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Yee Jee Tso
Yee Jee Tso (born March 10, 1975 in Hong Kong) is a Canadians, Canadian actor. Tso and his family emigrated to Canada when he was 6 months old. He grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood and booked his first role at age 15. His television roles include ''The Commish'', ''Highlander: The Series, Highlander'', ''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' (1995), and the 1996 ''Doctor Who'' Doctor Who (1996), telemovie, in which he played the character Chang Lee. His ''Doctor Who'' connection continued when he played the part of Doctor Goddard in the webcast ''Real Time (Doctor Who), Real Time'' produced by Big Finish Productions, the part of Major Jal Brant in the audio drama ''Excelis Decays'' in 2002 and the role of Warrant Officer Charlie Sato in 2011's ''Tales from the Vault'', 2013's ''Mastermind (Doctor Who audio), Mastermind'' and 2014's ''The Screaming Skull''. Roles include Jared Chan, a Computer programming, programming wizard opposite Natasha Henstridge in the sci-fi thril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India, as it was causing widespread addiction among its populace. The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War, while the Qing was embroiled in handling the Taiping Rebellion. With the Qing further weakened after the First Sino-Japanese Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Henstridge
Natasha Tonya Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) is a Canadian actress and model. In 1995, she came to prominence with her debut role in the science-fiction thriller ''Species'', followed by performances in ''Species II'' and ''Species III''. She has since starred in a string of films and television series, including ''Maximum Risk'' (1996), ''The Whole Nine Yards'' (2000), ''The Whole Ten Yards'' (2004), ''Ghosts of Mars'' (2001), ''She Spies'' (2002–2004), ''Eli Stone'' (2008–2009), and '' Would Be Kings'' (2008). For the latter, she won the Gemini Award for Best Actress. Since 2019, she has been starring in the CBC Television series ''Diggstown''. Early life Henstridge was born in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, on August 15, 1974, to Helen Henstridge, a homemaker, and Brian Henstridge, a construction-manager and business-owner. She was raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, with her younger brother, Shane. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is a television series that originally aired on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, Syfy and in syndication between 1995 and 2002. The series is a List of old television series that were returned to after years, revival of the original ''The Outer Limits (1963 TV series), The Outer Limits'' series that aired from 1963 to 1965. ''The Outer Limits'' is an anthology series, anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format, but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows. History After an attempt to bring back ''The Outer Limits'' during the early 1980s, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television speculative fiction such as ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''The X-Files'', and anthology shows such as ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' convinced rights holder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (film)
''Doctor Who'', also referred to as ''Doctor Who: The Television Movie'' or simply ''Doctor Who: The Movie'' to distinguish it from the television series of the same title, is a 1996 television film continuing the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was developed as a co-production between Universal Studios and BBC Worldwide. It premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was owned by WIC at the time before being acquired by Canwest Global in 2000), 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox. It was also shown in some countries for a limited time in cinemas. The film was the first attempt to revive ''Doctor Who'' following its suspension in 1989. It was intended as a backdoor pilot for a new American-produced ''Doctor Who'' TV series. It introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in his only televised appearance as the character until "The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dictator's Son
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, ''Atlantis nesos'', "island of Atlas") is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in '' The Republic''. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's '' New Atlantis'' and Thomas More's '' Utopia''. On the other hand, nineteenth-century amateur scholars mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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