Science Fiction

• Parasite Dolls | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In a world where perfect androids called boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society it's the job of the Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately not all boomers are created perfect and when boomers go bad people die! Parasite Dolls is a spin-off from the hugely successful Bubblegum Crisis - Toyko 2040 series.

• Space: 1999 - Vol. 4 - Episodes 13-16 | DVD | (11/06/2001) from £16.03   |  Saving you £-0.04 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  For the time, there had never been a more lavishly produced science fiction TV series than Space: 1999, which was British-made on an astounding first-season budget of 3.25 million pounds, and ran for two seasons from 1975-77. What keeps fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to do with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV SF predecessors such as Star Trek in which the mood is more generally convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances: the moon and the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from Earth orbit and travel endlessly through space, making our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this. Of course, the show is not without its detractors, having been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticised the show for its premise in the opening episode "Breakaway", which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propelling it out of Earth orbit and flying through space without regard to physical law. In "Earthbound", aliens travelling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena they encounter on their journey through the galaxy. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com

• Memory Run | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £8.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  LA 2015 AD. The Life Corporation a mega-government alliance of the police judiciary and health branches of government has discovered the secret of immortality... Manipulated by a corrupt judicial system in order to complete the first phase of an experimental brain transplant Andre Fuller an innocent man is framed and convicted for the murder of a wealthy woman. In a macabre blurring of a capital punishment and medical science Andre's brain is transplanted into the still liv

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Volume 3 - Episodes 9 To 13 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £8.15   |  Saving you £-3.16 (-63.30%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Flash battles Ming the Merciless once more in this thrilling conclusion to the sci-fi serial. Episodes include: Fighting The Fire Dragon / The Unseen Peril / In The Claws Of Tigron / Trapped In The Turret / Rocketing To Earth

• Farscape 3.4 | DVD | (19/08/2002) from £17.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (28.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Well over half way through its third season and Farscape has plenty more surprises in store. This box set concludes the cliffhanger of "Infinite Possibilities" with the extraordinarily brave "Icarus Abides", in which the battle between Crichton and his Scorpius clone is resolved, but with fatal consequences. Then, in a dizzying change of pace, we return to Moya and the "other" Crichton for "Revenging Angel", part of which is a madcap Farscape take on the Road Runner cartoons, with a furious D'Argo standing in for Wiley Coyote. Matters turn sombre again as Aeryn communes with the spirits of the dead in "The Choice", but the reappearance of her mum, the vengeful Xhalax Sun, creates problems for Rygel and Stark. Across these four episodes the action seesaws between the crews of Moya and Talyn until a reluctant and painful reunion takes place in "Fractures", setting the scene for the final quartet of episodes of this enthralling season. Anyone who has not followed Farscape extremely closely from the very first episode of season one should go right back and begin at the beginning. On the DVD: four uncut episodes are accompanied by the now-familiar gallery of extras. There are "Info Pods" on D'Argo and Pilot, some deleted scenes, "Farscape Facts", Sci-Fi channel promos and a picture gallery. --Mark Walker

• The Twilight Zone - Vol. 1 | DVD | (26/05/2000) 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.What's immediately apparent on watching Volume 1 is the quality of the scripts, proving that great writing is timeless. Of the three episodes on this first disc, the screenplays are by Serling himself (episode 47, "Night of the Meek"), Richard Matheson (episode 51, "The Invaders") and Zone regular George Clayton Johnson (episode 81, "Nothing in the Dark"). The acting does full justice to the writers' high standards. Art Carney as the alcoholic department store Santa Claus in "Night of the Meek" provides a theatre-sized one-man masterclass, his close-up performance conveying all the character's desperation then new-found joy. Veteran Agnes Moorehead (who made her screen debut as Charles Foster Kane's mother in Citizen Kane) faces an unusual challenge in Matheson's almost entirely wordless "The Invaders", in which she plays a frightened old woman who is attacked by tiny aliens (when the mystified Moorehead first read the script, which had no dialogue for her at all, she asked "Where's my part?"). In the claustrophobic two-hander "Nothing in the Dark", a fresh-faced Robert Redford is more than usually charming as Gladys Cooper's unwanted visitor who might or might not be Death himself.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, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker

• Flash Gordon Space Soldiers - Volume 1 - Episodes 1 To 4 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Planet Mongo is hurtling through space threatening to destroy Earth. Flash Gordon and dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov on his rocket ship in an attempt to reach Mongo and divert its' course away from Earth... Episodes include: Planet In Peril / Tunnel Of Terror / Death Grip / The Sea Beast

• Farscape 4.1 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  In its fourth series Farscape is as much dramatic and romantic fun as it's ever been and it's even more stylish than ever before. A pity, then, that this series is also the show's last, following its abrupt cancellation by the Sci-Fi Channel. If at times the tone seems a little lighter here than in its gloriously doom-laden predecessor, that is because its story arc is the first half of what was intended to cover two series and some of the material is clearly here for the long run. It is, for example, probably no coincidence that the priests' chant in "What Was Lost" has been part of the show's signature tune from the beginning. There are five episodes here. In "Crichton Kicks", Crichton has been a castaway for months on a senile Leviathan which is waiting its time to die. He has worked out wormhole technology, trained an orchestra of DRDs to sing the 1812 Overture, and is generally content, until his worldly resignation is shattered by the arrival of the beautiful, bossy and untrustworthy Sikozu, a bunch of aggressive butchers and a somewhat battered Chiana and Rygel. "What Was Lost Part 1: Sacrifice" takes them to an archaeological dig where they join Jool, D'Argo and the mysterious, annoying old woman Noranti and start to uncover lost secrets that change everything. In "What Was Lost Part 2: Resurrection" Crichton, drugged into bed by the seductive evil Peacekeeper Grayza, regains his self-respect by helping save yet another world. "Lava's a Many-Splendored Thing" is a puzzle episode: how to rescue an amber-encased Rygel from the bottom of a pool of lava without getting crisped or shot by renegades and how to use D'Argo's ship to rescue him when it is keyed to his DNA. Finally, "Promises" takes everyone back to Moya to find a dying Aeryn Sun and a Scorpius she has promised to protect--the issue here is how to outwit both a Peacekeeper torpedo and an extortionist with a big ship and a taste for hiding behind holograms. On the DVD: Farscape 4.1 has a very useful guide to the show's back-story as well as an interview with Anthony Simcoe ( D'Argo) and various character profiles and galleries. The deleted and extended scenes are unusually interesting--there is an exchange between Scorpius, Braca and Grayza which turns out later in the season to have been especially important. The DVD is presented in 4:3 visual aspect ratio and has Dolby Digital 5:1 sound. --Roz Kaveney

• Cleopatra 2525 - Vol. 1 - Season 1 : Episodes 1-6 | DVD | (20/05/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One interesting thing about Cleopatra 2525 is that it works far better on video or DVD than as a weekly television show, because the action in the tightly packed half-hour episodes is so fast and furious that you can miss crucial developments in the admittedly simple plots just by nipping into the kitchen to put the kettle on. Furthermore, despite appearances, the scripts do allow for character development, but this has to be delivered in snippets rather than dollops. Far better, then, to settle down with a large pizza and watch several episodes back to back. There's no shortage of humour in this camp post-apocalypse shoot-em-up-fest. Cleopatra is a dippy exotic dancer who suffers complications during surgery for a boob job! Placed in cryogenic suspension until such time as medical science can help her, she wakes up in the year 2525 to find a world seemingly dominated by plot ideas stolen from classic sci-fi movies such as The Terminator--humanity has been driven underground in a world ruled by machines, morphing androids are used as spies etc. etc. etc.--where she's "adopted" by a couple of firm-midriffed female resistance fighters who take their orders from a mysterious voice (called Voice). It's all great fun and the action and effects are excellent (especially the airborne robot thingies). --Roger Thomas

• Humanity's End | Blu Ray | (21/05/2012) from £4.75   |  Saving you £15.24 (320.84%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Welcome to the 25th Century. Mankind has left planet earth to find new homes throughout the galaxy. Humanity has split up into two different species: the Homo Sapiens and another, highly advanced race of Homo Technicus. Generation by generation the population of Homo Sapiens decreases, and by 2820 is almost extinct. Space pilot Derasi Vorde and his crew are the guardians of the last strain of human DNA and vow to protect it at all costs. But when the Homo Technius attempt to destroy the specimen, a battle for the survival of humanity begins.

• Batman Begins (UHD/ BD) | Blu Ray | (08/01/2024) from £36.26   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After traveling the world seeking the means to fight injustice, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and unleashes his alter ego, Batman, who uses strength, intellect and high-tech weaponry to fight evil.On-Disc Special Features BD: The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue Tankman Begins - A Batman Begins spoof Batman - The Journey Begins - Concept, design and development of the film as well as the casting of Batman himself Shaping Mind and Body - Observe Christian Bale's transformation into Batman Gotham City Rises - Witness the creation of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor and more Cape and Cowl - The development of the Batsuit Batman - The Tumbler - The reinvention of the Batmobile Path to Discovery - A look at the first week filming on rugged and remote Iceland locations Saving Gotham City - The development of miniatures, CGI and effects for the monorail chase scene Genesis of the Bat - A look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and influences on the film Relections on Writing Batman Begins with David S. Goyer Digital Batman - The effects you may have missed Batman Begins Stunts Theatrical Trailer

• Serial Experiments Lain - Vol. 3 | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are rumors that Lain is stealing people's secrets and spreading them in the wired. Her friends including Arisu abandon Lain and even her parents leave telling Lain that they are not her real parents. Lonely and confused Lain then encounters a man who calls himself ""God"" in the wired... Includes episodes 8-10: Rumours Protocol Love.

• Gamera 2 - Attack Of Legion | DVD | (19/01/2004) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A classic Kaiju (monster) movie from Japan! A freak meteor shower near Sapporo Japan brings with it more than just a killer light show. Electrical problems over-grown plant life and a whole slew of rather irritable critters also drop in to threaten the human race! Local science instructor Midori Honami (Miki Mizuno) is called to assist the brave Colonel Watarase (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in the military's oft-confused attempts to save mankind. With giant flying turtle Gamera (Gua

• Doctor Who: das Netz der Angst Ltd. | Blu Ray | (25/03/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dr. Who und die Daleks: Digital Remastered | DVD | (23/06/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 6th Day, The / Gattaca / Flatliners | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The 6th Day: Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger is Adam an ace pilot in the very near future who is having a serious identity crisis. An illegal corporation illegally cloned him and now they're trying to kill him to hide the evidence. Torn from his beloved family and faced with a shocking exact duplicate of himself Adam races against time to reclaim his life and save the world from the underground cloning movement. From the director of Tomorrow Never Dies The 6th Day also stars powerhouse actors Robert Duvall and Michael Rapaport. Prepare for a high-tech sci-fi blast with twice the Arnold and twice the action! Flatliners: A group of ambitious medical students are about to die... and live to describe the experience. Embarking on a daring and arrogant experiment the five aim to reach through the confines of life and touch the face of death. In their search for knowledge however the five discover the chilling consequences of daring to tamper with immortality! Gattaca: Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is an outsider a natural birth or In-valid living in a world in which designer people - forged in test tubes - rule society. Determined to break out of his imperfect genetic destiny and fulfil his dreams Vincent meets Jerome (Jude Law) a Valid willing to sell his prime genetic material for cash. Using Jerome's blood urine skin and hair samples Vincent is able to forge a new identity and pursue his goal of a mission to space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation and enjoy a blossoming romance with Irene (Uma Thurman) another Valid. However a week before his flight a Gattaca mission director is brutally murdered and Vincent finds himself pursued by a relentless investigator (Alan Arkin) threatening to expose his counterfeit life and reveal him as In-valid ending his dreams forever.

• Jupiter Moon - Vol. 6 - Episodes 41 To 45 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  More episodes from the long running TV sci-fi series. It is the year 2050 and mankind has esablished a space city on Jupiter's Moon. In orbit around the moon is the spaceship Ilea home of Columbus College University Of Space. The Ilea has found the sky-mining ship Copernicus stranded in the lee of the moon Amalthea. Its entry ports are jammed and its support systems dead. But the Ilea's computer says that there is one person on board still alive. Victoria believes it is her father

• Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex - 2nd Gig - Vol. 2 | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £9.97   |  Saving you £10.02 (50.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On her first visit to one of the refugee areas the Prime Minister receives a bouquet of flowers and in it is a death threat. Section 9 is called inito provide round-the-clock security for her as they work to catch the would-be assassin. As they do their legwork more and more links to the mysterious ""Individual Eleven"" are uncovered. Meanwhile Togusa is trying to unravel the reason for a man's suspicious death and it leads him into the bowels of Tokyo and a government cover-up. Th

• Alien Infiltration | Blu Ray | (21/05/2012) from £5.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (160.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The owner of a small-town junkyard offers a cash reward to whoever can kill the uninvited alien, who is hiding in her barn. Every wacko within 100 miles turns out and, before long, the junkyard becomes a warzone.

• Thor: The Hammer Of The Gods | Blu Ray | (16/04/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In the epic tale of The Hammer of the Gods, Thor sets out with his army of Vikings on a journey to discover foreign lands, in search of fame and honour. But when a scout goes missing on a strange island, the search party chance upon the terrified natives...