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When the strange message pod turns up at UNIT HQ, the Doctor and his assistant Jo suddenly involved in another dangerous mission for the Time Lords. The TARDIS takes them to Skybase One above the inhospitable Solos. It is the 30th century and the planet is about to gain independence from Earth's glorious empire. But someone on Solos has other plans and, alarmingly, the natives are slowly evolving into fierce-looking creatures. Contains bonus features....
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Peter Davison years 1982-1984 volume story no. 129
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England, March 1215. King John is visiting the castle of Sir Ranulph Fitzwilliam. The arrival of the TARDIS disturbs a medieval joust, but the Doctor and his companions are proclaimed to be friendly demons by the King, who seems strangely interested in their 'blue engine.' It soon becomes clear that neither King John or his Champion, Sir Giles Estram, are who they pretend to be. One of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest enemies threatens the future...
83) Ganges
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Ganges is a sumptuous series that tells the story of the most extraordingary river in the world. The Ganges runs through the heart of India. For millions of the Hindus it is India's sacred river, but they share its banks with a rich variety of wildlife.
84) Adam Bede
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Adam Bede, an honest, hard-working carpenter, has his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. Hetty wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm and she allows herself to be seduced by the heir to a local estate. She finds herself abandoned and pregnant from her ill-fated dalliance.
85) Hamlet
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This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
86) The Mighty Boosh
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Journey through space and time to the world of the Mighty Boosh. Howard and Vince are working in the Nabootique, a second hand shop that is actually a front for Naboo's nefarious shamanistic activities. The hapless duo are drawn into a series of magical adventures where they confront a host of eerie characters.
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Peter Davison years 1982-1984 volume story no. 124
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Travelling with Nyssa in the TARDIS, the Doctor is attacked by a malign entity-- a being of pure anti-matter seeking to cross the dimensions. Although the invader is successfully repelled, the TARDIS is immediately recalled to Gallifrey, where the High Council of Time Lords sentence the Doctor to be executed to prevent any further attempts at bonding. It seems there is a traitor on Gallifrey. And what links the Renegade and the disappearance of Tegan's...
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Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to build a better police car with old bangers, race a Nissan GT-R against the fearsomely efficient Japanese public transport system, break down in three sub-£1,000 Alfa Romeos, invent car fox-hunting using onlyu a Daihatsu Terios 4x4 and Jeremy as the prey, and try not to cause a diplomatic incident as they take on the German version of Top gear in a series of grueling automotive tests. The boys also find time to...
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Peter Davison years 1982-1984 volume story no. 123
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The TARDIS arrives by accident in the middle of Terminal One at Heathrow Airport. One of the supersonic Concordes has disappeared midair, and the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa soon become involved in a hunt for the missing airplane. But what connects its disappearance to prehistoric Earth, and why is a mysterious sorcerer so interested in the Doctor's TARDIS? A flight through time will reveal all.
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At the Bayview Retirement Village, the elderly are expected to grow old gracefully, enjoying their final years in peace, quiet and comfort-- but not if Tom and Diana have anything to do with it! Meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff in this BAFTA-nominated comedy series.
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Joseph Stalin - the supreme leader of the Soviet Union - was a tyrant responsible for the death of millions. He also had some unlikely relationships during the Second World War. This ambitious series uses exclusive evidence gained from the actual conversations and secret meetings Stalin conducted. Dramatic reconstructions carefully sourced from archive material, reveal how the great leaders decided the future shape of the post-war world. These decisions...
92) Lennon naked
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One of the most enduring and enigmatic figures of the 20th century, John Lennon. One quarter of the 'Fab Four,' peace activist, visual artist, and author, he was a man whose personal life was never short on drama, intrigue, and, eventually, conspiracy. Thirty years after his death, this film presents an inside look at the hugely popular musician as he moved from a Beatle to an icon.
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With yet another award added to its trophy cabinet (Broadcast Awards Best International Programme Sales, 2010), the top-rated Top Gear returns with its three kids at heart - Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May - plus the Stig, at the helm. There's a look at three wheeled cars, James drives a Toyota pick-up up an active volcano in Iceland, and the Stig rips up the track in the new Bentley Continental Supersports.
94) Daniel Deronda
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Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive, she turns to Daniel for help-- only to...
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"Archie MacDonald continues his struggles to make Glenbogle a success. First, he must answer to the bank's new manager, then face a smooth operator who has his eye on Ben Bogle. Add in his father's usual mischief and the young laird barely has enough time to sort out his love live, which proves to be as complicated as ever"--Container.
97) The young ones
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Comedy series about four college students (a punk-metal rocker, a hippie, an anarchist, and a suave, sensible one) sharing a house.
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Jeremy, Richard and James purchase used big rigs and try to be truck drivers, and find it is harder than it looks. The boys travel to the USA to take three new generation muscle cars on a road trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats; they are challenged to drive from the heart of Switzerland to England's North West coast on just one tank of fuel; they set out to travel the entire length of Vietnam in just eight days.
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Season Three examines the gunfight at the OK Corral and the St Valentine's Day Massacre, the fine line between fact and fiction that was blurred by the publication of The Hitler Diaries and Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, and popular uprisings with the flight of the last Iranian Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and the execution of former Romanian president Ceausescu. Through dramatic reconstruction, eyewitness accounts, and archive...
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Led by Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, the team responds to any alien threat-- a meteorite crash landing, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, an unusual autopsy report, the spread of a deadly alien virus. Everyone who works for Torchwood is under 35. Some day that's because it's a new science-- others say it's because they...