Some missing consideration: Cooper Station (Interstellar), Thunderbird 5 (Thunderbirds), Tycho Station (The Expanse), The Ark (The 100), Drax's lair (Moonraker), The Peak (from animated series S.W.O.R.D.), Restaurant At The Edge Of The Galaxy (Spaceballs), Knowhere (Guardians Of The Galaxy), Niska's Skyplex (Firefly), and Space Station 76.
It's being Shown on other Sub. Ch. MeTv. My Tv. You just Need to Go your Program listing. THR OLD SHOWS ARE STILL BEING PLAYED. I Was Suprised Gene Roddenberry. Created 5. Shows. 1. Star Trek. Original 2. Star Trek Next Gen 3. Star Trek Voyager 4. Babylon 5 5. Star Trek Enterprise. I found all this out just Rewatching these Shows.
@@chuckkelly1225 Gene Roddenberry did not created Babylon 5... and for the most part, Paramount didn't create Deep Space 9 either. :) It was just a "lucky" co-incidence that B5 was shopped at Paramount...they wandered off with the series bible to "examine it" then passed on it and created a whole new show called Deep Space 9..... with most of the staples that B5 had presented. Coincidence eh?
@@chuckkelly1225 Babylon 5 was created by J. Michael Straczynski, not Gene Roddenberry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski Furthermore, Roddenberry died before Voyager, Deep Space Nine or Enterprise and are based on his creations but are not considered his creations - he created TOS, The Animated Series & Next Generation.
"We're not including the space station from Interstellar because it's used as a spaceship." First entry in the video is used as a spaceship. Last entry in the video is used as a spaceship. WatchMojo reasoning.
+Silvershock Nicktail Agreed. The Deathstar is used as a spaceship. Instead of being in orbit about a planet or placed in a fixed location, as is the definition for a space station, the Deathstar moves about like a cargo ship. So... Interstellar should definitely have been included at at least been #3. Either that, or remove the Deathstar and make Space Station V the #1... which would have made sense. It is the most realistic looking one of all.
Takua Nuva I'll give them DS9. It can be moved, but only with holding thrusters, and that's a significant operation that needs Miles O'Brian to do his thing. All space stations have positioning thrusters, but like DS9 they're not designed to be moved. The Death Star, on the other hand, has FTL capability.
+Tardisius Don't forget, K-7 reappeared in DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations". It really should have been on this list, certainly instead of the cartoon crap.
If you haven't watched Babylon 5 yet, pick it up and watch it already. Best sci-fi show of all time... the story was epic and the space battles were fantastic. The show was ahead of its time on many levels and still holds up today.
Anonymous Rex The Shadows were the best villains ever, and the resolution worked without taking any of the mystery away. Absolutely brilliant. The only show ever where I unplugged the phone whenever it came on.
Currently re-watching Babylon 5. I too find it hard to describe just how great of a show it is. Plus all the effects hold up really well for it's age too.
The worst verbiage to a science fiction series. They could have put a little bit more imagination into it instead of "the name of the place is BABYLON 5".
It's funny that they mentioned the rotation for artificial gravity for 2001's station while completely ignoring the fact that in B5 even human ships utilise rotation for gravity in living spaces. It's not as overt that B5 itself does it because it's 5 miles long and probably about half a mile in diameter that's a very large mass turning so it looks incredibly slow..
As a massive Star Wars fan, I feel like I have to point out that the Death Star should be disqualified. According to your system, any station that doubles as a starship isn't included. According to the in universe classification system, any spacecraft equipped with engines and a hyperdrive (as the death stars were) is a starship. Therefore, Space Station V wins by default.
The power ranger "station" looks more like a colony ship too, like a generation ship or something, it evne has engines and is on course for another planet, how is it not a spaceship ? Would like to know how the rank them too, it's not by size, realisme, plot linie, time on screen or fame, how was the ranking made ?
Sharil Shahed - But it IS a frequent traveler. It moves from system to system several times between the beginning of Rogue One and the end of A New Hope.
The Power Ranger station must have very tiny mountains and oceans, because if you look at the domed city at the end of it, you would know the station isn't big enough for them. Unless these were on holodecks?
Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope, that there can always be new beginnings. Even for people like us.
Actually the weather at he's into hyperspace which is a dimension in which all matter is accelerated. Thus it does move rather than teleport. Think of t like the flash' s speed force.
I am pissed off again. WatchMojo said that they ARE NOT LISTING ANY STATION that doubles as a STARSHIP!!!! Power ranger Lost Galaxy Space Station is a mobile vessel and so is DEATH STAR!!! You better get your definition right next time.
+4life4win I was wanting to say the same thing and was looking to see if anyone else thought the same about those two. Also, the criteria switches throughout the top ten. What makes something "top"? That it is a "good" (functionally) station? Then 2001 gets an honorable mention for rotation and Babylon 5 moves into the top two at least. Is it that it is "iconic"? Then 2001 is back and gets a promotion and several others drop off the list making this a top 7 at best. Is it that it is an actual attempt at Science Fiction? Then the cartoons drop off the list (if they weren't gone already). I've typed too much. One last thought about Power Rangers and Death Star... Space stations are relatively stationary...come on, it's right there in the word itself. They orbit stuff and pretty much stay there in orbit. You can find them cause they are NOT moving around much.
+Jerod Haskins Agreed. There have been many lists about sci-fi characters or technology that are total nightmares BECAUSE of the definitions that they set up. Cyborgs and Giant robots list are few to be named, that made my blood boil. They butchered many great lists in order to fit those, that technically aren't belonging there.
+4life4win Incase you didn't know ALL REAL space stations actually have a means to move by them self by releasing large amounts of gas to cause two forces to push against one another effectively making any space station able to adjust it's position so technically if the space stations on this list cannot move on their own then lets face it they're just space junk!
+4life4win They also Honorable Mentioned the Satellite of Love from MST3K which by the later years was doubling as a starship thus sorta violating their own rules.
Thank you, THANK YOU, that you did not forget Babylon 5, and that you placed it higher than DS9. You could've featured scenes from later seasons though, specifically the massive battle in Severed Dreams.
+AKAHimself Actually, it looked much better when running in syndication then when it was released on DVD. Unfortunately, the special effects shots were stored in low-res and were degraded further when blown-up to 16X9. As far as being "only average for the time", they were far better and more dynamic than any of the Star Trek series up until "Enterprise".
+AKAHimself Are you sure they revamped the CGI? the reason B5 hasn't had a blu ray release is because it would require new CGI elements. I'd sure love to see that happen though, it's one of the best tv shows ever made imo...
EuVieites She didn't say anything was wrong with it, just that it was good to see B5 placed above it. I would agree that as much as I liked DS9, B5 was by far the better show. It is just overlooked sometimes as it doesn't have the Star Trek brand behind it.
Well, I just didn't understand if there was any kind of rivalry between both shows. I mean, I was glad just with the fact they didn't forget DS9 (which is my favourite). I didn't even care about the position they gave it xD These lists never have too much sense for me anyway, so I was curious about her comment.
+Rowan J Coleman Thank you!!! I could have sworn that was what was going on. It's been a while and all I remember is them going from the bottle-shaped one to the ring-and-needle design in JLU as opposed to building a lookalike between the first's destruction and Green Arrow's tour of the newer facility.
+Rowan J Coleman You think they should have catched onto that when watching the clips they choosed to use, especially as in the last scene they show where the flash says "do you have any idea how corny that sounds" is his answer to Superman suggesting they should call themself "the Justice League". You would think whoever choosed that clip would atleast have tought trough that what was said and possibly come to the conclusion that they didn't name themself the Justice Leauge several seasons after the show started.
The Death Star is not "planet-sized." For crying out loud, you even showed the clip where Obi Wan is stating "that's no moon," because they thought it was a "small moon." In addition -despite being the Death Star II design being the best space station ever- it should be disqualified since the original Death Star was taking hyperspace travels and moving at sublight speeds as well.
I can't believe you forgot this one: Space Station Nerva. From the Fourth Doctor Doctor Who episode "The Ark in Space". And it's earlier incarnation in the episode "Revenge of the Cybermen", Nerva Beacon. Which takes place a few thousand years earlier. Now that is one cool space station.
I don't agree with #1 Death Star. A space station is one that stays in orbit. The Death Star was mobile. And, we don't see anything about the design. Somehow, it carries a bunch of small ships. Somehow, it has a planet destroying weapon. A spherical shape makes sense for structural integrity, but since all other ships in the movies have what look like some sort of rocket-type propulsion, and there are no rockets visible anywhere on the Death Star - it's a no-go. Your #2 should be #1.
So, Leo Lim, you're saying Lucas not only didn't know what a parsec is, but also didn't know what a space station is. I wholeheartedly agree. If the Endurance was disqualified for being a spaceship, then the Death Star should also be disqualified, as its sole purpose of destroying planets requires traveling from one planet to another.
@Thelondonbadger While not to everyones taste. It most definitely is Sci-Fi in the same way that star wars is. Both are basically about space wizards that do the impossible. Neither are considered hard Sci-Fi like Star Trek, Battlestar, or many other productions featured in this video. But just because they lean heavily on fantasy elements does not discount the science fiction portion of their genre. That would be like saying aliens doesn't count because it is a horror flick. Or Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is only a comedy. It is actually difficult to find a production that only fits into one genre. Can't think of any I have ever watched, read, or played. The idea honestly sounds quite boring. You couldn't even satirize just one genre because that would require at least 2 genres at minimum.
@Thelondonbadger Actually can't discount the argument about LotR. Its very true. But again. Why can it not be sci-fi. Yes the screwdriver has what seems to be limitless potential. The rules of the whovian universe are very much nonsensical. But there are rules and scientific principles at work within the series. No matter how nonsensical they may be. The villains of the week trope is one used by tv shows and movies for years. Including shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, and countless others. Besides standouts like the Borg, they generally have some evil scheme that is far more complicated than necessary. They monologue. They do something stupid. They lose. It is trope because so many people use it. Back to sci-fi. Based on Websters Dictionary: -fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component Fantasy -imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters Both Star Trek and Dr. Who follow both these definitions. They each lean further to either side. Star trek does have strange settings and grotesque characters throughout all iterations. And Dr. Who most definitely has a large scientific factor as an essential orienting component. It doesn't matter that it is not as grounded in reality as many other sci-fi shows, books, or games. The idea that just because something is not your cup of tea doesn't change the genre. It just means that you may not like it. No need to attack it for not fitting into your view of how something should be categorized.
@Thelondonbadger So I took the definition directly related to the actual art of fantasy writing. You took the definition of the mental process of fantasy. Two separate, though connected meanings. I have not been arguing that Dr. Who is 'pure' science fiction in the same vein as Star Trek, Battlestar, Babylon, etc. That would be quite stupid to say. Dr. Who is a science fiction fantasy. The argument that it is only fantasy is just as stupid. To disregard all the science used in the show off hand just because it is not as rigid and unloving as other shows is fallacy. Star Trek falls into this same category time after time. They disregard established rules and laws of science in their universe on a whim of the writers. Babylon 5 did this on occasion. So did Stargate, Farscape, X-Files, Quantum leap, and many others. If you want to talk about the space magic that cannot be explained. Star Trek(Q is the most egregious but not the only one by far) Babylon 5(The Greys, the shadows, and the psi core) Stargate(Ascended beings and all their shenanigans) Firefly(River and her weird powers) Where is the line. Yes Dr. Who is most definitely more fantasy than Sci-Fi. But science fiction is still a major focus of the show. Even though the writers love there convoluted science with more loop holes than basket of curly cue fries. It is still a form of science with rules that can be followed if you pay attention. There is a reason that most book stores combine their sci-fi and fantasy sections into one. It is because the line between the two is so arbitrary and can be quite interchangeable. Some high fantasy books have a lot of DNA from science fiction with how much they analyze the world and how it works. While other futuristic science fiction books will have a more fantastical look at the galaxy. With the outlook you look at Dr. Who with, many of the stories considered as some of the best of science fiction would not be able to fit in that genre if you looked at them with the same lens. Just because a piece of work is not 'pure' science fiction does not lesson the fact it is still science fiction.
Watchmojo: The Death Star is the biggest space station ever built! Me: (cough, cough) Death Star II (Cough, cough, cough, coughety, cough, cough) sorry I must have a cold (cough, cough) Starkiller Base
DerpySquid 1 Starkiller base was a planet that they put really big gun on/in. If it is a space station, then you could strap engines to an asteroid and call it a spaceship.
8:48 According to the novel, the space station in 2001 (Space Station V) simulated an artificial gravity of 1/3 that of Earth, which is not that of the Moon (1/6 G). The reason being that since it was a stopover from the Earth to the Moon it gave occupants a chance to slowly adapt from a full 1G to 1/6 G or vice versa.
From physics' point of view, unless the context doesn't explain the simulated gravity, the circular shaped stations (like station V in 2001 A Space Odyssey) is the only realistic one at least in theory and that's why Kubrick was a genius and that station should be nr 1
@@juanucedaperez9614 At least until you got to see 1. The external view of the docking bays as the Falcon was being pulled in, 2. The individual building structures on the surface of the Death Star during the battle at the end of the film.
And considering the film was made in 1968, one year before man ever stepped foot on the moon, it was waaaaaay ahead of it's time. It really should have been Number 1.
Curious... Did you actually watch the entire series - in order? Judging this series from just a few episodes is like deciding how good a novel is from reading only a few random pages. Babylon 5 remains one of, if not the best sci-fi series because it was written so well, and almost all by one author. He planned out the entire 5 years ahead of time and included a myriad of story arcs that ranged in scale from personal stories of individuals to epochal history spanning millions of years. These story arcs also ranged in length from episodic arcs to ones that took literally years to pan out, with some of the most satisfying pay-offs you'll ever see. Multi-dimensional characters who change as a result of their decisions and events that occur around them. I encourage you and anyone who hasn't seen this series to give it the time it deserves. Start with Season 1 Ep 1 and watch every episode. Is it perfect? Of course not. Nothing is. But it really is one of the very best series. Deep Space 9 owes much of its success and improvement to Babylon 5. Any similarities you find are rooted in B5, not the other way around. And I'm glad. Because of B5, DS9 became the best of the Star Trek series, which up till then were mostly narrowly episodic. The breadth and scope of B5's storytelling was picked up by DS9. B5 won two Hugo Awards and was nominated for more. It has earned the respect of anyone with the patience to experience it as it was designed to be - a novel for television.
I love love love DS9. I thought B5 was a ripoff until I watched it in the 3rd season. It was like a drug. The writing and the story arc is way better than most of Star Trek's episodes. This series was freaking epic!
Rather than one colony or a group of colonies, how about the colonies in general? Heck, I wouldn't mind if they replaced that Marxist tripe Elysium with these.
9:32 - that's not LEGIONS STATION - that's the JMC Red Dwarf. Legions station is part of the Red Dwarf Universe but they Didn't show it. Plus they need to update it to the new station that talks to THE UNIVERSE
Well, it more just floated in space, because the Strangers couldn't take light, thereby, it was never in orbit. However, I like the concept and remembrance of that epic flick.
Yep totally agree. I was expecting it to be on the list somewhere, even in mentions. maybe because WatchMojo is American, and a majority of Americans don't know about Thunderbirds (no offence). if that's the case, then they should have done more research.
I agree!! TB5 from the original series, 2004 movie and Thunderbirds Are Go DEFINITELY deserves at least an honourable mention - not only for her looks but also her abilities!!
+Max Thomassen It's on a plantet not floating in space. So I don't think its considered a spacestation. More like a city ship since it is a city and capable of flight.
Good to see you mention Solaris (1972) but in Stanislaw Lem's original novel and the 1972 film the research station hovers in the atmosphere of Solaris above the oceanic surface and is therefore NOT a space station per se. It only becomes an orbital facility in the godawful George Clooney film (2002).
What about all the space stations from Voyager lol? The Caretaker's Array, Suspiria's station, Baraht's supply depot (on the border of the Necrid Expanse), Tash's catapult, Jupiter Station, McKinley Station, the Hirogen training station, the massive Starfleet Academy facsimile station built by Species 8472, and need I mention the Borg Unicomplex. And last but not least the massive Talaxian conversion of an asteroid. And I don't even know if I got them all. And I do believe one was built by the Ba'Neth but it doesn't really count since it was obscure even when made visible(ish) lol.
#3 -> Star Trek ESD (Earth SpaceDock); #2 -> Borg Primary Unicomplex (Unimatrix 0 - 600 kilometers) #1 -> Star Trek Dyson Sphere(a colossal sphere constructed around a star) Death Star is a Battleship (Hyperdrive, sublight engines)
It's a battle station dumbass. Get yourself educated before u talk. When I talk shit about star trek atleast I watch it. I bet u didn't watch star wars did you? No u did not. Pff trekies.
One of the earliest colour TV attempts at a space station was in Doctor Who in the early 1970s. Nerva Beacon in the episodes called 'Revenge of the Cybermen' was pretty good for the time when you consider camera technology they didn't have - especially the corridor scenes. The same set also featured in 'The Ark in Space'. Bit of nostalgia!
Say what? The fact that we have 2001 and Star Wars which both offer very realistic looking space stations then "nothing" ever deserves to be hire than number three! Babylon 5 isn't even good computer graphics, it looks like cheap cgi from the 80's while 2001 was giving us realistic looking space stations in the 1960's and Star Wars doing likewise in the 1970's!
Failed on the first one. If "Terraventure" travels to other planets it's a ship, not a space station. You even said that in the begging when you eliminated one.
Usually you guys and gals are spot on, but this is one GIANT mistake: this list is a joke without the incredible Space Dock from the Star Trek franchise. This thing is big enough to house multiple star ships INSIDE of it, that alone should have been enough to make this list as #2. Come on people, your better than this!
As much as I liked DS9, if I had to choose a single Space Station from the Star Trek universe it would be the orbital base (Spacedock one, if I remebrer correctly) from Star Trek III - The search for Spock.
100% agree. Earth Space Dock in ST3 was (in my opinion) the most beautiful station ever seen on screen. It's a shame we didn't much more of it. A few more appearances in the films and some reuse in the series is all we got.
Great chose! The was shown in almost all of the episodes, though you had to look through periodicals and illustrations to see the guts of the station. Most of what I remember were cutaway and explored drawings, which seem to be a very popular artform in Britian. The more recent iteration of T5, in the live action movie, was an interesting and updated addition. What was so fascinating about T5 was it's communications system. It was like the NBA meets GHQ with Batman's near omniscient computer listening to ever conversation, cry for help.WOW! Thanks for the post and reminder.
Since you mentioned animated space stations I totally missing the ISPV 7 from “Planetes” because it would be the most realistic space station of all of them.
so true. a space station is just that: stationary, in orbit around a planet, designed as a docking port for space going vessels. while it may have defensive capabilities, its primary function is as a refugee, never a weapon. to call the death star a space station is just ignorant.
Caseytify - It's an artificial structure, orbiting a specific location, designed to be inhabited. I think that makes it a space station...the most massive and ultimate of space stations, but still a space station.
If all you want to do is destroy a planet, then sending a 100m diameter rock at half the speed of light would suffice, but Death Star was intended for other purposes. The Emporer had fears of an attack from some unknown source.
Death Star 1st, together with Babylon 5, both represent the civilisations they have been built by, one serve destruction, the other one serve the peace.
Ryszard Nanke It only managed to destroy one planet. Just one. The I.K.S. Rotarran had a higher kill count than that to be honest. Sure it was intended as WMD but it really did not do much of that.
Sadly, the ESD probably got bumped by DS9... not wanting to include two stations from the same show. And while I like the ESD as well, DS9 had 7 seasons of use, a lot more lore, a lot more shown, than the ESD. And that said, here are some others missing that ought to have been mentioned at the least, like the Valley Forge from Silent Running.
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Some missing consideration: Cooper Station (Interstellar), Thunderbird 5 (Thunderbirds), Tycho Station (The Expanse), The Ark (The 100), Drax's lair (Moonraker), The Peak (from animated series S.W.O.R.D.), Restaurant At The Edge Of The Galaxy (Spaceballs), Knowhere (Guardians Of The Galaxy), Niska's Skyplex (Firefly), and Space Station 76.
The thing I love about 2001 a space odyssey, is that all of the vessels shown could be built more or less with existing technology.
Absolutely!
Babylon 5 i freaking love and miss you :(
Boooo death star rules.
Babylon 5 is the shit
It's being Shown on other Sub. Ch. MeTv. My Tv. You just Need to Go your Program listing. THR OLD SHOWS ARE STILL BEING PLAYED.
I Was Suprised Gene Roddenberry. Created 5. Shows.
1. Star Trek. Original
2. Star Trek Next Gen
3. Star Trek Voyager
4. Babylon 5
5. Star Trek Enterprise.
I found all this out just Rewatching these Shows.
@@chuckkelly1225 Gene Roddenberry did not created Babylon 5... and for the most part, Paramount didn't create Deep Space 9 either. :) It was just a "lucky" co-incidence that B5 was shopped at Paramount...they wandered off with the series bible to "examine it" then passed on it and created a whole new show called Deep Space 9..... with most of the staples that B5 had presented. Coincidence eh?
@@chuckkelly1225 Babylon 5 was created by J. Michael Straczynski, not Gene Roddenberry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski
Furthermore, Roddenberry died before Voyager, Deep Space Nine or Enterprise and are based on his creations but are not considered his creations - he created TOS, The Animated Series & Next Generation.
"We're not including the space station from Interstellar because it's used as a spaceship."
First entry in the video is used as a spaceship.
Last entry in the video is used as a spaceship.
WatchMojo reasoning.
+Silvershock Nicktail I agree with you. After all WM has no idea about Sci-Fi in ANY FORM!
+Silvershock Nicktail Agreed. The Deathstar is used as a spaceship. Instead of being in orbit about a planet or placed in a fixed location, as is the definition for a space station, the Deathstar moves about like a cargo ship. So... Interstellar should definitely have been included at at least been #3. Either that, or remove the Deathstar and make Space Station V the #1... which would have made sense. It is the most realistic looking one of all.
+Silvershock Nicktail Deep Space Nine can be moved as well...
Takua Nuva I'll give them DS9. It can be moved, but only with holding thrusters, and that's a significant operation that needs Miles O'Brian to do his thing. All space stations have positioning thrusters, but like DS9 they're not designed to be moved. The Death Star, on the other hand, has FTL capability.
ok depends on how you define it i guess ^^
Are you out of your Vulcan mind???
Space Station K-7 was in the most popular TOS episode EVER =))
'The Trouble With Tribbles' Airdate: December 1967.
+Tardisius I still am glad DS9 got the pick. K-7 was featured in 1 ep. DS9 had a whole series.
+Jake Veillette three
+Paul Banta Regula 1 is just a flipped over "unnamed station" from TMP with different lighting and possibly a couple pieces missing.
+Tardisius Don't forget, K-7 reappeared in DS9's "Trials and Tribble-ations". It really should have been on this list, certainly instead of the cartoon crap.
+Tardisius Agreed!
If you haven't watched Babylon 5 yet, pick it up and watch it already. Best sci-fi show of all time... the story was epic and the space battles were fantastic. The show was ahead of its time on many levels and still holds up today.
Anonymous Rex The Shadows were the best villains ever, and the resolution worked without taking any of the mystery away. Absolutely brilliant. The only show ever where I unplugged the phone whenever it came on.
Currently re-watching Babylon 5. I too find it hard to describe just how great of a show it is.
Plus all the effects hold up really well for it's age too.
Babylon 5 was the worst of all space shows. the most boring show ever made with gay special effects.
@@martylynchian8628 Sorry you feel that way.
What is your favorite show?
@@martylynchian8628 Troll
So power rangers are actually starship troopers?
+SlyRubberDuck I saw that too, and was pissed.
+SlyRubberDuck that was stupid as F!
TheNarrator Please explain have you watched starship troopers?
SlyRubberDuck not your comment. That they used the visual design from starship troopers. My comment was a bit misleading.
TheNarrator Ah ok thought you were implying something else
Earth Spacedock from Star Trek doesn't even warrant an honourable mention? It's the most stunning design of all of them!
It is the bomb. I want one.
At least they got Deep Space Nine...
Yes, exactly! It was way awesome. But I'm somewhat satisfied they put in DS9? Kind of. I wish they included the spacedock though...
Midnight Rune Yeah, Earth Spacedock is the most beautiful space station ever in movies. Of course, that's just my opinion... ;)
Avro Arrow You have a great opinion :D
my favorite? - the name of the place is BABYLON 5 !!!!
I like Babylon Sister better. (Steely Dan)
The worst verbiage to a science fiction series. They could have put a little bit more imagination into it instead of "the name of the place is BABYLON 5".
It's funny that they mentioned the rotation for artificial gravity for 2001's station while completely ignoring the fact that in B5 even human ships utilise rotation for gravity in living spaces. It's not as overt that B5 itself does it because it's 5 miles long and probably about half a mile in diameter that's a very large mass turning so it looks incredibly slow..
I see what you did there and agree.
As a massive Star Wars fan, I feel like I have to point out that the Death Star should be disqualified. According to your system, any station that doubles as a starship isn't included. According to the in universe classification system, any spacecraft equipped with engines and a hyperdrive (as the death stars were) is a starship. Therefore, Space Station V wins by default.
The power ranger "station" looks more like a colony ship too, like a generation ship or something, it evne has engines and is on course for another planet, how is it not a spaceship ?
Would like to know how the rank them too, it's not by size, realisme, plot linie, time on screen or fame, how was the ranking made ?
It's a mobile space station, just because it can use hyper drive doesn't make it a frequent traveler.
Sharil Shahed - But it IS a frequent traveler. It moves from system to system several times between the beginning of Rogue One and the end of A New Hope.
Adam Mullarkey
I got to say at least a mention with Old Republic Space Stations or even the Second Death Star.
The Power Ranger station must have very tiny mountains and oceans, because if you look at the domed city at the end of it, you would know the station isn't big enough for them. Unless these were on holodecks?
Babylon 5 was the last of the Babylon stations. There would never be another. It changed the future and it changed us. It taught us that we have to create the future or others will do it for us. It showed us that we have to care for one another, because if we don't, who will? And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope, that there can always be new beginnings. Even for people like us.
Love of past. An Icon.
Needs to be updated to include the massive floating Starbase "Yorktown," from the movie Star Trek: Beyond (2016).
Death Star is a ship as well, so by your own rules should not be included like interstellar.
Well yeah, but a lot of these do something more akin to teleporting themselves than flying around.
Actually the weather at he's into hyperspace which is a dimension in which all matter is accelerated. Thus it does move rather than teleport. Think of t like the flash' s speed force.
As much as I like Deep Space Nine as the entry from the Star Trek universe, the massive Spacedock shown first in Star Trek III absolutely dwarfs DS9.
But Spacedock doesn't have the best thing ever-JULIAN BASHIR!
Yeah Starbase 1 is most definately the largest space station in the alpha quadrant. It can fit the entirety of a galaxy class starship with ease.
2001 A Space Odyssey : an absolute masterpiece !!
I am pissed off again. WatchMojo said that they ARE NOT LISTING ANY STATION that doubles as a STARSHIP!!!! Power ranger Lost Galaxy Space Station is a mobile vessel and so is DEATH STAR!!! You better get your definition right next time.
+4life4win I was wanting to say the same thing and was looking to see if anyone else thought the same about those two. Also, the criteria switches throughout the top ten. What makes something "top"? That it is a "good" (functionally) station? Then 2001 gets an honorable mention for rotation and Babylon 5 moves into the top two at least. Is it that it is "iconic"? Then 2001 is back and gets a promotion and several others drop off the list making this a top 7 at best. Is it that it is an actual attempt at Science Fiction? Then the cartoons drop off the list (if they weren't gone already). I've typed too much. One last thought about Power Rangers and Death Star... Space stations are relatively stationary...come on, it's right there in the word itself. They orbit stuff and pretty much stay there in orbit. You can find them cause they are NOT moving around much.
+Jerod Haskins Agreed. There have been many lists about sci-fi characters or technology that are total nightmares BECAUSE of the definitions that they set up. Cyborgs and Giant robots list are few to be named, that made my blood boil. They butchered many great lists in order to fit those, that technically aren't belonging there.
+4life4win Incase you didn't know ALL REAL space stations actually have a means to move by them self by releasing large amounts of gas to cause two forces to push against one another effectively making any space station able to adjust it's position so technically if the space stations on this list cannot move on their own then lets face it they're just space junk!
+4life4win They also Honorable Mentioned the Satellite of Love from MST3K which by the later years was doubling as a starship thus sorta violating their own rules.
+SnapeMaster The Death Star is no moon...
Haven't watched it yet, but the Death Star is definitely #1.
The force is strong with you
No, stating the obvious is no gauge for one's connection to the force.
+Ista Dav actually, the Death star is da real bomb at the party. Get a bat and start beating the sweets outta it!!!
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+StarWarsROTJ1983 Yeah but why??? When it's such a failure? twice
+StarWarsROTJ1983
The death star is going to be #1 because the staff at mojo are morons.
The death star is not a station, its a large ship, it moves.
The Death Star, as it's capable of interstellar travel would qualify as a ship, not a space station...
This. Same with the Power Rangers 'station'. That was a colony ship.
Yeah, Spacedock made a video on that issue.
Valley Forge (Silent Running 1972)
USS Cygnus (Black Hole 1979)
Con-Am 27 (Outland 1981)
all good examples, but Valley Forge, cargo ship. USS Cygnus, long range exploration ship. Con-Am27 a stationary mining operation.
Thank you, THANK YOU, that you did not forget Babylon 5, and that you placed it higher than DS9. You could've featured scenes from later seasons though, specifically the massive battle in Severed Dreams.
+AKAHimself Actually, it looked much better when running in syndication then when it was released on DVD. Unfortunately, the special effects shots were stored in low-res and were degraded further when blown-up to 16X9. As far as being "only average for the time", they were far better and more dynamic than any of the Star Trek series up until "Enterprise".
+AKAHimself Are you sure they revamped the CGI? the reason B5 hasn't had a blu ray release is because it would require new CGI elements. I'd sure love to see that happen though, it's one of the best tv shows ever made imo...
+Lovi Poekimo What's wrong with DS9?
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She didn't say anything was wrong with it, just that it was good to see B5 placed above it. I would agree that as much as I liked DS9, B5 was by far the better show. It is just overlooked sometimes as it doesn't have the Star Trek brand behind it.
Well, I just didn't understand if there was any kind of rivalry between both shows. I mean, I was glad just with the fact they didn't forget DS9 (which is my favourite). I didn't even care about the position they gave it xD These lists never have too much sense for me anyway, so I was curious about her comment.
hmmm... about time to rewatch B5... :)
If you talk about Watchtower 2 it's probably best to show some actual footage of Watchtower 2
+Rowan J Coleman Oh good, I thought I was the only one who noticed that...
Kayjai97 Yeah I don't get how they didn't catch that in editing, especially considering that they show the first Watchtower getting destroyed.
+Rowan J Coleman Thank you!!! I could have sworn that was what was going on. It's been a while and all I remember is them going from the bottle-shaped one to the ring-and-needle design in JLU as opposed to building a lookalike between the first's destruction and Green Arrow's tour of the newer facility.
+Rowan J Coleman Seems they forgot Watchtower 2 had a bigass fusion laser mounted on it, as well.
+Rowan J Coleman You think they should have catched onto that when watching the clips they choosed to use, especially as in the last scene they show where the flash says "do you have any idea how corny that sounds" is his answer to Superman suggesting they should call themself "the Justice League". You would think whoever choosed that clip would atleast have tought trough that what was said and possibly come to the conclusion that they didn't name themself the Justice Leauge several seasons after the show started.
How could you not include Drax's space station from Moonraker?
That totally should've been a honorable mention.
What about the ark, polaris and eligius from cw’s the 100
The Death Star is not "planet-sized." For crying out loud, you even showed the clip where Obi Wan is stating "that's no moon," because they thought it was a "small moon." In addition -despite being the Death Star II design being the best space station ever- it should be disqualified since the original Death Star was taking hyperspace travels and moving at sublight speeds as well.
So what it travels? It's a battle station.
@@theemperor1379 0:43 For the same reason they excluded the one from Interstellar.
That is not Legion's Station. That is Red Dwarf.
I can't believe you forgot this one: Space Station Nerva. From the Fourth Doctor Doctor Who episode "The Ark in Space". And it's earlier incarnation in the episode "Revenge of the Cybermen", Nerva Beacon. Which takes place a few thousand years earlier. Now that is one cool space station.
The Borg Unicomplex is another great station
unimatrix 0, I was just thinking the same.
Nathaniel Brown yes
and much larger too! although it is not inhabited by humans.
The Cylon Basestar is as huge as the Death Star, for sure
I was shocked to see that the Borg had 2 great stations as the transwarp hub and the unicomplex :(
I don't agree with #1 Death Star. A space station is one that stays in orbit. The Death Star was mobile. And, we don't see anything about the design. Somehow, it carries a bunch of small ships. Somehow, it has a planet destroying weapon. A spherical shape makes sense for structural integrity, but since all other ships in the movies have what look like some sort of rocket-type propulsion, and there are no rockets visible anywhere on the Death Star - it's a no-go.
Your #2 should be #1.
3333glen it officially called a space station in in the movie.
So, Leo Lim, you're saying Lucas not only didn't know what a parsec is, but also didn't know what a space station is. I wholeheartedly agree. If the Endurance was disqualified for being a spaceship, then the Death Star should also be disqualified, as its sole purpose of destroying planets requires traveling from one planet to another.
Well done for including Satalite 5 from Doctor Who as an honorable mention!! DW doesn't get enough praise sometimes XD
@Thelondonbadger While not to everyones taste. It most definitely is Sci-Fi in the same way that star wars is. Both are basically about space wizards that do the impossible. Neither are considered hard Sci-Fi like Star Trek, Battlestar, or many other productions featured in this video. But just because they lean heavily on fantasy elements does not discount the science fiction portion of their genre. That would be like saying aliens doesn't count because it is a horror flick. Or Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is only a comedy.
It is actually difficult to find a production that only fits into one genre. Can't think of any I have ever watched, read, or played. The idea honestly sounds quite boring. You couldn't even satirize just one genre because that would require at least 2 genres at minimum.
@Thelondonbadger Actually can't discount the argument about LotR. Its very true. But again. Why can it not be sci-fi. Yes the screwdriver has what seems to be limitless potential. The rules of the whovian universe are very much nonsensical. But there are rules and scientific principles at work within the series. No matter how nonsensical they may be. The villains of the week trope is one used by tv shows and movies for years. Including shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, and countless others. Besides standouts like the Borg, they generally have some evil scheme that is far more complicated than necessary. They monologue. They do something stupid. They lose. It is trope because so many people use it.
Back to sci-fi. Based on Websters Dictionary:
-fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
Fantasy
-imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters
Both Star Trek and Dr. Who follow both these definitions. They each lean further to either side. Star trek does have strange settings and grotesque characters throughout all iterations. And Dr. Who most definitely has a large scientific factor as an essential orienting component. It doesn't matter that it is not as grounded in reality as many other sci-fi shows, books, or games.
The idea that just because something is not your cup of tea doesn't change the genre. It just means that you may not like it. No need to attack it for not fitting into your view of how something should be categorized.
@Thelondonbadger So I took the definition directly related to the actual art of fantasy writing. You took the definition of the mental process of fantasy. Two separate, though connected meanings.
I have not been arguing that Dr. Who is 'pure' science fiction in the same vein as Star Trek, Battlestar, Babylon, etc. That would be quite stupid to say. Dr. Who is a science fiction fantasy. The argument that it is only fantasy is just as stupid. To disregard all the science used in the show off hand just because it is not as rigid and unloving as other shows is fallacy. Star Trek falls into this same category time after time. They disregard established rules and laws of science in their universe on a whim of the writers. Babylon 5 did this on occasion. So did Stargate, Farscape, X-Files, Quantum leap, and many others.
If you want to talk about the space magic that cannot be explained.
Star Trek(Q is the most egregious but not the only one by far)
Babylon 5(The Greys, the shadows, and the psi core)
Stargate(Ascended beings and all their shenanigans)
Firefly(River and her weird powers)
Where is the line. Yes Dr. Who is most definitely more fantasy than Sci-Fi. But science fiction is still a major focus of the show. Even though the writers love there convoluted science with more loop holes than basket of curly cue fries. It is still a form of science with rules that can be followed if you pay attention.
There is a reason that most book stores combine their sci-fi and fantasy sections into one. It is because the line between the two is so arbitrary and can be quite interchangeable. Some high fantasy books have a lot of DNA from science fiction with how much they analyze the world and how it works. While other futuristic science fiction books will have a more fantastical look at the galaxy.
With the outlook you look at Dr. Who with, many of the stories considered as some of the best of science fiction would not be able to fit in that genre if you looked at them with the same lens. Just because a piece of work is not 'pure' science fiction does not lesson the fact it is still science fiction.
Watchmojo: The Death Star is the biggest space station ever built!
Me: (cough, cough) Death Star II (Cough, cough, cough, coughety, cough, cough) sorry I must have a cold (cough, cough) Starkiller Base
* *cough cough cough* * uploaded septembar 1 2015 * *cough cough cough* * other stations out there and bigger
well starkiller base was tecnichaly a planet not a space station.
Natalia Virtanen What exactly defines the line between the two?
You must have forgotten about the Dyson Sphere in St:TNG Relics
DerpySquid 1 Starkiller base was a planet that they put really big gun on/in. If it is a space station, then you could strap engines to an asteroid and call it a spaceship.
8:48
According to the novel, the space station in 2001 (Space Station V) simulated an artificial gravity of 1/3 that of Earth, which is not that of the Moon (1/6 G). The reason being that since it was a stopover from the Earth to the Moon it gave occupants a chance to slowly adapt from a full 1G to 1/6 G or vice versa.
I am a huge Star Wars fan and have been my whole life, but my #1 station will always be DS-9. Long live Sisko!
Let me see that thong!!
the 2nd Deathstar must have finished Galactic insurance companies.
😂😂😂😂 fucking good one mate
From physics' point of view, unless the context doesn't explain the simulated gravity, the circular shaped stations (like station V in 2001 A Space Odyssey) is the only realistic one at least in theory and that's why Kubrick was a genius and that station should be nr 1
It's not as sexy or as powerful a pop culture icon as the Death Star. The simple fact that we all knew it was going to be number one is reason enough.
Indeed!!! Even the Death Star looks cheap against the Space Station V.
@@juanucedaperez9614
At least until you got to see 1. The external view of the docking bays as the Falcon was being pulled in, 2. The individual building structures on the surface of the Death Star during the battle at the end of the film.
The quality of the design and construction of 2001 Space Station is amazing !
And considering the film was made in 1968, one year before man ever stepped foot on the moon, it was waaaaaay ahead of it's time. It really should have been Number 1.
What about the Drax Space Station from 007 Moonraker?
And Moonbase Alpha from space 1999.
That was a fun station, and a fun movie :) Thank you Sir Roger Moore...
That wasn't a space station. That was a place James Bond took over to become his outer space shag pad with (no joke) Dr. Goodhead.
Babylon 5 is a highly underrated series...
agree to disagree
Curious... Did you actually watch the entire series - in order? Judging this series from just a few episodes is like deciding how good a novel is from reading only a few random pages. Babylon 5 remains one of, if not the best sci-fi series because it was written so well, and almost all by one author. He planned out the entire 5 years ahead of time and included a myriad of story arcs that ranged in scale from personal stories of individuals to epochal history spanning millions of years. These story arcs also ranged in length from episodic arcs to ones that took literally years to pan out, with some of the most satisfying pay-offs you'll ever see. Multi-dimensional characters who change as a result of their decisions and events that occur around them. I encourage you and anyone who hasn't seen this series to give it the time it deserves. Start with Season 1 Ep 1 and watch every episode. Is it perfect? Of course not. Nothing is. But it really is one of the very best series. Deep Space 9 owes much of its success and improvement to Babylon 5. Any similarities you find are rooted in B5, not the other way around. And I'm glad. Because of B5, DS9 became the best of the Star Trek series, which up till then were mostly narrowly episodic. The breadth and scope of B5's storytelling was picked up by DS9. B5 won two Hugo Awards and was nominated for more. It has earned the respect of anyone with the patience to experience it as it was designed to be - a novel for television.
I love love love DS9. I thought B5 was a ripoff until I watched it in the 3rd season. It was like a drug. The writing and the story arc is way better than most of Star Trek's episodes. This series was freaking epic!
It was alright, seemed a bit hokey at times...
B5 is pretty highly rated. Which means you're right - it should have been VERY highly rated!
Love that the Power Rangers troops are using helmets and armor from Starship Troopers!
i just saw that! so... does that mean they are in the same universe?
@@Doggie_San No, just was the cheapest option from the prop rental place. LOL
Side Seven from Mobile Suit Gundam. Certainly one of the more realistic depictions of a large scale space habitat.
i'm more thinking of either a baoa qu from the original or Jachin Due from gundam seed
Rather than one colony or a group of colonies, how about the colonies in general? Heck, I wouldn't mind if they replaced that Marxist tripe Elysium with these.
Deep Space Nine is my personal favourite. Followed by by MST3K's Satellite of Love. 😁
Kudos for including the Satellite of Love from Mystery Science Theater 3000, our hometown boys!
9:32 - that's not LEGIONS STATION - that's the JMC Red Dwarf. Legions station is part of the Red Dwarf Universe but they Didn't show it. Plus they need to update it to the new station that talks to THE UNIVERSE
As soon as I heard "Interstellar will not be included" I was done.
I mean C'mon!!!! You put the Death Star but not the station from Interstellar!?!?!? What about (SPOILER ALERT) Cooper station at the end!?!?!?
Glad to see B5 ranked so high.
as long as B5 is ranked higher than DS9 I'm happy =) I like both shows, but B5 is BETTER. by far.
@Findlay Robertson Highest TV station!
DS9 would take it out in a few minutes. 5000 quantum torpedoes can do that easily all the while their phasers would handle the B5 mini x wings.
STARGATE ATLANTIS ????!!!!
I think the same!!!!
not a space station
mase lane it has multiple uses
Daniel De los Ríos still not a traditional station
mase lane and the Death Star is? both are movil, big and has weapons. the only difference is because of the size, Atlantis CAN enter a planet.
Babylon 5 was my favorite.
Although seeing B-4 going back through time was pretty cool!
Dark City (1998) was actually a giant space station. Should be on the list
Well, it more just floated in space, because the Strangers couldn't take light, thereby, it was never in orbit. However, I like the concept and remembrance of that epic flick.
What? Where's Thunderbird 5?
Another one! Agree completely, should have been at least mentioned.
Yep totally agree. I was expecting it to be on the list somewhere, even in mentions. maybe because WatchMojo is American, and a majority of Americans don't know about Thunderbirds (no offence). if that's the case, then they should have done more research.
I was thinking that too.
THUNDERBIRDS! And of course, the tribute to them: Team America: World Police
possibly the best reboot ever !!~! THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO !! LOL!!
Whats with the weird background music?
+Jordan L its from courage the cowardly dog , my twin, lol
+Jordan Lovett Ah thank you brother. Still, did they have to put it on repeat!
Jordan L
i seemed fine to me brother
+Jordan Lovett are you hulk holgan?
Xenocide CBK
nooooo.......
You shouldn't exclude the Endurance if you include the Death Star.
Also, Cooper Station from the end of Interstellar should be on this list!
Thunderbird 5
And that would be?
Look up thunderbird 5 and tell me
+Christian Jones you seriously don't know what thunderbird 5 is?
Damn you got there before me. :) Should have at least been given an honourable mention.
I agree!! TB5 from the original series, 2004 movie and Thunderbirds Are Go DEFINITELY deserves at least an honourable mention - not only for her looks but also her abilities!!
uhmm stargate atlantis?
the halo rings..
+Max Thomassen midway space station !!
+Max Thomassen It's on a plantet not floating in space. So I don't think its considered a spacestation. More like a city ship since it is a city and capable of flight.
whell it was in space on several ocations.. and several of the stations they chose in the video are capable of moving aswell..
+SnappingTurtle801 Midway space station is between 2 galaxies
Where is Thunderbird 5?? It was one of the first...
Yeah it SHOULD be somewhere between 10 & 1!
How about the Yorktown? From the Star Trek reboot
No.
Also this video came out before Beyond
This video came out before Beyond did, but Yorktown was damn wild.
I read somewhere it is about 24 miles "long" and somewhat 10 miles beam/high
Yes, today it would be definitely #1
Good to see you mention Solaris (1972) but in Stanislaw Lem's original novel and the 1972 film the research station hovers in the atmosphere of Solaris above the oceanic surface and is therefore NOT a space station per se. It only becomes an orbital facility in the godawful George Clooney film (2002).
Henry A oh the book. It's like reading a dream. So good.
The Solaris film with George Clooney is not quite the same story as the earlier film, but it is a very good SF movie.
If you were to update this I think you would have included the city of a thousand planets from valerian pretty high up
Pity the film was underwhelming.
Moon Base Alpha Space 1999.
A space station on the ground?
I agree
Moonbase Alpha became a space station when the moon was blasted out of orbit.
""This is Eagle One to Main Mission. Do you copy? Hello Moonbase Alpha are you receiving, over ? "
@@thejupiter2574 "Yes, Alan, now get your ass back here"! Koenig!
What about all the space stations from Voyager lol? The Caretaker's Array, Suspiria's station, Baraht's supply depot (on the border of the Necrid Expanse), Tash's catapult, Jupiter Station, McKinley Station, the Hirogen training station, the massive Starfleet Academy facsimile station built by Species 8472, and need I mention the Borg Unicomplex. And last but not least the massive Talaxian conversion of an asteroid. And I don't even know if I got them all. And I do believe one was built by the Ba'Neth but it doesn't really count since it was obscure even when made visible(ish) lol.
Don’t forget Deep Space Station K7 from “The Trouble with Tribbles”.
#3 -> Star Trek ESD (Earth SpaceDock);
#2 -> Borg Primary Unicomplex (Unimatrix 0 - 600 kilometers)
#1 -> Star Trek Dyson Sphere(a colossal sphere constructed around a star)
Death Star is a Battleship (Hyperdrive, sublight engines)
It's a battle station dumbass. Get yourself educated before u talk. When I talk shit about star trek atleast I watch it. I bet u didn't watch star wars did you? No u did not. Pff trekies.
Not a bad list. But seriously, nothing from MS Gundam? The space colonies in the UC timeline are awesome!
Come on, we all knew what #1 was going to be.
Ohhhh; it's the Death Star. What a fuckin surprise :/
+Jackson Waring Oh no you spoiled me I could never imagine it being the death star
+Jackson Waring should have been bablyon 5 and deep space 9 should have be just a mention.
+ahhculdee Yep, even though it's a ship.. which *should* (by their own rules) disqualify it.
+fuzztsimmers 3 Yes, because the featured station of a seven season major show is just a mention. smh
Good to see Babylon 5 mentioned, normally overlooked
Deep Space Nine! Fuck yeah!
Quark's dabbo tables.
His Dabbo GIRLS >8)
It has the most Gorgeous chief medical officer ever-JULIAN BASHIR!
It has the most Gorgeous Chief Medical Officer ever-JULIAN BASHIR!
Bashir is a bit of a laugh, loved the episode Our man Bashir
I would have gone with Thunderbird 5 in this list
They've apparently only picked from cartoons and TV... There is one that beats them all by a long shot:
Ringworld by Larry Niven
*mic drop*
For that matter, Tom Swift made a space station back in the 1940's/50's.
The space station from "Heavy Metal" 1981
There were two! The one in the "Captain Sternn" segment, and the "Oooo, good landing, man!" one at the end of segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous".
One of the earliest colour TV attempts at a space station was in Doctor Who in the early 1970s. Nerva Beacon in the episodes called 'Revenge of the Cybermen' was pretty good for the time when you consider camera technology they didn't have - especially the corridor scenes. The same set also featured in 'The Ark in Space'. Bit of nostalgia!
babylon 5 deserves more than #3
Say what? The fact that we have 2001 and Star Wars which both offer very realistic looking space stations then "nothing" ever deserves to be hire than number three!
Babylon 5 isn't even good computer graphics, it looks like cheap cgi from the 80's while 2001 was giving us realistic looking space stations in the 1960's and Star Wars doing likewise in the 1970's!
Where's Thunderbird 5?
Failed on the first one. If "Terraventure" travels to other planets it's a ship, not a space station. You even said that in the begging when you eliminated one.
Gateway station was also featured in Commander blood for Dos. It was I believe used in Lost starfighter I think...
Babylon 5 was great as well! :D
Yes!
+Jan Rullmann "was", indeed.
One of the best ever!
Bad haircuts and weird clothes, great TV show.
Jan Rullmann I really miss B5
Usually you guys and gals are spot on, but this is one GIANT mistake: this list is a joke without the incredible Space Dock from the Star Trek franchise. This thing is big enough to house multiple star ships INSIDE of it, that alone should have been enough to make this list as #2. Come on people, your better than this!
How about The Ark from the 100
The best are the ones that are actual sets not CGI .
They are so out of ideas...
***** Really? Their latest videos just seem to be a bit... reaching. I forgot the majority were suggested though.
+Sarude Danstorm still, I think it was a grea idea.
Sarude Danstorm When you upload 4-5 videos a day, that tends to happen.
2001's is still my all time favorite, followed by the one in Elysium.
As much as I liked DS9, if I had to choose a single Space Station from the Star Trek universe it would be the orbital base (Spacedock one, if I remebrer correctly) from Star Trek III - The search for Spock.
PS: You got a glimpse of it at 06:20 in this video.
Starbase 12 from Bridge Commander
Absolutely. That's a space station if I've ever seen one.
Yeah but deep space 9 more recognizable.
100% agree. Earth Space Dock in ST3 was (in my opinion) the most beautiful station ever seen on screen. It's a shame we didn't much more of it. A few more appearances in the films and some reuse in the series is all we got.
WHAT ABOUT THUNDERBIRD 5 FROM THUNDERBIRDS!!!!!????
Dang, beat me to it.
So what do you think of these young whippersnappers, eh? They don’t know they’re born...
Great chose! The was shown in almost all of the episodes, though you had to look through periodicals and illustrations to see the guts of the station. Most of what I remember were cutaway and explored drawings, which seem to be a very popular artform in Britian. The more recent iteration of T5, in the live action movie, was an interesting and updated addition. What was so fascinating about T5 was it's communications system. It was like the NBA meets GHQ with Batman's near omniscient computer listening to ever conversation, cry for help.WOW! Thanks for the post and reminder.
*F•A•B*
@James Miller It's a series.
I know right? It is SO missing. You cant NOT innclude Thunderbird 5!
Since you mentioned animated space stations I totally missing the ISPV 7 from “Planetes” because it would be the most realistic space station of all of them.
Sorry but number one would be a Dyson Sphere like shown on Star Trek when Scotty was on.
so true. a space station is just that: stationary, in orbit around a planet, designed as a docking port for space going vessels. while it may have defensive capabilities, its primary function is as a refugee, never a weapon. to call the death star a space station is just ignorant.
Just saw the new Star Trek movie, that is new best station.
+John Dziki I look forward to watching that. thanks.:)
Nope. A Dyson Sphere is a world, not a station.
Caseytify - It's an artificial structure, orbiting a specific location, designed to be inhabited. I think that makes it a space station...the most massive and ultimate of space stations, but still a space station.
"Babylon 5 was last hope for peace - it failed"
When you mentioned legion’s station from red dwarf you didn’t show it. You showed the Jupiter mining cooperation’s mining ship red dwarf.
467 Alderaan survivors disliked this video.
How does one survive Alderaan lol????
Offworld
BLAIR M Schirmer It's also a mobile military base. One Death Star could occupy an entire star system with the amount of soldiers it has on it.
If all you want to do is destroy a planet, then sending a 100m diameter rock at half the speed of light would suffice, but Death Star was intended for other purposes. The Emporer had fears of an attack from some unknown source.
Yea Sol
Be honest, you knew which one number 1 was gonna be before watching the video.
Elysium reminds me of the Star Trek episode "The Cloud Miners" because of the extreme separation between the haves and the have-nots
You left out Babylon 4. Oh, wait, it could move... but then so can the Death Star.
Death Star 1st, together with Babylon 5, both represent the civilisations they have been built by, one serve destruction, the other one serve the peace.
Ryszard Nanke It only managed to destroy one planet. Just one.
The I.K.S. Rotarran had a higher kill count than that to be honest.
Sure it was intended as WMD but it really did not do much of that.
My favorite is The Alpha intergalactic space station from the movie Valerian and The City of Thousand Planets.
I can't believe this was skipped.
@@mortenbrandtjensen6470 It wasn't skipped. This list was compiled in 2015, but Valerian and The City of Thousand Planets came out in 2017.
Sorry, but B5 will ALWAYS be number 1.
I agree.
I also agree.
as number 1 space station and number 1 show made
that's right, DS9 would never have happened without B5 to copy.
what about the Dyson Sphere in Star Trek Next Gen.? it was as big as a solar system?
It also had a larger part to play in star trek online but it's too large to be a space station
There was the Big Wheel from "The Conquest of Space". Then there was the revolving space station from the TV series "Men Into Space".
they really scraped the bottom of the barrel for this list. Considering all the other Space Stations they could have used.
+KingreX32 ESD from Star Trek should have been on this list, it's beautiful
Not to mention Dyson Sphere, you could fit every station on this list into a dyson sphere.
The Citadel of Ricks
Sadly, the ESD probably got bumped by DS9... not wanting to include two stations from the same show. And while I like the ESD as well, DS9 had 7 seasons of use, a lot more lore, a lot more shown, than the ESD. And that said, here are some others missing that ought to have been mentioned at the least, like the Valley Forge from Silent Running.
New entry: The City of a Thousand Planets.
@@whossean Spaceball 1 is a starship
Very glad to see a shout-out to the Satellite of Love. Didn't expect it. .
I don't see how you could not include Atlantis space station from Stargate: Atlantis
It's not in space. It's a space ship.
Midway space station? Or the Atlantis city starship?
It's a ship not a station
More like a movable city.
Before I even started watching this, I was only watching to see if they would mention Red Dwarf. They did.
They need to make a part 2. Number 1 is the Space Stay of Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century.
Would the Axiom from WALLE count here?
+Excalibrrrrr It's technically a ship too, meant to shepard people until the Earth was able to sustain life again
+Excalibrrrrr no the axiom is not a space station it is a space ship.
The Axiom is a starship. A very big one at that, measuring longer than most versions of the starship Enterprise.