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From: Pat Gonzales <[e-mail]>
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Subject: X Files FAQ -- again
Date: 18 Sep 1995 13:39:41 GMT
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Although someone has already done this, I will do what I said I would do
last week and post the FAQ. It follows.

I apologize for those of you automatic downloaders, but I *did* say I was
going to do this today.

Pat Gonzales
Keeper of the X Files FAQ

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X FILE 11291093

File updated            9/1/95

Changes: Part 1 - Third season episode titles listed, awards added. Part
3 - some changes to WWW addresses. Part 4 -- Creation Con sites and
guests as known, Primedia con information, Orion Traders added to
merchandiser list.

Fox Network Programming
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Ten Thirteen Productions
"The X Files," hour-long television drama airing Fridays at 9 p.m.
Eastern/Pacific (U.S.), 8 p.m. Central/Mountain (U.S.), and in over 60
other countries around the world, including Canada (Global Television);
the United Kingdom (BBC2 and Sky One); New Zealand (Channel 2);
Australia; Singapore; Portugal; Spain (Tele 5); Germany; Korea; The
Netherlands; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Finland; South Africa; France;
Malaysia; and Italy. It is also shown on cable services in Latin America
through Fox TV out of Mexico. Japan, the first country to get X Files on
video, will now be getting the show broadcast, beginning in November.
------------

This report is eyes-only with a level 2 clearance. The information is
updated monthly and is posted on or around the first day of the month to
alt.tv.x-files.
    Information contained is compiled and copyrighted 1995 as to form and
wording by Special Agent In Charge Pat Gonzales, team leader for XF Case
11291093. Field agents may download and redistribute the report in its
entirety with the permission notice intact, or with certain portions
deleted with permission, but may not reproduce for payment. Any other use
of this information is prohibited without permission from the special
agent in charge. This by no means is meant to infringe on any copyrights
held by Chris Carter, Ten Thirteen Productions, or 20th Century Fox
Television.
    Deep background on agents Mulder and Scully was the determination of
the special agent in charge, and in no way is intended to be the
definitive interpretation of the events aired. Typographic errors are the
sole responsibility of the special agent in charge.
    Information gleaned from episodes will be indicated by the episode
title following in [brackets]. Information gleaned from media articles
will be indicated by the media venue indicated in [brackets]. Information
gleaned from novels will be indicated by the title listed in [brackets].

/Index/
     Background
     Production Notes
     Addresses
     Episode Titles / Air Dates
     Plot Devices
     Ratings/Awards
     X Files Episode Survey
     Deep Background - Fox Mulder
     Deep Background - Dana Scully
     FBI Superiors
     Recurring Characters
     Deep Background - Chris Carter
     Deep Background - David Duchovny
     Deep Background - Gillian Anderson
     Newsgroups
     Electronic Mailing Lists
     FTP Sites and Home Pages
     Online Service Special Interest Groups
     Other Electronic Info
     The Romance Aspect
     The Pregnancy
     Merchandise
     Fan Club/Fanzines
     Conventions
     Miscellaneous Information

/Background/
_The X Files_ is a television series dealing with two FBI agents, Fox
Mulder and Dana Scully, in the Bureau's Violent Crimes section. They work
with the "X files," cases that have unexplainable elements and often
involve the paranormal.

/Production Notes/
The series was created by Chris Carter.
    Executive producer for the show is Chris Carter. Co-executive
producers are R.W. Goodwin and Howard Gordon. and the co-producer is Paul
Rabwin. Charles Craig is supervising producer. Rob Bowman, Kim Manners,
and Joseph Patrick Finn are producers. Story editors are Frank Spotnitz,
Darin Morgan, and Jeff Vlaming.
    The show is filmed almost entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia.
    For third season, the show will be broadcast in Dolby Surround Sound.
    _The X Files_ is *not based on true events or real FBI X files.* The
episodes are fiction, the plots loosely based on news reports of
unexplained events around the world and other unexplained phenomena. The
pilot does open with a note saying that the events were based on an
actual real-life story, but was not meant to imply that there are real X
Files.

/Addresses/
If you wish to write in support of the show, the addresses are:

    Chris Carter , Executive Producer, "The X Files," c/o Fox
Broadcasting Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213

    Jonathan Littman, Director of Current Programming, Fox Broadcasting
Company, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213

    Fan mail to David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson can be sent to:
(actor's name), c/o X Files Production Office, North Shore Studios,
Building 10, 110-555 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3S5
CANADA

   The Fox Network has an Internet address to which you can e-mail your
comment on the series. Charles Kennedy, Vice President of Programming
Research, is the contact. The address is: [e-mail]. If you send
e-mail, indicate "X Files" in the subject line.
   You can also send comments to the X Files production company
separately, at [e-mail].
   Chris Carter does not have an official e-mail address. Members of the
X Files production team do scan the various online groups.

/Episode Titles - Air Dates/
A complete episode guide is kept by Cliff Chen,
[e-mail]. It is posted on the first of every month to
alt.tv.x-files and rec.arts.sf.tv. A copy of this episode guide is stored
at many of the FTP sites listed at the end of this document.

Individuals in North America with satellite dishes can get the feeds for
X Files on Thursday at noon ET on Telstar 1, transponder 9; or Friday at
1 p.m. ET on Telstar 1, transponder 7. The live broadcast feed for X
Files is sent on Telstar 1, transponder 13 (east feed) at 9 p.m. ET, and
Telstar1, transponder 14 (west feed) at midnight ET.

Rerun schedule for the rest of the rerun season is:

9/1   - Erlenmeyer Flask (first season)
9/8   - Little Green Men
9/15 - Anasazi

Season 1 History
================
Code    Episode -- Air Dates (original * repeats)
----         -------                  ---------
1X79  "The X-Files" (1.1) -- 9/10/93 * 1/17/94, 11/6/94
1X01  "Deep Throat" (1.2) -- 9/17/93 * 12/24/93, 6/24/94
1X02  "Squeeze" (1.3) -- 9/24/93 * 12/ 3/93, 6/10/94
1X03  "Conduit" (1.4) -- 10/ 1/93 * 12/14/93, 5/27/94
1X04  "Jersey Devil" (1.5) -- 10/ 8/93 * 12/31/93, 7/22/94
1X05  "Shadows" (1.6) -- 10/22/93 * 3/ 4/94, 5/26/95
1X06  "Ghost in the Machine" (1.7) -- 10/29/93 * 1/14/94
1X07  "Ice" (1.8) -- 11/ 5/93 * 1/17/94 (and 8/12/94 in some areas),
3/3/95
1X08  "Space" (1.9) -- 11/12/93 * 1/28/94, 8/22/94
1X09  "Fallen Angel" (1.10) -- 11/19/93 * 3/29/94, 11/13/94
1X10  "Eve" (1.11) -- 12/10/93 * 3/11/94, 8/26/94
1X11  "Fire" (1.12) --  12/17/93 * 3/25/94, 11/20/94
1X12  "Beyond the Sea" (1.13) -- 1/ 7/94 * 4/8/94
1X13  "GenderBender" (1.14) -- 1/21/94 * 5/20/94, 7/21/95
1X14  "Lazarus" (1.15) -- 2/ 4/94 * 6/3/94, 9/2/94
1X15  "Young at Heart" (1.16) -- 2/11/94 * 6/17/94
1X16  "E.B.E." (1.17) -- 2/18/94 * 7/8/94, 11/25/94
1X17  "Miracle Man" (1.18) -- 3/18/94 * 7/1/94
1X18  "Shapes" (1.19) -- 4/ 1/94 * 10/28/94, 8/4/95
1X19  "Darkness Falls" (1.20) -- 4/15/94 * 8/5/94, 12/2/94
1X20  "Tooms" (1.21) -- 4/22/94 * 7/15/94
1X21  "Born Again" (1.22) -- 4/29/94 * 8/22/94
1X22  "Roland" (1.23) -- 5/6/94 * 7/29/94
1X23  "The Erlenmeyer Flask" (1.24) -- 5/13/94 * 9/9/94, 9/1/95

Season 2 Episode Titles
==================
2X01  "Little Green Men" -- 9/16/94 * 12/23/94, 9/8/95
2X02  "The Host" -- 9/23/94 * 12/30/94
2X03  "Blood" -- 9/30/94 * 1/20/95
2X04  "Sleepless" -- 10/7/94 * 3/10/95
2X05  "Duane Barry" -- 10/14/94 * 6/2/95
2X06  "Ascension" -- 10/21/94 * 6/9/95
2X07  "3" -- 11/4/94 * 6/16/95
2X08  "One Breath" -- 11/11/94 * 6/23/95
2X09  "Firewalker" -- 11/18/94 * 3/24/95
2X10  "Red Museum" -- 12/9/94 * 4/21/95
2X11  "Excelsis Dei" -- 12/16/94 * 4/7/95
2X12  "Aubrey" -- 1/6/95 * 6/30/95
2X13  "Irresistible" -- 1/13/94 * 7/7/95
2X14  "Die Hand Die Verletzt" -- 1/27/95 * 7/14/95
2X15  "Fresh Bones" -- 2/3/95
2X16  "Colony" -- 2/10/95 * 8/15/95
2X17  "End Game" -- 2/17/95 * 8/15/95
2X18  "Fearful Symmetry" -- 2/24/95
2X19  "Dod Kalm" -- 3/17/95  (Norwegian o-slash thru)
2X20  "Humbug" -- 3/31/95
2X21  "The Calusari" -- 4/14/95 * 7/28/95 (Romanian s)
2X22  "F. Emasculata" -- 4/28/95 * 8/11/95
2X23  "Soft Light" -- 5/5/95 * 8/25/95
2X24  "Our Town" -- 5/12/95
2X25  "Anasazi" -- 5/19/95 * 9/15/95

Also, "The Secrets of _The X Files_ ," a recap of players and situations
from first and second seasons, aired on 5/19/95, the hour before
"Anasazi." It will also be repeated on Monday, Sept. 4.

Season 3
==================

Filming for third season has begun. The first episode will air Friday,
Sept. 22.

3X01  "The Blessing Way" -- 9/22/95
    W: Chris Carter  D: R.W. Goodwin
3X02  "Paper Clip" -- 9/29/95 (?)
    W: Chris Carter  D: Rob Bowman
3X03  "D.P.O." -- 10/6/95 (?)
    W: Howard Gordon  D: Kim Manners
3X04  "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" -- 10/13/95?
     W: Darin Morgan   D: Rob Bowman
3X05  "The List" -- 10/20/95?
     W: Chris Carter   D: Chris Carter

/Plot Devices/
For those who pay attention to inter-episode trends and seemingly
overused events, premises and plot devices on the show, Jerry Kuch
maintains "Jerry's List of X Files Plot Devices For Everybody Who Keeps
Whining about the Overuse or Underuse of One or Another of Them." It
shows (perhaps surprisingly to some) that the number of times that Scully
is rescued by Mulder is not overwhelmingly larger than the number of
episodes focusing on the ongoing government/UFO comspiracy thread roughly
matches the number dealing with other paranormal themes.
   The plot devices list is posted at the beginning of each month, along
with the other FAQs, and is updated and reposted as new episodes warrant.
Corrections and comments are welcome by Internet mail to
[e-mail].

/Ratings**Awards/
During its first season, _The X Files_ finished 102 out of 118 shows in
the Neilsen ratings with a 6.4 average . The show was recognized as one
of the best shows on the air by the Viewers for Quality Television. It
also garnered "Best Drama Series" honor at the Environmental Media
Awards. The show was nominated for two Emmys, Best Title Sequence (which
it won) and Best Music for a Title Sequence. The episode "Erlenmeyer
Flask" was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America
for Best Episode and Television Series.

During its second season, _The X Files_ finished 64th out of 141 shows in
the Neilsen ratings with a 14.5 average. The show was chosen as Best
Drama of 1994 by _Entertainment Weekly_ , and won a Golden Globe for best
television drama. _X Files_ cinematographer John Bartley was nominated
for an American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Award
for the episode "Duane Barry."
    Viewers for Quality Television have nominated _The X Files_ as best
drama, and Duchovny and Anderson have been nominated for best actor and
actress, respectively. These awards will be handed out on Sept. 23.
    The Television Critic's Association nominated the show for Best Drama.
    The show has garnered seven Emmy award nominations  -- outstanding
drama series (against Chicago Hope, ER, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue);
outstanding individual achievement in writing (drama) - Chris Carter,
"Duane Barry;" outstanding cinematography in a series - John Bartley,
"One Breath;" outstanding individual achievement in editing/single camera
production - James Coblenz, "Duane Barry," and Stephen Mark, "Sleepless;"
outstanding sound editing for a series -- the sound crew consisting of
supervising sound editor Thierry Couturier; dialogue editors Machiek
Malish, Chris Reeves, Marty Stein, and Jay Levine; sound effects editors
Stuart Calderon, Michael Kimball, David Van Slyke, Susan Welsh, Chris
Fradkin, and Matt West; music editor Jeff Charbonneau; and ADR editor
Debby Ruby Winsberg, for "Duane Barry;" and outstanding guest actress in
a drama - CCH Pounder/Agent Kazdin, "Duane Barry." The Emmy awards
ceremony will be held Sunday, Sept. 10, on Fox. Both Duchovny and
Anderson will be presenters.

/X-Files Episode Survey/
Gary Dontzig, a writer on _Murphy_Brown_, says, "I have a theory that out
of 25 episodes, if you do five that are spectacular, you're in the big
leagues." That's a batting average of .200.
    An online survey of favorite episodes for first season was conducted
by Charles McGrew, [e-mail]. He is currently
tabulating the second season results.

The results for the first season episodes are below. How did your
favorite episodes/writers rate?

Rating Scheme of 1 (Mediocre) to 4 (Spectacular):
Total number of ballots received: 116

Episode Title -- Ave. Vote -- #of Votes/ "4" Votes
----------------  ----    ---------  --------------------
----    ---------
Erlenmeyer Flask -- 3.74 -- 102/78
Tooms  -- 3.60 -- 93/62
Squeeze -- 3.56 -- 95/57
Beyond the Sea -- 3.52 -- 112/72
Ice -- 3.45 -- 108/60
E.B.E.  -- 3.44 -- 90/54
Deep Throat -- 3.43 -- 89/48
Eve -- 3.36 -- 107/57
The X-Files -- 3.36 -- 94/39
Fallen Angel -- 3.27 -- ??/??
Fire -- 3.02 -- 111/25
Darkness Falls -- 3.01 -- 100/30
Conduit -- 2.99 -- 91/23
Gender Bender -- 2.91 -- 106/25
Roland -- 2.86 -- 100/19
Lazarus -- 2.74 -- 99/9
Shadows  -- 2.74 -- 102/16
Young at Heart -- 2.64 -- 88/8
Miracle Man -- 2.58 -- 101/11
Born Again -- 2.53 -- 97/7
The Jersey Devil -- 94/8
Ghost in the Machine -- 1.99 -- 102/6
Space -- 1.72 -- 106/3

Total Show Average is 2.97

/Deep Background-Fox Mulder/
Agent Fox Mulder, an Oxford-trained psychologist with a photographic
memory, is one of the FBI Violent Crimes division's best agents, although
he is in disfavor with not only his superiors but also his colleagues
because of his interest in the Bureau's X files. He stumbled upon these
files, dealing with unexplained phenomena, during his first three years
with the Bureau, as a crack analyst in the Bureau's behavioral sciences
department. [Chris Carter, _Starlog #201_, April 1994]
    His fascination with the paranormal stems from a childhood incident
-- his sister Samantha disappeared from their home in Chilmark, Mass.
(pop. 650) when he was 12 and she was 8. Mulder claims she was abducted
by aliens; during regressions he recalled hearing his sister's cries for
help, and a bright light which kept him paralyzed and told him that his
sister would be all right. [Conduit] This memory differs from a dream
Mulder experienced one night [Little Green Men]. Mulder has come in
contact with an alien hybrid who claimed to be Samantha and an alien
bounty hunter who told him that his sister was alive. He has vowed to
continue his search for her [Colony/End Game].
    Mulder's early meteoric rise at the Bureau enabled him to make
high-placed friends in Congress -- one of them being SETI proponent and
influential senator Richard Matheson [Little Green Men].  These contacts
had kept him from retribution from higher-ups, although they assigned him
a partner, with the tacit idea of discrediting what he does so that he
can be dismissed. However, Mulder picked up a somewhat vacillating ally
in a mysterious covert individual known as Deep Throat. [Deep Throat,
Fallen Angel, Eve, Young at Heart, E.B.E., Erlenmeyer Flask].
    Deep Throat was killed by an equally mysterious covert opponent (Crew
Cut Man) during an attempt to rescue Mulder. Mulder confirmed his burial
at Arlington "through eight-power binoculars from a thousand yards away."
[Little Green Men]. But he has acquired a second "deep information"
associate, someone who is referred to as X. [Sleepless] This mysterious
man has been less helpful to Mulder than his dead colleague. Mulder has
also been told by an unknown individual that he has "a friend in the FBI"
[The Host]. This friend may or may not be be Assistant Director Skinner
[One Breath].
    At the end of Season 1, the X Files division was shut down and Mulder
was reassigned to wiretap surveillance [Little Green Men, The Host]. He
also reluctantly acquired a new partner, Special Agent Alex Krycek
[Sleepless, Duane Barry, Ascension], a younger agent who purported to be
a believer, not only in Mulder's ideas but in Mulder himself. Mulder's
days in this mind-numbing duty were numbered, however. Assistant Director
Skinner obliquely acknowledged that the X Files department served a
valuable purpose in dealing successfully with the Bureau's oddball cases
[The Host] and was bringing to light information that other covert
parties would prefer to keep buried [Ascension]. Following the
disappearance of Mulder's former partner Dana Scully, Skinner officially
reopened the X Files [Ascension].
   At the end of Season 2, Mulder came into possession of a Defense
Department classified, Navajo-coded electronic document that purported to
be the records of events surrounding a covert government operation from
50 years ago. Opponents tried to discredit him by adulterating his
drinking water with a substance making him progressively violent. His
father, who was somehow connected to the operation, was murdered, with
Mulder as the prime suspect. Going into hiding with Scully, Mulder ended
up in New Mexico investigating evidence that proved the validity of the
secret document. He was found out by Cigarette Smoking Man, and his fate
is, at this time, unknown. [Anasazi]
    Mulder is known around the Bureau by the nickname of "Spooky" [Pilot,
Young at Heart] both because of his uncanny ability to process
information and leap ahead to logical conclusions, and because of his
interest in paranormal phenomena. "He is considered a loose cannon, a
person who is maybe wasting time and money, and also his expertise, on an
area the Bureau thinks has very little value." [Carter, Starlog]  Due to
an incident on one of his first Bureau assignments (a fellow agent was
killed) [Young at Heart], he eschews following investigations "by the
book," opting instead for his own instincts and methods. He keeps notes
for his field reports in a handwritten journal [Born Again]. His favorite
alias is George Hale [Little Green Men; Sleepless}.
    We believe Mulder doesn't "have a life," as we have seen nothing of
his off-duty activities. However, some of this may stem from a
relationship he had at Oxford ten years ago with a woman who is now with
Scotland Yard (Phoebe Green [Fire]). He apparently was in love with her
but she not with him. With the dissolution of the X Files division,
however, Mulder may have been trying to revive his social life; an
answering machine message berated him for missing a lunch date [Little
Green Men].
    Mulder's birthdate is Oct. 11, 1960 [X Files Fan Club newsletter].
His parents appear to be separated. His father, Bill, worked in an
unknown capacity for the State Department, and was murdered by Krycek
before telling Mulder about secrets in his past.
    He has a fear of fire [Fire], which may have been conquered during
his rescue of the children of British MP Sir Malcolm Marsden (who also
happened to be Phoebe's latest fling). He is also a fan of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). [Space] He has a habit of
unshelling shelled sunflower seeds (a habit he shares with his father
[Aubrey]), and making droll comments which X-Philes have come to note as
"Mulderisms."
    Mulder enjoys wearing moderately wild ties to work, and seems to be a
New York Knicks fan [Beyond the Sea, Little Green Men] as well as a
Washington Redskins fan [Irresistible].  He appears to have a fondness
for classic rock [minor references, Beyond the Sea, Gender Bender] and
classic science fiction movies [Tooms, Erlenmeyer Flask], and iced tea
seems to be his nonalcoholic beverage of choice [Tooms]. He also keeps
himself physically fit by running [Pilot, Deep Throat, Humbug] and
swimming [Duane Barry].
    There are suggestions that Mulder has an interest in pornography --
in "Jersey Devil," we see Mulder looking at the centerfold of some "men's
magazine" talking about how the woman claims she was abducted by aliens;
in another episode Scully remarks that she hadn't seen Mulder that
excited since she caught him going through the Adult Video News; a third
episode mentions a subscription to Celebrity Skin, and he appears to be
viewing a porno video in a fourth [3]. As a psychologist, he favors using
hypnotic regression as a psychological healing tool, and hates the
unnecessary use of medication [Born Again].

/Deep Background - Dana Scully/
Dana Katherine Scully is a medical doctor with an undergraduate degree in
physics from the University of Maryland [Jersey Devil]. She was recruited
for the FBI right out of medical school, and had been teaching at the FBI
Academy in Quantico, Va. She was assigned by Section Chief Scott Blevins
to be Mulder's partner in order to keep an eye on him and determine
whether he is perhaps too obsessed with the X files.
    Scully is skeptical of anything paranormal, believing that everything
has a logical, scientifically-quantified explanation. Though in most of
the cases she and Mulder have been on she has not witnessed any overt
paranormal activities, she has had brushes with unexplainable phenomena
that may have her start questioning her beliefs [Beyond the Sea; Lazarus;
Born Again; Erlenmeyer Flask; Fresh Bones; Colony; End Game; The
Calusari]. However, she is determined to uncover the science behind the
phenomena [End Game].
    At the end of Season 1, the X Files division was shut down and Scully
was reassigned, returning to the FBI academy at Quantico, Va. to instruct
new agents on the basics of forensic medicine [Little Green Men].
However, Mulder called upon her expertise in violent crime cases to which
he had been assigned [The Host, Blood]. Scully was abducted by escaped
mental patient Duane Barry and disappeared [Ascension]. After a
three-month absence, she showed up at a Georgetown hospital in a coma
[One Breath]. She revived and recovered, and is back as Mulder's
partner.The missing memories during her disappearance may be surfacing,
however [Irresistible].
    At the end of Season 2, Scully went into hiding with Mulder, missing
a scheduled meeting with Skinner and putting her career in jeopardy.
[Anasazi]
    Scully, born Feb. 23, 1966, [Lazarus, One Breath] is a middle child;
she has one older and one younger brother [Born Again], and an older
sister, Melissa [One Breath]. Her father died early in 1994; they were
apparently close at one time (she called him Ahab; he called her
Starbuck), but her family disapproved of her joining the Bureau. [Beyond
the Sea] She had a yearlong relationship with an instructor at the
Academy, Jack Willis, with whom she shared the same birthdate. [Lazarus]
She is just as much a workaholic as Mulder, and is currently not seeing
anyone [Jersey Devil].
    Scully drinks her coffee with cream, no sugar [E.B.E.]. She was
raised as a Catholic [Miracle Man]. She wears a necklace bearing a small
cross, which was left behind in the car in which she was abducted
[Ascension] and was returned to her by Mulder [One Breath].

/FBI Superiors/
[Season 1] Section Chief Scott Blevins (Charles Cioffi) is with the
Violent Crimes Section of the Bureau. [Pilot] Blevins assigned Scully to
be Mulder's partner, and her field reports were sent to his office.
[early episodes]

[Season 1]Section Chief Joseph McGrath (Frederick Coffin) is with the
Office of Professional Responsibility [Fallen Angel] and seemed
determined to have Mulder fired and the X Files shut down.

[Seasons 1 and 2] Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is
Mulder's and Scully's superior. He warned both Scully and Mulder that
their unorthodox methods of investiation may have dire consequences
[Tooms], and followed through by shutting down the X Files division at an
order from "the highest levels of government." [Erlenmeyer Flask] He has
since had second throughts and reopened the X Files [Ascension]. He has
also overtly showed his support for Mulder [One Breath; End Game], but is
trying (in vain) to keep Mulder from going over the edge [F.Emasculata;
Soft Light; Anasazi].
    [e-mail] is keeping an FAQ on Assistant Director Skinner and his
real-life portrayer Pileggi.

/Recurring Characters/
[Season 1] "Deep Throat" (Jerry Hardin) is a mysterious individual
believed to be some sort of higher-up government official. Mulder
contacted him via a blue light shining from his apartment window; DT
called Mulder and signaled him with a series of clicks [E.B.E.]. The
method of choosing a meeting place was not determined. He appears to have
been exterminated in the episode "The Erlenmeyer Flask."
      Speculation on Deep Throat is contained in Internal Affairs X-File
Inquiry #875110-6249 [aka the Deep Throat FAQ, posted by Special Agent
Jeff Gostin].

[Season 1 and 2] "Cigarette Smoking Man" (William B. Davis) is another
mysterious individual who, like Deep Throat, appears to be a higher-up
government official with some power. Assistant Director Skinner seemed to
be deferring to his opinion early in our notice of him [Tooms] but
Skinner ordered him out of his office during a discussion with Mulder
after the agent had abandoned his assignment to investigate possible
alien contact in Puerto Rico [Little Green Men]. CSM apepars to be back
in power, however [F. Emasculata, Anasazi].
    CSM has also kept a silent watch on the proceedings in Blevins's and
Skinner's offices and buried vital evidence in a secret Pentagon storage
room [Pilot, Erlenmeyer Flask]. He also used Special Agent Alex Krycek to
keep an eye on Mulder and any of Mulder's investigations [Sleepless,
Duane Barry, Ascension]. Mulder pulled a gun on him and threatened him
with death in his studio apartment (at 900 W. Georgia St.) [One Breath].
He seems to be an acquaintance of Mulder's father Bill [Anasazi].

[Season 1 and 2] "Lone Gunmen" Byers (Bruce Harwood), Langly (Dean
Haglund), and Frohike (Tom Braidwood) are three of Mulder's sources who
work at "The Lone Gunman," a publication dealing with perceived
government conspiracies. Frohike has a crush on Scully [E.B.E., Little
Green Men, One Breath; Fearful Symmetry]. He seemed to have a role in
Mulder and Scully's assignment to a manhunt for escaped convicts [F.
Emasculata]. A fourth Lone Gunman, computer hacker The Thinker (Bernie
Coulson), has put Mulder and Scully in grave danger by obtaining a copy
of a classified government document [Anasazi].

[Season 1 and 2] Margaret Scully (Sheila Larken) is Dana Scully's mother
[Beyond the Sea, Ascension, One Breath]. She has had certain unexplained
perceptions about her daughter [Ascension], leading to indications that
Scully herself may be extranormally perceptive [Aubrey].

[Season 2] Special Agent Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea) moved into the role
of Mulder's partner with the unexplained murders of former Vietnam
veterans [Sleepless]. We discovered, however, that Krycek had a hidden
agenda, as a lackey for Cigarette Smoking Man: keep an eye on Mulder and
keep him from finding out information that would bring certain covert
activities to light [Sleepless, Ascension]. With the disappearance of
Dana Scully and the reopening of the X Files, Krycek himself disappeared
[Ascension]. He reappeared, briefly, to murder Mulder's father and
attempt to kill Mulder himself, but was able to make his escape. [Anasazi]

[Season 2] "X" (Steven Williams), an acquaintance of Deep Throat, is even
more mysterious than his predecessor. X's information is even more
reluctantly shared. Mulder is able to contact X by taping an X to his
front window and shining a light through it [One Breath; Colony; End
Game]. X seems to be involved with a different covert group than
Cigarette Smoking Man's; he kidnapped a scientist with vitally powerful
information concerning an illicit experiment. [Soft Light.]

/Deep Background-Chris Carter/
Chris Carter, 37, began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt
Disney Studios. Previously, Carter, who has a journalism degree from Cal
State - Long Beach, 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_]
    Carter's favorite X Files episodes so far are: Beyond the Sea,
Colony/End Game, Duane Barry, Sleepless, and Fresh Bones. (AOL X Files
conference March 94).

/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 as a background to screenwriting
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].
    A FAQ on Duchovny is posted on the first of the month by Kellie
Matthews-Simmons ([e-mail]) and Sarah Stegall
([e-mail]).
    There are various "hormone brigades" devoted to Duchovny. The David
Duchovny Estrogen Brigade (DDEB) mail list and its sister group the
DDEB-2 list are both full. You can still join the Duchovniks list by
sending the message "Subscribe duchovny-L <yourfirstname> <yourlastname>"
to [e-mail].
    The DDEB home page is located at
http://www.egr.uh.edu/~escco/DDEB.html.

*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

/Deep Background - Gillian Anderson/
Gillian (pronounced jill'-ee-an) 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 studied 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, 1968 and lives in Los
Angeles.  [Fox press packet for _X Files_] She is married to former _X
Files_ art director Clyde Klotz, and gave birth to a daughter, Piper, on
Sept. 25, 1994.
   She is not related in any way to Jo Anderson who appeared as Diana in
the television show _Beauty and the Beast_. Nor is she the woman
salesperson that appears in the Saturn commercials.
    A FAQ on Anderson has been put together by Alan Sawyer,
[e-mail]. You can read this FAQ on the following
home page: http://icarus.uic.edu/~echave1/ooky/ooky.html.
    There is also a GA mail list:  Send e-mail to
[e-mail] with the message "Subscribe
[e-mail] <firstname lastname>." If you
have problems subscribing, contact [e-mail].
    The Gillian Anderson Testosterone Brigade home page is at
http://www.phoenix.net/~kinase/GATB/gatb.html.

*Filmography*
Home Fires Burning            1992
"Class of '96" (8th ep.)        1993
"The X Files"                1993-present
"Exit to Eden" (audiotape)        1993

/Newsgroups/

alt.tv.x-files is the original newsgroup, discussing the show as aired on
U.S./North American television.

United Kingdom viewers of the show might want to check out
uk.media.tv.sf.x-files.

Australian Viewers have the newsgroup aus.tv.x-files.

These latter two carry discussion minus spoilers that would appear on the
North American newsgroup.

/Electronic Mailing Lists/
There is an Internet mailing list for _The X Files_, run by Chael Hall,
which discusses the episodes currently being aired in North America. To
sign up for the list, send a message to [e-mail] with
"subscribe X-FILES <your name>." For a moderated version of the list,
substitute X-FILES MOD for X FILES above. For more information, send
e-mail to the above address stating INFO X-FILES in the message.

A moderated group posting only reliable information about the show has
been established by Michael Kleinhenz, [e-mail]. Only
"official" submissions will be accepted such as reliable information
about new episodes, books, comics. etc. Articles must be mailed to the
moderator for approval before they will be mailed. To subscribe send mail
to [e-mail] with "subscribe x-files-info" in the body
of the message, not the subject line.

The Smart Young X-Philes (SYX) Weekly Newsleter (for X-Philes 21 years
old or younger) is no longer accepting members.

A UK mail list, discussing season one, is also available. E-mail to
[e-mail] with "INFO X-FILES-UK" in the body of your
message. This list is available only as a weekly digest. A second UK mail
list has also been established. Send a note to [e-mail] with
the notice "Subscribe XFiles <Firstname Lastname>" in the body of the
message.

An Australian mail list, discussing _X Files_ episodes currently airing
in Australia, has been established. Send e-mail to
[e-mail] with the following in the body of the
message: "Subscribe aus-xf <your_email_address>. To send mail to the
list, send your message to [e-mail].

There is also a Gerrman X Files mailing list for German-speaking X
Philes. Send mail to [e-mail] with "Subscribe xf-de" in
the body.

/FTP Sites and Home Pages/
*FTP Sites*

The FTP site at ftp.cs.nmt.edu is the most complete, with the FAQs,
episode guide, music, images, and fan fiction ; directory path is /xfiles.

An FTP site is at ftp.rutgers.edu (/pub/x-files), storing only the
graphic and sound files.

The FTP site aql.gatech.edu is temporarily inactive. It also carries X
Files material: sounds, .gifs, and creative stories; directory path is
/pub/xfiles.

The site ftp.shore.net , run by Pete T. Manolakos ([e-mail]),
carries text files only; directory path is /members/ptman/x-files.

Eric Shapow's ftp site at trustno1.pc.cc.cmu.edu is up and running once
again. This site has been upgraded over the summer and should be more
easily accessible.

A .creative archive has been set up at eeftp.eng.ohio-state.edu.

*Home Pages*
The Official X Files Home Page, run by Delphi, the official X Files site
:-), is at http://www.delphi.com/XFiles/.

Charles Mcgrew ([e-mail]) has established an http
server which contains an X Files mosaic page. This page includes the
theme music, miscellaneous sound bites, this FAQ, Episode Guide, DT FAQ,
pictures of the cast, and links to other FTP areas, among other things.
The path is: http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html.

Samuel Ziegler ([e-mail]) keeps the Mulderisms and Scullyisms
list. There documents are available by accessing his homepage:
http://server.cs.jhu.edu/~ziegler/xfiles.html. If you cannot access his
homepage please e-mail him for information about his list.

Stephen Banks's ([e-mail]) home page contains features
available to Netscape 1.1 users, but can be accessed by other
applications without losing the flavor of the page. He will have a clip
of the current week's X Files show in Quicktime format, plus the previous
week's clip and a clip of the next week's episode. There is also a page
where visitors can tell of their own X Files like experiences, The Web
Files. It can be reached at
http://www.neosoft.com/sbanks/xfiles/xfiles.html.

Dan Benkamin ([e-mail]) has an interactive X Files WWW page,
http://www.magicnet.net/~dpb/x/. Included there are an interactive
episode ratings system, where you can leave your comments; a viewer
survey; and a contest for a spot on the X-Phile of the Week Page.

Vancouver Magazine's WWW page, http://www.vanmag.com/Village or
http://www.Direct.Ca:80/Village also has a map of Vancouver showing the
various sites where _X Files_ has been filmed and what episodes filmed
there.

The Duchovniks have thier own home page, at
http://www.webcom.com/~walterh.

Below is a list of known X Files WWW pages, posted to alt.tv.x-files by
Eric Cheung from htto://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~simc/xfiles.links.html:

**Australia**
http://rschp2.anu.edu.au:8080/XFiles.html
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~simc/xfiles.html

**USA**
http://www.rutgers.edu/x-files.html
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~roland/x-files/x-files.html
http://server.cs.jhu.edu/~ziegler/xfiles.html
http://www.uml.edu/~ccashman/x-files/x-files.html
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sbwright/xfiles.html
http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~clsS95/x-philes.html
http://www.cs.nmt.edu/xfiles/
http://www.teleport.com/~crawford/x-files/HomePage.html
http://www.mindspring.com/~torgo/xfiles.html
http://www.best.com/~rherbst/x-files.html
http://www.infinet.com/~rkidder/x-files/top.html
http://www.magicnet.net/~dpb/x/
http://www.clark.net/pub/boscomel/xfiles.html
http://www.interpath.net/~cybervox/x.html
http://www.timeinc.com/ew/941202/scifi/251scifiXbar.html
http://www.interport.net/~darcom/index.html
http://www.neosoft.com/sbanks/xfiles/xfiles.html
http://www.amaroq.com/x-files
http://192.203.249.66/~leejb/scully.html
http://www.bchs.uh.edh/~ecantu/xf.html
http://duggy.extern.ucsd.edu/~linny
http://www.netaxs.com/~hager/x-files.html
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~kris
http://sloop.ee.fit.edi/users/lpinto/index.html
http://www.electropub.com/~rzman/pc2.html
http://eewww.eng.ohio-state.edu/~judovalk/x-files

**Canada**
http://gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca/~vichan/www/x-files.html
http://cfn.cs.dal.ca/~ae387/X-Files.html
http://www.vanmag.com/9408/XMarks.html

**Singapore**
http://www.iscs.nus.sg/~chengmin/xf/xf.html
http://www.iscs.nus.sg/~cheeweit/GAPG/gallery.html

**Italy**
http://www.cs.unibo.it/~cobianch/index.html

**Norway**
http://bundy.hibo.no/~Larsen/x-files/x-files.html
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~haralb/x-files.html

**Netherlands**
http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~danny/x-files.html

**Germany**
http://dxhra1.desy.de/~cborys/tv/xf.html
http://www.unix-ag.unk-kl.de/~kleinhen/xfiles/x-files

**Ireland**
http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~stdcu/x-files/x-files.html
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/hyplan/s/sj/tv/xfiles.html

**United Kingdom**
http://www-server.bcc.ac.uk/~zcap50/xfiles.html
http://www.zynet.co.uk/simon/x-files/
http://gg022.kingston.ac.uk/avalon.htm


/Online Services XF Special Interest Groups/

*America Online*
The America Online X Files Club consists of two forums on AOL.  The
Keyword:
XFILES takes you directly to them.
    The first is the AOL X Files Club Forum where you can participate on
the discussion boards and discuss the show with other members as well as
producers and writers of the show.  There are three weekly chats based on
the show with more to be added soon. There is also a file archive with
pictures based on the show and lots of show information including logs of
all the chats and conferences.
    The area also has many online resources including the Episode Guide,
FAQ, and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson FAQs. AOl also has a Visual
Episode Guide with descriptions, production crew, cast, and a custom
member-created graphic based on the episode.
    The second forum is the X Files Simming Forum where two weekly
role-playing simulations take place based on the X Files.  This area has
discussion boards, file archives, and lots of show information.
    The AOL X Files Club is hosted by Jerry Jones, [e-mail],
and Debbie Brown, [e-mail].

*Delphi*
The Delphi X Files Special Interest Group is the official X-Files online
site. This enables member to communicate with the writers and producers
of the show as well as others associated with it; access an official
online episode guide, a database full of legal high-quality images,
sounds and video clips unavailable elsewhere, and a shopping area full of
X Files merchandise; and have the oppporunity to give direct feedback to
Fox Broadcasting Comapny about merchandise and files in the database.
Delphi members can access this area by typing GO ENT X.
    The Conference area holds weekly conferences (on Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, and Saturday) as well as an unmoderated Friday conference after
the airing of the latest episode. The Database holds files supplied by
Fox as well as members, including graphics, video clips and documents,
not only on X Files but also on the paranormal. The Forum, the heart of
the SIG, is a public message base where members can post and retrieve
messages to and from other SIG members as well as the X Files production
office and Fox.
    Delphi also provides Internet and Usenet access, and a shopping area
where exclusive X Files merchandise can be purchased via an electronic
order form and credit card.
    The X Files SIG is managed by Christopher Fusco, [e-mail],
and Mark Schey, [e-mail].

*Compuserve*
Compuserve has an active X Files forum and two weekly discussion groups.
The forum is in the SF/Fantasy Media+ section and can be reached by using
the "Go" command and entering SFMEDIA+. It has a scroll rate of about 200
messages a day (more when new or important episodes air).
     The US Philes conference is held Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern
in the SFMEDIA+ conference room called "The Phile Cabinet (7)." The UK
Philes also hold a conference at 9 p.m. UK time on Tuesdays in the same
location.

*Prodigy*
X Files information is available only on the TV Bulletin Board; no
special area or bulletin board is available.

*Other Online Services*
At this time we do not have information on special interest groups on
other online services.


/Other Electronic Info/

An X Files discussion is held at 10 p.m. Eastern time (right after the
aired episode ends in the U.S. Eastern/Central time zones) on the IRC
(Internet Relay Chat) channels #xf (no bots) and #x-files
(bot-controlled).

An X Files Bullletin Board System (BBS) is offered in the San Francisco
Bay Area. This BBS carries gifs, jpegs, bmps, and a.t.x-f.creative text
files. Phone number is 916/549-3185. The sysop is Jon Mankowski
([e-mail]). The BBS carries gifs, wavs, and a.t.x-f
creative stories.

A British BBS called the Demons Domain BBS has many X Files JPGs, GIFs,
WAVs and documents. It is a 24 hour BBS taking all speed up to 28.8k, and
the sysop is Chris Jackson ([e-mail]). It can be phoned
at (01642) 72 47 58; FidoNet address 2:256/604

The Spring has an X Files forum in its TV Conference area. To access,
telnet to spring.com, and log in as "new" (don't add quotes). You will be
asked a few questions, but there is no charge for access.

There is an X Files MUSH at 134.174.51.13 port 7777.

/The Romance Aspect/
There will be *no romance* between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
    Everyone readily admits that there is some attraction, a "sexual
tension," between the characters. However, neither series creator Chris
Carter, nor actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, nor many
X-Philes, want a full-blown romance to develop.
    Carter "firmly believes that a series can be 'ruined' if the
characters cross the boundaries of sexual tension." [Starlog #201, April
1994] He has also confirmed that Scully and Mulder will not have a
romance in almost every online conference and interview that he has had.
In the AOL conference in March, when asked when the two characters would
get together, Carter replied, "When Hell freezes over." Carter continues
to reiterate his opinion publicly at the various Creation X Files
conventions.
    Anderson [Starlog Platinum #2] says, "I don't want that to happen,
David doesn't want that to happen, [Chris Carter] I don't think wants
that to happen. The show's not about intimacy between us; it would be a
huge mistake to make it about that. Both of our characters are
single-minded about our work and respectful enough not to complicate it
in any way. We [eventually] warm up to each other, and there are times
when there's more sexual tension than others, but it's not going to be a
romantic relationship."
    Duchovny's viewpoint [Starlog #202, May 1994]: "Having a friendship
and a professional working relationship with a woman is much more
interesting....It's very easy to just jump into bed. That doesn't take
much imagination."
    So: don't even think about it!

/The Pregnancy/
Although actress Gillian Anderson was pregnant, her condition was not
reflected in the show's scripts. Contrary to published rumors, the
character of Dana Scully will *not* be pregnant -- by aliens, Elvis :-),
or otherwise. Anderson appeared in the first six episodes of the season
and was written purposely out of the seventh. She returned in the eighth
episode, "One Breath." The production company filmed "creatively" to
disguise the pregnancy.
    Anderson gave birth to a daughter, Piper, on Sept. 25, 1994.

/Merchandise/
*Wearing Apparel etc.*
A variety of licensed merchandise is available: hats (at least 3
versions), mugs (2 kinds), t-shirts (innumerable), posters (2 at
present), and a wool and leather embroidered jacket.

Suncoast Pictures, a video chain that carries related media merchandise,
is carrying some of the above items; look for the store in a city near
you. :-) In addition, these items have been found at another media chain,
Musicland/Sam Goody stores.

Starland not only is carrying a variety of officially-licensed T-shirts,
hats, posters, mugs, and magazines, but is showcasing their merchandise
in a zine called "The X Factor!"  This zine has information about the
show as well as color photos of the merchandise. To get on their mailing
list, e-mail your snail mail address to [e-mail], with <X!> in
the subject heading. You can call with questions to 303 / 671-8735, order
merchandise by calling 1-800-733-8735 (faxing to 303-671-0302) or sending
your order snail mail to Starland, P.O. Box 24590, Denver, CO 80224-2590.
Order hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. Starland frequently
posts merchandise information (like order numbers) to alt.tv.x-files, and
if you are on AOL, they can of course be e-mailed at their address for
this info.

Orion Traders carries a wide variety of X-Files merchandise, including
over twenty different t-shirt designs (both embroidered and printed),
polo shirts, sweatshirts, lettermen's jackets, hats, posters,
photographs, and mugs. They also carry the X-Files novels and comic
books, as well as current magazines.They accept VISA, MasterCard, or
Discover, as well as check or money order. They operate the AOL online
X-Files store (keyword: XFiles), where there is an online catalog,
complete with photographs of merchandise carried and instructions for
ordering. Though they do not produce a catalog, they do have a
merchandise list that can be mailed out to people. They do, however,
encourage AOL people to use the AOL online catalog, as it is part of
their commitment to
reduce paper usage and waste. This online catalog can be updated nearly
instantaneously with the new X-Files merchandise as received. They can be
reached via phone or fax at 916/966-7447, or snailmail at 10139 Fair Oaks
Boulevard, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Their net address is: [e-mail]

Mail order company 800-TREKKER has T-shirts, caps, mugs, and the X Files
novel, and other UFO-related merchandise. They can be reached at
1-800-TREKKER (fax 1-800-FAX TREK).

Time Warner's Viewer's Edge, is offering an X File shirt and cap
(different from Suncoast offerings). They can be reached at P.O. Box
3925, Milford, CT 06460; phone [phone] (24 hours a day) or (fax)
1-203-876-8234.

Mere Mortals is a company that has put together a group of _X Files_
related merchandise, such as hats, mugs, shirts, comics, and limited run
posters. For their catalog, send one dollar to Brent Lilley: Mere
Mortals, 350 S. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA 92666.

Delphi is also selling a different group of official X Files merchandise
through their X Files Special Interest Group, run by Creation
Entertainment.

In the U.K., Escape Comic Books (7, Cheapside; Reading; Berkshire; RG1
7AG; UK) has apparently agreed to run a mail order system for X Files
merchandise. (They're next door to the Odeon Cinema, says UK X-Phile
Steve Robson).Their phone number is (0) 1734  575131.

Other U.K. merchandise sources are the (famous) Forbidden Planet, New
Oxford Street, London; and The Vintage Magazine Company, 39/43 Brewer
Street, London, NW1. Both stores apparently have mail order sections.

Posters are also available from Rick's Movie Graphics, P.O. Box 23709,
Gainesville, FL 32602-3709; phone [phone]. This is *not* the "I Want
To Believe" poster from Mulder's office; that was a special one made for
the show and is not available.

Lori Singer has _X Files_ scripts and photos for sale. Some of the photos
have never been published anywhere! For more information, e-mail her at
[e-mail].

Scripts and photographs are also available through Hollywood Script
Library, 8033 Sunset Blvd. Suite 982, Dept. N, Los Angeles, CA 90046.
They can also be reached at [e-mail].

*Books/comics*
Original novels are being published by HarperPrism.
    The first two X Files books were written by noted horror/fantasy
writer Charles L. Grant. The first X Files book was _The X Files:
Goblins_, ISBN 0-06-105414-3. The second book is entitled _Whirlwind_,
ISBN 0-06-105415-1.
     An announced third book from Grant, _Hunter_, was dropped from the
list and will not be published.
     Kevin J. Anderson, most known for his Star Wars: Jedi Academy books,
will be taking over as writer of the X Files novels. His first novel is
reportedly titled "Ground Zero" and information is that the book will
come out in hardcover in mid-November. (Anderson is currently finishing
up a first draft.) The ISBN number for this book is 0-06-05223X; price is
estimated at $20.

A series of paperbacks based on the episodes aimed at a younger (10 and
older) audience is out in the children's sections of your local
bookstore. Titles are #1 - "X Files: X Marks The Spot," ISBN 006440613x;
#2 - "X Files: Darkness Falls," ISBN 0064406148. Cost is $3.95. The
author is Les Martin.

HarperCollins is also publishing a nonfiction book, _The X Files
Companion_, dealing with the various aspects of the show. The ISBN is
0-06-105330-9; cost is $12. This is due out in mid-November.

Topps Comics publishes an _X Files_ comic book. The writer is Stefan
Petrucha; artist is Charles Adlard; covers by Miran Kim. The first three
issues are sold out, and a compilation of these has been released. Comics
4-6 will also appear in a future compilation release. [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.] The
seventh issue has hit the stands, as well as the annual.
    Mark Martinez, [e-mail], posts an X Files comics
update monthly.
    Topps will also be doing X Files trading cards, to come out soon.
They have also reportedly secured rights to produce an Official X Files
magazine, to come out in November.

*Videos*
The show has been released on video in Japan (Japanese subtitles; first 8
episodes, two tapes per episode, in aired order, have been confirmed as
being released).

X Files videos were released in Great Britain (two episodes per tape, two
tapes per month). Cost is 10.99 pounds. These tapes are PAL tapes and are
not compatible with American VCRs.

Videos will soon be released in Australia.

Fox is planning on releasing the first season on tape to the U.S. market
in the future.

*Music*
An X Files CD with Mark Snow's music from the show is being mastered and
will be available sometime this year? :-) from Fox Music. Snow has
written the mosuc for 63 movies or miniseries, 7 movies, and 13
television shows (themes and/or episode music), including _Starsky and
Hutch_ ('70s television series),  _In the Line of Fire_ (movie), _Born
to be Wild_  (movie), _Children of the Dust_ (TV miniseries), and _Oldest
Living Confederate Widow Tells All_ (TV miniseries), among others.

An X Files "contributed" CD, with music from various groups and singers,
is reportedly being produced by Don Was.

Rumors are that the XF CD will now combine both above CD ideas

*Miscellaneous*
It has been confirmed that Fox is planning for a big-screen X Files movie
to come out tentatively in 1997, and an _X Files_ spinoff is also under
consideration. Chris Carter admits that he has been approached to do a
spinoff, but denies that one is actively in the works, saying that he
wants to concentrate on his current show for the time being. He has
admitted to participating in planning sessions for a movie.

An X Files phone card is scheduled to be offered. These phone cards,
which have become popular collectibles, are not yet available.

Genesis and SNES game cartridges are being planned for a November release.

Landmark has published an X Files calendar (ISBN 0-78-191190-7). Look for
it in your favorite calendar shop this month.

/Fan Club**Fanzines/
*Fan Club*

Creation Entertainment is sponsoring The Official X Files Fan Club. For
information contact them at 818 / 409-0960, or send a SASE to them at 411
N. Central Ave., #300, Glendale, CA 91203.

The fan-run X-Files Fan Club was formed with the sanction of 20th Century
Fox and Ten Thirteen Productions in March 1994. A year's subscription is
$20 ($30 Canadian). The fan club, a nonprofit organization, produces a
newsletter/magazine containing news, interviews, pictures, episode
guides, bibliographic information, more information on topics brought up
in the show, and other items. Although net-fandom will be well
represented (one section of the newsletter will be called "The Buzz from
the Net"), the newsletter is targeted at general fandom.
    Submissions are welcome! Electronic newsletter submissions may be
sent to [e-mail]. A postscript version of the fan club
membership application may be ftp'd from ftp.rutgers.edu; the file is
pub/x-files/membership/flier.ps.
    For more information, send a SASE to:
    X Files Fan Club, P.O. Box 3138, Nashau, NH 03061-3138  or
    X Files Fan Club, c/o S. Bartle, 4404 Perry St., Vancouver, BC Canada
V5N 3X5

There are two X Files fan clubs in Australia.
    One can be reached by writing to: The X Files Fan Club of Australia,
P.O. Box 402, Niddrie Vic. 3042.
    The other can be reached by writing to 11:21 -- the X-Files Fan Club
of Australia, c/o Andrew Parkinson. Flat 2/10, Roseglen Street, Green
Slopes, QLD 4120, Australia.

*Fanzines*
Deb Walsh ([e-mail] or deb [e-mail]; 2 Spring Hill
Terrace, Somerville, MA 02143) publishes a fanzine called _The Manifest_
which deals with various  paranormal-oriented television shows, including
_The X Files_. Issue #3 is currently available. E-mail or send a SASE for
more information.

_Incident UXP_ is an _X Files_ fanzine being published by Debbie Roberts
of  Hangar X Publishing, 2419 N. Tejon St., Colorado Springs, CO 80907.
Issue #2 is now available. A limited supplu of Issue #1 is still
available. Send a SASE for more information.

OtherWhen Press is planning a crossover fanzine (characters meet
characters from other media universes) called Crossfiles, which will
include crossovers with the _X Files_ universe. Planned publication date
is May 95. For information (send a SASE) or to reserve a copy ($5 and a
SASE) write to OtherWhen Press, c/o Beth Bowles, 722 Brownstone Rd.,
Larimer, PA 15647

Mary Wardell is planning an _X Files_ fanzine called "Travels with
Mulder." For more details and/or submission guidelines send an SASE to
Prime Time Press, c/o Mary F. Wardell, 2104 SE 28th Place, Portland, OR
97214

Betsy Vera is planning an _X Files_ fanzine called "X-treme
Possibilities." For more information or submissions guidelines, send a
SASE to: Bentley Press, c/o Betsy Vera, P.O. Box 4356, Ann Arbor, MI
48104, or e-mail her at [e-mail].

"Impossible Dreams" is a Quantum Leap fanzine, but there is an X Files
story in it. For more information, send a SASE to Lucy Green, MacWombat
Press, 2500 Jackson-Keller #601, San Antonio, TX 78230.

"Of Dreams and Schemes" #9 has a long X Files/Highlander crossover. They
are also looking for stories for future issues. For more information,
send a SASE to Catherine Schlein, 6755 Union St., Arvada, CO 80004.

"Remote Control," a multi-fandom genzine, is looking for X Files
submissions for issue 5, due out in May 1995. For more information, send
a SASE to Kathy Agel, 9-11 Ayres Court, Bayonne, NJ, 07002-3510, or send
e-mail to [e-mail].

"Layup," an adult fiction zine based on the characters portrayed by David
Duchovny, is looking for submissions. Deadline is April 1, 1995. For more
information, send a SASE to Debbie Roberts, Hangar X Publishing, P.O. Box
9653, Colorado Spring, CO 80932.

"Deus X Machina" is a planned X Files fanzine from Tara O'Shea. For
information, send a SASE to Deus X Machina, c/o Tara O'Shea, 611 Lead
Ave. SW, Apt. 911, Albuqueraue, NM 87102, or e-mail to
[e-mail].
,
"Property of the FBI" is an X Files fanzine carrying fiction from
alt.tv.x-files.creative. For more information, send a SASE to Lucy Green,
MacWombat Press, 2500 Jackson-Keller, Apt. 601, San Antonio, TX 78230.
Issue #1 is available.

"The Skeptic and the Believer," an X Files fanzine, is looking for
submissions. Issue 1 will debut at Eclecticon 95 in October of 1995. For
more information, send a SASE to Kathryn Agel, 9-11 Ayres Court, Bayonne,
NJ 07002-3510, or e-mail [e-mail] or [e-mail].

"Imagine That" is looking for X FIles contributions. For submission
guidelines or zine information, send a SASE to Brenda M. Cunningham, Box
123, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, CANADA S0H 0B0 (all zeros -- not letters).

"First Light" is a multimedia zine that reviews the latest episodes of
science fiction oriented shows such as X Files every month, and
occasionally prints X Files word games and other  tidbits. For
infomration send a SASE to First Light, 8782-E Allison Dr., Westminster,
CO 80005-1680.

"X-Talk" is an X Files letterzine whose first issue premiered in
September 1994. Issue #1 is $3 and a 4-issue subscription will run $10,
checks payable to Marg Baskin. Letters may be typed or on disks
(WordPerfect 6.0/5.1/5.0, WordStar 6.0/4.0/3.3, or ASCII, 3.5 in. or 5.25
high or low density); label disks as they will be returned with your
issue. Address letters, inquiries (include a SASE), or suggestions to
Anime House Press, c/o Marg Baskin and Heather Bruton, 28 Woolwich St.
S., Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA N2K 1R9. (They are accessible via e-mail
at [e-mail])

"Wrapped in Plastic" (a Twin Peaks fanzine) devoted a full issue to the X
Files in August.  The 40-page issue contained a complete episode guide
with commentary and analysis, map of the U.S. showing where each episode
took place, and an interview with Gillian Anderson.
    The first printing sold out, and a second printing was done. WIP #12
is available from: Win-Mill Productions, 1912 E. Timberview Lane,
Arlington, TX 76014. Cost is $6 ($5 plus $1 postage).

/Conventions/
Creation Con has a license to run the Official X Files convention. The
following dates, places, and guests have been tentatively set up so far:
    Edmonton, Alberta -- 9/3 (Convention Center)
    Reno, Nev. -- 9/23 (Flamingo Hilton) [Guests: Mitch Pileggi and Doug
Hutchinson]
    San Jose, Calif. -- 10/7 (Civic Auditorium) [Guests: MItch Pileggi,
William B. Davis, Howard Gordon, psychic Sylvia Browne]
    Toronto, Ontario -- 10/8 (International Plaza) [Guest: Doug
Hutchinson]
    Plano, Texas -- 10/15 (Plano Center) [Guest: Tom Braidwood]
    Orlando, Fla. -- 10/28 (Orange County Convention Center) [Guest:
Nicholas Lea]
    Tucson, Ariz. -- 10/29 (Convention Center) {Guest: William B. Davis]
    Boise, Idaho -- 11/5 (Boise Center) [Guest: William B. Davis]
    Rochester, NY -- 11/5 (Riverside Convention Center) [Guest: Frank
Spotnitz]
    Jacksonville, Fla. -- 11/11 (Prime Osborne Center) [Guest: Doug
Hutchinson]
    Indianapolis, Ind. -- 11/19 (Convention Center) [Guest: Doug
Hutchinson]
    Austin, Texas -- 11/19 (Stouffers Austin) [Guest: Frank Spotnitz]
    New York City area -- 11/24 (Meadowlands NJ Convention Center)
[Guests: Chris Carter, Nicholas Lea, Dean Haglund]
    Minneapolis, Minn. -- 12/3 (Convention Center) [Guest: William B.
Davis]
    Vancouver, B.C. -- 12/3 (Hyatt Regency Hotel) [Guests: Kevin J.
Anderson; others to follow]
For more specific information, contact Creation Entertainment at 818 /
409-0960, or send a SASE to them at 411 N. Central Ave., #300, Glendale,
CA 91203.

Another fans-only (no guests) convention, 'Phile Cabinet '95, is being
held Sept. 28-30 at the Headquarters Plaza Hotel in Morristown, NJ. This
con will have a video room, a consuite, access to a jacuzzi, a
round-robin X Files fan story, at least one zine dealer, and the second
annual XFT3K showing. Membership is $40; hotel is $70/ night for single
or double occupancy. For programming information contact Kathy Agel
([e-mail] or [e-mail]), 9-11 Ayres Court, Bayonne,
NJ 07002-3510. For membership info contact Doris Egan
([e-mail]), 167 Christopher Columbus Drive #3R, Jersey City,
NJ 07032. For all other information contact Laura Anne Gilman
([e-mail]), 3 Bayowski Road, West Orange, NJ 07052.

Chris Carter is one of the guests of honor at a fan convention at the
Ramada Hotel 400/401 in Toronto Oct. 27-29. Primedia is the title of this
fan-run media convention. Costs are $25 Canadian until Sept. 30, and $35
Canadian at the door. For more information send a SASE (international
reply coupon required if in the U.S., not a SASE -- ask your post office
how to do it) to Primedia, c/o 114-22 Tinder Cres., Toronto, Ontario M4A
1L6, CANADA. Or you can call [phone]. Long distance calls will be
returned collect.

/Miscellaneous information/

As a result of an informal poll conducted Spring 94, 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.

There is a list of Mulderisms and Scullyisms being kept by Samuel Ziegler
([e-mail]) and is available through his X Files homepage (listed
with FTP Sites and Home Pages) If you cannot access the Web, or wish to
submit entries to the lists, please e-mail him.

Kymberlee Ricke keeps a "Netpickers Guide to the X Files." For
information about the Netpickers' list, e-mail her at
[e-mail].

Weapons:  Scully carries a Sig-Sauer P230.  Mulder currently uses a Sig
Sauer P229.

Numbers: The number 11:21 that continues to appear on digital clocks in
the show is a salute by Chris Carter to his wife, whose birthday is
November 21. Ten Thirteen Productions was named after Carter's own
birthday, October 13.

So far Mulder has fired his gun seven times: to scare away wolves
[Conduit], to kill John Barnett [Young at Heart] and a beheader about to
do in Scully [Our Town], at the shapeshifter creature [Shapes], at a
morphing terminator alien [End Game], at lights casting a potentially
lethal shadow [Soft Light], and at a possible alien being [Little Green
Men, though no shot actually left the gun]. Scully has fired her gun five
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], once at the murdering twin [Humbug] that
she saw in a mirror, and once to wound Mulder when it appeared that he
would kill Krycek for the murder of his father [Anasazi].

Mulder has been shot twice: critically, in the upper femur in Beyond the
Sea, not so seriously in the left shoulder by Scully to keep him from
killing Krycek [Anasazi]; Scully has been shot once, in the chest (though
she was wearing her protective vest at the time), in Young at Heart.

Mulder and Scully have been quarantined three times after potential
contact with an infectious organism -- at the end of the episodes Ice,
Darkness Falls, and Firewalker.

Mulder has lost time in the Pilot (9 minutes), Deep Throat
(undetermined), E.B.E. (undetermined), and Little Green Men
(undetermined). Scully has lost time in the Pilot (9 minutes), E.B.E.
(undetermined), and Ascension/One Breath (approximately 3 months).

For the morbid: X Files' death toll to date: 157 [through second season;
these are deaths of characters identified on-screen only]

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 [Sleepless]. Her apartment number is #35. Her X File number
(given to the file began after her abduction [Duane Barry]) is 73317.

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]
Mulder lives in an apartment (#42) in Alexandria [Novel: Goblins]. His
badge number is JTT047101111.

The "saying" at the end of the opening credits, The Truth Is Out There,
has changed three times:
    Trust No One -- in Erlemneyer Flask, episode 1X23.
    Deny Everything -- in Ascension, episode 2X06
    EI 'AANIIGOO 'AHOOT'E (The Truth Is Out There in Navajo) -- in
Anasazi, episode 2X25.

Miscellaneous songs heard on X Files:
     "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, from their 1994
album _Let Love In_, on Duane Barry's car radio in "Ascension.
     "Frenzy" by Screamin Jay Hawkins, on a radio playing in "Humbug."

Ten Thirteen's production crew has had cameos (names and bodies) in
various episodes. First Assistant Director Tom Braidwood appeared as
_Lone Gunman_ photographer Frohike in "E.B.E.",  "Blood," "One Breath,"
"Fearful Symmetry," and "Anasazi," 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."
Executive Producer R.W. Goodwin appeared as a gardener in "Anasazi," and
Chris Carter appeared in the same episode as an FBI agent (the third one)
grilling Scully.

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.

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Special Agent In Charge:  Special Agent Pat Gonzales,
[e-mail] (Internet) or [e-mail] (America
Online)

Assisting Special Agents: Tonya Yount, Cliff Chen, Kris Jones, James
Drentner, Cory Scott,  Laura F. Jenkins, Jerry Jones, Charmaine Lazaro,
John Anthony Ruchak, Jeff Gostin, Charles Mcgrew, Andrew Waite, Paula J.
Vitaris, Michael A. Chary, Manuel A. Quesada, Anne Jensen, Henry Lee,
Scott Steyns, Paul Rabwin, Ngaire Genge, Steve Robson, Christopher Fusco,
Ian Jones; Daniel Meijer, Felix Lopez
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