Defying Gravity - love in space

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Television series
German title Defying Gravity - love in space
Original title Defying Gravity
Country of production United States , Canada , United Kingdom , Germany
original language English
year 2009
length 42 minutes
Episodes 13 in 1 season ( list )
genre Science fiction ,
drama
idea James D. Parriott
production Michael Edelstein,
James Parriott,
Brian Hamilton,
Michael Chechik
First broadcast August 2, 2009 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 October 7, 2012 on Sixx
occupation
synchronization

Defying Gravity - Love in Space (Original title: Defying Gravity ) is an American science fiction - television series , in collaboration with the Canadian station CTV , the British broadcaster BBC Two and the German channel ProSieben was produced. The series is about a six year mission through our solar system and its astronauts and their professional and personal problems. The series is described as " Grey's Anatomy in Space". Due to poor audience ratings, the series was not extended for a second season.

action

In the year 2052, four men and four women will go on a multi-year mission through our solar system. The series takes place on two timeframes, one during the flight, the other during the five-year training of the crew. What none of the crew members know is that the mission has completely different goals than taking soil samples. Furthermore, the mission is complicated by secrets, relationships, intrigue, and history.

Cast and dubbing

The German dubbing was done at the dubbing company Scalamedia GmbH in Munich .

role Actress Voice actor description
Maddux thunder Ron Livingston Michael Roll Pilot. Sharon Lewis was his lover before she died while on a mission to Mars. He has an affair with Nadia Schilling and has feelings for Zoe Barnes, who is in conflict with his past on Mars. He is from Iowa , USA .
Mike Goss Andrew Airlie Crock Krumbiegel Managerial function in the ground station and in training. He was the third survivor of the five-man Mars mission, along with Donner and Shaw, in orbit.
Jen Crane Christina Cox Christine Stichler Biologist. She is married to Rollie Crane and had a relationship with Ted Shaw. She is from Canada .
Paula Morales Paula Garces Alisa Palmer Astronaut and camerawoman. She is from Texas .
Zoe Barnes Laura Harris Stefanie von Lerchenfeld Geologist. During her training, she had a one-night stand with Maddux Donner and became pregnant. She broke off the pregnancy so as not to endanger her education. She is from Canada.
Trevor Williams Peter Howitt British journalist. He suspects the ISO is not telling the truth about the Antares mission and tries to prove it.
Nadia Schilling Florentine Lahme Florentine Lahme Pilot. She's having an affair with Maddux Donner. Nadia is from Germany .
Eve Weller-Shaw Karen LeBlanc Kathrin Simon Works in ground control and for the Bertram Corporation she is responsible for the crew. Eve is married to Ted Shaw and is from New Orleans .
Rollie Crane Ty Olsson Oliver Mink He had to leave the mission shortly before take off. He is married to Jen Crane and is from the United States.
Steven Wassenfelder Dylan Taylor Dominik Auer Technical genius. The reason for his participation is a mystery.
Ted Shaw Malik Yoba Thomas Wenke Commander. He is married to Eve Weller and previously had a relationship with Jen Crane. Mars mission survivor.
Dr. Evram Mintz Eyal Podell Israeli on-board psychologist and friend of Claire Dereux. Alcoholic.
Claire Dereux Maxim Roy Claudia Lössl She is Evram Mintz's friend.
Arnel Poe William C Vaughan He works at the mission control. He lost his leg while training to qualify for the Antares Mission.
Ajay Sharma Number Paroo He was the original flight engineer, but was reassigned to the mission control after a heart problem caused by Beta. He is from Mumbai, India.

Charisma

The series started on August 2, 2009 on ABC and in Canada on CTV . However, after eight of thirteen episodes produced, both channels withdrew the series prematurely. While ABC offered the rest of the episodes online, the series switched from CTV to niche channel Space TV in Canada .

In Germany, ProSieben held the rights to the series and decided to show the series on station sixx . The episodes were broadcast there from October 7th to 29th, 2012. ProSieben repeated the series from October 11, 2012 in the night program.

In the meantime, myvideo.de, in cooperation with sixx, also owns the rights to the German version of the series and offers all 13 episodes in full length for viewing.

Episode list

No. German title Original title First broadcast in USA / Canada German language first broadcast (D)
1 Antares pilot Aug 2, 2009 Oct 7, 2012
2 The test Natural Selection
Law of Natural Selection (alternate title) 		Aug 2, 2009 Oct 7, 2012
3 beta Threshold Aug 9, 2009 Oct 7, 2012
4th Power failure H2IK
H2IK (Hell If I Know) (alternative title) 		Aug 16, 2009 Oct 14, 2012
5 Rubicon Rubicon 23 Aug 2009 Oct 14, 2012
6th The accident Bacon Aug 28, 2009 Oct 14, 2012
7th The commercial Fear 4th Sep 2009 Oct 21, 2012
8th Blind obedience Love, Honor, Obey Sep 11 2009 Oct 21, 2012
9 The real goal Eve Ate the Apple Sep 18 2009 Oct 21, 2012
10 election day Déjà-vu Oct 2, 2009 Oct 28, 2012
11 isolation Solitary Oct 9, 2009 Oct 28, 2012
12 Venus Venus Oct 16, 2009 Oct 29, 2012
13 The kiss Kiss Oct 23, 2009 Oct 29, 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Defying Gravity. In: imdb.de. Accessed November 24, 2012 (German).
  2. ↑ a b Defying Gravity. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 7, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b Bernd Michael Krannich: Defying Gravity: Late German premiere at Sixx in October . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 30, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ Defying Gravity on myvideo.de . Retrieved December 7, 2012.