Welcome to the classic Sci-Fi films of all time ... Page 2
Continuing with our list of the very best classic Sci-Fi films ever made.
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STAR TREK - THE ORIGINAL SERIES - SEASON 1
A 8-disc set containing all the episodes from Series One of the original Star Trek series (first broadcast between 1966 and 1967). Alternatively from Amazon.com seasons 1 through to 3 are available as a single box set.
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STAR TREK - THE ORIGINAL SERIES - SEASON 2
A 7-disc set containing all the episodes from Series Two of the original Star Trek series (first broadcast between 1967 and 1968). Alternatively from Amazon.com seasons 1 through to 3 are available as a single box set. |
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STAR TREK - THR ORIGINAL SERIES - SEASON 3
A 7-disc set containing all the episodes from Series Three of the original Star Trek series (first broadcast between 1968 and 1969). Alternatively from Amazon.com seasons 1 through to 3 are available as a single box set. |
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BLAKES 7 - SERIES 1
Blake's 7 was the hit BBC space opera launched in the wake of Star Wars, though with a grittier sensibility and produced on a fraction of the budget. Over 13 episodes the first series introduced freedom-fighter Blake (Gareth Thomas) as he escaped from the Orwellian Federation, gathered a crew of low-life rebels, salvaged an alien starship called the Liberator, and began striking back against the forces of Supreme Commander Servalan (sultry Jacqueline Pearce). The effects were cheap, and alien planets were represented by a disused quarry or an industrial complex, but the strong characters and cynical storylines created by Doctor Who veteran Terry Nation remain involving. The perfect foil for Blake was Paul Darrow's Avon, a near psychopathic criminal mastermind who only fought to save his skin. The cowardly Vila (Michael Keating) was almost as memorable, while the female leads were Jenna (Sally Knyvette), a smuggler and pilot, and determined Auron telepath Cally (Jan Chappell). Also on board was Gan (David Jackson), inhibited from violence by a brain implant. With even the good guys being criminals, including murderers, this was a galaxy far, far away from previous screen space opera. Though undeniably dated, the show is still vintage TV SF, right from the opening three-parter "The Way Back / Spacefall / Cygnus Alpha" to the cliff-hanging shocker "Orac", which introduces the final member of the un-magnificent seven. |
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BLAKES 7 - SERIES 2
Contains all the episodes from Series 2 of Blake’s 7 |
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BABYLON 5 - THE COMPLETE UNIVERSE
In 1994 STAR TREK had to take a backseat to this science-fiction series, created by Michael Straczynski. The Babylon 5 space station has become an interplanetary peaceful negotiation centre in the 23rd Century. Humans and aliens attempt to settle differences in a reasonable fashion here under the stewardship of President John J. Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner). This comprehensive boxed set contains every exciting episode from the show. Plus the series 'Crusade' and six feature films. |
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BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY
Three features. In 'Back To The Future', Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he inadvertently disrupts the first meeting between his future parents - and his mom ends up falling for him instead. Eliciting help from the inventor of the time machine (who is now 30 years younger), Marty must untangle the reverse oedipal knot he's created, or he will never be born. If he can't influence them to fall in love, he might never exist! And if he somehow manages to succeed, he must then find a way to get 'back to the future'. Also includes: 'Back To The Future' Parts 2 and 3.
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DONNIE DARKO
Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal). It's October 1988, in the Virginia suburb of Middlesex. When Frank, a grotesque giant bunny (possibly imaginary), leads Donnie out of his house minutes before a plane smashes through his roof, he not only saves Donnie's life but also warns Donnie that the world is about to end. Over the next few weeks, Donnie falls in love with Gretchen (Jena Malone) and tries to figure out what his life means. |
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THE QUATERMASS COLLECTION
Three features. In 'The Quatermass Experiment' Earth must prepare itself to deal with an alien life form as a spacecraft crashes into its atmosphere. Also features 'Quatermass II' and 'Quatermass And The Pit'. |
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SPACE 1999 - SERIES 1
Features twenty five episodes from the first series, including: 'Breakaway', 'Matter Of Life And Death', 'Black Sun', 'Ring Around The Moon', 'Earthbound', 'Another Time, Another Place', 'Missing Link', 'Guardian Of Piri', 'Voyager's Return' and more. From Amazon.com the Space 1999 megaset is available.
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SPACE 1999 - SERIES 2
The complete second series covering the introduction of our favourite character, the shape-shifting Maya played by Catherine Schell.
From Amazon.com the Space 1999 megaset is available. |
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CAPTAIN SCARLET - THE COMPLETE SERIES
First broadcast in 1967, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons was the most grown-up of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. There are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore, of course--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colourful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies and double-agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the Cold War spy dramas of the 1960s. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week and more often than not the unstoppable Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterisations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matt hews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. This box set contains all 32 episodes, with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound. |
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