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The Planets: Complete BBC series

€8.00EUR

The Planets is an exceptional BBC TV series about our solar system, presenting many theories about its origins, its current status, and where it is heading.

Product description

THE PLANETS: THE COMPLETE BBC SERIES

While watching The Planets, be prepared to fight your way past all kinds of computer animation which makes Walking with Dinosaurs seem like the last word in realism. It seems that no solar or planetary event which ever happened (or which may or may not have happened) is worthy of mention here without recourse to lovingly detailed shots of implausible-looking collisions and explosions. These come complete with sound effects, despite the fact that there is no sound in the vacuum of space, and are enhanced by a range of colours, some of which are visible only to bees. Somehow Patrick Moore's The Sky at Night manages to convey just as much excitement with little more than a couple of diagrams and the presenter's hyperactive enthusiasm.

Fortunately, this 3-DVD set is redeemed by both its subject matter and its sheer scope, offering all eight 50-minute episodes of the 1999 documentary series covering the history of the solar system and humanity's age-old desire to learn its secrets. Detailed indexing and scene access makes this a convenient reference source too, so amateur astronomers everywhere can finally bin those off-air VHS copies.

Source: DocuWiki http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=The_Planets

We have given this DVD box set a 3-star rather than 4-star rating because a small part of the plastic DVD holder is cracked. The fault can be seen in the third picture below.

This complete series is presented in a 3-DVD box set. It is sold by Amazon for £29 and we believe that our price is more than attractive. Please note that our version is not just region 2 compatible; it is a region-free edition, suitable for all countries.

See the list of episodes and other details under Additional information.

This movie comes from our personal collection and only one piece is available
DVD Rating	Very Good: a well-cared-for DVD that has been seen, but remains in great condition. The film is complete, without interruption, and does not skip. The box may show limited signs of wear, as may the liner notes.
= New = Like New = Very Good = Good = Acceptable

Additional information

Starring	Samuel West (narrator) and Sergei Khrushchev, Hal Levison, David Levy, Professor Bruce Murray, Yuri Silaev, George Wetherill
Format	Boxset, Colour, PAL
Main soundtrack	English or Greek (selectable), Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles	OFF or Greek (selectable)
Special features	-
Region
Aspect ratio	16:9
Number of discs	3
Classification	Exempt
Studio	2 Entertain Video
DVD release date	24 Jan 2000 in the UK
Run time	390 minutes (6 hours 30 mins)
EAN	-

List of episodes

Different Worlds

From out of nowhere, through the swirling fog, a world the size of the Earth's moon looms into view. Its surface is glowing with lakes of bubbling lava, and a torrent of impacting meteorites sends white-hot rock spraying high up into its wispy jacket of sulphur-green clouds.

Terra Firma

Do other worlds tremble and heave with geological life? On Mars, we found a volcano to dwarf Mount Everest. On the moons of the giants our understanding of volcanoes was changed forever.

Giants

Far beyond the inner planets of rock and iron lie the gas giants. Discover the most distant and alien worlds in our Solar System and the moment of genius that allowed scientists to explore them.

Moon

The little known story of our quest to understand the origins of the Moon. Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" began a scientific journey of discovery that lead to one of the most startling conclusions in the history of astronomy. The Moon was born from Earth.

Star

Travel to the heart of the Sun, our star, a cauldron of superheated gases that writhe and contort along immense magnetic field lines. Discover how even life itself is forged in the heart of stars. We are made of stardust.

Atmosphere

Discover the weird and wonderful weather systems found throughout the solar system. Explore the distant moon of Saturn that scientists hold most hope of finding weather similar to Earth's.

Life

Is life on Earth a solitary and miraculous event, or a natural consequence of planet building? Life may have gained its first foothold on Mars and seeded on Earth by a meteorite. We may be descended from Martians.

Beyond the Sun

Explore the evolution of the planets over the next four billion years, as Mars warms up, Mercury, Venus and even Earth go into meltdown and the gas giants slowly blow away. Take a trip outside our solar system, where there are now more known planets than within it.