Doctor Who

Doctor Who (1963-1996) is a British science-fiction drama about a man who travels through time-and-space in a machine. It's included here because it has been shown on America's Public Broadcasting Service network.

Doctor Who looks human, but he's a space-alien. He is usually accompanied by a young companion, who really is human. Various actors have played Doctor Who, and they represent different aspects of him, and so in some episodes the actors appear together, each as Doctor Who.

The TARDIS, a "timeship" which was bigger on the inside than out, isguised as an everyday object. Originally, the TARDIS was to change its appearance to suit its surroundings but this was deemed to be too expensive to pull off. The production team got around this by making the TARDIS chameleon circuit faulty, sticking the ship in its police-box form. In time, the BBC came to buy the rights to the design of the Police Telephone-Box from the Metropolitan Police Force.

The Fifth Doctor
(1981-1984)

The Sixth Doctor
(1984-1986)

The Seventh Doctor
(1987-1996)

The Eighth Doctor
(1996)

The Twilight Zone

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone.

Lost in space

The Reluctant Stowaway
Air Date: 9/15/65
Teleplay: S. Bar David
Story: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Tony Leader
Guest Cast: Don Forbes, Hal Torey, Byron Morrow, Hoke Howell, Brett Parker, Fred Crane, Tom Allen

In the year 1997, the Robinson family takes off in the Jupiter 2, America's first colonization mission to Alpha Centauri. However, a spy for a foreign country, Dr. Zachary Smith, sneaks on board and sabotages the mission by reprogramming the ship's robot to destroy the Jupiter 2 after launch. But Smith becomes trapped on board, and the Robinsons save the ship, but not before it's guidance system is damaged, and the Jupiter 2 becomes lost in space. [Note: Originally, the Robot was a villain, and not the good guy it would later become. Also, Dr. Smith was more ruthless.]

Prof. John Robinson Guy Williams
Maureen Robinson June Lockhart
Maj. Don West Mark Goddard
Judy Robinson Marta Kristen
Will Robinson Billy Mumy
Penny Robinson Angela Cartwright
Dr. Zachary Smith Jonathan Harris
Robot Bob May (voice of Dick Tufeld)

  Identify yourself please
  Silence you mental midget
  Spare me

(1966-1969) is a drama about the voyages of the starship Enterprise in the 23^rd century. Captain Kirk (William Shatner), his alien First Officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and the Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley) explore strange new worlds and meet humanoid-aliens whose languages are instantly translated into English by the Universal Translator.