Science Fiction Television

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A wormhole-tested guide to starships, strange worlds, artificial minds, impossible futures and shows cancelled several seasons too early.

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Skully would like to wish a very happy birthday to Brian Markinson, who turns 65 today, Callum Keith Rennie, who turns 66 today, and Walter Koenig, who turns 90 today.

Skully is remembering Sam Neill (1947–2026), born on this day, and celebrating the performances that still light up our screens.

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Space Adventures

Starships, distant worlds and crews who definitely skipped the safety briefing.

16 matching guides Alien Encounters

First contact, invasions and visitors whose motives remain inconveniently vague.

17 matching guides Time Travel

Loops, paradoxes and people making history considerably more complicated.

19 matching guides Dystopian Futures

Broken societies, sealed worlds and governments with extremely reassuring slogans.

17 matching guides AI & Cyberpunk

Artificial minds, digital worlds and technology quietly updating its plans for humanity.

15 matching guides Mind-Bending Sci-Fi

Conspiracies, fractured realities and questions that arrive with three more questions.

20 matching guides Retro Sci-Fi

Analogue futures, practical effects and control panels containing heroic quantities of switches.

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Highest-scoring transmissions

Skully's Top 5

  1. Babylon 59.5/10
  2. Dark9.4/10
  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine9.3/10
  4. The X-Files9.3/10
  5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer9.2/10
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