BBC Sci Fi Comedy TV Series

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AZ_GAMER
February 5, 2011 - 8:01pm
I just discovered a Sci fi BBC comedy TV series On Netflicks called Hyperdrive. If you like, or at least can tolerate, english humor this series is very entertaining. If you get the chance to check it out it is worth looking for. One particular point of interest is that their spacecraft, the HMS Camden Lock is remarkable similar in design to SFKH UPF military warships. It has several design feaures that are very similar to the UPF Battleships.

Also in honorable mention of Sci FI Comedy series from across the pond, is Red Dwarf a very long running and popular series from the BBC.
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SFAndroid
February 7, 2011 - 5:43am
I love the one where the engineer has a race with friends and burn out the main drive and have to be towed back by a shuttlecraft.  The whole time this is happening, the captain is being put to death by a "Death Ray" that's going to take a week to 10 days to have any effect. Ha!
You can't argue with the invincibly ignorant. - William F. Buckley

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AZ_GAMER
February 7, 2011 - 4:07pm
I just saw that one, yes the race was hilarious. The first contact scenario kind of bored me but when you combined it with the fact that the slacker crewmen left in charge was racing a capital starship against his buddies while his command staff was being thrown into a alien prison was very amusing.

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AZ_GAMER
February 7, 2011 - 4:10pm
"Hold still!" shouts the alien leader at the Captain as they make their escape and he trains his death ray upon them that takes longer than a week to kill.

Oh and lets not forget the going away present from the Camden Locke to the good people of Quepe.

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AZ_GAMER
February 7, 2011 - 4:16pm


A picture of the HMS Camden Lock. Looks alot like the SFKH Battleship and around the same size too. I looked into the design notes and the designers actually got the idea from a famous building in england and not specifically anything like SFKH.

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SFAndroid
February 8, 2011 - 5:39am
Teal just kills me.  The way she was mashing the fire button was hilarious.

Oh, here is a pic of the building the ship is modeled after:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BT_Tower_2004.jpg

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