A Leap In Time
...Theorizing that one could time
travel within his own lifetime, Dr Sam Beckett stepped into
the Quantum Leap accelerator...and
vanished!
He awoke to find himself trapped in
the past, facing mirror images that were not his own, and
driven by unknown forces to change
history for the better.
His only guide on this journey is Al.
A project observer from his own time who appears in the
form of a hologram that only Sam can
see and hear. So he find himself leaping from life to life,
striving to set right, what once went
wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap....
Will be the leap
HOME.......
A bright blue light encompassed the
ABC Television executive, then fades away to reveal the face
of Dr. Sam Beckett. He stops and
looks about the office, trying as quickly as possible to gather
as many clues as possible as to
where, and WHO he was. A man sat across from him, looking at
him with a puzzled
expression.
Dan Curtis: So you're going
to cancel the show?
Sam looked at him with a very puzzled
expression.
Sam: Uh... The
show???
Dan: Yeah, you said you were
going to cancel the show with number 1,225.
Sam: I.. Uhh... Well... We
are considering it.
Dan: Hey look. We know the
shows days are numbered. It can't go on forever. But we've
got a lot of unresolved
issues to tie up. I want you to consider this 75 episode
extension.
I got a hot new writer called
in who knows this show like the back of his hand, and he
has
agreed to send the show out
in style.
Sam:
Well...uhhh...
A twiinkling sound is heard by Sam
alone, directly behind him. Sam turns to see the holographic
image of Al. Al looks at Dan with a
hero worship look.
Al: Sammmmm!!!
That's.... Dan Curtis! You know, the guy that created Dark
Shadows!
Dan: So whadda ya say? Are
you cancelling Dark Shadows or not?
Sam: Uhhh. No. You can have
the 75 episode extension.
Sam then sat back and smiled as Dan
looks at him strangely.
Sam: Is something
wrong?
Dan: Well, I need ya to
rubber stamp the extension contract so we can go ahead with
it.
Sam looks around the desk and sees a
rubber stamp with a signature on it. He presses it
into an ink pad and then firmly
stamps the contract. Then he sits back in the chair and smiles.
Al pats him on the back as blue light
washes over him. He materializes in mid flight toward
a trapeze partner who waits
him.
Sam: OHHHHHHHH
BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
But that's a different
story.
Hi. My name is Russ Williams,
a psuedonym I use for authorial purposes. I have written ,
a total of 75 episodes
of our favorite show. It was my hope to wrap up the series
like it
should have been done before.
I begin at the end of the
parallel time 1841story and pick up where the real time story left off.
I
t is the morning after
Barnabas, Julia, and Professor Stokes returned to present day Collinwood.
You'll find old familiar
characters, and a few new ones.
I must tell you that I reject
the ABC TV numbering of the episodes. Dan Curtis
Productions produced 1,225
episodes. ABC pre-empted the show 20 times over it's five year
run
and assigned episode numbers
to days when no shows aired. You will frequently see
references
to 1245 original episodes as
a result. My 1st episode is called 1226, and I make no apologies for
it.
I hope you enjoy the
stories. Stay
tuned! DARK SHADOWS continues!!!!!!