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More things like Star Trek? (lemmy.world)
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Over the last few years my family and I have binged all of Star Trek, then moved on to Star Trek adjacent shows like The Orville and Stargate. At the moment we're not really watching anything sci-fi. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for similar shows (or maybe some books) that fill the void left by Star Trek. In particular I really like the episodes that deal with interacting with other civilizations, diplomacy, and exploration more-so than say, an anomaly episode.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Babylon 5 and Farscape are great.

Babylon 5 is more like Trek with diplomacy and semi-realisitic plots, while Farscape leans a bit more toward Star Wars; fun, campy, weird at times but well-written.

You may also like Red Dwarf which is like the IT crowd, but in space.

[–] darthsid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Your last line has sold me on red dwarf 😂

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Start with series 3, that's where it was up to speed and you don't miss much

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You do miss out on how the show got better over time. It's painful but its worth it for the overall enjoyment of the show.

Not trying to convince you though, just expressing a counter perspective for otthers on why it might be worth not skipping

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