Sci Fi That Was On TV In The 80s (May Have Originally Been Earlier) - 70s Sci Fi 80s Sci Fi

well today we're looking at 10 Sci-Fi

series from the 70s from the 80s from

the 60s it's stuff that was on TV in the

UK in the very early 80s at the very

least one of the snappy title that comes

under that's what we're doing let's take

a look at the first one number one The

Tomorrow People was a British Science

Fiction TV show that aired from 1973 to

1979 on ITV it was repeated in the 80s

it followed a group of young people with

special abilities known as tomorrow

people who possessed powers like

telepathy and teleportation and led by

John the team used their abilities to

protect Humanity from various threats

the show gained a cult following and it

remained a notable entry in British

Science Fiction television history there

was a funny thing today

well there's a kid in my class called

Robert oh yeah well he did a painting

I've been to that planet and he'd drawn

it to exactly as it is all right they're

real they exist they're ordinary people

like you and me well Tim isn't a person

of course well he's a computer actually

John I've got a problem

talking to yourself again number two

sapphire and steel to British television

series that aired from 1979 to 1982. it

was a supernatural science fiction Show

created by Peter J Hammond and it

starred Joanna Lumley as Sapphire and

David mccallumus steel the show followed

the adventures of these two mysterious

operatives known as inter-dimensional

time detectives they were assigned to

fix disruptions in time and prevent

malevolent forces from exploiting those

same disruptions all irregularities will

be handled by the forces controlling

each Dimension yet you said it is

dangerous it's evil

then it can hardly be the ghost of that

poor Soldier

go try to tell me that this Force

strides upon the feelings upon some of

the worst human feelings

yes I was at the top of the stairs on

the Footbridge Tully was at the foot

here he was my way up

working his way up number three The

Outer Limits it was a science fiction TV

series from the 60s but it was so

popular that it was just repeated

forever especially during the late 70s

and the early 80s it had an anthology

format of featuring a self-contained

stories exploring advanced technology

and you know moral dilemmas and

scientific progress and they Blended

elements of Science Fiction and horror

and philosophy and it was distinctive

with its opening sequence and that

narration at the beginning it remains a

beloved and influential show in The

History of Science Fiction TV

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she has screwdriver

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pick it up

throw it at me

pick it up throw it again harder Force

feel

magnetic force field

I named it Ronaldo's barrier it's pretty

fanciful isn't it

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4. salvage or Salvage one is an American

television series that aired from 1979

to 1980. we got it over here in the UK

the show follows the adventures of Harry

Broderick who was played by Andy

Griffith an eccentric junkyard owner

with a passion for space exploration and

Salvage in the series Harry and his team

set out to build a homemade spaceship

called the vulture to retrieve the

scattered or abandoned equipment and

resources from space with the help of

his best friend former astronaut named

skip Carmichael and his mechanical

genius assistant they embark on daring

missions to salvage valuable materials

satellites and even a lunar lander now

we're slowing down to land on the moon

using up still more fuel

re-entry friction can fry a man Harry

it's always been one of NASA's biggest

problems

that's our fuel expert trust me Harry

Mel's the only one to get this thing off

the ground

tell Harry about monohydrazine

why do I keep getting involved with guys

that want to kill themselves number five

Jason of Stack command it was a

live-action science fiction TV series

that aired from 1978 to 1981 in the

states we got it sort of a little bit

later on I think 80 to possibly 82-ish

anyway it was set in a distant future

and it followed the adventures of Jason

a skilled space pilot and member of Star

Command an Interstellar organization and

dedicated to maintaining peace and

Justice in the Galaxy Jason armed with

his unique weapon called a Starfire and

aided by his loyal robot sidekick Wiki

embarks on missions to protect innocent

civilians and defend the Galaxy from the

forces of evil

Yes master

it's a huge price to put but it looks

like a toy yeah an x-ray device you mean

that little Gadget can do all that come

on

a gadget

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a Wiki I think we're in for it number

six book Rogers in the 25th Century from

Wiki to twicky it was a science fiction

television series that aired from 1979

to 1981 again in the states we got it

just just sort of shifted a little bit

later the show's based on the character

book Rogers of course fictional

Adventurer that was actually created in

the 20s the series follows this Captain

William Buck Rogers 20th century

astronaut who due to a freak accident is

Frozen in space wakes up many years

later in the 25th Century he finds

himself in a future where Earth is

rebuilt after a devastating global

conflict and it's now governed by the

Earth Defense directorate

his life support systems were frozen by

temperatures Beyond imagination he was

fully preserved in living when found by

the forces of a Draconian Army and taken

aboard the king's Flagship draconia you

aboard the king's Flagship draconia and

a command of the world princess ardala

on its way to Earth and peace mission

what are you doing let's go getting down

it's a little before your time

frightened you

what is it

what's going on

number seven Beyond Westworld it's a

science fiction television series that

aired in 1980. this show serves as a

sequel to the film Westworld which was

written and directed by Michael Crichton

in Beyond Westworld the delos

Corporation the company responsible for

creating the theme park Westworld

attempts to expand its control beyond

the confines of the pack the corporation

secretly creates Android replicas known

as doppelgangers and plans to replace

influential people in positions of Power

with these lifelike robots it's not

possible those people are carefully

screamed it wasn't the people what do

you mean

the robots it's hard to imagine the

guests could believe the robots were

real those aren't ordinary machines the

complicated pieces of equipment almost

as complicated as living organisms

suddenly they just stopped following our

instructions or started following

someone else if the Navy changes

channels again funded as quickly as you

can I must keep our radio frequency open

to the robot aboard

number eight Blake seven we're back to

the UK for this one it's a British

Science Fiction television series

created by Terry Nation the guy who

created the Daleks as it happened the

show follows a group of rebels in a

dystopian future who are fighting

against the tyrannical Interstellar

Federation known as the Teran Foundation

the series centers around Blake played

by Gareth Thomas who is wrongly accused

of a crime and leads a group of Outlaws

about a stolen alien spacecraft called

The Liberator you may have heard of me

my name is Blake

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I just can't even care what happens to

you within reason of course

the navigation units will accept your

spoken commands

please State speed and costs you want

the Liberator

exactly number nine The Hitchhiker's

Guide to the Galaxy it was a science

fiction comedy television series based

on the popular radio show and book

series of the same name by none other

than Douglas Adams it aired in 1981 in

the UK and consisted of six episodes but

it was repeated many many times it

followed the adventures of Arthur Dent

an ordinary Earthling who finds himself

suddenly swept away on an Intergalactic

Journey after the Earth is unexpectedly

destroyed to make way for a hyperspace

bypass Arthur's accompanied by his

eccentric and alien friend of Ford

prefect a researcher for the titular

guidebook which provides humorous and

often unreliable information about the

universe you can't lie in front of the

bulldozers indefinitely I'm game we'll

see who rusts first hello Arthur

four Hi how are you fine

okay

are you busy won't work I have an

exceptionally large mind Marvin yes I

won't enjoy it she's not asking you to

enjoy it just do it will you I don't

think I can stand that robot much longer

zayford come on I've been ordered to

change you up to the bridge

here I am praying the size of a planet

and they tell me to take you up to the

bridge and number 10 into the Labyrinth

a British fantasy sci-fi-ish television

series for kids that aired from 1981 to

1982 followed the adventures of three

children who discovered a magical

Labyrinth hidden beneath an old country

house the series begins when a young

girl named Helen discovers this

Enchanted stone that grants her the

ability to travel through time and space

and along with her friends Tyrion Phil

they enter the Labyrinth and find

themselves in a parallel world filled

with strange creatures and mystical

beings

hi that was closer I don't mind so much

now that I can see where we're going

we sort of like isn't it

what was that oh

children I get children need a block and

tackle need a flipping cream equipment

we'll never get him out

concentrate on the stove

think of nothing else

think of the Stone

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and there you have it 10 sci-fi shows

that were on UK TV but are not

necessarily from the UK and they were on

in the 80s but they're not necessarily

from the 80s did I miss any out you let

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