# Starhyke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 30, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282 "2019-06-30T00:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282/1 "2019-06-30T00:38:30Z")

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So I’m searching through TUBI(my source for the B-Side of entertainment) and came across a British science fiction series from 2004 called _Starhyke_, starring Claudia Christian. It is like a cross between _RedDwarf_ and an SNL sketch put together at the last minute. With character names like “Captain Belinda Blowhard”, “Sally Popyatopov” and “Ensign Bull Ox”, and scripts that appear to have been written by the people behind the last season of _Mork & Mindy_, my first impression is that this show was created to be a tax loss for the studio.  
Has anyone else seen this idiocy?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282/2 "2019-06-30T01:03:43Z")

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^^I love TUBI, and the b-side of entertainment is exactly what it is!!  
I will look for Starhyke. Sounds campy and fun!!

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282/3 "2019-06-30T02:49:50Z")

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I started watching the first episode. The concept is certainly a good one for comedy, but the overacting keeps anything from actually being funny. It is far too broad, and the directing hits everything with a hammer; it’s one step away from putting up a big sign flashing “THIS IS FUNNY!!!”

About the only humor is in the references to other TV shows and movies.

I might watch episode two – often the pilot of a show doesn’t really find its footing – but I’m not hopeful.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282/4 "2019-06-30T21:32:03Z")

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I gave up halfway through episode 2. It made “Are You Being Served?” an epitome of sophisticated comedy by comparison.

Claudia Christian, who showed a great wry sense of humor in _Babylon 5_, just hams it up to no good effect.

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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282/5 "2019-07-01T19:36:12Z")

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Being in the UK, I was slightly curious that the name rang no bells. Turns out there’s a reason. [The Wiki page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhyke) tells the strange story of a straight-to-video sitcom (takes some doing) which, years later, turned up on satellite TV channel that I had never even heard of.

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