MONTHLY POST - XF FAQ 2/2
Pat Gonzales
Chris Carter, 37, began his career as a screenwriter in
1985 at The 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 Disney's Sunday night lineup. [Fox
press packet for _X Files_]
/Deep Background - David Duchovny/
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.
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] Duchovny and Reeves are
reportedly engaged.
A FAQ on Duchovny is posted on the first of the month
by Kellie Matthews-Simmons (matt...@ucsu.colorado.edu)
and Sarah Stegall (sste...@sparta.sjsu.edu).
There are various "hormone brigades" devoted to
Duchovny. The David Duchovny Estrogen Brigade (DDEB) mail
list and its sister group the DDEB-2 list are both full.
You can still join the Duchovniks list by sending the
message "Subscribe duchovny-L <yourfirstname>
<yourlastname> to list...@netcom.com
*Filmography*
New Years Day 1988
Working Girl 1988
Bad Influence 1988, 1989
"Twin Peaks" 1990
The Rapture 1991
Julia Has Two Lovers 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991
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 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
(mul...@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au).
*Filmography*
Home Fires Burning 1992
"The X Files" 1993
"Exit to Eden" (audiotape) 1993
/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-licensedT-shirts,
hats, posters, and mugs. Boxer shorts are coming! They can
be reached at 1-800-733-8735, or star...@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.
Delphi is also selling a different 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 perhaps best known for his
editing of the _Shadows_ and _Greystone Bay_ series of
anthologies. [Tor book biography]
Topps Comics has acquired the rights to do 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 due out this
month. [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.
/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 list...@chaos.taylored.com with
"subscribe X-FILES <your name>." 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 lists...@leicester.ac.uk with "INFO
X-FILES-UK" in the body of your message.
/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 x-f...@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
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 (debw...@delphi.com or deb wa...@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_. 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 #1 is now 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. One confirmed story is an X Files/Real
Ghostbusters story. 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...@mailgw.uprod.music.umich.edu.
"Impossible Dreams" is a Quantum Leap fanzine, but there
is an X Files story in it. It should be available at
present. For more information, send a SASE to Lucy Green,
MacWombat Press, 2500 Jackson-Keller #601, San Antonio, TX
78230.
"Of Dreams and Schemes" #9 has a long X Files/Highlander
crossover. They are also looking for stories for OD&S 10.
Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 1994. 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.
"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, e-mail
Annie...@aol.com.
"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).
/X-Files Episode Survey/
Gary Dontzig, a writer on _Murphy_Brown_, says, "I have a
theory that out of 25 episodes, if you do five that are
spectacular, you're in the big leagues." That's a batting
average of .200.
An online survey of favorite episodes for first season
was conducted by Charles McGrew. The results are below.
How did your favorite episodes/writers rate?
Rating Scheme of 1 (Mediocre) to 4 (Spectacular):
Total number of Ballots received: 116
Episode Title -- Ave. Vote -- #of Votes/ "4" Votes
---------------- ---- --------- --------------------
---- ---------
Erlenmeyer Flask -- 3.74 -- 102/78
Tooms -- 3.60 -- 93/62
Squeeze -- 3.56 -- 95/57
Beyond the Sea -- 3.52 -- 112/72
Ice -- 3.45 -- 108/60
E.B.E. -- 3.44 -- 90/54
Deep Throat -- 3.43 -- 89/48
Eve -- 3.36 -- 107/57
The X-Files -- 3.36 -- 94/39
Fire -- 3.02 -- 111/25
Darkness Falls -- 3.01 -- 100/30
Conduit -- 2.99 -- 91/23
Gender Bender -- 2.91 -- 106/25
Roland -- 2.86 -- 100/19
Lazarus -- 2.74 -- 99/9
Shadows -- 2.74 -- 102/16
Young at Heart -- 2.64 -- 88/8
Miracle Man -- 2.58 -- 101/11
Born Again -- 2.53 -- 97/7
The Jersey Devi -- 94/8
Ghost in the Machine -- 1.99 -- 102/6
Space -- 1.72 -- 106/3
Total Show Average is 2.97
/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.
There is a list of Mulderisms and Scullyisms being kept by
Samuel Ziegler at zie...@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu. Contact
Zieglar for more information.
Weapons: Scully carries a Sig-Sauer P230. Mulder
currently uses a Sig Sauer P220.
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 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: 98 [through
Excelsius Dei/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 Files Time) [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 apartment (#4) in Alexandria [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 Frolicke
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 will be returned or tossed in the
trash. Ideas, scripts, and stories can be posted for other
fans' enjoyment to the newsgroup alt.tv.x-files.creative.
/X Files FTP Sites and Home Pages/
*FTP Sites*
Cory L. Scott (cl...@midway.uchicago.edu) runs a Macintosh
FTP site at 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 ftp.cs.nmt.edu. The FAQs,
episode guide, music, images, and fan fiction can be
obtained here; directory path is /xfiles.
An FTP site is at ftp.rutgers.edu (/pub/x-files), storing
only the graphic and sound files.
The FTP site aql.gatech.edu also carries X Files material:
sounds, .gifs, and creative stories; directory path is
/pub/xfiles.
Another FTP site is at wuarchive.wustl.edu, carrying
MS_DOS sound files. The directory path is
/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/sounds/X-Files.
An FTP site (*down until January 16*),
trustno1.pc.cc.cmu.edu (previously pc19101.pc.cc.cmu.edu),
is run by Eric Shapow, es...@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, ftp.aston.ac.uk, carries the
creative material.
The site ftp.shore.net carries text files only; directory
path is /members/ptman/x-files.
*Home Pages*
Charles Mcgrew (mcg...@klinzhai.rutgers.edu) has
established an http server which contains an X Files
mosaic page. This page includes the theme music,
miscellaneous sound bites, this FAQ, Episode Guide, DT
FAQ, pictures of the cast, and links to other FTP areas,
among other things. The path is:
http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html.
Liam Bahneman (rol...@cac.washington.edu) also has an X
Files web server. Its menu is available at
http://alfred1.u.washington.edu:8080/~roland/x-files/x-f
les.html.
Other X Files Mosaic home pages are at
http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/XFiles.html
http://www.uml.edu/~ccashman/x-files/x-files.html
http://www.teleport.com/~crawford/x-files/HomePage.html
http://server.cs.jhu.edu/~ziegler/xfiles.html
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~db3521/xfiles.html
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Team Leader: Special Agent Pat Gonzales,
gonz...@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Internet) or Laur...@aol.com
(America Online)
Team members: Tonya Yount, Cliff Chen, Kris Jones, James
Drentner, Cory Scott, Laura F. Jenkins, Jerry Jones,
Charmaine Lazaro, John Anthony Ruchak, Jeff Gostin,
Charles Mcgrew, Andrew Waite, Paula J. Vitaris. Michael A.
Chary, Manuel A. Quesada, Scott Steyns, Ngaire Genge