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Originally Posted by omshanti
Hi all- i recently rented the tv series, "Eureka" (secret town in the U.S-sponsored by the gov and home to "cutting edge" scientists). i know this may be a little out of date (i live in australia), but is there a thread to this???
One of the characters, Dr Henry Deakon, obviously inspired Kerry and Bill...
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How odd – I was also going to bring up the Henry Deacon Connection to Eureka! Seriously, what are the odds of that?
Did a quick research and here it is;
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‘(Henry Deacon is a pseudonym, prompted by his similarity to the likeable and creative polymath on the Eureka TV show.)’ Unquote
http://projectcamelot.org/henry_deacon.html
Here’s Wikipedia’s write up on the character;
“Formerly a space shuttle engineer for NASA, Henry is a jack-of-all-trades in the true sense of the word. He's the local mechanic for the town, which he simply does for fun, and is constantly inventing all sorts of devices. His devices tend to explode, malfunction, or otherwise misbehave in the trial stages, so much so in fact that any strange occurrence is usually attributed to him.
Aside from his mechanic job, he also performs most of the civil service jobs for the police department. He acts as both a forensic investigator and the coroner for Eureka...”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Deacon_(Eureka)