Sapphire and Steel - The Complete Series
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Actor: David Collings, David McCallum, Gerald James, Joanna Lumley, Tom KellyDirector: David Foster
Brand: A&E
Writer: Peter Hammond
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 918 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Sapphire and Steel - The Complete Series
DVD Review: An Unusual Journey from the BBC
Summary: 4 Stars
Eleven years after U.N.C.L.E., two years after THE NEW AVENGERS, David McCallum and Joanna Lumley join forces as "Elements" sent out to keep "Time" -- a living lethal force -- from breaking into our world. As with a lot of BBC scifi from that time, the effects can be a bit cheesey. Sometimes the storylines are dragged out over an interminable number of episodes but in the end, interesting and a good addition to any collection. If you like tales of travelers in time, haunted locales and mysterious vanishings, enjoy! DVD Review: Oh the music...
Summary: 4 Stars
A real blast form the past -pre-AbFab Joanna Lumley, and fresh from Man from Uncle David McCallum. Typical low budget British Si Fi same feel as Dr. Who and Blakes Seven. The worst music, but, it's all part of the camp fun. Glad I got the set.DVD Review: Love British TV?
Summary: 4 Stars
Anyone who loves British television will love this series. Anyone who likes David McCallum will see an echo of his Illya Kuryakin character in the calm, confident Steel.
DVD Review: Sci Fi before the big money special effects
Summary: 4 Stars
Joanna Lumley and David McCallum at their best. Subtle performances with the slightest bit of tongue in cheek humour. It's a shame the series didn't go on longer. Perhaps we could have met more of the elements. Servere over acting by most of the other cast in each of the cases but still very enjoyable and ahead of their time in special effects.DVD Review: rvw
Summary: 3 Stars
rcvd product on time, but series was not as interesting as i thought it would be.
Description of Sapphire and Steel - The Complete Series
The spiritual precursor to The X-Files, SAPPHIRE & STEEL is one of the most atmospheric, mysterious and compelling television programs ever made. Joanna Lumley (Ab Fab, Cold Comfort Farm) and David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) star as alien investigators sent to earth to monitor and police ruptures in time. Defying convention at every turn, SAPPHIRE & STEEL spread six adventures over 34 episodes, keeping viewers constantly in suspense and heightening the tension with its distinctively claustrophobic sets (only one tale used any location footage), stark lighting and ethereal music. Combined with the deeply ambiguous stories, this created a distinctly unsettling and riveting experience. Now, SAPPHIRE & STEEL is ready to capture the minds of a new generation of fans with this comprehensive DVD collection, which features every moody minute of the revolutionary show.One of the oddest shows ever mounted for mainstream British television, Sapphire & Steel was one of ITV's many short-lived attempts at grabbing the sci-fi cult status of the BBC's Doctor Who. Ex-Man from U.N.C.L.E. David McCallum and ex-Avenger Joanna Lumley play human-looking incarnations of the eponymous substances, mysterious investigators working at the behest of an apparent God of Order and zipping about TARDIS-like to cope with anomalies in the time-stream that manifest as apparent supernatural forces in remote English locales like an isolated farmhouse (Adventure One), a deserted rural railway station (Adventure Two) and a high-rise block of flats (Adventure Three).
McCallum and Lumley play their "medium atomic weights" with blank style and a few touches of baffled humor, not to mention visual flair in the case of Lumley's blue fashions and occasional glowing eyes. But the lengthy serial format, strictly limited guest casts, and claustrophobic confinement to studio sets tend to mean individual serials straggle on with a great deal of repetition, as six- or eight-part stories seem to take forever to get moving and then resolve. Shot on video, with a few strange 1970s effects (evil follow-spots, floating pillows), this remains prime cult material, though it's hard to sit still for more than one episode at a time. --Kim Newman
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