The best UFO series: review

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Serials about UFOs have become very popular since the middle of the 20th century. Science fiction films have always attracted a large number of viewers. And in the 20th century, theories about the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations spread. Fantasts quickly reacted to this and began to imagine how their meeting with earthlings could have happened, what aliens look like in general.

The X-Files

The most famous UFO series is, of course, the American sci-fi serial The X-Files. It first appeared on screens in 1993. In total, the producers shot 10 seasons, which consisted of 208 episodes. The series was closed only in 2002.

Throughout these seasons, FBI Special Agents Dana Scully played by Gillian Anderson and Fox Mulder played by David Duchovny remain the main characters.

Mulder is a talented detective, Sherlock Holmes of our time. At the same time, he investigates not murders, but paranormal incidents. He is convinced of the existence of UFOs, aliens and alien contacts with earthlings. The roots of his conviction are in deep childhood. Mulder's sister was kidnapped by unknown people, he is sure that they were aliens who are somehow connected with the government covering them.

Mulder devotes his entire life to trying to unravel these mysteries. At a certain stage, the management appreciated his zeal and sent him to an unpopular department that specializes in mysterious unsolved crimes.

Agent Scully is appointed as his assistant, a physician by training, who at first is very skeptical about hypotheses about aliens. She tries to explain everything that happens around her exclusively from a scientific point of view. But over time, it turns out that she is increasingly unable to refute Mulder's theories and give a scientific explanation for what happened. As a result, the worldview of the heroine and many viewers changes. This series about UFOs and aliens has become a cult for several generations.

Outcasts

In 2010, the popular UFO series was filmed in the UK. The 8-episode film "Outcasts" was released.

It was created by Ben Richards. The film takes place in 2060. Scientists discover a distant planet that is habitable. Most of the surviving population of the Earth moves there in order to start a new life, so to speak, from scratch.

On the new planet, they get a unique chance: to learn from their previous life and not repeat the mistakes of the past. On the screen, the viewer becomes a witness to the manifestation of a wide variety of human feelings and vices. Including greed and love, passion and betrayal. And the most important thing is that the alien planet is fraught with many secrets that people have yet to comprehend. For several years, this series about space and UFOs was considered one of the best among its kind.

Fallen skies

From 2011 to 2015, the American sci-fi series Falling Skies aired. Its creator and general producer was Robert Rodat. This UFO series was about an alien invasion of Earth.

Humanity was attacked by arachnid aliens and with the help of robots that they had in service, they destroyed 90% of the world's population in the shortest possible time.

Events in front of the viewer on the screen begin to unfold six months after the invasion began. The main character is Boston University professor Tom Mason. He is one of the few who managed to stay alive. With like-minded people, he organizes a civilian militia, he himself acts as deputy commander of the Second Massachusetts Regiment. This newly formed military unit ensures the retreat of the survivors of the invasion from Boston. However, the main character will have to return to the city under the control of the aliens to find his son. And also to repulse uninvited invaders.

The creators of the series released five seasons. A total of 52 episodes were released.

Aliens

Documentary series about UFOs are very popular on modern television and on the Internet. One of them was filmed by Sony SCI-FI. It's called Aliens.

In this serial filmreal stories of people who met with alien life forms are told. Moreover, the creators of the picture have deeply studied this issue. They claim that the first encounters with aliens took place long before our era. Since those distant times, the Earth has been regularly visited by unidentified flying objects, although many do not recognize this fact. The authors of the picture themselves are deeply convinced of it.

They give fascinating facts. It turns out that in the 80s, a unique document was in the hands of ufologists, which was en titled "The Blue Planet". Its pages provided detailed information about the secret conspiracy of the leaders of the most authoritative world states. His goal was only one - to hide from the majority of earthlings irrefutable facts about contacts with aliens. And also the fact that governments have been cooperating with alien races for many years. Such facts were given in the series "Aliens" (about UFOs, not about monsters on a spaceship).

Doctor Who

One of the most famous and long running sci-fi series in the world is also devoted to the theme of aliens. The British serial film "Doctor Who" tells about a unique traveler in time and space, who calls himself the Doctor. He constantly finds companions among ordinary ordinary earthlings and either saves humanity from a global catastrophe and destruction by other aliens, or goes along with his assistants to distant, unexplored worlds.

Listserials about UFOs can safely lead precisely "Doctor Who". In addition, this is the longest project of this genre, which appeared on television from 1963 to the present. In recent years, interest in it is so high that the premiere episodes of new seasons are even broadcast in cinemas and only then released on television.

Now it is worth recognizing that "Doctor Who" has become an important part of the mass culture of modern Britain, and many other countries, including Russia.

It is noteworthy that, in addition to the main series, there are several branches at once. These or those characters of the project take part in them. These are Torchwood, K-9 & Company, Class, K-9 and The Sarah Jane Adventure.

Torchwood

Torchwood was filmed in the UK from 2006 to 2011. There are 4 seasons in total. This is a sci-fi movie with fantasy elements. The action takes place in Wales. In the Cardiff branch of the fictional institute, which is called Torchwood, they study aliens and everything connected with them. The name of the series is not accidental. "Torchwood" is an anagram of Doctor Who in English. However, unlike the mentioned project, "Torchwood" is not recommended for viewing by minors in many countries. This is due to the large number of explicit scenes and the theme of same-sex love, which is present in many episodes of the film.

The protagonist of the series - Captain Jack Harkness - appears in several episodes of "Doctor Who", becoming his companion for a while. A total of 41 exciting episodes were released. And recently a non-standard solution was announced. In the future, the series will continue to exist in the form of audio plays.

K-9 and company

K-9 & Company is the only failed offshoot of Doctor Who. The project was limited to only a pilot release. It came out on screen in 1981. The only episode was called "A Girl's Best Friend". At that time, she broke all records in terms of popularity - she was seen by almost 8.5 million viewers, which significantly exceeded the audience of Doctor Who episodes that came out in the same years. However, due to a change in leadership at the BBC TV channel, it was decided not to continue the project.

In 2009, they decided to release the series under the name "K-9". It was created with the help of computer animation, live footage also took place. It was the result of the joint work of the Australian and British TV crews.

The Sarah Jane Adventure

Another popular series about aliens based on "Doctor Who" was released from 2007 to 2011. "The Sarah Jane Adventure" is a sci-fi film about the adventures of the Doctor's former companion Sarah, who worked as a journalist.

She was the Doctor's companion in the 70s. Now she continued to reveal the mysterious events in a separate film, in the conditions of modern England. Herregularly have to deal with aliens, whose number of visits has not decreased since the 70s. Numerous friends and colleagues help the woman. A couple of times the Doctor himself takes part in the investigations.

Class

2016 UFO series - "Class". This is another Doctor Who spin-off. The action takes place on the territory of the English Academy "Coal Hill".

This school is a beacon of time and space that attracts many suspicious alien creatures.

High school students who study there have their own secrets and secrets, but no matter how they avoid it, they will have to face the difficulties of everyday life. It's parents, school, and the terrible consequences of time travel.

Due to the Doctor's great influence, the walls of time and space have become extremely thin. And now the monsters on the other side are trying harder than ever to break through to Earth and wreak havoc.

Visitors

"Visitors" is an American science fiction series in which the whole world one morning discovered huge spaceships hovering over the largest cities of the Earth overhead. This is probably the best UFO series to come out in the US in recent years.

Aliens, who call themselves the Visitors, have appeared and claim to have come in peace, but humanity fears that they are actually cunning. However, the aliens offer to share new advances in medicine and technology,which should significantly improve the lives of all people. People decide to accept this help. But over time, they realize that the more the Visitors enter their lives, the more obvious their lies become.