''Alien Worlds'' is a British

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narrated by

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. The 4-part miniseries, depicted by using CGI techniques, blends fact with science fiction and conceptualizes what

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might be like by applying the laws of life on Earth to imagined exoplanets. The series was released on

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on 2 December 2020.

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The weekend after the series' release, it was one of Netflix's top 10 shows in the UK. Sheena Scott of ''

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'' called the series "entertaining and very informative science fiction" and said that the most interesting part of the series was the non-fiction sections about planet Earth, which show "the breadth of knowledge scientists have accumulated about our planet". Likewise, Emma Stefansky of ''

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'' said the alien creatures were fun, but "it's the Earth-bound science that ends up being the most interesting part".

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"Exploring 'Alien Worlds' on Netflix"
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