THE QUANTUM LEAP INFORMATION ROADMAP Other Quick Reference Documents: Primer FAQL Spoiler FAQL Episode Guide _________________________________________________________________ Here's a little information packet we've put together to give you a start on where to find things related to Quantum Leap and the Internet. Enjoy! Last updated: 16 October 1995 * update on USA Channel broadcasts * IRC info _________________________________________________________________ LEGALITIES AND GENERAL DISCLAIMERS: Guarantees cannot be made for the accuracy of any of the information in this document. Email corrections and/or comments on this document to Robin C. Kwong (rkwong@engin.umich.edu). Information in this document is believed to be correct at time of transmission, but the author does not guarantee its contents. This information is provided as a service. This document as a collection of information is Copyright 1994 by Cheryl A. Bellucci (ac961@dayton.wright.edu). All Rights Reserved. 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RELATED DOCUMENTS, MAILING LISTS, WWW PAGES, AND MORE: Companion documents to this FAQ include: The following guides (and even more information) are available through anonymous FTP from ftp.cisco.com in the directory ql-archive/text. This FTP site is maintained by Mark Baushke (ql-archive@cisco.com). Quantum Leap FAQL, created by Quantum Buc (buc@world.std.com) and Debbie Brown with additions by Sally Smith (sallylb@netcom.com). Currently maintained by Robin C. Kwong (rck1@midway.uchicago.edu or rkwong@engin.umich.edu). The Quantum Leap Episode Guide, maintained by Anita Kilgour (akilgour@Thinkage.On.CA); date of last revision is 22 June 1994. The Quantum Leap Primer, created by Sally Smith (sallylb@netcom.com); updated by Deb Brown and Sally Smith; date of last revision is 29 October 1992. Mark Holtz (mholtz@netcom.com) maintains the "Quantum Leap List of Lists", available through anonymous ftp from netcom.com in the directory /pub/mholtz/ql_list_mmyy.Z (where mm is a two digit number of the month and yy is a two digit number of the year of the last update of this list of lists). Mailing lists: John C. Kirk provides a QL mailinglist. You can subscribe by sending him an email message to J.C.Kirk@durham.ac.uk, and put "QL:subscribe" in the subject line of the message. For those of you who don't have direct Usenet access, you can be put on the rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap mailing list by sending mail to ql-digest-request@nsd.3com.com. Please put "QL Digest" in the subject line. Please put "QL Digest" in the subject line and write a brief note to the (human) reader of the -request address asking to be added to the ql-digest mailing list. WWW pages: If you have Mosaic, Lynx, or any other means to access the World Wide Web, here are pointers to QL "pages": The first is "The Accelerator Chamber", the QL WWW page maintained by Tracy E. Finifter (finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu) at Rutgers University. The URL page address is: http://www-usacs.rutgers.edu/fun-stuff/tv/quantum-leap/ The second is "The Quantum Leap Information Page", maintained by Brian M. Patten (patten@lumchan.ifa.hawaii.edu) at the Institute for Astronomy. The URL page address is: http://lumchan.ifa.hawaii.edu/ql/ql.html Mark Baushke (ql-archive@cisco.com) also maintains "pages" for the QL companion documents listed above. Here are the URL page addresses for those documents: QL Quote File: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/ql.quote QL Episode Guide: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/episode_guide QL Frequently Asked Questions List: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ql-archive/text/faql This Roadmap/FAQ is available on the WWW by accessing: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap/rec .arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap_FAQ _________________________________________________________________ 2. USENET NEWSGROUPS rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap was created in the Spring of 1994. This successful effort (other attempts had failed) was headed by Brad Kimberly (st440@jetson.uh.edu). This group is for the discussion of the television show Quantum Leap, its creators, stars, writers, trivia, etc. If you are sending a message to the group for the first time, we ask only that you send a message that is appropriate for the group and that it is not insulting, flaming, or trolling (see alt.folklore.urban for examples and explanations of trolling). Please refrain from using this newsgroup for personal messages. Remember that a post without any explicit distribution usually defaults to "world" in most news software. This newsgroup is not to be used for commercial purposes. However, occasional messages will appear from people who are looking for or selling off QL merchandise (including books, CDs, tapes, and fanzines). As long as the messages are not posted by a commercial group, these messages will be allowed. Posts announcing QL Conventions or other conventions including QL personnel or merchandise are also allowed. Posts concerning other works or appearances of any of the Quantum Leap personnel (including creators, writers, directors, and actors) are allowed. If general postings such as "Make Money Fast" or "Global Warning For All: Jesus Is Coming" type posts are seen, please do not followup to the article. Rest assured that the FAQ author as well as many others will be replying immediately to the offending user's sys admin or postmaster. And please don't post to "remind" us that it's only a TV show and that we need to get a life. We already know that and most of us already have one, thank you very much. :=) alt.tv.quantum-leap.creative alt.tv.quantum-leap.creative was created to replace alt.ql.creative. The purpose of this newsgroup is to post original fanfiction by Usenet subscribers. It is *not* to be used for general discussion on topics relating to Quantum Leap (that is what rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap is for). None of the works posted to alt.tv.quantum-leap.creative intend any copyright infringements of Universal Studios, Belisarius Productions, or the owners of any other characters and situations used. _________________________________________________________________ 3. OTHER SERVICES WITH QL INFO: GEnie has 4 weekly Real Time Conferences (like IRCs, I think) on two Round Tables. ShowBiz (page 185) has popular RTCs on Sundays, Tuesdays and Friday nights at 10 pm Eastern. The Second Science and Fantasy RoundTable (SFRT2 - pg 471) has an RTC on Thursday nights at 10 pm Eastern. As for BBS topics, ShowBiz has one straight "let's discuss the show" topic (CAT 9 TOP 23) and two "let's talk about the actors and gossip" topics (CAT 26 TOPs 2 and 19). SFRT2 has a regular QL topic (CAT 15, TOP 14, I think) and a Media Tie in Novel Topic run by author Ashley McConnell (I can't remember the CAT and TOP number on that one - sorry). The Software libraries of both RoundTables have many CHAT transcripts and other files of general interest. A list follows: No. File Name Type Address YYMMDD Bytes ----- ------------------------ - ------------ ------ ----- 3062 BAKULA.TXT X J.VANSUCH 940625 21504 Desc: Fairly complete bio on Scott Bakula 3218 DAQUINO.TXT X J.VANSUCH 940805 28800 Desc: 7-29-94 RTC with John D'Aquino 3161 HORVATH.RTC X J.VANSUCH 940724 54784 Desc: 7-5-94 RTC with Gillian Horvath (she wrote Promised Land and is now on GEnie.) 2765 HULSERTC.TXT X J.VANSUCH 940322 63360 Desc: 3-20-94 RTC with Paul Hulse (soundman at WB - works with Scott B. on Murphy Brown. Also a GEnie user.) 2462 MARGULIS.TXT X J.VANSUCH 931220 26112 Desc: 12-7-93 RTC with Harriet Margulies (Don B.'s old exec. assist.) 2658 MBANNING.RTC X J.VANSUCH 940209 12416 Desc: 2-8-94 RTC with Mark Banning (GNP/Crescendo Records Exec.) 2392 MCCONNEL.TXT X J.VANSUCH 931118 35072 Desc: 11-16-93 RTC with Ashley McConnell (About first novel) 3190 PRELUDE.RTC X J.VANSUCH 940731 27136 Desc: 6-29-94 RTC with Ashley McConnell 3061 QL-INET-ARCHIVE X J.VANSUCH 940625 182144 Desc: Various ql archive files - Internet 2978 QLFAQ.ZIP X J.VANSUCH 940604 94208 Desc: FAQs written by PQL club chairman Karen Funk Blocher - GREAT!! 2853 RICHRTC.TXT X J.VANSUCH 940503 77184 Desc: 4-12-94 RTC with Richard Whiteside (Shadow in Leap for Lisa and Doc in Vietnam -- also on GEnie. 2749 THE-WALL.TXT X J.VANSUCH 940315 76800 Desc: 12-28 RTC with Ashley McConnell [Vansuch] America Online has two boards dedicated to Quantum Leap news. One can be found in the "TV Gossip" section under "Cable/Syndicated Shows". The other can be found in the "Sci Fi" section. There is a group of Leapers who meet in the "Remote Control" room of the "TV Gossip" section every Monday night at 9:30 Eastern Time. Fidonet has a QUANTUMLEAP echo. Compuserve leapers are found in the sf/fantasy media forum. There is a separate QL board and they hold regular conferences every Sunday at 1:00 p.m. EST in The Waiting Room. [Ava Webster] IRC: There are currently no "scheduled" QL get-togethers, but there are some of us who show up nearly every night at midnight EST on channel #ql. [Jenni Bohn] [need info] Prodigy? _________________________________________________________________ 4. REBROADCAST SCHEDULES: NBC ran the original broadcasts, but QL can be seen in syndication in the United States on the cable channels USA and the Sci-Fi Channel. The USA Cable Channel runs QL rebroadcasts at 1 p.m. EST on Mondays through Fridays and at midnight EST Monday through Thursday (i.e., 00:00 EST Tuesdays through Fridays) (as of 9/95, they are no longer broadcasting at noon on weekdays). The Sci-Fi Channel runs QL at 8 p.m. EST Monday through Friday and repeats the episode at midnight. The USA and Sci-Fi Channel upcoming episodes are usually posted to the newsgroup. The two WWW pages that Tracy and Brian keep have them listed, too. For those of you who have America Online and Prodigy, the Sci-Fi Channel's lineup is listed under the Sci-Fi Channel boards. QL is quite popular in other countries. The Dutch cable channel RTL 5 played QL in the 8.30-9.30 timeslot (with commercials) on Tuesday nights, but has recently cancelled its showing just before the end of season 2. QL is also currently being broadcast in Germany, Italy, Holland, France, Australia, England, Israel, and elsewhere around the world. The UK apparently stopped airing episodes for a while this summer after "The Leap Back." [Thanks to Jos Heijmans for updates on RTL 5 and UK broadcasts] _________________________________________________________________ 5. RELATED MERCHANDISE: a) Quantum Leap CD/cassette: There is an official QL cassette and/or CD available. This information comes from Kate Shaklee (shaklee@utkvx.utk.edu) (no, she *doesn't* work for Crescendo, honest, folks!): Title: "Music from the Television Series Quantum Leap" Issued by: GNP Crescendo Records, catalog #GNPD 8036 for cassette or CD Songs include: Saga Cell from the program (with voice-over by Deborah Pratt), Quantum Leap theme (the original one), "Somewhere in the Night (Scott sings), instrumental "Suite from the Leap Home", "Imagine" (Scott), Sam's Prayer (instrumental), "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Scott), "Baby, Let's Play House" (Scott), Shoot Out (instrumental), Medley from "Man of La Mancha" (Scott), "Bite Me" (instrumental from "Blood Moon"), "Alphabet Rap Song" (Dean Stockwell), "Suite from Lee Harvey Oswald" (instrumental), "Fate's Wide Wheel" (Scott sings), a conversation with Scott Bakula (about 12 minutes), and the QL theme again. The album is available in major U.S. record stores (Goody's, Tower, Camelot and others) or can be ordered. Crescendo's catalog lists a price of $12.98 for the cd, $8.98 for cassette (California residents add sales tax), and add $3.00 for postage and shipping; normal shipping is via fourth class mail. To accommodate eager QL fans, Crescendo will ship by first class if you are willing to pay an extra dollar ($4.00 s/h)--you have to ask for this--the person who takes your order probably won't mention it--it's not their regular habit--it's special just for us! ;-) Crescendo has a toll-free number for information or credit card orders: 1-800-654-7029. Between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., PACIFIC time, Monday through Friday, this phone is answered by a person (in my experience); at other times, you get a recording, which will let you place an order. Crescendo is prepared to handle international orders. You need to call or write to find out the postage cost. The toll-free 800 phone number is not good outside North America. Crescendo's regular business number is (213) 656-2614. To write for information, or place an order with payment by check or money order, send to: GNP Crescendo Records 8400 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90069 USA You can also get CDs from the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions that Scott Bakula appeared in (complete with *his* singing) from "Romance, Romance", and "Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down". The address for that is: Footlight Records 113 E. 12th Street New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 533-1572 Fax: (212) 673-1496 The QL title theme is featured on a number of TV theme collections, at least two of which are from the PrimetimeUSA label: "Quantum Leap" (the QL theme is the first one on the album) and "Fantastic TV Themes." [Kwong] b) Quantum Leap videos/laserdiscs There are videocassetes available from Universal for a limited number of episodes. You can find the videocassettes from places such as Suncoast Motion Pictures, Camelot Spectrums, and other video outlets. Here is a current list of released episodes: "The Pilot Episode" ("Genesis") "Catch a Falling Star" "The Color of Truth" "The Leap Home (pts 1 & 2)" "Camikazi Kid" "Shock Theater" "What Price Gloria?" "Dreams" "Jimmy" c) Quantum Leap companion books "The Quantum Leap Book" by Louis Chunovich (Citadel Press, 1993) includes episode descriptions (up to the fourth season), character bios, and interviews. "Time Tripping: A Guide to Quantum Leap" by Bill Planer (Image Publishing, 1991) also includes episode descriptions (partly through the fourth season), biographies on Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, and Donald P. Bellisario, and commentary on themes of time travel in other movies and series including "Back to the Future" and "Star Trek". "The Making of Quantum Leap" or "Making a Quantum Leap" by Scott Nance [supplied by Jason Dzembo] publisher: Pioneer [Kwong] None of the books are necessarily considered canon; the Chunovic book, despite being "the official publication," contains numerous errors. [Kwong] Two unauthorized novels based on episodes were published in Great Britain, 1990, by Corgi Books. They are: "The Beginning" by Julie Robitaille--a novelization of "Genesis" "The Ghost and the Gumshoe" by Julie Robitaille--novelizations of "A Portrait for Troian" and "Play it Again, Seymour" Upcoming book: "Quantum Leap: A to Z" by Julie Barrett, approximately around Labor Day, 1995. This concordance is authorized. d) Quantum Leap original novels There are currently eight authorized original novels available in the United States based on Quantum Leap and published by Ace Books. They are: Quantum Leap: The Novel Ashley McConnell, 1992 (published in the U.K. as "Carny Knowledge") Too Close for Comfort Ashley McConnell, 1993 The Wall Ashley McConnell, 1994 Prelude Ashley McConnell, 1994 Knights of the Morningstar Melanie Rawn, 1994 Search and Rescue Melissa Crandall, 1994 Random Measures Ashley McConnell, 1995 Pulitzer L. Elizabeth Storm, 1995 These books are available at most major bookstores. Search and Rescue is indeed available in bookstores, but several chains have the wrong title in their computers. Be sure to ask for it either by author or ISBN no. 441-00122-X [Margaret Colchin, PQL] Upcoming novels: Double or Nothing C. J. Henderson, early November 1995 Odyssey Barbara E. Walton, February 1996 All Ace novel covers are illustrated by Keith Birdsong. [Kwong] The novels/comics, whether authorized or not, are not considered canon. This includes the canonity of such mundane facts mentioned in the novels as full names and backgrounds of established characters; history, layout, or operations of PQL; theories of leaping; etc. [Kwong] e) Quantum Leap fanfiction Several people/groups have put out amateur fanzine publications. For a mostly up-to-date list, check out the file zine.list at the ftp.cisco.com site in the directory /ql-archive/text. This list is maintained by Mary Anne Espenshade (mae@aplexus.jhuapl.edu). f) Comics Innovation ran a series of "Quantum Leap" comic books, but the company has gone out of business. Thirteen issues were published. There is a comic book archive at ziggy.cisco.com. [Kwong] _________________________________________________________________