From cult classics to offbeat triumphs, sci-fi television boasts many great low-budget series.

The show had to make do with a small budget to justify 20-plus episode seasons per year.

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Imagery from Halloween III: The Season of the Witch and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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The cast of characters from the television series Sliders.

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Babylon 5 Season 1 Cast

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Anthony Simcoe looking dazed as Ka D’Argo in Farscape

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Doctor Who Louise Jameson and Tom Baker as Leela and the Fourth Doctor And K9

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Jayne. Zoe, Mal, Inara, and Wash on Serenity in Firefly

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The cast of Red Dwarf posing and smiling including Lister, Cat, and Rimmer

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A giant alien with one eye approaching a woman in The Twilight Zone

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Headshot Of Jordan Peele In The Los Angeles premiere of ‘Nope’