Død Kalm

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“Død Kalm”
The X-Files episode

Død Kalm
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 2X19
Written by Howard Gordon
Alex Gansa
Directed by Rob Bowman
Guest stars John Savage
Vladimir Kulich
Original airdate March 10, 1995
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"Død Kalm" was the nineteenth episode of the second season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter, and deals with free radicals and wormholes.

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[edit] Plot

The agents are called in when a boatload of survivors from a US Navy Destroyer are found. What particularly catches Mulder's inquisitive eye is that all of these sailors appear to have aged many decades in the course of days. Mulder and Scully travel to Norway where they find a captain with a ship to take them where the Destroyer might be found.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Guest Starring

  • John Savage - Henry Trondheim
  • Mar Anderson - Halverson
  • Vladimir Kulich - Olafsson
  • David Cubitt - Captain Barclay
  • Dmitry Chepovetsky - Lt. Harper
  • Claire Riley - Dr. Laskos
  • Stephen Dimopoulos - Ionesco
  • John McConnach - Sailor
  • Robert Metcalfe - Nurse
  • Kelly Irving - Burke

[edit] Trivia

  • The title, Død Kalm, is probably meant to resemble Norwegian for Dead Calm. The word død actually means dead. However, kalm is not a Norwegian word. The literal translation would be "Dødelig Ro" (a deadly calm), whereas the proper translation (a quiet sea without waves) would be "Vindstille" or "Blikkstille".
  • The Norwegian dialog is at some points less than grammatically correct, nor is the pronunciation Norwegian. The sound of those speaking Norwegian is more similar to untrained English speaking natives reading a Norwegian text.
  • The area around Lofoten displayed on a map in the episode has no known anomalies like the episode describes. It is a well visited tourist area, and there is extensive fishing in the water.
  • Mulder states that a Royal Navy battleship disappeared "between Leeds and Cape Perry". Leeds is an inland industrial city in England many miles from the coast.
  • There is a USS Ardent (MCM-12) currently in service with the US Navy. That might be the destroyer (even though it is a mine countermeasures ship) used in the show.

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