Channel 5 picks up Helix
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Premieres in the States on SyFy on January 10. UK premiere on C5 follows in week commencing January 18. Exact date TBC.
Some more info on the show from the press release:
Source: C5 Press.
Some more info on the show from the press release:
Helix
Pilot
(1/13)
Coming to Channel 5 is a brand new sci-fi thriller series about a group of medical research scientists who try to contain a virus that could spell the end for mankind.
A team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control travel to Arctic Biosystems, a high-tech research facility in the Arctic Circle, to investigate a possible disease outbreak. As Biosystems’ dangerous experiments come to light, they find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that could hold the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation. The lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, however, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to emerge…
The series has been developed under the guidance of Ronald D Moore, a renowned screenwriter and television producer known for his work on ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’.
In this opening episode, Dr Alan Farragut (Billy Campbell, ‘The Killing’, ‘The O.C.’) of the Centers for Disease Control and his team, which includes his ex-wife Dr Julia Walker (Kyra Zagorsky) and Dr Sarah Jordan (Jordan Hayes), arrive at the top secret Arctic Biosystemsbase.
Top pathologist Dr Alan Farragut is first and foremost a man of science, having dedicated his life to understanding and controlling infectious diseases. Closed off emotionally as a result of his wife’s infidelity, Farragut now faces emotions old and new as the virus threat begins to affect those around him, namely someone close…
His brilliant ex-wife Dr Julia Walker is a smart, independent cellular biologist whose momentary lapse in romantic judgement cost her dearly. Farragut’s new prodigy, virologist Dr Sarah Jordan, is professionally ambitious yet naive, and cannot help but feel threatened by Walker’s experience.
The ensemble is completed by the base’s charming yet mysterious mastermind Dr Hiroshi Hatake (Hiroyuki Sanada), military engineer Major Sergio Ballaseros (Mark Ghanimé), Hatake’s loyal retainer Daniel Aerov (Meegwun Fairbrother), pragmatic veterinary pathologist Dr Doreen Boyle (Catherine Lemieux) and Alan’s charismatic brother Dr Peter Farragut (Neil Napier).
Source: C5 Press.
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Ron Moore was involved. Good enough for me to give this a watch.
Sneak peek trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojbf0NmK0Eo
Probably worth watching the first ep. - after that, we'll see.
Anyway, looking forward to it.
It'll be cancelled before that
Lol, oh yes, you did indeed. My bad, Dancc
From the looks of the extended trailer below... it looks as if the show is about these zombie-esque creatures that are mutated by the virus. I was hoping to watch something a bit more cerebral with sci-i elements, rather than another zombie-style series. But hey ho, I will reserve judgement until the show airs.
http://sciencefiction.com/2013/11/27/view-new-extended-trailer-syfys-creepy-new-series-helix/
I'll give it a try
http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2014/01/channel-5-sets-uk-premiere-date-for-helix/
SyFy is stepping outside its comfort zone with the new original series HELIX, premiering this week. It is not a case-of-the-week procedural, nor is it campy, two hallmarks of most SyFy dramas. Instead, this is a serious thriller about CDC agents traveling to a base in the Artic where a mutation could either save the human race or doom it. Heavy, huh?
http://www.seat42f.com/helix-review.html
Syfy's hottest new show in 2014 is the mysterious Arctic thriller Helix. And now we've seen the first episode, and we can honestly say this series could very well be the next Lost (before it went downhill). Here's our spoiler-free review of the pilot.
http://io9.com/first-impressions-helix-is-syfys-best-new-show-in-yea-1480372505
Just because a show is commissioned by the Syfy channel in the US doesn't mean the UK Syfy doesn't have to bid for it. If one of the bigger UK channels wants an American Syfy show, UK Syfy doesn't have much of a chance of beating the bigger, wealthier channel's bid.
Well now I've seen the first episode I can honestly say "I want some of the drugs that reviewer was smoking"
The only comparison to Lost I'd make is it will annoy a lot of people.
It's the kind of show where you stick with it just because you're rooting for the virus
I swear every character in this show is "too stupid to live".
Its like the writers spent all their time reading the Idiot Ball tvtropes page instead of writing.