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Sapphire and Steel - The Complete Series [DVD]

Joanna Lumley (Actor), David McCallum (Actor), David Foster (Director) Rated:
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4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 721 ratings
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Genre Mystery & Thrillers, Action & Adventure
Format Box set, Color, NTSC
Contributor Gerald James, Peter Hammond, David Collings, Joanna Lumley, David McCallum, David Foster, Catherine Hall, Tamasin Bridge, Tom Kelly, David Cann, Peter Laird, Steven O'Shea, Davy Kaye, David Gant See more
Language English
Number Of Discs 6

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Product Description

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.

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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

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.85 x 3.75 x 3.5 inches; 1.38 Pounds
  • Director ‏ : ‎ David Foster
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Box set, Color, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 15 hours and 18 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2004
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Joanna Lumley, David McCallum, Gerald James, Tom Kelly, David Collings
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ A&E Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00061QJIA
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Peter Hammond
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 6
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  • M. Salmestrelli
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Avengers Meets Doctor Who but in a more grown up Sci Fi setting
    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2012
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    The title of this review is how I imagine the series creator pitched the idea of show to the powers that be. Sure, people like to link this series to the X-Files today but in many ways that undercuts Sapphire & Steel.

    The series follows assignments of two intergalactic policemen assigned to correct fractures in time. Like the peak of The Avengers (Diana Rigg Era), we never really know who assigns these two to their assignments or who they really work for. The structure of the series is exact to Doctor Who, half hour episodes which are linked together by a cliffhanger before the story's conclusion.

    I feel the stories are more grown up and darker than anything you'd see on Doctor Who. The story lines are often complex and the conclusions are some times bleak and bitter.

    The overall atmosphere of the series is highly claustrophobic with each story basically taking place in a single location. This does make each story more penetrating for the viewer because often the settings are a major part of the story.

    The acting and chemistry from Lumley and McCallum is brilliant and the few supporting actors play their roles well.

    The series consists of only six stories . I wonder if the show was cancelled or if the series creator, P.J. Hammond simply ran out of ideas. This series screams obscure cult following much like the 1960's classic The Prisoner. Short lived, revolutionary but far too obscure to be digested by its present day masses. X-Files does recall elements of this series but in many ways, this series is much darker and this is because the stories have more time to develop.

    The American A&E set is well made and the only issue I have with it is the story's individual episodes don't run together. You have to go back to the DVD menu and select the next episode and click through the Chapter Index Menu. This ruined a story for me because the titles in the Chapter Index for the episodes are basically spoilers if you pause and read them. I had to learn not to do that. It's a flaw which is not worth removing a star from my rating but it is still a flaw.

    I recommend buying, or renting this set and watching each story IN ORDER (or at least saving the 6th story for last)
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  • SB Crumb42
    3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars for UK SF TV Classic
    Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2012
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    1978-81 was a kind of strange golden age for UK SF/Fantasy TV, including "Blake's 7," the second half of Tom Baker's long run as "Dr. Who," and this show. "Sapphire and Steel" is an utterly unique show, perhaps too much so, which would partially explain why it "only" managed to crank out six serials in its four-year run. (There are audios and other stories, too...)

    The package cover blurb compares it to "The X Files" for some reason. Sure, it's about a male agent and a female agent investigating supernatural incidents, but that's as far as the overall comparison can go. The agents, and their fellow "elementals" (for lack of a formal term) make for interesting and engaging characters, though thoroughly weird, too.

    These stories feel a lot like advanced stage plays with a lot of effects, and therefore like a TV serial with minimal effects, and these visual, sound, and editing effects are put to maximum effect, which is more than can be said for several 21st century SF films and shows. Yes, there is a datedness to it, and some strange social artifacts of another place and time, but "S&S" has such a strong strangeness about it that it goes beyond timeless.

    (Quick note: Serial titles are my short-hand approximations of the set's titles)
    Story 1, "Crack in Time," runs like a British version of TZ's "Little Girl Lost" or "Poltergeist," with two kids whose parents are still in the house, but stuck in a strange series of time warps, and it just gets weirder from there.
    2: "Railway Station" -- The agents find a lonely ghost-hunter, and spirits from Britain's 20th century wars, but there's a bigger, darker force behind it all.
    3: "Creature's Revenge" -- the absolute darkest, creepiest, most abstract and mind-blowing serial in the whole set
    4: "Man w/o Face" -- the power of objects, photographs, memories, and the innocence of children inside and out of them; good concept, and a tale with more emotion and drama than usual for "S & S."
    5: "Dr. McDee Must Die" -- the agents enter a contemporary (1980) house to attend a 1930s party, with ever more murders and deaths in a race against time to prevent a viral outbreak. It sometimes runs like an attempt at dark humor.
    6: "Trap" -- the final story, just as mysterious, suspenseful, and multi-layered as any of the earlier stories, bringing the show to an intriguing close....

    The version I ended up getting was A&E's old space-wasting set, although I've heard of newer, slimmer packaging (?)
    The only extras are some random commentaries and a scrapbook.
    "S & S" is unique, stylized, and worth a viewing, whether you rent it first or buy it.
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  • Michael Gray
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth waiting for.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2015
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    Kind of sad the stars made other commitments and this was not continued, I very much liked what I did see.
    Okay, I bought this because this was at the top of my Netflix DVD cue for over a year and then it was moved to Saved (Unavailable).
    Having waited for so long I was almost afraid to be disappointed when it did arrive, but I was not, I enjoyed it because it was sort of what I expected and not what I expected. The stories themselves remind me of older Doctor Who (John Pertwee, Tom Baker) in that they do drag on a bit at times, not the choppy, almost a little too fast modern series (David Tennant, Matt Smith). The six "Assignments" (34 episodes) could easily have made a run for twice as long. Wish they could have wrung out one more story but I think it ended well.

    I have the Shout! studios distribution of this show, there is a studio plug at the start of each complete story that I could do without but it in no way detracts from the presentation.
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  • guy simard
    5.0 out of 5 stars C'est une bonne série télé britanique
    Reviewed in Canada on November 16, 2024
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    C'est une bonne série télé de style britanique qui relève du paranormal ainsi rempli de mystères .
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  • Gustavo Lam
    4.0 out of 5 stars Serie de misterio clásica, pero sin subtítulos
    Reviewed in Mexico on October 1, 2022
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    Los "Generación X" recordamos mucho esta excelente y misteriosa serie de ciencia ficción británica. Lla podíamos ver en Monterrey en los años 80 por el canal 8, que retransmitía la señal del canal 13, antes de gobierno, que luego se llamó IMEVISIÓN y después sería TV Azteca. La barra de programas de dicho canal se llamaba "MIsterio en su casa" y pasaban estas series extrañas británicas, como Dr. Who (desde el 4to. Doctor). "Záfiro y Acero" no contaba con gran producción ni con grandes efectos especiales, pero las actuaciones y la atmósfera eran muy bien logradas. Las historias eran extrañas: Záfiro y Acero NO son humanos, son en realidad agentes interdimensionales. Su interacción con los humanos es extraña, fría y todo da un efecto inquietante y de ensueño. Es una gran serie del pasado, bien recopilada en estos discos. La mala noticia es que no tiene ningún tipo de subtítulo en ningún idioma, así que hay que fletarsela en inglés (británico, of course!). Para los entuasiastas de la ciencia ficción de antaño, este es un gran regalo. Recomendada.
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  • D. from Belgium
    1.0 out of 5 stars Regiocode voor de USA ondanks besteld op amazon NL (NEDERLAND - EUROPA) - kan dus niet afspelen
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on December 14, 2023
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    Dit is niet te bevatten: je bestelt een DVD box in Nederland en ik krijg een box met NTSC codering opgestuurd die ik niet kan afspelen op mijn blu-ray spelers vanwege de regiocode (ondersteunen 2 in EUROPA!).
    Had ik dat in de USA besteld dan had ik begrepen, maar als je produkten in Europa verkoopt dan stuur je toch geen NTSC? In feite moet ik 0 sterren geven wegens niet afspeelbaar op mijn dvd-speler.
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  • Mr Bear
    1.0 out of 5 stars Långsam och tråkig
    Reviewed in Sweden on April 8, 2022
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    Otroligt tråkig!
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  • E. Boer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Griezeling maar leuk
    Reviewed in Germany on August 2, 2019
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    Van deze serie was ik vroeger als kind bang. Ondanks dat hij nu niet meer eng is is de serie toch nog steeds leuk om naar te kijken.
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