After picking up long lost but never forgotten Firefly, the Science Channel just made another major blip on the radar. EW reports that John Noble, who plays the kooky but brilliant scientist Walter Bishop on the phenomenal FOX genre show, will host an upcoming Science Channel show that “explores the most unusual scientific research ever conducted — including head transplantation studies, actual zombie investigations (!) and attempts to cross-breed humans and those damn dirty apes.” That’s right: the same man who investigates the most Fringe-tastic events to occur in the fictional universe on FOX will narrate a historical take on the gruesome yet profound field of science based on real-life experiments.
Noble says, “The stories we share in Dark Matters are as outlandish as a great sci-fi script or as disturbing as a classic horror tale — the only difference is that they’re all true. The series offers a glimpse into the dark side of science, as well as human nature.”
Adds Debbie Adler Myers, general manager and executive vice president of the Science Channel: “Dark Matters offers a fascinating insight into moments of scientific history where individuals went to extreme measures to achieve a breakthrough. It’s impossible to turn away from these true stories that you always assumed were just outlandish urban legends. This is real science — just the dark side of it, featuring brilliant minds who eventually took a dramatic turn. John Noble is the perfect tour guide to escort viewers through this sordid world of research gone horribly wrong, but in some cases, led us the technology and science that we enjoy today.”
Like the channel’s smash hit Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, this one will also use super cool CGI and believable reenactments to help the viewer understand and follow the stories that will be told.
Dark Matters begins its initial six-episode run at the end of the month on August 31 at 10PM on the Science Channel. Skip after the break to watch two short but intriguingly sweet sequences from the show.
[Via EW-InsideTV]