After years of ever-diminishing returns, Paramount decided to put one nail in the coffin of the Star Trek TV franchise with Star Trek: Enterprise.

To be honest, it was actually better than the dull-as-ditchwater Voyager, but I could never, ever forgive the show for the god-awful theme song.

I remember the first time I saw it I presumed the opening ditty was just for the pilot. I mean, there's no way they'd keep if for the series, right? Wrong.

The visuals were actually OK. But every time it came on I would always reach for the mute button.

Who wants a Rod Stewart soundalike singing some sugary-sweet balad? Buck Rogers it was not.

An all-time classic from the days of Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno.

It mixes a cool voice over, a big green bloke and, err.., melancholy, which is unusual for the sci-fi intro.

A friend of mine taught himself the piano just so he could play the theme tune!

Here's the Muppet alphabet, but can you name them all?

Answers after the jump.

Retro cool!

TV vampire Spike is heading back to his old London haunts for Christmas.

American actor James Marsters, who played the undead superstar in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel, is planning a Christmas with all the trimmings in the UK.

He will be appearing in concert at St Paul's Church - fondly known as the Actor's Church - in Covent Gardeon on Saturday, December 3.

The TV favourite will also be hosting a Christmas bash earlier in the day with seasonal songs, photographs, autographs, performances ... and a free gift for everyone who attends.

Go to www.jamesmarsterslive.com for ticket details.

This is one of the best intros ever created, starting with some cool military plane stuff before a crash, some immortal words in the voice over and then ending with the best 70s' tracksuit you an buy!

I posted this last year but damn it, I'm going to post it again.

It harks back to a more innocent age before our hopes and dreams were crushed by Jar Jar, jumping Yodas and midichlorians...

Classic 80s kitsch sees the once invincible Jan-Michael Vincent steal a high-tech helicopter with the help of everyone's favourite uncle Ernest Borgnine.

The plot was pure hokum with stupid names - freelance CIA agent Stringfellow Hawk and FIRM boss Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III - and even stupider scenes - Hawk serenades an eagle with his cello.

However, the into sequence was nothing short of magnificent.

Throwing in scenes of hi-tech computer stuff, guns, explosions, intrigue and the coolest copter there ever was (sorry Blue Thunder), Airwolf was the bees-knees if you were an eight-year-old boy at the time.

They don't make 'em like this anymore.

A hacked 360 Kinect brings forward Vigo the Carpathian!

To mark the tenth sci-fi intro, I'd thought I'd post up one that everyone would agree with.

Dr Who has been a sci-fi staple for generations of kids (and adults) since the early 60s.

The difficulty was always going to be picking which version to feature - some versions of the iconic song I prefer to others but they didn't always match up to the visuals.

They did veer from the creepy (the early ones) to the cool (I love a good rainbow lens flare) to the downright cheesy (Baker's smile and McCoy's wink).

So what the hell, here they all are!

Click on the poster to embiggen. Have fun!