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Virtuality (TV series)

Virtuality
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The cast of Virtuality
Genre Science fiction
Drama
Created by Ronald D. Moore
Michael Taylor
Written by Michael Taylor (teleplay/story)
Ronald D. Moore (story)
Directed by Peter Berg
Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Kerry Bishé
Joy Bryant
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Ritchie Coster
James D'Arcy
Clea DuVall
Kari Wahlgren
Gene Farber
Sienna Guillory
Erik Jensen
Nelson Lee
Omar Metwally
Jimmi Simpson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Ronald D. Moore
Gail Berman
Lloyd Braun
Peter Berg
Sarah Aubrey
Michael Taylor
Location(s) Vancouver, British Columbia
Running time 88 minutes
Production company(s) Universal Media Studios
Release
Original network Fox
Original release June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)

Virtuality is a television pilot co-written by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor and directed by Peter Berg that aired on the Fox network. Although a full series was never commissioned, the two-hour pilot episode aired on Fox as a television movie on June 26, 2009. The pilot featured the crew of Phaeton, a spaceship designed to search for a hospitable planet in a nearby star system after an ecological catastrophe in near-future Earth. While approaching the point of no return, crew experiences problems with their virtual reality entertainment system, which quickly escalate and threaten their mission.

The story is set aboard the Phaeton, Earth's first starship, on a ten-year journey to explore the nearby Epsilon Eridani star system. In order to help the 12-person crew endure the long mission, a system of virtual reality modules are installed aboard the ship. These modules, which are worn like glasses and suppress real-world body movement, allow the crew to assume various identities and enjoy a variety of adventures. The crew's experiences aboard the ship are broadcast back to Earth as Fox's reality television program Edge of Never: Life on the Phaeton.

The pilot picks up approximately six months after the launch of Phaeton. The crew now faces a "go or no-go" situation, in that they are fast approaching their last chance to change course back towards Earth. However, their home planet is quickly becoming uninhabitable, with dry land becoming increasingly rare. Scientists estimate that the planet will become completely inhospitable within the next hundred years. The Phaeton's priority mission has been changed to that of searching out and discovering a new planet for humans to inhabit.

Unfortunately, as the crew fast approaches their point of no return beyond the planet Neptune, several problems arise. Dr. Adin Meyer (Metwally), the crew's only physician, becomes aware that he is in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. Via use of the Phaeton's virtual reality programs, Commander Frank Pike (Coster-Waldau) has begun a secret sexual relationship with botanist Rika Goddard (Guillory), whose husband, psychologist Dr. Roger Fallon (D'Arcy), is also a part of the crew, the mission psychologist and producer of Edge of Never.


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