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| WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | | WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|1|28|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|1|28|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-23 | ||
| ShortSummary = A [[yakuza]] from the future and fugitive ([[Philip Moon (actor)|Philip Moon]]) tries to use his knowledge to take over the group in the present day. | | ShortSummary = A [[yakuza]] from the future and fugitive ([[Philip Moon (actor)|Philip Moon]]) tries to use his knowledge to take over the group in the present day. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Garner Simmons | | WrittenBy = Garner Simmons | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|5|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|5|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-25 | ||
| ShortSummary = When Selma is stolen by muggers, Darien teams up with an older officer ([[Ralph Waite]]) to save her. | | ShortSummary = When Selma is stolen by muggers, Darien teams up with an older officer ([[Ralph Waite]]) to save her. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Michael Ahnemann | | WrittenBy = Michael Ahnemann | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|12|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|12|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-28 | ||
| ShortSummary = When a fugitive is murdered in a small town, Darien stays to find out who did it. But this town is not exactly Mayberry. | | ShortSummary = When a fugitive is murdered in a small town, Darien stays to find out who did it. But this town is not exactly Mayberry. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Jonathan Glassner | | WrittenBy = Jonathan Glassner | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|19|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|19|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-29 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien helps an alien find his mate. | | ShortSummary = Darien helps an alien find his mate. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Bill Dial | | WrittenBy = Bill Dial | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|26|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|2|26|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-27 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien encounters a professor from the future ([[John Schuck]]) who has created a belt allowing people to fly. The problem is terrorists want it as well. | | ShortSummary = Darien encounters a professor from the future ([[John Schuck]]) who has created a belt allowing people to fly. The problem is terrorists want it as well. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Tracy Friedman | | WrittenBy = Tracy Friedman | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|5|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|5|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-26 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien's friend Tulsa Giles enlists his aid in discovering why home buyers in a certain subdivision are losing their minds. | | ShortSummary = Darien's friend Tulsa Giles enlists his aid in discovering why home buyers in a certain subdivision are losing their minds. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Grant Rosenberg | | WrittenBy = Grant Rosenberg | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|12|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|12|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-24 | ||
| ShortSummary = A futuristic arms dealer is manufacturing 22nd century weapons and selling to 20th century criminals. | | ShortSummary = A futuristic arms dealer is manufacturing 22nd century weapons and selling to 20th century criminals. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Harold Gast | | WrittenBy = Harold Gast | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|19|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|3|19|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-31 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien travels to Australia and encounters Dr. Sahmbi's fraudulent attempt to treat people for diseases by using TXP. | | ShortSummary = Darien travels to Australia and encounters Dr. Sahmbi's fraudulent attempt to treat people for diseases by using TXP. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Robert McCullough | | WrittenBy = Robert McCullough | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|23|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|23|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-30 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien's old partner Mace Warfield arrives in the 20th century with an assignment for both of them: to track down and retrieve a corrupt police captain. | | ShortSummary = Darien's old partner Mace Warfield arrives in the 20th century with an assignment for both of them: to track down and retrieve a corrupt police captain. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Babs Greyhosky | | WrittenBy = Babs Greyhosky | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|30|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|4|30|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-36 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien teams up with a female U.S. Marshal to pursue a bank robbing 22nd century fugitive who manages to stay one step ahead. | | ShortSummary = Darien teams up with a female U.S. Marshal to pursue a bank robbing 22nd century fugitive who manages to stay one step ahead. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Harve Bennett | | WrittenBy = Harve Bennett | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|7|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|7|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-34 | ||
| ShortSummary = A basketball star turned priest ([[Julius Erving]]) needs protection after hearing the confession of a future fugitive while in prison. | | ShortSummary = A basketball star turned priest ([[Julius Erving]]) needs protection after hearing the confession of a future fugitive while in prison. | ||
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| WrittenBy = David Loughery and Laurie Stevens | | WrittenBy = David Loughery and Laurie Stevens | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|14|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|14|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-32 | ||
| ShortSummary = Sahmbi creates an android double for Darien, and then sets him on Darien's trail. | | ShortSummary = Sahmbi creates an android double for Darien, and then sets him on Darien's trail. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | | WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|21|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|21|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-37 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien pursues a fugitive who leads him to Kathryn Logan (Elizabeth Alexander in a dual role), his mother. | | ShortSummary = Darien pursues a fugitive who leads him to Kathryn Logan (Elizabeth Alexander in a dual role), his mother. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Michael Ahnemann | | WrittenBy = Michael Ahnemann | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|28|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|5|28|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-39 | ||
| ShortSummary = After being wounded in an encounter with a fugitive, Darien is nursed back to health by a military veteran (Ronny Cox), who asks Darien's assistance in finding his son, still missing in action in Cambodia. | | ShortSummary = After being wounded in an encounter with a fugitive, Darien is nursed back to health by a military veteran (Ronny Cox), who asks Darien's assistance in finding his son, still missing in action in Cambodia. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Grant Rosenberg | | WrittenBy = Grant Rosenberg | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|15|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|15|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-41 | ||
| ShortSummary = A female cat burglar is caught in the act, but uses a futuristic weapon to escape. | | ShortSummary = A female cat burglar is caught in the act, but uses a futuristic weapon to escape. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Jeffrey M. Hayes | | WrittenBy = Jeffrey M. Hayes | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|22|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|22|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-40 | ||
| ShortSummary = The widow of a fugitive, reported dead, asks Darien's help in finding out what really happened. | | ShortSummary = The widow of a fugitive, reported dead, asks Darien's help in finding out what really happened. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Garner Simmons | | WrittenBy = Garner Simmons | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|29|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|10|29|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-43 | ||
| ShortSummary = A comedian in the 20th Century turns out to have been someone who was Darien's favorite comic performer in the 22nd Century. | | ShortSummary = A comedian in the 20th Century turns out to have been someone who was Darien's favorite comic performer in the 22nd Century. | ||
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| WrittenBy = David H. Balkan | | WrittenBy = David H. Balkan | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|5|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|5|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-35 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien must prevent the murder of an innocent woman ([[Jeri Ryan]]) by a man from the future intent on keeping her from having descendants, one of whom will become a murderer in the 22nd Century who will kill his girlfriend. | | ShortSummary = Darien must prevent the murder of an innocent woman ([[Jeri Ryan]]) by a man from the future intent on keeping her from having descendants, one of whom will become a murderer in the 22nd Century who will kill his girlfriend. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Tracy Friedman | | WrittenBy = Tracy Friedman | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|12|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|12|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-38 | ||
| ShortSummary = A rare Koala must be found by Darien in order to stop a plague that will decimate the 22nd Century. | | ShortSummary = A rare Koala must be found by Darien in order to stop a plague that will decimate the 22nd Century. | ||
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| WrittenBy = David Loughery and Laurie Stevens | | WrittenBy = David Loughery and Laurie Stevens | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|19|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|19|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-42 | ||
| ShortSummary = Captain Lambert is attacked and blinded by a criminal from the future. | | ShortSummary = Captain Lambert is attacked and blinded by a criminal from the future. | ||
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| WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | | WrittenBy = Ruel Fischmann | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|26|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|11|26|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-44 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien Lambert apprehends a fugitive, who tries to cut a deal by leading the cop from the future to his boss, a much more important criminal. | | ShortSummary = Darien Lambert apprehends a fugitive, who tries to cut a deal by leading the cop from the future to his boss, a much more important criminal. | ||
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| WrittenBy = James L. Novack | | WrittenBy = James L. Novack | ||
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|12|3|df=y}} | | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|12|3|df=y}} | ||
| ProdCode = | | ProdCode = 296609-33 | ||
| ShortSummary = Darien is exposed to DXT while protecting a witness in a trial, which causes full memory loss. | | ShortSummary = Darien is exposed to DXT while protecting a witness in a trial, which causes full memory loss. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:50, 25 June 2025
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Time Trax is a science fiction television series that first aired in 1993.[1][2][3] A police officer, sent two centuries into the past to a parallel universe, must apprehend and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future.[4] This was the last new production from Lorimar Television.
Production
Time Trax was created by veteran Hollywood producers Harve Bennett, Jeffrey M. Hayes and Grant Rosenberg. Rosenberg came up with the original idea, which Bennett and Hayes helped craft into the final premise.[5]
It was one of the first three original programming offerings of the Prime Time Entertainment Network, alongside Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Babylon 5, and it ran between January 20, 1993, and December 3, 1994. Despite being well received by viewers, the network cancelled the series because they wanted to go in a different direction to increase their viewer base.[5]
Despite its Washington, D.C., setting, the series was shot in Queensland, Australia, near the Warner/Roadshow Studios.[5] It was the last series to premiere under the Lorimar Productions name.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Premise
In the year 2193, over a hundred criminals become fugitives of law enforcement by traveling back in time two hundred years to a parallel Universe, using a time machine called Trax. Darien Lambert is a police detective of that period who is sent back to 1993 in order to apprehend as many of the fugitives as possible.[6] He is assisted by the Specified Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive, or SELMA, an extremely small but very powerful computer (described as equivalent to a mainframe) disguised for the mission as a credit card; SELMA communicates through a holographic interface which takes the visual form of a woman. Lambert is also equipped with a Micro-Pellet Projection Tube disguised as a keyless car alarm remote, which can stun targets or engulf them in an energy field, rendering them transportable to the future. This process, executed by SELMA, incorporates a transmission sequence to send the criminal on his way. Dr. Mordecai Sahmbi, who was responsible for sending the fugitives to 1993, tries several times to kill Lambert.
Captain Lambert, fearing the possible consequences of altering the timeline, does not actively attempt to interfere with the natural flow of history, although he frequently leaves messages for his colleagues in 2193 (via the personals sections of assorted newspapers).
Cast
Regular
- Dale Midkiff as Captain Darien Lambert, Fugitive Retrieval Section.[1] A police officer from the 22nd century. Born in 2160 and abandoned by his parents, he was raised in Enclave I-6 Middle City, the area formerly known as Chicago Land. As a child of his time, he has abilities superior to those of 20th-century humans: IQ 204, a speed memorization rate of 1.2 pages per second, a top speed of 8.6 seconds for 100 m, a heartbeat of 35 beats per minute and a life expectancy of 120 years, as well as mental focusing capabilities from beta wave training, including the ability to slow down the speed of visual images reaching the brain. He attended the International Police Academy at West Point, from which he graduated first in his class.[7] In 2193, after over a hundred criminals escaped back to 1993, he is sent back to 1993 to retrieve them.
- Elizabeth Alexander as SELMA (Specified Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive), an advanced computer AI disguised as Darien's credit card. Selma communicates with both a voice and a holographic interface based on a picture of Darien's mother. Selma can place phone calls, perform medical and scientific testing as well as interface with virtually any computer including those belonging to law enforcement agencies, as well as having a vast amount of information in her database.
Recurring
- Peter Donat as Dr. Mordecai Sahmbi, a MIT professor and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics for his theoretical work in the teletransportation of particle mass. Creator of the TRAX time machine. He was paid by criminals to send them to the past. In the first episode, he traveled to the past to escape Darien.[7]
- Mia Sara as Annie Knox (Past - 20th century) and Elyssa Knox (Future - 22nd century)
Episode list
Season 1
Season 2
Home media
Time Trax was released on DVD on October 9, 2012, Warner Bros. released the complete first season on DVD in Region 1 via the Warner Archive Collection burn on demand service.[8] The second and final season was released the following year on July 9, 2013.[9]
International broadcasters
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- Perú - Canal 13 - Global Televisión
Video game
- See main article: Time Trax (video game)
A video game for the Super NES console based on the series was released on the U.S. market by Malibu Games in April 1994[10] (although some sources list December 1993).
A Sega Genesis version was also developed and completed, and was reviewed in major gaming publications,[11][12] but it was never released by the publisher. A prototype of the Mega Drive/Genesis version in fully finished state was leaked in 2013.[13] The Genesis version's most notable difference is its soundtrack being composed by Tim Follin.[14][15][16]
References
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External links
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