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Review BBC Warner / Doctor Who: Five Doctors [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Frazer Hines
  • Jon Pertwee
  • Richard Hurndall
  • Peter Moffatt
  • Patrick Troughton
  • John Nathan-Turner
  • Pennant Roberts
  • Peter Davison
Release date: 2001-09-11
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Terrance Dicks
Price: £10.09

Review Doctor Who: Five Doctors [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BBC Warner:

Yes, The Five Doctors is the one that gathers together Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker and Davison, dumps them on some moorland and lets some of the Doctor's greatest enemies take potshots at them. Except, of course, that William Hartnell had sadly passed on by the time this series was made in 1983 (although his replacement Richard Hurndall does an excellent job) and Tom Baker was only featured as a patched-in cameo, apparently prevented from joining in by a temporal thingummy. However, this kind of creakiness comes with the territory and is soon forgotten. The assorted incarnations of the Doctor (together with a scattering of assistants) are drawn together through time and space to battle Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti-those weird androids which keep jumping into the air and disappearing-and many other old foes. They realise that they're on their home planet of Gallifrey and must eventually deal with the legacy of Rassilon, founder of the Time Lords. It's all great fun, of course, and the excellent chapter points on this DVD compensate for the rather self-indulgent lack of editing. -Roger Thomas.

Release date: 2001-03-19
Price: £14.99

Review Twilight Zone-Treasures of / Delta:


Review Aviva International / The Twilight Zone - Vol. 19 [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Rod Serling
Release date: 2001-04-23
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £19.99

Review The Twilight Zone - Vol. 19 [1963] / Aviva International:

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. -Mark Walker.

Actors & Directors
  • John Tate
Release date: 2001-05-14
Creator: Sylvia Anderson
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.99

Review Thunderbirds - Episodes 21 And 22 [1965] / ITV DVD:


Review BBC Warner / Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Baker
Release date: 2006-06-06
Run time: 142 min.
Price: £16.23

Review Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1963] / BBC Warner:


Review BBC Warner / Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Episode 123 (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
Release date: 2007-11-06
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £12.60

Review Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Episode 123 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BBC Warner:


Review MGM / Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds Are Go/ Thunderbird 6 [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Matt Zimmerman
  • David Lane
  • Shane Rimmer
  • Sylvia Anderson
  • Peter Dyneley
  • Jeremy Wilkin
Release date: 2004-07-20
Run time: 182 min.
Creator: John Read
Price: £15.29

Review Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds Are Go/ Thunderbird 6 [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review MPI Home Video / Terror Beneath the Sea [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Franz Gruber
  • Mike Daning
  • Sonny Chiba
  • Mike Daneen
  • Gunther Braun
  • Hajime Sato
Release date: 2005-10-25
Run time: 79 min.
Price: £6.55

Review Terror Beneath the Sea [1966] / MPI Home Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Kirk Alyn
  • Barbara Rush
  • Gertrude Astor
  • Judith Ames
  • Frank Cady
Release date: 2001-09-25
Creator: John F. Seitz

Review When Worlds Collide [1951] / Paramount:


Review Aviva International / The Twilight Zone - Vol. 20 [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Rod Serling
Release date: 2001-04-23
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £15.99

Review The Twilight Zone - Vol. 20 [1963] / Aviva International:

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. -Mark Walker.

Review Digital Video Distribution / In The Year 2889 [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Charla Doherty
  • Quinn O'Hara
  • Neil Fletcher
  • Hugh Feagin
  • Larry Buchanan
  • Paul Petersen
Release date: 1995-12-27
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Lou Rusoff
RRP: £5.99
Price: £22.50

Review In The Year 2889 [1968] / Digital Video Distribution:


Review Alpha Video / Monster from a Prehistoric Planet [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tamio Kawaji
  • Tatsuya Fuji
  • Yuji Okada
  • Yôko Yamamoto
  • Haruyasu Noguchi
  • Koji Wada
Release date: 2003-07-22
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Gan Yamazaki
Price: £2.76

Review Monster from a Prehistoric Planet [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Alpha Video:


Review Image Entertainment / Fiend of Dope Island/Pagan Island [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Nani Maka
  • Yda Alvarez
  • Trine Hovelsrud
  • Eddie Dew
  • Barbara Bordeaux
  • Barry Mahon
  • Nate Watt
Release date: 2002-05-21
Run time: 134 min.
Creator: Mark Carabel
Price: £31.99

Review Fiend of Dope Island/Pagan Island [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review Paramount / The War of the Worlds [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gene Barry
  • Les Tremayne
  • Robert Cornthwaite
  • Ann Robinson
  • Byron Haskin
  • Sandro Giglio
Release date: 2005-11-01
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: H.G. Wells
Price: £5.10

Review The War of the Worlds [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Paramount:

After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought the classic HG Wells story of a Martian invasion to the big screen, and it instantly became a science-fiction classic and winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It's a work of frightening imagination, with its manta-ray spaceships armed with cobra-like probes that shoot a white-hot disintegration ray. As formations of alien ships continue to wreak destruction around the globe, the military is helpless to stop this enemy while scientists race to find an effective weapon. Gene Barry and Ann Robinson play the hero and heroine roles that werede rigueur for movies like this in the 50s, and their encounter with one of the Martians is as creepy today as it was in 1953. It finally takes an unseen threat-simple Earth bacteria-to conquer the alien invaders, but not before War of the Worlds has provided a dazzling display of impressive visual and sound effects. This is a movie for the ages, the kind of spectacle that inspired little kids such as Steven Spielberg (not to mention Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, whose Independence Day is a remake in all but name) and still packs a punch. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Twilight Zone / The Twilight Zone, Vol. 7 [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 1999-03-02
Run time: 100 min.
Price: £2.45

Review The Twilight Zone, Vol. 7 [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Twilight Zone:


Review Warner Home Video / The Valley of the Gwangi [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Freda Jackson
  • Jim O'Connolly
  • Laurence Naismith
  • Gila Golan
  • James Franciscus
  • Richard Carlson
Release date: 2003-10-21
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Willis H. O'Brien
Price: £9.54

Review The Valley of the Gwangi [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Columbia TriStar / The 3 Worlds of Gulliver [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • Richard Schickel
  • Tom Hanks
  • Ray Harryhausen
  • George Lucas
  • Ray Bradbury
Release date: 2002-04-16
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Tony Dalton
Price: £6.39

Review The 3 Worlds of Gulliver [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:


Review Alpha Video / Atomic Rulers of the World [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sachihiro Ohsawa
  • Shôji Nakayama
  • Junko Ikeuchi
  • Akira Mitsuwa
  • Ken Utsui
  • Koreyoshi Akasaka
  • Teruo Ishii
  • Minoru Takada
Release date: 2004-06-22
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: Ichirô Miyagawa
Price: £2.15

Review Atomic Rulers of the World [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Alpha Video:


Review REELTIME PICTURES / PANOPTICON 5 : HIGHLIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S PREMIER DOCTOR WHO CONVENTIONS : DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY

Review PANOPTICON 5 : HIGHLIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S PREMIER DOCTOR WHO CONVENTIONS : DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY / REELTIME PICTURES:

PANOPTICON 5 : HIGHLIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S PREMIER DOCTOR WHO CONVENTIONS : DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY

Review / Where on Earth is Katy Manning (Doctor Who)
Actors & Directors
  • Kary manning
  • Nicholas Courtney
  • Sophie Aldred
  • Sylvester McCoy
Run time: 55 min.

Review Where on Earth is Katy Manning (Doctor Who):

By her own admission, Katy is "as blind as a bat" and never knows where she'll end up. When shesuddenly arrived in the UK earlier this year, Katy was probably as surprised as we were. Determined to thank the legion of Doctor Who fans whohad written and supported her during her years abroad, Katy embarked on a whirlwind tour of British conventions to meet the fans, this is a unique diary of 7 events in 10 weeks. In this remarkable video diary, Katy. * Build a K9 at the Dapol factoryin Llangollen * Files to Anoraks Anonymous on the isle of man *Goes backstage at Doctor Who magazine's Perfect Day along the way bump into Nicholas Courtney, Michael Sheard, Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy. This is a truly unique and sometimes moving insight into the character of one of Doctor Who's brightest stars. Don't miss it - even if Katy does!.

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Doctor Who: Five Doctors [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Twilight Zone-Treasures of, The Twilight Zone - Vol. 19 [1963], Thunderbirds - Episodes 21 And 22 [1965], Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks [1975] (REGION 1) (NTSC) [1963], Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Episode 123 (REGION 1) (NTSC), Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds: Thunderbirds Are Go/ Thunderbird 6 [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Terror Beneath the Sea [1966], When Worlds Collide [1951], The Twilight Zone - Vol. 20 [1963], In The Year 2889 [1968], Monster from a Prehistoric Planet [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Fiend of Dope Island/Pagan Island [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The War of the Worlds [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Twilight Zone, Vol. 7 [1963] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Valley of the Gwangi [1969] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The 3 Worlds of Gulliver [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Atomic Rulers of the World [1964] (REGION 1) (NTSC), PANOPTICON 5 : HIGHLIGHTS OF BRITAIN'S PREMIER DOCTOR WHO CONVENTIONS : DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY, Where on Earth is Katy Manning (Doctor Who)

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