• 5 Sci-Fi DD TV Serials Of Yesteryear

    5 Sci-Fi DD TV Serials Of Yesteryear

    Jayesh Limaye, Jul 31, 2009 1330 hrs IST

    A flashback to the era of Sci-Fi on DD

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Taking a break from Sci-Fi series from abroad, we shall take a look at a couple of Sci-Fi TV serials produced here in India that enjoyed popularity during their time of airing.








Captain Vyom







India also tried its hands at producing Sci-Fi serials and with a good measure of success. Captain Vyom was one such serial with Milind Soman starring as the protagonist title character along with Tom Alter. Set in the futuristic setting of 2220 A.D. when mankind has conquered the solar system and is looking to capture new frontiers, the world is ruled by a government whose headquarter is based in Delhi. The prison in this era is based on Io, which is a moon of Jupiter and contains the worst criminals. When a meteor strikes Io, the criminals are set loose and Captain Vyom (who is the captain of his spaceship ULKA and its crew) is assigned the task of securing them back. The series enjoyed a fair amount of fan following back in the mid nineties when it aired 54 episodes on DD National.




Indradhanush




Telecast in 1988-1989, this sci-fi series came at a time when computers were new in India and PCs were virtually non-existent. The plot has a bunch of school kids assembling a computer in a storage room. What happens next is complete fantasy as a Prince from Andromeda galaxy is somehow able to communicate with the kids. The lead character suddenly gets kidnapped by someone from another galaxy, who is the enemy of the Prince.


The Prince then gives the kids a device, using which they can time-travel and rescue their friend. They travel to the past, during the time of Indian independence struggle and then to the future to 2035. One of the characters of the series was Karan Johar, who went on to become a leading film director. This television series is long lost and forgotten, so we have not been able to obtain any screenshots of it.


We would surely have wanted to mention about the series Space City: Sigma, but we have not been able to obtain enough information about it. All that we can say that it was also a tremendously popular TV series during its time and was probably India's modest answer to Star Trek. The series is based on the adventures and exploits of a space ship named Sigma which has Captain Taara, his lieutenant Shakti (played by Shakti Singh), who is half human and half robot, and his equally intriguing crew along with Earth Command (played by Lalit Parimoo).

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rajiv.r.achari
,sultanate of oman , muscat , on Jun 08, 2010 01:43 PM
i just want to see the clips of space city sigma please tell me where to see the old comerical serials like space city sigma star trek ....
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Abhijeet Anand
,Melbourne, on Aug 23, 2009 03:35 PM
Thank you jayesh for putting up such an article. Million kudos to you.
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Abhijeet Anand
,Melbourne, on Aug 23, 2009 03:33 PM
Its been great to relive the memories far away from the place and go back in time.
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Ashutosh
,Hyderabad, on Aug 05, 2009 06:46 PM
How about Sigma (remember zakaku?). That was even before Captain Vyom. Good to see you have mentioned Indradhanush atleast.
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santosh
,mumbai, on Aug 06, 2009 07:38 PM
there is a mention of Sigma on the second page
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Darktower
,Mumbai, on Aug 03, 2009 01:42 PM
Hey What about Terrahawks. Nobody remembers them? Try youtube to jog your memory.
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abs
,Chitradurga, on Aug 02, 2009 11:42 PM
common how could you miss Strret hawk & knight rider series....they were the best!!!!!
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Diana Pinto
,Goa, on Aug 02, 2009 01:18 AM
superb article! Jayesh, r u the same guy who writes hardware reviews? can't believe u can also write this one. cheers and love u
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Abhishek Mitra
,Kolkata, India, on Aug 01, 2009 08:21 PM
Great Article to look back down the lane!
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naveenchaudhary
,meerut, on Aug 01, 2009 11:47 AM
dreaming of the childhood, maah god......where are those days, look at the generation of today, such a shame they like to watch pokemon - such a damn idiotic serial. we were so impressed by the serial that we actually looked everywhere for the killer orbs shown in sigma, they left such a fear on our minds. really fantastic article. how old are u jayesh?? i thought you are some 20-25 years. its nice to see that some person still remembers those days.
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Suyog
,Delhi, on Aug 01, 2009 01:28 AM
I really liked Indradhanush and Sigma, Anyone has any cassettes/CDs of these?
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Nico Rosberg
,MumBHAI, on Aug 01, 2009 12:58 AM
Captain Vyom was an EXCELLENT series. It came out what now 8 odd years before? Wayy ahead considering it was an Indian Serial. It was really really nice. Milind Soman rocked in it big time. They should re-launch it now! Or maybe start selling DVD's off the old episodes. That would be great! Really amused to see this on TT but its good none-the-less. I got flashbacks of my school now! Wayy to go TT! :-)
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Mohammed Younus
,Hyderabad, on Jul 31, 2009 10:38 PM
i want to go back and relive tose moments ..... those eighties were so good ...DD shows are unforgetable .
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Guru Graptor
,Gurgaon, on Jul 31, 2009 06:26 PM
What about he-man. How could you forget this?
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Shamit
,Mumbai, on Jul 31, 2009 07:52 PM
duh! He-man = fantasy tech :P
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Bahadur
,Pune, on Jul 31, 2009 10:29 PM
and She-woman? and the G-man? hehehehe
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unknown
,bangalore, on Jul 31, 2009 09:36 PM
u missed Zigma .. the bestest of the lot that was there
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Nishant
,Hyderabad, on Jul 31, 2009 02:23 PM
What about Space City - Sigma? Our own Star Trek?
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dinf
,difn, on Jul 31, 2009 07:35 PM
yup, i remember that. They should have done some more homework before writing this.
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Anil
,Bangalore, on Jul 31, 2009 02:21 PM
ya i love this robot series serial, i used to watch this serial daily in DD.
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