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100, The – 2014 -

This is a post-apocalyptic drama where, following a nuclear holocaust, humanity is living on a series of space stations orbiting Earth. 100 young offenders are sent to Earth to preserve the scarce resources on the space stations and find that the world is not, in fact, uninhabited.

Clarke Griffin Eliza Taylor

Dr. Abigail "Abby" Griffin Paige Turco

Bellamy Blake Bob Morley

Octavia Blake Marie Avgeropoulos

12 Monkeys – 2015 -

A post-apocalyptic time-travelling drama based on the 1995 film of the same name in which James Cole travels back from 2043 to the present day to stop the release of a deadly virus by “The Army of the Twelve Monkeys”.

James Cole Aaron Stanford

Dr. Cassandra "Cassie" Railly Amanda Schull

Jennifer Goines Emily Hampshire

1990 – BBC 1977-1978

It is 1990 and Britain effectively is being run by the Public Control Department (PCD).

Jim Kyle Edward Woodward

Herbert Skardon Robert Lang

Delly Lomas Barbara Kellerman

Henry Tasker Clifton Jones

Lynn Blake Lisa Harrow

Dan Mellor John Savident

Kate Smith Yvonne Mitchell

4400, The – 2004-2007 (44 episodes – apparently a coincidence)

Exactly 4400 people who had disappeared from Earth since 1946 all return in a ball of light, having not aged and having no memory of the experience.

Tom Baldwin Joel Gretsch

Diana Skouris Jacqueline McKenzie

Richard Tyler Mahershala Ali

Shawn Farrell Patrick Flueger

Maia Skouris Conchita Campbell

Kyle Baldwin Chad Faust

A for Andromeda – BBC 1961

Set in 1970, British scientists receive instructions from space (the Andromeda Nebula) in how to build a super-computer. Once built the machine supplies information for developing a living organism, which becomes Andromeda, in the form of a lab assistant (Christine) who had earlier committed suicide (apparently at the instigation of the machine).

Written by cosmologist Fred “Big Bang” Hoyle and Julie Christie’s first major screen role.

Professor Ernst Reinhart Esmond Knight

John Fleming Peter Halliday

Dennis Bridger Frank Windsor

Christine/Andromeda Julie Christie

Kaufmann John Hollis

Madeline Dawnay Mary Morris

Judy Adamson Patricia Kneale

A sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough, was produced in 1962 with Susan Hampshire replacing the unavailable Christie as Andromeda.

Adam Adamant Lives! – BBC 1966-1967

Adamant is an Edwardian adventurer who in 1902 is frozen in a block of ice by his arch-nemesis The Face. He is discovered and revived in 1966 at the height of “swinging London”. He is helped by the lovely Georgina Jones and a “manservant”, Simms, to adapt to his new environment. He drives a mini-cooper with the license plate AA 1000.

Adam Adamant Gerald Harper

Georgina Jones Juliet Harmer

William E. Simms Jack May

Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., The – 1993-1994

A Western/science fiction series (incorporating elements of steam punk) in which the title character, a Harvard-educated lawyer-turned-bounty hunter, is hired to track and capture outlaw John Bly.

The theme music was by Randy Edelman.

Brisco County Jr. Bruce Campbell

Lord Bowler Julius Carry

Socrates Poole Christian Clemenson

Agent Carter – Channel Four 2015-

A spin-off from the Captain America film franchise centering on Agent Peggy Carter (Cap’s love interest) who works for the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR). Set in the 1940s.

Peggy Carter Hayley Atwell

Edwin Jarvis James D'Arcy

Jack Thompson Chad Michael Murray

Daniel Sousa Enver Gjokaj

Dottie Underwood Bridget Regan

Howard Stark Dominic Cooper

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Channel Four 2013-

A series based on the Marvel Comics peacekeeping and spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division) who battle against super-villains and the evil Hydra.

Phil Coulson Clark Gregg

Melinda May Ming-Na Wen

Grant Ward Brett Dalton

Daisy "Skye" Johnson/Quake Chloe Bennet

Leo Fitz Iain De Caestecker

Jemma Simmons Elizabeth Henstridge

Alien Nation – 1989-1990

A spin-off from the 1988 movie of the same name. A Los Angeles policeman is teamed with a “Newcomer” (a member of a group of Alien refugees).

Detective Matthew Sikes Gary Graham

Detective George Francisco Eric Pierpoint

Susan Francisco Michele Scarabelli

Emily Francisco Lauren Woodland

Buck Francisco Sean Six

Cathy Frankel Terri Treas

Alphas – 2011-2012

A series following group of people with superhuman abilities, known as "Alphas", as they work to prevent crimes committed by other Alphas. The series ended on a cliffhanger which was referenced in an episode of “The Big Bang Theory”.

Dr. Lee Rosen David Strathairn

Gary Bell Ryan Cartwright

Cameron Hicks Warren Christie

Rachel Pirzad Azita Ghanizada

Nina Theroux Laura Mennell

Bill Harken Malik Yoba

Kat Erin Way

American Horror Story – 2011-

An anthology horror series where each season is a mostly self-contained miniseries:

Season 1: Murder House - 2011

Vivien Harmon Connie Britton

Dr. Ben Harmon Dylan McDermott

Tate Langdon Evan Peters

Violet Harmon Taissa Farmiga

Larry Harvey Denis O'Hare

Constance Langdon Jessica Lange

Season 2: Asylum - 2012–13

Dr. Oliver Thredson Zachary Quinto

Monsignor Timothy Howard Joseph Fiennes

Lana Winters Sarah Paulson

Kit Walker Evan Peters

Sister Mary Eunice McKee Lily Rabe

Grace Bertrand Lizzie Brocheré

Dr. Arthur Arden James Cromwell

Sister Jude Martin Jessica Lange

Season 3: Coven - 2013–14

Cordelia Foxx Sarah Paulson

Zoe Benson Taissa Farmiga

Myrtle Snow Frances Conroy

Kyle Spencer Evan Peters

Misty Day Lily Rabe

Madison Montgomery Emma Roberts

Spalding Denis O'Hare

Marie Delphine LaLaurie Kathy Bates

Fiona Goode Jessica Lange

Season 4: Freak Show - 2014–15

Bette and Dot Tattler Sarah Paulson

Jimmy Darling Evan Peters

Dell Toledo Michael Chiklis

Gloria Mott Frances Conroy

Stanley Denis O'Hare

Maggie Esmerelda Emma Roberts

Desiree Dupree Angela Bassett

Ethel Darling Kathy Bates

Elsa Mars Jessica Lange

Season 5: Hotel - 2015

Iris Kathy Bates

Sally McKenna and Billie Dean Howard Sarah Paulson

James Patrick March Evan Peters

Det. John Lowe Wes Bentley

Donovan Matt Bomer

Dr. Alex Lowe Chloë Sevigny

Liz Taylor Denis O'Hare

Ramona Royale Angela Bassett

Elizabeth Johnson/The Countess Lady Gaga

Andromeda – 2000-2005

A series based on based on unused material by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

The ship “Andromeda Ascendant” is frozen in time together with its captain, Dylan Hunt, at the start of a rebellion against the Systems Commonwealth. He is rescued 303 years later and recruits his rescuers to help him restore the defeated Commonwealth. “Rommie” is the ship’s AI.

Dylan Hunt Kevin Sorbo

Beka Valentine Lisa Ryder

Tyr Anasazi Keith Hamilton Cobb

Seamus Zelazny Harper Gordon Michael Woolvett

Trance Gemini Laura Bertram

Rev Bem Brent Stait

Andromeda Ascendant (Rommie) Lexa Doig

Telemachus Rhade Steve Bacic

Doyle Brandy Ledford

Angel – 1999-2004

This was a spin-off series featuring some characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Set in Los Angeles, where vampire Angel sets up “Angel Investigations” and is pitted against the "evil" law firm Wolfram & Hart.

Angel David Boreanaz

Cordelia Chase Charisma Carpenter

Allen Francis Doyle Glenn Quinn

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Alexis Denisof

Charles Gunn J. August Richards

Winifred "Fred" Burkle Amy Acker

Connor Vincent Kartheiser

Lorne Andy Hallett

Spike James Marsters

Arrow – 2012-

The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow (an identity only assumed by Oliver Queen in season 4 – he was previously known as just The Arrow).

After being shipwrecked on an island and being trained in martial arts and archery millionaire former playboy returns to Starling City (later renamed Star City) and takes up the persona of vigilante The Arrow. He builds a team around him including ex-girlfriend Laurel and younger sister Thea.

Enemies include: Ra's al Ghul and his League of Assassins (also an enemy of Batman) and Damien Darhk.

There are several cross-over episodes with The Flash.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow Stephen Amell

Laurel Lance/Black Canary Katie Cassidy

John Diggle David Ramsey

Thea Queen/Speedy Willa Holland

Detective Quentin Lance Paul Blackthorne

Felicity Smoak Emily Bett Rickards

Malcolm Merlyn John Barrowman

Ash vs Evil Dead – 2015-

Comedy horror series developed by Sam Raimi and set in the Evil Dead universe.

Ash Williams: Bruce Campbell

Pablo Simon Bolivar Ray Santiago

Kelly Maxwell Dana DeLorenzo

Amanda Fisher Jill Marie Jones

Ruby Knowby Lucy Lawless

Ashes to Ashes – BBC 2008-2010

The sequel to Life on Mars (see below), with a similar scenario but this time set in 1980s London with Gene, Ray and Chris re-appearing, having been transferred from Manchester. In this series Metropolitan Police officer Alex Drake is shot in 2008 and wakes up in 1981.

Alex is haunted by a mysterious figure who seems to be the Clown from the music video of David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes".

Gene Hunt drives an Audi Quattro and is often heard to say “Fire up the Quattro!”.

Alex Drake Keeley Hawes

Gene Hunt Philip Glenister

Ray Carling Dean Andrews

Chris Skelton Marshall Lancaster

Shaz Granger Montserrat Lombard

Atlantis – BBC 2013-2015

A series which intertwined several stories from Greek mythology including the legend of Atlantis, which appears to have been conflated with Crete (labyrinth and Minotaur) although the hero is now Jason rather than Theseus and the characters include a mathematician called Pythagoras.

Hercules Mark Addy

Jason Jack Donnelly

Pythagoras Robert Emms

Ariadne Aiysha Hart

Pasiphae Sarah Parish

The Oracle Juliet Stevenson

Medusa Jemima Rooper

Medea Amy Manson

Automan – 1983-1984

Young police officer and computer genius Walter Nebicher wants to get out on the streets but is assigned a desk job. He creates a hologram with artificial intelligence (Automatic Man).

Walter Nebicher Desi Arnaz (junior)

Automan/Otto J. Mann Chuck Wagner

Lieutenant Jack Curtis Robert Lansing

Police Captain E. G. Boyd Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Roxanne Caldwell Heather McNair

Babylon 5 – 1993-1998

The series was set on the Babylon 5 space station in the Epsilon Eridani (the first 4 “Babylons” were destroyed) which is peopled by various alien species in sections with different environments. The main species are Humans, Minbari, Narn, Centauri, and Vorlons. A race known as the Shadows emerges from hibernation and become a threat.

Major events include The Shadow War and Babylon 5 declaring independence from Earth and freeing it from totalitarian rule. Spin-off series Crusade (see below).

Jeffrey Sinclair Michael O'Hare

John Sheridan Bruce Boxleitner

Susan Ivanova Claudia Christian

Michael Garibaldi Jerry Doyle

Delenn Mira Furlan

Stephen Franklin Richard Biggs

Vir Cotto Stephen Furst

Lennier Bill Mumy

Elizabeth Lochley Tracy Scoggins

Marcus Cole Jason Carter

Zack Allan Jeff Conaway

Lyta Alexander Patricia Tallman

G'Kar Andreas Katsulas

Londo Mollari Peter Jurasik

Batman – ITV 1966-1968 (120 episodes)

“Holy TV series, Batman” - this was a famously camp and colourful adaptation of the DC comics characters.

Standard props included the Batphone, Batpoles (to get to the Batcave) and an iconic Batmobile plus the addition of words such as "POW!", "BAM!", "ZONK!" superimposed on the screen during fight scenes. The scenes where Batman and Robin climb by rope up the side of a building became a running screen joke for years afterwards.

Bruce Wayne/Batman Adam West

Dick Grayson/Robin Burt Ward

Alfred Alan Napier

Commissioner Gordon Neil Hamilton

Chief O'Hara Stafford Repp

Harriet Cooper Madge Blake

Barbara Gordon/Batgirl Yvonne Craig

Villains:

Joker Cesar Romero

Penguin Burgess Meredith

The Riddler Frank Gorshin (seasons 1 & 3)

The Riddler John Astin (season 2)

Catwoman Julie Newmar (seasons 1 and 2)

Catwoman Eartha Kitt (season 3)

Mr. Freeze George Sanders (season 1)

Mr. Freeze Otto Preminger (season 2)

Mr. Freeze Eli Wallach (season 2)

Egghead/Edger Heed Vincent Price

Battlestar Galactica – BBC 1978-1979

After the 12 Colonies of Mankind are destroyed by the Cylons (warrior robots) the lone surviving Battlestar – “Galactica” – sets out with a convoy of 220 assorted ships to find the legendary 13th Colony – Earth – with the Cylons in hot pursuit.

The Galactica’s fighter ships were known as Vipers.

The (Centurion) Cylons were large armoured robots with a single rectangular eye socket with a light moving horizontally across it as if scanning (aka “Red Eyes”).

Commander Adama Lorne Greene

Captain Apollo Richard Hatch

Lieutenant Zac Rick Springfield

Lieutenant Starbuck Dirk Benedict

Lieutenant Boomer Herb Jefferson, Jr.

Lieutenant Athena Maren Jensen

Colonel Tigh Terry Carter

Serina Jane Seymour

Medtech Cassiopeia Laurette Spang

Count Baltar John Colicos

There was a spin-off - Galactica 1980 – 1980. As the title suggests, the Galactica reaches Earth in 1980, after a 30 year voyage. Finding that it is not technically advanced enough to help in the flight against the Cylons, members of the crew covertly visit Earth to aid in scientific advancement.

Commander Adama Lorne Greene

Colonel Boomer Herb Jefferson, Jr.

Captain Troy Kent McCord

Lieutenant Dillon Barry Van Dyke

Jamie Hamilton Robyn Douglass

Battlestar Galactica – 2004-2009

A re-imagining of the original series.

The Cylons in this version are generally indistinguishable from humans.

Commander (later Admiral) William Adama Edward James Olmos

President Laura Roslin Mary McDonnell

Lt. (later Captain) Kara "Starbuck" Thrace Katee Sackhoff

Captain (later Major, and Commander) Lee "Apollo" Adama Jamie Bamber

Dr. Gaius Baltar James Callis

Number Six Tricia Helfer

Number Eight/Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Sharon "Athena" Agathon Grace Park

A prequel series Caprica (2010) revealed the genesis of the Cylons.

Daniel Graystone Eric Stoltz

Joseph Adama Esai Morales

Amanda Graystone Paula Malcomson

Zoe Graystone Alessandra Torresani

Lacy Rand Magda Apanowicz

Sam Adama Sasha Roiz

Jordan Duram Brian Markinson

Beauty & the Beast – 2012-

Young Catherine Chandler witnesses her mother’s murder and is herself saved by a “beast”. Becoming a NYPD detective she crosses paths with Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service but who can transform into a “beast”. She begins to examine the death of her mother, who had been a doctor overseeing some experiments in the military and a romance develops between Cat (beauty) and Vincent (beast).

Catherine Chandler Kristin Kreuk

Vincent Keller Jay Ryan

J.T. Forbes Austin Basis

Tess Vargas Nina Lisandrello

Being Human – BBC 2008-2013

This was a supernatural drama series in which a ghost (Annie), a werewolf (George) and a vampire (John) share a house whilst trying to live normal lives amongst humans. The series was set in Bristol and Barry Island.

Annie Sawyer Lenora Crichlow

George Sands Russell Tovey

John Mitchell Aidan Turner

Nina Pickering Sinead Keenan

Tom McNair Michael Socha

Hal Yorke Damien Molony

Alex Millar Kate Bracken

Dominic Rook Steven Robertson

Captain Hatch/The Devil Phil Davis

A North American remake, also called Being Human was broadcast 2011-2014.

Believe – 2014

Bo is a supernaturally gifted young girl who is being sought by a government sanctioned organisation in order to “weaponise” her. Protecting her is Dr Winter and William Tate, who has been sprung from prison shortly before his execution.

Bo Adams Johnny Sequoyah

William Tate, Jr. Jake McLaughlin

Dr. Milton Winter Delroy Lindo

Dr. Roman Skouras Kyle MacLachlan

Janice Channing Jamie Chung

Bionic Woman, The – 1976-1978 (58 episodes)

This series was a spin-off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Tennis pro Jaime Sommers is nearly killed in a skydiving accident but is saved by the use of bionic implants which give her amplified hearing (right ear), a strengthened right arm, and enhanced legs which enable her to run at speeds exceeding 60 mph.

Known as The Seven Million Dollar Woman in Germany. A Bionic Dog spin-off featuring Maximillion, an enhanced German Shepherd was never made.

Jaime Sommers Lindsay Wagner

Oscar Goldman Richard Anderson

Dr. Rudy Wells Martin E. Brooks

A remake - Bionic Woman (2007) – proved much less popular than the original and lasted just 8 episodes before a hiatus caused by a writer’s strike. It did not re-appear once the strike was resolved.

Jaime Sommers Michelle Ryan

Jonas Bledsoe Miguel Ferrer

Will Anthros Chris Bowers

Black Mirror – Channel 4 2011-2014, Netflix 2016-

This anthology series was created by Charlie Brooker – “black mirror” referring to monitor, computer and television screens.

Blake's 7 – BBC 1978-1981 (52 episodes)

This sci-fi series followed the exploits of political dissident Roj Blake, who leads a small group of rebels against the forces of the totalitarian Terran Federation, which rules the Earth and many colonised planets.

The original “7” - Blake, Vila, Gan, Jenna, Avon, Cally and Zen (ship’s computer).

The ship was “The Liberator”.

Roj Blake Gareth Thomas

Kerr Avon Paul Darrow

Servalan Jacqueline Pearce

Vila Restal Michael Keating

Jenna Stannis Sally Knyvette

Cally Jan Chappell

Dayna Mellanby Josette Simon

Del Tarrant Steven Pacey

Olag Gan David Jackson

Soolin Glynis Barber

Orac/Zen/Slave Peter Tuddenham (voice)

Travis Stephen Greif/Brian Croucher

Bonekickers – BBC 2008

The series followed a team of archaeologists based at the fictional Wessex University.

Episodes covered such diverse stuff as the Knights Templar, the True Cross, the Siege of Yorktown, WWI and Excalibur.

Dr Gillian Magwilde Julie Graham

Vivienne "Viv" Davis Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Dr Ben Ergha Adrian Lester

Professor Gregory "Dolly" Parton Hugh Bonneville

Professor Daniel Mastiff Michael Maloney

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – 1979-1981

Captain Rogers is launched in Ranger 3 in 1987 but is frozen for 504 years before his spacecraft is discovered adrift in the year 2491. He struggles to adapt to his new circumstances as he works for The Earth Defense Directorate which controls an Earth rebuilt following a nuclear holocaust.

Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers Gil Gerard

Col. Wilma Deering Erin Gray

Twiki Felix Silla

Twiki Mel Blanc (voice)

Dr. Elias Huer Tim O'Connor

Dr. Theopolis Eric Server (voice)

Hawk Thom Christopher

Dr. Goodfellow Wilfrid Hyde-White

Princess Ardala Pamela Hensley

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – BBC 1997-2003 (144 episodes)

Based on the 1992 comedy horror film of the same name.

High school student Buffy Summers arrives in Sunnydale and soon discovers that she is the one chosen to be the “Slayer” to battle against demons and vampires and that Sunnydale High School is located over the Hellmouth – a gateway to the realm of demons.

Her Watcher (from whom she receives guidance on slaying) is school librarian Rupert Giles (aka “Ripper”) and she is helped by the Scooby Gang – at first Willow and Xander, who are later joined by Cordelia and Jenny (in season 1). The make-up of the gang changes through the series as others join and some leave or are killed.

Buffy also has a romantic relationship with “vampire with a soul” Angel and has a dalliance with vampire Spike, who was a villain for much of the series.

The use of the term “The Big Bad” to describe a major recurring adversary originated with Buffy and has since been taken up by other television series.

Musical episode – “Once More With Feeling”.

Buffy Summers Sarah Michelle Gellar

Xander Harris Nicholas Brendon

Willow Rosenberg Alyson Hannigan

Rupert Giles Anthony Stewart Head

Cordelia Chase Charisma Carpenter

Angel David Boreanaz

Daniel "Oz" Osbourne Seth Green

Spike James Marsters

Riley Finn Marc Blucas

Anya Jenkins Emma Caulfield

Dawn Summers Michelle Trachtenberg

Tara Maclay Amber Benson

Joyce Summers Kristine Sutherland

Jenny Calendar Robia LaMorte

Faith Lehane Eliza Dushku

Bugs – BBC 1995-1999

The series follows a team of specialist crime-fighting technology experts.

Roslyn 'Ros' Henderson Jaye Griffiths

Nicholas Beckett Jesse Birdsall

Ed Russell Craig McLachlan

Champions, The – ITV 1968-1969

After being rescued from a plane crash in the Himalayas by a strange tribe, three members of a UN law enforcement organization called "Nemesis" find that they have new powers including ESP, telepathy, precognition and enhanced physical abilities.

Craig Stirling Stuart Damon

Sharron Macready Alexandra Bastedo

Richard Barrett William Gaunt

Tremayne Anthony Nicholls

Charmed – 1998-2006 (178 episodes)

The series follows the adventures of (initially) the three Halliwell sisters – Prue, Piper and Phoebe. After the death of their grandmother they reunite to live in her house and discover The Book of Secrets. Their supernatural powers are activated as they become “The Charmed Ones” – the most powerful good witches. They battle against various demons and “Big Bads” including The Source (of All Evil) and The Triad.

Following the death of Prue, their long-lost half sister Paige assumes her place within the "Power of Three".

Theme music: a cover of The Smiths “How Soon is Now?” by Love Spit Love.

Piper Halliwell Holly Marie Combs

Phoebe Halliwell Alyssa Milano

Prue Halliwell Shannen Doherty

Paige Matthews Rose McGowan

Leo Wyatt Brian Krause

Cole Turner Julian McMahon

Chris Halliwell Drew Fuller

Billie Jenkins Kaley Cuoco

Cleopatra 2525 – 2000-2001

In the year 2000, exotic dancer Cleo is put in suspended animation when her breast augmentation operation goes awry and reawakens in 2525.

She joins Hel and Sarge in their fight against the Baileys, armed flying machines who now control Earth's surface, with the human population having gone underground.

Cleo, Cleopatra Jennifer Sky

Hel, Helen Gina Torres

Sarge, Rose Victoria Pratt

Continuum – 2012-2015

Cop Kiera Cameron is accidently sent back from 2077 to 2012 along with a group of escaped terrorists from a group called Liber8, who aim to alter the time line and prevent the rise of the corporate dictatorship which now controls North America. She attempts to stop the group’s plans.

Kiera Cameron Rachel Nichols

Carlos Fonnegra Victor Webster

Alec Sadler Erik Knudsen

Matthew Kellog S tephen Lobo

Travis Verta Roger Cross

Sonya Valentine Lexa Doig

Edouard Kagame Tony Amendola

Lucas Ingram Omari Newton

Jasmine Garza Luvia Petersen

Betty Robertson Jennifer Spence

Jack Dillon Brian Markinson

Brad Tonkin Ryan Robbins

Counterstrike – 1969

Jon Finch is an alien living on Earth as a human named Simon King, who is tasked with preventing an alien race of refugees from a dying planet from wiping out humanity.

Simon King Jon Finch

Mary Sarah Brackett

Crime Traveller – BBC 1997

CID detective Slade travels back in time to solve crimes using a time-machine built by Holly’s father, which she keeps in her apartment.

Jeff Slade Michael French

Holly Turner Chloë Annett

Kate Grisham Sue Johnston

Morris Paul Trussell

Crusade – 1999

This is a spin-off series from Babylon 5 (see above) set five years after the events of that series. The crew of the Excalibur set out to find a cure to a nanovirus released by the Drakh which is destroying the Earth.

Captain Matthew Gideon Gary Cole

Captain Elizabeth Lochley Tracy Scoggins

Lieutenant John Matheson Daniel Dae Kim

Max Eilerson David Allen Brooks

Galen Peter Woodward

Doctor Sarah Chambers Marjean Holden

Da Vinci’s Demons – 2013-2015

A fantasy and fantastical version of the early life of Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci Tom Riley

Lucrezia Donati Laura Haddock

Count Girolamo Riario Blake Ritson

Lorenzo de' Medici Elliot Cowan

Clarice Orsini Lara Pulver

Pope Sixtus IV James Faulkner

Zoroaster da Peretola Gregg Chillin

Daredevil – Netflix 2015-

A series based on the Marvel superhero Daredevil, blind lawyer Matt Murdock-by-day who fights crime at night.

Matt Murdock/Daredevil Charlie Cox

Karen Page Deborah Ann Woll

Franklin "Foggy" Nelson Elden Henson

James Wesley Toby Leonard Moore

Leland Owlsley Bob Gunton

Vanessa Marianna Ayelet Zurer

Claire Temple Rosario Dawson

Wilson Fisk Vincent D'Onofrio

Frank Castle/Punisher Jon Bernthal

Elektra Élodie Yung

Dark Angel – 2000-2002

Max Guevara is a genetically-enhanced super-soldier who escaped from a covert government military facility as a child. Now she is trying to evade capture in a post-apocalyptic Seattle.

Max Guevera Jessica Alba

Logan Cale Michael Weatherly

Calvin 'Sketchy' Theodore Richard Gunn

Reagan 'Normal' Ronald J.C. MacKenzie

Cynthia 'Original Cindy' McEachin Valarie Rae Miller

Dark Skies – 1996-1997

Loengard and Sayers battle against The Hive – an alien race covertly invading Earth through a manipulation of historical events and famous figures.

John Loengard Eric Close

Kimberly Sayers Megan Ward

Frank Bach J. T. Walsh

Jim Steele Tim Kelleher

Phil Albano Conor O'Farrell

Dr. Halligan Charley Lang

Juliet Stuart Jeri Ryan

Day of the Triffids, The – BBC 1981; Day of the Triffids, The – BBC 2009

Two adaptations of the 1951 novel by John Wyndham in which a spectacular meteorite shower unexpectedly renders most of humanity blind, with one exception being Bill Masen who was in hospital with his eyes bandaged. The Triffids are mobile carnivorous plants, each armed with a lethal stinger.

1981 Cast:

Bill Masen John Duttine

Josella Payton Emma Relph

Jack Coker Maurice Colbourne

John Stephen Yardley

Torrence Gary Olsen

Miss Durrant Perlita Neilson

2009 Cast:

Bill Masen Dougray Scott

Jo Playton Joely Richardson

Torrence Eddie Izzard

Dennis Brian Cox

Durrant Vanessa Redgrave

Coker Jason Priestley

Dead Zone, The – 2002-2007

Johnny Smith emerges from a six-year long coma following a car accident to discover he has developed psychic abilities. He begins to solve crimes.

John Robert "Johnny" Smith Anthony Michael Hall

Sarah Anne Bracknell-Bannerman Nicole de Boer

John "Johnny" 'JJ' Bannerman/Smith Connor Price

Bruce Lewis John L. Adams

Sheriff Walter T. "Walt" Bannerman Chris Bruno

Defiance – 2013-2015

In the year 2046 the Earth has been radically transformed and is host to various alien species collectively known as Votans. Nolan lives in the town of Defiance, a city-state community where humans and Votans coexist.

Joshua Nolan Grant Bowler

Amanda Rosewater Julie Benz

Irisa Nyira Stephanie Leonidas

Datak Tarr Tony Curran

Stahma Tarr Jaime Murray

Demons – ITV 2009

London teenager Luke Rutherford is the last descendant of the Van Helsing line and is tasked with battling the forces of darkness.

Rupert Galvin Philip Glenister

Luke Rutherford Christian Cooke

Ruby Holliday Grainger

Mina Harker Zoe Tapper

Jenny Rutherford Saskia Wickham

Dirk Gently – BBC 2010-2012 (4 episodes)

Based on the novels written by Douglas Adams in which Dirk Gently runs a holistic detective agency using the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things" to uncover connections between seemingly-unrelated cases.

Dirk Gently Stephen Mangan

Richard MacDuff Darren Boyd

Janice Pearce Lisa Jackson

DI Gilks Jason Watkins

Susan Harmison Helen Baxendale

Doctor Who

NOTE: THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE SHOW – JUST COVERS THE BARE BONES (and possible quiz questions)

First episode: “An Unearthly Child” (broadcast 23 November 1963 – day after JFK’s assassination. It was rebroadcast on 30 November, immediately before the second episode)

Original theme music: composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS

TARDIS – "Time and Relative Dimension in Space" (named by Susan Foreman – The Doctor’s granddaughter)

The TARDIS has a malfunctioning chameleon circuit (which should enable it to blend into its immediate environment) which means it is permanently in the guise of a blue British police box.

The Doctor has the ability to regenerate when his body is mortally damaged, taking on a new appearance and personality.

The original series ran 1963-1989. A one-off television film in 1996 failed to spark a new series. The series was revived in 2005.

Spin-Offs: K-9 and Company (1981, single episode), Torchwood (2006-2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011), K-9 (Australian TV production 2009-2010)

The Doctor (on television)
Incarnation	Portrayed By	Years	Number of Regular Episodes*	First Episode	Last Regular Episode
1	William Hartnell	1963–66	134	An Unearthly Child	The Tenth Planet
2	Patrick Troughton	1966–69	119	The Tenth Planet	The War Games
3	Jon Pertwee	1970–74	128	Spearhead from Space	Planet of the Spiders
4	Tom Baker	1974–81	172	Planet of the Spiders	Logopolis
5	Peter Davison	1982–84	69	Logopolis	The Caves of Androzani
6	Colin Baker	1984–86	31	The Caves of Androzani	The Ultimate Foe
7	Sylvester McCoy	1987–89	42	Time and the Rani	Dr Who (TV film)
8	Paul McGann	1996	1	Dr Who (TV film)	Dr Who (TV film)
???	John Hurt (War Doctor)	2013	2	The Name of the Doctor	The Day of the Doctor
9	Christopher Eccleston	2005	13	Rose	The Parting of the Ways
10	David Tennant	2005–10	47	The Parting of the Ways	The End of Time
11	Matt Smith	2010–13	44	The End of Time	The Time of the Doctor
12	Peter Capaldi	2014–17	40	The Time of the Doctor	Twice Upon A Time
13	Jodie Whittaker	2018–		The Woman Who Fell to Earth
14	Ncuti Gatwa

*May or may not include charity specials (!) but excludes “mini-episodes” such as “The Night of the Doctor”

The Companions (on television)
Name	Portrayed By	Years	Number of Regular Episodes (as Companion)	To which Doctor	First Episode	Last Regular Episode
Susan Foreman	Carole Ann Ford	1963–64	47	1	An Unearthly Child	The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Barbara Wright	Jacqueline Hill	1963-65	77	1	An Unearthly Child	The Chase
Ian Chesterton	William Russell	1963-65	77	1	An Unearthly Child	The Chase
Vicki	Maureen O'Brien	1965	38	1	The Rescue	The Myth Makers
Steven Taylor	Peter Purves	1965-66	45	1	The Chase	The Savages
Katarina	Adrienne Hill	1965	5	1	The Myth Makers	The Daleks' Master Plan (first companion to die on-screen)
Dodo Chaplet	Jackie Lane	1966	19	1	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve	The War Machines
Ben Jackson	Michael Craze	1966-67	36	1,2	The War Machines	The Faceless Ones
Polly	Anneke Wills	1966-67	36	1,2	The War Machines	The Faceless Ones
James Robert "Jamie" McCrimmon	Frazer Hines	1966-69	116	2	The Highlanders	The War Games
Victoria Waterfield	Deborah Watling	1967-68	41	2	The Evil of the Daleks	Fury from the Deep.
Zoe Herriot	Wendy Padbury	1968-69	49	2	The Wheel in Space	The War Games
Elizabeth Shaw	Caroline John	1970	25	3	Spearhead from Space	Inferno
Jo Grant	Katy Manning	1971-73	77	3	Terror of the Autons	The Green Death
Sarah Jane Smith	Elisabeth Sladen	1973-76 + 2006-2008	83	3, 4, 10	The Time Warrior	The Hand of Fear + Journey’s End
Harry Sullivan	Ian Marter	1974-75	20	4	Robot and Terror of the Zygons	The Android Invasion
Leela	Louise Jameson	1977-78	40	4	The Face of Evil	The Invasion of Time
K-9	John Leeson and David Brierley (voices)	1977-1981	76	4	The Invisible Enemy	Warrior's Gate
Romana I	Mary Tamm	1978-79	26	4	The Ribos Operation	The Armageddon Factor
Romana II	Lalla Ward	1979-81	40	4	Destiny of the Daleks	Warrior's Gate
Adric	Matthew Waterhouse	1980-82	40	4, 5	Full Circle	Earthshock (died)
Nyssa	Sarah Sutton	1981-83	47	4, 5	Keeper of Traken	Terminus
Tegan Jovanka	Janet Fielding	1981-84	62	4, 5	Logopolis	Resurrection of the Daleks
Vislor Turlough	Mark Strickson	1983-84	33	5	Mawdryn Undead	Planet of Fire
Kamelion	Gerald Flood (voice)	1983-84	19	5	The King's Demons	Planet of Fire
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown	Nicola Bryant	1984-86	33	5, 6	Planet of Fire	Trial of a Time Lord
Melanie "Mel" Bush	Bonnie Langford	1986-87	20	6, 7	Trial of a Time Lord	Dragonfire
Ace	Sophie Aldred	1987-89	31	7	Dragonfire	Survival
Doctor Grace Holloway	Daphne Ashbrook	1996	1	8	Doctor Who (TV film)	Doctor Who (TV film)
Rose Tyler	Billie Piper	2005-2008	30	9, 10	Rose	The End of Time
Mickey Smith	Noel Clarke	2005-2008	5	9, 10	Rose	The End of Time
Adam Mitchell	Bruno Langley	2005	2	9	Dalek	The Long Game
Jack Harkness	John Barrowman	2005-2011	10	10	The Empty Child	The Blood Line
Martha Jones	Freema Agyeman	2007-2010	18	10	Smith and Jones	The End of Time
Donna Noble	Catherine Tate	2006-2010	14	10	Doomsday	The End of Time
Amelia “Amy” Pond	Karen Gillan	2010-2012	31	11	The Eleventh Hour	The Angels Take Manhattan
Rory Williams	Arthur Darvill	2010-2012	24	11	The Eleventh Hour	The Angels Take Manhattan
River Song	Alex Kingston	2008-	5	11	Silence in the Library
Clara Oswald	Jenna Coleman	2012-2015	35	11, 12	Asylum of the Daleks	Hell Bent
Nardole	Matt Lucas	2015-2017	15	12	The Return of Doctor Mysterio	Twice Upon A Time
Bill Potts	Pearl Mackie	2017	14	12	The Pilot	Twice Upon A Time
Graham O'Brien	Bradley Walsh	2018-2021	23	13	The Woman Who Fell to Earth	Revolution of the Daleks
Ryan Sinclair	Tosin Cole	2018-2021	23	13	The Woman Who Fell to Earth	Revolution of the Daleks
Yasmin Khan	Mandip Gill	2018-		13	The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Dan Lewis	John Bishop	2021-		13	The Halloween Apocalypse

UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, later retitled: UNified Intelligence Taskforce)
Name	Portrayed By	Years	First Episode	Last Regular Episode
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart	Nicholas Courtney	1968-89	The Web of Fear	Battlefield
Sergeant Benton	John Levene	1968-75	The Invasion	The Android Invasion
Captain Mike Yates	Richard Franklin	1971-74	Terror of the Autons	Planet of the Spiders
Brigadier Winifred Bambera	Angela Bruce	1989	Battlefield	Battlefield
Colonel Mace	Rupert Holliday-Evans	2008	The Sontaran Stratagem	The Poison Sky
Captain Marian Price	Bridget Hodson	2008	The Sontaran Stratagem	The Poison Sky
Captain Erisa Magambo	Noma Dumezweni	2008-09	Turn Left	Planet of the Dead
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart	Jemma Redgrave	2012-	The Power of Three	The Zygon Inversion
Petronella Osgood	Ingrid Oliver	2013-	The Day of the Doctor	The Zygon Inversion

The Master
Name	Portrayed by	Home Planet	Years	Number of Episodes	First Episode	Last Episode
The Master	Roger Delgado (died 1973)	Gallifrey	1971-73	43	Terror of the Autons	Frontier in Space
	Peter Pratt		1976	4	The Deadly Assassin	The Deadly Assassin
	Geoffrey Beevers		1981	4	The Keeper of Traken	The Keeper of Traken
	Anthony Ainley		1981-89	28	The Keeper of Traken	Survival
	Eric Roberts		1996	1	Doctor Who (TV film)	Doctor Who (TV film)
	Derek Jacobi (as Professor Yana		2007	1	Utopia	Utopia
	John Simm (as Harold Saxon)		2007-2010	5	Utopia	The End of Time
	Michelle Gomez (as Missy)		2014-	7	Deep Breath	The Witch's Familiar

The (recurring) Enemies (on television)
Name	Home Planet	First Episode	Notes:
Autons		Spearhead from Space (1970)	Life-sized plastic shop mannequin like dummies animated by the Nestene Consciousness. They have weapons concealed within their hands. They were the first monsters to appear in the revived version in 2005.
Black Guardian		The Armageddon Factor (1979)	Played by Valentine Dyall. A personification of the forces of entropy and chaos, the counterpart of the White Guardian, a personification of order. He recruited Turlough to kill The Doctor.
Cybermen	Mondas (twin planet of Earth)	The Tenth Planet (1966)	Created by Kit Pedler. After Earth’s twin planet Mondas drifts off into space, it’s inhabitants experiment with cybernetics, creating new bodies for themselves. The tomb of the Cybermen was on the planet Telos. In the revived series Cybermen are created by John Lumic, the owner of Cybus Industries, on a parallel Earth. The Cybermen went through various redesigns. Weakness - gold which, being non-corrosive, chokes their respiratory systems.
Daleks	Skaro	The Daleks (1963)	Created by Terry Nation. The other occupants of Skaro were the Thals. After the Kaleds were mutated and damaged by nuclear war, Davros (see below) genetically modified them and integrated them with a tank-like, robotic shell, removing their every emotion apart from hate - Genesis of the Daleks (1975).
The Great Intelligence		The Abominable Snowmen (1967)	It has no physical form but can communicating, both by itself and through possession of other characters. Appeared in 1967 and 1968 but did not appear again until 2012. Used the robotic Yeti as servants
Ice Warriors	Mars	The Ice Warriors (1967)	Reptilian humanoids from a dying Mars who were dubbed “Ice Warriors” by the scientific team which first discovered them in a spacecraft buried deep in ice. Distinguished by their hissing voice. They have sonic weaponry built into their wrists. They are not always adversaries of The Doctor and have allied with him on some occasions. As with the Cybermen, they have gone through various redesigns.
Judoon		Smith and Jones (2007)	An extraterrestrial species of mercenary police with rhinoceros-like heads which first appeared in the revived series.
Ood		The Impossible Planet (2006)	An alien species with telepathic abilities who require a "translation sphere" to communicate with non-telepathic creatures. The sphere is connected to the Ood via a tube that originally connected their external brains to their body. They are similar to The Sensorites who appeared in 6 1964 episodes of the same name.
The Rani	Gallifrey	The Mark of the Rani (1985)	A renegade Time Lord played by Kate O’Mara.
Sea Devils	Earth	The Sea Devils (1972)	Underwater versions of the Silurians. (see below)
Sil		Vengeance on Varos (1985)	A devious alien (an exploitative mining boss and arms dealer on the two occasions he met The Doctor) played by Nabil Shaban. He had a sibilant voice sibilant and an ululating laugh.
The Silence		The Impossible Astronaut (2011)	A religious order whose existence is a secret because anyone who sees them immediately forgets about them after looking away. However, he or she retains suggestions made to them by the Silence thus giving them a pervasive influence over human history. Their look is partly inspired by Edvard Munch's “The Scream”.
Silurians	Earth	Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)	Reptile-like scientifically advanced sentient humanoids who predate the dawn of man. They went into self-induced hibernation underground to survive what they predicted to be a large geological upheaval caused by the Earth capturing the Moon. Recurring character Madame Vastra (played by Neve McIntosh) is a Silurian detective in the Victorian era. Originally having 3 eyes, the Silurians were redesigned for the revived series.
Slitheen	Raxacoricofallapatorius	Aliens of London (2005)	One of the families of Raxacoricofallapatorians, which also includes the Blathereen and Hostrazeen. These bi-pedal hunters have a highly developed sense of smell and have weapons including a poisoned dart-finger and poisonous breath. They disguise themselves by fitting into the skins of their victims, using compression fields created by a collar worn around their necks. Unfortunately gas build-up during compression leads to excess farting.
Sontarans	Sontar	The Time Warrior (1973)	A cloned humanoid warrior race with a dome-shaped head and three fingers on each hand. They live to kill and have been at war with the Rutan Host for at least 70,000 years. A "probic vent" at the back of their neck is a weak spot. The Sontaran Strax is part of the “Paternoster Gang” along with the Silurian Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and The Doctor.
Weeping Angels		Blink (2007)	Resembling human-sized stone statues in the form of winged angels in draped clothing, they feed by making use of time paradoxes – they can send a person into the past to a point before his/her own birth and then feed off the "potential energy" of the years which that victim would have lived in the present. They can only move when not being observed by another being but they can move quite some distance in the blink of an eye. When observed they become "quantum-locked", occupying a single position in space and becoming stone. If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart.
Zygons	Zygor	Terror of the Zygons (1975)	Shape-shifters who can replicate the appearance of another being as long as the subject is kept alive.

Dollhouse – 2009-2010

Written and directed by Joss Whedon (“Buffy”, “Angel” and “Firefly”) the series follows Echo, an “Active” or “Doll” who works from an underground Dollhouse (of which there are many). Each Active has their original memories wiped and exists in a childlike blank state until programmed with temporary personalities or skills and are hired out to wealthy clients. Echo’s original memories (stored on a hard drive for later re-implanting) are never successfully completely wiped and she becomes increasingly self-aware.

The Dollhouse's corporate sponsor is a medical research entity known as the Rossum Corporation - the name is taken from the play "R.U.R." (short for Rossum's Universal Robots") written by Karel Čapek which is the origin of the word "robot".

Echo Eliza Dushku

Boyd Langton Harry Lennix

Topher Brink Fran Kranz

Paul Ballard Tahmoh Penikett

Victor Enver Gjokaj

Sierra Dichen Lachman

Adelle DeWitt Olivia Williams

Whiskey Amy Acker

Alpha Alan Tudyk

Daniel Perrin Alexis Denisof

Matthew Harding Keith Carradine

Bennett Halverson Summer Glau

Doomwatch – BBC 1970-1972

A scientific government agency is made responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers.

Dr. Spencer Quist John Paul

Colin Bradley Joby Blanshard

Dr. John Ridge Simon Oates

Barbara Mason Vivien Sherrard

The Minister John Barron

Tobias Wren Robert Powell

Early Edition – 1996-2000

Gary Hobson receives a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published. He uses this knowledge to prevent terrible events occurring.

Gary Hobson Kyle Chandler

Marissa Clark Shanésia Davis-Williams

Chuck Fishman Fisher Stevens

Erica Paget Kristy Swanson

Henry Paget Myles Jeffrey

Patrick Quinn Billie Worley

Earth 2 – 1994-1995

An expeditionary force is sent to an Earth-like planet to find a cure for an illness known as “the syndrome”.

Devon Adair Debrah Farentino

Ulysses Adair Joey Zimmerman

John Danziger Clancy Brown

True Danziger J. Madison Wright

Eerie, Indiana – 1991-1992

Teenager Marshall Teller moves with his family to Eerie and teams up with Simon Holmes as they come across strange happenings.

Marshall Teller Omri Katz

Simon Holmes Justin Shenkarow

Edgar Teller Francis Guinan

Marilyn Teller Mary-Margaret Humes

Dash X Jason Marsden

Eureka – 2006-2012

Eureka is a high tech community inhabited by brilliant scientists operated by a corporation called Global Dynamics (GD). The town's existence and location are closely guarded secrets and it is camouflaged by an electromagnetic shield.

Sheriff Jack Carter Colin Ferguson

Zoe Carter Jordan Hinson

Dr. Allison Blake Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Dr. Henry Deacon Joe Morton

Dr. Nathan Stark Ed Quinn

Josephina "Jo" Lupo Erica Cerra

Dr. Douglas Fargo Neil Grayston

Zane Donovan Niall Matter

Extant – 2014-2015

After 13 months in space, Molly Woods returns to Earth and discovers she is pregnant.

Molly Woods Halle Berry

Dr. John Woods Goran Visnjic

Ethan Woods Pierce Gagnon

Julie "Jules" Gelineau Grace Gummer

James Daniel "JD" Richter Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Dr. Sam Barton Camryn Manheim

Falling Skies – 2011-2015

Set six months after an alien invasion has devastated Earth and left only 10% of humanity alive, the series concentrates on a group of survivors who band together to fight back.

Tom Mason Noah Wyle

Anne Glass-Mason Moon Bloodgood

Hal Mason Drew Roy

Ben Mason Connor Jessup

John Pope Colin Cunningham

Matt Mason Maxim Knight

Lourdes Delgado Seychelle Gabriel

Maggie Sarah Carter

Anthony Mpho Koaho

Dan Weaver Will Patton

Cochise Doug Jones

Fantastic Journey, The – 1977

A family sail into the Bermuda Triangle and are caught in a space/time continuum where people from the past, present, future and from other worlds are trapped, co-existing on an island in a series of timezones.

Varian Jared Martin

Scott Jordan Ike Eisenmann

Dr. Fred Walters Carl Franklin

Liana Katie Saylor

Dr. Jonathan Willoway Roddy McDowall

Farscape – 1999-2003 (88 episodes)

Opening voice over: “My name is John Crichton, an astronaut. A radiation wave hit and I got shot through a wormhole. Now I'm lost in some distant part of the universe on a ship, a living ship, full of strange alien life forms. Help me. Listen, please. Is anybody out there who can hear me? I'm being hunted ... by an insane military commander. I'm doing everything I can. I'm just looking for a way home.”

The living ship is a leviathan class “Moya” and the insane military commander is Bialar Crais, a leader of the Peacekeepers. The crew of “Moya” are each trying to get to their separate homes.

Animated episode: “Revenging Angel”. The series was concluded with a film “The Peacekeeper Wars”. Slang such as "frell" and "dren" were used as a substitute for English expletives.

John Crichton Ben Browder

Aeryn Sun Claudia Black

Ka D'Argo Anthony Simcoe

Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan Virginia Hey

Dominar Rygel XVI Jonathan Hardy (voice)

Chiana Gigi Edgley

Pilot Lani Tupu (voice)

Stark Paul Goddard

Bialar Crais Lani Tupu

Scorpius Wayne Pygram

Firefly – 2002

Written by Joss Whedon, the series takes place in 2517 and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of “Serenity”, a "Firefly-class" spaceship.

The Alliance of planets is composed of two primary "core" systems, one predominantly Western in culture, the other pan-Asian, with the outlying planets and moons having a “Wild West” vibe with little governmental authority. The outlying areas of space ("the black") are inhabited by the Reavers, a cannibalistic group of nomadic humans that have become savage.

After the show was cancelled the film Serenity was issued as a continuation of the story.

Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds Nathan Fillion

Zoe Alleyne Washburne Gina Torres

Hoban "Wash" Washburne Alan Tudyk

Inara Serra Morena Baccarin

Jayne Cobb Adam Baldwin

Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye Jewel Staite

Dr. Simon Tam Sean Maher

River Tam Summer Glau

Derrial Book Ron Glass

Flash, The – 2014-

Based on the DC Comics character.

Barry Allen develops super-speed (including super-recovery from injury) after Central City's S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator malfunctions. Several other “metahumans” (apparently mostly villains”) are created at the same time.

In the first series Barry discovers that Harrison Wells (aka Edouard Thawne) is “Reverse-Flash” from the future, who had killed Barry’s mother 14 years earlier - a crime for which Barry’s father was wrongly convicted. At the end of the series several singularities open up to a parallel universe version of Central City and Barry encounters Jay Garrick (another version of Flash) and the evil speedster Zoom.

Barry Allen/Flash Grant Gustin

Iris West Candice Patton

Dr. Caitlin Snow Danielle Panabaker

Eddie Thawne Rick Cosnett

Cisco Ramon/Vibe Carlos Valdes

Dr. Harrison Wells Tom Cavanagh

Joe West Jesse L. Martin

Wally West Keiynan Lonsdale

FlashForward – 2009-2010

On October 6, 2009 a mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for two minutes and seventeen seconds. During this time people see what appears to be a vision of their own life approximately six months in the future: a global "flashforward".

FBI Special Agent Mark Benford Joseph Fiennes

FBI Special Agent Demetri Fordis Noh John Cho

FBI Assistant Director Stanford Wedeck Courtney B. Vance

Dr. Olivia Benford Sonya Walger

FBI Special Agent Janis Hawk Christine Woods

Dr. Lloyd Simcoe Jack Davenport

Dr. Bryce Varley Zachary Knighton

Nicole Kirby Peyton List

Dr. Simon Campos Dominic Monaghan

Aaron Stark Brían F. O'Byrne

Flipside of Dominick Hide, The – BBC 1980

A one-off play in which a time-traveller from 2130 visits London in 1980 in search of his great-great-grandfather.

A sequel Another Flip for Dominick was broadcast in 1982.

Dominick Hide Peter Firth

Jane Caroline Langrishe

Ava Pippa Guard

Caleb Line Patrick Magee

Felix Denis Lawson

Forbidden Science – 2009

People fulfill erotic desires with virtual reality and androids.

Julia White Vanessa Broze

Colin Summers Levi Freeman

Bethany Montrose Joanne Alderson

Dr. Penny Serling Noelle DuBois

Dr. Philip Wise Austin Ball

Adrian Turner Richard Roy Sutton

Laura Lucas Mary LeGault

Forever – 2014-2015

Present-day New York Medical examiner Henry Morgan was in fact born in 1779 and was shot dead in 1814 whilst trying to free slaves aboard a ship owned by his father. He discovers that he is immortal and every time he dies he then returns to life naked in a nearby body of water.

Doctor Henry Morgan: Ioan Gruffudd

Detective Jo Martinez: Alana de la Garza

Lucas Wahl: David Moore

Detective Mike Hanson: Donnie Keshawarz

Lieutenant Joanna Reece: Lorraine Toussaint

Abraham "Abe" Morgan Judd Hirsch

Fringe – 2008-2013 (100 episodes)

Members of the Fringe Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation use fringe science and FBI techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe.

Olivia Dunham Anna Torv

Peter Bishop Joshua Jackson

Dr. Walter John Noble

Phillip Broyles Lance Reddick

Astrid Farnsworth Jasika Nicole

Nina Sharp Blair Brown

William Bell Leonard Nimoy

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series – 2014-

The series was developed from the 1996 film of the same name.

Richie Gecko breaks his brother Seth out of jail and the two set off on a crime spree pursued by the police.

They eventually end up at a strip club “The Titty Twister” where vampires rule from dusk till dawn.

Seth Gecko D. J. Cotrona

Richie Gecko Zane Holtz

Santanico Pandemonium Eiza González

Ranger Freddie Gonzalez Jesse Garcia

Katherine Fuller Madison Davenport

Scott Fuller Brandon Soo Hoo

Carlos Madrigal Wilmer Valderrama

Aidan Tanner/Sex Machine Jake Busey

Lord Amancio Malvado Esai Morales

The Regulator Danny Trejo

Jacob Fuller Robert Patrick

Ranger Earl McGraw Don Johnson/Jesse Johnson

Game of Thrones

NOTE: THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE SHOW – JUST COVERS THE BARE BONES (and possible quiz questions)

An adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. It is filmed in a Belfast studio and on location.

First episode: “Winter is Coming”

Continents: Westeros and Essos.

Essos lies to the east of Westeros, across the Narrow Sea. In the north of Westeros is a largely unmapped area, separated by a massive wall of ice and old magic.

The series chronicles the power struggles among the noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms.

Noble Houses of Westeros:

Kingdom	Ruled by:
Kingdom of the North	House Stark of Winterfell
Kingdom of the Mountain and the Vale	House Arryn of the Eyrie
Kingdom of the Isles and Rivers	House Hoare of Castle Harrenhal
Kingdom of the Rock	House Lannister of Casterly Rock
Kingdom of the Stormlands	House Durrandon of Storm's End
Kingdom of the Reach	House Gardener of Highgarden
Principality of Dorne	House Martell of Sunspear.

Cast

Tyrion Lannister Peter Dinklage

Cersei Lannister Lena Headey

Daenerys Targaryen Emilia Clarke

Jon Snow Kit Harington

Sansa Stark Sophie Turner

Arya Stark Maisie Williams

Jorah Mormont Iain Glen

Jaime Lannister Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Samwell Tarly John Bradley

Theon Greyjoy Alfie Allen

Petyr Baelish Aidan Gillen

Varys Conleth Hill

Brienne of Tarth Gwendoline Christie

Tywin Lannister Charles Dance

Sandor Clegane Rory McCann

Bronn Jerome Flynn

Joffrey Baratheon Jack Gleeson

Catelyn Stark Michelle Fairley

Bran Stark Isaac Hempstead Wright

Stannis Baratheon Stephen Dillane

Missandei Nathalie Emmanuel

Robb Stark Richard Madden

Margaery Tyrell Natalie Dormer

Davos Seaworth Liam Cunningham

Shae Sibel Kekilli

Melisandre Carice van Houten

Gilly Hannah Murray

Tommen Baratheon Dean-Charles Chapman

Roose Bolton Michael McElhatton

Tormund Giantsbane Kristofer Hivju

Gendry Joe Dempsie

Ygritte Rose Leslie

Daario Naharis Michiel Huisman

Ramsay Bolton Iwan Rheon

Jaqen H'ghar Tom Wlaschiha

Jeor Mormont James Cosmo

Talisa Stark Oona Chaplin

Eddard “Ned” Stark Sean Bean

Khal Drogo Jason Momoa

Ellaria Sand Indira Varma

Robert Baratheon Mark Addy

Viserys Targaryen Harry Lloyd

Gemini Man – 1976

A short-lived series based on H G Wells “The Invisible Man” which replaced a series of that name starring David McCallum (see below).

Sam Casey can press a button on his special watch which turns him invisible – but only for 15 minutes per day.

Sam Casey Ben Murphy

Abby Lawrence Katherine Crawford

Leonard Driscoll William Sylvester

Ghost Whisperer – 2005-2010

Melinda Gordon has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts and she helps .them resolve their problems and cross over into the light, or the spirit world.

Melinda Gordon Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jim Clancy/Sam Lucas David Conrad

Andrea Marino Aisha Tyler

Delia Banks Camryn Manheim

Professor Rick Payne Jay Mohr

Ned Banks Tyler Patrick Jones/Christoph Sanders

Professor Eli James Jamie Kennedy

Aiden Lucas Connor Gibbs

Gotham – 2014-

This is essentially a crime series revolving around the origin stories of characters from Batman – James Gordon, Bruce Wayne and various villains.

James Gordon Ben McKenzie

Harvey Bullock Donal Logue

Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin Robin Lord Taylor

Bruce Wayne David Mazouz

Barbara Kean Erin Richards

Sarah Essen Zabryna Guevara

Alfred Pennyworth Sean Pertwee

Selina "Cat" Kyle/Catwoman Camren Bicondova

Edward Nygma/The Riddler Cory Michael Smith

Carmine Falcone John Doman

Harvey Dent/Two-Face Nicholas D'Agosto

Grimm – 2011-

Homicide cop Nick Burkhardt is descended from a line of guardians known as Grimms, charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world called Wesen.

Nicholas "Nick" Burkhardt David Giuntoli

Hank Griffin Russell Hornsby

Juliette Silverton Bitsie Tulloch

Monroe Silas Weir Mitchell

Captain Sean Renard Sasha Roiz

Sergeant Drew Wu Reggie Lee

Rosalee Calvert Bree Turner

Adalind Schade Claire Coffee

Haven – 2010-2015

FBI Agent Parker is sent to the town of Haven, Maine where supernatural occurrences have reappeared.

Audrey Parker Emily Rose

Nathan Wuornos Lucas Bryant

Garland Wuornos Nicholas Campbell

Duke Crocker Eric Balfour

Helix – 2014-2015

A team of scientists from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) travel to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a potential outbreak of disease only to discover evidence of genetic engineering taking place which could threaten the existence of mankind.

Dr. Alan Farragut Billy Campbell

Dr. Hiroshi Hatake Hiroyuki Sanada

Dr. Julia Walker Kyra Zagorsky

Major Sergio Balleseros Mark Ghanimé

Dr. Kyle Sommers Matt Long

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys – 1995-1999

The series was set in a fantasy version of Ancient Greece (with some very odd chronology) and based on the tales of the hero Heracles (Hercules).

Hercules Kevin Sorbo

Iolaus Michael Hurst

Ares Kevin Smith

Autolycus Bruce Campbell

Callisto Hudson Leick

Cassandra Claudia Black

Cupid Karl Urban

Gabrielle Renée O'Connor

Xena Lucy Lawless

Heroes – 2006-2010

Ordinary people discover that they have superhuman abilities:

Peter Petrelli - can mimic abilities of other people.

Claire Bennet - a high-school cheerleader who can spontaneously regenerate (the series spawned the tagline “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World”).

Nathan Petrelli - can fly.

Hiro Nakamura - can manipulate space-time.

LAPD police officer Matt Parkman - can read people's minds.

Sylar – a serial killer who steals the powers of other superhumans.

After a very successful first season, the series became something of a critical failure the longer it went on (average US viewers – season 1: 13.5m; season 4: 6.5m)

A 13 episode miniseries Heroes Reborn aired in 2015 (UK 2016).

Peter Petrelli Milo Ventimiglia

Claire Bennet Hayden Panettiere

Nathan Petrelli Adrian Pasdar

Hiro Nakamura Masi Oka

Matt Parkman Greg Grunberg

Noah Bennet Jack Coleman

Niki Sanders/Tracy Strauss Ali Larter

Isaac Mendez Santiago Cabrera

Zachary Quinto Sylar (Gabriel Gray)

Elle Bishop Kristen Bell

Hex – 2004-2005

Set at a remote English school, Medenham Hall, which was built on the site of a past witchcraft scandal.

Student Cassie has a baby (Malachi) by fallen angel Azazeal.

Cassandra "Cassie" Hughes Christina Cole

Thelma Bates Jemima Rooper

Azazeal Michael Fassbender

Leon Taylor Jamie Davis

Ella Dee Laura Pyper

Roxanne Davenport Amber Sainsbury

Jo Watkins Anna Wilson-Jones

David Tyrel Colin Salmon

Gemma Zoe Tapper

Malachi Joseph Beattie

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The – BBC 1981

A television adaptation of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy following the original radio series, the first novel, LP and stage shows.

Following the destruction of the Earth to make way for a galactic super-highway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect (a researcher for the Guide) and ends up on the Starship Heart of Gold, which has been stolen by Ford's semi-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox. Also on board are Trillian, a young woman who Arthur once met at a party and Marvin the Paranoid Android.

42: the answer to life, the universe and everything (as provided by the supercomputer Deep Thought after 7.5 million years.

Slartibartfast is a Magrathean, and a designer of planets. He created the fjords found on the coast of Norway.

Levels of intelligence on Earth – mice, dolphins, humans in that order.

The Book (narrator) Peter Jones

Arthur Dent Simon Jones

Ford Prefect David Dixon

Trillian Sandra Dickinson

Zaphod Beeblebrox Mark Wing-Davey

Marvin Stephen Moore (voice)

Slartibartfast Richard Vernon

Deep Thought Valentine Dyall

Humans – Channel 4 2015-

A series based on Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans which examines the impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths."

Humans

Laura Hawkins Katherine Parkinson

Toby Hawkins Theo Stevenson

Dr. George Millican William Hurt

Matilda "Mattie" Hawkins Lucy Carless

Sophie Hawkins Pixie Davies

Joseph "Joe" Hawkins Tom Goodman-Hill

Jill Drummond Jill Halfpenny

D.S. Pete Drummond Neil Maskell

Leo Elster Colin Morgan

Professor Edwin Hobb Danny Webb

Synths

Anita/Mia Gemma Chan

Niska Emily Berrington

D.S. Karen Voss Ruth Bradley

Simon Jack Derges

Fred Sope Dirisu

Vera Rebecca Front

Max Ivanno Jeremiah

Odi Will Tudor

Hunger, The – 1997-2000

A horror anthology series of independent episodes.

Host (series 1) Terence Stamp

Host (series 2) David Bowie

Incredible Hulk, The – 1978-1982

After the death of his wife in a car accident, during which he feels he failed to save her, Dr David Banner experiments on himself and over-doses himself with gamma radiation. The result is that during moments of high (negative) emotion he transforms into the Incredible Hulk, a 7’, 330 lbs, green-skinned creature, with superhuman strength (“Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”)

When yet another accident ends with the death of his laboratory partner, Banner goes into hiding but is constantly stalked by reporter Jack McGee.

David Bruce Banner Bill Bixby

Hulk Lou Ferrigno

Jack McGee Jack Colvin

Invaders, The – 1967-1968

The opening narration just about sums it all up: “The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.”

David Vincent Roy Thinnes

Invasion: Earth – BBC 1998

A small NATO force who attempt to thwart an invasion of Earth by a race of inter-dimensional alien beings.

It begins with the crash of a UFO during the V-2 rocket bombing of England in WWII and then moves on to the present day (1998) where another UFO is shot down over the North Sea.

Flight Lt. Chris Drake Vincent Regan

Dr. Amanda Tucker Maggie O'Neill

Maj. Gen. David Reece Fred Ward

Squadron Leader Helen Knox Phyllis Logan

Lt. Charles Terrell Anton Lesser

Group Capt. Susan Preston Sara Kestelman

Invisible Man, The

There have been various TV adaptations inspired by H G Wells’ 1897 novel “The Invisible Man”.

Invisible Man, The – ITV 1958-1959

Scientist Peter Brady is accidently rendered invisible by radiation and is recruited by the British Intelligence. When not invisible Brady’s head is swathed in bandages and wears sunglasses.

The Invisible Man “Himself” (uncredited voice: Tim Turner)

Diane Brady Wilson Lisa Daniely

Sally Wilson Deborah Watling

Sir Charles Anderson/Colonel Ward Ernest Clark

Invisible Man, The – 1975

Opening credits: “MACHINE MALFUNCTION... WESTIN PERMANENTLY INVISIBLE... KLAE CORPORATION WILL FINANCE RECOVERY EFFORT... WESTIN WILL RENDER SERVICES AS SECRET AGENT. HIS CODE NAME: KLAE RESOURCE”

It was replaced with The Gemini Man (see above).

Dr. Daniel Westin David McCallum

Kate Westin Melinda O. Fee

Walter Carlson Craig Stevens

Invisible Man, The – BBC 1984

This series was a more faithful adaptation of the original book. A scientist discovers a formula by which to make himself invisible. He is driven to insanity by his inability to reverse the formula and uses his invisibility to terrorize those around him.

The Invisible Man Pip Donaghy

Dr. Samuel Kemp David Gwillim

Dr. Edward Cuss Gerald James

Mrs. Jenny Hall Lila Kaye

Lucy Merelina Kendall

Invisible Man, The – 2000-2002

Fawkes is a career criminal who is released from prison to be a guinea pig for his scientist brother. He implanted with the Quicksilver gland which gives him various powers beyond being able to simply turn invisible:

· he can turn his eyes invisible and see in infrared

· his body temperature lowers to a point where he can escape heat-seeking weapons

· he can turn others invisible so long as he remains in contact with them

· he can even turn parts of his body invisible while leaving the rest of him fully visible

After his brother’s death (along with the chance of removing the gland without killing him) he begins to work for The Agency,

Darien Fawkes Vincent Ventresca

Robert Albert Hobbes Paul Ben-Victor

Charles Borden a.k.a. The Official Eddie Jones

Claire a.k.a. the Keeper Shannon Kenny

Jake 2.0 – 2003-2004

NSA computer tech Jake Foley is accidentally infected by nanobots which give him superhuman powers meaning he is able to control technology with his brain.

Jake Foley Christopher Gorham

Kyle Duarte Philip Anthony-Rodriguez

Deputy Director Louise "Lou" Beckett Judith Scott

Sarah Carter Marina Black

Diane Hughes Keegan Connor Tracy

Jekyll – BBC 2007

Written by Stephen Moffat and described as a sequel to R L Stevenson’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”, rather than an adaptation of it.

Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll (and Mr. Hyde) and discovers he is sharing his body with a Hyde-like alter-ego.

Dr. Tom Jackman James Nesbitt

Claire Jackman Gina Bellman

Peter Syme Denis Lawson

Katherine Reimer Michelle Ryan

Miranda Meera Syal

Min Fenella Woolgar

Jekyll and Hyde – ITV 2015-

Set in 1930s London (and Ceylon/Sri Lanka). Robert Jekyll is the grandson of Henry Jekyll (from Stevenson’s novel) and has inherited a split personality with violent alter-ego.

Dr. Robert Jekyll Tom Bateman

Sir Roger Bulstrode Richard E. Grant

Mr Sackler Tom Rhys Harries

Captain Dance Enzo Cilenti

Ravi Najaran Michael Karim

Dr. Vishal Najaran Ace Bhatti

Gurinder Najaran Lolita Chakrabarti

Isabella "Bella" Charming Natalie Gumede

Lily Clarke Stephanie Hyam

Maxwell Utterson Christian McKay

Hilary "Hils" Barnstaple Ruby Bentall

Garson Donald Sumpter

Jeremiah – 2002-2004

In 2006 a plague (known as the “Big Death” or “Big D”) wiped out all humanity over the age of 13. Fifteen years later Jeremiah and Kurdy begin a quest to restore civilisation.

Jeremiah Luke Perry

Kurdy Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Markus Alexander Peter Stebbings

Jericho – 2006-2008

A small town in Kansas becomes isolated following nuclear blasts of unknown origin in major US cities and an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) destroys communications. Relations with the nearby town of New Bern descend into warfare. In season two the town comes under the government of the "Allied States of America" (ASA).

The series was cancelled after one season but resurrected for one more season after a fan campaign.

Jake Green Skeet Ulrich

Robert Hawkins Lennie James

Emily Sullivan Ashley Scott

Eric Green Kenneth Mitchell

Gray Anderson Michael Gaston

Johnston Green Gerald McRaney

Gail Green Pamela Reed

Joan of Arcadia – 2003-2005

Teenager Joan Girardi sees and speaks with God (who appears in various guises) and performs tasks she is given as she promised to do so if her brother survived a car crash.

Joan Girardi Amber Tamblyn

Will Girardi Joe Mantegna

Helen Girardi Mary Steenburgen

Kevin Girardi Jason Ritter

Luke Girardi Michael Welch

Adam Rove Chris Marquette

Grace Polk Becky Wahlstrom

Jupiter Moon –1990 (150 episodes)

A sci-fi soap opera broadcast 3 times a week on BSB’s Galaxy Channel.

In 2050 the space ship Ilea serves as a university and is in semi-permanent orbit above the space city Callisto.

Anna Begani Anna Pernicci

Victoria Frobisher Nicola Wright

Petra Charlotte Martin

Mercedes Page Anna Chancellor

K-9 and Company – 1981

This is a one-off TV film (aka A Girl’s Best Friend) which was intended as a pilot for a spin-off series from Dr Who.

Sarah Jane eventually got a series of her own in The Sarah Jane Adventures (see below), which also featured K-9 in a supporting role, in 2007. K-9 also featured in an Australian/UK co-production children’s series, K-9 (2009-2010).

Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen

K-9 (voice) John Leeson

Commander Bill Pollock Bill Fraser

Brendan Richards Ian Sears

George Tracey Colin Jeavons

Killjoys – 2013 –

Three bounty hunters chase criminals in the Quad.

Dutch/Yalena Hannah John-Kamen

John Jaqobis Aaron Ashmore

D'avin Jaqobis Luke Macfarlane

Kingdom Hospital – 2004

Kingdom Hospital was built on the site of a mill that manufactured military uniforms during the American Civil War. One hospital burned down (“Old Kingdom”) and New Kingdom was built. It is haunted by (amongst others) a young girl, a teenage boy, and a strange anteater with teeth known as Antibus. The thoughts of Blondi a German Shepherd dog are sometimes heard and Peter Rickman, a comatose patient in Room 426 can travel between the human and spirit worlds.

Also known as Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital and based on Lars von Trier's The Kingdom.

Dr. Hook Andrew McCarthy

Dr. Stegman Bruce Davison

Dr. Brenda Abelson Meagen Fay

Dr. Jesse James Ed Begley, Jr.

Dr. Elmer Traff Jamie Harrold

Dr. Lona Massingale Sherry Miller

Dr. Christine Draper Allison Hossack

Dr. Louis Traff William Wise

Nurse Carrie von Trier Lena Georgas

Abel Lyon Brandon Bauer

Christa Mendelson Jennifer Cunningham

Otto Julian Richings

Bobby Druse Del Pentecost

Sally Druse Diane Ladd

Peter Rickman Jack Coleman

Natalie Rickman Suki Kaiser

Mary Jensen Jodelle Micah Ferland

Paul Morlock Kett Turton

Kinvig – ITV 1981

A sci-fi comedy set in an electrical shop in Bingleton.

Des Kinvig Tony Haygarth

Netta Kinvig Patsy Rowlands

Miss Griffin Prunella Gee

Jim Piper Colin Jeavons

Buddo Simon Williams

Knight Rider – ITV 1982-1986

After detective Michael Long is shot in the face he is rescued by Wilton Knight and given a new face and new identity – Michael Knight. Wilton recruits him to work for the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG) and provides him with the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, Pontiac Firebird Trans Am which has special features including an extremely durable shell and frame and AI computer control.

KITT’s prototype was KARR (Knight Automated Roving Robot).

Intro: "Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law."

Michael Knight (Michael Arthur Long) David Hasselhoff

Garthe Knight David Hasselhoff

William Daniels (voice) KITT

Devon Miles Edward Mulhare

Dr. Bonnie Barstow Patricia McPherson

April Curtis Rebecca Holden

Reginald Cornelius III aka RC3 Peter Parros

Wilton Knight Richard Basehart

Team Knight Rider (TKR) – 1997-1998

A short lived series in which Michael Knight is replaced by a team of 5 each with a computerized talking vehicle counterpart: Danté (DNT-1) (Kyle), Domino (DMO-1) (Jenny), Attack Beast (BST-1) (Duke), Kat (KAT-1) (Erica), Plato (PLATO-1) (Trek).

Kyle Stewart Brixton Karnes

Jenny Andrews Christine Steel

Duke DePalma Duane Davis

Erica West Kathy Trageser

Kevin "Trek" Sanders Nick Wechsler

Knight Rider – 2008-2009

Set 25 years after the original, in this series Michael Knight’s son Mike is the driver of the next generation KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), now a Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang.

Mike Knight (aka Mike Traceur) Justin Bruening

Dr. Sarah Graiman Deanna Russo

KITT Val Kilmer (voice)

Billy Morgan Paul Campbell

Dr. Charles Graiman Bruce Davison

Kolchak: the Night Stalker – 1974-1975

Chicago newspaper reporter Kolchak investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, which often involve the supernatural, including fantastic creatures.

Carl Kolchak Darren McGavin

Tony Vincenzo Simon Oakland

Ron Updyke Jack Grinnage

Emily Cowles Ruth McDevitt

Monique Marmelstein Carol Ann Susi

Kolchak: the Night Stalker – 2005

A remake of the above but now set in Los Angeles. After Kolchak’s wife is murdered he investigates other strange murders, believing they are linked in some way to her death.

Carl Kolchak Stuart Townsend

Perri Reed Gabrielle Union

Jain McManus Eric Jungmann

Anthony Vincenzo Cotter Smith

Kyle XY – 2006-2009

A super-intelligent teenager wakes up naked in woods with no memory of any previous existence. He is adopted into the Trager family.

Kyle Trager Matt Dallas

Nicole Trager Marguerite MacIntyre

Stephen Trager Bruce Thomas

Lori Trager April Matson

Josh Trager Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Declan McDonough Chris Olivero

Amanda Bloom Kirsten Prout

Land of the Giants – 1968-1970

The sub-orbital spaceship “Spindrift” on route from LA to London (in 1983!) is caught in a space storm and crash lands on a planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth.

Captain Steve Burton Gary Conway

Dan Erickson Don Marshall

Mark Wilson Don Matheson

Alexander Fitzhugh Kurt Kasznar

Barry Lockridge Stefan Arngrim

Valerie Scott Deanna Lund

Betty Hamilton Heather Young

Land of the Lost – 1974

The Marshall family are trapped in an alternate universe inhabited by dinosaurs, a primate-type people called Pakuni, and devolved, aggressive humanoid/lizard creatures called Sleestak.

Rick Marshall Spencer Milligan

Uncle Jack Marshall Ron Harper

Will Marshall Wesley Eure

Holly Marshall Kathy Coleman

Cha-Ka Phillip Paley

Malak Richard Kiel

Land of the Lost – 1991

A remake of the above but this time the family is the Porters, who are trapped in a parallel universe after their Jeep Cherokee fell through a time portal.

Thomas "Tom" Porter Timothy Bottoms

Kevin Porter Robert Gavin

Anamarie "Annie" Porter Jennifer Drugan

Christa Shannon Day

Last Train, The – 1999

Passengers on a train to Sheffield are accidently cryogenically frozen just before an asteroid devastates the Earth (!). They are revived into a post-apocalyptic landscape.

Harriet Ambrose Nicola Walker

Ian Hart Christopher Fulford

Colin Wallace Steve Huison

Mick Sizer (Michael Smith) Treva Etienne

Jandra Nixon Amita Dhiri

Austin Danforth James Hazeldine

Jean Wilson Janet Dale

Roe Germaine Zoe Telford

Leo Nixon Sacha Dhawan

Anita Nixon Dinita Gohil

Hild Caroline Carver

Librarians, The – 2014-

Lost in time at space at the start of the series, the “Library” exists in its own pocket universe and is the storehouse of magical and powerful relics. The 'Library' itself appears to be sentient (or semi-sentient), and sends out invitations to prospective Librarians and Guardians. The existing Librarian is Flynn Carsen with Eve Baird as his “Guardian” who, together with the Caretaker Jenkins, solve impossible mysteries, recover powerful artifacts, and fight against supernatural threats. As the series progresses Flynn and Eve, together with prospective Librarians Ezekiel, Cassandra and Jacob form a team.

Flynn Carsen Noah Wyle

Colonel Eve Baird Rebecca Romijn

Jacob Stone Christian Kane

Cassandra Cillian Lindy Booth

Ezekiel Jones John Kim

Jenkins (Galeas/Galahad) John Larroquette

Life on Mars – BBC 2006-2007

Manchester policeman Sam Tyler is hit by a car in 2006 and wakes up to find himself in 1973 and working for the Manchester and Salford Police under the command of Gene Hunt.

The 1974 Ford Cortina used in the series was auctioned on eBay for Comic Relief in 2007 for £12,800.

Sam is “haunted” by the BBC Test Card girl.

A Russian version was called The Dark Side of the Moon and the Spanish version The Girl from Yesterday. A US remake was broadcast in 2008-2009 with Jason O'Mara as Sam and Harvey Keitel as Gene.

Sequel: Ashes to Ashes (see above)

Sam Tyler John Simm

Gene Hunt Philip Glenister

Annie Cartwright Liz White

Ray Carling Dean Andrews

Chris Skelton Marshall Lancaster

Logan's Run – 1977-1978

A series based on the 1976 film of the same name and set in the 23^rd Century where survivors of a nuclear war live in a domed city and are not allowed to live past the age of 30.

Logan and Jessica become “Runners” in order to avoid the life-ending Carousel Ceremony and are pursued by Sandmen as they try to find “Sanctuary”.

Logan 5 Gregory Harrison

Jessica 6 Heather Menzies

Rem Donald Moffat

Francis Randy Powell

Lone Gunmen, The – 2001

A spin-off series from The X-Files (see below) which centres around the three members of “The Lone Gunmen”, a group of investigators who run a conspiracy theory magazine.

The series included an episode (first broadcast 4 March 2001) in which members of the U.S. government conspire to hijack an airliner and fly it into the World Trade Center in order to justify a war on terror.

John Fitzgerald Byers Bruce Harwood

Melvin Frohike Tom Braidwood

Richard "Ringo" Langly Dean Haglund

Yves Adele Harlow Zuleikha Robinson

Jimmy Bond Stephen Snedden

Lost – 2004-2010 (121 episodes)

Plane crash (Oceanic Airline's Flight 815)

324 people on board - 71 initial survivors (70 humans and one dog) spread across the three sections of the plane crash. Tail section survivors (“Tallies”)

Uninhabited (?) tropical island.

Metal hatch, “smoke monster”, Man in Black, “The Others”

Flashbacks/Flashforwards/Flashsideways

Time travel

Dharma Initiative

6 seasons

Last episode: “The End”

Jack Shephard Matthew Fox

Kate Austen Evangeline Lilly

Hugo "Hurley" Reyes Jorge Garcia

James "Sawyer" Ford Josh Holloway

John Locke/Man in Black Terry O'Quinn

Sayid Jarrah Naveen Andrews

Jin-Soo Kwon Daniel Dae Kim

Sun-Hwa Kwon Yunjin Kim

Claire Littleton Emilie de Ravin

Charlie Pace Dominic Monaghan

Michael Dawson Harold Perrineau

Walt Lloyd Malcolm David Kelley

Shannon Rutherford Maggie Grace

Boone Carlyle Ian Somerhalder

Rose Nadler L. Scott Caldwell

Christian Shephard John Terry

Danielle Rousseau Mira Furlan/Melissa Farman

Bernard Nadler Sam Anderson

Ana Lucia Cortez Michelle Rodriguez

Desmond Hume Henry Ian Cusick

Pierre Chang François Chau

Mr. Eko Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Elizabeth "Libby" Smith Cynthia Watros

Benjamin Linus Michael Emerson

Alex Rousseau Tania Raymonde

Penny Widmore Sonya Walger

Juliet Burke Elizabeth Mitchell

Nikki Fernandez Kiele Sanchez

Paulo Rodrigo Santoro

Richard Alpert Nestor Carbonell

Eloise Hawking Fionnula Flanagan

Daniel Faraday Jeremy Davies

Miles Straume Ken Leung

Charlotte Lewis Rebecca Mader

Frank Lapidus Jeff Fahey

Ilana Verdansky Zuleikha Robinson

Lost in Space – 1965-1968

The Robinson family plus pilot Don West board the Jupiter 2 on a mission involving a five-and-a-half-year journey to a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri. Unknown to them Dr Smith is working for a foreign government who want to beat the US in race for space colonisation. He has programmed the ships’ Robot to destroy vital systems soon after launch but is then accidently trapped aboard as the launch takes place. The family finds themselves lost in space.

The Robot only says “Danger, Will Robinson!” in one episode.

Dr. John Robinson Guy Williams

Dr. Maureen Robinson June Lockhart

Major Don West Mark Goddard

Judy Robinson Marta Kristen

Penny Robinson Angela Cartwright

Will Robinson Billy Mumy

Dr. Zachary Smith Jonathan Harris

The B-9 Robot Bob May (operator); Dick Tufeld (voice)

Man from Atlantis – 1977-1978

Amnesiac Mark Harris is possibly the only survivor of Atlantis. With superhuman strength, the ability to breathe underwater at great depths, webbed hands and feet and an unusual swimming style, he is recruited by the Foundation for Oceanic Research, a governmental agency that conducts top secret research and explores the depths of the ocean in a sophisticated submarine called the “Cetacean”.

Mark Harris Patrick Duffy

C.W. Crawford Alan Fudge

Dr. Elizabeth Merrill Belinda Montgomery

Manimal – 1983

A short-lived series in which shape-shifter Chase helps in solving crimes by turning himself into any animal he chooses.

Intro: “Dr Jonathan Chase... wealthy, young, handsome. A man with the brightest of futures. A man with the darkest of pasts. From Africa's deepest recesses, to the rarefied peaks of Tibet, heir to his father's legacy and the world's darkest mysteries. Jonathan Chase, master of the secrets that divide man from animal, animal from man... Manimal!”

Dr. Jonathan Chase Simon MacCorkindale

Brooke Mackenzie Melody Anderson

Tyrone "Ty" C. Earl Michael D. Roberts

Lt. Nick Rivera Reni Santoni

Martian Chronicles, The – 1980

A three episode mini-series loosely based on Ray Bradbury’s book of the same name.

After a couple of expeditions are sent to Mars, the existing Martian population is accidently wiped out by chicken pox (War of the Worlds anyone?) or were they? A nuclear war on Earth means that the few remaining Mars colonists may be the only surviving humans.

Colonel John Wilder Rock Hudson

Ruth Wilder Gayle Hunnicutt

Major Jeff Spender Bernie Casey

Father Stone Roddy McDowall

Sam Parkhill Darren McGavin

Genevieve Selsor Bernadette Peters

Anna Lustig Maria Schell

General Halstead Robert Beatty

Men into Space – 1959-1960

This action series envisioned the future of space travel including the first manned Moon landing and possible expeditions to Mars. Prescience included episodes recounting problems similar to those experienced by Apollo 8 and Apollo 13.

Col. Edward McCauley William Lundigan

Merlin – BBC 2008-2012

This was a series following the adventures of a young Prince, later King, Arthur and his servant Merlin. Unbeknown to Arthur, Merlin is a powerful warlock but Merlin cannot reveal this as Arthur’s father Uther has banned the use of magic from his realm. In this version of the legend Guinevere (here usually known as Gwen) is a servant girl.

Merlin Colin Morgan

Arthur Pendragon Bradley James

Morgana Katie McGrath

Guinevere ("Gwen") Angel Coulby

Gaius Richard Wilson

The Great Dragon John Hurt (voice)

Uther Pendragon Anthony Head

Agravaine de Bois Nathaniel Parker

Millennium – 1996-1999

Ex-FBI agent Frank Black is now a consultant for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group. He has the ability to see inside the minds of criminals.

Created by Chris Carter, who also wrote The X-Files.

Frank Black Lance Henriksen

Catherine Black Megan Gallagher

Emma Hollis Klea Scott

Misfits – E4 1999-2003

A group of young offenders doing community service develop supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. Their various adventures include time travel and selling/transferring their powers.

Nathan Robert Sheehan

Alisha Antonia Thomas

Simon Iwan Rheon

Kelly Lauren Socha

Curtis Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Rudy Joseph Gilgun

Jess Karla Crome

Finn Nathan McMullen

Alex Matt Stokoe

Abbey Natasha O'Keeffe

Monsters – 1988-1991

Anthology horror series.

Monsters, The – BBC 1962

A government agent is killed and the locals link his death to the strange creature they claim inhabits the nearby Lake Kingswater.

John Brent William E. Greene

Felicity Brent Elizabeth Weaver

Hopkins Mark Dignam

Howard Milroy Clifford Cox

Van Halloren Alan Gifford

Professor Cato Robert Harris

Meissonier Gordon Whiting

Esmee Pulford Helen Lindsay

Sergeant Oakroyd Norman Mitchell

Moonbase 3 – BBC 1973

In 2003 5 world powers have colonised the Moon - America (Moonbase 1), Russia (2), Europe (3), China (4) and Brazil (5).

Set entirely within Moonbase 3 where it dealt with the psychological problems of living in such an enclosed environment.

Dr David Caulder Donald Houston

Dr Michel Lebrun Ralph Bates

Dr Helen Smith Fiona Gaunt

Tom Hill Barry Lowe

Mutant X – 2001-2004

Mutant X is a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering.

Adam Kane John Shea

Shalimar Fox Victoria Pratt

Jesse Kilmartin Forbes March

Brennan Mulwray Victor Webster

Emma DeLauro Lauren Lee Smith

Lexa Pierce Karen Cliche

Neverwhere – BBC 1996

Created by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry

The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above".

Richard Mayhew Gary Bakewell

Door Laura Fraser

The Marquis de Carabas Paterson Joseph

Mr. Croup Hywel Bennett

Mr. Vandemar Clive Russell

Old Bailey Trevor Peacock

Hunter Tanya Moodie

The Angel Islington Peter Capaldi

Lamia Tamsin Greig

The Abbott Earl Cameron

The Earl Freddie Jones

New Adventures of Superman, The – BBC 1993-1997

Also known as Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman.

Clark Kent arrives in Metropolis from Smallville, stops a runaway bus, joins the staff of the Daily Planet, partners up with and falls for Lois Lane, assumes the Superman persona (with suit made by his “mother” Martha), saves a space shuttle from exploding by swallowing a bomb and crosses swords with Lex Luthor – all in the first episode.

A pretty standard telling of the Superman story where in addition to Luthor (who “dies” in the Season 1 finale) he also meets other Superman comic book villains such as the Toyman, Metallo and Mister Mxyzptlk.

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman Dean Cain

Lois Lane Teri Hatcher

Perry White Lane Smith

Jimmy Olsen (season 1) Michael Landes

Jimmy Olsen (seasons 2-4) Justin Whalin

Catherine "Cat" Grant Tracy Scoggins

Martha Kent K Callan

Jonathan Kent Eddie Jones

Lex Luthor John Shea

Night Gallery – 1970-1973

A horror anthology series where each episode was opened with the unveiling (by Rod Serling from The Twilight Zone) of a painting in an art gallery.

The series featured the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg.

Nightmare Man, The – BBC 1981

Savage murders on a Scottish island unsettle the natives.

Michael Gaffikin James Warwick

Fiona Patterson Celia Imrie

Dr Symonds Tony Sibbald

Inspector Inskip Maurice Roëves

Colonel Howard Jonathan Newth

Omega Factor, The – BBC 1979

Secret government organisation Department 7 investigates paranormal phenomena and the potential of the human mind.

Mary Whitehouse called one episode "thoroughly evil".

Tom Crane James Hazeldine

Dr. Anne Reynolds Louise Jameson

Roy Martindale John Carlisle

Originals, The – 2013-

A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries (see below). Set in New Orleans where a war is brewing between vampires, werewolves and witches.

Klaus Mikaelson Joseph Morgan

Elijah Mikaelson Daniel Gillies

Rebekah Mikaelson Claire Holt

Hayley Marshall Phoebe Tonkin

Marcel Gerard Charles Michael Davis

Sophie Deveraux Daniella Pineda

Camille O'Connell Leah Pipes

Davina Claire Danielle Campbell

Vincent Griffith Yusuf Gatewood

Freya Mikaelson Riley Voelkel

Others, The – 2000

A group of individuals with different psychic talents encounter evil forces.

Marian Kitt Julianne Nicholson

Mark Gabriel Gabriel Macht

Ellen "Satori" Pawlowski Missy Crider

Elmer Greentree Bill Cobbs

Professor Miles Ballard John Billingsley

Warren Day Kevin J. O'Connor

Out of the Unknown – BBC 1965-1971

A science fiction anthology series based on short stories by well-known writers including John Wyndham, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, J. G. Ballard and Frederik Pohl. It is seen as a follow on to Out of This World (see below).

Out of This World – ITV 1962

A science fiction anthology series. A spin-off from the Armchair Theatre. Each episode was introduced by Boris Karloff. Many of the episodes were adaptations of stories by science fiction writers including Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Clifford D. Simak. The series is generally seen as a precursor to Out of the Unknown (see above).

Outcasts – BBC 2010

In 2060 the planet Carpathia has been colonised by humans fleeing an Earth scarred by nuclear war.

Richard Tate Liam Cunningham

Dr. Stella Isen Hermione Norris

Cass Cromwell Daniel Mays

Fleur Morgan Amy Manson

Jack Holt Ashley Walters

Tipper Malone Michael Legge

Julius Berger Eric Mabius

Outer Limits, The – 1963-1965

A science fiction anthology series.

Intro to each show: a "Control Voice" (Vic Perrin) speaks over visuals of an oscilloscope. The earliest version of the narration ran as follows (later shortened): “There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.”

The series was revived 1995-2002 with the slight change that some of the episodes in a series were inter-related.

Paradox – BBC 2009

A police team receives broadcasts from the future and attempt to prevent the disasters from taking place.

Detective Inspector Rebecca Flint Tamzin Outhwaite

Detective Sergeant Ben Holt Mark Bonnar

Detective Constable Callum Gada Chiké Okonkwo

Dr Christian King Emun Elliott

Penny Dreadful – 2014-

The series title comes from the lurid 19th century publications and the series draws together various characters from classic gothic horror tales of the time: Dorian Gray, Mina Harker, Abraham Van Helsing, Victor Frankenstein, his monster and Dr. Henry Jekyll

Dorian Gray Reeve Carney

Sir Malcolm Murray Timothy Dalton

Vanessa Ives Eva Green

The Creature Rory Kinnear

Brona Croft/Lily Frankenstein Billie Piper

Dr. Victor Frankenstein Harry Treadaway

Ethan Chandler Josh Hartnett

Mina Harker Olivia Llewellyn

The Vampire Robert Nairne

Vincent Brand Alun Armstrong

Abraham Van Helsing David Warner

Dr. Henry Jekyll Shazad Latif

Planet of the Apes – 1974

The series was based on the 1968 film of the same name and its sequels.

Three astronauts leave Earth in 1980 and pass through a time warp before crash-landing (only 2 survive) on a future Earth ruled by talking apes.

Galen Roddy McDowall

Colonel Alan Virdon Ron Harper

Major Peter J. Burke James Naughton

General Urko Mark Lenard

Councillor Zaius Booth Colman

Primeval – ITV 2007-2011

A team investigates temporal anomalies connected to both the past and future through which dangerous creatures travel (usually dinosaurs). There were several changes of main cast during the series both through violent death and an apparent change in the time-line. The team is based at the Anomaly Research Centre or ARC.

Nick Cutter Douglas Henshall

Stephen Hart James Murray

Connor Temple Andrew-Lee Potts

Claudia Brown/Jenny Lewis Lucy Brown

Abby Maitland Hannah Spearritt

Helen Cutter Juliet Aubrey

James Lester Ben Miller

Sarah Page Laila Rouass

Danny Quinn Jason Flemyng

Captain Hilary Becker Ben Mansfield

Matt Anderson Ciarán McMenamin

Jess Parker Ruth Kearney

Philip Burton Alexander Siddig

The action moved to Canada for the one season of Primeval: New World (2012-2013).

Evan Cross Niall Matter

Dylan Weir Sara Canning

Mac Rendell Danny Rahim

Toby Nance Crystal Lowe

Angelika Finch Miranda Frigon

Lieutenant Ken Leeds Geoff Gustafson

Prisoner, The – ITV 1967-1968 (17 episodes)

A British secret agent suddenly resigns and is then abducted and held prisoner in a mysterious coastal village resort.

“The Village” is secured by numerous monitoring systems and security forces, including a sinister balloon-like device called Rover that recaptures – or kills – those who attempt escape.

Opening sequence ends with this conversation:

Prisoner: Where am I?

# Two: In the village.

Prisoner: What do you want?

#Two: Information.

Prisoner: Whose side are you on?

#Two: That would be telling. We want information...information...information!

Prisoner: You won't get it!

#Two: By hook or by crook, we will.

Prisoner: Who are you?

#Two: I am Number Two. (can vary – sometimes “The new Number Two)

Prisoner: Who is Number One?

#Two: You are Number Six. (in the final episode: “You are, Number Six”)

Prisoner: I am not a number; I AM A FREE MAN!!!

#Two: [Laughter]

The exteriors for the series were primarily filmed in Portmeirion, near Porthmadog, although, at the request of Portmeirion's architect Clough Williams-Ellis, this was not disclosed until the opening credits of the last episode.

The logo of The Village was a canopied penny-farthing bicycle (commonly referred to as an "Ordinary") which appears on almost everything, including the daily newspaper called the “Tally Ho”.

Many people like to think that Number 6 is John Drake from Danger Man (also played by Patrick McGoohan) but this has never been confirmed although there are many Danger Man references in the series

Number 6 drives a Lotus 7 in the opening sequence of each episode.

First episode – “Arrival”; Last episode – “Fall Out”

Leo McKern and Colin Gordon were the only actors to play Number 2 in more than one episode.

The main Prisoner theme was recorded by Ron Grainer.

The Prisoner/Number Six Patrick McGoohan

The Butler Angelo Muscat

Supervisor Peter Swanwick

Number Two Leo McKern

Number Two Colin Gordon

The Shop Keeper Denis Shaw

The Announcer/Telephone Operator Fenella Fielding

Quantum Leap – 1989-1993

Physicist Dr. Sam Beckett leaps through spacetime (but only time during his own lifetime) whilst testing an experiment in time travel. He temporarily takes the place of other people in order to correct historical mistakes. After the mistake is rectified Sam will leap into the next person – usually saying “Oh, boy!” as he does so.

Sam appears to other people as the person he leaps into (including women).

His friend Al appears as a hologram.

Two episodes covered the JFK assasination.

Dr. Sam Beckett Scott Bakula

Admiral Al Calavicci Dean Stockwell

Ziggy Deborah Pratt (voice)

Quatermass

There were 4 serials about Professor Quatermass written by Nigel Kneale with 3 broadcast in the 1950s and 1 in 1979.

The Quatermass Experiment – BBC 1953

Britain’s first manned space-shot goes off course and falls back to Earth in Wimbledon. Only one of the three crewmen has survived and he seems to be going through a metamorphosis. The spacesuits of the other two crewmen are present but are empty.

Professor Quatermass is the Director General of the British Experimental Rocket Group.

Professor Bernard Quatermass Reginald Tate

Judith Carroon Isabel Dean

John Paterson Hugh Kelly

James Fullalove Paul Whitsun-Jones

Victor Carroon Duncan Lamont

The Quatermass II – BBC 1955

Quatermass investigates some strange meteorite showers and discovers a conspiracy involving alien infiltration at the highest levels of the British Government.

Professor Bernard Quatermass John Robinson

Paula Quatermass Monica Grey

Dr. Leo Pugh Hugh Griffith

Quatermass and the Pit – BBC 1958-1959

Workmen excavating a site in Knightsbridge discover a strange skull and an alien spacecraft. The ship and its contents have a powerful and malign influence over those who come into contact with it.

Professor Bernard Quatermass André Morell

Dr. Matthew Roney Cec Linder

Colonel James Breen Anthony Bushell

Captain Potter John Stratton

Barbara Judd Christine Finn

Quatermass – ITV 1979

Opening narration: “In the last quarter of the 20th century, the whole world seemed to sicken. Civilised institutions, whether old or new, fell ... as if some primal disorder was reasserting itself. And men asked themselves, "Why should this be?"

When large numbers of young people start joining a cult, the "Planet People", and gather at prehistoric sites in the belief that they will be transported to a better life on another planet, retired Prof Quatermass travels to London to find his granddaughter, Hettie Carlson.

Prof. Bernard Quatermass John Mills

Joe Kapp Simon MacCorkindale

Kickalong Ralph Arliss

Caraway Paul Rosebury

Bee Jane Bertish

Sal Toyah Willcox

Hettie Carlson Rebecca Saire

R3 – BBC 1964-1965

The full title was Ministry of Research Centre No.3, where the series was set.

The series featured an early regular television appearance for Oliver Reed.

Sir Michael Gerrard John Robinson

Miss Brooks Brenda Saunders

Philip Boult Michael Hawkins

Tom Collis Derek Benfield

Dr Richard Franklin Oliver Reed

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) – ITV 1969-1970

After Marty Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation he returns as a ghost to help his partner Jeff in their private detective agency. Jeff is the only person who can see or hear him. His wife Jeannie is the agency’s secretary.

When it was transmitted in the United States, it was given the title My Partner the Ghost.

Jeff Randall Mike Pratt

Marty Hopkirk Kenneth Cope

Jeannie Hopkirk Annette Andre

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) – BBC 2000-2001

A remake of the above but in this version there was more emphasis on Marty’s afterlife (in Limbo) and Jeannie is Marty’s fiancée rather than widow, thus involving a potential romantic involvement with Jeff.

Jeff Randall Bob Mortimer

Marty Hopkirk Vic Reeves

Jeannie Emilia Fox

Bulstrode Charlie Higson

Prof. Wyvern Tom Baker

Resurrection – 2014-2015

The residents of Arcadia, Missouri, are more than a little disturbed when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.

J. Martin "Marty" Bellamy/Robert Thompson Omar Epps

Lucille Langston Frances Fisher

Sheriff Fred Langston Matt Craven

Dr. Maggie Langston Devin Kelley

Pastor Tom Hale Mark Hildreth

Elaine Richards Samaire Armstrong

Jacob Langston Landon Gimenez

Henry Langston Kurtwood Smith

Revolution – 2012-2014

In 2012 the world experiences a permanent electrical-power blackout. The series takes up the story 15 years after this event (known imaginatively as “The Blackout”).

Opening Introduction: “We lived in an electric world. We relied on it for everything. And then the power went out. Everything stopped working. We weren't prepared. Fear and confusion led to panic. The lucky ones made it out of the cities. The government collapsed. Militias took over, controlling the food supply and stockpiling weapons. We still don't know why the power went out. But we're hopeful someone will come and light the way.”

Miles Matheson Billy Burke

Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson Tracy Spiridakos

Rachel (née Porter) Matheson Elizabeth Mitchell

Aaron Pittman Zak Orth

Major Tom Neville Giancarlo Esposito

Jason Neville/Nate Walker J. D. Pardo

President/General Sebastian "Bass" Monroe David Lyons

Nora Clayton Daniella Alonso

Dr. Gene Porter Stephen Collins

Danny Matheson Graham Rogers

Grace Beaumont Maria Howell

Ben Matheson Tim Guinee

Maggie Foster Anna Lise Phillips

Roswell – 1999-2002

Also known as Roswell High. Teenage aliens from the planet Antar interact in Roswell, New Mexico. The aliens had a special liking for Tabasco sauce.

Theme song: "Here With Me" by Dido.

Liz Parker Shiri Appleby

Max Evans Jason Behr

Isabel Evans Katherine Heigl

Michael Guerin Brendan Fehr

Maria DeLuca Majandra Delfino

Alex Whitman Colin Hanks

Sheriff Jim Valenti William Sadler

Kyle Valenti Nick Wechsler

Tess Harding Emilie de Ravin

Jesse Ramirez Adam Rodríguez

Salem – 2014-

A fictional story based on the 16th century Salem witch trials.

Mary Sibley Janet Montgomery

Captain John Alden Shane West

Cotton Mather Seth Gabel

Anne Hale Tamzin Merchant

Tituba Ashley Madekwe

Mercy Lewis Elise Eberle

Isaac Walton Iddo Goldberg

Magistrate Hale Xander Berkeley

John Oliver Bell

Baron Sebastian von Marburg Joe Doyle

Sanctuary – 2008-2011

A team led by Dr Magnus run the Sanctuary, an organization that seeks out extraordinarily powerful creatures and people, known as Abnormals,

Dr. Helen Magnus Amanda Tapping

Dr. Will Zimmerman Robin Dunne

Ashley Magnus Emilie Ullerup

Bigfoot Christopher Heyerdahl

Henry Foss Ryan Robbins

Kate Freelander Agam Darshi

Sapphire & Steel – ITV 1979-1982

Inter-dimensional beings with the names of elements assume human form and are sent to investigate strange events – more often than not to do with ghosts and at any time period and location.

Voice-over opening credits: “All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel. Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.”

Joanna Lumley Sapphire

David McCallum Steel

Sarah Jane Adventures, The – BBC 2007-2011

This Doctor Who spin-off features ex-companion and investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith.

Set in Ealing, Sarah Jane and her young companions from the neighbourhood and her adopted son Luke encounter alien and terrestrial enemies plus two incarnations of The Doctor (David Tennant and Matt Smith).

The series was cancelled following Elisabeth Sladen’s death.

Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen

Clyde Langer Daniel Anthony

Mr. Smith Alexander Armstrong (voice)

Luke Smith Tommy Knight

Rani Chandra Anjli Mohindra

Haresh Chandra Ace Bhatti

Maria Jackson Yasmin Paige

Gita Chandra Mina Anwar

K-9 John Leeson (voice)

SeaQuest DSV – 1993-1996

Set in the 2018, the series follows the adventures of the high-tech submarine SeaQuest DSV (Deep Submergence Vehicle) operated by the United Earth Oceans Organization (UEO).

The series went through considerable cast changes between seasons and also changed direction from exploring ecological problems to more hard sci-fi such as genetic engineering, aliens, parapsychology, time-travel, and undersea "monsters".

Captain Nathan Bridger Roy Scheider

Lucas Wolenczak Jonathan Brandis

Dr. Kristin Westphalen Stephanie Beacham

Commander Jonathan Ford Don Franklin

Michael Ironside Michael Ironside

Lieutenant Tim O'Neill Ted Raimi

Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz Marco Sanchez

Seaman Anthony Piccolo Michael DeLuise

Lieutenant Lonnie Henderson Kathy Evison

Dagwood Peter DeLuise

Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, The – 2000

A steampunk series based on the premise that Jules Verne experienced the adventures he wrote about and his fictional characters existed.

Phileas Fogg Michael Praed

Rebecca Fogg Francesca Hunt

Passepartout Michel Courtemanche

Jules Verne Chris Demetral

Sense8 – 2015-

Eight strangers suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked after they have a vision of the violent death of a woman called Angelica and discover that they are 'sensates'.

Capheus Aml Ameen

Sun Bak Doona Bae

Nomi Marks Jamie Clayton

Kala Dandekar Tina Desai

Riley Blue Tuppence Middleton

Wolfgang Bogdanow Max Riemelt

Lito Rodriguez Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Will Gorski Brian J. Smith

Jonas Maliki Naveen Andrews

Amanita Freema Agyeman

Angelica "Angel" Turing Daryl Hannah

Seven Days – 1998-2001

A branch of the NSA use technology from Roswell to time-travel back 7 days (and only 7 days is possible) to avert threats to National Security.

Francis "Frank" Bartholomew Parker Jonathan LaPaglia

Dr. Olga Vukavitch Justina Vail

U.S. Navy Captain Craig Donovan Don Franklin

Dr. Bradley Talmadge Alan Scarfe

NSA Agent Nathan Ramsey Nick Searcy

Dr. Isaac Mentnor Norman Lloyd

Dr. John Ballard Sam Whipple

Andrew "Hooter" Owsley Kevin Christy

Six Million Dollar Man, The – 1973-1978 (106 episodes)

The series was based on the Martin Caidin novel “Cyborg”.

After NASA astronaut Steve Austin is severely injured in the crash of an experimental lifting body aircraft, he is "rebuilt" in an operation that costs six million dollars. He uses his enhanced abilities to work for the OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) as a secret agent.

His right arm, both legs and the left eye are replaced with "bionic" implants that give him these enhancements:

· He can run at speeds of 60 mph (97 km/h)

· His eye has a 20:1 zoom lens and infrared capabilities

· His bionic limbs all have the equivalent power of a bulldozer

Opening narration: "Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster."

Steve Austin Lee Majors

Oscar Goldman Richard Anderson

Dr. Rudy Wells Alan Oppenheimer (Seasons 1 & 2)

Dr. Rudy Wells Martin E. Brooks (Seasons 3-5)

Jaime Sommers Lindsay Wagner

Sleepy Hollow – 2013-

The series is very loosely based on the Washington Irving stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle".

In 1781 Ichabod Crane kills The Headless Horseman (Death, one of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse) but dies whilst doing so and is buried at the same time. In the present, the Horseman is summoned back and this also revives Crane.

Crane teams up with cop Abbie Mills to combat The Horseman’s renewed killing spree and discovers that they are the “two witnesses” who can protect the world from the forces of Hell.

Ichabod Crane Tom Mison

Grace Abigail "Abbie" Mills Nicole Beharie

Frank Irving Orlando Jones

Katrina Crane Katia Winter

Jennifer "Jenny" Mills Lyndie Greenwood

Henry Parrish/Jeremy Crane/The Horseman of War John Noble

Betsy Ross Nikki Reed

Pandora Shannyn Sossamon

Joe Corbin Zach Appelman

Daniel Reynolds Lance Gross

Sophie Foster Jessica Camacho

Sliders – 1995-1999

A group of travelers use a wormhole to "slide" between different versions of Earth in parallel universes.

Quinn Mallory Jerry O'Connell

Wade Welles Sabrina Lloyd

Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown Cleavant Derricks

Professor Maximilian Arturo John Rhys-Davies

Capt. Maggie Beckett Kari Wuhrer

Smallville – 2001-2011 (218 episodes)

The series follows the teenage Clark Kent’s years in Smallville right through to his emergence as Superman.

Annette O’Toole played Lana Lang in the 1978 Superman film.

Clark Kent Tom Welling

Lana Lang Kristin Kreuk

Lex Luthor Michael Rosenbaum

Chloe Sullivan Allison Mack

Pete Ross Sam Jones III

Martha Kent Annette O'Toole

Jonathan Kent John Schneider

Lionel Luthor John Glover

Lois Lane Erica Durance

Jimmy Olsen Aaron Ashmore

Kara (Supergirl) Laura Vandervoort

Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) Justin Hartley

Davis Bloome (Doomsday) Samuel Witwer

Tess Mercer Cassidy Freeman

Zod Callum Blue

Space – 1985

A fictionalised history of the US space program based on a novel of the same name by James A. Michener.

Senator Norman Grant James Garner

Astronaut Randy Claggett Beau Bridges

Penny Hardesty Pope Blair Brown

Dr. Stanley Mott Bruce Dern

Astronaut John Pope Harry Hamlin

Dieter Kolff Michael York

Liesel Kolff Barbara Sukowa

Space Island One – 1998

A multinational crew mans the space station “Unity”.

Commander Kathryn MacTiernan Judy Loe

Lieutenant Commander Walter B. Shannon Angus MacInnes

Dusan Kashkavian Bruno Eyron

Paula Hernandez Indra Ové

Space Precinct – 1994-1995

The series was set in 2040 and was created by Gerry Anderson. It was a mix of science fiction and police procedural where former NYPD detective Patrick Brogan, now a lieutenant with the Demeter City police force on the planet Altor in the Epsilon Eridani system.

Lieutenant Patrick Brogan Ted Shackelford

Officer Jane Castle Simone Bendix

Officer Lionel Carson Joseph Mydell

Captain Rexton Podly Jerome Willis

Officer Silas Romek Lou Hirsch

Sergeant Thorald Fredo David Quilter

Space: 1999 – ITV 1975-1977 (48 episodes)

Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

On 13 September 1999, a massive explosion in a nuclear waste dump sends the Moon out into space, taking the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha with it.

Doctor Helena Russell Barbara Bain

Commander John Koenig Martin Landau

Alan Carter Nick Tate

Sandra Benes Zienia Merton

Doctor Bob Mathias Anton Phillips

Victor Bergman Barry Morse Professor

Maya Catherine Schell

Paul Morrow Prentis Hancock

David Kano Clifton Jones

Tony Verdeschi Tony Anholt

Space: Above and Beyond – 1995-1996

Set in 2063, members of the US Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron (“Wildcards”) are stationed on the space carrier USS Saratoga and pilot SA-43 Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet ("Hammerhead") fighters.

Shane Vansen Kristen Cloke

Nathan West Morgan Weisser

Cooper Hawkes Rodney Rowland

Paul Wang Joel de la Fuente

Vanessa Damphousse Lanei Chapman

Tyrus Cassius "T. C." McQueen James Morrison

Star Cops – BBC 1987

Set in 2027, the International Space Police Force, the “Star Cops", provide law enforcement for the newly developing colonies of the Solar System.

Nathan Spring David Calder

David Theroux Erick Ray Evans

Colin Devis Trevor Cooper

Pal Kenzy Linda Newton

Anna Shoun Sayo Inaba

Alexander Krivenko Jonathan Adams

Star Maidens – ITV 1976

The planet Medusa, ruled by women, is knocked out of its orbit and eventually enters the Solar System where its inhabitants find Earth, which is disappointingly mostly ruled by men.

Supreme Councillor Fulvia Judy Geeson

Dr Liz Becker Lisa Harrow

Adam Pierre Brice

Shem Gareth Thomas

Dr Rudi Schmidt Christian Quadflieg

Supreme Councillor Octavia Christiane Krüger

Professor Evans Derek Farr

Clara Dawn Addams

Stargate

The Stargate television franchise developed from the 1994 film Stargate which starred Kurt Russell (as Colonel Jack O’Neil) and James Spader (as Daniel Jackson).

An apparently ancient Egyptian artefact – a large ring made of an unknown metal with strange symbols around the outside – is discovered near Giza in 1928. It is shipped to the USA for experimentation. In the 1990s controversial Egyptologist and linguist Jackson finally identifies the symbols as star constellations and the Stargate is activated by locking certain symbols in place – producing a wormhole through which a military squad led by O’Neil and accompanied by Jackson travel to another planet (Abidos) and discover a civilisation of humans resembling ancient Egyptians.

Jackson establishes that the inhabitants were transported from Earth by means of the Stargate before a rebellion on Earth led to its artefact being buried. The squad is eventually captured by an alien masquerading as the Egyptian god Ra but the inhabitants rebel and force Ra to leave in his pyramid shaped spaceship. O’Neil explodes a nuclear weapon on Ra’s ship. Having fallen for a local girl, Jackson stays on the planet, promising to bury the gate, and the rest return to Earth.

Stargate-SG1 – 1997-2007 (145 episodes)

The television series picks up a year after the film. The Stargate Program has been mothballed but is then attacked through the gate by a Goa'uld System Lord (the name now given to the aliens such as Ra from the film). He is later revealed as being called Apophis – the Goa’uld are parasitic aliens which use a symbiot to take control of human hosts. They have an army of soldiers known as Jaffa (hereditary slaves and human incubators to the Goa'uld symbiot, which also gives them excellent healing properties).

O’Neill (now spelled with two “l”s) return to Abidos with a team including Dr Samantha Carter (an astrophysicist and air force captain). The team is captured by Apophis but helped to escape by Teal’c Apophis’ First Prime (chief amongst the Jaffa).

On return to Earth SG-1 is formed of O’Neill, Carter, Jackson and Teal’c and the series then follow them through various adventures, mainly visiting worlds which have at some point been populated by the Goa’uld using humans taken from Earth – so for example they encounter Vikings and Mongols. They also encounter aliens other than the Goa’uld such as The Asgard, which as the name suggests are the equivalent of the Norse gods (the Goa’uld System Lords in the main have the names of ancient Egyptian gods). The aliens who built the Stargate network are known as The Ancients.

A constant enemy to both humans and The Asgard are the Replicators - machines which replicate themselves by consuming both alloys and technologies of the most nearby most advanced civilization and constructing themselves and their progeny accordingly. Eventually human-form replicators physically indistinguishable from humans are developed.

For seasons 1-8 the main enemy are the Goa’uld but for seasons 9 and 10 the focus switches to a new foe The Ori – a race bent on increasing its power by an evangelical crusade with monk like Priors spreading The Word of Origin taken from the holy book called The Book of Origin. In general if you do not accept the Word of Origin you are either enslaved or annihilated as non-believers. The story incorporates elements of Arthurian mythology as the new SG-1 team of Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran appear to be helped by figures such as Merlin.

The stories of the battle against the Goa’uld and the Ori were concluded with the TV films Stargate: Continuum and Stargate: The Ark of Truth.

Jack O'Neill Richard Dean Anderson

Daniel Jackson Michael Shanks

Samantha Carter Amanda Tapping

Teal'c Christopher Judge

George Hammond Don S. Davis

Janet Fraiser Teryl Rothery

Jonas Quinn Corin Nemec

Cameron Mitchell Ben Browder

Hank Landry Beau Bridges

Vala Mal Doran Claudia Black

Stargate Atlantis – 2004-2009 (100 episodes)

A spin-off from Stargate SG-1 in which an Antarctic outpost created by The Ancients (episodes 7.21/22 and 8.1/2). The pilot episode of Stargate Atlantis sees Stargate Command send a team to investigate the outpost, where Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers the location of Atlantis, which is on the planet Lantea in the Pegasus Galaxy.

The Ancients lost a war against The Wraith (a vampire-like telepathic race who feed on the "life-force" of humans) and were forced to abandon and submerge the city.

When the Stargate expedition arrives at Atlantis they are initially unable to re-connect with Earth. They make an alliance with the Athosians but are threatened by the Wraith. Another enemy are the Asurans, self-replicating nanobots in human form (first seen in Stargate SG-1 – see above) who eventually force the firing of the city’s stardrive, which sends it out into space.

Atlantis lands on a new planet and the conflict between the Asurans, the Wraith and the humans in the Pegasus Galaxy continues but with the knowledge that the ultimate goal of the Wraith is to find Earth in order to cull its food supply – humanity.

John Sheppard Joe Flanigan

Elizabeth Weir Torri Higginson

Teyla Emmagan Rachel Luttrell

Aiden Ford Rainbow Sun Francks

Rodney McKay David Hewlett

Ronon Dex Jason Momoa

Carson Beckett Paul McGillion

Samantha Carter Amanda Tapping

Jennifer Keller Jewel Staite

Richard Woolsey Robert Picardo

Michael Kenmore Connor Trinneer

Stargate Universe – 2009-2011 (40 episodes)

A further spin-off from Stargate-SG1. A Stargate is found (at Stargate Command’s Icarus Base) which is so powerful that it could allow the dialling of a 9-chevron code, thus allowing access to remote locations outside the galaxy far remote from their galaxy.

When the planet comes under attack and approaches a destruction which could also threaten Earth, the team dial a 9-chevron code and escape through the Stargate. They find themselves aboard The Destiny, an old abandoned spacecraft made by the Ancients.

After contacting Earth via a set of Ancient communication stones the crew of 80 are told to continue the Stargate mission of exploring that galaxy, while searching for a way to return home.

Nicholas Rush Robert Carlyle

Everett Young Louis Ferreira

Matthew Scott Brian J. Smith

Chloe Armstrong Elyse Levesque

Eli Wallace David Blue

Tamara Johansen Alaina Huffman

Ronald Greer Jamil Walker Smith

Camile Wray Ming-Na Wen

Star Trek

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Star Trek: The Original Series – 1966-1969 (79 episodes)

Original possible title: “Wagon Train to the Stars”

Set in the 2260s.

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (apparently "NCC" is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract") is a Starship for the United Federation of Planets.

Major foes include: the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire.

Intro: “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

The theme tune was written by Alexander Courage.

Art director Matt Jefferies designed the Starship Enterprise and most of its interiors. The “Jefferies tube", an equipment shaft depicted in various Star Trek series, was named in his honour.

The un-broadcast Pilot episode “The Cage” was later incorporated into the two-part episode “The Menagerie”. It featured Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and Majel Barrett (Roddenberry’s wife) as Number One.

A new pilot, “Where No Man has Gone Before”, was commissioned and broadcast as the third episode in the first season.

First television inter-racial kiss (not confirmed): between Kirk and Uhura in the 1968 episode "Plato's Stepchildren”.

“The City on the Edge of Forever” featured Joan Collins as Edith Keeler.

"Whom Gods Destroy" was withdrawn by the BBC because of 'sadistic plot elements' during the initial run in 1971 and was not shown until a repeat run in January 1994.

The 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was a sequel to the episode "Space Seed".

In “The Omega Glory” the Yangs are waging a war with the Kohms.

In “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” the half black/half white Bele (Frank Gorshin) fights the half white/half black Lokai (Lou Antonio).

Harcourt “Harry” Fenton Mudd (played by Roger C. Carmel) - a confidence trickster and the only non-crew character to be featured in more than one episode of the original series.

Tribbles - first appeared in the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". Small, furry, soft, gentle, attractive and slow-moving but reproduce incredibly fast and consume exponentially larger and larger amounts of food as they multiply. They are considered dangerous organisms and their transportation is forbidden by Starfleet. The Klingons consider them "mortal enemies". They also appear in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations".

In several episodes unnamed crew members were killed or injured shortly after being introduced. This led to the term "redshirt" (the usual garb of a security officer) to denote a stock character whose sole purpose is to die violently to show the dangerous circumstances facing the main characters.

Captain James T. Kirk William Shatner

Commander Spock (science officer) Leonard Nimoy

Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (medical officer) DeForest Kelley

Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (chief engineer) James Doohan

Nyota Uhura (communications officer) Nichelle Nichols

Hikaru Sulu (helm) George Takei

Pavel Chekov Walter Koenig

Nurse Christine Chapel Majel Barrett

Ship's computer (voice) Majel Barrett

Yeoman Janice Rand Grace Lee Whitney

Khan Noonien Singh Ricardo Montalbán

Sarek (Spock’s father) Mark Lenard

Amanda Grayson (Spock’s mother) Jane Wyatt

T'Pau Celia Lovsky

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) – 1987-1994 (176 episodes)

New (gender neutral) intro: “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.”

Theme music: combined the fanfare from the original series with the theme for Star Trek: the Motion Picture (1979) by Jerry Goldsmith.

Two-hour pilot: "Encounter at Farpoint"

Two-hour finale: "All Good Things..."

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (the fifth Federation vessel to bear the name and registry and the seventh Starship by that name).

The series is set about 70 years after the final mission of the original Enterprise crew under the command of James T. Kirk.

The Klingon Empire is now allied with the United Federation of Planets

Major foes include: the Romulans plus new species the Ferengi, the Cardassians and the Borg (“We are the Borg ..... Resistance is futile.") and Q, an omnipotent cosmic force who features in the first and last episodes.

Prime Directive: the guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets which prohibits Starfleet personnel from interfering with the internal development of alien civilizations.

Tasha Yar is killed by the creature Armus in "Skin of Evil".

Several episodes revolve around the adventures connected with the ship’s holodeck – a virtual reality facility – including pastiches of Sherlock Holmes (“Elementary, Dear Data") and Film Noir (“The Big Goodbye”).

The saucer of the Galaxy-class Enterprise can separate and re-dock, a feature used sometimes to leave its civilian population behind when the stardrive section goes into combat.

Lieutenant Commander Data is an artificial intelligence and synthetic life form designed and built by Doctor Noonien Soong. He has a positronic brain which allows him impressive computational capabilities. Originally unable to feel emotion or understand certain human idiosyncrasies an "emotion chip" was eventually added. Lore is Data’s “evil twin” and Data has a pet cat called Spot.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard Patrick Stewart

Commander William Riker (first officer) Jonathan Frakes

Geordi La Forge (chief engineer) LeVar Burton

Tasha Yar (security officer) Denise Crosby

Worf (security officer) Michael Dorn

Doctor Beverly Crusher (medical officer) Gates McFadden

Doctor Katherine Pulaski Diana Muldaur

Deanna Troi (ship's counsellor) Marina Sirtis

Lieutenant Commander Data Brent Spiner

Wesley Crusher Wil Wheaton

Lwaxana Troi Majel Barrett

Miles O'Brien (transporter chief) Colm Meaney

Keiko O'Brien Rosalind Chao

Q John de Lancie

Guinan (bar tender in Ten-Forward) Whoopi Goldberg

Reginald Barclay Dwight Schultz

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) – 1993-1999 (176 episodes)

Set in the years 2369–2375 on a space station formerly run by the Cardassians during their occupation of Bajor, a planet which the space station in initially orbits before it is moved near the mouth of a newly discovered Bajoran wormhole. This allows access to the distant, unexplored Gamma Quadrant. It becomes a centre for exploration, interstellar trade, political manoeuvring and open conflict.

Antagonists include the Maquis (a human resistance group), the Dominion (a ruthless empire in the Gamma Quadrant) and the Cardassians (not to be confused with the Kardashians).

The Romulans become Federation allies and the Ferengi are neutral.

First episode: "Emissary"

Last episode: "What You Leave Behind"

Benjamin Sisko (Commanding Officer) Avery Brooks

Kira Nerys (First Officer) Nana Visitor

Odo (Chief of Security) René Auberjonois

Julian Bashir (Chief Medical Officer) Alexander Siddig

Jadzia Dax (Chief Science Officer) Terry Farrell

Ezri Dax (Counselor) Nicole de Boer

Worf (Strategic Operations Officer) Michael Dorn

Miles O'Brien (Chief Operations Officer) Colm Meaney

Keiko O'Brien Rosalind Chao

Jake Sisko Cirroc Lofton

Quark (Bar Owner) Armin Shimerman

Lwaxana Troi Majel Barrett

Star Trek: Voyager – 1995-2001 (172 episodes)

Set during the 2370s and follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant while searching for a renegade Maquis ship. The result is that Voyager has to make the estimated 75-year journey home whilst crewed by a mixture of Starfleet personnel and Maquis rebels.

Pilot episode: "Caretaker"

Series finale: "Endgame”

The Doctor is an Emergency Medical Hologram.

Kathryn Janeway (Captain) Kate Mulgrew

Chakotay (First Officer) Robert Beltran

Tuvok (Second/Security/Tactical Officer) Tim Russ

Tom Paris (Helmsman/Medic) Robert Duncan McNeill

B'Elanna Torres (Chief Engineer) Roxann Dawson

Harry Kim (Operations Officer) Garrett Wang

The Doctor (Chief Medical Officer) Robert Picardo

Neelix (Cook) Ethan Phillips

Kes (Nurse) Jennifer Lien

Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) Jeri Ryan

Reginald Barclay Dwight Schultz

Star Trek: Enterprise (ST: ENT) – 2001-2005 (98 episodes)

A prequel to the Original Series.

The theme song, "Where My Heart Will Take Me", was written by Diane Warren and sung by Russell Watson (so non-instrumental!). It was originally written for the film Patch Adams, where it was sung by Rod Stewart and titled "Faith of the Heart".

Set aboard the Enterprise NX-01, Earth's first starship designed for long-range exploration of the galaxy and the first to be Warp 5-capable.

It covers the period from 2151 (115 years before the Original Series) and 2161 when the United Federation of Planets is founded.

First episode: “Broken Bow”

Final episode:"These Are the Voyages..."

The main antagonists are Klingons, Romulans, Suliban (some of whom are members of the Cabal, involved with the Temporal Cold War and taking orders from the future) and Xindi (a terrorist enemy bent on annihilating humanity).

Archer’s dog is a beagle named Porthos.

Captain Jonathan Archer Scott Bakula

T'Pol (Science Officer) Jolene Blalock

Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Chief Engineer) Connor Trinneer

Malcolm Reed (Tactical Officer) Dominic Keating

Hoshi Sato (communications officer) Linda Park

Travis Mayweather (helm) Anthony Montgomery

Dr. Phlox (Chief Medical Officer) John Billingsley

Stephen Spielberg’s Amazing Stories – 1985-1987 (45 episodes)

This was a fantasy, horror, and science fiction anthology series created by Steven Spielberg.

Stitchers – 2015-

A secret government agency "stitches" Kirsten Clark into the memories of the recently deceased in order to solve murders and other mysteries.

Kirsten Clark Emma Ishta

Cameron Goodkin Kyle Harris

Linus Ahluwalia Ritesh Rajan

Marguerite "Maggie" Baptiste Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Camille Engelson Allison Scagliotti

Detective Quincy Fisher Damon Dayoub

Stone Tape, The – BBC 1972

A one-off play written by Nigel Kneale. A team of scientists move into their new research facility, a renovated Victorian mansion that has a reputation for being haunted. Whilst investigating the phenomena they unleash a dark malevolent force.

Peter Brock Michael Bryant

Jill Greeley Jane Asher

Roy Collinson Iain Cuthbertson

Eddie Holmes Michael Bates

Strain, The – 2014-

Created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name.

A worm borne virus which transforms people into vampires ravages across New York.

Dr. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather Corey Stoll

Professor Abraham Setrakian David Bradley

Dr. Nora Martinez Mía Maestro

Vasiliy Fet Kevin Durand

Eldritch Palmer Jonathan Hyde

Thomas Eichhorst Richard Sammel

Jim Kent Sean Astin

Gabriel Bolivar/The Master Jack Kesy

Kelly Goodweather Natalie Brown

Augustin "Gus" Elizalde Miguel Gomez

Dutch Velders Ruta Gedmintas

Mr. Quinlan Rupert Penry-Jones

Strange – BBC 2003

A former priest hunts down demons.

John Strange Richard Coyle

Toby Andrew-Lee Potts

Kevin Timmy Lang

Jude Samantha Janus

Joey William Tomlin

Canon Black Ian Richardson

(The Adventures of) Superboy – 1988-1992

A version of Superman’s early life which involved numerous cast and location changes during its run. (It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy in Season 4). Originally set at Shuster University (a nod to Superman co-creator Jerry Shuster) it moved on to Clark and Lana being interns at a government agency - The Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters. In addition to Lex Luthor (originally Clark’s classmate at Uni) the show gradually introduced some of the well-known villains such as Mister Mxyzptlk (Michael J. Pollard) and Metallo.

Noel Neill and Jack Larson (who portrayed Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman (see below) made guest appearances.

Clark Kent/Superboy (Season 1) John Haymes Newton

Clark Kent/Superboy (Season 2-4) Gerard Christopher

Lana Lang Stacy Haiduk

Jonathan Kent Stuart Whitman

Martha Kent Salome Jens

Lex Luthor (Season 1) Scott James Wells

Lex Luthor (Season 2-4) Sherman Howard

Professor Peterson George Chakiris

Supergirl – 2015-

Superman’s biological cousin, Kara Zor-El was sent to Earth as a 13-year-old to protect the infant Kal-El but her spacecraft was diverted into the Phantom Zone by a shock wave from Krypton's explosion. She eventually landed on Earth still aged 13 despite 24 years having passed since she was launched into space. She is adopted by Superman’s friends, the Danvers, who already have a daughter, Alex.

The series begins with Kara working as a PA for media mogul Cat Grant and having to reveal her powers (as Supergirl) when her sister’s life is threatened in a plane crash. Kara then begins to help her adoptive sister, Alex, as part of the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO).

The series is set in National City.

Dean Cain (Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (see above)) plays Kara’s late adoptive father Jeremiah Danvers and Helen Slater (who played Supergirl in the 1984 film of that name and Lara-El in Smallville (see above)) plays her adoptive mother Eliza Danvers.

Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl Melissa Benoist

James Olsen Mehcad Brooks

Alex Danvers Chyler Leigh

Winslow "Winn" Schott, Jr Jeremy Jordan

Hank Henshaw/J'onn J'onzz David Harewood

Cat Grant Calista Flockhart

Alura Zor-El and Astra In-Ze Laura Benanti

Eliza Danvers Helen Slater

Jeremiah Danvers Dean Cain

Maxwell Lord Peter Facinelli

(The Adventures of) Superman – 1952-1958

The first screen appearance of the Man of Steel.

Superman's usual enemies from the comic books such as Lex Luthor, The Prankster, Toyman, and Mister Mxyzptlk did not make an appearance in the series.

The series was cancelled following the deaths of both Reeves and John Hamilton.

Noel Neill had a cameo in the 1978 film Superman as Lois Lane's mother.

Phyllis Coates played Lois Lane's mother in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (see above).

Noel Neill played the multi-millionaire dying wife of Lex Luthor and Jack Larson was a bartender in the 2006 film Superman Returns.

Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El George Reeves

Lois Lane Phyllis Coates (Season 1)

Lois Lane Noel Neill (Season 2-6)

Jimmy Olsen Jack Larson

Perry White John Hamilton

Inspector Henderson Robert Shayne

Supernatural – 2005- (227 episodes)

The Winchester brothers hunt down evil supernatural creatures, mostly demons.

Sam Winchester Jared Padalecki

Dean Winchester Jensen Ackles

Survivors – BBC 1975-1977

A group of people survive an accidentally released plague ("The Death") – which kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.

Abby Grant Carolyn Seymour

Charles Vaughan Denis Lill

Greg Preston Ian McCulloch

Jenny Richards Lucy Fleming

Survivors – BBC 2008-2010

A group of people survive a viral pandemic ("European Flu") which kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.

Apparently this was not a remake of the above 1975 series of the same name but based on the novel based on the above television series (both written by Terry Nation).

Roger Lloyd-Pack was the only actor to appear in both the 1975 and 2008 series.

Abby Grant Julie Graham

Tom Price Max Beesley

Greg Preston Paterson Joseph

Dr. Anya Raczynski Zoe Tapper

Al Sadiq Phillip Rhys

Najid Hanif. Najid Chahak Patel

Sarah Boyer Robyn Addison

Taken – 2002

Aka Steven Spielberg Presents Taken.

Humans are abducted and implanted by aliens in an attempt to create a human/alien hybrid. The series focuses on 3 families (Clarkes, Crawfords and Keys) over 5 decades (1944-2002).

Allie Keys Dakota Fanning

Dr. Chet Wakeman Matt Frewer

Lisa Clarke Emily Bergl

Mary Crawford Heather Donahue

Colonel Owen Crawford Joel Gretsch

Charlie Keys Adam Kaufman

Tales from the Crypt – 1989-1996

A horror anthology series with most of the content taken from the 1950s comic book of the same name and similar publications.

Tales from the Darkside – 1984-1988

An anthology horror, science fiction and fantasy series created by George A. Romero.

Tales of the Unexpected – ITV 1979-1988

Aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, the series originally used various stories from Roald Dahl's anthology books but later series used other writers and the name was changed to Tales of the Unexpected – Introduced by Roald Dahl (although he stopped doing an intro in Season 3). In the US, John Houseman eventually replaced Dahl as the opening narrator.

TekWar – 1994-1996

Aka William Shatner’s TekWar.

Set in 2045, a disgraced (but framed) cop works to try and clear his name and battle the Tek Lords who deal in tek (an illicit narcotic-like substance).

Jake Cardigan Greg Evigan

Sid Gomez Eugene Clark

Centra Catherine Blythe

Beth Kittridge Torri Higginson

Nika Natalie Radford

Sam Houston Maria del Mar

Walter Bascom William Shatner

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – 2008-2009

A spin-off from the Terminator series of films which picks up the story following the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (but ignoring the events of the next films in the franchise).

Sarah Connor Lena Headey

John Connor Thomas Dekker

Cameron Summer Glau

James Ellison Richard T. Jones

Derek Reese Brian Austin Green

Riley Dawson Leven Rambin

Cromartie/John Henry Garret Dillahunt

Catherine Weaver Shirley Manson

Terra Nova – 2011

A temporal rift enables people from an overpopulated and dying Earth of 2149 to travel back to a Cretaceous like period of an alternate Earth and establish a colony.

James "Jim" Shannon Jason O'Mara

Dr. Elisabeth Shannon Shelley Conn

Josh Shannon Landon Liboiron

Maddy Shannon Naomi Scott

Zoë Shannon Alana Mansour

Mira Christine Adams

Skye Alexandria Tate Allison Miller

Dr. Malcolm Wallace Rod Hallett

Commander Nathaniel Taylor Stephen Lang

Time Tunnel, The – 1966-1967

Project Tic-Toc is set-up to construct a time machine but is threatened with closure unless it is tested. Tony Newman sends himself into time and project leader Doug Phillips follows shortly after to rescue him. The result is that they are both lost in time, switching between time periods with episodes covering both the past and the future including Tony and Doug become participants of notable past events like the sinking of the Titanic (episode 1), the attack on Pearl Harbor, the eruption of Krakatoa and Custer's Last Stand.

Intro: “Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel. Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new fantastic adventure, somewhere along the infinite corridors of time.”

Dr. Douglas Phillips Robert Colbert

Dr. Anthony Newman James Darren

Lt. General Heywood Kirk Whit Bissell

Dr. Raymond Swain John Zaremba

Dr. Ann MacGregor Lee Meriwether

Tin Man – 2007

A miniseries which took the Wizard of Oz story and added science fiction elements. A small-town waitress named DG is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z., ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia.

Glitch (=Scarecrow) Alan Cumming

DG (=Dorothy Gale) Zooey Deschanel

The Mystic Man (=the Wizard of Oz) Richard Dreyfuss

"Lavender Eyes" (=Glinda the Good Witch of the South) Anna Galvin

Tutor (=Toto, the dog) Blu Mankuma

Wyatt Cain (=Tin Man) Neal McDonough

Azkadellia (=Wicked Witch of the West) Kathleen Robertson

Raw (=the Cowardly Lion) Raoul Trujillo

Torchwood – BBC 2006-2011

A Doctor Who spin-off series (Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who). The Victorian Torchwood Institute, featured in the Doctor Who episode "Tooth and Claw".

Torchwood is a covert organisation based in Cardiff which investigates extraterrestrial incidents and acquires alien technology for its own use.

Series 3 was called Torchwood: Children of Earth and was a single storyline. Having been given 12 children as a tribute in 1965, aliens called the 4-5-6 arrive in the present demanding a greater share of the Earth's population.

Series 4 was called Torchwood: Miracle Day. Also a single plot-line – on Miracle Day, death ceases and Jack and Gwen seek to restore it.

Jack Harkness John Barrowman

Gwen Cooper Eve Myles

Ianto Jones (series 1–3) Gareth David-Lloyd

Owen Harper (series 1–2) Burn Gorman

Toshiko Sato (series 1–2) Naoko Mori

Rhys Williams Kai Owen

Rex Matheson (series 4) Mekhi Phifer

Esther Drummond (series 4) Alexa Havins

Oswald Danes Bill Pullman

Traveller in Time, A – BBC 1978

The series was based on the 1939 Allison Uttley novel of the same name.

When Penelope goes to live with her aunt she finds herself travelling back in time to witness the Babbington family trying to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots.

Penelope Sophie Thompson

Uncle Barnabus Gerald James

Aunt Tissie Elizabeth Bradley

Tabitha Sarah Benfield

Francis Babington Simon Gipps-Kent

Mistress Babington Mary Maude

Tru Calling – 2003-2005

Tru Davies is working in the city morgue when a woman’s corpse appears to wake up and ask for her help. She then discovers that she can relive the previous day and try to prevent the death from happening.

Tru Davies Eliza Dushku

Harrison Davies Shawn Reaves

Davis Zach Galifianakis

Lindsey Walker A.J. Cook

Luc Johnston Matt Bomer

Meredith Davies Jessica Collins

Gardez Benjamín Benítez

Jack Harper Jason Priestley

True Blood – 2008-2014

The series was based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris.

Set in Bon Temps, Louisiana, half faerie, telepathic, Sookie works as a waitress two years after a scientific discovery of a type of synthetic blood (“Tru Blood”) enables vampires to co-exist with humans.

Sookie Stackhouse Anna Paquin

Bill Compton Stephen Moyer

Sam Merlotte Sam Trammell

Jason Stackhouse Ryan Kwanten

Tara Thornton Rutina Wesley

Eric Northman Alexander Skarsgård

Lafayette Reynolds Nelsan Ellis

Arlene Fowler Bellefleur Carrie Preston

Andy Bellefleur Chris Bauer

Hoyt Fortenberry Jim Parrack

Twilight Zone, The – 1959-1964

This was a science fiction anthology series of unrelated stories depicting disturbing or unusual events with each story typically featuring a moral and a surprise ending.

Opening series narration: “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.”

UFO – ITV 1970-1971

Live action series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

In 1980 a secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO (Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation) is established to defend Earth and humanity against an alien invasion, of which the masses are unaware.

Cmdr. Ed Straker Ed Bishop

Nina Barry Dolores Mantez

Col. Paul Foster Michael Billington

SHADO Operative Ayshea Brough

Col. Alec Freeman George Sewell

Lt. Keith Ford Keith Alexander

Joan Harrington Antonia Ellis

Lt. Gay Ellis Gabrielle Drake

Col. Virginia Lake Wanda Ventham

Ultraviolet – Channel 4 1998

A secret paramilitary organisation supported by the British government and the Vatican is tasked with hunting down vampires.

Vampires are known as “Code Five” (Five =V=Vampire) or leeeches.

Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield Jack Davenport

Dr. Angela March Susannah Harker

Vaughan Rice Idris Elba

Father Pearse J. Harman Philip Quast

Kirsty Colette Brown

Frances Fiona Dolman

Under the Dome – 2013-2015

The small town of Chester's Mill is cut off from the outside world by a giant, transparent, seemingly indestructible dome.

Dale "Barbie" Barbara Mike Vogel

Julia Shumway Rachelle Lefevre

Linda Esquivel Natalie Martinez

Angie McAlister Britt Robertson

"Junior" Rennie Alexander Koch

Phil Bushey Nicholas Strong

Joe McAlister Colin Ford

Dodee Weaver Jolene Purdy

Carolyn Hill Aisha Hinds

"Big Jim" Rennie Dean Norris

Norrie Calvert-Hill Mackenzie Lintz

Sam Verdreaux Eddie Cahill

Undermind – ITV 1965

It is discovered that aliens are using high frequency signals to brainwash people - into committing subversive acts as a prelude to a full-scale invasion.

Drew Heriot Jeremy Wilkin

Ann Heriot Rosemary Nicols

Uninvited, The – 1997

The village of Sweet Hope falls into the sea and its 200 inhabitants are replaced by aliens.

Steve Blake Douglas Hodge

Chief Supt. Philip Gates Leslie Grantham

Melissa Gates Lia Williams

Joanna Ball Sylvestra Le Touzel

James Wilson David Allister

Urban Gothic – Channel 5 2000-2001

A series of seemingly unrelated stories set in London where an underlying storyline is eventually revealed.

Kali Cunningham Ania Sowinski

Rachel Winter Kelle Spry

Milton William Mannering

Severin Terrence Hardiman

V – 1983 miniseries, 1984 sequel (The Final Battle) and a 1985 TV series

The 1983 miniseries was followed by a sequel V (The Final Battle), from which the events of the 1985 series followed.

A genocidal alien race of reptilian humanoids disguised as human beings and known as the "Visitors" (hence “V” or alternatively “V” for Victory by the Resistance movement) try to take over Earth.

The story was underpinned with the aliens approach to conquering the Earth having a similarity to the workings of the Nazis.

Diana Jane Badler

Mike Donovan Marc Singer

Lydia June Chadwick

Pamela Sarah Douglas

John Richard Herd

Elizabeth Maxwell Jennifer Cooke

Willie Robert Englund

Dr. Julie Parrish Faye Grant

Kyle Bates Jeff Yagher

Ham Tyler Michael Ironside

Nathan Bates Lane Smith

Robin Maxwell Blair Tefkin

Robert Maxwell Michael Durrell

Elias Taylor Michael Wright

Father Andrew Doyle Thomas Hill

V – 2009-2011

A remake of the above 1983 miniseries.

Erica Evans Elizabeth Mitchell

Ryan Nichols Morris Chestnut

Father Jack Landry Joel Gretsch

Tyler Evans Logan Huffman

Valerie Stevens Lourdes Benedicto

Lisa Laura Vandervoort

Kyle Hobbes Charles Mesure

Anna Morena Baccarin

Chad Decker Scott Wolf

Vampire Diaries, The – 2009- (142 episodes)

A series based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith.

Set in Mystic Falls, Virginia, a small town haunted and surrounded by supernatural beings such as vampires, werewolves and witches. The series follows the life of Elena Gilbert, a teenage girl who falls for Stefan, a 162-year-old vampire.

Stefan Salvatore Paul Wesley

Damon Salvatore Ian Somerhalder

Bonnie Bennett Kat Graham

Caroline Forbes Candice King

Matt Donovan Zach Roerig

Tyler Lockwood Michael Trevino

Elena Gilbert Nina Dobrev

Jeremy Gilbert Steven R. McQueen

Vanishing Man, The – ITV 1998

When Nick Cameron is sent to prison he is subjected to experiments, and finds that after contact with water he becomes invisible.

Nick Cameron Neil Morrissey

Ms. Jeffries Jill Baker

Sara Helen Grace

Visitor, The – 1997-1998

Adam McArthur is abducted by extraterrestrials and returns to Earth 50 years later to help improve life for humanity.

Adam MacArthur John Corbett

Agent Douglas Wilcox Grand L. Bush

Agent Nicholas LaRue Leon Rippy

Agent Craig Van Patten John Storey

Colonel James Vise Steve Railsback

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – 1964-1968 (110 episodes)

A series based on the 1961 film of the same name.

The futuristic nuclear submarine S.S.R.N. Seaview is based at the Nelson Institute of Marine Research (NIMR) in Santa Barbara, California. Its mission is to explore the oceans whilst at the same time battle threats from foreign governments, sea monsters and aliens.

Admiral Harriman Nelson Richard Basehart

Commander Lee Crane David Hedison

Lieutenant Commander Chip Morton Bob Dowdell

Lieutenant Commander O'Brien Derrik Lewis

Chief "Curly" Jones Henry Kulky

Chief Petty Officer Francis Ethelbert Sharkey Terry Becker

Kowalski Del Monroe

Sparks Arch Whiting

Patterson Paul Trinka

Walking Dead, The – 2010-

After sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies - "walkers" and "biters" who spread an unknown pathogen by biting and eating everything in their path. He reunites with his family and becomes the leader of a group of other survivors.

Set in and around Atlanta and later in Virginia.

Rick Grimes Andrew Lincoln

Shane Walsh Jon Bernthal

Lori Grimes Sarah Wayne Callies

Andrea Laurie Holden

Dale Horvath Jeffrey DeMunn

Glenn Rhee Steven Yeun

Carl Grimes Chandler Riggs

Daryl Dixon Norman Reedus

Carol Peletier Melissa McBride

Merle Dixon Michael Rooker

Morgan Jones Lennie James

Maggie Greene Lauren Cohan

Michonne Danai Gurira

Warehouse 13 – 2009-2014

Secret Service agents Lattimer and Bering are transferred to work in Warehouse 13, a repository of supernatural artifacts in South Dakota. The first such Warehouse was established by Alexander the Great in 323BC and since then the Warehouse has repeatedly relocated to stand in the most powerful empire of the day, under the reasoning that it will be best defended there.

Each artifact has been imbued with something from its creator, user, or a major event in history but any use of an artifact can also have a downside – W. C. Fields' juggling balls induce drunkenness and blackouts.

Artie Nielsen Saul Rubinek

Pete Lattimer Eddie McClintock

Myka Bering Joanne Kelly

Claudia Donovan Allison Scagliotti

Steve Jinks Aaron Ashmore

Leena Genelle Williams

Mrs. Irene Frederick C. C. H. Pounder

James MacPherson Roger Rees

Helena G. Wells Jaime Murray

Jane Lattimer Kate Mulgrew

Dr. Vanessa Calder Lindsay Wagner

Wayward Pines – 2015-

Based on the Wayward Pines novels by Blake Crouch.

U.S. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke finds himself trapped and unable to leave the mysterious small town of Wayward Pines, Idaho whilst investigating the disappearance of two fellow agents. Any attempt to escape is punished by a public execution known as a "reckoning."

Ethan Burke Matt Dillon

Kate Hewson Carla Gugino

David Pilcher Toby Jones

Theresa Burke Shannyn Sossamon

Harold Ballinger Reed Diamond

Adam Hassler Tim Griffin

Ben Burke Charlie Tahan

Beverly Juliette Lewis

Pamela "Pam" Pilcher Melissa Leo

Sheriff Arnold Pope Terrence Howard

Wonder Woman – 1975-1979

Based on the DC Comics super-hero. An Amazon from Paradise Island in the Bermuda Triangle, she has bullet-deflecting bracelets and also receives a golden lasso which is unbreakable and forces people to obey and tell the truth when bound with it. She transforms her clothes magically into her uniform by spinning (although this effect was changed on occasion during the run).

The first series was set in the 1940s with Wonder Woman usually pitted against Nazis. The latter two series were set in the 1970s (Wonder Woman doesn’t age very quickly!). Her sidekick in the 1970s was the son of her 1940s colleague Steve Trevor (who was luckily virtually identical to his father).

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman Lynda Carter

Major Steve Trevor (and his son) Lyle Waggoner

X-Files, The – 1993-2001 (202 episodes) + 2016

“The Truth is Out There”.

Sceptic Scully is assigned to make scientific analyses in order to help fellow FBI special agent Mulder in investigating X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder’s unwavering belief in the paranormal springs from the abduction of his sister, Samantha, by extraterrestrials when he was 12. Initially Scully is a sceptic but eventually becomes a "reluctant believer" who manages to explain the paranormal with science.

A further 6 new episodes were broadcast in 2016.

Fox Mulder David Duchovny

Dana Scully Gillian Anderson

Walter Skinner Mitch Pileggi

John Doggett Robert Patrick

Monica Reyes Annabeth Gish

The Smoking Man William B. Davis

Alex Krycek Nicholas Lea

Xena: Warrior Princess – 1995-2001 (134 episodes)

A spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (see above), the series follows Xena on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by fighting for the greater good. She is accompanied by Gabrielle, a farm girl who eventually becomes Xena's comrade-in-arms.

Xena Lucy Lawless

Gabrielle Renee O'Connor

Joxer Ted Raimi

Ares Kevin Smith

Callisto Hudson Leick

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