Review, buy Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Twilight Zone - Complete Season One Limited Edition, It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who - The Crusade / Space Museum - Box Set [1965], Invasion of Astro-Monster [1965], The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951], Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep - Episode 131 (REGION 1) (NTSC), Robinson Crusoe on Mars [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who - The Daleks, Doctor Who - The Three Doctors, Blue Peter Makes...A Thunderbirds Tracy Island, Twilight Zone: '80s - Seasons 2 & 3, Doctor Who: The Key to Time - The Complete Adventure [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who - The Androids Of Tara, The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who - Paradise Towers [1987], The Day the Earth Stood Still [Blu-ray] [1951], Doctor Who - Terminus [1983], The Notorious Concubines [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Doctor Who - Invasion Of The Dinosaurs [1973] (Tv-Series), Invaders from Mars/Crawlin' Eye (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Review Rod Sterling / The Twilight Zone - Complete Season One Limited Edition

The Twilight Zone - Complete Season One Limited Edition (Rod Sterling)

Release date: 2005-08-22
Run time: 880 min.
Price: £59.99

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Review MGM / It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space [1958] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (MGM)

Actors & Directors

Kim Spalding
Shawn Smith
Shirley Patterson
Marshall Thompson
Ann Doran
Edward L. Cahn

Release date: 2001-08-28
Run time: 69 min.
Creator: Jerome Bixby
Price: £14.95

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Doctor Who - The Crusade / Space Museum - Box Set [1965]

Actors & Directors

Maureen O'Brien
Jacqueline Hill
William Russell (II)
Julian Glover
William Hartnell

Release date: 1999-07-05
Run time: 128 min.
RRP: ~~£19.99~~
Price: £49.97

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Review Classic Media / Invasion of Astro-Monster [1965]

Invasion of Astro-Monster [1965] (Classic Media)

Actors & Directors

Takamaru Sasaki
Haruo Nakajima
Nick Adams
Kumi Mizuno
Akira Kubo
Ishiro Honda

Release date: 2007-06-05
Run time: 186 min.
Creator: Akira Ifukube
Price: £7.57

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951]

The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951] (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Robert Wise
Michael Rennie
Patricia Neal
Sam Jaffe
Billy Gray
Hugh Marlowe

Release date: 1997-02-17
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Harry Bates
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £12.99

Review The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

The very epitome of a cult SF classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still is more often referenced than seen, which is a pity since it remains even now one of the most thought-provoking examples of the genre. The title is a misnomer, a mere tease to entice 1950s audiences into the cinema in the expectation of seeing another sensationalist B-movie about murderous aliens (i. e. Communists). In fact, Robert Wise's film of Edmund North's screenplay is a thoughtful Cold War allegory about a Christ-like visitor (Michael Rennie) who comes to Earth preaching a message of salvation for mankind, only to be spurned, killed then finally resurrected (significantly, Rennie's character Klaatu adopts the pseudonym "Mr Carpenter" while on the run from the authorities). Aside from its philosophical message, the film also boasts memorable imagery-notably the giant robot Gort-a much-quoted catchphrase in "Klaatu barada nikto", and one of composer Bernard Herrmann's most admired scores, featuring the theremin and other electronic instruments that must have sounded very otherworldly back in 1951. The result is a bona fide landmark in cinema SF with a central message about "weapons of mass destruction" that's still uncannily relevant today. On the DVD: The Day the Earth Stood Still has been splendidly restored for its DVD incarnation from the original 35 mm print, and the results are demonstrated in the "Restoration Comparison" feature. Also included is a fascinating 1951 newsreel showing Klaatu receiving a certificate of merit amid stories of Communist threats, the Korean war and beauty pageants ("Pomp and pulchritude on parade in Atlantic City"). Best of all is an absorbing commentary track with director Robert Wise in conversation with Nicholas Meyer (both men have Star Trek movies on their CV). [+]

-Mark Walker.

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Review BBC Warner / Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep - Episode 131 (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep - Episode 131 (REGION 1) (NTSC) (BBC Warner)

Actors & Directors

Peter Davison
Mark Strickson

Release date: 2008-06-03
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Janet Fielding
Price: £13.19

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Review Criterion / Robinson Crusoe on Mars [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Robinson Crusoe on Mars [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Criterion)

Actors & Directors

Adam West
Barney
Paul Mantee
Victor Lundin
Byron Haskin

Release date: 2007-09-18
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: John C. Higgins
Price: £19.75

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - The Daleks

Doctor Who - The Daleks (2 Entertain Video)

Actors & Directors

William Hartnell
Richard Martin
Christopher Barry

Release date: 2001-02-26
Run time: 172 min.
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £14.99

Review Doctor Who - The Daleks / 2 Entertain Video:

The Daleks (sometimes called "The Dead Planet") is the second ever Doctor Who serial, presented with all seven unedited episodes on one tape. First broadcast between December 1963 and February 1964, the story ensured the programme's success by introducing the Doctor's most iconic enemies. Five hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet Skaro, the Doctor (William Hartnell), Barbara, Ian and Susan materialise in a petrified forest where the pacifist, and decidedly camp, Thals face starvation. Our heroes visit a nearby city, the home of the last remaining Daleks, terrifyingly cold-blooded mutants encased in armed, pepper-pot-like shells, and become involved in a desperate battle for survival. Given a nightmarish atmosphere by Tristram Cary's surreal electronic score, The Daleks proved the template for many a future Doctor Who adventure. Hartnell's Doctor is a surprisingly self-serving hero and the ambitious storytelling, which reflects the Cold War fears of the time, belies a tiny budget. The remastered picture sometimes looks digitised, but this story, remade for the cinema as Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) and starring Peter Cushing, is still both an effective, if at times unintentionally hilarious, entertainment and an essential piece of television history. A superior sequel, "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" was screened in late 1964. -Gary S Dalkin.

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