TAG Teaser 162 - Space Movies (and TV Shows)!
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- 3. ____ In Space - "Danger, Will Robinson!" This 1960s sci-fi show featured the Robinsons, robot B-9 and the nefarious Dr Zachary Smith - it was turned into a film with Gary Oldman in 1998 (4)
- 5. Planet of the ____, this 1968 classic with Charlton Heston featured astronauts landing on a strange planet ruled by primates, and has spawned many sequels and reboots *PLURAL* (4)
- 6. The _-_____ - 1990s smash hit TV series featuring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully *PLURAL* (1-5)
- 7. ___ Dwarf, classic comedy series on the BBC (and later Dave) featuring Lister, Rimmer, Cat, Kryten and Holly (3)
- 8. ___ of the Worlds, HG Wells' classic 1897 alien invasion story which was turned into a 2005 film with Tom Cruise (3)
- 12. Total ______, 1990 Martian caper featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, remade with Colin Farrell in 2012 (6)
- 14. This 1984 sci-fi classic was recently remade and features various families fighting over control of the desert planet Arrakis and the drug "Spice" (4)
- 15. 2001: A Space _______, Stanley Kubrick's seminal space epic from 1968, featuring the villainous supercomputer HAL-9000 (7)
- 17. Guardians of the ______, Marvel CU films featuring Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot and Rocket Raccoon (6)
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- 1. This classic 2012 film by Christopher Nolan starred Matthew McConaughey as NASA pilot Joseph Cooper and Anne Hathaway as Dr Amelia Brand, NASA scientist (12)
- 2. _____ Gordon, 1930s sci-fi serial which became a classic 1980 film featuring a thumping soundtrack by Queen (5)
- 4. Star ____, George Lucas's epic space opera, featuring nine movies and several spin-offs, all set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away"... *PLURAL OF 8-ACROSS* (4)
- 9. ______ 13, 1995 movie with Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon, chronicling the disastrous 1970 NASA mission to the Moon (6)
- 10. ____ Rogers in the 25th Century, classic comic strip which later became movies, radio serials and a TV show (4)
- 11. Star ____, the classic sci-fi show, where Captains Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway and Archer all boldly go "where no man has gone before!" (4)
- 13. Doctor ___, BBC flagship show about an eccentric alien from the planet Gallifrey travelling through time and space in their TARDIS (3)
- 14. Independence ___, 1997 classic featuring Will Smith and Bill Pullman repelling an alien invasion of Earth (3)
- 16. E.T. The _____-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's 1982 blockbuster about an alien visitor (5)