THROWBACK TO 1993
On September 10, 1993, a new series premiered on Fox in the US, later airing on Channel 10 in Australia. The network hadn’t been looking to get into the science fiction genre, but the pitch from creator Chris Carter had been so compelling that Fox greenlit the series about a neglected FBI department that investigated seemingly unsolvable cases – ones that usually involved unexplained phenomena and paranormal activity.
In the pilot episode, Special Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), a medical doctor, is assigned to the X-Files unit to work alongside Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who had single-handedly been running the department from his basement office.
It would later be revealed that Scully was sent to debunk his theories about the existence of alien life on Earth
