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UFO - Destruct: Positive! (CD)
Nicholas Briggs; Andy Lane; Cover design or artwork by Chris Thompson; Performed by Barnaby Kay, Jeany Spark, …
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R527
Discovery Miles 5 270
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The human race is under threat. The public has no idea. But alien
ships are already attacking. And aliens are already here. 1.1
Destruct Positive! Ed Straker is a test pilot in the US Air Force.
Then, one day, his aircraft is attacked by a UFO. His life will
never be the same again… 1.2 Things We Lost in the Darkness.
SHADO training is underway. But an exercise turns into the real
thing as the aliens bring terror to the quiet of the sleepy,
English countryside. 1.3 Full Fathom Five. Skydiver is SHADO’s
new, formidable frontline defence against alien attack. Stepping
aboard, Ed Straker is on a mission to find out if the right people
are in charge. Because when things go badly wrong, they are the
ones whose lives are on the line. Based on the original TV series
created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Cast: Barnaby Kay (Commander
Ed Straker), Jeany Spark (Lieutenant-Colonel Virginia Lake), Samuel
Clemens (Colonel Alec Freeman), Victor Alli (Lieutenant Commander
Lew Waterman), Nicholas Briggs (Doctor Schroeder), Charlotte Harris
(Mary Straker), Jasmin Hinds (Beth), Lynsey Murrell (Lieutenant Gay
Ellis), Yasmin Mwanza (Captain Petra Carlin), Harry Myers (General
James Henderson), George Naylor (Johnnie Straker/Lieutenant
Bentley), Sam Stafford (Karl), Phillipe Bosher
(Adjutant/Redneck).Other parts played by members of the cast.
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Torchwood #61 - War Chest (CD)
Rossa McPhillips; Directed by Samuel Clemens; Cover design or artwork by Sean Longmore; Toby Hrycek Robinson; Arranged by Blair Mowat
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R231
Discovery Miles 2 310
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It's the largest depository of alien artefacts ever assembled,
ready to wage war against the heavens. Of course, they called it
the Antebellum. Of course, they forgot about it. But the Dow Cohort
have rediscovered it. And tonight, they're breaking in. They have
one hour and Toshiko Sato as a reluctant hostage. Can they steal
Torchwood's greatest secret? NOTE: Torchwood contains adult
material and may not be suitable for younger listeners. CAST: Naoko
Mori (Toshiko Sato), Tom Butcher (Vernon), Samuel Clemens (Guard),
Bahvini Sheth (Nisha), Homer Todiwala (Ed). Other parts played by
members of the cast.
Return to 1960's Britain for more espionage with John Steed and
Tara King! Contains three more thrilling episodes; 7.1 The Fabulous
Sky Beam Dilemma by Nigel Fairs. Tara gets the cream and Steed has
it licked. A visiting royal finds themselves caught up in a bizarre
assassination plot where finding the method will be Steed and
Tara’s greatest challenge. 7.2 A Tale in Tartan by Robert Khan
and Tom Salinsky. Tara captures the castle and Steed crosses the
border. A kidnapping leads Tara into Scotland where she finds
herself with a suspiciously familiar sidekick… 7.3 This Train
Terminates Here by John Dorney. Tara steams ahead and Steed goes
off the rails. A series of railway-based crimes are occurring
across the country and it would appear to be the work of a sinister
station-master… Cast: Julian Wadham (John Steed), Emily Woodward
(Tara King), Christopher Benjamin (Mother), Janet Amsden (Betty
Grudge), Kenny Blyth (Professor Braithwaite / Reverent Utterson),
Amerjit Deu (Said Ghabul / Cruikshank) Abi Harris (Bonnie
Braithwaite / Clarrisa Kincaid), Harry Hart (Freddie / Terry),
Damian Lynch (Colin Collins / Cyril / Railwayman), Paul O’Grady
(Septimus Crump), Bridgitta Roy (Miss Sprogg), Andrew Spooner
(Rupert). Other parts played by members of the cast.
Gallifrey's moral compass is lost, Rassilon rules, and Romana is
gone. But it's not the end, it's just the beginning... Gallifrey is
at war. At the heart of the Capitol, the War Room co-ordinates the
fight against the Daleks. Leela has been forced into service,
alongside the General and his soldiers, taking orders from
Cardinals Rasmus and Ollistra. But this being Gallifrey, politics
are never forgotten. Some serve Rassilon, some serve themselves,
and some have their own cause. The Time War will test them all.
CAST: Louise Jameson (Leela), Peter Bankolé (Sorn), Zora Bishop
(Ephra), Ken Bones (The General), Richard Armitage (Rassilon),
Peter Bankolé (Sorn), Zora Bishop (Ephra), Nicholas Briggs (the
Daleks), Daon Broni (Argatro), Seán Carlsen (Narvin), Beth
Chalmers (Veklin), Samuel Clemens (The Sentient Storm), Charlotte
Harris (Guard/Archivist/Phaedra), Chris Jarman (Rasmus), Lara Lemon
(Junior Warpwright), Hywel Morgan (Commander Daari), LJ Parkinson
(Neander), Carolyn Pickles (Ollistra), Nicholas Rowe (Cato
Kelgoth), Rish Shah (Bandar), Corrinne Wicks (Vibax/Gilla), Eve
Winters (Porto/Bellaris). Other parts played by members of the
cast.
The Seventh Doctor and Mel encounter old foes at the edge of the
galaxy - where tinsel proves to be a dangerous commodity - before
heading to a familiar planet going through turbulent times - and
meeting another old acquaintance. Bad Day in Tinseltown by Dan
Starkey. The Doctor and Mel drop in on the frontier town of
Brightedge - dubbed 'Tinseltown' after the curious by-products from
its depleted mine. The Mayor thinks the future lies in
entertainment, but as the locals start behaving oddly, a hidden
force of Cybermen has other plans... The Ribos Inheritance by
Jonathan Barnes. The Doctor and Mel arrive expecting Suntime on
Ribos, but find a world still shrouded in snow and ice - but it's
not just the climate that's gone awry... As forces plot against the
young King, a soothsayer predicts doom. And out in the wilds, the
Doctor finds wily conman Garron caught up in events on Ribos once
again. CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Bonnie Langford (Melanie
Bush), Paul Bazely (The Duke of Hishtar), Nicholas Briggs
(Nelson/Cybermen/Big Gerald), Jasmin Hinds (Mitzi Cinque), David
Rintoul (Garron), Vivienne Rochester (Sandarr), Jeany Spark (Carol
Protraxus/General Polly Juno), Dan Starkey (Mungo), Homer Todiwala
(King Kari), Issy Van Randwyck (The Seeker/Baladin Smith). Other
parts played by members of the cast.
In a paved garden outside time, the Doctor is presented with an
awful prophecy: the conquest of all time by the Daleks. To prevent
this terrible fate, the Time Lords have decided on a radical course
— to weaponise time themselves, and destroy the Daleks before
they were ever created. And they want the Doctor to carry out this
extraordinary task! Soon, he and his companions Sarah and Harry are
on the battle-ravaged planet Skaro, where a war has been raging for
centuries. The war is now waged by teenagers using the last
surviving weapons. Everything is desperate. But the Kaled’s chief
scientist has a new weapon that he thinks might just change
everything… This is the original version of what became Genesis
of the Daleks - the TV classic voted best story of all time by
readers of Doctor Who Magazine. CAST: Tom Baker (The Doctor), Sadie
Miller (Sarah Jane Smith), Christopher Naylor (Harry Sullivan),
Peter Bankolé (Time Lord / General Grainer), Samuel Clemens
(Nyder), James Phoon (Kaled Boy / Operator), Alasdair Hankinson
(Ravon / Kaled Leader), Terry Molloy (Davros). Narrated by Nicholas
Briggs Other parts played by members of the cast.
This release sees the return of the popular Seventh Doctor
(Sylvester McCoy) and companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) plus the return
of Big Finish originated companion Hex (Philip Oliver). Contains
two new adventures - The Flying Dutchman by Gemma Arrowsmith. The
Doctor, Ace and Hex find themselves on a seemingly deserted boat in
the middle of the ocean. Eventually locating the crew, they
discover that the men have been in hiding to avoid the attack of
the legendary ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman, that they’ve
recently glimpsed approaching through the fog. But ghosts don’t
exist. Do they? Displaced by Katharine Armitage. The Doctor, Ace
and Hex arrive inside a mystery. An ordinary house where something
extraordinary is happening. There are no occupants, the doors are
sealed, and someone – or something – is attempted to
communicate. And when the TARDIS locks them out, Ace and Hex
suspect the Doctor of his usual tricks. CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The
Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Philip Olivier (Hex), Nicholas Khan
(Alexander Marfleet), Stephen Wight (Unsworth), Nigel Fairs
(Curtis/Crewman), Carly Day (Archie/Anna), Patience Tomlinson
(Harri/Penny Tungate/The Matriarch), Alexander Bean (The
Kraw/George). Other parts played by members of the cast.
Harry and Naomi are back in the TARDIS, travelling with a very
different Doctor to the one they first met – and he has promised
to get them home… The TARDIS takes them to Earth, but to a
dangerous era decades before their own. And when they visit the
aftermath of a distant supernova, Harry is keener than ever to
return to home comforts. But Naomi isn’t so certain… Contains
two new adventures: Operation Dusk by Alfie Shaw (three parts).
London during the Blitz, a city covered in darkness. It keeps
everyone safe - until the darkness gets hungry. As the questions
and victims mount up, the Doctor, Harry and Naomi are called in to
investigate. Why have the Vashta Nerada on Earth started eating
people? And, perhaps more importantly, why didn’t they eat the
cat? Naomi’s Ark by Alison Winter (three parts). Caught up in a
galactic evacuation triggered by a supernova, Naomi is separated
from her friends, in the company of some very unusual aliens. The
Doctor and Harry are stranded too – and any attempt to reach
Naomi is at the expense of a precious, endangered civilisation –
one that rivals the Time Lords for longevity and wisdom… How far
will the Doctor go for his friends? CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The
Doctor), Christopher Naylor (Harry Sullivan), Eleanor Crooks (Naomi
Cross), Bridgitta Roy (Doctor Thorne / Opis PA), Nicholas Rowe
(Sebastian Hardcastle), Emily Raymond (Marion Johnstone), Pepter
Lunkuse (Georgina Stevens / Harriet Thompson), Leon Parris
(Nathaniel Woodcote / Wallam), Indra Ové (Queen Maylee), Bethany
Antonia (Captain Rocky), Nino Furuhata (Engineer Fixer). Other
parts played by members of the cast.
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Doctor Who - The Lost Stories 7.1: The Ark
Ryan Aplin; Directed by Samuel Clemens; John Lucarotti; Performed by Tom Baker, Sadie Miller; …
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R460
R373
Discovery Miles 3 730
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A space station orbiting Earth has lain dormant for 8,476 years.
Its systems are clogged with dust, so the human crew kept frozen in
cryogenic storage have never woken up. When the Doctor, Sarah and
Harry arrive to resuscitate the sleepers, they discover something
else on board. A small, golf-ball like object gives Harry an
electric shock, and has a more sinister impact on the awakening
crew. Soon, the Doctor and his friends are battling to save the
space station - and Earth - from a ravenous puffball! CAST: Tom
Baker (The Doctor), Sadie Miller (Sarah Jane Smith), Christopher
Naylor (Harry Sullivan), Yasmin Mwanza (Viva) Lara Lemon (Den),
Terry Molloy (Narib / Noah), Nicholas Khan (Vez / Kol), Cameron
Johnson (Mek). Other parts played by members of the cast
Three more thrilling episodes based on the adventures of Steed and
Mrs Peel in the TV Comic strips. 6.1 Seven Deadly... Assassins by
Roland Moore, Steed and Mrs Peel are on a cruise ship guarding a
jewel, trapped with seven assassins who are after the gem... or are
they? 6.2 Stand and Deliver by Sarah Grochala, Steed and Mrs Peel
face a group of Highwaymen, and encounter a variety of different
forms of espionage on their way. And they also have to be alert, as
there is a spy at work within the organisation. 6.3 You Won't
Believe Your Eyes by John Dorney, In the English countryside,
strange things are afoot, with sightings of dinosaurs, polar bears
and lions. Steed and Mrs Peel go on the trail of a potential
weapon... but will their eyes deceive them? CAST: Julian Wadham
(John Steed), Olivia Poulet (Emma Peel), Zora Bishop
(Essie/Beata/Tannoy), John Dorney (Johnson/Sammy), Wayne Forester
(George/Worrall/Franz/Scientist), Alasdair Hankinson (Conrad
Talbot), Lucy Heath (Pilar Pollen), Lara Lemon (Tallulah
Drake/Gluttony), Grant Masters (Emmett Shand/Wrath), Harry Myers
(Captain Benjamin Crow/Pride/Envy/Greed), Jonny Weldon (Lord Jimmy
De Montfort). Other parts played by members of the cast.
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Callan - Volume 2 (CD)
James Mitchell, Peter Mitchell; Performed by Ben Miles, Frank Skinner; Steve Foxon; Directed by …
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R724
Discovery Miles 7 240
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Adapted from series creator James Mitchell's Sunday Express Short
Stories by his son Peter Mitchell, four new adventures expand the
themes explored in the television show. David Callan works for The
Section, a top-secret counter-espionage organisation. He's a
killer, a trained assassin, and the best at what he does. But that
doesn't mean he has to like it. With the aid of the burglar Lonely;
fellow operative Meres; and Section secretary Liz, Callan fulfils
the orders of departmental head Hunter and finds himself in very
murky waters. Murder, betrayal, and model soldiers. It's all in a
day's work for Callan. 2.1 File on a Difficult Don. The cap and
gown meet the gun and bullet when Callan visits the Dreaming Spires
to protect a codebreaker. 2.2 File on a Mourning Mother. Callan and
Meres are investigating the mysterious death of a scientist at a
top secret research centre when they discover, Hell hath no fury...
2.3 File on an Elusive Engineer. Callan and Meres are sent to
protect a British engineer from an assassination attempt and then
find themselves all at sea. 2.4 File on an Angry American. The CIA
plans to execute a double agent on British soil and Callan is sent
to make sure the target's wife doesn't get caught in the
cross-fire. CAST: Ben Miles (Callan), Frank Skinner (Lonely)
Nicholas Briggs (Hunter), Jane Slavin (Liz), Nicholas Day (Odgers),
Jason Nwoga (Routledge/Stone), Imogen Church (Conchita), Michael
Jibson (Earl of Burgos/Rod Mercer), Emily Raymond (Diana Browne),
Tam Williams (Toby Meres), Mark Elstob (Judd/Jorge/Armstrong), Lara
Lemon (Miss Townley), Jamie Parker (Peter Carteret/Mackley), Jade
Anouka (Angela Wain), Beth Chalmers (Mrs Ventris).
Something haunts the peak of Ben Macdui. Something with heavy
footsteps, striking terror in the hearts of those who sense it.
With climbers going missing, retired Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
visits Scotland to investigate. But when some old friends join his
ascent, he worries that they will make things even more dangerous.
As the snow blows in, and mists surround them, the Doctor, Ace and
the Brigadier will face the Grey Man of the Mountain. CAST:
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Jon Culshaw
(Brigadier LethbridgeStewart), Guy Adams (Andy/Grey Man), Lucy
Goldie (Kirsty), Youssef Kerkour (Thaddeus Kanner/Tom), Vivien Reid
(Niamh Godec/Janet MacKenzie). Other parts played by members of the
cast.
When a junkmail robot invades the TARDIS, the Doctor gets led down
an unnervingly familiar path. Meanwhile, space beatniks Kingpin and
Juniper Berry just want to hitch rides and busk - until a greater
purpose calls. The Doctor's past and Kingpin's future are entangled
by malevolent forces. The Psychic Circus is just beginning: it may
bring back clowns, but it already has a Master....
The Doctor has returned Mags, formerly of the Psychic Circus, to
her native world: Vulpana. Not the savage Vulpana that Mags was
taken from, but Vulpana in an earlier era. The Golden Millennium -
when the Four Great Wolf Packs, each devoted to one of the planet's
four moons, oversaw the height of Vulpanan civilisation. A time
when the noblest families of the Vulpanan aristocracy found
themselves in need of new blood...A golden age, that's about to
come to a violent end! CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Jessica
Martin (Mags), Nimmy Marsh (Ulla), Peter Bankole (Issak), Irfan
Shamji (Jaks), Sean Knopp (Tob), Beth Goddard (Barton).
The people of Gokroth live in fear of the monsters in the forest.
Creatures with scales and fur, teeth and claws. But worse than
these, perhaps, is the strange doctor who does unspeakable, unholy
work in the high castle on the mountain. A doctor who's about to
receive a visit from an off-worlder. Mags, formerly of the Psychic
Circus. A native of the planet Vulpana... with a monstrous secret
of her own. CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Jessica Martin
(Mags), Victoria Yeates (Dr Maleeva), Jeremy Hitchen (Varron), Abi
Harris (Trella / Lizard-Monster), Dominic Vulliamy (Wilric), Andrew
Fettes (Gor / Bear-Monster / Porrow). Other parts played by members
of the cast.
"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to
make sense." - Mark Twain Within your hands is a glimpse into the
life, mind, soul, and "truth" of cherished American icon, Mark
Twain. This uncensored autobiography is not only a legacy he left
behind, but also a gift to all.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in Florida,
Missouri. He grew up on the shores of the Mississippi River and
took his pen name from the way Mississippi steamboat crews measured
the river's depth (the cry "Mark twain " meant the river was at
least 12 feet deep and safe to travel).
Twain wrote prolifically, publishing novels, travelogues,
newspaper articles, short stories, and political pamphlets. His
best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).
On the surface, these novels are gripping adventure stories of
boys running free on the Mississippi. However, on a deeper level,
these novels are also serious works of social criticism. Written
while America was still recovering from the Civil War and adjusting
to the abolition of slavery, Twain's two best-known Mississippi
River adventure tales also measure the depth of America's new
economic and social realities.
His most personal and insightful writing came when he created his,
"Final (and Right) Plan"-a free-flowing biography of the thoughts
and interests he had toward the end of his life as he spoke his
"whole frank mind." Along with the plan, came the instruction that
the enclosed autobiography writings not be published in book form
until 100 years after his death.
Today, we honor the life and writings of Mark Twain by publishing
his personal opus-to reacquaint ourselves with the wit, wisdom, and
ideals of this legendary American icon.
This release sees the return of two popular returning characters
and guest stars: Ian McNeice (Edge of Darkness, Dune, Doc Martin)
as Winston Churchill, and Rufus Hound as The Meddling Monk. London,
1945. Winston Churchill campaigns for re-election. His new
strategic adviser assures him that Britain has a bright future
under his continued leadership. It’s a vote he can’t possibly
lose. But the Doctor knows that he must. The Monk is meddling,
altering history for his own selfish ends. With spies and aliens in
the mix, Winston realises victory may not be so simple. But at
least he can trust his old friend… can’t he? Cast: Sylvester
McCoy (The Doctor), Ian McNeice (Winston Churchill), Rufus Hound
(The Meddling Monk), Jonathan Forbes
(Policeman/Mugger/Broadcaster/System), James Joyce (Secretary
2/Landlord/Borstal Boy/Driver), Philip Labey (Edward Dowan), Mimi
Ndiweni (Alicia Dowan). Other parts played by members of the cast.
This is the third of three new Main Range adventures which reunite
the Seventh Doctor and his friend, Mags, the punk werewolf circus
performer first seen in 1988's Doctor Who television story The
Greatest Show in the Galaxy. In this adventure, a space-time
summons brings the TARDIS to the strangest place Mags has yet
visited. A space-time summons brings the TARDIS to the strangest
place Mags has yet visited. A haven for the freakiest freaks and
the weirdest weirdoes: Camden Lock, London, in the early 1990s. But
there's a reason why former TARDIS traveller Ace has brought the
old gang back together. She's on a mission to rescue an alien
being, held prisoner in a massive mansion. A mission that can't
possibly go wrong. Can it? CAST: Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor),
Jessica Martin (Mags / Eater-Mags), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Jacob
Collins Levy (Rufus / Voice of Head Office), Lara Lemon (Rohesia /
Jinty), Gideon Turner (Raymond / Greg), Shiloh Coke (Janet / Sin
Eater), Rex Duis (Vinewood / Lex). Other parts played by members of
the cast.
What I lacked and what I needed,"" confessed Samuel Clemens in
1908, "was grandchildren." Near the end of his life, Clemens became
the doting friend and correspondent of twelve schoolgirls ranging
in age from ten to sixteen. For Clemens, "collecting" these
surrogate granddaughters was a way of overcoming his loneliness, a
respite from the pessimism, illness, and depression that dominated
his later years. In Mark Twain's Aquarium, John Cooley brings
together virtually every known communication exchanged between the
writer and the girls he called his "angelfish." Cooley also
includes a number of Clemens's notebook entries, autobiographical
dictations, short manuscripts, and other relevant materials that
further illuminate this fascinating story. Clemens relished the
attention of these girls, orchestrating chaperoned visits to his
homes and creating an elaborate set of rules and emblems for the
Aquarium Club. He hung their portraits in his billiard room and
invented games and plays for their amusement. For much of 1908, he
was sending and receiving a letter a week from his angelfish.
Cooley argues that Clemens saw cheerfulness and laughter as his
only defenses against the despair of his late years. His
enchantment with children, years before, had given birth to such
characters as Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Huck Finn. In the
frivolities of the Aquarium Club, it found its final expression.
Cooley finds no evidence of impropriety in Clemens behavior with
the girls. Perhaps his greatest crime, the editor suggests, was in
idealizing them, in regarding them as precious collectibles. "He
tried to trap them in the amber of endless adolescence," Cooley
writes. ""By pleading that they stay young and innocent, he was
perhaps attempting to deny that, as they and the world continued to
change, so must he.
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Roughing It (Paperback)
Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens
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Discovery Miles 6 300
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"This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious
history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several
years of variegated vagabondizing, and its object is rather to help
the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with
metaphysics, or goad him with science. Still, there is information
in the volume . . ." Thus begins Mark Twain's Prefatory to
"Roughing It." The book is a humorous account of Twain's six years
spent in Nevada, San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands (as Hawaii
was known at the time) and is comprised of various anecdotes and
tall tales, told as only Mark Twain can tell them.
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