Sapphire and Steel [TV Series] (1979)

	Alvin A.

4 out of  4  people found this review helpful

I am really enjoying seeing this series again as much or more as I did when I was a young man. This was done around the time of the Hippies, the Beatles, mind-expansion, etc. and it does touch on subjects that are still and always will be relavant for humans such as the destructiveness of resentment and other mental and spiritual problems in a well done thinking persons sci-fi. Special note for anyone seeing this series for the first time: The BBC has restarted the series only as radio shows furthering the storyline. I do enjoy audio books, as well, and it's a trip to see that the BBC is still producing radio-shows for the public. You can get the continuing story from BBC if you're interested. This is the first time I've come across a television to radio show. Cosmic--as we use to say in the 60's...but do enjoy the disks if you like this kind of sci-fi.

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	Fergal S.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

This reminds me of another English show of around the same time, the Prisoner. They both share that same quality where even after watching an episode and thinking you have a grasp on what is happening that you are left with a feeling that something far bigger is afoot. Here is my take on what the show is all about. Time is a malignant force trying to break free of the bonds which keep it in check. This is a battle being waged on another level of reality that we can not really understand but the battle is also being played out in our reality in a way that allows us some insight into what is happening. The Elements who work for a higher power have taken Human form and it is their job to find places and times where Time is trying to break free and rectify the situation. ...But I might be wrong:-) the bottom line is its a great show and if anyone figures out what it was all about then please let me know.

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	Jo L.

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I was struck by the similarity of "feel" from Sapphire and Steel to the soap opera Dark Shadows that I rushed home to see each weekday when I was younger. Although Dark Shadows was not intended for children and Sapphire and Steel apparently was meant to be a children's show, they each have similar ways of evoking suspenseful tension. Being a big Illya Kuryakin fan from way back, I was mostly interested in David McCallum's appearance in the series, but thought that Joanna Lumley and the other actors did a good job interacting with the "alien presence" even though some of them were aliens as well.

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