Over the last few years my family and I have binged all of Star Trek, then moved on to Star Trek adjacent shows like The Orville and Stargate. At the moment we’re not really watching anything sci-fi. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for similar shows (or maybe some books) that fill the void left by Star Trek. In particular I really like the episodes that deal with interacting with other civilizations, diplomacy, and exploration more-so than say, an anomaly episode.
@darthelmet
Blake’s 7: 70s BBC, cheesy FX, some great acting and a largely unprincipled crew which is fun.
Space 1999: if you had enjoyed TOS more you would love this: outlandish 70s episodic antiphysics
Vagrant Queen: space opera SyFy show that’s pretty funny. Some blood, one season
Andromeda: Season 1 is okay
Babylon 5 is the show you’re looking for :)
And one of the greatest villains ever.
I assume you mean Servalan/Sleer and not Avon? 😆
Of course.
Andromeda really picks up in season 2. Not a amazing, but it’s very good.
@CerealKiller01 it does, but then it puts it back down before the season is done. I think Trance’s tail left with most of the show’s charm and remaining seasons had to consume Tyr’s armspines for energy; by the time the armspines were depleted it was a pure scorn-watch for me. I finished it of course :)