1X08 Space

Writer: Chris Carter
Director: William Graham
Original Broadcast: AU: 07.04.1994 US: 12.11.1993
Episode Availability: DVD: AU CA UK US

Cast:
Special Agent Dana Scully · Gillian Anderson
Special Agent Fox Mulder · David Duchovny

Guest Cast:
Young Scientist · David Cameron
Paramedic · Paul DesRoches
Second Controller · Alf Humphreys
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Aurelius Belt · Ed Lauter
Databank Scientist · Tyronne L'hirondelle
Scientist · Tom McBeath
Mission Controller · Terry David Mulligan
Michelle Generoo · Susanna Thompson
Preacher · French Tickner
Skye Leikin · Norma Wick

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After a space shuttle launch is aborted and evidence of some bizarre sabotage is found, a NASA worker asks Mulder and Scully to take a look around. Meanwhile, the former astronaut who is in charge of the mission is apparently haunted by something he encountered during a spacewalk on a previous mission.

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Mulder: "...to deny us evidence."
Scully: "Evidence of what?"
Mulder: "Alien civilisation."
Scully: "Oh. Of course."

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Mulder: "You never wanted to be an astronaut when you were a kid Scully?"
Scully: "Guess I missed that phase."

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Scully: "Didn't you want to get his autograph?"

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Mulder: "I have to admit, that fulfilled one of my boyhood fantasies."
Scully: "Yeah, it ranks right up there with getting a pony and learning how to braid my own hair."
Mulder: "Come on Scully, you have to admit that was exciting. Mission control, the countdown."

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Scully: "It's an oxygen leak. Even I can figure out what happens when you run out of oxygen."