On Slice of SciFi Show #087 - Veteran Actor Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher has been acting for 40 years with his first major gig happening in 1967 at the age of 12 in the scifi series “Time Tunnel” where he was the main guest star portraying the young magician Merlin.

Since that first major TV appearance he has starred in 75 major motion pictures and television shows ranging from his signature role in the sleeper hit film “Breaking Away” to “The Silencers” and TV shows like “Moonlighting,” “Friends,” “Profiler” and the multi-award winning HBO series’ “Six Feet Under” and “Deadwood.”

Dennis, no stranger to scifi, has appeared on eight scifi/fantasy and horror shows including “Monsters,” Star Trek’s “Deep Space Nine” and “Enterprise,” “Roswell” and “Alien Predator.” His newest dive into the genre will be in the role of Dr. Martin Ruber on the anticipated SCI FI Channel miniseries “The Lost Room,” which begins on Monday, December 11th.

Here is what we have in store for you on the rest of the show:

In the News -
Bryan Cranston, best known as Malcom’s dad in “Malcom in the Middle” puts on his dramatic face as Lucifer in the new ABC Family Network supernatural show “Fallen.”

If you thought, like most, that the 20th Century introduced the computer-age, think again. We have news that will make you rethink the computer’s invention.

Uncle Sam drops by for an editorial about China’s role in the future of DVD formats and worldwide entertainment.

Movie Talk -
We take a look at Mel Gibson’s latest film “Apocalypto” Can it survive Mel?

TV Talk -
We spend the whole segment talking about upcoming episodes of both Stargate series, casting losses and additions, BSG’s move to Sunday and the new SCI FI Channel program for SCI FI Friday’s “Painkiller Jane.”

In the Future -
In our crystal ball we see dead people. That’s right, famed director Guillermo del Toro will be bringing DC Comic’s “Deadman” to the big screen. In other future news “Alias’” Bradley Cooper will be starring in the Clive Barker supernatural story about murder and mayhem on New York’s subway system in “Midnight Train.”

Dennis Christopher, all the above stories, a special contribution from Trampas Whiteman of The Signal and so much, much more on Slice of SciFi Show #087, ready for download on Wednesday, December 13, 2006.