Again, an incomplete list. Fraggle Rock really belongs on here. I’d call it a notable work of television fantasy. No, really. This list got more interaction than most; other users added such entries as Star Trek (for the Tribbles) and Wars (for the Cantina scene alone, never mind Yoda).

Because sometimes nose ridges just aren’t enough.

The Dark Crystal

Jim Henson’s magnum opus, that is much more fondly remembered than was received at the time. Never mind the lushness of the world and the unexpectedly grim story. How did they make the puppets move like that?

Farscape

Australia’s major contribution to the TV sci-fi canon proves that aliens need not all look like white guys with bumpy foreheads, and that however outré they may look, aliens are people too. Mostly.

Labyrinth

David Bowie quotes The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, while disembodied hands grope Jennifer Connelly.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

It takes a while to click, but behind the junkyard production values and annoying premise is ten seasons of the best comedy writing that you’ll only understand a third of.

The NeverEnding Story

Such an elaborately designed and realized world that you could eat an apple core and not even notice.

Pan’s Labyrinth

Guillermo Del Toro likes his puppets, and he likes his models, and he likes his prosthetics. He also likes a bit of CG, where it’s useful. If you can capture something in-camera, though, it’s best to do so. So for this dark and tragic fairy tale, we get some of the darkest, most clever puppetry captured on film.

Thunderbirds

Gerry Anderson’s original supermarionette series Thunderbirds was both by far his most popular and his most influential contribution to pop culture — at least in the UK. Elsewhere, not quite as much. Although at a glance the show looks goofy as all-get out, Thunderbirds largely plays itself straight, attempting a sort of real (if pulpish) drama with the materials at hand. Of especial note are the high quality of the miniature sets and props, and the talent behind the voice performances.