Doctor Who Club of Australia

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

Wikipedia info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_%28TV_series%29

According to Andrew Mercado of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph it will be shown on Channel 9 shortly after its US broadcast next month.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

TV Tonight reports that Fringe will start on 9 on Wednesday September 17 8:30pm.

Saw a promo of it this week. Didn't reveal anything at all.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

TV Tonight reports that 9 will show 3 x 2 minute sneak peeks of Fringe ahead of its debut on Wednesday September 17 at the following times:
Sunday 14th Sept
8:28pm following 60 Minutes

Monday 15th Sept
7:00pm before Two and a Half Men

Tuesday 16th Sept
8:28pm following Wipeout

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/09/nine-sneaks-a-peek-at-fringe.html

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

The first episode of Fringe includes a method of accessing the memory of a badly damaged person.

A similar method for a similar situation was used in Gallifrey Chapter Six: Spirit from Big Finish.

This Fringe character is similar to Torchwood's Suzie Costello as they are both team members who have gone bad.

Both are played by actors who are credited as regulars in the first episode of their respective series even though both characters are killed off by the end of it.

Fringe also has a device to talk to the dead within a period of time which is not unlike that of the Resurrection Glove in Torchwood.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

Pilot:
Quite a scary beginning.
Overall it was very good although there were some parts that felt very slow.
Very surprising revelation about Agent Scott.

Mister Andersen · Joined: 13 Aug 2008 Posts: 55

I quite liked it. I especially liked the father - what else has the actor playing him been in?

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

The father is played by John Noble. Among his other roles include guest stints in Stargate SG-1, 24 & The Unit.

His movie roles include Denethor in the Lord of the Rings movies.

nzfiona · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

Why did they cut the airplane scene for the "encore" showing on Sunday night? Too scary?

Fiona

Greg · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

It's more than a little bit X-Files, which is no bad thing as it has been a while since we've had this type of show (mostly we have people outside the law investigating strange things...), so we'll see how this develops.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

The second episode of Fringe, The Same Old Story briefly featured a hand in a jar. Of course a hand (belonging to the Doctor) in a jar was also in Torchwood.

montypython · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

Okay ... the similarities between Fringe and Torchwood are getting quite freaky now!

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

Variety has reported that Fringe has been given a full season order.

Greg · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

See three episodes. While some distance from ground-breaking, it is certainly entertaining enough. However, I'm thoroughly bored with the whole 'this is quite mysterious and only one company could have produced an essential component - Massive Dynamic!' Not required in every episode, guys!

I'm also mildly haunted by actors who have made an impression in other series I watch - Lance Reddick (who plays Phillip Broyles, the head the Homelnd Security agency) I know from his appearances in Oz and The Wire, and Kirk Acedevo (who plays Charlie Fdancis of the FBI) I also know from Oz.

And just to link back to Doctor Who... Lance Reddick co-starred with Aiden Gillan in The Wire, and Gillan previous appeared in Queer as Folk, the breakaway hit UK program that established Russell T Davies' as a force to be reckoned with in English television...

nzfiona · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

Why did they cut the airplane scene for the "encore" showing of Ep 1 on the Sunday night? Too scary?

Fiona

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

No idea.

The Ghost Network:
Season 1, Episode 3.
A good but not a great episode.
Horrifying for anyone to have metal in their body.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

In this week's episode of Fringe, The Arrival, Peter and the Observer were talking at the same time and the Observer said something that Peter would have said. As people who have seen it have noted it is similar to what happened in Midnight.

Earlier I said that Fringe had a character (Scott) who was like Suzie Costello. Well Scott came back to life in The Arrival just like Suzie did in They Keep Killing Suzie.

Greg · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:45 am Post subject:

montypython · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject:

... Do you hear that? That's the sound of Russell T Davies suing JJ Abrams...

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

Power Hungry:
Season 1, Episode 5.
Very good episode in what the title refers to.
It is probably just me but Anna Torv looks more beautiful in this episode than in the previous ones.

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 4566

Fringe will not be on its regular slot next Wednesday as Nine has pulled from its schedule:
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/gone-fringe.html
"UPDATE: A spokesperson for Nine said Fringe’s fastracking was complicated by the US election but could not confirm a new timeslot for the series yet."