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'Farscape' to return as miniseries
By Dave Mason, dmason@VenturaCountyStar.com
November 22, 2003

"Farscape," a sci-fi series loved by fans and TV critics, is going back into production as a four-hour miniseries after a long campaign to bring it back. The fan-run savefarscape.com has reported -- and those close to the production confirmed last week -- that the series, which focuses on the sole human in the far reaches of the galaxy, will come back. Filming reportedly is scheduled to start in December in Sydney, Australia, where "Farscape" was filmed in the past. Most of the cast is returning, but there's no word yet on which network will air it.

[color=blue=]The series finale in March closed with the onscreen words "to be continued" as aliens apparently turned lead characters John Crichton (Ben Browder), the human astronaut, and his alien lover, Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black), into dust. [/color]Browder and Black will be back in the miniseries, and fans learned at a "Farscape" convention Nov. 15 in Burbank that executive producer David Kemper was in Australia working on an unspecified project. The fans cheered, knowing the project could only be "Farscape."

The "Farscape" cast, including stars Browder and Black, expressed enthusiasm but kept their lips sealed -- through broad smiles -- at the convention about details of "Farscape's" return. A teleconference with reporters, scheduled for Nov. 13, was postponed at the last minute.

Since "Farscape" was canceled, fans, organized in "Scaper" clubs, started a campaign over the Internet at savefarscape.com and through TV commercials that they paid for to save the show. Executive producer Richard Manning last year said he was impressed by the sophistication of the fans' campaign. The efforts have been similar to the fans' campaigns for the Agoura Hills-based "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and the original "Star Trek" series.

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