Blast off for a journey through forgotten gems! This video dives deep into 17 sci-fi shows from the 1970s that deserve a place in your watchlist. Unearth innovative concepts, explore social commentary, and rediscover the magic of classic television. So fire up your nostalgia engines and get ready for a retro sci-fi adventure!
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I never heard of The Omega Factor, but I recognized Louise Jameson instantly. (Leela from Dr Who)
I would like to thank early PBS, some of these shows entertain me on me sick days as a child
The best thing for me on Space1999 was the great husband and wife duo, Martin Landau and Barbra Bain. As their work on the original (and best) Mission,Impossible showed off their craft fantastically. Great choice for this show.😁
The Tomorrow People. I recall watching it on Nickelodeon back in the day in the late 1970's and 1980's. . I then got them years later on video tape and I still have them. I have looked at Tomorrow people videos on You Tube as well. I recall the characters too. There was a Tomorrow People that came after the original series in the 1990's. There was one that was on the CW a few years ago that was good, but it did not last long. John from the original series appeared as a guest. I recall John, Stephen, Mike, Elizabeth, Carol, Kenny, Ginge and Lefty, Hsi Tai, and the other teen actors as well. I liked Stephen the most. I recall Tim the computer and The placed they lived( the lab/lair) in the old subway tunnel. I recall the bad guy Jedikiah. They had a great theme song and good music for the scenes too. I recall the red and the green episodes and more. Thames television production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtviOc95LMw
My list of Sci-Fi shows that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of Science Fiction:
#1- Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation
#2- Battlestar Galactica
#3- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
#4- Knight Rider
#5- Flash Gordon (the 1950's TV show starring Steve Holland)
#6- Robocop: The Series
#7- NightMan (a Sci-Fi series from the 90's about a San Francisco jazz musician who gets struck by lightning and gains the ability to hear evil thoughts and fights crime at night wearing a high tech suit created by a scientist.)
#8- The Greatest American Hero (an 80's Sci-Fi series about a High School teacher from L.A. who discovers a strange briefcase left in the desert by aliens and when he opens it finds a suit inside that grants the wearer super powers unfortunately he loses the instructions and has to figure out how to use the suit and teams up with a federal agent who knows about the suit and the aliens.)
This narrator sounds weird…AI?
you know… i've always wondered with shows like this… "being chased by cylons." and find earth…
Ok earth may not be that advanced but… one thing it can do is shift to a war economy FAST… Think how fast we could crank out Vipers if we had the schematics… Then add in a larger "bomber" version armed with nuclear rockets.
next… how many… PILOTS could earth field and how quickly could we train them? Well earth has about 50k military trained, and another 330k civil pilots. Really though, within a few months, world wide, earth could probably have half a million combat pilots, and probably as many "support craft pilots". and we could keep training… one thing earth does have… billions of people.
Tomorrow People, Star Trek The Animated Series, Gemini Man, The Invisible Man…. underrated? Don't agree. Nice video
I do believe the author of the list has confused "historically noteworthy" and "still stands up today"…
Space 1999 started life as the second series of UFO
Hm. Should you count Mork & Mindy? Debuted 1978 as a Happy Days spinoff, launched the career of Robin Williams.
Blake's 7 was fantastic. I'm a trek fan and First seen Blake's 7 around 14 I'm 52 now.
Great video. Peter McCallum has had quite the career!
*"Space: 1999" (1975): I watched two seasons, but by then, most of the tales had been told.
*"Blake's 7" (1978): I didn't know that this show existed until I got a "Science Fiction Shows" book for Christmas.
*"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): I was doing other things when this show was broadcast. I saw one episode that followed a "Star Trek" path, but I found that this was an anomaly, so I passed on the series.
*"The Starlost" (1973): I watched ex-"2001" actor Keir Dullea voyage into the void before finally losing interest.
*"Quark" (1977-1978): I watched a few episodes of this "one-joke 'Star Trek" spoof then left it behind. I found Sierra Online's "Space Quest" series with Space Janitor Roger Wilco funnier and much more interesting.
*"UFO" (1970-1971): This "hide a military base under a film studio" concept interesting. The stories were so-so, though.
*"The Fantastic Journey" (1977): I've never heard of this how.
*"The Tomorrow People" (1973-1979): Another show I've never heard of.
*"Return to the Planet of the Apes" (1975): An animated show that I dimly remember.
The Six Million Dollar Man was big like Wonder Woman and others. Remember ads for Quark at the time but didn't get to see it till was on-line. All were awesome.
I had an awesome cardboard space 1999 playset
I loved a man called slone but I never see it mentioned anywhere..it was the show about a spy and his side kick who was a black guy with robot hands who could take them off and put ones on too help them complete a mission..I even had the toys which my mum gave away too a neighbours kid and he burned them !!!
Starlost sounds like a prototypical Fallout mixed with Infinity Train.
I have to know what show the clip is from that takes place in the first seconds of this video. Specifically, the part where it looks like drones are detaching to engage a ship during reentry.
I am not a neurotic robot made from spare parts