Science Fiction Trivia

[Commander_X]

Going by the plot summary on Wikipedia, "Caprica shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters," so is presumably set when Cylons were bulky metal robots and couldn't pass for human. Since I've only ever seen a couple of trailers I can't say if there are any skin jobs in it, but I agree it's unlikely.
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It actually ends by showing the first (I'd say) skin job (in a very rushed way, due to the early termination of the series).

[ffutures]

Belated thought on the previous question - looking at the photos for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles I think that on the whole the T-1001 known as Catherine Weaver is hotter than Cameron - also a LOT scarier, but I think that comes with being a shape-changing assassin/weapon from the future...

The singer from Garbage? I had never seen her murder before. It wouldn't appear that her part comes with the alluring complexities on a level with BSG Six.

On the question at hand, I suspect I remember a music video that ticks the boxes, except the song was so annoying there's no way it was #1 in the charts.

Give it a try, you never know your luck.

gonna guess Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer. cant think of the show but i will guess star trek ?

Never heard of Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer, but you've got the right show. Have a meaningless bonus point.

[spud42]

i remember seeing claymation type startreck but cant for the life of me remember the song.... going down the youtube rabbit hole in search... i may not get back..lol

[spud42]

face palm!!!

it has to be Star trekking across the universe by The Firm

now this was instantly the song i thought of but i didnt know it got to number 1! so i looked elsewhere. i did have to look it up for the band name..lol

its life jim but not as we know it.... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

[Old Murgh]

face palm!!!

it has to be Star trekking across the universe by The Firm

now this was instantly the song i thought of but i didnt know it got to number 1! so i looked elsewhere. i did have to look it up for the band name..lol

its life jim but not as we know it.... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

That was it. Horrible song. Number one, really?!

[ffutures]

face palm!!!

it has to be Star trekking across the universe by The Firm

now this was instantly the song i thought of but i didnt know it got to number 1! so i looked elsewhere. i did have to look it up for the band name..lol

its life jim but not as we know it.... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

It is indeed! Congrats, you get the poison chalice!

face palm!!!

it has to be Star trekking across the universe by The Firm

now this was instantly the song i thought of but i didnt know it got to number 1! so i looked elsewhere. i did have to look it up for the band name..lol

its life jim but not as we know it.... lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

That was it. Horrible song. Number one, really?!

Two weeks running, apparently, in June 1987. Full data here:

https://www.officialcharts.com/search/s ... rekkin%27/

[spud42]

ok, then lets continue the musical trend.

name another song that reached number 1 in the UK and several other countries as i found out but only got into the top 10 here in Australia.
it is also a 1980's song. based on a very popular sci fi series.

name of song and artist...

[Old Murgh]

ok, then lets continue the musical trend.

name another song that reached number 1 in the UK and several other countries as i found out but only got into the top 10 here in Australia.
it is also a 1980's song. based on a very popular sci fi series.

name of song and artist...

Shooting from the hip here, “Paranoimia” from Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom.

[spud42]

nice try but no chalice .

hint its an all UK affair both the artists and the TV show.

[ffutures]

My first thought was "It Won't Be Easy", the Star Cops theme, but it looks like that only made it to No. 4.

Something related to Doctor Who?

[Old Murgh]

Something related to Doctor Who?

Is there another very popular UK sci fi series?

As everyone knows, "Doctor, Doctor" by The Thompson Twins is about Dr.Who.

[spud42]

Star Cops... was that the Justin Hayward song ? Moody Blues singer?


you are both so very very close...getting hot as the old game goes....

right show wrong song....

[ffutures]

Yes, it was Justin Hayward.

OK, since nobody seemed to be getting there I cheated a bit by checking the Doctor Who wiki and found this:

"Doctorin' the Tardis" was released in 1988 by The Timelords ("Time Boy" and "Lord Rock", aliases of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, better known as The KLF or the JAMs). The song is predominantly a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme, Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll (Part Two)" with sections from "Blockbuster!" by Sweet and "Let's Get Together Tonite" by Steve Walsh. The single was panned by critics but became a commercial success, reaching number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and charting in the Top 10 in Australia and Norway

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctorin%27_the_Tardis

I think that this is probably what you were after, sorry I had to resort to looking it up.

https://youtu.be/DsAVx0u9Cw4

[spud42]

awful song , how it got to no1 i have no idea... piggybacking off the show i guess.

dont be sorry i think we all have resorted to the googles from time to time.. if i do i usually give it a few days before i answer and only if i think its stalled long enough.

how did this turn into a poison chalice ? didnt it start out as a ship we borrowed from one another?

either way the questionable item if now all yours.

[Old Murgh]

awful song

Horrific music has been a bit of a theme lately.