Sci-Fi TV series named after transportation
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The roommates and I were discussing this earlier. A lot of sci-fi TV series tend to be named after the show's primary mode of transit.
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
Stargate SG-1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise...
What else is out there? Why are they named after transportation?
This is more of just a discussion topic, something to think about.
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The Love Boat! Oh wait, no, that isn't sci-fi, is it? Just the first thing that came to mind.
Ok then lessee,
Odyssey 5
Babylon 5 (space station, but so was DS9)
I'm guessing it's because it an easy identifier for the show, just like naming the show for a main character.
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Andromeda
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ooh, ooh, Star Wars ... no, wait ::hits head:: gawsh, I'm such a friggin' idiot. Ooh, ooh, Back to the Fut... no, no... Time Bandits...no, no...oh bloody hell, I give up. ::hangs head in shame::
This is the stuff I come up with working graveyard shift @ 5:21am.
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Logical to name series after vessels as they would be the entire world to the crew; life in the black depends on the 'boat.' Just my opinion.
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I don't think Deep Space Nine counts as transportation. Twas not much of a mover. I won't argue strenuously though since except in the later seasons nobody went anywhere particularly.
On a potentially silly note the Supermarionation classics Stingray and Thunderbirds are both named for their rides.
David
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Well, in a sort of inside-out way, there's "UFO" (the old British series).
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Actually, in the first episode of DS9, the station did move, relocating from Bajor orbit to the Denorios belt. It does technically have thrusters around the docking ring.
Quote:Technically, Andromeda manages to be named for both a ship and a character.
Originally posted by Darkfly:
Andromeda
There's also the X-Wing series of Star Wars novels and comics. Stargate is named for a form of transportation (as is the metafictional Wormhole Xtreme). Don't forget Seaquest, or Airwolf. Or Herbie, for that matter.
In anime, there's Space Battleship Yamato, Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross (technically Macross is a city, but the first series had the city being rebuilt inside a starship, the titular SDF), the Gundam franchise (though the meaning of the term "Gundam" changes from universe to universe), Escaflowne, and probably others that I don't know.
Transformers may count (they're vehicles at least half the time).
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Actually, in the first episode of DS9, the station did move, relocating from Bajor orbit to the Denorios belt. It does technically have thrusters around the docking ring.
So it's manufactured housing. Star Fleet's very own second hand double wide.
Don't make it transportation. Though here I am arguing a point I said I wouldn't argue. So yeah sure it is capable of moving and does so under very rare circumstances.
David
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