I happened to stumble upon sliders many years ago, and since then I have survived multiple cancellations, mid-season replacements, character changes and every other possible horror a TV series can endure.

What drew me into Sliders was its premise, although it was nothing really new it had many aspects which I loved. The early seasons(which I am most familiar with, revolve around a young physcist and a device he made which allows travelling between parallel worlds. Now as a physicist myself, who has an interest in the high energy things(wormholes/extra dimensions) I was instantly hooked. Here we have a primetime series projecting physicists in a good light. It also starred one of my most favorite actors, John Rhys Davies who ,in case you forgot, was a regular in the Indiana Jones movies.

Now the main purpose of this page is to not only say I love Sliders, but to share with you some pictures I got when I met the original four sliders. Quin, Remmy,Proffessor, and Wade. Hmmmm...wade ;)

As most of you probably know Vancouver has come to be known as Hollywood North, therefore it is quite common to see film trailers lining the side of the street on one of your daily drives. Many popular shows such as Highlander, The Outer limits, The Sentinel, and formally X-files and Sliders have been filmed in Vancouver. And quite often these shows blessed UBC(my school and home) with their presence. And one fateful day, Sliders came to UBC (and there was much rejoicing).

This day at UBC they were filming at two different locations on campus: the first was in some lecture halls in the Chemistry building, and the second was in a conference room on the upper floor of the Student Union Building(or SUB). I can't remember how long they were there for, it was only 1 or 2 days. So after I finished my classes I got my good friend and fellow fan and we staked out the set in the chemistry building.


If memory serves me, this was the episode where they think they got home, only to discover the second Arturo taking credit for the sliding technology. It was most interesting to actually watch the filming, if one of the characters messed up their lines they would just start again. Being there and knowing that this stuff was going to be on national TV was very cool. And one interesting little tidbit, in the scene there is a discussion with wade, quinn and the professor and wade storms out. It looks like day, but when they were filming it it was actually pitch black outside.

Now in these first three pictures you will notice that Rembrandt is not in them, that is because he wasn't in that see. We saw him later but I will get to that in a bit. Now you may be wandering what they were like in Person? I can assure you they were very friendly, and very up for having their pictures taken. I am assuming this is because we were very patient, we waited for the set to end and filming to wrapup for the day and approached them pleasantly and announced ourselves as fans. This is only still in 1st/2nd season, so it wasn't a big hit yet.

In the picture with Quinn and wade, I actually had my arm around Sabrinna, and my friend had hers around Jerry. I have cut myself out because it was before my beard and contact lenses days and I don't want to scare you. So for all you SL fans out there I got to have my hand around her *grin*(just wanted to rub that in =). And the picture of JRD is actually one of Him and myself, and he squished his face next to mine. I was more than willing to just have the picture taken of him standing beside me but hey, also he was the one who took the picture =)

They were in a hurry so before we knew it our run in with the famous was over,but we still felt incomplete because we had not met Cleavant Derricks(Remmy).

Now a few days later I received a phone call from a friend of mine who was in downtown Vancouver. And she told me she saw the sliders trailers again. So I packed my bag(I had a final the next day in Math 317) and headed downtown.

One of the crew members noticed us and recognized us from UBC, and we talked with him about getting a picture of all 4 original sliders together(he saw we had been waiting in the alley near the trailers for a couple hours as well) . So he said all we had to do was wait across the street until the shoot was over. So we went across and stood with the gathering masses and waited until it was over. Unfortunately we missed our chance(we were supposed to approach him after the shoot and we thought he would approach us), and Quinn and the Prof left to go home. When we saw this happening we followed Wade and Remmy and waited outside their trailers for them to come out. Sabrina recognized us, and was once again her friendly self and posed in front of her trailer with Cleavant.

This day of filming was a different episode, unfortunately I cannot remember which one. They did some filming near the Orpheum and in the Commodore(a night club). I recall seeing election posters on telephone poles and Remmy was either loved or hated in this world I cannot remember which. I know it is either from the first or second season and it would have been aired near the air date of the good/evil professor episode.

I know it is not alot of info to go on but f any of you out there know the name of this episode and what it was about please drop me an email. Thanks.

Please write me...All questions/comments/criticisms can be sent to me at: jdejong@phys.ualberta.ca