Stoker

Episode number: 47
First Aired: 05/09/97
Production number: SL-322
Previous Episode: Dinoslide
Following Episode: This Slide of Paradise

Summaries

Wade falls under the spell of a gothic-rock band's charismatic lead singer, who -- unbeknownst to Wade -- is also a full-blooded vampire with a taste for young groupies. -TV Guide

Alternate Earths

102. Nosferatu Earth

Visitors to this world are advised to keep garlic, a wooden stake and a cricifix close at hand: vampires are real on this world. One group of vampires in particular have been together for well over a hundred years and has formed a rock band called "Stoker." Although being a vampire has been a felony since 1897, there have been some famous (infamous?) ones more recently; for instance there was one was named Nixon...

Notes

• Much of this episode owes a tip of the hat to Bram Stoker's book "Dracula" which was first published in 1897, the same year that being a vampire was made a felony on Nosferatu Earth. Most obvious is the name of the rock band: Stoker and the names of some of the characters. For instance, the novel has characters named Harker, Mina, Renfield, and Van Helsing. In the episode, all same names appear except that Van Helsing has become Van Elsinger.

• This episode was Jerry O'Connell's debut as a director.

Credits

Written by:   Josef Anderson
Directed by:  Jerry O'Connell
               
Guest Stars:
  Ryan Alosio           as Morgan
  Neil Dickson          as Colonel Angus Rickman
  Duff McKagan          as Harker
  Danny Masterson       as Renfield
  Tommy Chong           as Van Elsinger
  Ted Rooney            as Technician
  Leslie Monique Soule  as Mina
  Barry Livingston      as Eddie Selk
  Lauri Pressler        as Nurse
  Anthony David         as Security Guard

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