Sci-Fi/ Supernatural Series describes shows that rely on advanced technology, scientific developments, alien life, or supernatural entities to inform their narratives.
Sci-Fi / Supernatural Series
"On Star Trek we used phasers instead of lasers because lasers were coming into being, and people were starting to know what they were. We didn’t want them to know our technology. We wanted to be more than what you can see everyday." - Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana, Writer
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- A
- Adventures of Superman, The
- B
- Beauty and the Beast
- C
- Captain Video and His Video Rangers
- G
- Greatest American Hero, The
- L
- Logan’s Run
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Lone Gunmen, The
- Lost
- Lost in Space
- M
- Mann and Machine
- P
- Planet of the Apes
- R
- Roswell
- S
- Six Million Dollar Man, The
- Star Trek
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- T
- Twilight Zone, The: "The Invaders"
- X
- X-Files, The
Who Talked About This Genre
- Reza Badiyi
- Richard Bare
- Donald Bellisario
- LeVar Burton
- Richard Coogan
- Elinor Donahue
- Gerald Perry Finnerman
- Dorothy Fontana
- Gerald Fried
- William Froug
- Vince Gilligan
- Earl Hamner, Jr.
- Don Hastings
- Robert Justman
- Walter Koenig
- Kay Koplovitz
- Jack Larson
- Glen A. Larson
- Nancy Malone
- Richard Matheson
- Burt Metcalfe
- Diana Muldaur
- Leonard Nimoy
- Sherwood Schwartz
- Ralph Senensky
- William Shatner
- Herbert F. Solow
- Fred Steiner
- Maxine Stuart
- George Takei
- Michael Westmore
- Dick Wolf
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Highlights
Alexander Courage on creating the sound effect for the Enterprise on Star Trek
Clip begins at: 04:50, Duration: 02m 40s
William Shatner on why he felt Star Trek has had such a following
Clip begins at: 10:32, Duration: 00m 43s
Leonard Nimoy on being Emmy-nominated for all three seasons of Star Trek, yet never winning due to his belief that there's a prejudice against awarding performances in the science fiction genre
Clip begins at: 08:06, Duration: 01m 28s
Dorothy "DC" Fontana on the Star Trek episode "Friday's Child", over which she argued with Gene Rodenberry about the portrayal of women; she had a different ending
Clip begins at: 17:06, Duration: 01m 55s
Richard Matheson on Rod Serling’s complete involvement in The Twilight Zone and Serling’s use of the sci-fi/fantasy genre to create “statement” stories
Clip begins at: 01:49, Duration: 01m 19s
All Interviewee clips on this genre
When Courage finished the
When Courage finished the signature theme to Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, the series' creator, penned lyrics to it, allegedly in order to collect half the royalties. In revenge, when Courage was asked to sign autographs, he would occasionally sign Roddenberry's name. -Pierre Bennett Global Holidays
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