Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Virginia Hey

Director: Rowan Woods

Summary: This DVD collection presents five uncut episodes of the Henson-produced sci-fi series. During a test run in his experimental spacecraft, the Farscape, astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) is swept into a parallel universe. Hurled into the heart of an intense space battle, Crichton gains both allies and enemies as his adventures continue. Episodes include: Episode 1.10: They've Got a Secret, Episode 1.11: Till the Blood Runs Clear, Episode 1.12: The Flax, Episode 1.13: Rhapsody in Blue, and Episode 1.14: Jeremiah Crichton.

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An international co-production of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Australia's Channel 9 and Hallmark Entertainment, Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, Farscape takes a visual leap beyond previous shows. Admittedly, the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas such as the living ship are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds-in Dolby Digital 5.1) as if every penny made it to the screen. In true Buck Rogers style, Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as an all-American astronaut, although with a more believable sense of bewilderment; the supporting cast is a mixture of Australian and British actors, mostly disguised under heavy make-up.

There are five more episodes from Season One on this third DVD box set. "They've Got a Secret" has D'Argo being accidentally ejected into space, as a result of which, secrets of his imprisonment are revealed. "Till the Blood Runs Clear" finds Crichton and Aeryn confronting bounty-hunters. In "The Flax", the crew get all tangled up with some Zenetan pirates. Blue-skinned Delvian priestess Zhaan meets more of her kind in "Rhapsody in Blue", but madness is the result. Finally, "Jeremiah Crichton" finds our human hero stranded on an earthly paradise where no machines will function; falling in love is just the beginning of his troubles.

On the DVD: Special features here are a gallery of conceptual art and another star profile, this time of Anthony Simcoe's Luxan warrior character, D'Argo. --Mark Walker

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Contents And Scene Index, Video Profile, Gallery Of Artwork
Year:	1999
Release Date:	July 24, 2000
Runtime:	240 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	K L T 81003
Label:	Kult T. V.
Keywords:	Season, Two, Box, General, Fiction, Set, Science, Tv, Horror, Discs, Episode, Vol, Sci, Fi, Volumes, Farscape
Genre:	Science Fiction