17 Incredible 70’s Sci-Fi TV Shows That Still Stand Tall In the Sands Of Time – Explored
Blast off for a journey through forgotten gems! This video dives deep into 17 sci-fi shows from the 1970s that deserve a place in …
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April 5, 2026
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I grew up in the 70s and always a SciFi fan, I have most of these on DVD. But you showed a few that I have never seen before so I will have to track them down. You have a nice selection here and it makes it hard to choose a favorite because several I regard highly. However, from the time the shows were actually new on air I would say "The Six Million Dollar Man" along with "The Bionic Woman" were shows that I never missed in first run. Thanks for the fun video!
even back in the 1980s you could look at a show like the starlost and be like wow this is sooooo bad !!!
0:42 Space 1999 {1975}.
3:08 Blake's 7 1978.
5:25 Battlestar Galactica 1978.
6:43 The Starlost 1973.
9:38 Quark 1977-1978.
12:14 UFO 1970-1971.
14:43 The Fantastic Journey 1977.
16:17 The Tomorrow People 1971-1979.
17:37 Return To The Planet Of The Apes 1975.
18:51 Logan's Run 1977-1978.
20:10 The Gemini Man 1976.
21:21 Star Trek The Animated Series 1973-1974.
22:12 Doomwatch 1970-1972.
23:17 Jason Of Star Command 1978-1979.
24:16 The Six Million Dollar Man 1974-1978.
25:54 Sapphire And Steel 1979-1982.
28:02 The Omega Factor 1979.
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The 6 Million Dollar Man -> proceeded by around 6 years, the BBC TV series The Champions. It tells the story of 3 agents who's jet crashes in the Himalayan mountains and who's bodies are discovered by an advanced secret society who live in the Himalayan's. The agents' bodies are rebuilt making them faster, stronger, more agile, and more intelligent with their other senses also enhanced. They use their powers to complete their secret missions.
I love Blakes 7 and Space 1999. Blakes 7 was Firefly before Firefly
no original west world?
I personally love the star lost. BUT. it was done so bad harlan ellison the writer had his name taken off the credits for a nom de plume cordwainer bird
Space 1999 Year One for sure. Sadly the second Year ditched pretyt much everything that made the show unique in style, presentation and stories and instead turned towards rubber suit monsters and forced "humour". The first season is very special and I can;t think of any show that is quite like it. It was, if I may say, very "British" – much like the original Avengers series. The second season is heavily Americanised and suffers greatly for it.
6:48. "The Starlost" is clearly a version of Robert Heinlein's 1963 book: "Orphans of the Sky"! (Directly based on serialized story work that was publishef in 1941.
It's surprising (to me, anyway,) that there wasn't a lawsuit…of course, there was also at least one Star Trek episode that was similar, as well!
I know their old, but there a re too many spoilers in this review. Should have focused on synopsis more.
I read some of the notes and agree with many of them. It is crazy to find new anything .
In saying this, I found the new stuff. The gold EV deloren for one. The white jeep pickup baja racer is another one. The zamac audi wagon too. I looked it up and saw it on ebay for $15.00!! That is nuts. Mine only the store price!! Looking at the deloren remiindiing me of a car, seeing it is gold. It is the tv show ufo car for the late 1960s, early 1970s Ed straker car but in updated form. The looks are different in the details, but overall feel is there. I guess for a modern way, it looks ok, but like many modern cars, it lacks an identity. Not to say I look bad, but there is no sole seeing that many cars are gaining this overall look. In a way, like the cars from the 1930 have. However, the fact that they were designed gives them a bit to them in some ways. In saying this, seeing I bought it, I like it. Overall, I like all design eras old and new.
One other you might add to the list is “Search,” (named “Probe” in the pilot) with Burgess Meredith, Doug McClure, and I forget who else. It’s a spy series with a high-tech angle.
I quite liked it when it originally aired, but haven’t found much on it on YT.
Thank you for this! It is so fun and great to see someone talk about these shows.
Blake's 7 is the first complete series I can remember. I can remember fragments of the four Doctor, Tom Baker. Sapphire and Steel was amazing at the time, scary, thoughtful and entertaining.
OK WTF you namecheck SID the satellite but skip Lt. Gabrielle "Gay" Ellis, commander of SHADO Moon Base?! Wow.
You did not show Dr. Who. I loved it back inthe 1970s.
Dr Who?
Let's see…
Shows I got watch in the 70s: Space:1999, Battlestar Galactica (and Galactica 1980), Quark (one Betty is a clone of the other, and they disagree as to which is which), UFO, Star Trek TAS, and The 6 MIllion Dollar Man (and The Bionic Woman).
Shows I may have seen but forgotten: Return to the Planet of the Apes, Logan's Run, or Jason of Star Command.
Shows I've not seen yet: Blake's 7, The Starlost, The Fantastic Journey, The Tomorrow People, The Gemini Man, Doomwatch, Sapphire and Steel, or The Omega Factor.
(That seems to be based primarily on where I lived in the 70s.)
Space 1999 started out life as a sequel to UFO.
Don't show Discovery when talking about Star Trek
Great choices, and insights of each show. You did your homework!! 🙂
BSG started out pretty good but it was mostly awful toward the end. Budget cuts and weak plots reduced the quality greatly. The newer series is better.
I never got why the women in UFO had purple hair but they sure looked good walking around.
The Fantastic Journey was really fun. Time travel, Atlantis, weird magic, and advanced technology. What else could you want?
Star Trek animated had mid animation but the stories were as good as the original series.
I first started watching Blake's 7 during the second season….I spent years wondering, Who the hell was Blake?
Where the hell is Buck Rogers?