Colin Mallory
| Colin Mallory | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" |
| Last appearance | "Revelations" |
| Created by |
Tracy Tormé Robert K. Weiss |
| Portrayed by | Charlie O'Connell |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Farm Boy |
| Occupation | Inventor |
| Family | Quinn Mallory (brother) |
Colin Mallory is a fictional character on the American science fiction television series Sliders, played by Charlie O'Connell.
He was introduced in the sixth episode of the fourth season, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". Quinn Mallory had only learned Colin was his brother five episodes earlier in "Genesis". When the sliders found Colin, he was flying a hangglider that he invented, and had gotten stuck in a tree. The local residents were angry at Colin for doing this because they were afraid his inventions might have negative consequences. One of the residents wanted to shoot Colin to get it over with, until the sheriff told the angry residents to go home. When the sheriff said, "One of these days you're going to go a bit too far, Colin Mallory!" the sliders knew that this was Quinn's brother.
The universe Colin was raised on had far less technology than Earth Prime. Colin invented the first machine on this earth that generates electricity. This was one of his many inventions. The local residents believed that Colin was "doing the devil's work" with his inventions. Colin believed that electricity is both safe and useful and wished he could convince the local residents the same thing. Colin was in love with someone named Suzanne on his earth. However, her mother disapproved Colin, because of her fear of Colin's inventions. Suzanne was engaged to another person. Colin's adoptive parents (duplicates on the world Colin was raised of Colin's actual parents) died when Colin was very young; since this earth had little technology, there was not the medical technology necessary to cure Colin's parents of their illness.
Since the sliders had a small amount of time on this world, they had to hurry to find the microdot that would inform Colin of his origins. They found it just in time, and Colin was informed that he was originally from Kromagg Prime and that he was placed on an alternate earth when he was young so that he could be safe. Quinn and Colin's birthparents presumably did look for Colin when the war with the Kromaggs was over, but Colin's adoptive parents were dead, so his birthparents were unable to find him.
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