Science Fiction

• Torchwood: Complete BBC Series 2 Box Set | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £24.28   |  Saving you £25.71 (105.89%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Separate from the government outside the police beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. With fearsome new aliens compelling new storylines and amazing guest stars the second series will take the close-knit Torchwood team through dare-devil action temptation heartache... and a life changing event for one of the team. The high-octane new episodes take Torchwood on journeys to the 51st Century and World War I. The team battle a rogue Time Agent investigate alien sleeper cells save a stranded creature from horrific abuse and come face to face with an entity that may well be Death itself. Joined for three episodes by Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones in Doctor Who) and with guest appearances from Richard Briers (Monarch of the Glen The Good Life) Alan Dale (Ugly Betty The OC) and James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Smallville) Captain Jack will have his work cut out as the stakes get higher and his team are stretched further than ever before.

• Doctor Who - The Next Doctor - 2008 Christmas Special | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £14.91   |  Saving you £1.08 (7.24%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's Christmas Eve in 1851 and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London in this special Christmas edition of Russell T Davies' Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama. Starring David Tennant David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths he's surprised to meet another Doctor and soon the two must combine forces to defeat the ruthless Miss Hartigan. But are two Doctors enough to stop the Cybermen? This is hosted by Freema Agyerman and features a host of music and monsters plus a specially filmed segment featuring David Tennant.

• Attack on Titan: The Movie - Part 2: End of the World | Blu Ray | (25/07/2016) from £4.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eren and the others set out on a mission to restore the Wall that had been destroyed by a colossal Titan, but they're suddenly faced with a quagmire when they're attacked by a horde of Titans. Shikishima, the Titan-slaying captain of the Scout Regiment, arrives to save the day, but the Titans show no sign of letting up. During the battle, Eren is badly injured, and in the process of saving his friend Armin, he's swallowed whole by a Titan. Just as all hope seems to be lost, a mysterious Titan with black hair suddenly appears and begins annihilating the other Titans. If this mission fails, it will spell the end of humanity. Why did the Titans appear? Why do people continue to fight? The last counterattack to save human civilization is about to begin.

• The X Files: Season 5 | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £19.73   |  Saving you £15.26 (77.34%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Mulder continues his search for a cure for Scully's illness even as her genetically altered DNA takes her to the brink of death. Scully's DNA comes into play once again when it proves that she is somehow the mother of a little girl named Emily an incident that could only be related to her abduction years earlier. But in the end it is a young boy named Gibson Praise whose body may actually contain the elusive proof Mulder has been searching for so desperately. Episodes comprise:

• Nanny Mcphee | Blu Ray | (22/04/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Atlantis Down | DVD | (11/01/2016) from £1.97   |  Saving you £11.02 (559.39%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Its the year 2025 and the Space Shuttle program has been relegated to a glorified taxi service between space stations. The crew of the shuttle Atlantis is on a routine mission, conducting experiments in deep space, when things start to go horribly wrong. What they dont realize is that THEY are the experiment and their chances of returning home alive will involve them fighting for their lives in the cold void of space.

• Enemy Mine | DVD | (03/06/2002) from £13.19   |  Saving you £9.79 (95.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Enemy Mine is, in essence, a sci-fi remake of John Boorman’s Hell in the Pacific (1969), only instead of a US pilot and a Japanese naval officer stranded on a Pacific island during WWII, here we have a lizard-like Draconian (Louis Gossett Jr.) and his mortal enemy, Earthling Dennis Quaid, both having crash-landed on a hostile planet during a brutal space battle. Forced to rely on one another for survival, they overcome their differences and become fast friends. (You can almost hear them break into an off-key version of "It's a Small World".) German director Wolfgang Petersen, so brutally honest with his film Das Boot, turns warm and cuddly on us with this intergalactic buddy movie. Although the script sets us up for an intriguing encounter, it ultimately settles for a simple and sentimental resolution. Noteworthy set design and strong performances, especially by Gossett, push this beyond mere mediocrity. His performance is fascinating, as he must speak in an alien tongue, which he maintains with artistry and consistency.--Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com On the DVD: Enemy Mine on disc is presented anamorphically in its original 2.35:1 theatrical ratio with a vivid Dolby 4.0 soundtrack. Thankfully picture and sound are excellent, since the extra features are lamentably poor, consisting merely of the theatrical trailer and three (yes, three) "behind the scenes" still pictures. The disc is also equipped with multiple language and subtitle options.--Mark Walker

• Space 1999: The Complete First Series Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (01/11/2010) from £44.91   |  Saving you £35.08 (78.11%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Space 1999 is a Gerry Anderson cult classic as unmissable today as it was when first conceived in 1973. Starring husband and wife team Martin Landau and Barbara Bain Space 1999 revolves around the crew of Moonbase Alpha where scientific experiments are conducted and space data gathered. Disaster strikes and the Moon is blown out of the Earth's orbit by a huge explosion emanating from man-made nuclear waste pits causing it to drift endlessly through the void of space where the real adventures begin. Episodes comprise: 1. Breakaway 2. Force Of Life 3. Collision Course 4. War Games 5. Death's Other Dominion 6. Voyager's Return 7. Alpha Child 8. Dragon's Domain 9. Mission Of The Darians 10. Black Sun 11. Guardian Of Piri 12. End Of Eternity 13. Matter Of Life And Death 14. Earthbound 15. The Full Circle 16. Another Time Another Place 17. The Infernal Machine 18. Ring Around The Moon 19. Missing Link 20. The Last Sunset 21. Space Brain 22. The Troubles Spirit 23. The Testament Of Arkadia 24. The Last Enemy

• Metropolis -- Two Disc Special Edition | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  If you think you know Fritz Lang's Metropolis backwards, this special edition will come as a revelation. Shortly after its premiere, the expensive epic--originally well over two hours--was pulled from distribution and re-edited against Lang's wishes, and this truncated, simplified form is what we have known ever since 1926. Though not quite as fully restored as the strapline claims, this 118-minute version is the closest we are likely to get to Lang's original vision, complete with tactful linking titles to fill in the scenes that are irretrievably missing. Not only does this version add many scenes unseen for decades, but it restores their order in the original version. Until now, Metropolis has usually been rated as a spectacular but simplistic science fiction film, but this version reveals that the futuristic setting is not so much prophetic as mythical, with elements of 1920s architecture, industry, design and politics mingled with the mediaeval and the Biblical to produce images of striking strangeness: a futuristic robot burned at the stake, a steel-handed mad scientist who is also a 15th Century alchemist, the trudging workers of a vast factory plodding into the jaws of a machine that is also the ancient God Moloch. Gustav Frohlich's performance as the hero who represents the heart is still wildly overdone, but Rudolf Klein-Rogge's engineer Rotwang, Alfred Abel's Master of Metropolis and, especially, Brigitte Helm in the dual role of saintly saviour and metal femme fatale are astonishing. By restoring a great deal of story delving into the mixed motivations of the characters, the wild plot now makes more sense, and we can see that it is as much a twisted family drama as epic of repression, revolution and reconciliation. A masterpiece, and an essential purchase. On the DVD: Metropolis has been saddled with all manner of scores over the years, ranging from jazz through electronica to prog-rock, but here it is sensibly accompanied by the orchestral music Gottfried Huppertz wrote for it in the first place. An enormous amount of work has been done with damaged or incomplete elements to spruce the image up digitally, and so even the scenes that were in the film all along shine with a wealth of new detail and afford a far greater appreciation for the brilliance of art direction, special effects and Helm's clockwork sexbomb. A commentary written but not delivered by historian Ennio Patalas covers the symbolism of the film and annotates its images, but the production information is left to a measured but unchallenging 45-minute documentary on the second disc (little is made of the astounding parallel between the screen story in which Klein-Rogge's character tries to destroy the city because the Master stole his wife and the fact that Lang married the actor's wife Thea von Harbou, authoress of the Metropolis novel and screenplay!). There are galleries of production photographs and sketches; biographies of all the principals; and an illustrated lecture on the restoration process which uses before and after clips to reveal just how huge a task has been accomplished in this important work. --Kim Newman

• Dune Steelbook | Blu Ray | (30/10/2023) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive. Special Features On Disc Extra Content Including The Royal Houses Inside Dune: The Training Room Building the Ancient Future Designing the Sandworm Wardrobe from Another World A New Soundscape

• Stargate SG-1: Season 7 | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £36.43   |  Saving you £23.56 (64.67%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A gradual shift in overall style, character homecomings and departures, and evolving on and off-screen roles for the major players are among the attractions of the complete seventh season of Stargate SG-1. Spread out over five discs, these 21 episodes are ample indication that changes notwithstanding--and admittedly, not all of them are for the better--the series remains arguably the best-made, most compelling sci-fi program on television. Perhaps most noticeable is the reduced role of star Richard Dean Anderson, who opted to limit his number of trips to Vancouver, where Stargate SG-1 is filmed. But that's not a bad thing. The show's ability to poke fun at itself has always been a strong suit, and while Anderson still brings a welcome sense of humor to his portrayal of wiseacre and loose cannon Col. Jack O'Neill, his act is getting a little smug by now. What's more, the other principal cast members have taken up the slack, both behind and in front of the camera: Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson, who rejoins the cast in episode 1) wrote one episode and co-wrote another; Christopher Judge (Teal'c) wrote one as well; Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samatha Carter) directed episode 19, "Resurrection"; and even Corin Nemec (Jonas Quinn, who appears in just a few episodes) contributed one story. The seventh season also finds the series somewhat more earthbound than in the past; indeed, there are episodes in which the Stargate (the "wormhole" our heroes use to travel to different worlds) doesn't appear at all. On balance, the stories are more personal, and more political--especially the final two, with the newly elected U.S. President (William Devane) struggling to decide the fate of the Stargate program (and, of course, the fate of the entire known universe as well!). And then there's the ultimate villain, Anubis, who makes perennial nemeses the Goa'uld (of which Anubis is one... sort of) look tame. He's a combination of Star Wars' Darth Vader and evil Emperor, but hey, at least these guys borrow from the best. Stargate SG-1's production values remain first-rate. The bonus DVD features are also much better than they once were, with audio commentary (mainly by directors and writers) for every episode, as well as director profiles and "Beyond the Gate" featurettes focusing on individual characters. --Sam Graham

• Akashic Records Of Bastard Magic Instructor: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (17/12/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Killjoys: Season 3 | DVD | (23/04/2018) from £10.49   |  Saving you £1.72 (16.40%)   |  RRP £12.21

  Killjoys follow a trio of interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multiplanetary class war. Starring Hannah John-Kamen as Dutch, and Aaron Ashmore and Luke Macfarlane as brothers John and D'avin, Season Three features the trio struggling to find the balance between politics, family and the good of the Quad. Out of the ashes of Khylen's death, Aneela and her army are preparing for battle. With Johnny on the lamb, Dutch and D'avin are down one member as they prepare for the fight of their lives.

• Continuum - 1-4 - Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (09/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Cargo | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  On rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42 young medic Laura is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months time Laura's shift will be over and it will be time to wake another member of the crew. During her daily patrols through the eerily empty ship Laura begins to get the feeling that she is not alone on-board...

• Screamers (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (25/05/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  101 Films presents Screamers (1995), an actionpacked scifi thriller starring Peter Weller (Robocop), based on Philip K. Dick's short story Second Variety, and title 013 on the 101 Films Black Label. The year is 2078. The man is rebel Alliance Commander Col. Joseph Hendricksson (Weller), assigned to protect the Sirius 6B outpost from ravage and plunder at the hands of the New Economic Bloc. His stateoftheart weaponry are known as Screamers: manmade killing devices programmed to eliminate all enemy life forms. Screamers travel underground, their intent to kill announced by piercing shrieks. They dissect their victims with sushi precision, then eradicate all traces of the carnage. They are lethal. Effective. Tidy. And somehow, they are mutating selfreplicating into human form and slaughtering every beating heart on the planet. Special Features: Brand New Extras Commentary with film critic Kevin Lyons Limited edition booklet: Includes ˜In Space, No One Cares if You Scream' by Liam Hathaway and ˜When the Machines Rock: Philip K. Dick and the Dystopian Dream' by Scott Harrison Additional Extras Northern Frights An interview with director Christian Duguay Orchestrating The Future An interview with producer Tom Berry More Screamer Than Human An interview with cowriter Miguel TejadaFlores From Runaway To Space An interview with actress Jennifer Rubin Theatrical Trailer

• The X Files: Season 4 | DVD | (27/12/2004) from £16.90   |  Saving you £18.09 (107.04%)   |  RRP £34.99

  In Season 4 of The X-Files, Scully is a bit upset by her on-off terminal cancer and Mulder is supposed to shoot himself in the season finale (did anyone believe that?), but in episode after episode the characters still plod dutifully around atrocity sites tossing off wry witticisms in that bland investigative demeanour out of fashion among TV cops since Dragnet. Perhaps the best achievement of this season is "Home", the most unpleasant horror story ever presented on prime-time US TV. It's not a comfortable show--confronted with this ghastly parade of incest, inbreeding, infanticide and mutilation, you'd think M & S would drop the jokes for once--but shows a willingness to expand the envelope. By contrast, ventures into golem, reincarnation, witchcraft and Invisible Man territory throw up run-of-the-mill body counts, spotlighting another recurrent problem. For heroes, M & S rarely do anything positive: they work out what is happening after all the killer's intended victims have been snuffed ("Kaddish"), let the monster get away ("Sanguinarium") and cause tragedies ("The Field Where I Died"). No wonder they're stuck in the FBI basement where they can do the least damage. The series has settled enough to play variations on earlier hits: following the liver vampire, we have a melanin vampire ("Teliko") and a cancer vampire ("Leonard Betts"), and return engagements for the oily contact lens aliens and the weasely ex-Agent Krycek ("Tunguska"/"Terma"). Occasional detours into send-up or post-modernism are indulged, yielding both the season's best episode ("Small Potatoes") and its most disappointing ("Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man"). "Small Potatoes", with the mimic mutant who tries out Mulder's life and realises what a loser he is (how many other pin-up series heroes get answerphone messages from their favourite phone-sex lines?), works as a genuine sci-fi mystery--for once featuring a mutant who doesn't have to kill people to live--and as character insight. --Kim Newman

• The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years (Region 0 Multi Region DVD | DVD | (18/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the SYLVESTER McCoy era of DOCTOR WHO to life! These six documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with SYLVESTER McCoy (the Seventh Doctor), SOPHIE ALDRED (Ace), ANGELA BRUCE (Brigadier Bambera), JESSICA MARTIN (Mags), LISA BOWERMAN (Bernice Summerfield) and Script Editor ANDREW CARTMEL ever undertaken! Presented by the voice of the Daleks NICHOLAS BRIGGS. For all DOCTOR Who fans, this 2 DISC special collector s edition is 5 hours of pure nostalgia, which will give you a whole new insight into the making of your favorite science fiction series! Features: Introduction by SOPHIE ALDRED & Producer KEITH BARNFATHER

• Space Patrol: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (08/10/2018) from £25.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This is Earth the year 2100 and these are the adventures of cult hit Space Patrol! Newly remastered in High Definition from the original film elements for this Blu-ray edition, the series has never looked better! Join Galasphere 347 and its intrepid crew on their voyages around the solar system: heroic Captain Dart, elfin Slim, sausage-mad Husky, Irish genius Professor Haggerty, mad Martian parrot Gabbler and, keeping them all on a tight rein (and an even tighter budget), Colonel Raeburn and his super-efficient secretary, Marla!

• Young Sherlock Holmes Steelbook | Blu Ray | (30/01/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The classic from director Barry Levinson, writer Chris Columbus and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes to Blu-ray™ in this LIMITED EDITION Steelbook®. Following the teenage years of Sherlock Holmeswho meets and befriends his future sidekick John Watson during their first semester of boarding schoolthe adventure begins after a series of deaths occur on campus. The groundbreaking Oscar®nominated* special effects includes the very first use of a completely computer-generated character in cinema.