Beyond (simplified Chinese: X元素) is a Singaporean

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drama which has been telecasted on

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's free-to-air channel,

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. It stars

Jeanette Aw Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wide ...

Pierre Png Pierre Png Tiang Huat (; born 29 October 1973), is a Singaporean actor. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas which include '' The Gentlemen'' and ''When Duty Calls''. Early in his ca ...

Li Nanxing Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ah-Ge' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a film director and producer. Li has acted in many Chinese-lang ...

Xiang Yun Chen Cuichang (born 27 October 1961), better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained arti ...

and

Shaun Chen Shaun Chen (; born 3 November 1978) is a Malaysian actor and former national badminton player who is based in Singapore. He started as a host for the variety show ''City Beat'' alongside Sharon Au, Jeff Wang and Fiona Xie. In 2003, he made hi ...

as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 24 Dec 2012. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm, it is a year end blockbuster for 2012. The series is the sixth highest-rated drama serial in 2013, with an average viewership of 834,000.

Plot

Welcome to the realm of the unexplained, where things are not exactly what they seem and where one can get sucked into an alternative reality or a different dimension. Jeanette Aw plays the protagonist gifted with the extraordinary ability to see a person as they are inside. Together with Li Nan Xing, who plays an eccentric private investigator in search of his missing fiancée, the duo brave challenges as they seek to unravel mysteries of the unknown dimensions. The intriguing investigative drama also stars Pierre Png as the psychiatrist with charisma, Shaun Chen and Xiang Yun. Each case covers three to four thrilling episodes.

Cast

Main cast

Other cast

Ep 1–4: Storey 13.5

Ep 5–8: Youth stealer

Ep 9–11: Kampong Mimpi

The villagers appeared in episodes 10 and 11. Scenes took place in

Kampong Buangkok Kampong Lorong Buangkok (alternatively ''Kampung Lorong Buangkok''; Jawi: كامڤوڠ لوروڠ بواڠكوق; ) is a village located in Buangkok in Hougang, Singapore. Built in 1956, it is the last surviving kampong located on Singapore Isl ...

Ep 12–14: Back in time

Ep 15–17: Wenbin's inner soul

Ep 18–20: Another dimension / "Déjà vu"

(Storyline formed as a result of the events in 'Back in time')

Production

The drama was originally meant to be called 异能元素. Filming for this drama started on end Apr 2012 and completed its filming in early Jul. Due to special effects used in the drama, the drama is only broadcast at the end of the year.

Trivia

Dennis Chew Dennis Chew Chong Kheng (born 15 August 1973), also known as Zhou Chongqing, is a Singaporean radio deejay, actor, variety show host and singer. Chew is known for playing Aunty Lucy, a character which requires him to cross-dress as a middle-ag ...

's return to acting on TV after 10 years. He last acted in the sitcom My Genie 2 in 2002. *

will play two roles as Zhiqing. She will play in both the real dimension and the alternate dimension.

Accolades

References

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External links

Official website of Beyond on XinmsnBAGUA8 blog
Singapore Chinese dramas 2012 Singaporean television series debuts Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming