Seven Days
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- For the American Civil War battle, see Seven Days Battles.
Seven Days is a science fiction television series produced by UPN based around the premise of time travel.
The plot follows a secret branch of the United States' National Security Agency who have developed a time travelling device based upon alien technology found at Roswell, which they use to go back in time and avert disasters. The title refers to the fact that the Backstep Project only possesses enough of the exotic substance that powers the device to send it back a maximum of seven days; they are, however, able to keep reusing their supply indefinitely, because each trip to the past alters the timeline so that the trip never has to be made, and thus the fuel is never used.
Because the show was about time travel, it was unusual in that it could both dramatize a catastrophic event and have its characters prevent it in the same episode.
Three seasons of Seven Days were produced. All three seasons (with the exception of a single episode) have been shown in North America, but the series remains virtually unseen anywhere else in the world. Only half of the first season has ever been shown in the UK, and a similar amount in Australia. In Germany, all three seasons have been shown, and the show was quite popular.
The series was filmed in California, USA during season one, and British Columbia, Canada during seasons two and three.
In May 2001 the series was cancelled despite Paramount's interest in purchasing further episodes.
A number of the episodes are now unlikely to be shown in the US in the near future due to the events of September 11, 2001. Plots unlikely to be shown include the following.
- Terrorists bombing the White House (pilot episode).
- Terrorist launching a bio-terrorist strike on Washington.
- A religious fanatic releases a genetically engineered variant of ebola in an airport (second episode).
- Islamic rebels take control of a communications center and use it to convince aircraft to attack US military bases (ninth episode).
- Nuclear terrorists destroy Washington D.C. (fourteenth episode, season 3).
- Missiles destroying the Pentagon.
In 2003, Spike TV picked up the show and ran it as part of its Fall 2003 lineup.
As of December, 2004, it is airing at 10:00 AM (ET/PT) on Spike TV in the US.
Cast List
- Lt. Frank Bartholomew Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia)
- Dr. Olga Vukavitch (Justina Vail)
- Capt. Craig Donovan (Don Franklin)
- Dr. John Ballard (Sam Whipple) (deceased)
- Nathan Ramsey (Nick Searcy)
- Dr. Isaac Mentnor (Norman Lloyd)
- Dr. Bradley Talmadge (Alan Scarfe)
- Andrew 'Hooter' Owsley (Kevin Christy)
Episodes
See List of Seven Days episodes.de:Seven Days - Das Tor zur Zeit