Need some escapism and adventure in your life this Christmas? Then how about lining up some classic sci-fi and fantasy TV shows for your holiday watchlist?

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman: The Animated Series, and The Six Million Dollar Man, to Tru Calling, Warehouse 13, and Xena: Warrior Princess, the sci-fi and fantasy genres has served up plenty of great TV for Christmas. And if you want to watch any of it, you merely need to decide what to watch first.

Oh, and you’ll need a list of shows. Just like the one below!

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Sci-fi and fantasy shows for Christmas

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Below is a list of 30 sci-fi and fantasy television shows with Christmas episodes. If you’ve been starved of entertainment this holiday season, then why not try a few of these?

  • The Avengers – Too Many Christmas Trees: Season Four, Episode Thirteen (1965)
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – The Jingle Bells Affair: Season Three, Episode Fifteen (1966)
  • The Six Million Dollar Man – A Bionic Christmas Carol: Season Four, Episode Ten (1976)
  • Wonder Woman – The Deadly Toys: Season Two, Episode Twelve (1977)
  • Highway to Heaven – Another Song for Christmas: Season One, Episode Thirteen (1984)
  • The Real Ghostbusters – X-Mas Marks the Spot: Season One, Episode Thirteen (1986)
  • Starman – The Gift: Season One, Episode Eleven (1986)
  • Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories – Santa ‘85: Season One, Episode Eleven (1985)
  • Tales From the Crypt – And All Through the House: Season One, Episode Two (1989)
  • The Simpsons – Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire: Season One, Episode One (1989)
  • Batman: The Animated Series – Christmas with the Joker: Season One, Episode Two (1992)
  • Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers – I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger: Season Three, Episode Sixteen (1995)
  • X-Men: The Animated Series – Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas: Season Four, Episode Seventeen (1995)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess – A Solstice Carol: Season Two, Episode Nine (1996)
  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – ‘Twas the Night Before Mxymas: Season Four, Episode Eleven (1996)
  • Early Edition – Christmas: Season One, Episode Eleven (1996)
  • Sliders – Season’s Greedings: Season Three, Episode Twelve (1996)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Amends: Season Three, Episode Ten (1998)
  • The X-Files – How the Ghosts Stole Christmas: Season Six, Episode Six (1998)
  • Men in Black: The Series – The Black Christmas Syndrome: Season Two, Episode Ten (1998)
  • Roswell – A Roswell Christmas Carol: Season Two, Episode Ten (2000)
  • Smallville – Lexmas: Season Five, Episode Nine (2005)
  • Doctor Who – The Christmas Invasion: Season Two, Christmas Special (2005)
  • The Dead Zone – A Very Dead Zone Christmas: Season Four, Episode Twelve (2005)
  • Supernatural – A Very Supernatural Christmas: Season Three, Episode Eight (2007)
  • Ghost Whisperer – Holiday Spirit: Season Three, Episode Ten (2007)
  • Tru Calling – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas… Again: Season Two, Episode Six (2008)
  • Warehouse 13 – Secret Santa: Season Two, Episode Thirteen (2010)
  • Grimm – The Grimm Who Stole Christmas: Season Four, Episode Seven (2014)
  • Power Rangers Dino Fury – Secret Santa: Season One, Episode Twenty-Two (2021)

Seek out the shows and episodes listed above and you can have all the sci-fi and fantasy fun you could ever want for Christmas.

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Alex Wiggan

Alex is a writer, editor, and blogger specialising in movies, TV, comics, retro toys, and general geekery. He is a championing voice in nerd content, an expert in pop culture, and a trusted movie critic who publishes new reviews on a weekly basis. After graduating with a degree in film & television studies from the University of Derby in the UK, Alex went on to study journalism in Sheffield, before acquiring NCTJ accreditation. Prior to a career in blogging, Alex was a magazine editor, a senior copywriter, a features writer, and a freelancer.

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