Science Fiction

• The Tribe - Vols. 1 And 2 | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Let’s admit it right away, The Tribe may just be the best kids’ TV show ever. To be precise, it’s for older children and teenagers (and their parents will find it insightful, too), the very age group that occupies all the roles in this post-apocalyptic tale. Mixing the scenario of Lord of the Flies (except there are, y’know, girls in it as well) with the visual imagery of Mad Max and the angst-ridden psychodrama of Sweet Valley High, The Tribe tells of a near-future in which the world’s adult population has been wiped out by a virus. Of course, society’s infrastructure has gone, too, so the youthful survivors not only have to deal with all the usual trials and tribulations of childhood and adolescence but must also develop some form of functioning society of their own, without any form of adult intervention and with only the barest amount of technology. What happens, of course, is that all the social ills of the old world, from bullying to teenage pregnancy, are writ 10 times larger in the new. The ways in which the characters cope (or fail to cope) with these issues are both exasperating and deeply moving. --Roger Thomas

• Invasion | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Invasion Has Already Begun. In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror The War of the Worlds civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye massive ""walkers"" cover the planet annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone one man sets out to find his family and witnesses first hand the horrors of an unwinnable war against an indestructible enemy

• Stargate Atlantis - Series 3 Vol. 4 | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A new Stargate team embarks on an incredible journey to the lost city of Atlantis. The team must battle to defeat a gruesome powerful new enemy known as the Wraiths quickly forge new alliances... and simply survive. Their success will dictate whether they live long enough to gather the resources needed to return home from the intergalactic adventure of a lifetime.... Episodes Comprise: 1. Irresponsible 2. Tao Of Rodney 3. The Game 4. Sunday

• Lexx - Season 2 - Vol. 2 | DVD | (18/02/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A "Light Universe" and a "Dark Zone" keep good and bad apart for the characters of Lexx, even though it's often hard to tell the difference between the two in this offbeat and unique sci-fi show that delights in its own nastiness. The episodes in this second collection from the second series are: "Stan's Trial", "Love Grows", "White Trash", "791" and "Wake the Dead". In "Stan's Trial", he's still desperate for some "bingo bongo yum yum time", which blinds him to a sting operation laid at the Celes Pleasure Liner. His alleged traitorous past finally catches up, and the events of "Giga Shadow" are made clear. A new, shorter title sequence opens the gender questioning "Love Grows". The Lexx accidentally eats a rubbish dumper and the toxic cargo has an adverse effect on everyone--to say the least. Their sex organs are swapped! A cliffhanger surprise leads directly into "White Trash", where we find the yokel clan family have been stowed away since before the destruction of The Cluster. On a crashed ship a cyborg pilot has been decapitated, which gives 790 an idea. While Kai and Xev find a hold full of prisoners with their hearts removed, 791 is born--with more than just a little personality re-programming. This homage to Alien ends with Xev's immortal line: "You may still only be a head 790. But you're the best head I ever had." Then we're back into spoof territory as "Wake the Dead" enjoys turning The Lexx into the stomping ground for a crazed teen killer. Still asleep from a joyride begun 287 years before, the group of "deserving" kids are dispatched with glee in a great performance by Michael McManus. There's even a shower murder with a musical nod to Psycho from composer Marty Simon. And we finally see a Lexx toilet--and its tongue! On the DVD: the most exciting extra for fans is a commentary from Brian Downey (Stan) and writer Lex Giggeroff on the episode "Wake the Dead". They have great fun discussing Xenia Seeberg's wigs and confirm that this was indeed pitched as a "teen slasher flick". Also featured is a gallery of nine stills, some hilarious text "Faxx" about all five episodes, biographies of Stan and Lyekka, and a "Story So Far" re-cap. The 10-minute "Making of Lexx the Series Part 2" documentary is the same as the VHS release. --Paul Tonks

• Invasion Earth | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An enormous alien spacecraft lands behind a movie theatre in the tiny desert town of Dead Rock. An insect alien vaporizes the projectionist and in a flurry of film splicing he puts together an incredible collection of Science Fiction film clips featuring monsters all in the act of destroying the Earth. As the aliens try to gain control two ten year olds realize that the incredible visual effects on the screen aren't effects at all... but real aliens invading earth. Now it's up to th

• Stargate Atlantis - Series 4 Vol.4 | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £15.20   |  Saving you £4.79 (31.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A new Stargate team embarks on an incredible journey to the lost city of Atlantis. The team must battle to defeat a gruesome powerful new enemy known as the Wraiths quickly forge new alliances... and simply survive. Their success will dictate whether they live long enough to gather the resources needed to return home from the intergalactic adventure of a lifetime....

• Tenchi Muyo - OVAs - Vol. 1 | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £12.96   |  Saving you £7.03 (35.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tenchi ignored the warnings never to go inside the cave's shrine and now he has released a demon! OK actually the demon is really a beautiful space pirate named Ryoko but she did blow up his school. Tenchi's troubles aren't over yet as the Jurai princesses Ayeka and Sasami and the Galaxy Police Office Mihoshi fall from the sky attempting to capture the alluring space pirate. With four beautiful women stranded in his house Tenchi will never get any rest! Episodes include: 1. Ryok

• Edge of Tomorrow Ultimate Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Limited to 800 unitsAn alien race, undefeated by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop, forced to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again and again. Training alongside warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), his skills slowly evolve, and each battle moves them one step closer to defeating the enemy in this intense action thriller.Bonus FeaturesStorming the Beach: Dive into the trenches for a gritty look at creating the film's epic sci-fi battle.Weapons of the Future: Watch Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt tackles the challenges of strapping on exo-suits to become super soliders.One the Edge with Doug Liman: Follow the passion-fuelled director as he confronts the pressures of making a futuristic war film look real.Deleted Scenes and more!

• Stargate Atlantis - Season 5 Vol.4 | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £11.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (69.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Stargate Atlantis: Season 5 - Volume 4

• Andromeda - Season 1 - Vol. 5 | DVD | (09/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Things never go well when the Andromeda Ascendant takes on passengers. When Dylan agrees to transport the bride of an arranged wedding, "The Honey Offering" is tastes bad from the outset. Kimberly Huie gives a memorable acid-tongued performance as the lady in question. The real clue that things were doomed ought to have been Tyr's reservations over the two rival Nietzschean prides genuinely wanting to heal their breach. "Star-Crossed" is the Series One episode that caused more gossip than any other. Stargate regular Michael Shanks guest stars, falls in love with Rommie on screen (and with Lexa Doig off screen), and then suddenly quits SG-1. There's certainly a spark between them in the show to support the gossip. The secondary cause for talk was its broadcast rescheduling in sympathy with the events of September 11 since it opens with a terrorist attack. As sci-fi show producers realise, they have an ongoing franchise on their hands, one of the contemporary issues to inevitably crop up is drug addiction. Here it's Beka who loses control of her addiction to a substance called Flash, and all she can see is that "It Makes a Lovely Light". Behind this surface narrative is a continued search for Dylan's long-lost home. The point ultimately becomes that he'd rather safeguard his crew than his memories. Criticised in some places for its extreme violence, the season finale "Its Hour Come 'Round at Last" will stay with you one way or another. Maybe for the sight of an alternate Rommie turning uncharacteristically nasty on every one and seriously kicking butt. Or maybe the mind-blowing Magog Worldship, made up of 20 planets and their sun. Or maybe just the seemingly impossible scenario each major character is faced with as the show ends. --Paul Tonks

• IGPX Vol. 2 | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £3.75   |  Saving you £16.24 (81.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Team Satomi was just dealt their first crushing defeat by Team Velshtein but they don't have time to mope around or fight among themselves. Their next race is a cat versus dog battle as Luca and the Team goes up against Team Edgeraid and their dog mascot Sola. Will it just be a dog-chase-cat race? At the annual IGPX festival the team finally gets some time to relax in between races but Takeshi gets pumped up for the exhibition time trials as he tries to beat Cunningham's record-breaking time!

• Farscape 3.2 | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £12.97   |  Saving you £15.01 (150.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  With the third season well under way, it's clear that Farscape has developed into a grown-up show. There's a new self-confidence and a new maturity here that's entirely welcome after the often wildly erratic tone of the second season. The production design and high-quality effects work remain true to the show's original quirky style, although both the look and the more adult-themed scripts have become progressively darker. This second box set of Season 3 features five of the nastiest, most shocking and incident-packed episodes to date. Things start badly when psychotic madman Kaarvok kills D'Argo and Chiana and sucks out their brains. Only later do we discover he's "twinned" them when the same fate befalls Crichton--though both Crichton "twins" survive. Life just gets more and more complicated thereafter. Crichton twin 1 stays on Moya with D'Argo, Chiana and Jool, while Crichton twin 2 transfers to Talyn with Aeryn, Crais, Rygel and Stark. Talyn is being pursued by a Peacekeeper retrieval squad led by Aeryn's mum, Xhalax Sun, and is then swallowed by a Budong (in the Ben Browder-penned episode "Green-Eyed Monster") before Mrs Sun catches up with her daughter and pals. Back on Moya a mysterious "Energy Rider" possesses the crew in turn. Meanwhile on Talyn, Aeryn and Crichton twin 2 have been blissfully having sex, while Crais lusts vainly for Aeryn. Just wait until Scorpius gets involved. On the DVD: This box set contains the usual "Info Pods" and other extras, plus the first Region 2 commentary, for the episode "Relativity", with actor Lani Tupu and director Peter Andrikidis; it's a shame that they don't have a lot to say. --Mark Walker

• Doomwatch - The Plastic Eaters / Tomorrow, The Rat | DVD | (01/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Doomwatch is the nickname of a scientific group with the power to assess new technology and ban dangerous developments. It wasn't supposed to cause trouble but unfortunately for the government this watchdog insists on biting. This exciting '70s drama series is anchored in scientific fact and is frighteningly close to reality.... Two episodes from the gripping BBC TV series: 'The Plastic Eaters' and 'Tomorrow The Rat'.

• Android Apocalypse | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Yesterday they wanted each other dead. Today they need each other to survive... Jute is an average guy who has gotten the short end of the stick as androids have advanced in their careers while his has faltered. After a bar brawl he is sent to a prison colony and ends up befriending an android. After their ship is attacked by mutants Jute and the android DeeCee find themselves lost in the wilderness. Jute soon realizes he must rely on DeeCee to survive.

• Slayers - Excellent | DVD | (15/11/2004) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  romantic rhineNaga and Lina find even more adventure when Naga destroys a tavern with fire just to get Lina's attention. The villagers not too happy with Naga's antics demand payback in the form of a rescue. Later Lina tiers of protecting Sirene Fitzmeier so she sets up a fake kidnapping to put her in her place but a problem arises when she gives Sirene to the wrong kidnappers! Finally Naga finds her own adventure as a fashion inspiration... Includes the episodes: 1. Labyrinth

• The Brain From Planet Arous | Blu Ray | (21/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Automata | Blu Ray | (05/08/2015) from £16.56   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dark Star | Blu Ray | (13/10/2023) from £14.84   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Slimming With The Stars - Vicky Entwistle / Beverly Callard | DVD | (26/12/2011) from £9.43   |  Saving you £2.56 (21.40%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Vicky Entwistle - Weight Off Workout Hiya, I've never been skinny, but when I saw that picture of me on the beach I was horrified! So trainer Richard Callender, who's famous for helping people shape up fast, devised this workout – and this is what did it for me. I've lost two and a half stone and an incredible ten inches off my waist alone! This routine is all about burning fat - and here's the bit I love - it's dead easy to follow - no tricky dance moves. But boy has it worked. There's a ten minute Warm Up, a 20 minute Fat Burner, with loads of fantastic boxing moves, a ten minute Body Toner and finally ten minutes of Belly Shrinker, the title says it all! What's great is that this summer I won't need the sarong! So why not give it a go - it's good fun and it works! Special Features: Eating Plan Behind the Scenes Beverley Callard's Body Blaster Join me and my recruits in my brand new boot camp class, the Body Blaster! This is the workout that helped me get into shape for my wedding and resulted in some incredible body transformations amongst all the real women that joined me at my boot camp. Just like my recruits, you too could make over your body in just 12 weeks! I have devised this workout with you in mind, with my experience as a fitness instructor I know the exercises that will really help you get into shape! In my Body Blaster! I will take you through 6 unique workouts that I have devised, including a warm up and cool down, that you can tailor to suit your own fitness level. Special Features: Extras Recipes Work Out Selector

• Guyver - Bioboosted Armor - Complete Collection | DVD | (11/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Lurking under the facade of everyday life lies a dark world of pain and destruction. The world is controlled by a sinister brotherhood that hides their fangs behind masks of humanity. They are the Chronos Corporation. While investigating a mysterious explosion near his school Sho Fukamachi happens upon the Chronos Corporation's greatest weapon: a techno organic suit of bio armor known as the ""Guyver."" But Chronos is determined to conceal their secrets at any cost. Sho soon finds himself relentlessly pursued by an army of horrific bio-monsters. With nowhere to run Sho is forced to call upon the fearsome power of the Guyver and rip his opponents limb from limb in a desperate struggle for survival. Experience this all new production of this sci-fi anime legend in the most complete rendition of Guyver ever animated. Dare to discover the horror that lies beneath! The Guyver has been a cult-classic for over 20 years spawning over 150 manga chapters two live-action movies an OVA and a short series. Now Director Katsuhito Akiyama (Bubblegum Crisis Armitage: Dual-Matrix Thundercats) breathes new life into the dark masterpiece treating us to the most complete and captivating story to date.