Science Fiction

• Stargate S.G -1: Season 2 (Vol. 2) | DVD | (20/03/2000) from £4.64   |  Saving you £15.35 (76.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Since neither Kurt Russell nor James Spader would be able to commit, it gave the producers licence to tinker with the cast and the universe they'd explore. Replacing the roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They're joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1 With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld--the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. Concluding the cliff-hanger from the end of Season One, "The Serpent's Lair" is a rollercoaster of wit, plot twists, and cutting-edge special effects as the SG-1 team resign themselves to a suicide mission. Then it's a case of ignorance of the law being no excuse in "Prisoners", as the team winds up in a penal colony striking a deal with someone who will have far-reaching influence on their future. Sam is stalked by an assassin after a rescue mission all "In the Line of Duty". She saves someone in the most unique of ways--by taking over as host of their Goa'uld symbiont. This introduction of Jolinar is key to much of the continuing storyline. Dwight Schultz guest stars as "The Gamekeeper" in a garden that forces the team to puzzle their way out of re-living secrets of the past. But all is not what it seems. --Paul Tonks

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 6 | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• The Knights Of Blood Steel | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Knights Of Blood Steel

• Stargate Atlantis - Season 3 Vol. 5 | DVD | (14/01/2008) from £9.24   |  Saving you £10.75 (116.34%)   |  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! Features episodes 17 - 20 of Season 3. Episodes Comprise: 17. Sunday 18. Submersion 19. Vengeance 20. First Strike

• The Girl Who Leaped Through Time - Vol.2 | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Akiha Shihido is the third daughter of the powerful Shishido family. Her older sister, Kazane decides to marry Akiha without her consent, so, naturally, she escapes! But Akiha finds herself trapped in a mysterious space colony that is run by an artificial intelligence which is as ridiculous as it is rude: Leopard. The A.I. asks the young girl for help recovering various missing parts that will restore its full power Now, with the help of Konoha, a strange ninja-like girl, Akiha goes hunting for these mysterious parts, facing uncanny enemies, and dangerous situations. If her destiny is to become the girl that leapt through space, how can she find her life's true calling in this crazy improbable new life?

• Slayers - Great | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The vixen the doll and the super golem contest: don't miss another exciting Slayers tale! All Lana Einburg wants is for her golem-making father Galia and her equally ambitious brother Huey to end their long-running feud. But her world gets turned upside down when short-statured Lina Inverse and overly endowed Naga the Serpent save Laia from a rampaging golem. A grateful and smitten Galia asks Lina to beia model for his work. Not to be outdone his son Huey makes a similar request

• Texhnolyze - Vol. 1 | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  [Teknolaiz] Lukuss the city of despair and violence. An experimental metropolis buried deep inside the Earth ruled by gangs where mayhem and retribution are a normal part of life. To show your strength you must deprive your opponents of their limbs... Texhnolyze: a highly developed technology whereby human limbs are replaced with powerful cybernetics. The gate to the future has just been opened... Players: Ichise: a prize fighter on the run for crossing the wrong people. Ran:

• Piercing Brightness (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (13/01/2014) from £19.19   |  Saving you £3.80 (19.80%)   |  RRP £22.99

  PIERCING BRIGHTNESS is the debut feature film directed by acclaimed visual artist Shezad Dawood scripted by cult novelist Kirk Lake with an original score by Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple (Japan) and featuring music by Alexander Tucker. Two youths land in a spaceship outside Preston. Their mission: to re-establish contact and effect the retrieval of the ‘Glorious 100’ sent to earth millennia ago in human form to study and observe the development of another race. After making contact with one of the 100 now a Pakistani shopkeeper (Bhasker Patel) they discover that many of their kind have become corrupted forgetting their original purpose and slowly becoming influenced by and in turn influencing their adopted home... Inspired by Lancashire having the highest rate of UFO sightings in the UK as well as hosting one of the earliest splinter Mormon communities in the world the film uses Preston and its inhabitants as a springboard to investigate religious racial and class- based social hierarchies.

• Appleseed | UMD | (31/10/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (52.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Deadly Water | DVD | (15/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A survivor of a squid attack returns to the deadly waters and joins an archeological crew where he ends up doing battle face to face with the creature against whom he vowed revenge.

• Doctor Who: The Time Monster | DVD | (26/11/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Ejecta | DVD | (19/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Starring Julian Richings (Man of Steel Cube) EJECTA is the story of one night on earth that changed everything we know about the universe. On the eve of a historic solar storm two men are forced to survive a terrifying life form that's hunting them. In the aftermath of their close encounter an anonymous militia group will stop at nothing to unearth the truth behind what happened that night and prove to the world that we were never alone in the universe.

• Godzilla gegen Mechagodzilla | Blu Ray | (31/10/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe (3 Disc Set) | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A mysterious plague is causing instant death on Earth. Flash, his beautiful sidekick, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov speed off to the planet of Mongo to find the source of the problem. There they encounter Ming The Merciless who is the perpetrator behind the deadly 'Purple Dust.' They learn of an antidote - Polarite, which is found only in the mountainous wastelands of Frigia but in order to get it they must face hazardous obstacles along the way including giant lizards and the Rock Men. Can Flash elud...

• Doctor Who: Galaxy 4 | Blu Ray | (05/04/2022) from £33.43   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lifeforce | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In the blink of an eye the terror begins. A mission to investigate Halley's Comet discovers an even more fascinating phenomenon: an alien spacecraft! After a deadly confrontation the aliens travel to Earth where their seductive leader begins a terrifying campaign to drain the lifeforce of everyone she encounters. Her victims in turn continue the cycle and soon the entire planet is in mortal danger. And when the mission's sole survivor sets out to destroy her he comes face to face with the most charming - and horrifying - being he's ever known. Will he be able to destroy the lovely vampiress... or will he become yet another victim of her fatal charm?

• Andromeda - Season 1 - Vol. 2 | DVD | (24/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry Andromeda wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo, plays Captain Dylan Hunt, the sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4km long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilisation has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement. Episodes on this DVD:Angel Dark, Demon Bright; The Ties That Blind; Banks of the Lethe; A Rose in the Ashes; All Great Neptune's Ocean. "Angel Dark, Demon Bright". Time travel is always a sci-fi series staple, but Andromeda needs it more than any of them. Any method (excuse!) to re-visit Dylan's own time is explored, and "Angel Dark, Demon Bright" is therefore an important episode for two reasons. We see just how badly the Commonwealth had it coming in an enormous space battle; and we also perceive how potentially dangerous Trance is. Pruning the branches of time as easily as her plants, she's clearly a conundrum waiting to explode. "The Ties That Blind". A dual reference to aspects of faith, on the one hand there's Rev's devout following of The Way, which unwittingly obscures certain truths from him; on the other hand there's the belief that blood is thicker than water which severely confuses the relationship Beka has with her long-lost con-artist brother Rafe (Cameron Daddo). There's a lot of art imitating life in this episode, with The Restorian's tactics clearly mirroring contemporary religious conflicts. "The Banks of the Lethe". Proving that all's fair in love and war this episode demonstrates the familial possibilities of syndicated TV. Firstly, Sorbo's real-life wife plays Dylan's fiancée Sara. Secondly, the story was originally touted to Star Trek: Voyager. It's another time travel quickie (told you they were important), in which a touching reunion for the Sorbos is made possible thanks to a botched experiment in Harper's lab. This instalment is also distinguished for featuring some of the most surreal humour in dealing with time travel since Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. "A Rose in the Ashes". Sometimes diplomacy just doesn't work. "A Rose in the Ashes" is sought on planet Arazia where Dylan is imploring their Government to join his Commonwealth. Deemed traitors for suggesting it, he and Rommie's "living doll" incarnation are sent to a harsh prison planet. This was the first show to utilise exterior locations, which makes for a welcome change. The same is also true about seeing Lexa Doig in a leather-studded bikini top and disco pants. "All Neptune's Great Oceans". Paraphrasing Macbeth, this is another spotlight show for Tyr. The endlessly surly muscle man is accused of assassinating a visiting President. The crew sleuth out clues and red herrings, making this a watered-down whodunnit in the now well-established sci-fi tradition.--Paul Tonks

• Stargate Atlantis - Series 4 Vol.3 | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £7.81   |  Saving you £13.44 (205.19%)   |  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: 9. Miller's Crossing - After helping her brother McKay with Replicator coding sister Jeanie is kidnapped prompting McKay to travel to Earth where he too suddenly goes missing! 10. This Mortal Coil - Convinced that the Replicators have finally found their location the team grapples with the prospect that their problems may very well be insurmountable. 11. Be All My Sins Remeber'd - As Teyla and Ronon evacuate humans from advancing Replicator forces McKay partners with a Wraith scientist to try to create a program to shut down the Replicators. 12. Spoils Of War - When the team follows a tracking signal to a damaged hive ship drifting in space they discover references to a secret Wraith base.

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 5 | DVD | (31/07/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• STAR TREK XI - MOVIE | Blu Ray | (05/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A