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From: tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine)
Subject: Re: QL: The Handlink
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:12:42 GMT

shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik) writes:

>What happened to the hand link in the Leap Back?  Since Al had the hand link
>in the past, it wouldn't work, but it was still there.  What if someone
>found it ala Terminator?

Some are theorizing that that's how Alia's project came about.
That, and the tape from Stralight,Starbright.


LJC

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From: mmcalees@cs16.UVic.CA (Michael McAleese)
Subject: Re: Time Trax
Organization: Those Dudes
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:21:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.151255.11913@watson.ibm.com> roy@trigger.watson.ibm.com writes:
>[responding to my mild dislike of Time Trax and preference for Space Rangers]
>
>As for TT, well, I thought it was good.  It portrayed a pretty good
>vision of the world 200 years from now as far as technology goes.
>It portrays a pretty dismal social picture, though.  Kinda the
>looks like the writers do not share Roddenbury's optimism.  Anyway,
>the show was good.  The SELMA character was very good, and it
>appears that it will provide a number of plot possibilities.

  A dismal social picture? The city was clean and beautiful, there were
no poor people, the typical person was a mental and physical giant compared
to our norms (as the intro kept pounding away at the "average" nature of
this superman have as the main character), and aside from some political
unrest hinted at in the opening sequence all seemed fine and dandy. Perhaps
their version of the future didn't have Mr. Roddenberry's rose-colored view
of a future without crime or want (or human beings, it would seem) but it
was anything but dismal.
  I expect SELMA will be used for many of those oh-so-humorous incidents
of normal folk catching the hero shouting into his credit card because he's
moronic enough to forget this might seem a little odd in a public place,
despite his 204 IQ. (On a side note, I wish they wouldn't try the acronym
into a name thing. Why not just say it's a computer that we named Selma?)

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From: L697187@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: Re: 5 Time Trax
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 06:34:18 PST

------------------------- Original Article -------------------------
   After viewing the two hour debut movie of Time Trax, I have to give
it the old thumbs down. It wasn't exactly that it was bad... it just
wasn't good.
   I'm glad I taped Space Rangers, which was running concurrently.
Does anyone else think that was a classic "James T. Kirk vs. the Alien
Race" episode? The show is cheesy, pure fromage, but I enjoyed the one
hour of it far more that the two hours of Time Trax. (Like how I kept
that digression returning to the subject line?)

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I liked space rangers this time.  It started out pretty cheesey (even for
cheap science fiction) got a little better in the second episode, and even
better in the third.  The only element missing from this episode was Boon
having his shirt ripped off while fighting the prince (a la Kirk).
I'm just sorry that Jo-Jo didn't get her shirt ripped off in here little
fight scene at the end (alright it wasn't much of a fight but I'd still
like to see her shirt get ripped off).

Scott (who ripped my shirt?!?) VanArtsdalen
From: salley@niktow.canisius.edu (David Salley)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Time Trax
Keywords: Countdown
Date: 27 Jan 93 13:48:02 GMT
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208

Assume for a minute that the "Mad Scientist"(tm) sent exactly one hundred
bad guys back in time. (In the show, they said 'about a hundred'.)  Damien
sent one back and one got killed.  The count now stands at 98.  What's your
best guess at how far the countdown gets before the show is cancelled.
I'm betting the count will just reach 85. ;-)

Deja vu: Wasn't there some short-lived TV series about a mercenary hunting
pirates in the Caribbean that had an on-screen countdown at the end of each
episode?  I think it starred the actor from Family Affair and he had a very
hi-tech black speedboat.  Ring any bells?

                                                       - David   

Disclaimer  : A society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Internet    : salley@niktow.cs.canisius.edu
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From: shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:43:18 GMT
Subject: QL: Sam's Degrees
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv

This was posted on rec.arts.tv and got no response, so I'm trying it here.

Does anybody know what Sam's 6 degrees are?

        1) Quantum Physics
        2) Medicine
        3) Music
        4) Ancient Languages
        5) ?
        6) ?

Leslie
From: aba@westmont.EDU (Anne Anderson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL - What does leapee know
Keywords: QL
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:15:39 GMT
Distribution: global
Organization: Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

I like to speculate on how the leapee will react when he returns (usually
in the middle of a situation at least as confusing as the one that Sam
leaps into!) and I'm wondering if the poor devils are just sent back with
no knowledge of what Sam has done to alter their lives.  Some of the episodes
seem to bring out the point that whatever Sam does, it has to be something
that the leapee won't just reverse when s/he returns.  Does it make sense
to speculate that Al usually fills the leapee in on what's happening when
he talks to them in the waiting room?  

According to what I've read, supposedly most of the leapees think they have
been captured by extraterrestrials.  That might make it a bit difficult for
Al to explain what is going on.

Any comments?      

Anne

My .sig is a hologram, so only Sam can see it...
From: jsfjp@acad1.alaska.edu (PERRICONE FRANK J)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Dr Ruth continuity error
Keywords: glasses
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:42:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad1.21JAN199312420733
Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC

> 
>	When Dr. Ruth arrives, it is without her eyeglasses -- Al brings her a
>replacement pair along with the jacket  (Fermi suits look better on some
>folks than others?).
>	When the vampire leaps in, the first thing he does is remove
>HIS eyeglasses!

"Don't investigate this too closely."  -DB

That's a really really bad slip, now that you mention it... we have enough
things like this across episodes, but within a single episode... :/
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From: mc7f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael P Collins)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Final Blake's 7 Episode (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)
Date: 26 Jan 93 13:16:33 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

<Still spoilers, no ^L's tho....>




























Anyway, I saw "Blake" (The final episode), and that Blake was real. 
Serving as a bounty hunter on some backwater planet.  Series ends with
him & everyone else dying...
From: mre@kepler.unh.edu (MikE '93)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: QL: Dr Ruth continuity error
Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:52:43 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
NNTP-Posting-Host: kepler.unh.edu
Keywords: glasses

In article <Jan.21.15.06.32.1993.11851@gandalf.rutgers.edu> dak@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Dorothy Klein) writes:
>	When Dr. Ruth arrives, it is without her eyeglasses -- Al brings her a
>replacement pair along with the jacket  (Fermi suits look better on some
>folks than others?).
>	When the vampire leaps in, the first thing he does is remove
>HIS eyeglasses!

No, he removes HER eyeglasses.
--MikE...nothing BUT the leapee goes.


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From: finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: Al & Tina (& Gooshie)
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:17:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Do we really know for sure that Tina and Gooshie are *still* having an affair?
Ziggy said so in "The Leap Back", but that was a year and a half ago.  Sure,
Tina married Gooshie in the alternate timeline, but the older Al didn't
exist then.  I'm not doubting that the affair is still on, but it seems that
Al would have found them out by now if it was.  After all, it takes one to know
one.


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From: swardwel@nyx.cs.du.edu (Stephanie  Wardwell)
Subject: QL:  The Good, The Bad, The Complete Drek
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:01:22 GMT


Okay, let's organize this.

Everyone's been throwing out favorites and least favorites.  It is now
time for

THE OFFICIAL QUANTUM LEAP BEST AND WORST SURVEY, 1993!!!!!!!!!

The categories are as follows:

1.  Favorite Episode
     This one's self explanatory.
2.  Favorite Leapee
     Which character that Sam has had to try to pretend to be have you
       liked most?
3.  Favorite Guest Star
     This category does not include leapees.
4.  Character you'd most like to see again.
     This can include either leapees or guests.

That's the best, now here's the worst:

1.  Worst Episode
     I *know* you know what this one is!
2.  Worst Leapee
     They're making Sam do *what*?
3.  Worst Guest Star
     With *who*?
4.  Character you never want to hear from again.

Send all responses via e-mail to swardwel@mail.sas.upenn.edu or at the
Denver address above (I'm actually in Philadelphia, but hey!)  Polls will
remain open until February 12, 1993, and the results will be posted on
Thursday, February 18 (because I have classes the first half of the week!)
 I will try to catch ones posted to the list, but I can't guarantee it, so
try to get it to me via e-mail  (Plus, we don't want to annoy anyone any
more than we already have!).

Let the games begin!

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From: HF.ZMF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Miriam Ferziger)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: QL: Convention Assistance
Date: 27 Jan 1993 14:25:10 -0800
Organization: Stanford University
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu

Reprinted *with* permission from Quantum What?

Looking for someone to share convention expenses with -- hotel room, car
rental, airport pickup and drop off?

QW?  is offering its services ass a central information source to link
LEAPers with other LEAPers in order to make convention-going a little
easier.

If you need this service or if you're willing to provide transportation to
and from airports and bus/train stops (ranging from a one time basis to day
and night unlimited availability), please send an SASE with your name,
address, phone number and preferences (e.g., if you're looking for a
roommate, do you prefer a smoker or non smoker, etc.), along with
permission to release to others the info you've provided.

We'll try to match you up with the appropriate QL? reader.

-----------

I have no affiliation with Quantum What? but have met Darlene Lewis and
know her to be a helpful and responsible person.  She *really* wants to
help Leapers out!!

Miriam Ferziger                            miriamf@forsythe.stanford.edu
To leap, perchance to dream
--Me
From: eek2@po.CWRU.Edu (Eric E. Katz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: 2nd episode of Space Rangers
Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:32:21 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Just a little correction.  The name of the alien in Get a Life is
SPEWEY meaning Special Person Entering World Egg Yolks.  I 
actually liked Get a Life.  It was not overly creative, but it
had its good points.  "He must have used toxic waste to gain
intelligence"

Just to keep the message on topic, something about Time Trax which
just premiered on my local affiliate.  For those who have not seen
it
^L
I thought the show was very good.  The view of the future was 
pretty funny, opposite of the one in ST.  Humans are extremely 
advanced with an average IQ of 200, etc, yet there are still
problems involving crime and racism.  The science was far-fetched
but I could live with it.  A chemical to allign molecules for time
transport.  Instead, I think of the beer in the Hitchhiker's
Guide computer game.
From: brandon@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Appending on Space Rangers and Galaxy Rangersclo
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:49:49 MDT
Organization: Utah State University


	I have been meaning to see this, but I havn't yet had the gumption to
find out when and where it is on...anybody feel free to inform me?


		Brandon
		Lynx
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From: jsfjp@acad1.alaska.edu (PERRICONE FRANK J)
Subject: Re: QL: Postponed til...?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:41:00 GMT

>(when's the vampire episode?)

>People have NOT been reading the memos again.

>I posted last week that "Blood Moon" is scheduled to air on February
>9th. Yes, we have to wait that long. It's due to NBC mucking about
>with its schedule due to the upcoming sweeps.

I read THAT there was going to be a postponement but missed the WHY, thanks for
filling in the hole.  Seems like this season is going to be a few shy of full.

BTW your list had up to the "Goodbye Norma Jean" episode, then mentioned the
finale; does that mean the Marilyn one is the penultimate this season, or you
just don't have details on any in between?  I'm sorry if this is obvious, I
don't know when the TV season ends.  I haven't watched TV for the last 10 years
until a few months ago when I discovered Leap.
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From: sallylb@netcom.com (Sally Smith)
Subject: Re: QL: Postponed til...?
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:06:07 GMT

In article <27JAN199314411572@acad1.alaska.edu> jsfjp@acad1.alaska.edu (PERRICONE FRANK J) writes:

>BTW your list had up to the "Goodbye Norma Jean" episode, then mentioned the
>finale; does that mean the Marilyn one is the penultimate this season, or you
>just don't have details on any in between?  I'm sorry if this is obvious, I

Well, then Sam leaps into Young Elvis [and poses for a stamp? ;-) just
kidding] and at least one Episode To Be Named Later before the finale.

As far as I know, there will be the full compliment of 22 this season.

Sally
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I'm unemployed--these opinions *must* be mine!
"Don't investigate this too closely." -- Don Bellisario, re: "Quantum Leap"

From: sivo@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Louis Sivo)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:46:27 GMT
Subject: Re: QL: Animated Ep?
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv

> >I notice that Sally's most recent QL update post didn't mention the rumored
> >animated episode of QL.  Did I miss it?  :P
> 
> Due to budget restrictions, it won't be included in this season's list.
> 
> Don Bellasario was a guest lecturer at the Learning Tree University's
> presentation on "Inside 'Quantum Leap'" on Wednesday, January 20.
> During the question and answer session, Don said that they fully
> intend to do the animated episode next season.

Why are they having an animated episode? Is Sam leaping into a cartoon 
character or are they just going for a different look for one of the episodes.

Enquiring minds want to know!

-------
Louis Sivo
E-Mail: sivo@cup.hp.com

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From: jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com
Subject: Leno, QL & Time Trax
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 10:30:18 GMT

On Leno last night (1/21):

"In the first episode [of Time Trax], he travels back to 1987 to prevent the
production of Quantum Leap, to make his series look original."

I was actually much more impressed by Time Trax than Space Rangers.  The
effects are better, the whole thing looks cleaner, but I feel like the pilot is
the last we'll ever see of 2193.  If that's the case, it'll get dull fast.
I was hoping for a chase thru time each episode, ending with bringing back the
bad guy.

Joel
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From: bharring@aludra.usc.edu (Bryce Harrington)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: Time Trax
Date: 23 Jan 1993 13:43:51 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu


In article <johnson.727724343@melon26> johnson@rtsg.mot.com (Brad Johnson) writes:
>
>And finally, trivia -- Where else have I seen the woman
>who played Annie and Alyssa (you know, the female lead)?  I
>know I recognize her from somewhere, but I can't think where.
>Please help!!!
>

I'm not good at all with matching actors' faces with previous movies or TV
shows, but my roommate is a wiz at it (one of his few natural talents ;) ).
He said that she was the main actress in the movie _Legend_.  He's probably
right, but I really have no idea, like Mr. Johnson, she looks familiar to
me, but I don't know from where.
From: ericg@cacofonix.cs.uoregon.edu (eric leander gorr)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Babylon 5 - Brief Description wanted...
Date: 23 Jan 93 23:41:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1993Jan23.234124.16393
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Oregon Computer and Information Sciences Dept.

Could someone please post a brief description of what Babylon 5 will be
about?  thanx...

(I must have somehow missed earlier postings on this topic... :-( )
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Subject: Re: Red Dwarf???
From: rothe@ug.eds.com (Bill Rothe - Tekware sys mgr)
Date: 26 Jan 93 08:04:40 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: EDS/Unigraphics, Cypress, CA

	While perusing a GIF of the aborted American cast of Red Dwarf,
	I found a strange inconsistency.  I got to attend the taping of
	the pilot episode of Am. Red Dwarf, and with the exception of the
	woman who played Holly and the guy who played Lister, the rest of
	the people in that GIF are not the same.

	I wonder if they re-cast some of the parts in an attempt to 
	salvage what was, IMHO, a VERY faint imitation of the original.
	Their British counterparts need NEVER fear replacement if this 	
	pilot was any example....The only highpoint was Kryten, played by
	the original actor.
	
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From: mary@wam.umd.edu (Mary Louise Cassidy)
Subject: Another QL - Ruthie screw up?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:56:25 GMT

Maybe it was just me being silly...but I seem to recall 2 DIFFERENT dates
being said in the Dr. Ruth ep......??  I think early on 1984 was mentioned
but then later on 1985 was mentioned...??  Did anyone else
catch this or was I dreaming again??  Also..I thought that Anita Hill
thing was real, real lame...!  This seems to be the year for
SF to go on the downslide...(ST:TNG, QL)...ah well..


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From: jsfjp@acad1.alaska.edu (PERRICONE FRANK J)
Subject: Re: Quantum Leap
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:47:00 GMT

>Well, I can try making up one. He's mostly restricted to a limited
>distance from the project set-up. However, due to the uncertainty

That would include too much of Mexico.  Plus, he rarely hits California,
compared to how often he hits the South and the Midwest.  ::sigh::

>principal, he may leap into someone who has been within that range at
>at time when they are not. (LHO & Vietnam fit perfectly into this 
>explanation; "Leaping of the Shrew" is a little bit of a stretch.
>Because this is statistically improbable, it only happens a small
>percentage of the time.

Well, it works better than nothing... guess I should stop picking nits. 
Whatever GTF is, it's very America-prejudiced.

I for one prefer a GTF that's a physics phenomenon, and it's not hard to come
up with one, by bringing in a concept like energy levels.  The situations Sam
leaps into are low-energy because something is wrong, and Sam moves to them,
like heat to cold, until he can get them back on track and their energy level
rises enough so that some other situation near to him on the "life string" is
at a lower level and then he leaps to it.  No GTF required; all the "what
you're here to do" is hidden within the definition of what kind of situation is
"low-energy".  Of course it doesn't help with why the leaps are all in the
US...
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From: johns@ssd.comm.mot.com (Mike Johns)
Subject: Rocking Trekers
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:04:21 GMT

Not too long ago on some random music video show I saw the old Bangles
video for "Going Down to Liverpool (to do nothing)"  The video dates back
to the early 80's and features the band being driven around in a large
car.  The point is, that it sure looked to me like the driver of the car
was Leonard Nimoy(sp?) of Star Trek.
In fact, the camera spent way too much time focused on the driver.

Has anyone else seen this?  Am I correct, or is my usual lack of talent for
recognizing faces shining through?  I know that some of the cast members have
appeared in some pretty odd places but in a music video?

Hmmm, this may be the premise for STVII the Final World Tour.

Mike Johns -- johns@ssd.comm.mot.com

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From: GGPERRY@NUACVM.ACNS.NWU.EDU (ggreg)
Subject: Re: e: The Horta, was: MY GAWD! It look like an Alien!
Organization: Northwestern University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:40:07 GMT

i'm pretty certain it was designed by the same guy/guys who designed the
outer limitscreatures, although i'm not sure if it was designed for that
series or not.  by the way, gene roddenberry got the idea of the pointy
ears for spock from an outer limits monster played by david mccallum.  and
no, this isn't some personel theory of mind, but something some of the crew
who worked on the outer limits had said, based on a story concerning roddenberr
y attending screening sessions of the show before it appeared on the air.
back in the early sixties, years before star trek.
ggreg
From: shkelnik@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Leslie Shkolnik)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:51:10 GMT
Subject: Re: Fave QL episode
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server