Alien Nation: Body and Soul
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Alien Nation
was a television show from the Fox Network which lasted a single season. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (original airdate: October 10, 1995) was the second television movie
produced to continue the story after the premature cancellation of the popular series. It follows the television series format of two parallel storylines. The first plot is about a seemingly human/Tenctonese
hybrid child and an evil Dr. Josef Mengele
-like Overseer scientist. The sub-plot is the budding relationship between Matt Sykes and his Tenctonese neighbor Dr. Cathy Frankel. The relationship between Matt and Cathy was an ongoing theme of the Alien Nation television series.
Alien Nation: Body and Soul was written by Andrew Schneider
, Diane Frolov
, Renee & Harry Longstreet (previously novelized by Peter David
), and was directed by Kenneth Johnson.
Alien Nation (TV series)
Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco , played by Eric Pierpoint...
was a television show from the Fox Network which lasted a single season. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (original airdate: October 10, 1995) was the second television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
produced to continue the story after the premature cancellation of the popular series. It follows the television series format of two parallel storylines. The first plot is about a seemingly human/Tenctonese
Tenctonese
The Tenctonese, also known as Newcomers, are a humanoid species in the Alien Nation, television series and earlier film, as well as the later Alien Nation telefilm series. They are from the planet Tencton, though references to numerous slave colonies throughout the series and telemovies indicate...
hybrid child and an evil Dr. Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
Josef Rudolf Mengele , also known as the Angel of Death was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He earned doctorates in anthropology from Munich University and in medicine from Frankfurt University...
-like Overseer scientist. The sub-plot is the budding relationship between Matt Sykes and his Tenctonese neighbor Dr. Cathy Frankel. The relationship between Matt and Cathy was an ongoing theme of the Alien Nation television series.
Alien Nation: Body and Soul was written by Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider is an American screenwriter and television producer, whose credits include writing for The Sopranos, Northern Exposure, and Alien Nation. He frequently co-writes episodes with his wife, Diane Frolov. In 1992 Schneider won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama...
, Diane Frolov
Diane Frolov
Diane Frolov is an American television writer and producer. She has written for several television shows, including The Sopranos and Northern Exposure. She frequently co-writes episodes with her husband, Andrew Schneider.-Career:...
, Renee & Harry Longstreet (previously novelized by Peter David
Peter David
Peter Allen David , often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games...
), and was directed by Kenneth Johnson.
Main cast
- Detective Matthew Sykes - Gary GrahamGary GrahamGary Graham is an American actor. He is probably best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation , which was followed by the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon , Alien Nation: Body and Soul , Alien Nation: Millennium , Alien Nation: The...
- Detective George Francisco - Eric PierpointEric PierpointEric Pierpoint is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as George Francisco on Fox Network's Alien Nation. He has appeared on all of the Star Trek spin-offs. He played five characters in the four series from 1993 to 2005.He is the son of retired CBS news correspondent Robert...
- Susan Francisco - Michele ScarabelliMichele ScarabelliMichele Scarabelli is a Canadian actress. She is probably best known for her role as Tenctonese Newcomer Susan Francisco on the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation and the 5 television movies that followed....
- Emily Francisco - Lauren WoodlandLauren WoodlandLauren Woodland is an American actress.-Career:Woodland has been acting since childhood. In 1989, she appeared in the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation as the child newcomer Emily Francisco...
- Buck Francisco - Sean SixSean SixSean Six is an American actor who started acting at the age of 8. His first role was in the theater, in a production of Fiddler on the Roof at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium...
- Dr. Cathy Frankel - Terri TreasTerri TreasTerri Treas is an American actress, writer and director. She has starred in films and on television. Terri is best known for her role as Newcomer Cathy Frankel on the Fox Network short-lived science fiction series Alien Nation and in the five movies produced subsequent to the TV series which...
- Capt. Bryon Grazer - Ron FasslerRon FasslerRon Fassler is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Bryon Grazer, the LAPD captain in the Fox Network cult science fiction TV series Alien Nation. The series was canceled after a short run, but Fox brought it back in 1994 in a series of five TV movies...
- Albert Einstein - Jeff MarcusJeff MarcusJeffrey Marcus is an American actor who stars on television, film and theater. Between 1980-1990, Marcus appeared on and off-Broadway in such plays as, The Survivor and Almost an Eagle starring James Whitmore. Jeff is best known for his television role as Albert Einstein, the Tenctonese janitor...
- Beatrice Zepeda - Jenny GagoJenny GagoJenny Gago is an American actress.- Career :Gago has appeared in movies and television for 25 years, including recurring roles as Captain Santina on MacGyver, Detective Beatrice Zapeda in Alien Nation, Anaya on The Agency and Grandma on Freddie...
Additional Cast
- Giant - Tiny Ron TaylorTiny Ron TaylorRonald "Tiny Ron" Taylor is an American film actor and former basketball player. He is possibly best known for his roles as Lothar in The Rocketeer and Roc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , both roles that exploited his 7 ft frame and craggy features...
- Child - Aimee & Danielle Warren
- Dr. Adrian Tivoli - Pamela Gordon
- Karina Tivoli - Kristin DavisKristin DavisKristin Landen Davis is an American actress.She first rose to prominence and achieved fame for playing the role of Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City. She has achieved success appearing in roles in film and television.-Early life and education:Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado...
- Cop - Catherine BellCatherine BellCatherine Lisa Bell is an American actress known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005...
- Lt. Smith - Glenn MorshowerGlenn MorshowerGlenn Grove Morshower is an American actor best known for playing Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on the Fox action thriller drama series 24...
- Roger Benson - Leon RussomLeon RussomLeon Russom is an American Emmy-nominated actor.Russom has appeared in numerous television shows, particularly soap operas. He portrayed Admiral Toddman and the Starfleet Commander-in-Chief in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country...
- Felker - Montae RussellMontae RussellMontae Russell is an American television, theatre, and film actor, and independent film director. He is most known for his role as Zadro White from the NBC television series ER.- External links :http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11279/1179948-388.stm* * *...
- Elinor - Judith McConnellJudith McConnellJudith McConnell is an American actress, best known for her role as Sophia Wayne Capwell on the TV series Santa Barbara, on which she appeared from 1984 to 1993....
- Jones - Jeff Austin
- Costello - Miguel PérezMiguel Pérez (actor)Miguel Perez is an American actor known for his work in various television appearances.-Personal life:Pérez was born Arnoldo Cruz Perez in San Jose, California, the son of a telephone repairman and a housewife. Growing up, he was a lonely child who was teased by his peers for being obese...
See also
- TenctoneseTenctoneseThe Tenctonese, also known as Newcomers, are a humanoid species in the Alien Nation, television series and earlier film, as well as the later Alien Nation telefilm series. They are from the planet Tencton, though references to numerous slave colonies throughout the series and telemovies indicate...
- Alien Nation (film)Alien Nation (film)Alien Nation is a 1988 American science fiction film directed by Graham Baker and produced by Gale Anne Hurd, Richard Kobritz and Bill Borden. The storyline was based on a screenplay written by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It stars James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, and Kevyn Major Howard...
, 1988 - Alien Nation (TV series)Alien Nation (TV series)Alien Nation is a science fiction television series, loosely based on the movie of the same name. Gary Graham starred as Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly working with "Newcomer" alien George Francisco , played by Eric Pierpoint...
, 1989-1990 - Alien Nation: Dark HorizonAlien Nation: Dark HorizonAlien Nation was a television show from the Fox Network which lasted a single season, ending in 1990 with a cliffhanger series finale. Dark Horizon was written to be the season opener for the second season, but when the series was unexpectedly canceled and looked like it might never return to...
, 1994 - Alien Nation: MillenniumAlien Nation: MillenniumAlien Nation was a television show from the Fox Network which lasted a single season. Alien Nation: Millennium was the third television movie produced to continue the story after the premature cancellation of the popular series...
, 1996 - Alien Nation: The Enemy WithinAlien Nation: The Enemy WithinAlien Nation was a television show from the Fox Network which lasted a single season. Alien Nation: The Enemy Within is the fourth television movie produced to continue the story after the premature cancellation of the popular series...
, 1996 - Alien Nation: The Udara LegacyAlien Nation: The Udara LegacyAlien Nation: The Udara Legacy was the fifth and final television movie produced to continue the story of the prematurely canceled television series Alien Nation. The plot introduces the idea that among the Tenctonese slaves, there was a resistance movement called the Udara who were implanted...
, 1997 - Alien Nation (comics)Alien Nation (comics)Alien Nation comic books were a number of comic books based on the Alien Nation franchise.DC produced a comic book adaptation of the 1988 film....
- Alien Nation (novel series)