Lunar Dreams: Early Science Fiction Television (pre-1969)
by peakfreak007 | created - 27 Feb 2017 | updated - 22 Dec 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Atom Squad (1953–1954)
15 min | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
The Atom Squad is a top-secret planetary defense organization faced with challenges from evildoers and malfunctioning machines alike.
Stars: Harrison Sheppard, Robert Courtleigh, Bob Hastings, Bram Nossen
Votes: 14
2. Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
"Guardian of the Safety of the World", private citizen-scientist Captain Video, assisted by his teenage helper The Ranger and an army of Video Rangers, preserves the peace in the far-off ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Hastings, Al Hodge, Hal Conklin, Ben Lackland
Votes: 135
3. Captain Z-Ro (1955–1956)
30 min | Sci-Fi
From his secret laboratory, Captain Z-Ro and his associates use their time machine, the ZX-99, to learn from the past and plan for the future.
Stars: Roy Steffens, Bruce Haynes, Jack Cahill, Richard Glyer
Votes: 66
4. Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)
26 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones, Vena Ray, and 10 year-old Bobby defend the Earth and themselves against space-bound evil doers.
Stars: Richard Crane, Sally Mansfield, Scotty Beckett, Robert Lyden
Votes: 237
5. Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954)
30 min | Family, Sci-Fi
On 22nd-Century Earth, the Rocket Rangers are a celestial defense organization, battling interplanetary evil from their headquarters on Omega Base.
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jack Weston, Bruce Hall, John Boruff
Votes: 29
6. Space Command (1953–1954)
30 min | Sci-Fi
Space Command was a Canadian children's science fiction television adventure series, broadcast on CBC Television from 13 March 1953 till 29 May 1954, the first time the network aired its own dramatic series.
Stars: Robert Barclay, James Doohan, Austin Willis, Harry Geldard
Votes: 45
7. Space Patrol (1950–1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Commander Corey and youthful Cadet Happy roam the 30th-century universe in their ship "Terra" fighting super-villains Mr. Proteus, Prince Baccarratti, and other bad guys. The captured bad ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Nina Bara, Ken Mayer
Votes: 162
8. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950–1955)
15 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.
Stars: Frankie Thomas, Al Markim, Jan Merlin, Jack Grimes
Votes: 113
9. The Space Explorers (1958 TV Short)
TV-Y7-FV | Short, Animation
The film is set on the spaceship Polaris II, which is heading towards planet Mars on a rescue mission. Professor Leon Nordheim and his female assistant Smitty (full name unknown) are hoping... See full summary »
Director: Fred Ladd | Stars: Kerry Mark Joels, Ray Owens, Sonia Owens
Votes: 11
10. Buck Rogers (1950–1951)
30 min | Sci-Fi
A twentieth century football player is swept to the twenty-fifth century and joins the battle against the local despot.
Stars: Harry Kingston, Robert Pastene, Lucy Prentis, Harry Sothern
Votes: 72
11. Flash Gordon (1954–1955)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Space hero Flash Gordon and his crew of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation patrol space, battling space monsters, power-mad alien dictators and other threats to the stability of the universe.
Stars: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, Joseph Nash, Henry Beckman
Votes: 296
12. Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953)
TV-G | 25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Cameron Prud'Homme, Edgar Stehli, Theo Goetz
Votes: 457
13. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
Stars: Truman Bradley, Michael Fox, Marshall Thompson, Peter Hansen
Votes: 444
14. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,253
15. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
Stars: Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, William Douglas, Robert Culp
Votes: 9,315
16. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.
Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 8,879
17. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 93,013
18. The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Follows the first manned space flight from Australia. In its return to Earth, from the crew of 3, only Victor Carroon, is still aboard. Examinations reveal that something attacked the crew as they were on course back to Earth.
Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 440
19. Stranger from Space (1951–1953)
10 min | Sci-Fi
Adventures of a human boy befriended by a Martian boy who crashlands on Earth.
Stars: John Gabriel, Richard Pearson, Valentine Dyall, Peter Hawkins
20. Target Luna (1960)
30 min | Family, Drama, Sci-Fi
Geoffrey Wedgwood secretly replaces an astronaut and Professor Wedgwood launches Geoffrey into space.
Stars: David Markham, John Cairney, Frank Finlay, Michael Craze
Votes: 14
21. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 176
22. Fireball XL5 (1962–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The interplanetary adventures of the crew of the World Space Patrol (W.S.P.) spacecraft Fireball XL5, patrolling Sector 25 of the galaxy in the year 2062.
Stars: David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Paul Maxwell, John Bluthal
Votes: 706
23. The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Whit Bissell, John Zaremba
Votes: 4,238
24. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...
Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Del Monroe
Votes: 4,209
25. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,439
26. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Duck Dodgers and Marvin Martian wage war over Planet X.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 6,440
27. A for Andromeda (1961)
45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In 1970, a team of scientists decrypts a mysterious signal from space with instructions to create a supercomputer. This in turn contains instructions to create a living organism.
Stars: Esmond Knight, Patricia Kneale, Peter Halliday, Noel Johnson
Votes: 142
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