New show from creator of Battlestar Galactica on Fox
It looks like Ron Moore, the writer behind the 21st century version of Battlestar Galactica, has been given the greenlight to create a new sci-fi program for Fox called Virtuality. The two-hour premiere will serve as a backdoor pilot.The premise involves a crew of a starship going on a 10-year journey to a distant solar system. To occupy themselves during they trip, they go into virtual reality machines to assume whatever identities and adventures they want. In short, it's the holodeck. If Moore continues his current trend, it will probably be more mature holodeck scenarios then we ever saw in the Star Trek franchise.
The original premise was the brainchild of producers Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun and was presented to Moore. Another creator behind the will be Battlestar Galactica writer/producer Michael Taylor.
Given the talent behind the show, it's certainly one to look forward to. I'm only hesitant about it because I'm afraid the program will die the usual "sci-fi on Fox" death. Still, between this and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, Fox is putting more sci-fi than usual in its programming. Here's hoping.

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