An enterprising gentleman in the US has decided to organise troll bait top ten lists of the worst and best sci-fi title sequences LIKE EVER!!! To save you the effort of going there, they are, complete with YouTube links:

Best

1. Firefly
2. Space: 1999
3. The Six Million Dollar Man
4. Doctor Who (Tom Baker and Eccles Cake versions)
5. Star Trek: Voyager
6. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7. Star Trek: The Next Generation
8. Mystery Science Theater 3000
9. The Greatest American Hero
10. Battlestar Galactica (original series)

Worst

1. Enterprise
2. Cleopatra 2525
3. Battlestar Galactica (new series)
4. V
5. Babylon 5
6. Charmed
7. Xena: Warrior Princess
8. The Bionic Woman
9. Manimal
10. Land of Lost

Now, clearly the man has both atrocious taste in title sequences as well as a somewhat limited viewing range. Otherwise, how else did all those Star Trek sequences get in there? At the very least, the original series of The Tomorrow People should be in there, as should The Prisoner. On the other hand, he does correctly slam Charmed for mauling a classic Smiths track, and The Six Million Dollar Man titles are classics indeed.

What other title sequences should be in there, do you reckon? If we include serials, I'd definitely include The Day of The Triffids', and if we were to expand beyond SF, I'd add in Callan, Penn and Teller's Bullshit (titles are about a minute in) and Touching Evil. But what would you include?

Updates and related entries

August 10, 2006: Speaking of Bullshit!, you can watch a whole load of episodes for free over here....
August 16, 2006: Another entry in the ongoing top titles stakes: The Persuaders!

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