# Who is the coolest babe in sci/fi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751 "2003-12-30T13:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/1 "2003-12-30T13:06:52Z")
My money’s on **Maya of Psychon** , from _Space :1999_. Links- [http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/space/tbc/sptbc188.jpg](http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/space/tbc/sptbc188.jpg) [http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/cast/spmayapose2.jpg](http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/cast/spmayapose2.jpg) [http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/cast/spmayamonster.jpg](http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/cast/spmayamonster.jpg) [http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/space/tm/pub/sptmz0100.jpg](http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/space/tm/pub/sptmz0100.jpg) [http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/pub/spy2cs3.jpg](http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/images/pub/spy2cs3.jpg) Clearly foxier than 7 of whatever. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/2 "2003-12-30T13:10:02Z")
Sorry, doesn’t do it for me, id take Jeri Ryan any day. Or Kira Nerise come to that. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/3 "2003-12-30T13:16:33Z")
Podkayne of Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/4 "2003-12-30T13:24:49Z")
Leela from _Futurama_. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/5 "2003-12-30T13:28:23Z")
I always found those women with the four eyes and two mouths from **Battlestar Galactica** to be really damn cool. Not the most attractive, but that’s an image that stuck with me since I was a wee child. Does Wonder Woman count? It’s a good toss in my mind between her and Xena (not sci, but defninitely fi). ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/6 "2003-12-30T13:35:10Z")
If your definition of sci/fi includes the superhero genre, then my top choice would definitely be Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman! Other strong contenders would be Yvonne Craig as Batgirl; Caroline Munro as Stella Starr in the awful movie “Starcrash”; Michele Lintel and Joan Severance as Black Scorpion (Lintel starred in the TV version which followed the two Severance movies); Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine; and of course Jane Fonda as Barbarella! ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/7 "2003-12-30T13:41:11Z")
Having just gotten the _Firefly_ DVDs for Christmas, I’m going to nominate Kaylee and Zoe. Zoe is such a sexy badass, and Kaylee is too cute for words. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/8 "2003-12-30T13:48:07Z")
I always liked Scirocco Jones. If we include TV and fantasy, then there’s also Willow Rosenberg. Honorable mention: Dr. Patricia ‘Pat’ Medford (pretty damn brave for a 50s SF heroine) ---
**Author:** ![hypnoboth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hypnoboth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypnoboth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/9 "2003-12-30T13:54:42Z")
My vote: Sara Pezzini, wearing the Witchblade. Yancy Butler. Babe city. Close second: Erin Gray as Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers. White spandex, wielding a blaster. Be still my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/10 "2003-12-30T15:08:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrFidelius \* > \*\*Podkayne of Mars. \*\* Oh, my! _blushes_ I was going to nominate: **Aeryn Sun** from _Farscape_. **Zoe** from _Firefly_ **Hilda** , one of the few good things about the late Heinlein novels. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/11 "2003-12-30T15:17:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypnoboth \* > \*\*Close second: Erin Gray as Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers. White spandex, wielding a blaster. Be still my heart. \*\* I was always more partial to Pamela Hensley as [Princess Ardala](http://www.buck-rogers.com/film_and_series/gallery/images/ardala/ardala08.jpg). Not only was she sexy, but she was evil to boot. Rowwwrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![bbart4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@bbart4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbart4)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/12 "2003-12-30T16:20:54Z")
Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/13 "2003-12-30T16:38:32Z")
Amanda Tapping, Samantha Carter on Stargate SG-1. [http://www.amandatapping.com/Scripts/PostNuke/modules/Gallery/albums/albun55/aba.jpg](http://www.amandatapping.com/Scripts/PostNuke/modules/Gallery/albums/albun55/aba.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/14 "2003-12-30T16:44:22Z")
Ripley, of course. There’s no competition really. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/15 "2003-12-30T21:06:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\*Leela from _Futurama_. \*\* No. Leela from _Dr. Who_! ---
**Author:** ![hroeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@hroeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hroeder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/16 "2003-12-30T21:14:32Z")
Sara Pezzini gets a big second. (If she’d only stop getting drunk and beating up her father, who used to sing with the Lovin’ Spoonful.) Sigourney Weaver. Yes. Definitely Kaylee. And River. Barbarella. Ain’t no one took off a space suit like Jane Fonda. ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/17 "2003-12-30T21:41:00Z")
[I vote for Tank Girl.](http://www.grrl.com/tank.html) ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/18 "2003-12-30T21:49:38Z")
Princess Aura (Ornella Muti) from the 1980 _Flash Gordon_ movie. [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4262/aurablast.jpg](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4262/aurablast.jpg) [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4262/muti5.jpg](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4262/muti5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/19 "2003-12-30T22:41:45Z")
I have to call a tie between Ripley (Weaver) and Sam Carter (Tapping). Both of those ladies can kick some serious ass. What I love about both characters is that they are simply women, not gratuitous eye candy (although I don’t usually complain about GEC), that are capable, strong, smart, and attractive but don’t dress in patches of spandex and leather. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751/20 "2003-12-30T22:56:33Z")
I second Tank Girl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-babe-in-sci-fi/221751.md?page=2)