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- @4 X-FILES - BACKGROUND AND CHARACTERS
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- @5 by zYLAX / PTK
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- @1Anybody, whether they are a sci-fi fan or just a casual TV viewer, can't have
- failed to notice the success of the X-Files. Ever since BBC2 screened the
- first series it has been a huge hit with British viewers with over six million
- watching each episode. The second series is currently being shown every
- Tuesday night on SKY ONE (Bastards!!!!) and BBC 2 plans to broadcast it in
- September (Yes! Not long now!).
-
- This article is intended to be a guide for anyone who hasn't seen or heard of
- the X-Files (can't be many) and additional information to existing X-File
- watchers (or X-Philes as I think they are called).
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- @3BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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- @4The title of the programme (X-Files) refers to a series of FBI files involving
- cases that could not be solved using conventional scientific theorys (you know,
- aliens and supernatural stuff). The plots are based mainly around the
- character of Fox 'Spooky' Mulder who despite being an excellant agent is
- ridiculed by the higher levels of the FBI because of his interest in the
- unknown and involvement with the X-Files, which are deemed to be the least
- important of all the FBI's activities. Agent Dana Scully was then assigned to
- watch over Mulder and produce reports to exposed the X-Files as a waste of FBI
- resources and therefore gain enough information to cease further investigations
- into X-File cases. Needless to say, this failed to happen and the cases
- continue...
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- @3MAIN CHARACTERS
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- @4Agent Fox 'Spooky' Mulder [Played by David Duchovny]
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- @5Mulder has always been a firm believer in the unexplained and is not afraid of
- others knowing this (which is the basis of his nickname: Spooky). His
- facination with the unknown began at an early age with the disappearance of his
- sister, who he firmly believes was abducted by aliens. He is an extremely good
- agent with his determination to solve a case combined with his photographic
- memory.
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- @4Agent Dana Scully [Played by Gillian Anderson]
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- @5The main reason for Scully's involvement in the X-Files was to keep watch over
- Mulder. Because of this, she began by being very skeptical of any X-Files they
- were assigned to, always looking for a rational explaination. Although, later
- in the series she began to accept the unknown for what it was.
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- @4'Deep Throat' [Played by Jerry Hardin]
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- @5Little is known about this character, except he seems to hold a high position
- in the US Government and has access to top secret information. He has only
- appeared in a few episodes, and his main purpose within the series is to leak
- the information he has to Mulder (although he often tries to warn him off some
- cases).