|1-X Files - Part II By Pat Gonzales |1-Deep Background-Chris Carter Chris Carter, 37, began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt Disney Studios. Previously, Carter had been working as a freelance journalist, writing and traveling extensively abroad. At Disney, Carter wrote and produced several television movies in addition to the television pilot Cameo by Night for NBC and The Nanny, a sitcom for The Disney Channel. He took a short leave of absence from Disney to co-produce the second season of the comedy series Rags to Riches, starring Joe Bologna, and returned in 1989 to create and executive produce "Brand New Life," a recurring comedy series which ran as part of a rotating schedule on Disney's Sunday night lineup. [Fox press packet for X Files] |1-Deep Background - David Duchovny David Duchovny, 34, is probably best known for his memorable role as the transvestite detective Dennis/Denise in the television series "Twin Peaks." A native New Yorker, Duchovny graduated from Princeton University and then earned a graduate degree in English literature at Yale University, preparing for a career as a teacher. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987, in the midst of his doctoral studies, he left Yale to pursue acting full time. Duchovny (pronounced Doo-kuv'-nee), 6'1" tall, was born August 7, 1960. His parents, Amran (a publicist for the American Jewish Committee) and Margaret (an elementary school teacher) divorced when he was 11. He has one brother, Daniel, and a sister, Laurie. He has a girlfriend, actresss Perrey Reeves, and resides in Malibu, Calif. [Fox press packet for X Files and People magazine, April 18, 1994 issue] *Filmography* New Years Day 1988 Working Girl 1988 Bad Influence 1988, 1989 Twin Peaks 1990 The Rapture 1991 Julia Has Two Lovers 1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991 Denial 1991 Venice/Venice 1992 Ruby 1992 Red Shoe Diaries 1992-present Chaplin 1992 Beethoven 1992 Baby Snatcher 1992 Kalifornia 1993 The X Files 1993-present |1-Deep Background - Gillian Anderson Gillian Anderson first gained recognition as an actresss for her off-Broadway performance in Alan Ayckbourne's "Absent Friends" at the Manhattan Theater Club, for which she won a Theatre World Award. Her love of theater began in high school where she participated in community theater. In college, Anderson studies with the National Theater of Great Britain at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and then at the Goodman Theater School at Chicago's DePaul University, where she obtained her BFA degree. Anderson, 5' 2" tall, was born August 9, and lives in Los Angeles. [Fox press packet for X Files] She is married, and gave birth to a daughter, Piper, on Sept. 24, 1994 She is not related in any way to Jo Anderson who appeared as Diana in the television show Beauty and the Beast. *Filmography* Home Fires Burning 1992 "The X Files" 1993-present "Exit to Eden" (audiotape) 1993 |1-Merchandise X Files shirts, mugs, and caps have made an appearance at various locations. Suncoast Videos are carrying the above items; look for the store in a city near you. :-) Starland is carrying three officially-licensedT-shirts and two officially-licensed hats. They can be reached at 1-800-733-8735 for an illustrated flyer. Delphi is also selling a different group of official X Files merchandise through their X Files Special Interest Group. A sweatshirt, t-shirt, mug, keychain, and letterjacket are available only through the SIG on Delphi. Original novels are also in the works, to be written by award-winning horror writer Charles L. Grant and published by HarperPrism. Grant is one of the most respected writers and editors in the fields of horror and fantasy, a winner of two Nebula awards for science fiction writing, and three World Fantasy Awards, and the British Fantasy Society's Life Achievement award. Grant is perhaps best known for his editing of the Shadows and Greystone Bay series of anthologies. [Tor book biography] The first X Files book is expected in December. Topps Comics has announced that they have acquired the rights to do an X Files comic book, and are currently in production. The first issue is expected sometime in the new year. [Topps Copics is an arm of the baseball-card company, and currently produce comic books based on other TV and movie characters as well as the usual superheroes.] Also, there are rumours that Fox is tentatively considering a big-screen X Files movie, and an X Files spinoff. |1-Mailing List There is an Internet mailing list for The X Files, run by Reid Fishler. To sign up for the list, send mail to x-files-request@chaos.bsu.edu, subject: SUBSCRIBE. For the digest version (mail is sent after 15 "pieces"), send mail to x-files-digest-request@chaos.bsu.edu. To send mail to the list, mail to x-files@chaos.msu.edu. To reach list administrator Fishler, send to x-files-request@chaos.bsu.edu, subject: MANUAL. |1-Miscellaneous information As a result of an informal poll conducted Spring 95, net.fans of the The X Files have chosen (with a 73% approval rating) to be called X-Philes. The name seems to have caught on in the media, with its use in many articles on the show and its online contacts. Weapons: Scully carries a Sig-Sauer P230. Mulder currently uses a Sig Sauer P220. So far Mulder has fired his gun four times (to scare away wolves [Conduit] to kill John Barnett [Young at Heart], at the shapeshifter creature [Shapes] and at a possible alien being [Little Green Men] though no shot actually left the gun), and Scully, three times (three shots to stop the air duct fan [Ghost in the Machine], once to wound Lucas Henry [Beyond the Sea], three shots, to kill [so we thought] Warren Dupre [Lazarus]) Both Mulder and Scully have been shot once (Mulder, critically, in the upper femur in Beyond the Sea; Scully, in the chest though wearing her protective vest, in Young at Heart). For the morbid: X Files' death toll to date: 74 [through Blood/second season] Scully's FBI ID number is 2317-616, her home phone number is (202) 555-6431. [Ghost in the Machine.], and her cellular phone number is 555-3564. Scully and Mulder met for the first time on March 6, 1992 X.T. (X Files Time) [Pilot]. Mulder has a computer at home, and his password is TRUSTNO1. He was a fan of the television show "The Magician" as a child. [Little Green Men] Ten Thirteen's production crew has had cameos (names and bodies) in various episodes: First Assistant Director Tom Braidwood appeared as Lone Gunman photographer Frolicke in "E.B.E." and "Blood," and his name was used as the person taking over Howard Graves's parking spot in "Shadows" and as Mulder's alias to get into the secured government compound in Washington State in "E.B.E." Ken Kirzinger, stunt coordinator, appeared as Richter in "Ice." Hair Stylist Malcolm Marsden's name was used for the British PM in "Fire." Vladimir Stefoff, First Assistant Director, had his name (as Val Stefoff) used as Scully's alias to get into the compound in "E.B.E." Story ideas: The X Files, like almost all network TV shows, does not accept unsolicited scripts or story ideas. If you have them, you will need to get yourself an agent to submit them to the show. Story ideas or scripts sent to the show unagented will be returned or tossed in the trash. Ideas, scripts, and stories can be posted for other fans' enjoyment to the newsgroup alt.tv.x-files.creative. End