Maximillian Arturo

Maximilian P. Arturo is a fictional character on the science fiction television show Sliders. He was played by John Rhys-Davies.

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Fictional character - Science fiction - Television show - Sliders - John Rhys-Davies

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Maximillian P. Arturo was born in England during the early 1940s. (His driver's license, shown in "Summer of Love," indicates that his birthdate is September 23.) When he was a young child, his aunt's house was bombed while he and his mother were staying there. Both Aruro's mother and aunt were killed. His only memories of this incident were his mother's dead body being pulled off him. Since his father was fighting a war in India at the time, there was no way for Arturo to be identified so he was put in an orphanage. After the war ended Arturo's father came to get him. (Reference: "Seasons Greedings")

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England - 1940s - Summer of Love - September 23 - India - Seasons Greedings

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Arturo served in his country's armed forces as a young adult. After completing his service, Arturo emigrated to the United States, where he pursued graduate studies in physics and met fellow student Christina Fox, whom he later married. Christina died of a brain aneurysm when she was 27, but not before she and Arturo had a son. (Reference: "Eggheads") At the beginning of Sliders, Arturo was a professor of cosmology and ontology at UC Berkeley.

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United States - Brain - Aneurysm - Eggheads - Sliders - Cosmology - Ontology - UC Berkeley

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As a travelling companion, Arturo was arrogant, hot-tempered, and pompous, often referring to people who failed to meet his expectations as "blistering idiots". But he was not without a soft spot, particularly toward individuals he perceived as kindred intellects. Having been estranged from his son before he began sliding, Arturo had expressed that he wished Quinn were his son. Arturo was somewhat resentful of Quinn, jealous of Quinn's greater intelligence as well as the fact that Quinn (and not Arturo) invented sliding.

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In 1996, when the Sliders mistakenly believed they had landed home, Arturo's double attempted to impersonate him. Quinn, Wade, and Rembrandt never knew whether they took the right Arturo sliding with them or not. (Reference: "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome") Later that year, Arturo was diagnosed with a terminal illness and attempted to stop sliding. He continued to slide because Quinn needed him, and Quinn was more fearful of his friend and mentor's death than Arturo himself was. (Reference: "The Guardian") In mid-1997, while on an alternate Earth that was to be destroyed by a pulsar, Arturo was shot by ruthless Marine Colonel Angus Rickman. Rickman initially tried to shoot Quinn, but Arturo took the bullet for him. His last words to Quinn were, "Get them home . . . Sliders." (Reference: "The Exodus, Part Two")

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1996 - Wade - Rembrandt - Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome - The Guardian - 1997 - Alternate Earth - Pulsar - Marine - Angus Rickman - The Exodus, Part Two

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Since the Sliders never determined which Arturo they took in "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome", it is possible the Arturo from Earth Prime is still alive. However, in "In Dino Veritas", the following episode (in the original sequence, before the changes arranged by Fox), the Sliders are seen wearing a "Truth Collar" which sends an electric shock to the wearer whenever he or she lies: although it is not seen in the episode, Quinn could have easily asked the professor whether he was the one from Earth Prime, being sure about the answer. Supposing he actually did so, we have a guarantee of the fact that the Arturo in "The Exodus, Part II" is

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Earth Prime - Fox

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the one from Earth Prime: the relations in the group seem to be normal in "In Dino Veritas".

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