Year: 2000

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Deaths Matters of Life & Death

John Colicos, Battlestar Galactica actor, dies

  • March 6, 2000

John Colicos as BaltarCanadian-born actor John Colicos, known for numerous genre roles among his countless TV appearances, dies at the age of 71. In the original Star Trek, he was the first actor to be seen portraying a Klingon, in the 1967 episode Errand Of Mercy, and would later reprise the role in two episodes of the 1990s spinoff Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In the late 1970s, he had a recurring role as Count Baltar, the chief human antagonist in the original Battlestar Galactica.

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Television

The Strangerers: Fargle

  • March 7, 2000

The StrangerersThe fourth episode of the science fiction comedy series The Strangerers is broadcast on Sky One, created and written by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf), starring Mark Williams and Jack Docherty.

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Television

The Outer Limits: Simon Says

  • March 10, 2000

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 115th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Joel Grey (Cabaret, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins) guest stars.

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Television X-Files

The X-Files: Theef

  • March 12, 2000

The X-FilesThe 153rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Billy Drago (The Untouchables) guest stars.

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NEAR-Shoemaker Uncrewed Spaceflight

NEAR gets a new name

  • March 14, 2000

NEARNASA’s NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) unmanned spacecraft is officially renamed NEAR-Shoemaker, honoring Eugene Shoemaker, discoverer of multiple asteroids and comets, who died in 1997. Shoemaker had also put his geology skills to use in training Apollo astronauts after a medical diagnosis prevented him from joining the astronaut corps himself. NEAR-Shoemaker continues to orbit asteroid 433 Eros.

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Television

The Strangerers: Zap Type “Z”

  • March 14, 2000

The StrangerersThe fifth episode of the science fiction comedy series The Strangerers is broadcast on Sky One, created and written by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf), starring Mark Williams and Jack Docherty. Tracy-Ann Oberman guest stars.

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Television X-Files

The X-Files: En Ami

  • March 19, 2000

The X-FilesThe 154th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. William B. Davis guest stars in an episode he also wrote.

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Television

The Strangerers: Angels

  • March 21, 2000

The StrangerersThe sixth episode of the science fiction comedy series The Strangerers is broadcast on Sky One, created and written by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf), starring Mark Williams and Jack Docherty. Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) guest stars.

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The Strangerers: The Streets Of Laredo

  • March 28, 2000

The StrangerersThe seventh episode of the science fiction comedy series The Strangerers is broadcast on Sky One, created and written by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf), starring Mark Williams and Jack Docherty. Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) guest stars.

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Television

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Superstar

  • April 4, 2000

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 73rd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Danny Strong guest stars.

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Crewed Spaceflight Mir Soyuz

Soyuz TM-30: Mir’s final crew

  • April 4, 2000

Soyuz TM-30With help from the Russian space program, private corporation MirCorp launches Soyuz TM-30, the final spacecraft to visit the aging Mir space station. Sergei Zalyotin and veteran cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri become Mir’s first inhabitants in over eight months, and their mission is to begin refurbishing and repairing the 14-year-old station for what is hoped to be a series of commercial launches, including space tourism and even possibly a reality TV show set aboard Mir. What the two cosmonauts find, however, is that more work will be required than MirCorp can provide; after 72 days, the crew of Soyuz TM-30 returns to Earth, the money having run out before another crew can be sent. Mir will tumble out of its orbit and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in 2001.

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Television

The Strangerers: Eyepoppers

  • April 4, 2000

The StrangerersThe eighth episode of the science fiction comedy series The Strangerers is broadcast on Sky One, created and written by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf), starring Mark Williams and Jack Docherty. Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) guest stars.

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Music

The Omega Man soundtrack

  • April 5, 2000

The Omega ManFilm Score Monthly releases a limited edition CD of the soundtrack from the 1971 Charlton Heston science fiction movie The Omega Man, whose music was composed by Ron Grainer (best known for his UK TV themes, such as Doctor Who and The Prisoner). The limited pressing of 3,000 copies sells out in record time; an unlimited pressing with slightly different content will be re-released by FSM’s Retrograde Records label in 2008.

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