Lengths of science fiction film and television series

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This list shows the total running lengths of science fiction television and film series. It separates canon and non-canon where applicable. It also separates original canon from remakes and "re-imaginings".[1] Note that this list contains only the officially released motion picture media (films and TV series) contained within the various science-fiction series. Additional unique motion-picture content from other media is included under the supplemental category. Some series may contain other media (books, comics, video games, etc.) which are not listed here. Most timings are approximate.

Series Total time
days:hours:minutes		 Breakdown Includes Years Current & Future IMDB
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Andromeda canon: 3:08:40 110 episodes (x44 min.)
  • Andromeda TV series
 2000–2005 none TV series
Alien and Predator canon[1]: 0:14:21 7 movies (116, 154, 145, 116, 107, 108, 115 min.) 1979–2004 Alien vs. Predator 2 film Alien 1 2 3 4
Predator 1 2
Vs. 1 2
Babylon 5 canon: 4:03:27 1 pilot (89 min.)
+ 123 episodes (x44 min.),
+ 5 TV movies (94, 94, 94, 94, 90 min.)
  • Babylon 5 TV series (110 eps.),
  • Babylon 5 TV movies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Crusade TV series (13 eps.)
 1993–2002 Babylon 5: The Lost Tales TV series
Film 1 2 3 4 5
Crusade
Back to the Future canon: 0:05:37 3 movies (111, 108, 118 min.)
  • Back to the Future films I, II, III
 1985–1990 none Film I II III
non-canon: 0:09:58 26 episodes (x23 min.) 1991–1993 none Animated series
Battlestar Galactica original: 1:01:43 1 TV movie (148 min.)
+ 31 episodes (x45 min.)		 1978–1980 none 1978 TV series
1980 TV series
re-imagining:[1] 1:16:24 1 miniseries (184 min.)
+ 52 episodes (x42 min.)
+1 special episode (x56 min.)		 2003–present Battlestar Caprica
supplemental canon: 00:27 10 "webisodes" (x1.5–4.5 min.) 2006 none
Blake's 7 canon: 1:19:20 52 episodes (x50 min.)
  • Blake's 7 television series
 1978–1981 none TV series
Blade Runner canon: 0:03:34 2 movies (115, 99 min.) 1982–1998 none Film
TV series
The Chronicles of Riddick canon: 0:04:35 3 movies (110, 135, 30 min.) 2000–2004 none Film 1 2
Animated film
Doctor Who canon: 13:20:25 672 episodes (x25 min.),
+42 episodes (x45 min.),
+14 episodes (x50 min.),
+6 episodes (x20 min.),
+3 episodes (x60 min.),
+1 episode (x30 min.),
+1 spinoff pilot (50 min.),
+1 special (90 min.),
+1 TV movie (85 min.)		 1963–present classic TV series
current TV series
K9 pilot
The Five
Film
canonicity
unclear: 0:00:23.5		 1 episode (x7 min.),
+13 mini-episodes (x1 min.)
+1 episode (x3.5 min.)		 2005-present
  • "The Infinite Quest"
non-canon: 0:04:15 2 movies (79, 80 min.),
+2 charity specials (13, 23 min.),
+6 episodes (x10 min.)		 1965, 1966,
1993, 2003		 none Film 1 2
Dimensions
Curse
Scream
Earth: Final Conflict canon: 3:03:10 110 episodes (x41 min.)
  • TV series
 1997–2002 none TV series
Earth 2 canon: 0:17:14 22 episodes (x47 min.)
  • TV series
 1994–1995 none TV series
Farscape canon: 2:20:20 1 pilot (90 min.)
+ 87 episodes (x 44 min.)
+ 1 miniseries (182 min.)		 1999–2004 none TV series
Miniseries
Firefly canon: 0:12:59 15 episodes (x44 min.)
+ 1 movie (119 min.)		 2002–2005 none[3] TV series
Film
supplemental
canon: 0:00:08		 5 short videos (8 min. total) 2005 none
The Invaders canon: 1:15:01 43 episodes (x 51 min.)
1 movie (148 min.)
  • The Invaders TV series
  • The Invaders TV movie
 1967–1995 none TV series
film
Land of the Giants canon: 1:13:24 51 episodes (x 44 min.)
  • Land of the Giants TV series
 1968–1970 none TV series
Land of the Lost canon: 0:16:29 43 episodes (x 23 min.)
  • 1974 TV series
 1974–1976 none 1974 TV series
remake: 0:09:58 26 episodes (x 23 min.) 1991-1992 none 1991 TV Series
Lexx canon: 1:23:40 65 episodes (x 44 min.)
  • Lexx TV series
 1997–2000 none TV series
Logan's Run movie canon: 0:02:00 1 movie (120 min.)
 1976 none[4] film
tv series canon: 0:10:16 14 episodes (x44 min.) 1977–1978 none[5] TV series
Lost in Space canon: 2:12:52 83 episodes (x44 min.)
  • Lost in Space TV series
 1965–1968 none TV series
remake: 0:02:10 1 movie (130 min.) 1998 none film
The Matrix canon: 0:08:22 3 movies (136, 138, 129 min.),
9 animated shorts (9, 9, 10, 15, 7, 10, 13, 10, 16 min.)		 1999–2003 none Films 1 2 3
Animated shorts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Planet of the Apes canon: 0:19:07 5 movies (112, 95, 98, 88, 96 min.)
+ 14 episodes (x47 min.)		 1968–1974 none Films 1 2 3 4 5
TV series
non-canon: 0:04:46 13 episodes (x22 min.) 1975–1976 none Animated series
re-imagining:[1] 0:01:19 1 movie (79 min.) 2001 none Remake film
Quantum Leap canon: 2:23:09 1 pilot (89 min.)
+ 95 episodes (x 44 min.)
  • Quantum Leap TV series
 1988–1999 none TV series
Red Dwarf canon: 1:00:16 52 episodes (x 28 min.)
  • Red Dwarf TV series
 1988–1999 none TV series
The Six Million Dollar Man canon: 5:05:24 158 episodes (x 44 min.),
+ 6 TV specials (x88 min.)		 1973–1994 none
Sliders canon: 2:16:32 88 episodes (x 44 min.)
  • Sliders TV series
 1995–2000 none TV series
Space: 1999 canon: 1:17:36 48 episodes (x 52 min.)
  • Space: 1999 TV series
 1976–1978 none
Space odyssey canon: 00:04:17 2 movies (141, 116 min.) 1968-1984 none
Stargate canon: 8:02:20 1 movie (130 min.),
+ 273 episodes (x42 min.),
+ 1 special episode (x64 min)		 1994–present
non-canon: 0:09:32 26 episodes (x22 min.) 2002–2003 none
Star Trek canon: 22:08:33 1 pilot (64 min.),
+79 episodes (x47 min.),
+526 episodes (x44 min.),
+98 episodes (x42 min.),
+ 10 movies (136, 116, 105, 136, 107, 113, 118, 106, 103, 116 min.)		 1966–2005 upcoming Star Trek feature film [6]
non-canon: 0:08:04 22 episodes (x22 min.) 1973–1974 none
Star Wars Absolute Canon[7] (theatrical films): 0:13:23 6 movies (133, 143, 140, 125, 127, 135 min.) 1977–2005 none
The Expanded Universe: 1:01:07 3 TV films (97, 96, 94 min.),
+ 50 episodes (x22 min.),
+ 2 volumes of episodes (x60 min.),
+ 2 sets of video game cutscenes (?, ? min.)		 1978–2005
Terminator canon: 0:06:11 3 movies (108, 154, 109 min.) 1984–2003 The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, possible forth film[10]
The Time Tunnel canon: 1:02:00 30 episodes (x 52 min.)
  • The Time Tunnel TV series
 1966–1967 none
remake: 0:02:00 1 pilot episode (x 120 min.)
  • Unaired pilot episode of a remake TV series
 2002 none
Thunderbirds canon: 1:02:40 32 episodes (x 50 min.)
  • Thunderbirds TV series
 1965–1966 none
remake: 0:01:35 1 movie (x 95 min.) 2004 none
The Tomorrow People canon: 1:00:56 68 episodes (x 22 min.)
  • classic Tomorrow TV series
 1973–1979 none
remake: 0:09:32 26 episodes (x22 min.)
  • new Tomorrow TV series
 1992–1995 none
Total Recall canon: 0:17:17 1 movie (113 min.)
+ 22 episodes (x 42 min.)		 1990–1999 none
Transformers[11] United States "Generation 1" canon: 2:17:56 176 episodes (x22 min.)
+ 1 film (84 min.)		 1984–2000 Upcoming feature film[12]
Japanese "Generation 1" canon: 5:14:45 360 episodes (x22 min.)
+ 2 films (84 min., 45 min.)
+2 direct-to-video (15 min., 30 min.)		 1985–2004
Transformers: Robots in Disguise: 00:14:20 39 episodes (x22 min.)
  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise TV series
 2001
"Unicron Trilogy": 02:08:50 155 episodes (x22 min.) 2002-2006
V canon: 0:22:42 19 episodes (x 47 min.)
+ 2 mini-series (197, 272 min.)
  • V TV series
  • Original mini-series, The Final Battle mini-series
 1983–1984 none
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea canon: 3:10:25 1 movie (105 min.)
+ 110 episodes (x44 min.)
  • 1961 film
  • 1964-1968 TV series
 1961–1968 none
The X-Files canon: 8:09:31 285 episodes (x42 min.),
+ 1 movie (121 min.)		 1993–2002 none

[edit] Notes

  1. a b c  The term "re-imagining" is used by producers of some new versions of films or television series to distinguish them from more faithful remakes. The producers of the 2001 version of Planet of the Apes[1] and the 2003 version of Battlestar Galactica[2] chose to describe those projects as "re-imaginings" of the source material rather than as remakes.
  2. ^  The Alien series by itself is 0:10:46; the Predator series by itself is 0:05:30 (counting Alien vs. Predator for both).
  3. ^  K-9 Adventures, a children's series starring K-9, has been announced, but it is not clear whether it will be part of the Doctor Who canon, as it is not being produced by the BBC.
  4. ^  Various plans for more Serenity or Firefly on television or film have been rumored, but nothing has yet been confirmed.
  5. ^  A remake of the film has been announced for 2007.
  6. ^  A new Star Trek film, to be written and directed by J. J. Abrams, has been announced, but has not yet entered production.
  7. ^  Star Wars has a detailed categorization system to organize various levels of canon. See Star Wars canon for an explanation.
  8. ^  A 3-D continuation of this animated series is currently in pre-production.
  9. ^  The live-action Star Wars television series was scheduled to enter pre-production in January 2006, but it is not clear whether it has done so.
  10. ^  A script for a fourth Terminator film has apparently been written and approved by the studio[14], but it is unclear when or if it will enter production. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not scheduled to appear in the film[15].
  11. ^  The 2007 film does not appear to adhere to any of the existing Transformers canons.
  12. ^  The sum total of *all* Transformers series is approximately 08:15:01.
  13. ^  The Beast Wars II film consisted of two previously unaired (in Japan) episodes of the Beast Wars series, followed by a 45 minute original animation, which is the only part of the run time considered here.

[edit] References

  1. ^ French, Philip. "Planet of the Apes", The Guardian, 2001-10-19. Retrieved on March 1, 2007.
  2. ^ scifipulse.net/Interviews/SciFiPulse_RDMInterviewAug2006.html. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.

[edit] See also

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