What other shows to watch for fans of Star Trek?

Hi all, maybe this community can help recommend some new shows. I’m looking for Star Trek-like ‘world-of-the-week’ stuff.

I’ve already seen the following:

The Orville
The Expanse
Battlestar Galactica
Farscape
Babylon 5 (I forgot that I never finished it, so it’s going back on the menu)
Stargate SG-1 Quantum Leap (looooove Scott Bakula)
Doctor Who (Not all of it, but pretty caught up since Eccleston)
Firefly
Sliders
Foundation (really enjoyed this one, especially the Cleon clones storyline)
Andor (not a big Star Wars guy, but I really liked this series)

Is Andromeda worth watching? What else is out there?
Thanks in advance!

Hairyblue ,
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Babylon 5 has an epic story, character development, and space battles.
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Rhaedas ,
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"Can not run out of time. There is infinite time. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This...is wrong tool... No... No, not good. No... Never use that."

electric ,

Definitely watch the rest of the Stargate movies and then get into Atlantis. The Stargate series is very much Star Trek but with a more grounded premise. Yeah there are aliens out there, but the majority of the powers are not interested in getting along with these plucky Earthlings.

Also seconding the SyFy shows, especially Eureka and Dark Matter. Eureka is much more comedic and optimistic than the usual science fiction show. About 5 seasons and was given the chance to end properly. Dark Matter is, well, dark. Opposite of the Star Trek universe, but has great character arcs and plot lines. Absolutely worth watching the 3(?) seasons even if it ends on a cliff hangar.

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    pinwurm OP ,
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    Oh thanks for the reminder, I forgot that was coming out! Glad to know it’s good.

    mrmacduggan ,

    I’m not seeing Doctor Who on your list yet! You could give that a shot. Many of the series have the world-of-the-week feeling.

    tobimai ,

    Stargate. Especially the movies SG1 and Atlantis

    MooseGas ,
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    I could not get into farscape or earth final conflict. I've always wanted to watch SG1, but I can't find anywhere to stream it now.

    Xathonn ,
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    SG1 used to be on Hulu, looks like they only have Atlantis now. I found SG1 on prime video though, included with subscription

    starlinguk ,
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    Hulu cut out huge chunks of the episodes.

    NuPNuA ,

    Try Farscape again and see if you can get to the end of the first series. It shifts majorly then when the main villian for the rest of the show turns up and the tone shifts darker and more serialised. It’s one of my favourite sci-fis of all time.

    regeya ,

    I’m also going to give a curve ball: MAS*H.

    startrekexplained ,

    You already named all the shows I’d recommend.

    andthenthreemore ,
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    Lexx

    Here’s a bit of a left field one for a movie: Master and Commander the Far Side of the World

    ign.com/…/review-of-master-and-commander-the-far-…

    michaelgemar ,
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    @andthenthreemore @startrek Good one — I’d also recommend the Hornblower series (although they are nowhere as good as the books IMO). Supposedly Roddenberry once described Star Trek as “Hornblower in space”.

    (But really, read the books — the character in the novels is fascinatingly complex, an introvert full of self-doubt who is also incredibly talented.)

    regeya ,

    Movie recommendation: Run Silent, Run Deep. It’s a WW2 Pacific theater submarine movie with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. But it’s directed by Robert Wise (Star Trek: TMP) and the story beats will be recognizable by fans of both TMP and Wrath of Khan. It also focuses pretty heavily on the lower decks crew.

    sarcasticsunrise ,

    This might be a reach out of /10, but my wife and I are about a dozen episodes into “Deadwood” (HBO Western from the early 2010’s?) and I can’t help but let her in on how it reminds me of DS9 in how every character is fleshed out in this backwater outpost. It’s so good. Naturally she just looks at me like I’m speaking some dead language, but for any DS9 fans, cheggitout

    pinwurm OP ,
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    Deadwood is great, Ian McShane is a standout! I also loved him in American Gods.

    I can definitely see the DS9 comparisons.

    worfamerryman ,

    I really enjoyed the stargate movie, but the series was not for me.

    I get hard low budget 90s tv feelings from it.

    Possible spoilers below….

    They recast two great actors in the movie with people who look and act nothing like they did in the movie. I heard they later joked about it and fixed it, but I couldn’t not get that far

    ivanafterall ,

    If you're not attached to the books (I haven't read them), Foundation does a pretty excellent take on space opera. Multiple interesting planets/ships/technologies/characters. One/three/four(?) REALLY fantastic villain/villains. It's not a 10/10, but I enjoyed it. First season of Silo was also pretty okay. But not really comparable to Star Trek exactly beyond both being sci-fi.

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