Sci-Fi Shows I like that stream on Netflix

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I was going through Nexflix's sci-fi/fantasy television show streaming today and thought I'd go and write up a list of shows I like and have seen, that other people may like. That and it's kinda fun to try to condense a whole series into a few short words. I'm sure some will disagree with the brief descriptions I've made. If it helps most of these shows are more light-hearted than deep brooding dramas (with the exceptions of Angel, bits of Buffy, bits of Farscape, and season 3 of Torchwood).

List of Netflix streaming shows worth checking out:

For the time-travel fan: Doctor Who

For the Captain Jack Harkness/sexy fan: Torchwood

For the military vs evil aliens fan: Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis

For the escaped prisoners running from corrupt, intergalactic law, etc./puppet fan: Farscape

For the supernatural girl-power and metaphor for life in the 90s fan: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

For the supernatural moody vampire detective/Greek tragedy fan: Angel

For the Space Western fan: Firefly

For the discussion of identity and self fan: Dollhouse

For the super-saccharine yet mildly morbid fan: Pushing Daisies

For the Andy Griffith fan: Eureka

For the dinosaur fan: Primeval

For the historically-inaccurate but doesn't care because it's awesome fan: Xena: Warrior Princess

For the wormhole travel fan: Stargate: SG-1/A, Farscape

For the British fan: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval

A number of these shows went for a good run, and a number were cancelled far too soon. Anyway, I hope this was vaguely helpful for someone of the light sci-fi persuasion with a little extra time on their hands and a Netflix account.









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