Dune: Technology: Lasgun
While not shown much in the Sci Fi mini-series, lasguns are worth mentioning here. Lasguns are the futuristic weapons you knew were missing from the Dune series.
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Dune: Technology: Hunter-Seeker
The hunter-seeker is a deadly tool of assassins. The tiny floating tadpole-like machine is remotely controlled by an operator not far away from the lethal device.
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Dune: People: Vladimir Harkonnen
A brilliant, totally evil man, he was once a great warrior and shockingly attractive. All the changed after he raped the Reverend Mother Mohium.
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Dune: Cultures: House Harkonnen
House Harkonnen, Treacherous, Powerful, and one of the more feared of the Great Houses.
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Dune: Cultures: Bene Gesserit
The origins of the Bene Gesserit are shrouded in mystery. Again believed to originate during the Butlerian Jihad, the Bene Gesserit are an all-female sisterhood devoted to a secret Breeding Program.
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Dune: People: Count Fenring
Fenring was the former ruler of Arrakis, for the Empire, at the time when it was Harkonnen quasi-fief.
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Dune: People: Scytale
Scytale is a Bene Tlielax Facedancer, and is one of the most intriguing characters in the Dune Saga, he also represents a contradiction that may lead to the answers in the final book.
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Dune: Technology: Spice
Melange (me’lange also ma,lanj) n-s, origin uncertain (thought to derive from the ancient Terran Franzh): a. mixture of spice; b. spice of Arrakis (Dune) with geriatric properties first noted by Yanshuph Ashkoko, royal chemist in reign of Shakkad the Wise.
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Dune: Children of Dune: Pt.2 “The Children”
Saint Alia of the Knife, sister to the God Paul “Maud-Dib” Atreides is acting regent until Paul’s children Leto and Ghanima are of age to rule…
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Farscape: Character Bios: Pa’u Zotoh Zhaan
Zotoh Zhaan is a Pa’u (priest) of Delvia. She’s a 812 cycle (years I think) old plant with a very high intelligence
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Farscape: Character Bios: John Crichton
John Crichton is the son of an ol’ spacedog NASA astronaut (once walked in space). He has a PhD in Theoretical Sciences and a refreshing lack of machismo.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S07E04: Help
Cassie? Oh great, she’s a prophet called Cassandra! And that’s when I’ve believed that Joss Whedon really doesn’t watch any TV, because this joke has already been done on Smallville.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S07E03: Same Time, Same Place
This episode gets some points taken off for having too much demon poetry and making me inappropriately hungry.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S07E02: Beneath You
Well, this episode certainly was funny, well acted and depressing as hell. I added 70 points extra for a shirtless Spike.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: S07E01: Lessons
The show opens… in Istanbul! Dark-haired girl runs for her life from two guys in dark robes.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Aeryn Sun
This is one of those rare people that is aggressive without being macho, pretty sexy without being helpless, she’s scary without being frightening and a bloody pain in the bum most of the time.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Ka D’Argo
KA D’ARGO is played superbly by Anthony Simcoe. If you were to meet D’Argo in a pub he’d be being chased by a large group of zoo-keepers. – He would escape.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Rygel
He is 26 inches tall but a very large character indeed. What he lacks in physical size, he makes up for in gall and cunning. He is lazy (he doesn’t walk very much, but prefers to sit on a hovering transport) and all the things we would expect a spoiled, petulant little brat would grow up to be.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Chiana
Chiana is the latest addition to the crew of Moya. She is sexy, streetwise and an impetuous young thief.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Pilot
Pilot is the rather unimaginative name for the pilot of the Leviathan space transport, Moya. There is an individual Pilot in each Leviathan. He comes from a planet where the dream of every member of his species is to travel the stars, steering a great Leviathan spaceship.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Moya
Moya is a Leviathan, a race of living space ships. They certainly don’t look organic, but Moya is curvaceous and sleek and behind the hull are numerous veins and hull tissues.
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Farscape: Character Bios: Bialar Crais
If you were to meet Captain Crais in a pub he would be the Head Doorman. It would only be a small pub, but there would be at least five doormen and all of them would be trained to kill.
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Farscape: Cultures: Sebaceans
Sebaceans have a physical appearance practically identical to humans (presumably you shouldn’t need a guide to them), yet are in almost every other way totally different. A large part of the Sebacean people form the Peacekeepers – the crew of Moya’s most dangerous enemy.