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More things like Star Trek? (lemmy.world)
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Over the last few years my family and I have binged all of Star Trek, then moved on to Star Trek adjacent shows like The Orville and Stargate. At the moment we're not really watching anything sci-fi. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for similar shows (or maybe some books) that fill the void left by Star Trek. In particular I really like the episodes that deal with interacting with other civilizations, diplomacy, and exploration more-so than say, an anomaly episode.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

@darthelmet

Blake's 7: 70s BBC, cheesy FX, some great acting and a largely unprincipled crew which is fun.

Space 1999: if you had enjoyed TOS more you would love this: outlandish 70s episodic antiphysics

Vagrant Queen: space opera SyFy show that's pretty funny. Some blood, one season

Andromeda: Season 1 is okay

Babylon 5 is the show you're looking for :)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Blake’s 7: 70s BBC, cheesy FX, some great acting and a largely unprincipled crew which is fun.

    And one of the greatest villains ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Andromeda really picks up in season 2. Not a amazing, but it's very good.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    @CerealKiller01 it does, but then it puts it back down before the season is done. I think Trance's tail left with most of the show's charm and remaining seasons had to consume Tyr's armspines for energy; by the time the armspines were depleted it was a pure scorn-watch for me. I finished it of course :)

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