Fire

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Series:	The X-Files
Original Airdate:	December 17, 1993
Production Number:	1x11
Date(s):	Unknown
Written by:	Chris Carter
Directed by:	Larry Shaw

Mulder must overcome his phobia of fire to catch a mutant killer with fire-controlling capabilities.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Background Information 3 Guest Cast 3.1 Guest Starring 3.2 Co-Starring 3.3 Featuring 4 References

[edit] Summary

SUMMARY

[edit] Background Information

• The original script of this episode includes a conversation near the end in which Scully comments, "Well, never let it be said that you wouldn't walk through fire for a woman, Mulder", to which he answers, "And never let it be said that I wouldn't do it for you again, Scully".

• "Black silk boxer shorts" that Mulder wears in one scene were originally to have been "Jockey underwear".

• The character of Malcolm Marsden was named after the series' hairstylist.

• While filming one scene, actor David Duchovny suffered a burn on the outside of his left hand that was severe enough to leave a scar. The wound is visible in a scene where he is waiting outside a ballroom and wipes his forehead. Apart from this injury, no other real problems were encountered by the production personnel while filming this episode.

• This episode contains a number of references to Sherlock Holmes. Namely, these are: when Phoebe Green reminds Mulder that they once made out on the tombstone of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author who created Sherlock Holmes; when Phoebe makes a reference to a "three-pipe problem" - an expression used in a novel that features Sherlock Holmes, The Red-Headed League, that refers to the idea that a person has to sit and smoke at least three pipes in order to solve a case with the information they have gathered; when Scully asks Mulder if "the game is afoot", an expression used many times in the Sherlock Holmes novels; and when Scully calls Mulder "Sherlock" and he, referring to Holmes' faithful friend and colleague, calls her "Watson".

• The character of Phoebe Green was originally considered as a possible recurring role, owing to Chris Carter's admiration of actress Amanda Pays, his love of Sherlock Holmes and the fact that he was intrigued by the idea of incorporating a Scotland Yard detective into The X-Files. Despite the fact that the character achieved the desired effect by becoming a role that, according to Carter, "fans on the internet loved to hate", he believed that the chemistry "didn't work as it might" and Phoebe Green would make no subsequent appearances.

[edit] Guest Cast

[edit] Guest Starring

• Amanda Pays as Inspector Phoebe Green
• Mark Sheppard as Cecil L'Ively
• Dan Lett as Sir Malcolm Marsden
• Laurie Paton as Lady Marsden

[edit] Co-Starring

• Duncan Fraser as Beatty
• Phil Hayes as Driver #1
• Keegan Macintosh as Michael

[edit] Featuring

• Lynda Boyd as Woman in Bar
• Christopher Gray as Jimmie
• Alan Robertson as Grey-haired Man

[edit] References

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