The 10 Strangest Pregnancies On Sci-Fi Television

Since we are celebrating the conception and birth of SyFy Portal, and since the 10th anniversary of SyFy Portal is nine months from now, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss a topic rarely addressed by fanboys anywhere. It’s time for the Ten Strangest Pregnancies On Science-Fiction television.

As a reminder, I’m doing this with some provisos. One is that since I have not seen every single episode of every single science-fiction series on television in the past 10 years, I may not mention one that you recall.

If there happen to be others that I neglected to mention, add it to the list in our forums. For example, Rachel Lutrell’s pregnancy reportedly will become part of her story in “Stargate: Atlantis,” but since I haven’t seen those episodes yet, we can discuss them as they happen – if indeed Teyla turns out to be pregnant and it turns out to be a strange or unusual pregnancy.

The following list is not in any particular order.

1. Sharon “Boomer” Valerii – “Battlestar Galactica”

Cylon Sharon Valerii had a half-human/half-Cylon baby fathered by the extremely principled Karl “Helo” Agathon. The baby, Herra, was supposedly the only human/Cylon hybrid and was virtually worshipped as a sign of the existence of God by the Cylons. Now they’ll have to explain the baby of sleeper Cylon Chief Tyrol and human crewman Cally.

2. Darla -- “Angel”

Darla was a vampire. She was dead, or undead, twice. Undead vampire Angel impregnated Darla with hell-knows-dead-what, yielding super-human baby Connor (who after being kidnapped into a hell-dimension - Kortoth -- comes back in virtually no time as a psycho-superteen who impregnates Cordelia, Angel’s almost but not quite girlfriend, leaving Angel severely messed up for the rest of the series.

3. Cordelia – “Angel”

Early in the first season, Cordelia experiences her first unnatural pregnancy. She picks up future Vinnie Van Lowe from a bar, takes him home with her, and wakes up alone, but appearing fifteen months pregnant with what turns out to be a slew of acid demon babies. Fortunately, they were neutralized before the next episode.

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