jarf's - Rented List
-
This atmospheric drama based on a chilling true story sees a determined detective taunted by an arrogant serial killer as he fights to bring him to justice. The trial and execution of Peter Manuel in 1958 was a media sensation and attracted worldwide press attention. Never before had one man been tried simultaneously for eight murders. This gripping series dramatises the real-life story of Detective William Muncie's dogged battle to prove Manuel's guilt - and the killer's personal vendetta against the policeman on his trail. - Director:
- John Strickland
- Cast:
- Alana McDowall, Martin Compston, Gilly Gilchrist
- Formats:
-
-
In the final days of Earth, the TARDIS lands on a massive spaceship carrying the last members of the human race to a new home beyond the solar system. The humans are not out of danger, however, as a deadly plague emerges from the most unlikely of sources: the common cold carried by the Doctor's companion, Dodo. Put on trial for their lives, the TARDIS crew must find a way to repair the damage they have unwittingly caused - and face up to the devastating consequences... - Director:
- Michael Imison
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane
- Formats:
-
-
The Tardis lands on the Northumbrian coast, where new companion Steven discovers a Viking helmet and the Doctors deduces they must have arrived in the 11th century. Steven remains sceptical, especially when he and Vicki encounter what appears to be a Saxon hunter with a modern wristwatch. Investigating a nearby monastery, the Doctor discovers further anachronisms. Who is the mysterious monk observing the time travellers' every move, and why is he so interested in the outcome of the Battle of Hastings? - Director:
- Douglas Camfield
- Cast:
- Peter Purves, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Butterworth
- Formats:
-
-
A mysterious force pulls the 'Tardis' off course, stranding the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki on the mysterious alien world of Vortis. A fierce battle is raging between the moth-like Menoptra, and giant insects known as Zarbi. But what is the dark secret that hides at the centre of the Zarbi's lair...? - Director:
- Richard Martin
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
- Formats:
-
-
When the Doctor and his companions discover that a group of time-travelling Daleks have orders to exterminate them, a dangerous chase across time and space follows. To escape the Daleks, the Tardis must travel from the desert planet Aridius to the top of the Empire State Building on Earth, and from a mysterious sailing ship to a haunted house. But there is an ever greater danger waiting for the time travellers when they reach the planet Mechanus... - Director:
- Mervyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
- Formats:
-
-
God's Gun (1976)Diamante Lobo
When a marauding gang of criminals led by Sam Clayton (Jack Palance) comes to a small town on a murderous raid, the local priest, Father John (Lee Van Cleef) puts down the cross and picks up a pistol in an attempt to stop them. But when the man of cloth is gunned down, Johnny (Leif Garrett) a boy who'd survived the gang's rampage, travels to Mexico with one goal in mind: to find the priest's twin brother (also Lee Van Cleef), and get him to return to town posing as the fallen priest in order to avenge everyone who was killed! - Director:
- Gianfranco Parolini
- Cast:
- Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone
- Formats:
-
-
Sergeant Todd 3465 (Kurt Russell) is a veteran in a long line of soldiers raised from birth to become ruthless and remorseless killing machines. When the callous Colonel Mekum (Jason Isaacs) introduces a new line of stronger, genetically engineered fighters, Todd is judged obsolete and confined to the waste disposal planet Arcadia 234. Taken in by a group of humble colonists, Todd reconnects with his lost humanity, gaining their acceptance and their friendship. But when Mekum unleashes his new elite squad on the planet, led by the fearsome Caine 607 (Jason Scott Lee), Todd must reawaken the warrior within to protect his newfound community. - Director:
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- Cast:
- Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs
- Formats:
-
-
Ritchie (Martin Compston) is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl fisher with the help of his two hapless and accident-prone mates, Danny (Joe Thomas) and Fraser (Paul Brannigan). But his plan goes awry when he meets Beth (Talulah Riley), a pretty English conservationist passionate about saving endangered mussels from the clutches of pearl thieves, and falls for her instantly... - Director:
- Talulah Riley
- Cast:
- Martin Compston, Talulah Riley, Morgan Watkins
- Formats:
-
-
The Doctor and his companions land on a spaceship orbiting a distant and mysterious world, where a human crew lie frozen somewhere between life and death. The planet is the Sense-Sphere, home of the Sensorites, beings of immense intelligence and power. Unable to leave, the Doctor and his companions must deduce the Sensorites' intentions: are they friendly, hostile, or frightened? And what is the deadly secret at the heart of the Sense-Sphere? - Director:
- Melvyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill
- Formats:
-
-
Italy, 64AD. Enjoying a rare holiday with his companions, the Doctor takes Vicki to visit Rome, where he is mistaken for the musician Maximus Pettulian. He finds himself obliged to perform for Nero, or risk incurring the Emperor's wrath... In his absence, Ian and Barbara have been kidnapped from their villa. Separated and sold into slavery, they face a bleak future. Can they make their escape and find the Doctor before Rome is consumed by fire? - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell
- Formats:
-
-
On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population - the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet. The TARDIS crew arrive to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last line of defence - and its only hope - is the Conscience machine. The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the Keys of Marinus... - Director:
- John Gorrie
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
- Formats:
-
-
The Box of Delights (1984)The Box of Delights: Series
As he travels home on the train for Christmas holidays Kay Harker (Devin Stanfield) has the strangest feeling something very mysterious is about to happen...there is snow on the wind and wild dogs are roaming the countryside. Then a chance meeting with an old Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlins (Patrick Troughton), the guardian of elixir of life and a shabby box of powers, pulls Kay into an array of fantastic worlds where he encounters ancient heroes, wolves, Romans, rats, flashing rings and flying ponies. - Director:
- Penny Rye
- Cast:
- Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder
- Formats:
-
-
When the TARDIS lands on the supposedly peaceful planet Dido at the end of the 25th century, the Doctor (William Hartnell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian (William Russell) discover a crashed spaceship waiting for help. The only survivors have been murdered by natives apart from a young orphaned girl and a paralysed man. But who is the strange creature Koquillion that they are afraid of? And will they remain safe long enough to be rescued? - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- David Graham, William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill
- Formats:
-
-
Speed Kills (2018)Cigarette
Based on the true story of one of Miami's most notorious businessmen and gangster's; 'Speed Kills' is a high-octane thriller, described as 'The Wolf of Wall Street on Boats'. John Travolta (Grease, Gotti), stars as a speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire whose secret life as a drug trafficker lands him in a deadly crossfire between the DEA and the Mob. - Director:
- Jodi Scurfield
- Cast:
- John Travolta, Katheryn Winnick, Jennifer Esposito
- Formats:
-
-
The Tardis arrives in London, 1966, where the Doctor and Dodo visit the recently opened Post Office Tower. At its top they discover a brilliant new problem-solving super computer - the Will Operating Thought ANalogue. But when Wotan decides that it should rule the world, the Doctor is the only person who can stop its rampaging War Machines from destroying London. Luckily, he has the help of a young secretary called Polly and a sailor called Ben... - Director:
- Michael Ferguson
- Cast:
- Ric Felgate, Michael Craze, John Rolfe
- Formats:
-