Great British Sci-Fi (13 titles)
We either get it really right, or horribly wrong. Either way, British science-fiction is almost always memorable! Heres some legends and forgotten classics.
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Doctor Who - Lost In Time
This is where it all began, in a Fog covered junkyard on a cold November evening in 1963.
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Doctor Who - Lost In Time
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton
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A compilation of lost episodes from the television series of Doctor Who. Includes the episodes: 'The Daleks' Master Plan', The Moonbase', 'The Underwater Menace', 'The Wheel In Space' and 'The Abominable Snowman'.
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Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 1
And here is when it began again. after a 15 year hiatus, Doctor Who was almost forgotton until Eccleston burst onto the scene with an ex pop star in tow, completely changing the face of British Tv. Again!
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Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 1
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Simon Callow
Director: Keith Brook, Euros Lyn
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Three episodes. In Episode One 'Rose', a young woman called Rose meets up with a mysterious stranger called The Doctor, who saves her from harm when a basement full of showroom dummies comes alive and attacks her. 'The End Of The World' finds Rose and the Doctor in the future and about to witness ..read more »
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28 Days Later
A brilliantly atmospheric and scary film. More proof that this tiny Island can be better than Hollywood
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28 Days Later
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley
Director: Danny Boyle
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TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by ..read more »
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from 46,829 members
Afterlife - Complete Series 1
Well acted and superbly written. Keeps you guessing up until the very last episode
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Afterlife - Complete Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Lesley Sharp, Andrew Lincoln
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University lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp) in this chilling TV series.
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Blake's 7 - Series 1
You cant have a British Science Fiction collection without this one. A few key actors such as Jacqueline Pearce and Paul Darrow chew up the wobbly scenery with almost embarressing gusto to make this one of the best and most stylised science fiction series there ever was. God bless you Terry Nation!
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Blake's 7 - Series 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Gareth Thomas, Sally Knyvette, Paul Darrow
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Roj Blake starts to realise that he has been brainwashed by the Federation and that he is actually a rebel against them. To discredit Blake the Federation frames him for child abuse and send him to a penal colony. On the way, Blake meets up with a group of fellow prisoners: Jenna, Vila, Gan and ..read more »
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Threads
An incredibly break vision of the near future. We are following the lives of two families struggling to survive Post-apocalyptic Sheffield. If radiation sickness, Dysenty,Typhoid and starvation wasnt enough, whats left of government becomes ruthless in the desperate bid to regain order and control. Not exactly a laugh riot, let me tell you
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Threads
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly
Director: Mick Jackson
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Critically acclaimed but chilling story of a nuclear strike on Britain. Through the eyes of two Sheffield families we witness the immediate after-effects of the attack...the shock, grief, radiation sickness, hypothermia and starvation...
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Doctor Who And The Daleks
Speaking of Terry Nation, you cant have a collection of British Sci without ths little gem. This time, we have the legendary Cushing at the helm of "TARDIS" and he is fighting the Daleks on the Silver screen.
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Doctor Who And The Daleks
on DVD
Starring: Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing
Director: Gordon Flemyng
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An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his Tardis to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
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from 723 members
Dark Season
A mysterious girl with a paddle battling against a bleach blond man trying to enslave the world with computers. How could this get any better?. Oh yes, get Russell T Davies to write it and give her Kate Winslet as a companion!
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Dark Season
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Victoria Lambert, Kate Winslet, Tim Barker
Director: Colin Cant
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Written by Russell T Davies, and starring a young Kate Winslet in one of her first TV roles, Dark Season is an exciting science-fiction mystery that centres around a English school, where all is not what is seems. A mysterious millionaire called Mr Eldritch arrives as the school, claiming to be its ..read more »
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from 295 members
The Quatermass Experiment
You thought Doctor Who was the first british sci fi series? Well heres Quatermass, fighting against monsters, and even mankind itself to make the world a better place.
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The Quatermass Experiment
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Thora Hird
Director: Val Guest
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A missile is launched by Professor Quatermass and his team but when it lands back in England two crew members have disappeared but the third, who is barely alive, turns into a 'thing'. The 'thing' starts killing humans and animals to feed its transformation...
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Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane
the most loved Doctor Who companion of all time just had to get her own show. Armed with three teenaged friends, a futuristic watch and a sonic lipstick that looks alarmingly like a dogs willy, Sarah Jane and chums save Britain by being incredibly nice to everybody. The best thing on childrens TV, and set to be as big as the Doc himself
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Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joseph Millson, Yasmin Paige, Tommy Knight
Director: Alice Troughton, Colin Teague, Charles Martin
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Sarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman. She inhabits a world of mystery, danger and wonder. A world where aliens are commonplace and the Earth is constantly under threat. A world that Maria Jackson - a seemingly ordinary girl - can only dream of until she moves in next door. Nothing will ever ..read more »
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