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Silversun

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Silversun
Company typeTelevision series
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2004
Headquarters
Australia
ProductsChildren's science fiction television program

Silversun is an Australian science fiction children's television series created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The narrative centers on a group of teenage crew members aboard the Star Runner, an interstellar vessel carrying 550 colonists in cryogenic suspension to their new settlement, the Silver Sun.

Set in the year 2052, the Star Runner is currently two years into a ninety-year expedition to a planet suitable for habitation, located 45 light years from Earth. The mission aims to safely transport the "New Settlers" and establish a colony on the distant world. Given the extended duration of the voyage, the predominantly adolescent crew are undergoing training to take over command responsibilities as the adult crew members age.

Principal cast

  • Thomas Blackburne as Tane Wilson: Proficient cadet pilot.
  • Cleopatra Coleman as Zandie Brokow: Determined former cryon crew member.
  • Ryan Corr as Sheng Zammett: Gifted cadet scientist.
  • Karli Dinardo as Cinnamon Everson: Daughter of Steve and Karen Everson.
  • Cherise Donovan as Leonella Reiss: Cadet medical officer and daughter of Lillian Reiss.
  • Angus McLaren as Degenhardt Bell: Cadet responsible for the .
  • Eloise Mignon as Mara Lomax: Cadet medical officer with leadership ambitions.
  • Orpheus Pledger as Tycho Everson: Son of Steve and Karen Everson.
  • Sarah Walker as Pancha McCaskill: Cadet computer officer possessing a telepathic connection to ship systems.
  • Michelle Pettigrove as Doctor Lillian Reiss: Chief medical officer and mother of Leonella.
  • Teague Rook as Steve Everson: Engineer, husband to Karen, father of Cinnamon and Tycho.
  • Yesse Spence as Karen Everson: Astronomer and navigator; wife of Steve, mother of Cinnamon and Tycho.
  • Jeremy Stanford as Commander Aaron 'Skipper' Cyriax: The commanding officer.

Jeremy Stanford additionally plays an alien virus-induced hallucination of himself along with his clone known as "C2" or "Will Power."

Guest cast

In order of appearance:

  • Joan Murray as Eileen Lomax: Mara's grandmother residing on Earth. (3 episodes)
  • Nathan Vernon as Jarrax Wells: Leonella's former boyfriend from Earth. (1 episode)
  • Don Halbert as Interviewer (1 episode, uncredited)
  • Tracy Mann providing Holophone voiceover (2 episodes, credited in 1)
  • Victoria Eagger as Commodore Sorenson: Head of the Silver Sun Fleet at Star Command. (1 episode)
  • Adrian Mulraney as Commander John Darius: Captain of the Infinity. (2 episodes)
  • Michael Harrison as Julian Strega: Cadet pilot aboard the Infinity. (4 episodes)
    • Anthony Mays served as stunt double for Strega (1 episode)

Production

The ABC launched Silversun on 11 October 2004, airing daily at 5:00 pm within its children's programming block until 3 December 2004. A total of forty episodes were created, each approximately 22 minutes in length. Initially broadcast on the Seven Network in two separate blocks of twenty episodes, it subsequently aired continuously on ABC.

Reruns were scheduled on Sunday mornings from April 2005 through January 2006 and resumed weekdays at 5:00 pm in 2009, concluding on September 17. ABC has not announced any plans to produce a second season.

The series explores themes centered on adolescent interactions aboard the ship alongside science fiction-specific ethical issues, such as the identity and rights of a commander's clone and the complexities inherent in a multi-generational space mission. Key storylines include the unauthorized revival of crew member Zandie, encounters with a wormhole phenomenon, infection and recovery of Commander Cyriax through a harvested clone, and the subsequent awakening of that clone. The season finale concluded with an unresolved cliffhanger.

Season 1

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