| Airdates |
Title |
Description |
|---|
| 1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present |
Doctor Who |
The series' 1970 serial Inferno features a parallel universe where a drilling project, introduced in our reality, results in the penetration of the Earth's crust and causes the ultimate destruction of the planet. In the revived series, the 2006 Series 2 two-parter "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" features a parallel universe where London's skies are filled with Zeppelins and where a successful company, which has a monopoly over cyber technology, attempts to convert the population of London into newly developed Cybermen. A two-parter later in the series, "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", features a return of this universe. |
| 1966–present |
Star Trek franchise |
First introduced in the original series episode “Mirror, Mirror”, Star Trek features the recurring Mirror Universe, where humanity developed to be violent and opportunistic, leading to aggressive expansion and the subjugation of alien races into the Terran Empire. The Mirror Universe has been revisited in Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, Discovery and Prodigy. |
| 1995 |
Spellbinder |
The series follows the adventures of Sydney high-schooler Paul Reynolds as he is accidentally stranded in a parallel world where the industrial revolution never happened. Only a small number of people there have technology – the "Spellbinders" – and they pretend it is magic and use it to rule over everyone else, manipulating people's fear and ignorance. Paul, with the help of a local girl called Riana, uses his wits and his own knowledge of science to survive, whilst his high-school friends try to rescue him.[13][1][14] |
| 1997 |
Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord |
The series follows Kathy who decides to explore an unusual boat that she discovers next to a lake, she is accidentally pulled from her home in Australia into a parallel universe. The new world she finds herself in is populated by ethnic Chinese, who possess advanced technology, including a talking computer called the "Oracle" that runs the empire. Kathy spends most of her time trying to evade dangerous people in different parallel worlds, return to her own world, and reunite with her family. She is further antagonised by Ashka, a cunning and manipulative woman who has escaped from prison in her own world (for her crimes in the first series) and who seeks to gain advantage for herself. The series also depicts a journey Sun takes to Kathy's world, where he is no longer protected by his empire, and people do not respect his authority. |
| 1997–1998 |
Magic Mountain |
The series follows the adventures of four national but iconic creatures of China; Dragon, Lion, Panda, and Tortoise – four friends having lots of fun with a little Dragon magic thrown in.[15] These four creatures "enjoy wonderful times as they invent unusual games, play tricks on each other, and have exciting adventures as they explore their enchanting world."[16] |
| 1995–2000 |
Sliders |
Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) invents a device that allows one to travel to alternate versions of Earth via wormhole device. He's (initially) accompanied by his close friend Wade Welles, his mentor Professor Maximillian Arturo (John Rhys-Davies) and accidentally by professional singer Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown. A key plot device is that Mallory's controller has lost the coordinates of Mallory's home world and that it times down to the next wormhole opening, providing a limited opportunity for the "sliders" to escape their current situation and slide to the next world. |
| 2004 |
Parallax |
The series is about a boy named Ben Johnson, who discovers a portal to multiple parallel universes, and explores them with his friends: Francis Short, Melinda Bruce, Una, Due, Tiffany and Mundi as well as newfound sister, Katherine Raddic. |
| 2004 |
Awake |
The series is about a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department who switches between two realities, one in which his wife has died and one in which his son has died. He uses details from each reality to solve cases in the other.[17] |
| 2013–2018 |
Nowhere Boys |
The series is about four boys, goth Felix Ferne, nerd Andrew "Andy" Lau, golden child Sam Conte, and alpha jock Jake Riles, after returning home from a school excursion, find themselves in an alternate reality where no one recognises them. They battle mystical threats and demons to find their way back home. |
| 2014–2017 |
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero |
The series follows Penn Zero and his friends Sashi Kobayashi and Boone Wiseman as they travel between universes and assume the forms of each world's heroes.[18] |
| 2017 |
Re:Creators |
The series features fictional characters from popular in-universe media traveling from their respective narrative universes to contemporary Japan.[19] |
| 2021 |
Wonder Egg Priority |
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| 2024–present |
Dark Matter |
The series follows Jason Dessen, a physicist who is captured and replaced by his alternate self and travels through numerous alternate universes while attempting to return home.[20] |
| 2025 |
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX |
The sixteenth main entry in the Gundam franchise is set in an alternate universe version of the Universal Century (the series' original timeline), which is later revealed to be one of many split timelines created by Lalah Sune in pursuit of a universe where Char Aznable was not killed.[21][22] |