Tom Baker (now the second best Doctor ever) in his fourth tale as the universal altruist Doctor Who. The Doctor re-visits the war-torn planet of Skaro on a mission from the Time Lords themselves. Their intention is to put a halt to mad scientist Davros' plan to mutate aliens into a breed of lethal silver composters (Daleks) with tracheotomies, a poor sense of humour and a rage issue with anywhere that doesn't provide wheelchair access; "Pity? I have no understanding of the word. It is not regist
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DOCTOR WHO ORIGINAL SERIES 1 THE DALEKS (1963)
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William Hartnell starred as the avuncular Doctor careening thru' space and time in his never to be forgotten blue police phone box, you mean the police had their own phone boxes? Yep.
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DOCTOR WHO ORIGINAL SERIES 1 THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION AND THE BRINK OF DISASTER (1963)
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William Hartnell starred as the avuncular Doctor careening thru' space and time in his never to be forgotten blue police phone box, thwarting evil where ever it rears its slightly unwieldy latex head.
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FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966)
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One of the great sci-fi classics; a minaturised crew of five enter a VIP's blood vessels in order to navigate his body so as to perform a delicate medical operation. As well as an on board saboteur they must negotiate the heart, a hole between vein and artery, the lungs and white blood corpuscles. Mind blowing.
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
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Classic 50s sci-fi and the film that spawned a generation of alien-invasion flicks. When friendly alien visitor Klaatu is wounded by trigger-happy state troopers his robot mate seeks revenge, but Klaatu has a message for mankind and takes to the streets to teach the world the true meaning of peace. Brilliant.
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THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
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A mad megalomaniac scientist has been experimenting with drugs (monocane) and discovered the secret of invisibility, except that he normally covers himself in bandages in order to be seen! After a bit of crime and killing in a Sussex village the demented soul has to leg it.
Superior stuff, especially with the slow uncloaking of the scientist's invisibility, and the movie that turned Claude Rains into a star.
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THE TIME MACHINE (1960)
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HG Well's novel breathtakingly translated into an academy award winning film. Taylor is the scientist whose ingenious machine whisks him to the year 802701 where he encourages the peace-loving Elois to rise up against the subterranean Morlocks. Superior classic sci-fi.
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WESTWORLD (1973)
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A futuristic entertainment park has been split into three zones, WesternWorld, MedievalWorld and RomanWorld, each full of human looking robots, and guests are allowed to indulge in their fantasies, including murder and sex. However a series of technical hitches lead to some androids misbehaving and ends with the sinister Yul Brynner stalking the mockup saloons slaughtering unsuspecting tourists.
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