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Essential Sci Fi (11 titles)

There is alot of good Sci Fi on tv and in the cinema and here is what I wouldn't live without!

by: Melanie Tuffen from Nottingham

Stargate on DVD (1994)
Starring: John Diehl, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Hard-bitten Colonel 'Jack' O'Neil (Kurt Russell) and Egyptologist Doctor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) are sent on a mission to investigate the theory that the pyramids were built by shape-changing aliens as a means of communication and pan-galactic travel. The pair arrive on a distant desert ..read more »
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Firefly - The Complete Series (4 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion, Nathan Fillion
Director: Tim Minear, Joss Whedon, Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Box set containing the complete series of the sci-fi drama from writer Joss Whedon. Set 500 years in the future, after a galactic civil war has united alll the space colonies under the repressive Alliance, former rebel soldier Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) captains the Firefly class cargo ship '..read more »
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Serenity on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ron Glass, David Krumhol, Alan Tudyk
Director: Joss Whedon
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Epic sci-fi adventure from writer-director Joss Whedon, based on his short-lived television series 'Firefly'. 500 years in the future, after a galactic civil war has united all the space colonies under the repressive Alliance, former rebel soldier Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) captains the ..read more »
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The Matrix on DVD (1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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This hugely successful blockbuster stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to be. With the aid of mysterious subversive Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a lie. ..read more »
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Star Wars Trilogy (4 discs) (1977)
Starring: Harrison Ford, David Prowse, Kenny Baker
Director: Irvin Kershner, George Lucas, Richard Marquand
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The first three Star Wars films reworked as creator George Lucas had intended. Using state of the art technology, Lucas and his team cleaned up the prints, updated the special effects and added new footage. Originally released before 'Episode I' the films have been renamed to fit in with Lucas's ..read more »
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Stargate Atlantis - Season 1 - Vol. 1 (2004)
Starring: Rainbow Francks, Rachel Luttrell, David Hewlett
Director: David Warry-Smith, Martin Wood
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The opening episodes of this spin-off from 'Stargate SG-1'. The series follows four explorers of distant worlds, who travel via an interplanetary portal, the Stargate. Following the discovery of what they believe to be the remnants of the Lost City of the Ancients, the team investigate. The team ..read more »
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Stargate S.G. 1 - Series 7 - Vol. 37 on DVD
Starring: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
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Episodes 21 and 22 from the seventh season of the popular sci-fi series. In 'Lost City (Parts 1 and 2)', O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), convinced that it is their last hope for finding the Lost City, asks for the Knowledge of the Ancients to be downloaded into his conscious once again, even ..read more »
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Minority Report on DVD (2002)
Starring: Jessica Capshaw, Kathryn Morris, Mike Binder
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Tom Cruise stars as a cop pursued by his own colleagues in this Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of the short story by sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick ('Blade Runner', 'Total Recall'). John Anderton (Cruise) works for the Pre-Crime Division of the Washington DC police force, a special unit which ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 3 on DVD (2005)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper
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Four more episodes from the BBC's relaunched version of the television sci-fi classic, following the adventures of the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his human assistant Rose (Billie Piper). In 'The Long Game', the Doctor and Rose, along with new companion Adam (Bruno Langley), find themselves ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Movie on DVD (1996)
Starring: John Novak, Sylvester McCoy, Daphne Ashbrook
Director: Geoffrey Sax
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Whilst returning the Master's remains to their home planet of Gallifrey, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) crash lands the TARDIS on Earth in end-of-century San Francisco. Gunned down by a street gang, the Doctor is rushed to hospital, where exploratory surgery by Doctor Grace Holloway triggers a ..read more »
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