"Top 10 Aliens?" Topic

This : link is the top 10 aliens on TV SF, according to The Guardian.

I put it to the TMP membership that they are seriously deluded.

What should be the top 10 ?

Hmmm tricky when just TV.

In no particular order:

Klingons
Time Lords
Daleks
Weeping Angels
Ood
The ones from V
Greys
The Martian Brothers from Pocoyo
Vogons

That is about all that springs to mind for now..

Well it is the Guardian so I would expect it to be abit different.

I'm going with (also in no particular order)

Vulcans
Daleks
Cybermen
The Mysterons
Tribbles
Gorn
Time Lords (classic Dr Who)
Osirians (Dr Who again – Pyramids of Mars)
Sontarans
Jaggaroth

Well it is the Guardian so I would expect it to be abit different.

I was surprised that it was just a puff piece for a new SF series – pretty poor IMHO

No Cylons? No Daleks? No Romulans? This isn't a top ten list, it's the remaindered pile.

Daleks
Vulcans
The Alien
Wherever Klaatu was supposed to be from
Thermians
Centari & Narn (can't have one without the other)
Wherever the aliens from UFO were supposed to be from
Cybermen
Klingons
Romulans

The Alien?

From Alien

Which is a film.

And not TV

Which takes out Klaatu as well.

Good call on Centarri and Nan, and the UFO Alien (almost made my top 10 as well)

One suspects the Alien from the film Alien

Interesting choices – I think that the Defiance aliens are too new to include in the top 10, but given time I think the Volge might get there

I must say that I did not even know the Medusans existed

I would say (in no particular order)

Klingons
Romulans
Gorn
Weeping Angels
Vorlons (Babylon 5 – love them suits)
Daleks (they take a lickin' and keep on tickin')
Yuuzhan Vong (Star Wars)
Kodan (The last Starfighter – hey, not that memorable a movie, but the Kodan seemed interesting)
Predators (nobody shares the love like a Predator)
Volge (like I said, they have potential)

tsk tsk, more aliens from films being listed.
Shame on you all.

:D

Giger Alien, Queen and all
Predater/Yautja
Romulans/Vulcans
Pandorans/Navir..whatever..15'cat aliens, flora, fauna
Babylon 5 Centauri, Narn & Minbari
Early TOS Klingons
Farscape-'Pilot' Hynerian
Prometheus-Promethean…liked the look not the film
Orion Slave Women-original series
Mars Attacks-Martians-all your base belong to us

saw these films on tv…

My list. I think they are limited to TV.

Daleks
Sleestaks
Cylons
The Solomons (3rd Rock From The Sun)
Klingons
Ood
Vulcans
Holograms (Rimmer from Red Dwarf)
The Doctor (Time Lord)
Colonist Aliens (X-Files)

The Hot babe on V series, the hot green alien from Star Track, The hot babe from Star Trek the next Generation, you get the idea.

VR
James Mattes

Uncle Martin.

TV only.

Vulcans

Klingons

Cylons (old school)

Daleks

The Doctor

Goa'uld

Minbari

Narn

Vorlons

The last goes to Farscape, too many to list but all noteworthy…by far the best collection of TV aliens in one location. All had original looks and many had bizarre and thus alien behaviors.

Marvin the Martian.

So many to choose from and all depends what you mean by top 10 Aliens on TV?

Cybermen
Daleks
Klingons
Vorlons
Minbari
UFO Aliens
Time Lords
The Mysterons
The Borg
Zen (Blakes 7)

I vaguely remember Farscape, but I couldn't put names to any of them (a TV series that I will have to get on DVD one day).

Mork

ALF

All these good ones so far, but no one has mentioned the Chigs from Space Above and Beyond? Or did I miss them on the list?

Top? What is the criteria? Hours broadcast? General knowledge? Popularity? Popularity based on what? Who you want for neighbors? Silly? Scary? Believable? Original? BBC only? For how long? etc… etc… etc… Just saying… otherwise the 'data' is rather meaningless…

Clangers

Agree with billthecat, just 10 doesn't even allow them to run the scope of TV alien shows by giving props to all the major players. As for my #1 vote …

Humans

They're the aliens in a lot of SciFi TV shows.

Top? What is the criteria?

Any criteria you like – it's just a fun TMP poll kicked off by the original list from The Guardian.

I went with the ones I like the most. I probably wouldn't go with the ones I like the least.

(Top 10 TV aliens you like the least? Nah ).

My list, based on my viewings of TV, in no particular order (that applies to the list and my viewing):

Vulcans
Klingons
Romulans
The Borg
Ferengi
Cylons
Chigs
Odo/The Founders (DS9)
The Horta
The Shadows (B5)
The Vorlons (B5)
Tholians

Okay, that's more than ten. It's TMP— I can list what I like.

Why did I not list anything from Dr. Who? I've never seen them in a full episode. Finding copies of Dr. Who locally (without paying an arm and a leg) is like finding a copy of Man O' War. So all I can go on is imagery and bits and pieces. (Yes, I know about Netflix. No, I cannot currently budget for that.) The Daleks look like a cross between a jukebox and a plumber's friend, and they clearly are defeated simply by stairs. The rest, well, somebody needed to find a better designer for that series… but I will readily admit that I would like to have my opinions enlightened. I've got years of catching up to do…

What about the Vogons?

All round badass characters, either destroying planets or writing poetry.

That was a horrible article! 2 of the groups were from a show that only has 2 episodes so far!

(no order)
1. Klingons
2. Borg
3. System Lords
4. The Wraith
5. Chigs (space above and beyond)
6. Cylons
7. Daleks
8. The Shadows
9. Cybermen
10. Aliens from Falling Skies (not sure what they are called)

Why did I not list anything from Dr. Who? I've never seen them in a full episode.

You could try…Youtube….don't tell anyone I told you ! Mum's the word!

Okay then, 'top ten personal favorites'…. mine would include Daleks, ALF, and all of the aliens from the old Hartnell story 'The Web Planet'… and let's not forget Ford Prefect.

Television? Hmmm…

1) Kzinti (who appeared in the animated Star Trek TV series. Niiice kitty! Scream and leap!).

2) Vogons (whose poetry is a WMD).

3) Klingons (Vikings innnn spaaaace!).

4) Romulans (Romannns innnn spaaaace!).

5) Vulcans (a logical choice).

6) Daleks (xenophobic, psychotic, genocidal salt shakers with energy cannons? What's not to love?!).

7) Elasians, specifically The Dolman of Elas Herself (Self explanatory, really.):

8) Cylons (original).

9) Cylons (updated).

10) The Ferengi (whose culture defies all logic).

Hmmm… somehow I can see a large professional mercenary company drawn from all of these races led by the Dolman of Elas….

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

Such a lot o good choices. I think I'll just endorse all of ubercommando's. Or Parcival's. Or Leland's…

No – I'll stick with those of ubercommando.

John T

(But the Dolman of Elas was a saucy wench…)

The Neighbors

In no particular order -

Species 8472
Shadows
Ood
Daleks
Pilot from FARSCAPE
Pak'Ma'Ra
Vorlon
The Mysterons
Na'Ka'Leen Feeders
The Xanti

. . . Aaand I notice a couple of biases in that list.

Time for a poll, perhaps? :)

TV aliens only…
In no certain order.

Vorlons (B5)
Shadows (B5)
Narns (B5)
Gorn (Star Trek)
Minbari (B5)
Klingon (Star Trek)
Invid (Robotech)
Oni (Urusei Yatsura the Oni are the aliens)
Dragonites (Outlaw Star and Angel Links)
Daleks (Dr Who)

I have days where I like the Vulcans and Klingons, and others where I hate them. 40k is all Roddenberry's fault:

Klingons: space orcs
Vulcans: space elves
Romulans: space dark elves

Go ahead. Tell me I'm wrong.

The Coneheads
Princess Ardala

and let's not forget Ford Prefect.

Good Choice !!!

I'm adding Zaphod Beeblebrox – how I could have forgotten about the president of the galaxy I really don't know !

the criteria was TV aliens, not necessarily aliens created for TV shows. As my first experience of watching Alien was on TV, then I'm claiming it counts!

The Daleks look like a cross between a jukebox and a plumber's friend, and they clearly are defeated simply by stairs.

One of the few true high points of the new Dr. Who series was when this issue was made fun of (and the Daleks overcame this obvious deficiency).

Mooninites.

This thread needs Mooninites.

Two more worth mentioning are the
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Radar men of the Moon

Go ahead. Tell me I'm wrong.

Okay. "You're wrong."

Remember, you told us to tell you that.

I have days where I like the Vulcans and Klingons, and others where I hate them. 40k is all Roddenberry's fault:

Klingons: space orcs
Vulcans: space elves
Romulans: space dark elves

Go ahead. Tell me I'm wrong.

You be wrong, M. Here's where the Warhamster40K races originated:

Orks: East End Cockney soccer hooligans.

Eldar: Tolkien's elves. The name "Eldar" in fact hails from the Silmarillion if memory serves correct…

Dark Eldar: Melniboneans from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga.

WH40KRT/WH40K is very much a British creation, and its Anglocentric roots in British literary fiction run deep accordingly…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

Shadows
Borg
Vorlons
Klingons
Ferengi
Minbari
Narn
Guauld
Mork
Orion Slave girls

The aliens from Cowboys and Aliens would be a good choice but they are movie aliens, not tv series aliens.