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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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BUREAU OF FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
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X-FILES DIVISION
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X FILE 11291093 File updated 2/1/95
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_________________________________________________________________
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This report is eyes-only with a level 2 clearance. The information is
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updated monthly and is posted on the first day of the month to
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alt.tv.x-files and rec.arts.sf.tv.
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Information contained is compiled by Special Agent Pat Gonzales, team
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leader for XF Case 11291093. Field agents may download and
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redistribute the report in its entirety with the permission notice
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intact, or with certain portions deleted with permission, but may not
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reproduce for payment. Any other use of this information is prohibited
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without permission from the team leader. This by no means is meant to
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infringe on any copyrights held by Chris Carter, Ten Thirteen
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Productions, or 20th Century Fox Television.
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Deep background on agents Mulder and Scully was the determination of
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the team leader, and in no way is intended to be the definitive
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interpretation of the events aired. Typographic errors are the sole
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responsibility of the team leader.
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Information gleaned from episodes will be indicated by the episode
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title following in [brackets]. Information gleaned from media articles
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will be indicated by the media venue indicated in [brackets].
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Information gleaned from novels will be indicated b y the title listed
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in [brackets].
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Index
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* [1]Background
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* [2]Production Notes
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* [3]Addresses
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* [4]Episode Titles / Air Dates
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* [5]Ratings/Awards
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* [6]X Files Episode Survey
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* [7]Deep Background - Fox Mulder
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* [8]Deep Background - Dana Scully
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* [9]FBI Superiors
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* [10]Recurring Characters
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* [11]The Romantic Angle
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Background
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* [12]The Pregnancy
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* [13]Deep Background - Chris Carter
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* [14]Deep Background - David Duchovny
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* [15]Deep Background - Gillian Anderson
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* [16]Merchandise
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* [17]Mailing Lists
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* [18]Fan Club/Fanzines
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* [19]Miscellaneous Information
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* [20]FTP Sites and Home Pages
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21]Other Electronic Info
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_________________________________________________________________
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Background
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The X Files is a television series dealing with two FBI agents, Fox
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Mulder and Dana Scully, in the Bureau's Violent Crimes section. They
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work with the "X files," cases that have unexplainable elements and
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often involve the paranormal.
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The Pregnancy
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Production Notes
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The series was created by Chris Carter. Executive producers for the
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show are Carter and R.W. Goodwin. The show's supervising producer is
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Howard Gordon, and the co-producer is Paul Rabwin. Rob Bowman and
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Joseph Patrick Finn are producers.
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The show is filmed almost entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The X Files is *not based on true events or real FBI X files.* The
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episodes are fiction, the plots loosely based on news reports of
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unexplained events around the world and other unexplained phenomena.
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The pilot does open with a note saying that the events were based on
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an actual real-life story, but was not meant to imply that there are
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real X Files.
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Addresses
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If you wish to write in support of the show, the addresses are:
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Chris Carter , Executive Producer, "The X Files," c/o Fox Broadcasting
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Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213
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Jonathan Littman, Director of Current Programming, Fox Broadcasting
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Com pany, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213
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Fan mail to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson can be sent to:
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(actor's name), c/o X Files Production Office, North Shore Studios,
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Building 10, 110-555 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3S5
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CANADA
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The Fox Network has an Internet address to which you can e-mail your
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comment on the series. Charles Kennedy, Vice President of Programming
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Research, is the contact. The address is: Foxnet@delphi.com. If you
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send e-mail, indicate "X Files" in the subject line. The X Files
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production company has e-mail addresses through Delphi.
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Chris Carter does not have an official e-mail address. Members of the
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X Files production team do scan the various online groups.
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_________________________________________________________________
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Episode Titles - Air Dates
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An episode guide is being kept by Cliff Chen,
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cliff@red.seas.upenn.edu. It is posted on the first of every month
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to alt.tv.x-files and rec.arts.sf.tv. A copy of this episode guide is
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stored at the FTP sites listed at the end of this document.
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Season 1 History
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Code Episode -- Air Dates (original * repeats)
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1X79 "The X-Files" (1.1) -- 9/10/93 * 1/17/94, 11/6/94
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1X01 "Deep Throat" (1.2) -- 9/17/93 * 12/24/93, 6/24/94
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1X02 "Squeeze" (1.3) -- 9/24/93 * 12/ 3/93, 6/10/94
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1X03 "Conduit" (1.4) -- 10/ 1/93 * 12/14/93, 5/27/94
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1X04 "Jersey Devil" (1.5) -- 10/ 8/93 * 12/31/93, 7/22/94
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1X05 "Shadows" (1.6) -- 10/22/93 * 3/ 4/94
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1X06 "Ghost in the Machine" (1.7) -- 10/29/93 * 1/14/94
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1X07 "Ice" (1.8) -- 11/ 5/93 * 1/17/94 (and 8/12/94 in some areas)
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1X08 "Space" (1.9) -- 11/12/93 * 1/28/94, 8/22/94
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1X09 "Fallen Angel" (1.10) -- 11/19/93 * 3/29/94, 11/13/94
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1X10 "Eve" (1.11) -- 12/10/93 * 3/11/94, 8/26/94
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1X11 "Fire" (1.12) -- 12/17/93 * 3/25/94, 11/20/94
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1X12 "Beyond the Sea" (1.13) -- 1/ 7/94 * 4/8/94
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1X13 "GenderBender" (1.14) -- 1/21/94 * 5/20/94
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1X14 "Lazarus" (1.15) -- 2/ 4/94 * 6/3/94, 9/2/94
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1X15 "Young at Heart" (1.16) -- 2/11/94 * 6/17/94
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1X16 "E.B.E." (1.17) -- 2/18/94 * 7/8/94, 11/25/94
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1X17
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"Miracle Man" (1.18) -- 3/18/94 * 7/1/94
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1X18 "Shapes" (1.19) -- 4/ 1/94 * 10/28/94
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1 1 Darkness Falls" (1.20) -- 4 5 4 8 5/94, 12/2/94
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1 20 Tooms" (1.21) -- 4 22 4 7/15/94
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1 21 Born Again" (1.22) -- 4 9 4 8/22/94
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1 22 R land" (1.23 5/6/94 * 7/29 9
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1X23 "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (1.24) -- 5/13/94 * 9/9/94
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Season 2 Episode Titles
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2 01 Little Green Men" -- 9 6 * 1 /23/94
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2 02 The Host" -- 9 3 * 2/30/94
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2 03 lo d" -- 9 30 1 20/95
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2 04 Sleepless" -- 0/7
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2 05 Duane Barry" -- 10/14/94
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2 06 Ascension" -- 10/21/94
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2X07 "3" -- 11/4/94
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2 08 "One Breath" -- 11/11/94
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2X09 "Firew lker" -- 11/18/94
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2 0 Red Museum" -- 12/9
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2 1 Excelsi Dei" -- 12/16/94
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2 12 Aubrey" -- 1 6/95
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2 13 Ir esist ble" -- 1 13
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2 14 Die Hand Die Verletzt" -- 1 27/95
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2X15 "Fresh Bones" -- 2/3/95 (scheduled)
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(W: Howard Gordon; D: Rob Bowman)
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2X16 "Colony" -- 2/10/95 (scheduled)
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(W: Chris Carter; D: Nick Marck)
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2X17 "End Game" -- 2/
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17/95 (scheduled)
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(W: Frank Spotnitz; D: Rob Bowman)
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2X18 "Zoo" (working title) -- 2/24/95 (scheduled)
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(W: Steve de Jarnatt; D: James Whitmore, Jr.)
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Individuals in North America with satellite dishes can get the feeds
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for X Files on Thursday at noon ET on Telstar 1, transponder 9; or
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Friday at 6 p.m. ET on Telstar 1, transponder 4. The live broadcast
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feed for X Files is sent on Telstar 1, transponder 13 (east feed) at 9
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p.m. ET.
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_________________________________________________________________
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Ratings**Awards
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During it fi st season, The X Files finished 102 out of 118 shows in
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the Neilsen ratings with a 6.4. The show was recognized as one of the
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best shows on the air by the Viewers for Quality Television. It also
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garnered a "Best Drama Series" at the Environmental Media Awards. The
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show was nominated for two Emmys, Best Title Sequence (which it won)
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and Best Music for a Title Sequence.
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During its second season, The X Files was chosen as Best Drama of 1994
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by Entertainment Weekly, and won a Golden Globe for best television
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drama.
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_________________________________________________________________
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X-Files Episode Survey
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Gary Dontzig, a writer on Murphy_Brown, says, "I have a theory that
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out of 25 episodes, if you do five that are spectacular, you're in the
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big leagues." That's a batting average of .200.
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An online survey of favorite episodes for first season was conducted
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by Charles McGrew. The results are below. How did your favorite
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episodes/writers rate?
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Rating Scheme of 1 (Mediocre) to 4 (Spectacular): Total number of
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Ballots received: 116
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Episode Title -- Ave. Vote -- #of Votes/ "4" Votes
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Erlenmeyer Flask -- 3.74 -- 102/78
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Tooms -- 3.60 -- 93/62
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Squeeze -- 3.56 -- 95/57
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Beyond the Sea -- 3.52 -- 112/72
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Ice -- 3.45 -- 108/60
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E.B.E. -- 3.44 -- 90/54
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Deep Throat -- 3.43 -- 89/48
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Eve -- 3.36 -- 107/57
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The X-Files -- 3.36 -- 94/39
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Fire -- 3.02 -- 111/25
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Darkness Falls -- 3.01 -- 100/30
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Conduit -- 2.99 -- 91/23
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Gender Bender -- 2.91 -- 106/25
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Roland -- 2.86 -- 100/19
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Lazarus -- 2.74 -- 99/9
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Shadows -- 2.74 -- 102/16
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Young at Heart -- 2.64 -- 88/8
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Miracle Man -- 2.58 -- 101/11
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Born Again -- 2.53 -- 97/7
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The Jersey Devil -- 94/8
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Ghost in the Machine -- 1 99 6
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Space - 1 72 106/3
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Total Show Average is 2.97
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[IMAGE] Deep Background-Fox Mulder
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Agent Fox Mulder, an Oxford-trained psychologist with aÊphotographic
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memory, is one of the FBI Violent Crimes division's best agents,
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although he is in disfavor with not only his superiors but also his
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colleagues because of his interest in the Bureau's X files. He
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stumbled upon these files, dealing with unexplained phenomena, during
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his first three years with the Bureau, as a crack analyst in the
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Bureau's behavioral sciences department. [Chris Carter, Starlog #201,
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April 1994]
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His fascination with the paranormal stems from a childhood incident --
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his sister Samantha disappeared from their home in Chilmark, Mass.
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(pop. 650) when he was 12 and she was 8. Mulder claims she was
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abducted by aliens; during regressions he recalled hearing his
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sister's cries for help, and a bright light which kept him paralyzed
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and told him th t h sister would be all right. [Conduit] This memory
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differs from a dream Mulder experienced one night [Little Green Men].
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Mulder's early meteoric rise at the Bureau enabled him to make
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high-placed friends in Congress -- one of them being SETI proponent
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and influential senator Richard Matheson [Little Green Men]. These
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contacts had kept him from retribution from higher-ups, although they
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assigned him a partner, with the tacit idea of discrediting what he
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does so that he can be dismissed. However, Mulder picked up a somewhat
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vacillating ally in a mysterious covert individual known as Deep
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Throat. [Deep Throat, Fallen Angel, Eve, Young at Heart, E.B.E.,
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Erlenmeyer Flask].
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Deep Throat was killed by an equally mysterious covert opponent (Crew
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Cut Man) during an attempt to rescue Mulder. Mulder confirmed his
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b i l at Arlington "through eight-power binoculars f om a thousand
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ya ds away." [Little Green Men]. But he has acquired a second "deep
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information" associate, someone who calls himself X. [Sleepless] This
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mysterious man has been less than helpful to Mulder than his dead
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colleague. Mulder has also been told by an unknown individual that he
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has "a friend in the FBI" [The Host]. This friend may or may not be be
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As istant D rect Skinner [One Breath]. A t e end of Season 1, the X
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Files division was shut down and Mulder was reassigned to wiretap
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surveillance [Little Green Men, The Host]. He also reluctantly
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acqui ed a new partner, Speci l Ag nt Alex Krycek [Sleepless, Duane
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Barry, Ascension], a younger agent who purported to be a believer,
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not only in Mulder's ideas but in Mulder himself. But Mulder's days in
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this mind-numbing duty were nu mbered. Assistant Director Skinner
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obliquely acknowledged that the X Files bureau served a valuable
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purpose in dealing successfully with the Bureau's oddball cases [The
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Host] and was bringing to light information that other covert parties
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would pre fer to keep buried [Ascension]. Following the disappearance
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of Mulder's former partner Dana Scully, Skinner officially reopened
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th X Files [Ascension].
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Mulder is known around the Bureau by the nickname of "Spooky" [Pilot,
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Young at Heart] b th beca se of is uncanny abi ity to process
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information and leap ahead to logical conclusions, and because of his
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te es i p ranormal phenomena. "He is considered a loose cannon, a
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person who is maybe wasting time and money, and also his expertise, on
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an area the Bureau thinks has very little value." [Carter, Starlog]
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Due to an incident on one of his first Bureau assignments (a fellow
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agent was k illed) [Young at H art], he eschews foll wing
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investigations "by the book," opting instead for his own instincts and
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methods. He keeps notes for his field reports in a handwritten journal
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[Born Again].
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We believe Mulder doesn't "have a life," as we have seen nothing of
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his off-duty activities. However, some of this may stem from a
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relationship he had at Oxford ten years ago with a woman who is now
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with Scotland Yard (Phoebe Green [Fire]). He apparently was in love
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with her but she not with him. With the dissolution of the X Files
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division, however, Mulder may have been trying to revive his social
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life; an answering machine message berated him for missing a lunch
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date [Little Green Men]. Mulder has a fear of fire [Fire], which may
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have been conquered during his rescue of the children of British MP
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Sir Malcolm Marsden (who also happened to be Phoebe's latest fling).
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He is also a fan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administ ration
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(NASA). [Space] He has a habit of unshelling shelled sunflower seeds
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(a habit he shares with his father [Aubrey], and making droll comments
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which X-Philes have come to note as "Mulderisms."
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Mulder enjoys wearing moderately wild ties to work, and seems to be a
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New York Knicks fan as well as a Washington Redskins fan
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[Irresistible]. He appears to had a fondness for classic rock [minor
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references, Beyond the Sea, Gender Bender] and classic science
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fiction movies [Tooms, Erlenmeyer Flask], and ic ed tea seems to be
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his nonalcoholic beverage of choice [Tooms]. He also keeps himself
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physically fit by running [Pilot, Deep Throat] and swimmi g [Duane
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Barry]. There are suggestions that Mulder has an interest in
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pornography -- in one episode, we see Mulder looking at the centerfold
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of some "men's magazine" talking about how the woman claims she was
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abducted by aliens; in another episode Scully remarks that she hadn't
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seen Mulder that excited since she caught him going through the Adult
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Video News; a third episode mentions a subscription to Celebrity Skin,
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and he appears to be viewing a porno video in a fourth [3]. As a
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psychologist, he favors using h ypnotic regression as a psychological
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healing tool, and hates the unnecessary use of medication [Born
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Again].
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[IMAGE] Deep Background - Dana Scully
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Dana Katherine Scully is a medical doctor with an undergraduate degree
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in physics from the University of Maryland [Jersey Devil]. She was
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recruited for the FBI right out of medical school, and had been
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teaching at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. She was assigned by
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Section Chief Scott Blevins to be Mulder's partner in o rder to keep
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an eye on him and determine whether he is perhaps too obsessed with
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the X files.
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Scully is skeptical of y ing aranormal, believing ev rything
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has a logical, scientifically-quantified explanation. Though in most
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of the cases she and Mulder have been on she has not witnessed any
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overt p rano mal acti ties, she has ha brushes with unexplain ble
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henomena that may have her start questioning her beliefs [Beyond the
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Sea; Lazarus; Born Again; Erlenmeyer Flask].
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At the end of Season 1, the X Files division was shut down and Scully
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was reassigned, returning to the FBI academy at Quantico, Va. to
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isntruct new agents on the bascis of forensic medicine [Little Green
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Men]. However, Mulder called upon her expertise in violent crime
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cases to which he has been assigned [The Host, Blo od]. Scully was
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abducted by escaped mental patient Duane Barry and disappeared
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[Ascension]. After a three-month absence, she showed up at a
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Georgetown hospital in a coma [One Breath]. She revived and recovered,
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and is back as Mulder's pa rtner.The missing memories during her
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disappearance may be surfacing, however [Irresistible]. Scully is a
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middle child; she has one older and one younger brother [Born Again],
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and an older sister, Melissa [One Breath]. Her father died early in
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1994; they were apparently close at one time (she called him Ahab; he
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called her Starbuck), but her family disapproved of her joining the
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Bureau. [Beyond the Sea ] She had a yearlong relationship with an
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instructor at the Academy, Jack Willis, with whom she shared the same
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birthdate (Feb. 23). [Lazarus] She is just as much a workaholic as
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Mulder, and is currently not seeing anyone [Jersey Devil].
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Scully drinks her coffee with cream, no sugar [E.B.E.]. She was raised
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as a Catholic [Miracle Man]. She wears a necklace bearing a small
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cross, which was left behind in the car in which she was abducted
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[Ascension] and was returne d to her by Mulder [One Breath].
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FBI Superiors Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi) is with the
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Violent Crimes Section of the Bureau. [Pilot] Blevins assigned Scully
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to be Mulder's partner, and her field reports are sent to his office.
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[early episodes]
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Section Chief Joseph McGrath (Frederick Coffin) is with the Office of
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Professional Responsibility [Fallen Angel] and seemed determined to
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have Mulder fired and the X Files shut down.
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Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is one of the
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Bureau higher-ups reading Muld's and Scully's reports. He warned both
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Scully and Mulder that their unorthodox methods of investigation may
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have dire consequences [Tooms], and followed through by shutting down
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the X Files division at an order from the highest levels of government
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[Erlenmeyer Flask]. He has since had second thro ughts and has
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reopened the X Files [Ascension], and overtly showed his support for
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Mulder and the X files [One Breath].
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_________________________________________________________________
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Recurring Characters
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Season 1] "Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is a mysterious individual
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believed to be some sort of higher-up government official. Mulder
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contacted him via a blue light shining from his apartment window; DT
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called Mulder and signaled him with a series o f clicks [E.B.E.]. The
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method of choosing a meeting place was not determined. He appears to
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have been exterminated in the episode "The Erlenmeyer Flask."
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Speculation on Deep Throat is contained in Internal Affairs [22]X-File
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Inquiry #875110-6249 [aka the Deep Throat FAQ, posted by Special
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Agent Jeff Gostin].
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[Season 1 and 2] "Cigarette Smoking Man" (William B. Davis) is another
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mysterious individual who, like Deep Throat, appears to be a higher-up
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governme t official with some power Assistant Director Skinner seemed
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to be deferring to his opinion early in our notice of him [Tooms] but
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Skinner ordered him out of his office during a discussion with Mulder
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after the agent had abandoned his assignment to investigate possible
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alien contact in Puerto Rico [Little Green Men]. CSM also kept a
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silent watch on the proceedings in Blevins's and Skinner's offices and
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buried vital evidence in a secret Pentagon storage room [Pilot,
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X-File
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Inquiry #875110-6249
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Erlenmeyer Flask]. He also used Special Agent Alex Krycek to keep an
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eye on Mulder and any of Mulder's investigations [Sleepless, Duane
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Barry, Ascension]. Mulder pulled a gun on him and threatened him with
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death in his studio apartment (at 900 W. Georgia St.) [One Breath].
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[Season 1 and 2] "Lone Gunmen" Byers (Bruce Harwood), Langly (Dean
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Haglund), and Frohike (Tom Braidwood) are three of Mulder's sources
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who work at "The Lone Gunman," a publication dealing with perceived
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government conspiracies. Frohike has a crush on Scully [E.B.E., Little
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Green Men, One Breath].
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S ] Mar Scully (Sheila Larken) is Dana Scully's
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oth [Beyond the Sea, Ascension, One Breath]. She has had certain
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unexplai ed per eptions ab ut her daughter [Ascension], leading to
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|
indications that Scully herself m ay be extranormally perceptive
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[Aubrey].
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[Season 2] Special Agent Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) moved into the
|
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role of Mulder's partner with the unexplained murders of former
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Vietnam veterans [Sleepless]. We discovered, however, that Krycek had
|
|
a hidden agenda, as a lackey for Cigare tte Smoking Man: keep an eye
|
|
on Mulder and keep him from finding out information that would bring
|
|
certain covert activities to light [Sleepless, Ascension]. With the
|
|
disappearance of Dana Scully and the reopening of the X Files, Krycek
|
|
himself has disappeared [Ascension].
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[Season 2] "X" (Steven Williams), an acquaintance of Deep Throat, is
|
|
even more mysterious than his predecessor. X's information is even
|
|
more reluctantly shared. Mulder at this point apparently cannot
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contact X, although he attempted to by taping an X to his front window
|
|
and shining a light through it [One Breath].
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_________________________________________________________________
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Deep Background-Chris Carter
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Chris Carter, 37, began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The
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Walt Disney Studios. Previously, Carter had been working as a
|
|
freelance journalist, writing and traveling extensively abroad. At
|
|
Disney, Carter wrote and produced several television movies in
|
|
addition to the television pilot _Cameo by Night_ for NBC and The
|
|
Nanny, a sitcom for The Disney Channel. He took a short leave of
|
|
absence from Disney to co-produce the second season of the comedy
|
|
series _Rags to Riches_, starring Joe Bologna, and returned in 1989 to
|
|
create and executive produce "Brand New Life," a recurring comedy
|
|
series which ran as part of a rotating schedule on D isney's Sunday
|
|
night lineup. [Fox press packet for _X Files_]
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_________________________________________________________________
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Deep Background - David Duchovny
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David Duchovny, 34, is probably best known for his memorable role as
|
|
the transvestite detective Dennis/Denise in the television series
|
|
"Twin Peaks." A native New Yorker, Duchovny graduated from Princeton
|
|
University and then earned a graduate degree in English literature at
|
|
Yale University, preparing for a career as a teacher. While at Yale,
|
|
he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing
|
|
in off-Broadway plays. In 1987, in the midst of his doctoral studies,
|
|
he left Yale to pursue acting full time.
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Duchovny (pronounced doo-kuv'-nee), 6'1" tall, was born August 7,
|
|
1960. His parents, Amran (a publicist for the American Jewish
|
|
Committee) and Margaret (an elementary school teacher) divorced when
|
|
he was 11. He has one brother, Daniel, and a sister, Laurie. He has a
|
|
girlfriend, actresss Perrey Reeves, and resides in Malibu, Calif. [Fox
|
|
press packet for _X Files_ and _People_ magazine, April 18, 1994
|
|
issue].
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|
A FAQ on Duchovny is posted on the first of the month by Kellie
|
|
Matthews-Simmons (matthewk@ucsu.colorado.edu) and Sarah Stegall
|
|
(munchkyn@ix.netcom.com).
|
|
There are various "hormone brigades" devoted to Duchovny. The David
|
|
Duchovny Estrogen Brigade (DDEB) mail list and its sister group the
|
|
DEB-2 list are both full. You can still join the Duchovniks list by
|
|
sending the message "Subscribe duchovny-L to listserv@netcom.com
|
|
*Filmography*
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New Years Day 1988
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Working Girl 1988
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Bad Influence 1988, 1989
|
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"Twin Peaks" 1990
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The Rapture 1991
|
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Julia Has Two Lovers 1991
|
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991
|
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Denial 1991
|
|
Venice/Venice 1992
|
|
Ruby 1992
|
|
"Red Shoe Diaries" 1992--present
|
|
Chaplin 1992
|
|
Beethoven 1992
|
|
"Baby Snatcher" 1992
|
|
Kalifornia 1993
|
|
"The X Files" 1993
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
Deep Background - Gillian Anderson
|
|
Gillian (pronounced jill'-ee-an) Anderson first gained recognition as
|
|
an actresss for her off-Broadway performance in Alan Ayckbourne's
|
|
"Absent Friends" at the Manhattan Theater Club, for which she won a
|
|
Theatre World Award. Her love of theater began in high school where
|
|
she participated in community theater. In college, Anderson studies
|
|
with the National Theater of Great Britain at Cornell University in
|
|
Ithaca, N.Y., and then at the Goodman Theater School at Chicago's
|
|
DePaul University, where she obtained her BFA degree.
|
|
Anderson, 5' 2" tall, was born August 9, and lives in Los Angeles.
|
|
[Fox press packet for _X Files_] She is married, and gave birth to a
|
|
daughter, Piper, on Sept. 24, 1994.
|
|
She is not related in any way to Jo Anderson who appeared as Diana in
|
|
the television show _Beauty and the Beast_. Nor is she the woman that
|
|
appears in the current Saturn commercials.
|
|
A FAQ on Anderson has been put together by Alan Sawyer
|
|
(mulder@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au).
|
|
*Filmography*
|
|
Home Fires Burning 1992
|
|
"The X Files" 1993
|
|
"Exit to Eden" (audiotape) 1993
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
The Romance Aspect
|
|
There will be *no romance* between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
|
|
Everyone readily admits that there is some attraction, a "sexual
|
|
tension," between the characters. However, neither series creator
|
|
Chris Carter, nor actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, nor most
|
|
X-Philes, want a full-blown romance to develop.
|
|
Carter "firmly believes that a series can be 'ruined' if the
|
|
characters cross the boundaries of sexual tension." [Starlog #201,
|
|
April 1994] Anderson [Starlog Platinum #2] says, "I don't want that
|
|
to happen, David doesn't want that to happen, [Chris Carter] I don't
|
|
think wants that to happen. The show's not about intimacy between us;
|
|
it would be a huge mistake to make it about that. Both of our
|
|
characters are single-minded about our work and respectful enough not
|
|
to complicate it in any way. We [eventually] warm up to each other,
|
|
and there are times when there's more sexual tension than others, but
|
|
it's not going to be a romantic relationship."
|
|
Duchovny's viewpoint [Starlog #202, May 1994]: "Having a friendship
|
|
and a professional working relationship with a woman is much more
|
|
interesting....It's very easy to just jump into bed. That doesn't take
|
|
much imagination."
|
|
So: don't even think about it!
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
The Pregnancy
|
|
Although act e Gillian Ander on was pregna t, her condition was not
|
|
reflected in the show's scripts. Contrary to published rumors, the
|
|
character of Dana Scully will *not* be pregnant -- by aliens, Elvis
|
|
:-), or otherwise. Anderson appeared in the first six episodes of the
|
|
season and was written purposely out of the seventh. She returned in
|
|
the eighth episode, "One Breath." The production company filmed
|
|
"creatively" to disguise the pregnancy,.
|
|
Anderson gave birth to a daughter, Piper, on Sept. 25.
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
Merchandise
|
|
X Files shirts, mugs, and caps have made an appearance at various
|
|
locations. Suncoast Pictures is carrying the above items; look for the
|
|
store in a city near you. :-) Starland is carrying a variety of
|
|
officially-licensed T-shirts, hats, posters, and mugs. Boxer shorts
|
|
are coming! They can be reached at 1-800-733-8735, or starland@aol.com
|
|
for an illustrated flyer. Mail order company 800-TREKKER has T-shirts,
|
|
caps, and mugs, and can be reached at 1-800-TREKKER.
|
|
Posters are also available from Rick's Movie Graphics, P.O. Box 23709,
|
|
Gainesville, FL 32602-3709; phone 904-373-7202. This is *not* the "I
|
|
Want To Believe" poster from Mulder's office; that was a special one
|
|
made for the show and is not available.
|
|
Delphi is lso selling iffer nt group of official X Files
|
|
merchandise through their X Files Special Interest Group. A
|
|
sweatshirt, t-shirt, mug, keychain, and letterjacket are available
|
|
only through the SIG on Delphi.
|
|
Original novels are also being published, to be written initially by
|
|
award-winning horror writer Charles L. Grant and published by
|
|
HarperPrism. The first X Files book, _The X Files: Goblins_, is now
|
|
available at bookstores. The second book is due out in March.
|
|
Grant is one of the most respected writers and editors in the fields
|
|
of horror and fantasy, a winner of two Nebula awards for science
|
|
fiction writing, and three World Fantasy Awards, and the British
|
|
Fantasy Society's Life Achievement award. He is perha ps best known
|
|
for his editing of the _Shadows_ and _Greystone Bay_ series of
|
|
anthologies. [Torbook biography]
|
|
Topps Comics is publishing an _X Files_ comic book. The writer is
|
|
Stefan Petrucha; artist is Charles Adlard; covers by Miran Kim. The
|
|
first issue, entitled "Not to be Opened Until X-Mas" is reportedly
|
|
sold out. [Topps Copics is an arm of the baseball-card company, and
|
|
currently produce comic books based on other TV and movie characters
|
|
as well as the usual superheroes.] Topps will also be doing X Files
|
|
trading cards, to come out in the spring.
|
|
An X Files CD with Mark Snow's music from the show is being mastered
|
|
and will be available soon (we think :-) ) from Fox Music.
|
|
Also, there are rumors that Fox is tentatively considering a
|
|
big-screen X Files movie, and an _X Files_ spinoff.
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
Fan Club**Fanzines
|
|
*Fan Club* The X-Files Fan Club was formed with the sanction of 20th
|
|
Century Fox and Ten Thirteen Productions in March 1994. A year's
|
|
subscription is $20 ($30 Canadian). The fan club, a nonprofit
|
|
organization, plans to produce a newsletter/magazine every two months,
|
|
containing news, interviews, pictures, episode guides, bibliographic
|
|
information, more information on topics brought up in the show, and
|
|
other items. Although net-fandom will be well represented (one section
|
|
of the newsletter will be called "The Buzz from the Net"), the
|
|
newsletter is targeted at general fandom.
|
|
Submissions are welcome! Electronic newsletter submissions may be sent
|
|
to [23]x-files@info.rutgers.edu. A postscript version of the fan club
|
|
membership application may be ftp'd from ftp.rutgers.edu; the file is
|
|
pub/x-files/membership/flier.ps.
|
|
For more information, send a SASE to:
|
|
X Files Fan Club, P.O. Box 3138, Nashau, NH 03061-3138 or
|
|
X Files Fan Club, c/o S. Bartle, 4404 Perry St., Vancouver, BC Canada
|
|
V5N 3X5
|
|
x-files@info.rutgers.edu
|
|
There is also an X Files fan club in Australia. Write to: The X Files
|
|
Fan Club of Australia, P.O. Box 402, Niddrie Vic. 3042.
|
|
*Fanzines*
|
|
Deb Walsh (debwalsh@delphi.com or deb walsh@aol.com; 2 Spring Hill
|
|
Terrace, Somerville, MA 02143) publishes a fanzine called The Manifest
|
|
which deals with various paranormal-oriented television shows,
|
|
including The X Files. Is sue #3 is currently available. E-mail or
|
|
send a SASE for more information.
|
|
Incident UXP is an _X Files_ fanzine being published by Debbie Roberts
|
|
of Hangar X Publishing, 2419 N. Tejon St., Colorado Springs, CO 80907.
|
|
Issue #2 is now available. A limited supplu of Issue #1 is still
|
|
available. Send a SASE for more information.
|
|
OtherWhen Press is planning a crossover fanzine (characters meet
|
|
characters from other media universes) called Crossfiles, which will
|
|
include crossovers with the _X Files_ universe. Planned publication
|
|
date is May 95. For information (send a SASE) or to reserve a copy ($5
|
|
and a SASE) write to OtherWhen Press, 722 Brownstone Rd., Larimer, PA
|
|
15647
|
|
Mary Wardell is planning an _X Files_ fanzine called "Travels with
|
|
Mulder." For more details and/or submission guidelines send an SASE to
|
|
Prime Time Press, c/o Mary F. Wardell, 2104 SE 28th Place, Portland,
|
|
OR 97214
|
|
Betsy Vera is planning an _X Files_ fanzine called "X-treme
|
|
Possibilities." For more information or submissions guidelines, send a
|
|
SASE to: Bentley Press, c/o Betsy Vera, 1207 South State St. Ann
|
|
Arbor, MI 48104, or e-mail her at
|
|
betsy.vera@mailgw.uprod.music.umich.edu.
|
|
"Impossible Dreams" is a Quantum Leap fanzine, but there is an X Files
|
|
story in it. For more information, send a SASE to Lucy Green,
|
|
MacWombat , 2500 Jackson-Keller #601, Sa Antonio, TX 78230.
|
|
"Of Dreams and Schemes" #9 has a long X Files/Highlander crossover.
|
|
They are also looking for stories for future issues. For more
|
|
information, send a SASE to Catherine Schlein, 6755 Union St., Arvada,
|
|
CO 80004.
|
|
"Remote Control," a multi-fandom genzine, is looking for X Files
|
|
submissions for issue 5, due out in May 1995. For more information,
|
|
send a SASE to Kathy Agel, 9-11 Ayres Court, Bayonne, NJ, 07002-3510,
|
|
or send e-mail to Badkarma1@aol.com.
|
|
"Layup," an adult fiction zine based on the characters portrayed by
|
|
David Duchovny, is looking for submissions. Deadline is April 1, 1995.
|
|
For more information, send a SASE to Debbie Roberts, Hangar X
|
|
Publishing, P.O. Box 9653, Colorado Spring, CO 80932.
|
|
"Deus X Machina" is a planned X Files fanzine from Tara O'Shea. For
|
|
information, send a SASE to Deus X Machina, c/o Tara O'Shea, 611 Lead
|
|
Ave. SW, Apt. 911, Albuqueraue, NM 87102, or e-mail to
|
|
johanna@hydra.unm.edu.
|
|
"Property of the FBI" is an X Files fanzine carrying fiction from
|
|
alt.tv.x-files.creative. For more information, send a SASE to Lucy
|
|
Green, MacWombat Press, 2500 Jackson-Keller, Apt. 601, San Antonio, TX
|
|
78230
|
|
"The Skeptic and the Believer," an X Files fanzine, is looking for
|
|
. Issue 1 will d but at Eclecticon 95 in October of 1995.
|
|
For more information, send a SASE to Kathryn Agel, 9-11 Ayres Court,
|
|
Bayonne, NJ 07002-3510, or e-mail Badkarma.1@genie.geis.com or
|
|
Badkarma1@aol.com.
|
|
"Imagine That" is looking for X FIles contributions. For submission
|
|
guidelines or zine information, send a SASE to Brenda M. Cunningham,
|
|
Box 123, Assiniboia Saskatchewan, CANADA S0H 0B0 (all zeros -- not
|
|
letters).
|
|
"X-Talk" is an X Files letterzine whose first issue premiered in
|
|
September 1994. Issue #1 is $3 and a 4-issue subscription will run
|
|
$10, checks payable to Marg Baskin. Letters may be typed or on disks
|
|
(WordPerfect 6.0/5.1/5.0, WordStar 6.0/4.0/3.3, or ASCII, 3.5 in. or
|
|
5.25 high or low density); label disks as they will be returned with
|
|
your issue. Address letters, inquiries (include a SASE), or
|
|
suggestions to Anime House Press, c/o Marg Baskin and Heather Bruton,
|
|
28 Woolwich St. S., Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA N2K 1R9. (They are
|
|
accessible via e-mail at marg@asd.raytheon.CA)
|
|
"Wrapped in Plastic" (a Twin Peaks fanzine) devoted a full issue to
|
|
the X Files in August. The 40-page issue contained a complete episode
|
|
guide with commentary and analysis, map of the U.S. showing where each
|
|
episode took place, and an interview with Gillian Anderson.
|
|
The first printing sold out, and a second printing was done. WIP #12
|
|
is available from: Win-Mill Productions, 1912 E. Timberview Lane,
|
|
Arlington, TX 76014. Cost is $6 ($5 plus $1 postage).
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
Electronic Mailing Lists
|
|
**NOTE: This list is temporarily down. Watch alt.tv.x-files for
|
|
updates to this situation.** There is an Internet mailing list for The
|
|
X Files, run by Reid Fishler, which discusses the episodes currently
|
|
being aired in North America. To sign up for the list, send a message
|
|
to listproc@chaos.taylored.com with "subscr ibe X-FILES ." For a
|
|
moderated version of the list, substitute X-FILES MOD for X FILES
|
|
above. For more information, send e-mail to the above address stating
|
|
INFO X-FILES in the message.
|
|
A UK mail list, discussing season one, is also available. E-mail to
|
|
[24]listserver@leicester.ac.uk with "INFO X-FILES-UK" in the body of
|
|
your message.
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
Miscellaneous information
|
|
As a result of an informal poll conducted Spring 94, net.fans of the
|
|
_The X Files_ have chosen (with a 73% approval rating) to be called
|
|
X-Philes. The name seems to have caught on in the media, with its use
|
|
in many articles on the show and its online contacts.
|
|
]listserver@leicester.ac.uk
|
|
There is a list of Mulderisms and Scullyisms being kept by Samuel
|
|
Ziegler (ziegler@jhu.edu) and is available through his X Files
|
|
homepage (listed with FTP Sites and Home Pages) If you cannot access
|
|
the Web, or wish to submit entries to the lists, please e-mail him.
|
|
Weapons: Scully carries a Sig-Sauer P230. Mulder currently uses a Sig
|
|
Sauer P229.
|
|
So far Mulder has fired his gun four times (to scare away wolves
|
|
[Conduit] to kill John Barnett [Young at Heart], at the shapeshifter
|
|
creature [Shapes] and at a possible alien being [Little Green Men]
|
|
though no shot actually left the gun), and Scully, three times (three
|
|
shots to stop the air duct fan [Ghost in the Machine], once to wound
|
|
Lucas Henry [Beyond the Sea], three shots, to kill [so we thought]
|
|
Warren Dupre [Lazarus])
|
|
Both Mulder and Scully have been shot once (Mulder, critically, in the
|
|
upper femur in Beyond the Sea; Scully, in the chest though wearing her
|
|
protective vest, in Young at Heart).
|
|
Mulder and Scully have been quarantined three times after potential
|
|
contact with an infectious organism -- at the end of the episodes Ice,
|
|
Darkness Falls, and Firewalker.
|
|
Mulder has lost time in the Pilot (9 minutes), Deep Throat
|
|
(undetermined), E.B.E. (undetermined), and Little Green Men
|
|
(undetermined). Scully has lost time in the Pilot (9 minutes), E.B.E.
|
|
(undetermined), and Ascension/One Breath (approximately 3 months).
|
|
For the morbid: X Files' death toll to date: 109 [through Die Hand Die
|
|
Verletzt/second season]
|
|
Scully's FBI ID number is 2317-616, her home phone number is (202)
|
|
555-6431, [Ghost in the Machine.], her cellular phone number is
|
|
555-3564 [Sleepless], and her X File number is 73317.
|
|
Scully and Mulder met for the first time on March 6, 1992 X.T. (X
|
|
Fil s Ti e) [Pilot].
|
|
Mulder has a computer at home, and his password is TRUSTNO1. He was a
|
|
fan of the television show "The Magician" as a child. [Little Green
|
|
Men] Mulder lives in an apartme t (#4) in Al xa ria [Novel:Goblins]
|
|
Ten Thirteen's production crew has had cameos (names and bodies) in
|
|
various episodes: First Assistant Director Tom Braidwood appeared as
|
|
_Lone Gunman_ photographer Frohike in "E.B.E.", "Blood," and "One
|
|
Breath," and his name was used as the person taking over Howard
|
|
Graves's parking spot in "Shadows" and as Mulder's alias to get into
|
|
the secured government compound in Washington State in "E.B.E." Ken
|
|
Kirzinger, stunt coordinator, appeared as Richter in "Ice." Hair
|
|
Stylist Malcolm Marsden's name was used for the British PM in "Fire."
|
|
Vladimir Stefoff, First Assistant Director, had his name (as Val
|
|
Stefoff) used as Scully's alias to get into the compound in "E.B.E."
|
|
Story ideas: The X Files, like almost all network TV shows, does not
|
|
accept unsolicited scripts or story ideas. If you have them, you will
|
|
need to get yourself an agent to submit them to the show. Story ideas
|
|
or scripts sent to the show unagented w ill be returned or tossed in
|
|
the trash. Ideas, scripts, and stories can be posted for other fans'
|
|
enjoyment to the newsgroup [25]alt.tv.x-files.creative.
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
FTP Sites and Home Pages
|
|
*FTP Sites* Cory L. Scott (cls6@midway.uchicago.edu) runs a Macintosh
|
|
FTP site at [26]cybercow.rh.uchicago.edu .The opening theme has been
|
|
digitized as .iff and .snd (mac) formats.The directory path is
|
|
/pub/Xfiles. The opening music is in /pub/Xfiles/Song. He also has
|
|
other _X Files_ sounds for the Macintosh, this FAQ, the current
|
|
Episode Guide and Deep Throat FAQ, and GIFs and JPEGs as well.
|
|
Another FTP site is run at [27]ftp.cs.nmt.edu. The FAQs, episode
|
|
guide, music, images, and fan fiction can b obtained ere; irect ry
|
|
path is /xfiles.
|
|
An FTP site is at [28]ftp.rutgers.edu (/pub/x-files), storing only the
|
|
graphic and sound files.
|
|
cybercow.rh.uchicago.edu
|
|
The FTP site [29]aql.gatech.edu also carries X Files material: sounds,
|
|
.gifs, and creative stories; directory path is /pub/xfiles.
|
|
Another FTP site is at [30]wuarchive.wustl.edu, carrying MS_DOS sound
|
|
files. The directory path is /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/sounds/X-Files.
|
|
An FTP site (*currently inaccessible*), [31]trustno1.pc.cc.cmu.edu
|
|
(previously pc19101.pc.cc.cmu.edu), is run by Eric Shapow,
|
|
es5z+@andrew.cmu.edu. It contains most of the a.t.x-f.creative
|
|
material, and will be accepting pictures, sound files, and animations
|
|
once it comes back online.
|
|
An FTP site in the UK, [32]ftp.aston.ac.uk, carries the creative
|
|
material.
|
|
The site [33]ftp.shore.net , run by Pete T. Manolakos, carries text
|
|
files only; directory path is /members/ptman/x-files.
|
|
*Home Pages*
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aql.gatech.edu
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Charles Mcgrew (mcgrew@klinzhai.rutgers.edu) has established an http
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server which contains an X Files mosaic page. This page includes the
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theme music, miscellaneous sound bites, this FAQ, Episode Guide, DT
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FAQ, pictures of the cast, and links to ot her FTP areas, among other
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things. The path is: [34]http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html.
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Liem Bahneman (roland@cac.washington.edu) also has an X Files web
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server. Its menu is available at
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[35]http://weber.u.washington.edu/~roland/x-files/x-files.html.
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Samuel Ziegler (ziegler@jhu.edu) keeps the Mulderisms and Scullyisms
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list. There documents are available by accessing his homepage:
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[36]http://server.cs.jhu.edu/~ziegler/xfiles.html. If you cannot
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access his homepage please e-mail him for information about his list.
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Other X Files Mosaic home pages are at
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[37]http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/XFiles.html
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[38]http://www.uml.edu/~ccashman/x-files/x-files.html
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[39]http://www.teleport.com/~crawford/x-files/HomePage.html
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[40]http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~db3521/xfiles.html
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http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html
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_________________________________________________________________
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Other Electronic Info
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An X Files discussion is held at 9 p.m. Eastern time (right after the
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aired episode ends in the U.S. Eastern/Central time zones) on the IRC
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(Internet Relay Chat) channels #xf (no bots) and #x-files
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(bot-controlled).
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An X Files Bullletin Board System (BBS) is offered in the San
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Francisco Bay Area. This BBS carries gifs, jpegs, bmps, and
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a.t.x-f.creative tex t files. Phone number is 510-251-9413.
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_________________________________________________________________
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Team Leader: Special Agent Pat Gonzales, gonza006@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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(Internet) or LauraHolt@aol.com (America Online)
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