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First episode date
  
13 March 2012

Language
  
English

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Genres
  
Science Fiction, Special Interest

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Alien Encounters is a science fiction mini series on the Discovery Science network. The series explores how humanity might react to first-contact with aliens. The series is presented as a science fiction drama intermixed with commentary from scientists and sci-fi writers. The series begins with an alien signal detected by the SETI Institute and follows through alien contact and the creation of hybrids ("Brids") based on alien DNA.

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Episodes

The series had the following episodes:

Season 1

There are 2 episodes in the first season.

Season 2

There are 2 episodes in the second season.

Season 3

There are 6 episodes in season three.

Recurring Commentators

Recurring commentators included:

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  • Anthony D. Call - Narrator
  • Ariel Anbar - Director, ASU Astrobiology Program
  • Jeffrey L. Bada - Distinguished Professor of Marine Chemistry, UCSD
  • David Brin - Astronomer, Author, NASA Consultant
  • Paul Davies - Physicist, Director of the Beyond Center at Arizona State University
  • Alan Dean Foster - Author
  • David Gerrold - Author, Screen Writer
  • Kevin R. Grazier - Planetary Scientist
  • Alex Lightman - Author, Entrepreneur, Futurist
  • Malcolm Maciver - Neuroscientist, Mechanical Engineer, Northwestern University
  • Hakeem Oluseyi - Astrophysicist, Florida Tech
  • Nick Sagan - Author
  • John Scalzi - Author
  • Seth Shostak - Astronomer, SETI Institute
  • Joan Slonczewski - Microbiologist, Author
  • Jill Tarter - Author, SETI Institute
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, author, and Director of the Hayden Planetarium

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    References

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