![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation - Vol. 3.7 - Captain's Holiday / Tin Man / Hollow Pursuits / The Most Toys [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZYT8ES1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Chip Chalmers
- Gates McFadden
- Cliff Bole
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Patrick Stewart
- Timothy Bond
- Michael Dorn
- Robert Scheerer
Run time: 175 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.75
Review Star Trek The Next Generation - Vol. 3.7 - Captain's Holiday / Tin Man / Hollow Pursuits / The Most Toys [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:In 1987, some 20 years after the original series had ended, Star Trek: The Next Generation was launched into a decade renowned for its materialistic greed, but also for its hesitant steps towards a more unified world order. Creator Gene Roddenberry revised his vision of humanity's future accordingly, shifting the Trek timeline 80 years on and reinventing the new Starship Enterprise as an Ark-like exploration vessel full of families, schools, soothing recreational facilities and a maternally pacifying computer voice (Roddenberry's wife, Majel Barrett). The Next Generation crew were not soldiers, but scientists and diplomats. Unlike the fiercely individualistic Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart's patrician Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a model team leader: no matter how desperate the crisis, he ensured that everyone got to sit round the Conference Room table and talk it over. And in a true late-1980s touch, a key member of the Bridge crew was psychoanalyst Counsellor Troi, always on hand to discuss everyone's feelings. Season Two saw the welcome introduction of the cybernetic horror that was the Borg. Originally a powerful symbol of technological misuse in an otherwise technologically utopian universe, ultimately their hive-like existence served to reinforce the message that everyone would be much happier as a team player. Even renegade super-entity Q (John De Lancie) relied on Picard as much as his fellow god-like playmates; Data followed Pinocchio and Spock in a quest to discard what made him an individual; and there was even an episode that rationalised why all aliens basically looked alike (we're all one big family). Even the slogan change to "Where no one has gone before" acknowledges that there's no "one" in a team. But for all its earnest political correctness and an over-reliance on "technobabble", good stories played by an appealing ensemble cast were at the heart of the show's success. [+]After seven successful seasons, "All Good Things" finally came to an end. Until Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise, that is. -Paul Tonks.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 7.5 [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5174WG5QE3L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Kate Mulgrew
- Robert Picardo
- Jeri Ryan
Run time: 84 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 7.5 [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:Star Trek: Voyager, the first Trek spin-off to be made without any input at all from Gene Roddenberry, made its debut in 1995 and quickly established itself both as markedly different from cosmic cousin Deep Space Nine and as the successor to The Next Generation. Despite a lack of originality in its premise (Lost in Space anyone?), Voyager has none the less often been a bigger ratings success than any of its predecessors. Catapulted unwittingly to the far-flung Delta Quadrant, the crew of the Federation vessel Voyager must try somehow to get back home. The ghost of Katherine Hepburn lives on in Kate Mulgrew's forceful Captain Janeway, who has an equivocal relationship with first officer and Native American-lite Chakotay (Robert Beltran). Tim Russ gives possibly the franchises' first fully realistic (yawn) portrayal of a Vulcan, and to enhance the alien quotient there's cuddly chef Neelix (Ethan Phillips). Garret Wang must have drawn short straw for character development, since his Harry Kim is never imbued with any of the drama of rebellious pilot chum Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill), who even gets the series' only romance with the seemingly inescapable resident half-breed B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson). Until the fourth season, the fan favourite was the straight-funny man role of Robert Picardo's nameless Doctor. Then, with the brave Borg storyline "Scorpion Part 2", a serious improvement in the show's behind-the-scenes thinking introduced actress Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine, who immediately upped sex appeal and viewing numbers. There have been some oddities and errors along the way, such as the disappearance of cast regular Kes, the appearance of semi-regular Naomi Wildman, and various Holodeck obsessions with Leonardo da Vinci, a smoky bar, and an "Oirish" village. Flashes of brilliance still emerge, while Jerry Goldsmith's graceful theme always opens the show in style. [+]-Paul Tonks.
Release date: 1993-02-19
Run time: 14 min.
RRP: £3.99
Price: £3.49
Review Blue Peter Makes...A Thunderbirds Tracy Island / 2 Entertain Video:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 50 : In Theory / Redemption [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HB32DPXKL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Nick Moran
- Malcolm Storry
- Malcolm McKay
- Tom Courtenay
- Miranda Richardson
- Lindsay Duncan
Run time: 88 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 50 : In Theory / Redemption [1991] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Release date: 2002-11-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.38
Review Triple Pack: Planet Of The Apes / The X-Files Movie / Alien / Planet of the Apes/the X-Files Movie:
![Review 4 Front Video / Thunderbirds - Vol. 2 - In Outer Space [1965]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518CY882F2L._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1996-09-16
Run time: 92 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Thunderbirds - Vol. 2 - In Outer Space [1965] / 4 Front Video:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 3.6 (Macrocosm/The Q and the Grey) [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KA37GMMZL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Benedict Wong
- Sean Lock
- Mark Nunneley
- Perry Benson
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.40
Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 3.6 (Macrocosm/The Q and the Grey) [2002] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Ron Moody
- Patrick Macnee
- Brian Clemens
- Linda Thorson
- Diana Rigg
- Zia Mohyeddin
Run time: 100 min.
Review The Avengers - Special Final Episodes Volume [1966] / Lumiere Pictures:
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Actors & Directors
- Janet Greek
- Richard Biggs
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Jerry Doyle
- Mira Furlan
- Andreas Katsulas
- Jesus Trevino
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.99
Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.10 - Wheel Of Fire / Objects In Motion [1994] / Warner Home Video:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation 5 : The Battle / Hide And Q [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EG8AWP35L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Rob Bowman
- Patrick Stewart
- Marina Sirtis
- Gates McFadden
- Cliff Bole
- Jonathan Frakes
- Wil Wheaton
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.98
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 5 : The Battle / Hide And Q [1987] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Les Landau
- Patrick Stewart
- Winrich Kolbe
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Michael Dorn
- Gates McFadden
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £18.00
Review Star Trek The Next Generation 57 : The Masterpiece Society / Conundrum / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.01 - The Hour Of The Wolf / Whatever Happened To Mr Garibaldi [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519ZYBF1Y0L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Adam Nimoy
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Kim Friedman
- Jerry Doyle
- Andreas Katsulas
- Claudia Christian
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.30
Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 4.01 - The Hour Of The Wolf / Whatever Happened To Mr Garibaldi [1994] / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Jonathan Frakes
- LeVar Burton
- Gabrielle Beaumont
- Patrick Stewart
- Corey Allen
- Michael Dorn
- Cliff Bole
- Wil Wheaton
Run time: 131 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.60
Review Star Trek The Next Generation - Vol. 5.2 - Silicon Avatar / Disaster / The Game / Paramount Home Entertainment:
![Review 4 Front Video / Thunderbirds - Vol. 8 - End Of The Road / The Perils Of Penelope / Alias Mister Hackenbacker [1965]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K6TPGGPBL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1996-09-16
Run time: 145 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £6.75
Review Thunderbirds - Vol. 8 - End Of The Road / The Perils Of Penelope / Alias Mister Hackenbacker [1965] / 4 Front Video:
Actors & Directors
- Robert Patrick
- Chris Carter
- Mitch Pileggi
- Kim Manners
- Annabeth Gish
- Gillian Anderson
Run time: 87 min.
Price: £14.99
Review The X Files : Providence / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:As with earlier releases, The X-Files: Providence splices together two episodes, "Provenance" and "Providence", into a pseudo-movie. Again, the results fall way below the series average as the long-dead alien conspiracy business is flogged, with a lot of running around and ominous rumbling still not adding up to anything like an actual story. FBI agent Neal McDonaugh (of Minority Report) inexplicably survives a flaming motorcycle crash, leaving behind brass rubbings taken from an alien spaceship, then shows up and tries to murder Scully's psychokinetic baby, who is promptly kidnapped by a UFO cult. In Part 2, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) fend off enemies and friends within the bureau as they track down the cultists, who are having trouble with a spaceship they've dug up, and a typical pointless climax has things happen without the characters doing anything to contribute. Even at this late, post-Duchovny stage in the game, The X-Files has turned out some fine stand-alone episodes, but these dreary wallowings go a long way towards explaining why only diehards are still watching. After the child says "I made this" at the end of the credits, it's becoming very hard not to shout "well, clean it up then". On the DVD: The X-Files: Providence, as with Nothing Important Happened Today, arrives in a great-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are two slight promotional "featurettes"-three-minute clips/talking heads promos focusing on the episode "Providence" and actor Cary Elwes' character. -Kim Newman.
Release date: 1993-07-12
Run time: 200 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.50
Review Thunderbirds - Volume 3 [1965] / Universal Pictures UK:
Release date: 2002-06-10
Run time: 83 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £0.01
Review The X Files : Nothing Important Happened Today / The X Files:As with earlier releases, The X-Files: Providence splices together two episodes, "Provenance" and "Providence", into a pseudo-movie. Again, the results fall way below the series average as the long-dead alien conspiracy business is flogged, with a lot of running around and ominous rumbling still not adding up to anything like an actual story. FBI agent Neal McDonaugh (of Minority Report) inexplicably survives a flaming motorcycle crash, leaving behind brass rubbings taken from an alien spaceship, then shows up and tries to murder Scully's psychokinetic baby, who is promptly kidnapped by a UFO cult. In Part 2, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) fend off enemies and friends within the bureau as they track down the cultists, who are having trouble with a spaceship they've dug up, and a typical pointless climax has things happen without the characters doing anything to contribute. Even at this late, post-Duchovny stage in the game, The X-Files has turned out some fine stand-alone episodes, but these dreary wallowings go a long way towards explaining why only diehards are still watching. After the child says "I made this" at the end of the credits, it's becoming very hard not to shout "well, clean it up then". On the DVD: The X-Files: Providence, as with Nothing Important Happened Today, arrives in a great-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are two slight promotional "featurettes"-three-minute clips/talking heads promos focusing on the episode "Providence" and actor Cary Elwes' character. -Kim Newman.
Actors & Directors
- Robert Patrick
- Kim Manners
- David Duchovny
- Mitch Pileggi
- Gillian Anderson
- Annabeth Gish
Run time: 148 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.88
Review The X-Files: The Truth / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:As with earlier releases, The X-Files: Providence splices together two episodes, "Provenance" and "Providence", into a pseudo-movie. Again, the results fall way below the series average as the long-dead alien conspiracy business is flogged, with a lot of running around and ominous rumbling still not adding up to anything like an actual story. FBI agent Neal McDonaugh (of Minority Report) inexplicably survives a flaming motorcycle crash, leaving behind brass rubbings taken from an alien spaceship, then shows up and tries to murder Scully's psychokinetic baby, who is promptly kidnapped by a UFO cult. In Part 2, Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish) fend off enemies and friends within the bureau as they track down the cultists, who are having trouble with a spaceship they've dug up, and a typical pointless climax has things happen without the characters doing anything to contribute. Even at this late, post-Duchovny stage in the game, The X-Files has turned out some fine stand-alone episodes, but these dreary wallowings go a long way towards explaining why only diehards are still watching. After the child says "I made this" at the end of the credits, it's becoming very hard not to shout "well, clean it up then". On the DVD: The X-Files: Providence, as with Nothing Important Happened Today, arrives in a great-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are two slight promotional "featurettes"-three-minute clips/talking heads promos focusing on the episode "Providence" and actor Cary Elwes' character. -Kim Newman.
Actors & Directors
- Gillian Anderson
- David Duchovny
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £0.98
Review The X Files - Vol. 2 - Squeeze / Conduit / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:
![Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 26 - Point Of No Return / Severed Dreams [1994]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41B4T8RHMZL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Mira Furlan
- Jim Johnston
- Claudia Christian
- David J. Eagle
- Jason Carter
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.67
Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 26 - Point Of No Return / Severed Dreams [1994] / Warner Home Video:
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