Starhunter

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Starhunter
Starhunter season one intertitle
Genre	Science fiction
Created by	G. Philip Jackson and Daniel D'or
Starring	Michael Paré Tanya Allen Claudette Roche
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producer(s)	Elaine Scott
Producer(s)	G. Philip Jackson, Daniel D'or, George Campana, Alain Bordiac, Demerise Lafleur, Stephan Jonas
Running time	approx. 47 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	The Movie Network
Original run	1 November 2000 – 1 April 2004
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada with co-producers in the United Kingdom and France. The first season ran, in Canada, from 1 November 2000 to 28 March 2001 and the second from 9 August 2003 to 3 April 2004. The name of the series was changed in the second season to Starhunter 2300 ; in the United States, both seasons share the same title. For the first season special effects were handled by Das Werk from Germany, special effects for season two were taken over by Optix Digital Pictures in Toronto, Canada.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 First season 2.2 Second season 3 Episodes 3.1 Season 1 (2000–2001) 3.2 Season 2 (2003–2004) 4 Additional Information 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Starhunter follows the exploits of the crew of a retired liner refitted to serve a bounty-hunting crew. The owning company's name "Trans-Utopia Cruiseship Lines", was painted on her side but has faded, leaving some letters readable while obliterating others. The letters that remain have become her nickname, so she is casually known as Trans Utopian or Tulip.

In the first season, Tulip is owned by Rudolpho DeLuna, who has hired Dante Montana as a bounty hunter. Dante took the job to provide a means of traveling — while also financing the search for his son, Travis, who was abducted a decade prior by a group of brigands, named Raiders. Aiding him are the ship's engineer, Percy Montana (Dante's niece) and Lucrecia Scott, a former marine, added to the crew by DeLuna to keep Dante focused on the missions given him. When broadcast in Canada, each episode began with a message from DeLuna to Dante, outlining Dante's current assignment. In the United States, these monologues were removed.

In the second season, the show was restructured. Percy Montana emerges from hyperspace, unaged — although fifteen years have passed in the outside universe. No other characters remain in the show from the first season except for DeLuna. He attempts to reassert his ownership of Tulip, but since he had collected the insurance on the ship, as it was presumed lost, the insurance company now legally owned her. However, it was now out of business, so Percy claims ownership by salvage. Travis Montana, Dante's son and Percy's cousin, joins the crew together with his sidekick, Marcus Fagen. DeLuna also joined, bringing along Callista Larkadia, another bounty hunter. Percy describes the four as the "pretend cousin, big fat weasel, little buddy [and] mystery slut."

The show was cancelled after the second season, leaving the story at a cliffhanger: In the season finale, Tulip is trapped in hyperspace. As the countdown to implement the crew's desperate measure to return to the normal universe reaches zero, the show cuts to black and the credits roll.

Creators and producers Philip Jackson and Daniel D'or left the series mid-second season over business differences within the executive team of the parent company Greystone Studios International Inc. and went on the develop the science fiction television series and video game "Ice Planet" which will be released in spring 2008.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1 (2000–2001)

Title	Original Airdate	#
"The Divinity Cluster"	November 1, 2000	1x01
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"Trust"	November 8, 2000	1x02
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"Family Values"	November 15, 2000	1x03
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"Siren's Song"	November 22, 2000	1x04
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"The Man Who Sold the World"	November 29, 2000	1x05
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"Peer Pressure"	December 6, 2000	1x06
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"Frozen"	December 13, 2000	1x07
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"Past Lives"	December 20, 2000	1x08
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"Order"	December 27, 2000	1x09
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"Cell Game"	January 3, 2001	1x10
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"Black Light"	January 10, 2001	1x11
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"Goodbye, So Long"	January 17, 2001	1x12
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"The Most Wanted Man"	January 24, 2001	1x13
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"Half Dense Players"	January 31, 2001	1x14
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"Dark and Stormy Night"	February 7, 2001	1x15
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"Super Max"	February 14, 2001	1x16
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"A Twist in Time (Part 1)"	February 21, 2001	1x17
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"Eat Sin (Part 2)"	February 28, 2001	1x18
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"Bad Girls"	March 7, 2001	1x19
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"Bad Seed (Part 1)"	March 14, 2001	1x20
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"Travis (Part 2)"	March 21, 2001	1x21
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"Resurrection (Part 3)"	March 28, 2001	1x22
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[edit] Season 2 (2003–2004)

Title	Original Airdate	#
"Rebirth"	August 9, 2003	2x01
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"Star Crossed"	August 16, 2003	2x02
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"Biocrime"	August 23, 2003	2x03
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"Chasing Janus"	August 30, 2003	2x04
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"Spaceman"	September 6, 2003	2x05
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"Becoming Shiva"	September 13, 2003	2x06
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"The Third Thing"	September 20, 2003	2x07
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"Torment"	September 27, 2003	2x08
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"Painless"	October 4, 2003	2x09
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"Skin Deep"	October 18, 2003	2x10
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"Superman Redux"	October 25, 2003	2x11
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"Pandora's Box"	November 1, 2003	2x12
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"Stitch in Time"	November 8, 2003	2x13
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"The Prisoner"	November 15, 2003	2x14
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"Kate"	February 14, 2004	2x15
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"Rivals"	February 21, 2004	2x16
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"Heir and the Spare"	February 28, 2004	2x17
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"Just Politics"	March 6, 2004	2x18
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"Negative Energy"	March 13, 2004	2x19
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"License to Fill"	March 20, 2004	2x20
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"Hyperspace (Part 1)"	March 27, 2004	2x21
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"Hyperspace (Part 2)"	April 3, 2004	2x22
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[edit] Additional Information

• Season two's theme song, Darker Star, was performed by Peter Gabriel. It is the instrumental version of the song Darkness from the 2002 album Up

• Through 2006 and 2007, Starhunter 2300 airs on A-Channel (a Canadian television network) from 3:30-4:40 AM every weeknight.

• Starhunter is available on Joost for viewers outside Canada. [1]

[edit] External links

• Starhunter Online - An active online Starhunter community with message boards and a chat room.
• Trans_Utopian - A comprehensive Starhunter fansite with information on the show, pictures, media, etc.