Recently I have been viewing a few of my favorite TV shows from the 1980’s via all sorts of outlets, and I have compiled my list of 10 best science-fiction TV shows of the 1980’s.    Hope you enjoy.

10. The Powers of Matthew Star
I only vaguely remember this show, but I remember an episode where he saves people by astral projecting inside a building that is about to blow up.   Anything with telekinesis and psychic powers were always on the best list.

9. V
Ok, this should really rank hire for me on this list, since I still want a Visitor’s uniform.   As a kid, the eating of the guinea pigs and mice was a big draw, as were the scenes when the Visitors get their face clawed off.   I remember meeting Faye Grant once and almost having a heart attack.

8. Airwolf
I would have thought Airwolf would be higher on my list, but while I really enjoyed the show, the others on the list had more “fun” – Airwolf was pretty serious.   Except for the episode where Chad Allen played an Amerasian vietnamese kid – things that make you go huh?

7. The Wizard
Maybe not science fiction in the traditional sense, but definitely “science” and “fiction.”  A four-foot-tall inventor who develops toys for the handicapped is recruited by the government to create new gadgets.  The series has him traveling all over the world using his gadgets to get out of sticky situations.

6. Misfits of Science
TV’s answer to “The New Mutants” – the Misfits were a ragtag gang of mutants each with a “special” power.   One could shrink down to only a few inches high by giving himself a Vulcan neck pinch, another was telekinetic, and another could throw electricity from his hands.

5. Automan
Automan and his trusty companion cursor were TV’s answer to the hit movie Tron.  In one of the most bizarre scenes from the pilot, Automan asks his creator to “step inside of him” so they can walk through a wall.

4. Mr. Merlin
I only recently found episodes of this TV show online, and they feature a laugh track and Dutch Subtitles, which I don’t remember from the original airings.  A teenager removes a crowbar from a bucket of cement and becomes Merlin the Magician’s new apprentice . Features a nifty staircase into nowhere, as well as a spooky owl.

3. Otherworld
It took me years to find anybody with these on tape/DVD, but I eventually found them.  A family visiting the Great Pyramids is suddenly thrown into Another World, and are chased across the planet by a real meanie.  The episode where the teenage son becomes a Zone Trooper was my favorite.

2. Fantasy Island
The new YouTube TV Shows area says this is a drama, but it is science-fiction to me.  My favorite episodes were the ones that features Mr. Roarke using his special psychic power out in the open.

1. Voyagers
Take a cocky time-traveler and pair him with a needy, book-smart kid and you have the basis for hands-down, my favorite SF series of the 1980’s. I still want an Omni replica, but can’t bring myself to spend the $$$ on it.

Well, those are my favorite 80s SF TV shows – what are yours?  Agree or disagree?