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What Is It?
Sapphire and Steel are two interdimensional agents who work for an unknown group and who are tasked with protecting the time-stream. They take on human form and seek out weak spots that threaten various points in history and could allow malevolent forces to invade reality.
Aired: ITV, 1979-82, 4 Seasons Totaling 34 Episodes
Starring: Joanna Lumley, David McCallum
Created By: Peter J. Hammon
Why Watch It?
This Doctor Who-like series debuted in Britain in 1979 and had a short run on PBS in the states in the early 80’s. As with the other time travel series, it had a limited budget, but it also did not shoot for grander, more cosmic stories and did a better job of working within its production limitations. David McCallum (The Man from Uncle) is always an enjoyable actor to have onboard, and Joanna Lumley (The New Avengers) proves a good co-lead for the series. It ran for four seasons comprising six serials ranging from four to eight episodes, so it did not have nearly the output of classic Doctor Who. But the show did offer some good sci fi stories that verged into fantasy at times, and fans of the timelord should find plenty to like about this show.
Where Is It Streaming?
Shout Factory TV is a DVD and digital video producer that specializes in cult television and movies and it has quite a number of shows available for streaming on its website and app, including several British sci fi entries. Also available there is the complete run of Space: 1999, The Prisoner, Secret Agent, K-9, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, and more. These shows are available to stream for free (with ads) and there are plenty more gems for fans of retro sci fi. Shout Factory TV has also done several nice DVD compilations of older shows (most of those mentioned above) that are worth checking out as well. Sapphire and Steel is also available to stream On Demand from Pluto TV, and you can purchase it VOD and on DVD from sellers like Amazon.com.
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