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84-468: This is the complete list of the characters of seaQuest DSV , renamed seaQuest 2032 during its third and final season. The series went through significant cast changes after every season it was on the air. Captain Nathan Hale Bridger ( Roy Scheider ; main seasons 1 & 2, recurring season 3) is the commanding officer of both UEO submarines named seaQuest DSV and the designer of

168-417: A deinosuchus (gigantic prehistoric crocodile ) thawed out and was threatening the local ecosystem and the life of the local people. With the help of his family they stopped the creature and settled their differences. Ford's father decided to take a year off from work and give Jonathan's younger brother Ben the run of the company. His mother is deceased. The character of Ford was originally supposed to have

252-474: A 2-CD expansion, with music from "To Be or Not to Be" on disc 1. Disc 2 contained music from the season one episodes “Brothers And Sisters” (tracks 1-7), “Knight Of Shadows” (8-11), “The Regulator” (12-14), “The Good Death” (15-23), “Such Great Patience” (24-31) and “The Devil's Window” (track 32). CD 1 : "To Be or Not to Be" CD 2 : Season One Highlights John D%27Aquino Born in Brooklyn , D'Aquino

336-770: A Television Series" for his portrayal of Lucas Wolenczak and the series was nominated for a 1994 ASC Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots" as well as the Saturn Award for "Best Genre Television Series" in 1995. A seaQuest DSV feature film was in pre-production stages, however, it never materialized. Despite being scripted in at least one episode, Captain Bridger never refers to Dagwood by name. The closest he ever got

420-416: A command at sea, but, he never was able to fulfill that dream. Krieg was involved in a few minor transgressions during his tour of duty, such as attempting to extort an Arctic research outpost by selling them thermal underwear at an inflated price, as well as sneaking two pounds of outlawed ground beef aboard the boat with the intention of making a real cheeseburger. Lieutenant JG Tim O'Neill ( Ted Raimi )

504-475: A far different background, originally having him been a poor kid from Chicago who joined the navy to get away from his gang life after witnessing the death of his older brother. Since this was never established in the first year (except for the novelization of the pilot episode and non canon sources such as the others novels and an issue of the comic) it was disregarded for the rest of the series. Lieutenant Commander Katherine Hitchcock ( Stacy Haiduk ; season 1)

588-522: A guest appearance in the third season. Stacy Haiduk (Hitchcock) informed producers that she did not wish to relocate to Orlando for the second season, having just returned to Los Angeles after spending four years in Florida during the production of The Adventures of Superboy . Stephanie Beacham, who as Dr. Westphalen was one of the first season's strongest characters, was also hesitant to relocate to Florida. Beacham also blamed continued disputes between

672-620: A guest in season 3. "Good Soldiers", which was the character's last appearance, originally did not include Bridger at all; Scheider's character was written into the script in order to fulfill contractual obligations. Dr. Kristin Westphalen ( Stephanie Beacham ; season 1) was a Physical oceanography and the Chief Medical Officer of the seaQuest and leader of the science team aboard the ship. Before joining seaQuest , Dr. Westphalen had attempted to contact Nathan Bridger in

756-655: A lava pool that threatened to melt the world's polar caps . When Dr. Kristin Westphalen elected not to sign aboard the new seaQuest , Dr. Smith won the most coveted medical position in the UEO, that of the Chief Medical Officer of the flagship. She was a licensed parapsychologist and had ESP. Smith was eventually killed when the Seaquest ‘s crew got involved in the Hyperion civil war. The character of Dr. Smith

840-516: A prototype genetically engineered life form (G.E.L.F. or "dagger"—a racial slur) who serves as seaQuest' s custodian. As the seaQuest itself was rebuilt in the storyline, it allowed for the sets to be redesigned for the new Florida location and a shortened version of the Emmy award winning main title theme was instituted as the series returned to the airwaves on September 18, 1994 with the two-hour television movie season premiere, " Daggers ". NBC and

924-418: A show like this on TV. During development, the original title for the series was Deep Space , though this was changed after the announcement of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Roy Scheider's character was based on John C. Lilly and Bob Ballard, who was also the technical advisor for the series in the first season. Lilly was a pioneer researcher into the nature of consciousness using as his principal tools

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1008-622: A translation device known as the vo-corder, and to navigate throughout the Seaquest via a series of water-filled access tunnels leading to the ship's moon pool openings, where he could interact more directly with the rest of the crew. Before accepting command of the Seaquest, Nathan Bridger, while living on an island, befriended and began working on communicating with and training Darwin, using hand-signals to communicate. The two were close friends, and even in his capacity as captain, Bridger often referred to him as "My dolphin", treating him at times like

1092-502: A very fond pet, and at other times like an equal, even diverting the ship from a research mission in order to seek medical assistance when Darwin became sick, citing that he was a member of the crew just as much as anyone else. Dr. Wendy Smith ( Rosalind Allen ; season 2) came aboard the seaQuest DSV 4600 II in 2021 after the first seaQuest had been destroyed by Captain Nathan Bridger the previous year in an attempt to seal

1176-580: The seaQuest crew almost immediately when he saved Lieutenant O'Neill's life when a large turbine collapsed on top of him, lifting the immense vent off of him. He was also able to convince Mariah, leader of the G.E.L.F. uprising that the G.E.L.F. baby was in fact a human. Captain Oliver Hudson ( Michael Ironside ) was the third commanding officer of the seaQuest after Captain Marilyn Stark and Captain Nathan Bridger. Hudson assumed command of

1260-453: The seaQuest found an ancient alien starship entombed in an underwater rock face. The alien fired at Crocker, but, it was merely a method of transportation which moved Crocker to a holding area aboard the alien ship, before finally returning him to seaQuest. Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz ( Marco Sanchez ; seasons 1 & 2) was a member of seaQuest's original crew under Captain Stark. After she

1344-545: The seaQuest over the military one. Lucas Wolenczak ( Jonathan Brandis ) was born in Danbury, Connecticut, US and afterwards his family moved to Buffalo. Lucas was a highly intelligent teenager who graduated magna-cum-laude with a degree in Applied Science of Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University , achieving a GPA that has been unbroken. When his parents divorced, Lucas' father, Dr. Wolenczak, one of

1428-473: The 15th episode of the season, "Depths of Deceit". Lieutenant J.J. Fredericks ( Elise Neal ) had served with Captain Hudson aboard the hauler he commanded prior to both of them signing aboard seaQuest. Hudson considered her his best student and believed that she dedicated her whole life to her duty. While training to pilot a Spectre-Demon class subfighter, Fredericks accidentally crashed it, almost drowning in

1512-491: The DVD menu. Mill Creek Entertainment announced the complete series of SeaQuest DSV on Blu-ray was released on July 19, 2022. Other merchandise made available included a shot glass in cobalt blue with gold logo, key chains and pins, a book cover, 'magic rocks' sets, journal, and a set of bookmarks. John Debney composed the original theme music and scored the pilot and season one shows, with Don Davis working on season two. When

1596-408: The Hyperion civil war. The character that ultimately became Ortiz underwent two radical changes before becoming what it did. First he was a man named Drew and then was changed to being the son of a rich Vietnamese family named Ngyuen Ky before settling on making him Cuban , the name originally being Mundo Ortiz. Darwin is a dolphin. He is able to communicate to the crew through the assistance of

1680-480: The UEO. Unfortuntely, Larry Deon and President Alexander Bourne were able to gain access to her psyche-implant and reprogrammed it to coerce her to assassinate UEO Secretary General McGath. Thanks to the efforts of Lieutenant Brody and Ensign Wolenczak, Fredericks was able to fight against their programming and McGath's life was saved. Unfortunately, During the Seaquest ‘s crew’s fight against the Chodai, Fredericks’ life

1764-631: The United Nations. The UEO was created following a major showdown of nations and confederations at the Livingston Trench in the North Atlantic Ocean that occurred circa 2018 as depicted in the pilot episode, "To Be Or Not to Be", and it remained a recurring element for the duration of the series. The seaQuest was designed by retired naval captain Nathan Bridger and built by NORPAC (a military organization mentioned in

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1848-497: The boat in 2032. After the seaQuest mysteriously disappeared off the face of the Earth in 2022, Hudson began a ten year search for the missing ship and crew while in command of a slow-moving, long-distance hauler, which he believed would give him the best chance of finding it. Hudson replaced Roy Scheider 's Nathan Bridger as the star of the series for season 3. The producers wanted a character different from Bridger, so instead of being

1932-448: The boats in the show's first two seasons. Scheider became displeased with the direction of the series during the second season, as well as the "episodic" nature of the series (he believed that the show should contain long-running story and character arcs) and chose to exit the series at the end of the second season. For season 3, he was replaced by actor Michael Ironside , who portrayed Captain Oliver Hudson, although he continued to appearas

2016-409: The character was changed back to a male and renamed "Mack O'Neill". This name was used right up until filming was to begin, name tags designed for his uniforms that read "M. O'Neill" are known to exist before it was ultimately changed to "Tim". Chief Manilow Crocker ( Royce D. Applegate ; season 1) was on the brink of retirement when Admiral Noyce personally asked him to sign aboard seaQuest when it

2100-581: The character's death. Rosalind Allen was released as Dr. Smith proved to be unpopular with the audience and because producers felt that her character's telepathic abilities would not fit with the more serious tone planned for the new season. Marco Sanchez ( Chief Petty Officer Miguel Ortiz ), who had requested to remain with the series, was also released after NBC decided it wanted the principal cast number dropped from ten to nine, leaving Jonathan Brandis ( Lucas Wolenczak ), Don Franklin ( Commander Jonathan Ford ), and Ted Raimi ( Lieutenant Tim O'Neill ) as

2184-465: The creative side of the show, as both Ted Raimi and Jonathan Brandis penned episodes during the second season. (Brandis wrote the aforementioned "The Siamese Dream" and Raimi, " Lostland ".) Conversely, Robert Engels, one of the show's executive producers (and writer of two episodes, " Greed For a Pirate's Dream " and " Hide and Seek ") during the first season, portrayed the recurring character Malcolm Lansdowne . While in production, seaQuest DSV won and

2268-517: The crew presumed dead. The world is not a nice place, it's not comfortable...corporate entities have grown to the point where they rival and sometimes are more powerful than actual national governments. UEO is not the big kid on the block anymore, seaQuest is no longer state of the art; it's a boat and it's a military vehicle and I'm going to take it places it has never been before Michael Ironside , in an interview promoting season three Blaming continued disputes with producers and abandonment of

2352-458: The early preview of the streaming service Peacock ,available to Xfinity subscribers with qualifying devices. On May 6, 2019 Mediumrare Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 2 however two episodes are missing, 'Dagger Redux' and 'The Siamese Dream' instead two episodes from the previous disc are overlapped in their place. Despite this, the correct episode titles are listed in

2436-431: The eponymous naval submarine seaQuest DSV 4600, the ship prefix standing for " deep-submergence vehicle ". Jonathan Brandis portrays Lucas Wolenczak , a teenaged computer genius placed aboard seaQuest by his father, and Stephanie Beacham portrayed Kristin Westphalen , the chief medical officer and head of the seaQuest science department. In the opening episode of the third season Bridger departed DSV 4600 and

2520-483: The executive producers, including Patrick Hasburgh who, in reply, had strong words for Scheider as well: "I'm sorry he is such a sad and angry man. seaQuest is going to be a terrific show, and he is lucky to be part of it." By the end of season two, seaQuest DSV was again suffering, partly attributed to a perceived decrease in the quality of the writing as well as preemptions by NBC due to sports coverage . The possibility of cancellation appeared likely but NBC kept

2604-535: The final season of the show. Commander Jonathan Devin Ford ( Don Franklin ) comes from a very financially well off family, his father owning "Ford Freeport: Aquacultural Engineering", one of the largest undersea farming companies in the world. He had a bad relationship with his father and brother. In 2022 a sharp raise in the temperature of the water in the South Atlantic, caused by an undersea mining operation,

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2688-506: The first season of seaQuest DSV would be released on Region 1 DVD along with a week-long marathon of the show on the Sci Fi Channel . The DVD release included never before seen deleted scenes on selected episodes. The second season was released in 2008 in region 1. As opposed to the first season, the second season was released on eight single-sided discs and does not contain any extra features such as deleted scenes. The third season

2772-530: The first season was estimated to be around $ 30 million with Universal Television 's televisions ambitions for the series being to serve as part of a larger multimedia franchise Spielberg had been friends with Roy Scheider since he starred in Jaws and was instrumental in getting him as the lead in the series with Scheider saying of the experience "“It’s the best part offered me this year. If it gets to be half as good as it reads — it will be wonderful. It’s time for

2856-483: The isolation tank, dolphin communication and psychedelic drugs, sometimes in combination. He was a prominent member of the Californian counterculture of scientists, mystics and thinkers that arose in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Albert Hofmann , Gregory Bateson , Ram Dass , Timothy Leary , Werner Erhard , and Richard Feynman were all frequent visitors to his home. The character's name, Nathan Hale Bridger ,

2940-518: The last unexplored region on earth, the ocean. As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians. For beneath the surface lies the future." - Opening Narration The series follows the adventures of the high-tech submarine seaQuest DSV 4600, a deep-submergence vehicle operated by the United Earth Oceans Organization (UEO), a global coalition of up-world countries and undersea confederations, similar to

3024-431: The mother of the boy decided to contact him after one of her parents had recently died. Brody ultimately died later that year in a rescue mission to save Lieutenant Henderson from a Macronesian death sentence. His last words were "With your shield or on it." The two actors originally considered for the role of Brody were Dan Gauthier and Paul Gross . Anthony Piccolo ( Michael DeLuise ; seasons 2 & 3) first boarded

3108-409: The much maligned episode "Playtime." As Scheider explained, "I don't do this kind of stuff... I said (to the production executives), 'If I wanted to do the fourth generation of Star Trek , I would have signed up for it. I wouldn't have done seaQuest . You guys have changed it from handball into field hockey and never even bothered to talk to me.'" Scheider's comments left him in trouble with some of

3192-407: The name of scientific research, however, she was informed that he was incommunicado. The two of them did not meet on the best of terms as Bridger, still in civilian clothing, snickered at her diatribe against Commander Ford, leading her to accuse him of being a stowaway. The two gradually formed a working relationship as Bridger assumed command of the vessel and put emphasis on the scientific mission of

3276-497: The navy, Brody led a stealth invasion during the North Korean Crisis in 2010, which Captain Bridger considered to be a "nifty piece of work". At some point in his life, Brody sired a son with a woman. However, being a career-military and a private man, Brody never told any of the seaQuest crew of that aspect of his life. He himself only found out about the then 10 year old boy after the ship returned from Hyperion and

3360-477: The network and the show's producers as a major reason why she did not return. Joining the series for season two were Edward Kerr as Lieutenant James Brody , seaQuest ' s weapons officer; Kathy Evison as Lieutenant Lonnie Henderson , ship's helmsman; Rosalind Allen as Dr. Wendy Smith , the boat's new chief medical officer; Michael DeLuise as Seaman Anthony Piccolo , an ex-convict who has genetically engineered gills and Peter DeLuise as Dagwood ,

3444-408: The new lead of the series, Jonathan Banks reprised his character of Scully in the third season. Also joining the cast was Elise Neal as Lieutenant J.J. Fredericks , who served as seaQuest' s sub-fighter pilot. Steering story lines back towards more reality-based themes, the third season attempted to blend the sense of the first season with some of the unique elements of the second season, while at

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3528-405: The only three cast members who remained with the show since the first episode. The marine trivia presentations at the end of the show, formerly hosted by oceanographer Dr. Bob Ballard in the season one and the main cast excluding Scheider in season two, were dropped entirely. The show itself was renamed to seaQuest 2032 , with the storyline pushed ahead ten years after the end of season two. In

3612-407: The parole board thought he would be most useful. One of Picollo's most important aspects, according to Producer Carleton Eastlake , is "he's also the most human of the whole crew, because he's really very unsophisticated." Lieutenant Lenore "Lonnie" Ellen Henderson ( Kathy Evison ; seasons 2 & 3) signed aboard the seaQuest DSV-II as a helmsman in 2021. As a first generation naval officer, she

3696-436: The pilot) and given as a loan to the UEO after its creation. The storyline begins in the year 2018, after mankind has exhausted almost all natural resources , except for the ones on the ocean floor . Many new colonies have been established there and it is the mission of the seaQuest and its crew to protect them from hostile nonaligned nations and to aid in mediating disputes as well as engage in undersea research, much of which

3780-539: The point that he stormed off the set and did not appear in the episode. Lieutenant James Brody ( Edward Kerr ; seasons 2 & 3), at the age of three, was involved with his mother in a murder cover-up at the (accidental) hands of Franklin Thomas . Contracting the P-Core A virus, Brody's mother was place in cryogenic suspension and he was sent to live with his grandparents, who "let (him) get away with murder. After joining

3864-411: The process. She became extremely fearful of ever piloting it again and since the UEO had invested so much in her training, they convinced her to wear a "psyche-implant"; a device that literally "programmed the scare out of her". The device also gave the UEO 24 hour access to every feeling that she had, but, she was willing to deal with the inherent humiliation in order to become the best subfighter pilot in

3948-403: The production staff, and an earthquake . The second season saw changes in the cast, as well as continued disputes between cast members and producers. The third season introduced a new lead actor and title. While initially popular, the series began to decline in ratings throughout its run and was abruptly canceled in the middle of its third season. "The twenty-first century. Mankind has colonized

4032-497: The relaxed fatherly figure Hudson had more of a military personality. Using some unused aspects from Bridgers original character profile in the season 1 writers bible Hudson enlisted in the US Navy as a way of rebelling against his father, the only onscreen evidence of this was an enlisted Good Conduct Medal on his ribbon bar. The aspects concerning his father would have been dealt with had the series not ended, in what would have been

4116-605: The same time, pushing forward in an entirely new direction altogether as the UEO faces the threat of the Macronesian Alliance and the ever growing corporate conglomerate Deon International. The series was perceived as becoming much darker than it was in the previous two seasons, focusing less on science (as it had in the first season) and science fiction (as it had in the second season) and more on international politics. While these changes were met with mostly positive reactions, ratings continued to decline and NBC canceled

4200-472: The seaQuest as a Seaman in the episode Daggers , the first seaQuest DSV episode of the Second Season. He was an experimental ex con, let out from prison on an early release program where they conducted science experiments on volunteers. Piccolo was offered and then received a pair of genetically altered gills , allowing him to breathe underwater like a fish. He was put on seaQuest because that's where

4284-423: The season premiere , the seaQuest reappears on Earth, its crew mostly intact, ten years after their abduction at the end of season two. Captain Bridger retires to raise his new grandson and Michael Ironside joins the cast as the more militaristic Captain Oliver Hudson . Originally, Ironside refused to take over from Scheider as star of the series. "I saw so many problems that I couldn't see where I'd be able to do

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4368-451: The second season premiere, "Daggers". Russ Mitchell Landau was also nominated for his work on the third season premiere, "Brave New World", in 1996. Kenneth D. Zunder was nominated for the Emmy award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series" for the episode "Such Great Patience". Jonathan Brandis won the 1994 Young Artist Award for "Best Youth Actor Leading Role in

4452-522: The series after thirteen episodes. The 57th and final network airing of seaQuest 2032 took place on June 9, 1996. During the first and second seasons, NBC aired the show on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time ; however, the series was frequently preempted in the second season in favor of NBC Sports coverage. During the third season, NBC moved the show to Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET; seaQuest continued to face frequent preemptions in favor of sports coverage and other television specials. Several of

4536-422: The series in the third season, which is why his character was critically injured in the season finale, " Splashdown ". NBC would only agree to release him from his contract if he continued to play Brody for a few episodes in the third season so his character could be killed off for more dramatic impact in the episode "SpinDrift". Because of rescheduling, the episode "Brainlock", with Brody still alive, aired after

4620-416: The series was revamped as SeaQuest 2032 in the final season, Russ Landau composed a new theme and scored all the episodes. In 1995, Varèse Sarabande released an album of Debney's music from the show, featuring the series main and end title themes and selections from "To Be or Not to Be" (tracks 2-8), "Knight of Shadows" (tracks 9 and 10) and "Such Great Patience" (tracks 11-13). In 2020, the label released

4704-530: The series, Don Franklin in all but one episode ("And Everything Nice"), and Ted Raimi in all but two episodes ("Nothing But The Truth" and "The Siamese Dream"). Several of the cast's family members were brought in to play characters, as well. Brenda King, Roy Scheider's wife, portrayed Carol Bridger; Todd Allen, Rosalind Allen's husband, portrayed Clay Marshall in "The Siamese Dream"; Michael and Peter DeLuise's father, veteran actor Dom DeLuise , portrayed Nick Piccolo in " Vapors ". Several cast members also dabbled on

4788-419: The show in production after plans for a new series titled Rolling Thunder to replace seaQuest DSV were canceled. Producer Lee Goldberg claimed the new series was canceled because the premise was "awful." The season finale, written as a possible series finale, involved the seaQuest and its crew being abducted by aliens and forced into a civil war on an alien world where the ship appeared to be destroyed and

4872-601: The show is now 21 Jump Street meets Star Dreck ." Scheider felt the series had strayed too far away from its premise, and that he "became more of a combat commander than a scientific commander and I hadn't signed up for that." Scheider added that after moving production to Florida, the show was "going to present human beings who had a life on land as well as on the boat... we've had one script that has done that (the episode ' Vapors ')," Scheider said. "The other shows are Saturday afternoon 4 o'clock junk for children. Just junk—old, tired, time-warp robot crap," making reference to

4956-419: The show's original premise, Roy Scheider requested to be released from his contract with NBC. However, the network only partially agreed and demanded that Bridger would make several appearances throughout the third season. Edward Kerr had been very frustrated with the episode entitled "Alone" (Reportedly, Kerr hated the script so much that he left the set. Brody is absent from that episode) and also wished to exit

5040-452: The show's producers also decided they wanted more traditionally science-fiction oriented episodes this season, a direction that was explored toward the end of the first season when seaQuest discovered a million-year-old alien ship entombed in the ocean floor in the episode "Such Great Patience". The second season explored heavy science-fiction concepts such as genetic engineering, aliens, parapsychology , time travel and various " monsters of

5124-752: The show's producers, including Carleton Eastlake, believe these preemptions led to the show's cancellation. After cancellation, the series aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States, Horror Channel in the UK, Space: The Imagination Station in Canada and Network Ten in Australia . In October 1992, it was announced NBC had given a 22-episode order to Sea Quest which was co-created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and Steven Spielberg . The budget for

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5208-433: The week " (including killer plants, a giant fire-breathing worm, a prehistoric crocodile and an ancient demon.) Roy Scheider was vocal in his anger at the show's new direction. In an interview given during the second season, Scheider averred: "It's childish trash... I am very bitter about it. I feel betrayed... It's (the new season) not even good fantasy. I mean, Star Trek does this stuff much better than we can do it. To me

5292-552: The work I wanted to do." claimed Ironside. Also considered for the lead of the series was actor Jonathan Banks , who had previously appeared in the first season episode "Whale Songs" as radical environmentalist Maximilian Scully. After weeks of negotiations where Ironside offered producers a number of changes to the storytelling structure of the series, which were agreed upon, he finally signed on. "You won't see me fighting any man-eating glowworms, rubber plants, 40-foot crocodiles and I don't talk to Darwin." he said. Though not cast as

5376-417: The world and the interpersonal relationships of the crew. In the first-season finale , Bridger sacrifices the seaQuest to prevent an ecological disaster and for a short time it was not known if the show would be renewed for another season. The series had suffered in the ratings, as it was pitted against Murder, She Wrote on CBS and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman on ABC . When it

5460-538: The world's most valued scientists, was able to pull some strings allowing Lucas to serve aboard the seaQuest DSV as part of the boat's scientific contingent. After the events with the space war and Captain Bridger leaving to be with his grandson, Lucas was not welcome as a civilian on the SeaQuest under the new Captain so he chose to enlist in the Navy to become a UEO officer. He is referred to as Ensign (O1 rank) throughout

5544-506: Was a bit rough around the edges in terms of proper protocol. She successfully was able to smuggle her stuffed bear Addison aboard seaQuest , much to the consternation of Commander Ford. Henderson initially showed an interest in Lieutenant O'Neill and the two spent some shore leave together. However, O'Neill was uncomfortable dating someone he served with and the two remained just friends. She also offered herself to Lucas Wolenczak when it

5628-452: Was believed that he was going to die in a cavern. Dagwood ( Peter DeLuise ; seasons 2 & 3) was the prototype G.E.L.F. He originally did not have a name, but, adopted the name "Dagwood" a joke, since G.E.L.F.s were also known as "Daggers". Dagwood was the imperfect prototype Dagger , intended as supersoldiers , but, he was reassigned to custodial duties, eventually being placed aboard the new seaQuest DSV in 2021. He proved his worth to

5712-460: Was calling him "Dag" in the episodes " Special Delivery " and "The Siamese Dream". Despite popular belief, Darwin was not a real dolphin but rather an animatronic animal designed and created by Walt Conti , who had created other similar effects for films such as Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , The Abyss and Free Willy . Alien creature effects were designed and created by Tony Gardner 's Alterian, Inc. In 2005, Universal announced that

5796-422: Was decided the show would return, NBC and Universal used this opportunity to change the show's format, beginning by relocating the show's production from Los Angeles to Orlando . Several cast changes were also made as both Royce D. Applegate ( Chief Petty Officer Manilow Crocker ) and John D'Aquino (Krieg) were released by NBC as the network wanted a younger cast for the second season. D'Aquino returned for

5880-412: Was ill. A religious man since childhood, O'Neill was taught to believe that evolution topped out with mankind and had a difficult time believing in intelligent life on other planets, although, secretly wished that it existed. The character of O'Neill was originally supposed to be a character named Garry Stephen Bachmann from Ottawa , Canada. This was then changed to be a woman named MacKenna O'Neill, then

5964-512: Was in homage to Nathan Hale . When producers began developing new characters for the second season, they named Lieutenant Brody after Police Chief Martin Brody, Roy Scheider's character in the first two Jaws films. Ralph Willcox and Karen Fraction, who both became recurring guest stars in the third season, had previously appeared as different characters in the second. Despite the numerous cast changes, Jonathan Brandis appeared in every episode of

6048-576: Was lost when her subfighter was destroyed. SeaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV (stylized as seaQuest DSV and also promoted as simply seaQuest ) is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon . It aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032 . Set in "the near future" (the year 2018 in the first season), seaQuest DSV originally mixed high drama with realistic scientific fiction. The first two seasons star Roy Scheider as Captain Nathan Bridger , designer and commander of

6132-564: Was nominated for a number of awards. John Debney won the 1994 Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music" for his composition of the seaQuest DSV theme song and in 2000, it was named the 48th best theme song of all time by TV Guide . Don Davis also won an Emmy in 1995 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series" (Dramatic Underscore) for his score for

6216-592: Was not released on DVD in region 1 but was released in Region 4 in 2011. On December 12, 2015, the Australian DVD label ViaVision , through its distributor Madman Distribution, released season 1 on Blu-ray in full 1080p High definition . Although presented in 1080p, the program is presented Pillarboxed to maintain the original 4:3 aspect ratio . Season 2 was released on Blu-ray on March 2, 2016. On April 15, 2020, selected episodes were made available on

6300-548: Was originally two different characters; Diane Page, a 35 year old African American Ph.D and Wendy Woo, a 25 year old M.D. The producers of the show originally wanted Tamara Tunie and Kelly Hu respectively. Kathy Evison originally auditioned for the role of Dr. Smith. Although she didn't get the role of Smith the shows Producers liked her enough to hire her and created a new character, Lonnie Henderson, for her to play. The episode "Alone", which focused extensively on Dr. Smith's powers, infuriated actor Edward Kerr (Brody) to

6384-456: Was put back to sea in 2018. Crocker had served together with Captain Bridger before and, as a result, didn't regret his decision to serve one more tour with his old friend. As Chief of Security aboard seaQuest , Crocker was responsible for the safety of all aboard. On more than one occasion, he was ordered to board enemy vessels and colonies to take the occupants into custody. Crocker was also the first Human being to lay eyes on an actual alien when

6468-477: Was raised there and in Queens. In his childhood, he was a "self-admitted TV junkie." As a child, D'Aquino used to memorize every page of TV Guide . D'Aquino's first television credit was a main cast role in the short-lived (six episodes) 1985 series Wildside , a mid-season replacement that was placed against The Cosby Show  – the top-ranked show on television at the time. His first film credit

6552-483: Was relieved of duty, he stayed on, serving again under Nathan Bridger's command. As the Sensor Chief, Ortiz was responsible for controlling the boat's WSKRs (Wireless Sea Knowledge Retrieval Satellites) and was also involved in various away missions. He could understand Spanish and had a knowledge of Greek mythology, particularly that of Atlantis . He was eventually killed when the Seaquest ‘s crew got involved in

6636-445: Was replaced by Captain Oliver Hudson , played by Michael Ironside . Also present was a dolphin character called Darwin who, due to technological advances, was able to communicate with the crew. Steven Spielberg expressed interest in the project and served as one of the show's executive producers during the first two seasons. Production of the first season was marked by disputes between the producers, NBC and cast members, changes in

6720-472: Was still in the preliminary stages when the show began production in 1993. Bridger, though originally reluctant due to a promise he made with his wife after their son, Robert, was killed in a naval military action before her death, is convinced to return to the navy, under the auspices of the UEO, and assume command of the seaQuest . The first season's storylines primarily dealt with plausible oceanographic research, environmental issues, political machinations of

6804-429: Was the 1987 film No Way Out . D'Aquino has worked primarily on television. He has made guest appearances in episodes of Baywatch , Magnum P.I. , Matlock , Melrose Place , Murder, She Wrote , Seinfeld , Sliders , Xena: Warrior Princess , Crossing Jordan , Hannah Montana , Monk , Shake It Up , Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and had recurring roles on 3rd Rock from

6888-638: Was the Chief Engineer of the seaQuest DSV 4600 following her refit in 2018. While at the naval academy, she, along with Benjamin Krieg, were top of their class, and were eventually wed. However, the marriage only lasted a year. Being Chief Engineer, Hitchcock was also third in command aboard the seaQuest and was placed in command in several occasions, such as the Liberté space station incident where Commander Ford had been infected with an unknown virus and

6972-459: Was the communications officer of the seaQuest DSV 4600 , originally serving under Captain Marilyn Stark. He remained aboard the boat after she had been relieved of duty and the seaQuest was refitted to serve as more of a research vessel. O'Neill specialized in foreign languages, was fluent in at least a dozen and could adequately speak several others. He also shared some sort of unknown psychic link with Darwin which allowed him to sense when Darwin

7056-444: Was unable to perform his duties. Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg ( John D'Aquino ; main season 1, guest season 3) served as seaQuest `s supply and morale officer. He had previously attended the naval academy with Captain Bridger's son Robert and with Katherine Hitchcock, whom he was later wed to for a year. While at the academy, he painted the homecoming mule pink, something that Captain Bridger later found amusing. Krieg had aspirations of

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