Sliders

Sliders is a science fiction television series that ran from 1995–2000, across five seasons. The series focuses on a group of travellers "sliding" between parallel worlds.

Trivia

• Maggie Beckett may have gotten her name because Sliders was often compared to the Quantum Leap television series that starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Samuel Beckett. To further the connection, we find out that Maggie's father's name is Thomas. This has caused some to theorize he may actually be Sam's brother Tom.
• Cleavant Derricks's twin brother, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, occasionally appeared on the show when there was a need for Rembrandt and his double to interact.
• Some peope believe the series may have been inspired by the book The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones, in which a young boy from earth "bounds" between parallel worlds, searching for his home. Others believe it to be inspired by Piers Anthony's "Mode" series of novels.
• The departure of the original actors and the changing tone of the series meant that many storylines had to be abandoned or left open. Among the rumored, never-developed storylines were:

:* The Professor (John Rhys-Davies) was the evil double that the original Sliders had met earlier in the series and the real Professor would have to be found.

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:* Quinn's naive brother Colin was either a Kromagg spy or somehow under the control of the Kromagg race.

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:* The script for the final episode of the series was supposed to feature a big budget, final battle with the Kromaggs.

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• Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt Brown) is the only cast member to stay with the series throughout its entire run.
• Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt Brown) and Linda Henning (Mrs. Mallory) are the only actors to appear in both the first and last episodes of the series.
• The Nightmare on Elm Street inspired (or ripoff, as some would say) episode "The Dream Masters" actually features two actors who were in Nightmare on Elm Street films. Rodney Eastman, who plays one of the Dream Masters, was in the third and fourth Nightmare on Elm Street films, the latter of which was actually subtitled "The Dream Master". Lead Dream Master Zack Ward would later go on to play another one of Freddy Krueger's victims in Freddy vs. Jason.