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Here it is, the nationally recognized X Files FAQ!!!!
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Special Agent Pat Gonzales
gonza006@maroon.tc.umn.edu
LauraHolt@aol.com
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Fox Network Programming
Ten Thirteen Productions
"The X Files," hour-long television drama airing Fridays at 9 p.m.
Eastern/Pacific (U.S.), 8 p.m. Central and Mountain (U.S.) and on
Global Television in Canada; and Monday nights on Sky One in the
United Kingdom. It has aired in Australia (although at present no
reruns are scheduled, and the new season is slated to begin showing in
January 1995), Wednesdays on Channel 2 in New Zealand, 9:30 p.m .
Wednesdays in Singapore, and has begun showing in Portugal and Sweden.
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This report is eyes-only with a level 2 clearance. The information is
updated monthly and is posted on the first day of the month to
alt.tv.x-files, rec.arts.sf.tv, and news.answers.
Information contained is copyright 1994 to Special Agent Pat
Gonzales. Agents may download and redistribute the report in its
entirety with the copyright notice intact, but may not reproduce for
payment. Any other use of this information is prohibited without
permission from the team leader. This by no means is meant to infringe
on any copyrights held by Chris Carter, Ten Thirteen Productions, or
20th Century Fox Television.
Deep background on agents Mulder and Scully was the determination
of the team leader, and in no way is intended to be a definitive
interpretation of the events aired. Typographic errors are the sole
responsibility of the team leader.
Information gleaned from episodes will be indicated by the episode
title follo wing in [brackets]. Information gleaned from media
articles will be indicated by the media venue indicated in [brackets].
/Index/
Background
Production Notes
Addresses
Episode Titles / Air Dates
Deep Background - Fox Mulder
Deep Background - Dana Scully
FBI Superiors
Recurring Characters
The Romantic Angle
The Pregnancy
Deep Background - David Duchovny
Deep Background - Gillian Anderson
Merchandise
Fan Club/Fanzines
X Files Episode Survey
Miscellaneous Information
Types of "Extreme Possibilities"
FTP Sites
/Background/
_The X Files_ is a television series dealing with two FBI agents, Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully, in the Bureau's Violent Crimes section. They
work with the "X files," cases that have unexplainable elements and
often involve the paranormal.
/Production Notes/
The series was created by Chris Carter.
Executive producers for the show include Carter, Glen Morgan and
James Wong, and R.W. Goodwin. The show's supervising producers are
Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon. Chris Ruppenthal is the executive story
consultant.
The show is filmed almost entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia.
_The X Files_ is *not based on true events or real FBI X files.*
The episodes are fiction, the plots loosely based on news reports of
unexplained events around the world and other unexplained phenomena.
The pilot does open with a note saying that the events were based
on an actual real-life story, but was put there for effect.
/Addresses/
If you wish to write in support of the show, the addresses are:
Chris Carter , Executive Producer, "The X Files," c/o Fox
Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213
Jonathan Littman, Director of Current Programming, Fox
Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213
Fan mail to Duchovny and Anderson can be sent to: (actor's name),
c/o X Files Production Office, North Shore Studios, Building 10,
110-555 Brooks Bank Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3S5 CANADA
The Fox Network has an Internet address to which you can e-mail
your comment on the series. Charles Kennedy, Vice President of
Programming Research, is the contact. The address is:
Foxnet@delphi.com. If you send e-mail, indicate "X Files" in the
subject line. The X Files production company has e-mail addresses
through Delphi; these are unknown.
/Episode Titles - Air Dates/
A short episode guide is being kept by Cliff Chen. It is posted on the
first of every month to alt.tv.x-files and rec.arts. sf.tv. A copy of
this episode guide is stored at the FTP sites listed below.
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
1X01 "Deep Throat" (1.2) -- 9/17/93 * 12/24/93, 6/24/94
1X02 "Squeeze" (1.3) -- 9/24/93 * 12/ 3/93, 6/10/94
1X03 "Conduit" (1.4) -- 10/ 1/93 * 12/14/93, 5/27/94
1X04 "Jersey Devil" (1.5) -- 10/ 8/93 * 12/31/93, 7/22/94
1X05 "Shadows" (1.6) -- 10/2
2/93 * 3/ 4/94
1X06 "Ghost in the Machine" (1.7) -- 10/29/93 * 1/14/94
1X07 "Ice" (1.8) -- 11/ 5/93 * 1/17/94 (and 8/19/94 in some areas)
1X08 "Space" (1.9) -- 11/12/93 * 1/28/94, 8/22/94
1X09 "Fallen Angel" (1.10) -- 11/19/93 * 3/29/94
1X10 "Eve" (1.11) -- 12/10/93 * 3/11/94, 8/26/94
1X11 "Fire" (1.12) -- 12/17/93 * 3/25/94
1X12 "Beyond the Sea" (1.13) -- 1/ 7/94 * 4/8/94
1X13 "GenderBender" (1.14) -- 1/21/94 * 5/20/94
1X14 "Lazarus" (1.15) -- 2/ 4/94 * 6/3/94, 9/2/94
1X15 "Young at Heart" (1.16) -- 2/11/94 * 6/17/94
1X16 "E.B.E." (1.17) -- 2/18/94 * 7/8/94
1X17 "Miracle Man" (1.18) -- 3/18/94 * 7/1/94
1X18 "Shapes" (1.19) -- 4/ 1/94
1X19 "Darkness Falls" (1.20) -- 4/15/94 * 8/5/94
1X20 "Tooms" (1.21) -- 4/22/94 * 7/15/94
1X21 "Born Again" (1.22) -- 4/29/94 * 8/22/94
1X22 "Roland" (1.23) -- 5/ 6/94 * 7/29/94
1X23 The Erlenmeyer Flask (1.24) -- 5/13/94 * 9/9/94
Season 2 Episode Titles
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Sept. 16 -- Little Green Men (w: Morgan/Wong; d: Nutter)
Sept. 23 -- The Host (w: Cart
er; d: Sackheim)
Sept. 30 -- Blood (w: Morgan/Wong from story by D. Morgan; d: Nutter)
Oct. 7 -- Sleepless (w: Gordon, d: Bowman)
Oct. 14 -- Duane Barry (w/d: Carter)
Oct. 21 -- Ascension (w: Brown, d: Lange)
/Deep Background-Fox Mulder/
Agent Fox Mulder, an Oxford-trained psychologist with a photographic
memory, is one of the FBI Violent Crimes division's best agents,
although he is in disfavor with not only his superiors but also his
colleagues because of his interest in the Bureau's X files. He
stumbled upon these files, dealing with unexplained phenomena, during
his first three years with the Bureau, as a crack analyst in the
Bureau's behavioral sciences department. [Chris Carter, _Starlog
#201_, April 1994]
His fascination with the paranormal stems from a childhood
incident -- his sister Samantha disappeared from their home in
Chilmark, Mass. (pop. 650) when he was 12 and she was 8. Mulder claims
she was abducted by aliens; during regressions he recalled hearing his
sister's cries for help, and a br ight light which kept him paralyzed
and told him that his sister would be all right. [Conduit]
Mulder's early meteoric rise at the Bureau has enabled him to make
high-placed friends in Congress. These contacts keep him from
retribution from higher-ups, although they have assigned him a
partner, with the tacit idea of discrediting what he does so that he
can be dismissed. However, Mulder picked up a somewhat vacillating
ally in a mysterious covert individual known as Deep Throat. [Deep
Throat, Fallen Angel, Eve, Young at Heart, E.B.E., Erlenmeyer Flask]
(At the end of Season 1, the X Files division has been shut down and
Mulder is to be reassigned.)
Mulder is known around the Bureau by the nickname of "Spooky"
[Pilot, Young at Heart] because of his interest in paranormal
phenomena. "He is considered a loose cannon, a person who is maybe
wasting time and money, and also his expertise, on an area the Bureau
thinks has very little value." [Carter, Starlog] Due to an incident on
one of his first Bureau assignments (a fellow agent was killed) [Young
at Heart], he eschews following investigations "by the book," opting
isntead for his own instincts and methods. He keeps notes for his
field reports in a handwritten journal [Born Again].
We believe Mulder doesn't "have a life," as we have seen nothing
of his off-duty activities. However, some of this may stem from a
relationship he had at Oxford ten years ago with a woman who is now
with Scotland Yard (Phoebe Green [Fire]). He apparently was in love
with her, but she not with him.
Mulder has a fear of fire [Fire], which may have been conquered
during his rescue of the children of British MP Sir Malcolm Marsden
(who also happened to be Phoebe's latest fling). He is also a fan of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). [Space] He
has a habit of unshelling shelled sunflower seeds, and making droll
comments which X-Philes have come to note as "Mulderisms."
Mulder enjoys wearing wild ties to work, and seems to be a New
York Knicks fan . He appears to had a fondness for classic rock
[minor references, Beyond the Sea, Gender Bender] and classic science
fiction movies [Tooms, Erlenmeyer Flask], and iced tea seems to be his
beverage of choice [Tooms]. There are "hints" that Mulder has an
interest in pornography -- in one episode, we see Mulder looking at
the centerfold of some "men's magazine" talking about how the woman
claims she was abducted by aliens; in another episode Scully remarks
that she hadn't seen Mulder that excited since she caught him going
through the Adult Video News. As a psychologist, he favors using
hypnotic regression as a psychological healing tool, and hates the
unnecessary use of medication [Born Again].
Mulder has dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
/Deep Background - Dana Scully/
Dana Scully is a medical doctor with an undergraduate degree in
physics from the University of Maryland [Jersey Devil]. She was
recruited for the FBI right out of medical school, and had been
teaching at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. She was assigned by
Section Chief Scott Blevins to be Mulder's partner in order to keep an
eye on him and determine whether he is perhaps too obsessed with the X
files.
Scully is skeptical of anything paranormal, believing that
everything has a logical, scientifically-quantified explanation.
Though in most of the cases she and Mulder have been on she has not
witnessed any overt paranormal activities, she has had four brushes
with unexplainable phenomena that may have her start questioning her
beliefs [Beyond the Sea; Lazarus; Born Again; Erlenmeyer Flask]. (At
the end of Season 1, the X Files division has been shut down and
Scully is to be reassigned.)
Scully is a middle child; she has one older and one younger
brother. [Born Again] Her father died early in 1994; they were
apparently close at one time (she called him Ahab; he called her
Starbuck), but her family disapproved of her joining the Bureau.
[Beyond the Sea] She had a yearlong relationship with an instructor at
the Academy, Jack Willis, with who m she shared the same birthdate
(Feb. 23). [Lazarus] She is just as much a workaholic as Mulder, and
is currently not seeing anyone [Jersey Devil].
Scully has hazel eyes and auburn hair. She drinks her coffee with
cream, no sugar [E.B.E.]. She was raised as a Catholic [Miracle Man].
/FBI Superiors/
Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi) is with the Violent
Crimes Section of the Bureau. [Pilot] Blevins assigned Scully to be
Mulder's partner, and her field reports are sent to his office. [early
episodes]
Section Chief Joseph McGrath (Frederick Coffin) is with the Office of
Professional Responsibility [Fallen Angel] and seems determined to
have Mulder fired and the X Files shut down.
Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is one of the
Bureau higher-ups reading Scully's reports. He has warned both Scully
and Mulder that their unorthodox methods of investiation may have dire
consequences. [Tooms], and followed through by shutting down the X
Files division at an order from the highest l evels of government
[Erlenmeyer Flask].
/Recurring Characters/
"Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is a mysterious individual believed to be
some sort of higher-up government official. Mulder can apparently
contact him via a blue light shining from his apartment window; DT
calls Mulder and signals him with a series of clicks [E.B.E.]. The
method of choosing a meeting place has not been determined. He appears
to have been exterminated in the episode "The Erlenmeyer Flask."
Current speculation on Deep Throat is contained in Internal
Affairs X-File Inquiry #875110-6249 [aka the Deep Throat FAQ, posted
by Special Agent Jeff Gostin].
"Cigarette Smoking Man" (William B. Davis) is another mysterious
individual who, like Deep Throat, appears to be a higher-up government
official with some power. Assistant Director Skinner seemed to be
deferring to his opinion in Cigarette Smoking Man's only spoken line
to date [Tooms]. He also kept a silent watch on the proceedings in
Blevins's office and burying vital evidence in a secr et Pentagon
storage room [Pilot, Erlenmeyer Flask].
/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 actress Gillian Anderson is pregnant, her condition will not
be reflected in the show's scripts.
Contrary to published rumors, the character of Dana Scully will
*not* be pregnant -- by aliens, Elvis :-), or otherwise. Although
previous reports had the character absent from some early episodes
(while Anderson has her baby), she apparently will now make an
appearance in each episode and the production company will film
"creatively" to disguise the pregnancy, much as Gates McFadden on
_ST:TNG_ and Phylicia Rashad on _The Cosby Show_ were.
/Deep Background-Chris Carter/
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 deg ree 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.
His parents, Amram (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_ magaine, April 18, 1994 issue]
*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 is expecting her
first child in September. She is not related in any way to Jo Anderson
who appeared as Diana in the television show _Beauty and the Beast_.
*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 Videos are carrying the above items; look for the
store in a city near you. :-) Starland is carrying three
officially-licensedT-shirts and two officially-licensed hats. They can
be reached at 1-800-733-8735 for an illustrated flyer.
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 in the works, to be written by award-winning
horror writer Charles L. Grant and published by Harper Prism. 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. Grant is perhaps best known for his
editing of the _Shadows_ and _Greystone Bay_ series of anthologies.
[Tor book biography ] The first X Files book is expected in December.
Topps Comics has announced that they have acquired the rights to do an
_X Files_ comic book, and are currently in production. The first issue
is expected in January. [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.]
Also, there are rumors that Fox is tentatively considering a
big-screen X Files movie.
/Fan Club**Fanzines**Convention Appearances/
*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 "Th e Buzz from the Net"), the newsletter is
targeted at general fandom.
Submissions are welcome! Electronic newsletter submissions may
be sent to 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
*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_. Issue #2, with two long X Files
stories, is now 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 #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 "The X-Philes."
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.
"Wrapped in Plastic" (a Twin Peaks fanzine) is devoting a full issue
to the X Files in August. The 40-page issue contains 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 issue should be available in comic book stores and larger book
stores across the country. The issue is also available by mail for
$5.50 from: Win-Mill Productions, 1912 E. Timberview Lane, Arlington,
TX 76014.
*Convention appearances*
Gillian Anderson is currently scheduled to appear at Tri-Con Oct. 1-2
in Saratoga Springs, NY. For information send a SASE to NESTA, 1737
Union St., Suite 624, Schnectady, NY 12309, or call 518-372-7118.
/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 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 Devil 2.44 94/8
Ghost in the Machine 1.99 102/6
Space 1.72 106/3
Total Show Average is 2.97
There were a total of 762 '4' votes out of 2380 votes, for a
percentage of 32.02
Highest Rated Show is "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (Chris Carter/Robert W.
Goodwin), with 3.74
Lowest Rated Show is "Space" (Chris Carter/William Graham), with 1.72
Shows rated above 3.5:
Squeeze (Glen Morgan & James Wong/Harry Longstreet),
Beyond the Sea (Glen Morgan & James Wong/David Nutter),
Tooms (Glen Morgan & James Wong/David Nutter), and The
Erlenmeyer Flask (Chris Carter/Robert W. Goodwin).
Total number of these 'super-spectacular' shows: 4
Show 'slugging percentage' is 0.167
Shows rated above 3:
The X-Files (Chris Carter/Robert Mandel),
Deep Throat (Chris Carter/Daniel Sackheim),
Squeeze (Glen Morgan & James Wong/Harry Longstreet),
Ice (Glen Morgan & James Wong/David Nutter),
Fallen Angel (Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon/Larry Shaw),
Eve (Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato/Fred Gerber),
Fire (Chris Carter/Larry Shaw),
Beyond the Sea (Glen Morgan & James Wong/David Nutter),
E.B.E. (Glen Morgan & James Wong/William Graham),
Darkness Falls (Chris Carter/Joe Napolitano),
Tooms (Glen Morgan & James Wong/David Nutter),
The Erlenmeyer Flask (Chris Carter/ Robert W. Goodwin)
Total number of these 'spectacular' shows: 12 out of 24.
Show 'batting average' is 0.500
Writing Team Ratings
Team Name Episodes Written Average Rating
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Glen Morgan & James Wong 6 3.39
Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato 1 3.36
Chris Carter 7 2.96
Larry Barber & Paul Barber 1 2.91
Chris Ruppenthal 1 2.86
Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon 5 2.70
Scott Kaufer & Chris Carter 1 2.64
Howard Gordon & Chris Carter 1 2.58
Marilyn Osborn 1 2.34
Director Ratings
Director Name Episodes Done Average Rating
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Robert W. Goodwin 1 3.74
Harry Longstreet 1 3.56
Fred Gerber 1 3.36
Robert Mandel 2 3.21
Larry Shaw 2 3.14
David Nutter 6 3.09
Rob Bowman 1 2.91
Michael Katleman 1 2.74
Joe Napolitano 2 2.72
Michael Lange 2 2.61
William Graham 2 2.58
Jerrold Freedman 2 2.26
/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 a
mention in the September US magazine.
There is a list of Mulderisms and Scullyisms being kept by Samuel
Ziegler at ziegler@jhunix.hcf.juh.edu. The list will be posted to
alt.tv.x-files regularly once the new season has started.
Weapons: Scully carries a Sig-Sauer P230. Mulder uses a Glock 19 9mm.
So far Mulder has fired his gun three times (to scare away wolves
[Conduit] to kill John Barnett [Young at Heart], and at the
shapeshifter creature [Shapes]), 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).
For the morbid: X Files' death toll to date: 64 [through first season]
Scully's FBI ID number is 2317-616, and her home phone number is (202)
555-6431. [Ghost in the Machine.]
Scully and Mulder met for the first time on March 6, 1992 X.T. (X
Files Time) [Pilot].
Ten Thirteen's production crew has had cameos (names and bodies) in
various episodes: First Assistant Director Tom Braidwood appeared as a
_Lone Gunman_ photographer in "E.B.E.", 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 t he 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.
/Types of "Extreme Possibilities"/
Constructed by Special Agent Philip Thorne (Based on X-Files Episode
Guide,
Copyright 1994 by Cliff Chen)
*Classification types*
(N) Normal (perfectly explainable human activities)
(P) Paranormal (psychic, ghosts, etc)
(SW) Suspiciously Weird(mutants, etc)
(IXO) Inadvertent XT Operations (at least they seem to be)
(LGS) Legitimate Government Secrecy (at least more so than MQGP)
(MXP) Malevolent XT Plot (at least it seems to be)
(MQGP) Malevolent Quasi-Government Plot (which government?)
(NPCO) Normal People Cover Up (as opposed to the government)
Confidence level: We, as viewers, saw something--often more
than Mulder or Scully. How much evidence is presented
to support certain classification? That's what this is
for.
(Notes): Brief examples of evidence from the episode.
*Episodes*
1.1 Pilot: "The X-Files" MXP--high (Mutated highschoolers, controlled
probably by aliens NPCO--definite (That big room with all the
evidence.)
1.2 "Deep Throat" LGS--definite (Air Force using UFO tech.)
MQGP--definite (Erasing Mulder's memory.)
1.3 "Squeeze" SW--definite (That's a suspicious "mutation.")
1.4 "Conduit" IXO--Probable (the daughter was returned)
1.5 "The Jersey Devil N--almost definite (She *was* human, just
aboriginal.) NPCO--definite (Atlantic City police coverup.)
1.6 "Shadows" P--definite (People floating in midair; flying office
supplies. LGS--definite (The US Attorney's Office investigating
illegal sales.)
1.7 "Ghost in the Machine" N--definite (It's a human program.)
MQGP--probable (Someone *claiming* to be from the gov't wants it.)
1.8 "Ice" IXO--definite (Not a terran life form, but nonsentient.)
LGS--probable (They blow up the station to prevent infection.)
1.9 "Space" P--unlikely (Maybe that gaseous thing was a ghost?)
MXP--probable (Causing him to sabotage missions.)
1.10 "Fallen Angel" XO--definite (Crashed alien, running scared, it
seemed.) LGS--probable (Cordoning off area.) MXP--possible (Max had
implant, and was abducted.) MQCP--probable (But maybe the officer was
just nasty.)
1.11 "Eve" P--unlikely (Was telepathy a consequence of the project, or
not?) MQCP--definite (The unethical cloning project, covered up.)
1.12 "Fire" SW--definite (A suspicious mutation--pyrokineticnic,
regenerative.)
1.13 "Beyond the Sea" P--possible (But maybe Scully and the convict
were both delusional.)
1.14 "GenderBender" SW--possible (Maybe they were mutants.)
IXO--possible (They didn't *seem* human, but they kept to themselves.)
1.15 "Lazarus" P--probable (That was too much "channelling" to be
merely obsessed with the criminal's mind.)
1.16 "Young at Heart" N--definite (The researcher owns up.)
MQGP--unlikely (Unless the researcher was covering for them...)
1.17 "E.B.E." MQGP--Possible (We never find out what they were
covering up or why they were misdirecting)
1.18 "Miracle Man" N--definite (The burn victim was framing the boy.)
P--unlikely (But what *was* it Mulder saw? Was the burn victim
*really* dead in 1983?)
1.19 "Darkness Falls" SW--Definite (Bugs were definitely not
"normal.") LGS--Probable (quarantine procedures for rescue,
government scientist says they will go in with controlled burns and
pesticides, and probably won't tell anyone why they're doing it)
1.20 "Tooms" SW--definite (as in the original)
1.21 "Born Again" P--Probable (Possession is the most logical
explanation) NPCO--Definite (original murder that triggers possession)
1.22 "Roland" P--Probable (Arthur seemed to be "directing" Roland, his
identical though mentally challenged twin brother). NPCO--Definite
(the project director offed Arthur, who was just getting his revenge)
1.23 "Erlenmeyer Flask" MXP--Definite (Frozen alien bodies and
extraterrestrial DNA, not to mention the mutated subjects).
MQGP--Definite (Men In Black).
/X Files FTP Sites/
Cory L. Scott (cls6@midway.uchicago.edu) runs a Macintosh FTP site at
cybercow.rh.uchicago.edu (site DISABLED until September).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.
Special Agent Scott 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.
John A. Ruchak (jruchak@mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com) runs an
IBM-PC/Unix/VMS site at mtp034.mis.semi.harris.com (132.158.127.164)
[directory path /pub/Xfiles]. The site will be home primarily for
non-Macintosh type binary files such as .GIF graphics, .WAV and .AU
sound files, etc., as well as text files that anyone can use. This
site also has a "creative" section archiving some of the stories that
have appeared. Individuals who submit stories to
alt.tv.x-files.creative should also upload a copy of the story to the
server or e-mail them to Ruchak, as he does not get the XF creative
newsg roup.
Lars Kremers (lars@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) runs an X Files server site at
tartarus.uwa.edu.au (directory path /pub/lars) in Australia. This site
carries FAQs and episode guides, published articles, .GIF format
pictures, .WAV and .AU sounds, poll results, and creative pieces
posted so far. [This site may be disabled.
Another FTP site is at ftp.rutgers.edu (/pub/x-files).
The _X Files_ "creative" site at vorlon.mankato.msus.edu is currently
disabled. Robert A. Hayden (hayden@mankato.msus.edu) is currently
working to establish another site.
Charles Mcgrew (mcgrew@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 (roland@cac.washington.edu) also has an X Files web
server. Its menu is available at
http://goren1.u.washington.edu/~roland/ x-files/x-files.html.
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or LauraHolt@aol.com (America Online)
Team members: Tonya Yount, Cliff Chen, Kristin Jones, James Drentner,
Cory Scott, Angelia Derrick, Aliskye MacKyven Raizel, Jerry Jones,
Charmaine Lazaro, John Anthony Ruchak, Jeff Gostin, Charles Mcgrew,
Andrew Waite, Philip Thorne, Paula J. Vitaris. Michael A. Chary