It's the world's longest-running sci-fi TV series - and now Doctor Who has won another big accolade.

Digital Spy readers have named the BBC series their favourite science-fiction show of all time, in a poll that attracted almost 55,000 votes.

Doctor Who came out top with an impressive 4.9k - almost 9 per cent of the total vote.

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It narrowly beat the popular Babylon 5 into second place - at 4.8k, there were just around 100 votes between the two shows.

The full top 10 is as follows:

1. Doctor Who - 4.9k

2. Babylon 5 - 4.8k

3. Firefly - 3.2k

4. Stargate SG-1 - 2.4k

5. Star Trek: The Next Generation - 2.3k

6. Star Trek: The Original Series - 2k

7. Farscape - 1.8k

8. Battlestar Galactica - 1.8k

9. The X-Files - 1.6k

10. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - 1.6k

There was an impressive showing for Star Trek overall, with three of its five live-action series in the top 10.

Voyager landed at 13 with 1.4k votes, while Enterprise ended up in 17th spot with 935.

Doctor Who's spinoff Torchwood also performed well, earning 1.4k votes to land 12th place.

You can see the full list - all 55 shows - here. Pity poor Space Precinct - it wasn't that bad, you guys.

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