The Enterprise landed in Las Vegas on this day in 1998. Find out what a trip to "Star Trek: The Experience" was like and what Paramount's other plans were for the themed attraction.
On this day in 1972, the Nixon administration approved America's next generation space vehicle, the Space Transportation System, popularly known as the space shuttle. Find out how it influenced years of science fiction that followed.
If you feel like your smartphone has a mind of its own, it could be a bug. It could also be a signal that will plunge us into a post-technology apocalypse. That was the premise of "The Changes" that premiered on this day in 1975.
Living in a surveillance-state world may sound like a bad idea, but at least everyone gets a smart uniform and some privacy. Dieter Laser (Lexx) stars as "D-503" and could be the one who snaps his world out of oppression. Or not.
Holy anniversary. Today was the day Batman made the jump from comic book and serial to an iconic TV series starring Adam West. The 1966 version of the caped crusader still resonates today with Bat-fans everywhere.
In a year full of underwater horror movies, one of them had to be first. Find out how DeepStar Six won the race, if not the box office or critical approval.
Sure, the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards boasted an all-star lineup. You may remember the show for a different reason though - the show-stopping rendition of Elton John's "Rocket Man" as performed by William Shatner.
The highly-anticipated premiere of The Martian Chronicles miniseries was nearly torpedoed by the author, Ray Bradbury. Find out how NBC saved face and how audiences received the star-studded tale when it aired January 15, 1980.
Who can forget where they were that fateful day when the monster started wreaking havoc on Earth? January 18th will be remembered for the horror unleashed - and caught on film.
If you had been looking for a science-fiction satire set on a futuristic cruise ship to the stars, HBO answered your dreams on January 19, 2020. Find out how the production avoided disaster while lampooning disaster.
Who's your doctor? If you were one of the millions of Doctor Who fans in the 1970s and '80s, there's a good chance it was Tom Baker, the 4th actor to inhabit the role. Learn all about Tom Baker, born on this day in 1934.
Star Trek's cancellation in 1969 was just the beginning. The growing fan community was ready to give it new life, and a few years later the first major convention took place. Find out what happened that weekend starting January 21, 1972.
Back in 1997, a TV movie was trying to warn us about the dangers of a deadly infection as well as ordering seafood on an airplane. Throw in a Lindsay Wagner and Tom Wopat and you've got Contagious - premiering January 22, 1997.
The keys to the Star Wars kingdom were handed over to producer/director JJ Abrams on January 25, 2013. Like a Womprat in the cross hairs of a T-16, Abrams was the target of speculation and scrutiny by fans all over the world.
In the future, a contestant on a game-show where the other players are trying to kill him. If that sounds like "The Running Man," it does, but "Le Prix Du Danger" predated that film by four years, and was released on this day in 1983.
The demands of passionate Battlestar Galactica fans were answered when ABC launched a sequel to the epic space adventure. Would the Earth-bound Galactica 1980 fire on all Thrusters when it launched on January 27?
An iconic sound made its soundtrack debut in The Bionic Woman episode "The Martians are Coming" on this day in 1978. Find out what a "blaster beam" is and how it became an indelible part of sci-fi history.
Held back from its initial release in 1963, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, made its debut on this day in 1964. Find out how Stanley Kubrick took the threat of nuclear annihilation and made it funny.
George Pal. Born on February 1, 1908, George's legacy would go beyond the animated "Puppetoons" that made him famous and cement his influence on science fiction and fantasy films for generations.
Star Trek may have been canceled in 1969, but the story was far from over. Within a year, audiences and TV stations had discovered that the adventures of the Starship Enterprise were a ratings phenomenon.
If you take every fantastical tale like the Loch Ness monster, Atlantis, Bigfoot, and UFOs, push them through the Bermuda Triangle and introduce time travel, you may end up with a show like The Fantastic Journey.
David Cronenberg's Videodrome premiered on February 4, 1983, cementing the director's signature body-horror style. Which person on the crew had ideas that were a little too creepy even for Cronenberg? Find out in today's Sci-Fi 5.
Before the Captain America we know and love, there was also the Captain America of the Republic serial films - the first Marvel superhero to jump to film. Get ready for shield-less, gun-toting Cap who premiered on February 5, 1944
Jules Verne, born February 8, 1828. Before the phrase "science fiction" had even been invented, Verne was speculating about a future of moon voyages, electric submarines and a news report that that was spoken rather than printed.
When a couple of Doctor Who writers struck out on their own to create an original TV science-fiction series, they delivered "Doomwatch" which premiered on February 9, 1970.
Where atomic testing occurs, giant mutant monsters can't be far behind. That's the setup for Roger Corman's "Attack of the Crab Monsters" that premiered on February 10, 1957. Ever meet a man-eating crab that speaks with a French accent?
The first ever science-fiction TV broadcast occurred on February 11, 1938. The BBC aired a 35-minute adaptation of Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." which also happened to be the first place the word "robot" was ever used.
During a surge of popular 1980s movies being remade in the 2010s, Robocop seemed a sure bet. Without the violence or biting satire of the original, would audiences respond? Today we're looking back at Robocop released on February 12, 2014.
Not doing anything for the next three million years? Then grab a curry and join the crew of the Red Dwarf. The series about the last human alive and his companions premiered on February 15, 1988 and merged sci-fi with comedy.
Find out how having the perfect shoe size led to Jeremy Bulloch inhabiting one of the most iconic roles in the Star Wars universe. Then hear the tragic story of what happened to a signed, mint-condition Boba Fett action figure.
Who can forget the adventures of Bill and Ted in their time van with faithful companion dog Rufus? All of us - because that's not the movie we got. In 1989, we get Bill and Ted's Excellent adventured which premiered on February 17th.
Planet or Planetoid? Does it even matter? Either way, that far-off body in our solar system has inspired the creators of science fiction stories from the date it was first spotted - February 18, 1930.
That thing in the sky was just some swamp gas - or was it? Dragnet's Jack Webb dug into the government's files for sightings of unidentified flying objects to bring "Project U.F.O." to TV audiences on February 19, 1978.
J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5 premiered on February 22, 1993. This is the show that paved the way for science-fiction on TV the flex serialized storytelling is the focus of today's Sci-Fi 5.
If your science fiction could use more singing cowboys and robot hats, The Phantom Menace has got you covered. Find out why this serial delighted audiences with its tales of a lost, scientifically-advanced civilization and Gene Autry.
The Empire Strikes Back video-game made its debut on the Atari 2600 system on February 24, 1982. Many players were thrilled play in the Star Wars universe, even while Harlan Ellison called.
H.P. Lovecraft wrote the story in 1927 of this fearsome foe from space: the color magenta. If that premise isn't oddly intriguing enough, the movie version had the sense to put Nicolas Cage in the lead role. Premiered on February 25, 2019.
Alien from L.A. may have had a lot working against it when it premiered on February 26, 1988 - an inexperienced director and a laughable script. It found a new audience through MST3K, though, and it even has a sequel.
Science fiction arrived at one of the great institutions of science fact on March 1, 1974. The 11-foot original filming model of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek was donated by Paramount to go on display at the Air and Space Museum.
Special guest host Gates McFadden tells the story of the launch of Pioneer 10, the fastest vehicle built by humans at the time and the first to pass through the asteroid belt to get a close glimpse of Jupiter. What became of Pioneer 10?
Charlotte, North Carolina is a long way from Hollywood, but in 1956 MGM decided to premiere a new sci-fi film there at the Southeastern Science Fiction Convention on March 3, 1956. That movie was Forbidden Planet.
The problem for NBC was how to put a science-fiction show on the air without setting it in space. The solution was to set it underwater and thus "Man From Atlantis" was created and premiered on March 4, 1977.
Fans of Michael Crichton's sci-fi thriller about killer robots in a theme park were filled with anticipation when "Westworld" made the jump from feature film to TV series. "Beyond Westworld" premiered on March 5, 1980.
BBC writer Douglas Adams was asked to draft an original comedy script which he conceived as a small, one-room affair that wouldn't strain the production budget.
Hear the story of the nostalgic science-fiction alien comedy rock-musical you need in your life. Voyage of the Rock Aliens, featuring Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson, premiered on March 9, 1984.