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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.

A

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Andromeda 3:08:40 Canon: 2000–2005
  • Andromeda TV series
110 episodes ×44 min.
(4840 min.)
2000–2005
Alien and Predator film series [1] 0:17:34 Alien films 116 min. 1979
154 min. 1986
145 min. 1992
116 min. 1997
Predator films 107 min. 1987
108 min. 1990
107 min. 2010
A vs P 115 min. 2004
86 min. 2007

B

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Babylon 5 4:04:39 Canon: 1993 - 2007
  • The Gathering
    (TV movie pilot)
89 min. 1993
  • Babylon 5 TV series
110 episodes ×44 min.
(4840 min.)
1994–1999
4 TV movies

94 min.
94 min.
94 min.
94 min.

1998
1998
1998
1999
13 episodes ×44 min.
(572 min.)
1999
90 min. 2002
72 min. 2007
Back to the Future 0:05:37 canon 111 min. 1985
108 min. 1989
118 min. 1990
0:09:58 non-canon 26 episodes ×23 min.
(598 min.)
1991–1993
Battlestar Galactica 1:01:43 original series: 1978 - 1980. 180 min. TV movie pilot
(3 ×45 min. in syndication)
1978–1979
90 min. length episode
(2 ×45 min. in syndication)
14 episodes ×45 min.
(630 min.)
10 episodes ×45 min.
(450 min.)
1980
2:59:26 current series:[1] Miniseries (184 min.) 2003
"Pegasus": double length episode (56 min.) 2005
62 episodes ×44 min.
(2728 min.)
(through "Revelations")
2004–2009
? ×42 min. Upcoming
supplemental canon 10 "webisodes" (×1.5–4.5 min.) 2006
7 "webisodes" (×3 min.) 2007
Television Film (88 min.) 2007
10 "webisodes" (×3-6 min.) 2008/2009
Television Film (88 min.) 2009
Blake's 7 1:19:20 canon: 1978–1981
  • Blake's 7
52 episodes ×50 min.
(2600 min.)
1978–1981
Blade Runner 0:03:34 canon
  • Blade Runner film
115 min. 1982
"sidequel" 99 min. 1998
  • Bionic Woman (see Six Million Dollar Man)

C

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
The Chronicles of Riddick 0:04:35 canon 110 min. 2000
30 min. 2004
135 min. 2004

D

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Doctor Who 16:01:51 canon
  • Original Doctor Who TV series (The first through seventh Doctors)
696 eps.
672 episodes ×25 min.
+2 episode ×50 min.
+14 episodes ×45 min.
+6 episodes ×20 min.
+1 episode ×30 min.
+1 special 90 min.
(17770 min. total)
1963–1989
85 min. 1996
  • Revived Doctor Who TV series (The ninth through eleventh Doctors)
56 eps.
47 episodes ×45 min.
3 episodes ×50 min.
1 episode ×52 min.
6 specials ×60 min.
1 episode ×65 min.
1 Christmas Special ×72 min.
1 special ×75 min.
(2829 min.)
2005–present
7 min. 2005
8 min. 2007
7 min. 2008
50 min. 1981
26 eps ×50 min.
5 eps x60mins
(1600 min.)
2006–present
1 New Year's Special (×60 min.)
34 eps ×25 min.
1 Comic Relief Special (5 min)
(860 min.)
2007–present
1:06:39 supplemental canon
and
non-canon
Dalek films

79 min.
80 min.

1965
1966

Reeltime Pictures films


35 min.
70 min.
35 min.
80 min.
53 min.

1987
1995
1995
1998
1998
2004

P.R.O.B.E. films (BBV)


60 min.
82 min.
47 min.
42 min.

1994
1995
1996
1996

Auton trilogy (BBV)


57 min.
57 min.
55 min.

1997
1998
1999
58 min 2008
70 min. 1995
13 min. 1993
9 min. 1985
  • Shada
    Unfinished serial, released with linking narration on VHS
101 min. 1994
23 min. 1999
6 episodes ×10 min.
60 min.
2003
14 min. 2005
13 mini-episodes ×1 min.
(13 min.)
2006
45 min. 2007
3 min. 2009
26 episode x23 min.
(598 min.)
2009–present

E

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Earth: Final Conflict 3:03:10 canon TV series 110 episodes ×41 min.
(4510 min.)
1997–2002
Earth 2 0:17:14 canon TV series 22 episodes ×47 min.
(1034 min.)
1994–1995

F

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Farscape 2:20:20 canon
  • Farscape
Pilot ×90 min.
87 episodes ×44 min.
(3828 min.)
1999–2004
182 min.
Firefly 0:12:59 canon
  • Firefly TV series
15 episodes ×44 min.
(660 min.)
2002
119 min. 2005
0:00:08 supplemental canon 5 short videos (8 min. total) 2005

I

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
The Invaders 1:15:01 canon
  • The Invaders TV series
43 episodes ×51 min.
(2193 min.)
1967–1968
  • The Invaders TV miniseries
148 min. 1995

K

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Knight Rider canon
  • Knight Rider TV series
90 episodes ×51 min.
1982–1986
1991
1994
22 episodes 1997–1998
In Production 2008

L

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Land of the Giants 1:13:24 canon
  • Land of the Giants TV series
51 episodes ×44 min.
(2244 min.)
1968–1970
Land of the Lost 0:16:29 canon
  • original TV series
43 episodes ×23 min.
(989 min.)
1974–1976
0:09:58 remake canon 26 episodes ×23 min.
(598 min.)
1991–1992
Lexx 2:03:20 canon
  • Lexx TV series
4 TV movies ×93 min.
57 episodes ×47 min.
Rated Lexx special = 48 min.
(3080 min.)
1997–2002
Logan's Run 0:02:00 movie canon 120 min. 1976
0:10:16 tv series canon 14 episodes ×44 min.
(616 min.)
1977–1978
Lost in Space 2:12:52 canon
  • Lost in Space TV series
83 episodes ×44 min.
(3652 min.)
1965–1968
0:02:10 reimagined[citation needed] feature film 130 min. 1998
reimagined[citation needed] TV pilot 2003

M

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
The Matrix 0:08:22 canon Live action features:

Animatrix animated shorts:

3 live action features (136, 138, 129 min.),
9 animated shorts (9, 9, 10, 15, 7, 10, 13, 10, 16 min.)
1999–2003
Mobile Suit Gundam[3] 4:20:54 Universal Century canon 4 TV anime, (198 eps. ×25 min.)
+ 2 theatrical films (124 min., 115 min.)
+ 7 compilation films (137 min., 134 min., 141 min., 90 min., 94 min., 91 min., 120 min.)
+ 4 OVAs (37 eps. ×25 min.)
+ 1 TV live-action film (×93 min.)
1979–2006
1:00:25 After Colony canon 1 TV anime (50 eps. ×25 min.)
+ 1 OVA (3 eps., ×25 min.)
+ 1 compilation OVA (2 eps., ×25 min.)
+ 1 compilation film (90 min.)
1995–1997
2:05:55 Cosmic Era canon 2 TV anime (100 eps. ×25 min.)
+ 7 compilation films (3 ×90 min., 93 min., 2 ×96 min., 105 min.)
+ 1 OVA (3 eps. ×25 min.)
2002–2006
0:20:25 Future Century canon 1 TV anime
49 eps. ×25 min.
1994–1995
0:20:50 After War canon 1 TV anime
50 eps ×25 min.)
1996
1:00:58 Seireki canon 1 TV anime (50 eps., ×25 min.)
+ 2 compilation movies (120 min., 128 min.)
1999–2002

P

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Planet of the Apes 0:19:07 Original Series 112 min. 1968.
95 min. 1970
98 min. 1971
88 min. 1972
96 min. 1973
14 episodes ×47 min.
(658 min.)
1974.
0:04:46 non-canon 13 episodes ×22 min.
(286 min.)
1975–1976
0:01:59 re-imagining:[1] 119 min. 2001
  • Predator (see Aliens vs Predator)

Q

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Quantum Leap 2:23:09 canon
  • Quantum Leap TV series
1 pilot (89 min.)
+ 95 episodes ×44 min. (4180 min.)
1988–1994

R

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Red Dwarf 1:01:24 canon
  • Red Dwarf TV series
55 episodes
52 episodes ×28 min.
+ 2 episodes ×23 min.
+ 1 episodes ×25 min.
(1527 mins)
1988–2009
RoboCop 1:03:32 canon * RoboCop 103 min.
Director's Cut
1987
* RoboCop 2 117 min. 1990
* RoboCop 3 104 min. 1993
* RoboCop TV series 22 episodes ×44 min. 1994
* RoboCop: Prime Directives 4 episodes ×90 min. 2001
0:26:00 Animated Series * RoboCop: The Animated Series 12 episodes ×30 min. 1988
* RoboCop: Alpha Commando 40 episodes ×30 min. 1998–1999

S

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
The Six Million Dollar Man 5:05:24 original 6 TV films ×88 min.
(528 min.)
1973
  • The Six Million Dollar Man TV series
101 episodes ×60 min.
(6060 min.)
1974–1978
57 episodes ×60 min.
(3420 min.)
1976–1978
2007 series 2007–2008
Sliders 2:16:32 canon: 1995–2000 88 episodes ×44 min.
(3872 min.)
1995–2000
Space: 1999 1:17:36 canon: 1976-1978
  • Space: 1999 TV series
48 episodes ×52 min.
(2496 min.)
1976–1978
Space Odyssey 0:04:17 canon: 1979-1984 141 min. 1968
116 min. 1984
Stargate 0:02:10 canon: film 130 min. 1994
9:07:29 canon: series 213 episodes ×42 min.
1 special episode ("Threads") ×63 min.
(9009 min.)
1997–2007
102 min. 2008
98 min. 2008
100 episodes ×42 min.
(4200 min.) (through end of 5th season)
2004–2009
? ×43 min. 2009–present
0:09:32 non-canon 26 episodes ×22 min.
(572 min.)
2002–2004
Star Trek 22:16:21 Canon: 1966–2009 1 pilot ×64 min.
+79 episodes ×50 min.
(4014 min.)
1966–1969
136 min. 1979
116 min. 1982
105 min. 1984
136 min. 1986
107 min. 1989
113 min. 1991
178 episodes ×44 min.
(7832 min.)
1987–1994
118 min. 1994
106 min. 1996
103 min. 1998
116 min. 2002
176 eps. ×44 min.
(7744 min.)
1992–1999
172 eps. ×44 min.
(7568 min.)
1994–2001
52 eps ×44 min.
+46 eps ×42 min.
(4220 min.)
2001–2005
127 min. 2009
0:08:04 semi-canon 22 episodes ×22 min. (484 min.) 1973–1974
Star Wars 0:13:23 Canon[4] (theatrical films) 133 min. 1999
143 min. 2002
140 min. 2005
125 min. 1977
127 min. 1980
134 min. 1983
1:01:07 Supplemental Canon: 97 min.
  • Ewok TV films: 1, 2
96 & 94 min.
15 & 35 episodes ×22 min.
60 min.
Upcoming

T

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
Terminator 1:06:02 canon: 1984–2009 108 min. 1984
137 min. 1991
109 min. 2003
31 episodes ×43 min.
(1333 min.)
2007–2009
115 min. 2009
The Time Tunnel 1:02:00 original: 1966–1967
  • The Time Tunnel TV series
30 episodes ×52 min.
(1560 min.)
1966–1967
0:02:00 remake:
  • Unaired pilot episode of a remake TV series
1 pilot episode (×120 min.). 2002
Thunderbirds 1:02:40 original canon:
  • Thunderbirds TV series
32 episodes (×50 min.) 1965–1966
semi-official sequel 24 episodes.
0:01:35 remake: 1 movie (×95 min.) 2004
The Tomorrow People 1:00:56 original canon
  • classic Tomorrow TV series
68 episodes ×22 min.
(1496 min.)
1973–1979
0:09:32 remake
  • new Tomorrow TV series
26 episodes ×22 min.
(572 min.)
1992–1995
Transformers[7] 2:17:56 United States original canon: 1984–2000 98 eps ×22 min.
  • The Transformers: The Movie film
84 min.
52 eps ×22 min.
26 eps ×22 min.
5:14:45 Japanese canon: 1985–2004
  • Japanese canon includes all of the U.S. canon except 3 episodes of The Transformers., and adds the following:
(35 eps.)
(42 eps.)
(32 eps.)
(43 eps.)
  • Beast Wars II film [8]
(35 eps.)
00:14:20 Transformers: Robots in Disguise:
  • Transformers: Robots in Disguise TV series
39 episodes (×22 min.) 2001
02:08:50 "Unicron Trilogy": 2002-2006 (52 eps.) ×22 min.
(51 eps.) ×22 min.
(52 eps.)
00:06:54 Live Action Film 144 min. 2007
150 min. 2009
00:15:24 Transformers Animated 42 episodes (×22 min.) 2008–2009

V

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
V 0:22:42 canon 197 min. 1983
272 min. 1984
19 episodes 47 min.
(893 min.)
1984–1985
re-imagining[citation needed]: 2009–Present
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3:10:25 canon:
  • 1961 film
105 min. 1961
  • 1964-1968 TV series
110 episodes ×44 min.
(4840 min.)
1961–1968

X

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Universe Total time
(days:hours:minutes)
Continuity Film/Series Time Years
The X-Files 8:09:31 canon
  • The X-Files TV series
201 episodes ×42 min.
(8442 min.)
1993–2002
121 min. 1998
67 episodes ×43 min.
(2881 min.)
1996–1999
13 episodes ×43 min.
(559 min.)
2001
104 min. 2008

See also

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Notes

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  1. a b c The term "reimagining" 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. ^ Includes footage from the 7 "Razor Flashbacks" 3 minute "webisodes".
  3. ^ The Alien series by itself is 0:10:46; the Predator series by itself is 0:07:17 (counting Alien vs. Predator for both).
  4. ^ A remake of the film has been announced for 2007.
  5. ^ The total sum of all the Gundam canons is 10:21:27
  6. ^ Star Wars has a detailed categorization system to organize various levels of canon. See Star Wars canon for an explanation.
  7. ^ A 3-D continuation of this animated series is currently in pre-production.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ The 2007 film does not appear to adhere to any of the existing Transformers canons.
  10. ^ The sum total of *all* Transformers series is approximately 08:15:01.
  11. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ French, Philip (2001-10-19). "Planet of the Apes". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
  2. ^ Cullen, Ian M. (8 August 2006). "Ron Moore Shares Some Galactic Insights". SciFi Pulse. Retrieved 2008-12-21.