Science Fiction Page

We are pleased to present a number of guides to Science Fiction television series, maintained as a hobby by Duncan White and Bevis King.

It may surprise you to learn that these guides are not an offically supported information service of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, the Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, or the University of Surrey, where the above scruffy reprobates allegedly work. But then again, you may be the sort of person who buys an Old Master for a fiver from a junkshop and then expects the paint to be dry :-)

The guides available here fall into two main categories, the extensive guides which include up-to-date episode summaries, cast lists, trivia. The short form guides give information on little known Science Fiction shows that are no longer in production. Also, we have a few other short guides to TV series (that aren't really scifi, as such).

We are pleased to announce that our guides are picking up Web awards:

Walking the W.W.W. Premiere Site! Magellan 4 star site The Zone
for all these guides for our ST:DS9 guide for our Blakes 7 guide

Extensive Guides

Guides to the world of Star Trek including:

Star Trek: The Next Generation The groundbreaking second television series of the Star Trek story, Star Trek: The Next Generation continued the story started by Classic Star Trek. Set some 80 years after the original series, it followed the exploits of a new crew on a later starship Enterprise, the NCC-1701-D.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The third television installment of the Star Trek story, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine tells the story of a team of starfleet officers working on an alien space station at the very borders of federation space.
Star Trek: Voyager The fourth Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager tells the story of a starfleet crew and a Maquis crew thrown together in an unexplored quadrant of the galaxy, 30000 light years away from home.

(NB: This is Vidiot's guide - not ours)

Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British sci-fi TV series that follows the exploits of a myterious time traveller and his companions who explore time and space in a blue London police box.

(Recent updates include the Doctor Who film, and new BBC Video releases).

Blakes 7 Blake's 7 was a British TV series made between 1977 and 1981 that followed the exploits of a group of interplanetary terrorists fighting against an oppressive and militaristic federation.

Short Form Guides

Space Rangers Space Rangers was a short-lived sci-fi actioneer which was cancelled after only a few weeks. Information included here for historial interest.

Something Is Out There Something Is Out There was a mini-series that was followed by an unsuccessful TV series. Dealing with a police detective and an alien woman who investigate a range of paranormal crimes, it was very similar to The X Files and the Nightstalker.

The Invaders The Invaders is a 60's science fiction series which originally ran for three seasons. The first episode was aired January 10th 1967 and the last, March 26th 1968. The series revolves around the character of David Vincent, who has discovered that the Earth is being invaded by beings from another planet. These beings have taken human form, and are virtually indistinguishable from human beings.

Guides to Other TV Series

Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is a quirky american situation comedy series for children that finds a wider audience through its gentle humour. It follows the exploits of Clarissa Darling, a teenager trying to come to terms with the world and her family.

The New Avengers The New Avengers was a sequel series to the classic British sixties TV series, The Avengers. It concentrates on the adventures of a Gentleman spy called John Steed, his glamourous female sidekick Purdey, and loyal hardman Mike Gambit. In common with the original Avengers, the New Avengers specialised in fanastic plots with only a very limited acquaintance with realism.

(Ok, ok, we know these aren't strictly sci-fi :-))

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B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk & D.White@mcs.surrey.ac.uk
26th July 1996