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The Six Million Dollar Man
100 episodes (1973-1978) 60m

Badly-injured Steve Austin (Lee Majors) gets some 'bionic' body parts and sets about carrying out impossible missions for yet another clandestine government agency. Scientifically implausible feats of strength and some terrific action sequences sustained the show for several seasons. Based on a 1972 Michael Caidin novel, this show is one for the sci-fi completists.

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Space - Above and Beyond
22 episodes (1995) 60m

Despite winning equal rights, after the AI wars the genetically engineered 'InVitroes' constantly face prejudice and discrimination. An outcast InVitro gets thrown in with a squadron of Marine space cadets. When an outlying colony is attacked by an unknown alien menace war breaks out and the adventure begins. Superb series with remarkably high production values.

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Dark Angel
43 episodes (2000-2002) 60m

Genetically-enhanced humans in post-apocalyptic America escape from their military minders and head off in different directions. A corruption-busting journalist helps one of them to evade her captors and find the others of her type. Appeared set to be renewed for a third season, but unexpectedly got the axe at the last minute. Solid sci-fi outing.

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
31 episodes (2008-2009) 60m

Based on the Terminator franchise, this series revolves around the title character's efforts to protect her historically significant son John from an army of SkyNet cyborgs determined to knock him off. She gets some help from a hot young Terminator babe played by Summer Glau, who takes them time tripping in an attempt to head off Judgement Day. Surprisingly satisfying series.

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Dollhouse
P+26 episodes (2009) 60m

Writer and director Joss Whedon (of Buffy fame) couldn't keep this series going for more than a season, but his name alone ensures it an element of cult status. 'Dollhouses' are secretive centres where volunteer 'Actives' get their memories wiped and reprogrammed. They are then hired out for any number of purposes. One of them, Echo (Eliza Dushku), retains traces of self-awareness.

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Orphan Black
50 episodes (2013-2017) 60m

A streetwise hustler, Sarah Manning, is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her. Sarah assumes the woman's identity and occupation as a police detective. During the first season, Sarah discovers that she is a clone and that she has many 'sister' clones, all part of an illegal human cloning experiment. Someone is plotting to kill them.

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Humans
24 episodes (2015-2018) 60m

The latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth'... a highly realistic humanoid servant that's transforming the way people live. In hopes of reducing their workload, a suburban family purchases a new Synth only to discover that sharing life with a Synth has quite far-reaching consequences. The series focuses on the social, cultural, and psychological impact on humans.

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Westworld
28+ episodes (2016-pres) 60m

Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set in an amusement park of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. Based on the Michael Crichton story for the 1973 feature film, this android sci-fi western is violent to the extreme.