of them. A farily good series based on the movie of the same name. It ran on FOX from 1989 to 1990.
Space 1999 - 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset (17DVD)Space 1999 - 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset (17DVD)
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Campy sci-fi with a straight face, you had to love "Space 1999". A nuclear accident throws the moon away from Earth's orbit. Which is bad news for the people who live in the moon coloney there. Ran from 1975 to 1977 and was syndicated.