seaQuest DSV episode guide - v1.0 (UK)
PLUCKY DUCK
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><> Guide date: 14 Nov 1993 ><>
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><> By Edwin Yau ><>
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Hello and welcome to the seaQuest DSV Episode Guide (UK Version). I'd just
like any reader to note that this guide is the UK version of seaQuest DSV.
There, that's the 3rd time I've mentioned it - it must have sunk in by now,
pun intended :-)
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This guide is Copyright (C) October 1993 by Edwin Yau.
It may not be reproduced in any form whatsoever without
prior permission of the author (that's me, folks!)
A big special thanks to Sally Smith for all her help. If you
have any queries, suggestions or comments please send them
to me at the e-mail address at the end of this guide.
Remember, don't drink and drive, clunk-klick on every trip,
and don't forget to use your mirror and signal when overtaking!
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CONTENTS
[1] CAST
[2] CREDITS
[3] EPISODE GUIDE - SEASON 1
[4] U.S. EPISODES AIR DATES LISTING
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[1] CAST:
Roy Scheider.......: Capt. Nathan Bridger (Captain of seaQuest DSV)
Stephanie Beacham..: Dr. Kristin Westphalen (Chief science officer/
senior physician)
Don Franklin.......: Cmdr. Jonathan Ford (Executive Officer)
Stacy Haiduk.......: Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Hitchcock (Chief Engineer)
Jonathan Brandis...: Lucas Wolenczak (civilian/boy genius)
John DiAquino......: Lt. Benjamin Krieg (Appropriations Officer)
Ted Raimi..........: Lt.(jg) Tim O'Neill (Communications Officer)
Royce D. Applegate.: Chief Manilow Crocker (Security Chief)
Marco Sanchez......: Chief Mundo Ortiz (Sensor chief)
Darwin the dolphin.: Himself :-)
Voice of Darwin....: Frank Welker
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[2] CREDITS:
Created by............: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Executive Producers...: Steven Spielberg
Tommy Thompson (1,4)
David J. Burke (2,3,5)
Producers.............: Gregg D. Fienberg (2,4,5)
Les Sheldon (3,5)
Co-producer...........: David Kemper (2-5)
Supervising Producers.: Hans Tobeason (2,3,5)
Kerry Lenhart (2-5)
John J. Sakmar (2-5)
Technical Consultant..: Dr. Robert Ballard
Music.................: John Debney
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[3] EPISODE GUIDE - SEASON 1
The format of the guide is as follows:-
[Airing order] [Air Date: DD/MM/YY] [Title]
[Plot]
[Guest stars]
[Co-starring]
[Directed by]
[Written by]
1) 16/10/93 "To Be Or Not To Be"
The pilot episode where the crew of seaQuest investigates a distress call
from an underwater colony, only to be attacked by a renegade sub whose
captain wants to destroy seaQuest. seaQuest is damaged and the crew are
unable to respond when a computer virus begins to shut down all the
ship's systems one by one. Is this the end already?
Guest stars: Richard Herd (Admiral Noyce)
Co-starring: Clark Brolly (Renegade Sensor Chief)
Mark Fauser (Weapons Officer Phillips)
Dan Hilerbrand (Helmsman)
John Schafer (Pollack)
Directed by: ??
Written by.: ??
N.B. This pilot was shown on Saturday from 6.15 to 7.40pm. It's total
running time approx. 73 mins excluding adverts, so it has lost
approx. 15 mins. compared to the US version :-(
2) 24/10/93 "The Devil's Window"
Whilst attempting to unlock the secrets of bacteria living inside of
"Black Smokers", Darwin falls mysteriously ill and will die unless a cure
is found.
Guest stars: Roscoe Lee Browne (Rawley Young)
Richard Herd (Admiral Noyce)
Co-starring: Robert Engels (Malcolm Lansdowne)
Sushil Tyagi (Helmsman)
Directed by: Les Landau
Written by.: David J. Burke & Hans Tobeason
N.B. From this episode on the series is shown on Sundays @ 6.30-7.30pm
3) 31/10/93 "Treasure of the Mind"
While on a mission in the Mediterranean sea, Captain Bridger and his crew
discover a preserved annexe of the great Library of Alexandria. After
pulling ancient artifacts from the annexe, someone leaks the discovery to
the outside world and the nations lay claim to them, sending in their
military forces to secure their recovery. The UEO send a team of ESP
parapsychologists to seaQuest to help in the negotiations, but is that
their only reason for coming?
Guest stars: Gene Ross (Louis Jacobi)
Topol (Dr. Rafik Hassan)
Turhan Bey (Dimitri Rossovich)
Lindsay Frost (Savannah Rossovich)
Co-starring: Erick Avari (Lybyan Representative)
Vachik Mangassarian (Tunisian Representative)
Directed by: Bryan Spicer
Written by.: David Kemper
4) 07/10/93 "Games"
The crew of seaQuest rescue a warden and his cryogenically-frozen
prisoner, the brilliant but murderous scientist Dr Rubin Zellar, from
their collapsing prison. However, they soon discover that Zellar has
been posing as the warden, who is already dead. Zellar then says he has
a deadly toxin which will be released unless they do as he says...
Guest stars: Alan Scarfe (Dr. Rubin Zellar)
Co-starring: Mark Fauser (Weapons Officer Phillips)
Timothy Omundson (Levin)
Directed by: Joe Napolitano
Written by.: David Venable
5) 14/11/93 "Treasure of the Tonga Trench"
Whilst a UEO drill proficiency instructor is putting the seaQuest crew to
the test, Ben Krieg brings back what he believes is a priceless gem.
Soon greed becomes the name of the game when everyone wants a piece of
the profits, but no-one reckons on Krieg's 'sea monster' tale being real
until it attacks the seaQuest.
Guest stars: Yaphet Kotto (Captain Jack Clayton)
Co-starring: Tom Provost (Ensign Filie)
Stephen Kronish (Murray Goldwater)
Directed by: Les Sheldon
Written by.: Kerry Lenhart & John J. Sakmar
6) 21/11/93 "Brothers and Sisters"
Bridger and Lucas work to coax a group of abandoned children to safety
aboard the seaQuest when the crumbling munitions facility they live in is
threatened by an underwater typhoon. But the children are skeptical of
their efforts and take Cmdr. Ford hostage.
Guest stars: Kellie Martin
Co-starring:
Directed by:
Written by.:
7) 28/11/93 "Knight of Shadows"
Whilst exploring a century-old sunken liner in order to determine the
cause of it's demise, the team from seaQuest find themselves trapped in a
whirlwind of bizarre events.
Guest stars:
Co-starring:
Directed by:
Written by.:
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[4] U.S. EPISODES AIR DATES LISTING
seaQuest DSV is aired at 8pm Eastern & Pacific, 7pm Central & Mountain.
The format of the guide is as follows:-
[Airing order] [Air Date: MM/DD/YY] [Title]
1) 09/18/93 "To Be Or Not To Be"
2) 09/25/93 "The Devil's Window"
3) 10/02/93 "Treasures of the Mind"
4) 10/09/93 "Games"
5) 10/16/93 "Treasure of the Tonga Trench"
6) 10/23/93 "Brothers and Sisters"
7) 10/30/93 "Knight of Shadows"
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Edwin
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| Edwin 'Plucky Duck' Yau | (JANET) e...@uk.ac.bton.unix |
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| Freelance Writer and Student +------------------------------------------+
| (and Freelance Friend!) | Keeper of the seaQuest DSV episode guide |
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| "Adventure...heh! Excitement...heh! A Jedi craves not these things!" |
| -- teachings of Yoda, Jedi Master. |
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Richard Lloyd
> 5) 14/11/93 "Treasure of the Tonga Trench"
> Whilst a UEO drill proficiency instructor is putting the seaQuest crew to
> the test, Ben Krieg brings back what he believes is a priceless gem.
> Soon greed becomes the name of the game when everyone wants a piece of
> the profits, but no-one reckons on Krieg's 'sea monster' tale being real
> until it attacks the seaQuest.
This episode was probably the WORST so far (and for seaQuest DSV, that's REALLY
saying something):
* The fact that Krieg just blubbered nonsense (or nothing at all) during his
encounter with the big squid was pathetic.
* How come everyone right up to commander level seemed happy to totally break
the rules for some shiny stones ? Highly unprofessional.
* The utter nonsense of a huge shiny squid wrapping itself around seaQuest
reminded me 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Personally, I think the quality of seaQuest DSV scripts makes me think they
dropped them down a deep sea trench, rescued the soggy bits of paper and then
stuck them randomly back together. Verdict: seaQuest DSV is CRAP and I have
doubts I'll be watching many more. What I don't understand is that crud like
SQDSV gets a good Saturday tea-time slot and only a couple of months behind
the US w.r.t. airing dates and yet vital stuff like ST:TNG and ST:DSN gets
woefully shafted (esp. by the BBC, who laughably haven't screened Seasons 4 to
6 of ST:TNG or ANY ST:DSN episodes yet...thank goodness for Sky One).
Richard K. Lloyd,
Computer Science Dept., JANET : r...@uk.ac.liverpool.compsci
Liverpool University, Internet : r...@csc.liv.ac.uk
Merseyside, England,
Great Britain.
PLUCKY DUCK
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>Personally, I think the quality of seaQuest DSV scripts makes me think they
>dropped them down a deep sea trench, rescued the soggy bits of paper and then
>stuck them randomly back together. Verdict: seaQuest DSV is CRAP and I have
>doubts I'll be watching many more. What I don't understand is that crud like
>SQDSV gets a good Saturday tea-time slot and only a couple of months behind
>the US w.r.t. airing dates and yet vital stuff like ST:TNG and ST:DSN gets
>woefully shafted (esp. by the BBC, who laughably haven't screened Seasons 4 to
>6 of ST:TNG or ANY ST:DSN episodes yet...thank goodness for Sky One).
In fact, SQ is on Sun...@6.30pm in the UK. Admittedly all the episodes
screened so far, bar the pilot and "Games" haven't been that good at all, but
I'm willing to give the series it's chance.
Comparing SQ to Trek isn't such a good idea - the first season of TNG was so
bad I really didn't want to watch TNG again. It's only as I have to write
about SF that I watched it. I feel that TNG peaked in season 3 and had gone
downhill all the way. It's gotten really boring now and has only has about
a dozen decent episodes in it's 6 1/2 season run so far.
Still, this isn't a Trek newsgroup so I'll end this article now.
Edwin
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| Edwin 'Plucky Duck' Yau | (JANET) e...@uk.ac.bton.unix |
| | (INTERNET) e...@unix.brighton.ac.uk |
| Freelance Writer and Student +------------------------------------------+
| (and Freelance Friend!) | Keeper of the seaQuest DSV episode guide |
+------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| "Adventure...heh! Excitement...heh! A Jedi craves not these things!" |
| -- teachings of Yoda, Jedi Master |
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Simon Kinahan
> In fact, SQ is on Sun...@6.30pm in the UK. Admittedly all the episodes
> screened so far, bar the pilot and "Games" haven't been that good at all, but
> I'm willing to give the series it's chance.
I think it looka like it could get up to ST:TNG standards. There are no
vital flaws in the setting or characters so it only needs better scripts
(that one with the great library was good, as was the one with Hannibal Lechter
underwater )
> Comparing SQ to Trek isn't such a good idea - the first season of TNG was so
> bad I really didn't want to watch TNG again. It's only as I have to write
> about SF that I watched it. I feel that TNG peaked in season 3 and had gone
> downhill all the way. It's gotten really boring now and has only has about
> a dozen decent episodes in it's 6 1/2 season run so far.
Hey, TNG seems to be constantly improvin to me.
--
Simon Kinahan "Only in our dreams are we truly free,
sc...@dcs.ed.ac.uk the rest of the time we need wages. "
-- Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
Dave Jones
>
> In fact, SQ is on Sun...@6.30pm in the UK. Admittedly all the episodes
> screened so far, bar the pilot and "Games" haven't been that good at all, but
> I'm willing to give the series it's chance.
>
The famous "Maybe it'll be better tonight" attitude, as practiced by
students on their way to the TV room since time immemorial, or at least
since the time when Star Trash and Dr. Who were the main guilty pleasures
of campus life.
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