Earth Prime (Sliders)

Earth Prime, a term used in the television show Sliders, is the name of the alternate Earth where the four original sliders (Quinn Mallory, Wade Welles, Rembrandt Brown, and Maximillian Arturo) started their journey. Although it is very similar to our Earth, the creator of the show, Tracy Tormé, has stated that it is not our Earth Fact|date=February 2007.

This Earth was very similar to our Earth until 1997 or 1998, when the Kromaggs slid onto Earth Prime and took humanity hostage. Two months after the Kromaggs arrived, Quinn learned that he is not from Earth Prime, but of Kromagg Prime instead, though Quinn did live on Earth Prime from a time when he was a baby until when he started sliding. Wade, Rembrandt and Arturo were born on this earth. Some other inhabitants of Earth Prime include several of the recurring characters of Sliders: Amanda Mallory, Michael Mallory, Conrad Bennish, Jr., and Michael Hurley.

Although the goal of the show is to return to Earth Prime, the sliders have actually been to Earth Prime more than once during the series and left. The first time they returned was in "Into The Mystic". Quinn's double (known as "The Sorcerer" on that earth) was able to determine the sliders' home coordinates. However, since the vortex was scheduled to open in fifty-three seconds, they had to decide quickly whether or not this was the sliders' home earth. Quinn tested to hear if his gate squeaked. Since it did not, the sliders decided that they were not home so left. Quinn did not realize that the gate had recently been oiled which caused it to no longer squeak.

Quinn returned to Earth Prime at the beginning of the episode "The Exodus, Part One" along with Maggie Beckett (Arturo, Wade, and Rembrandt were not with them). Quinn and Maggie were scouting parallel worlds to find one suitable to build a colony and by coincidence, landed on Earth Prime. Quinn and Maggie were scheduled to be on that world for 30 minutes. Quinn found his mother shortly after arriving, but Maggie was unable to breathe. Quinn slid out with Maggie, telling his mother that he promised he would be back.

External links

* [http://www.earthprime.com Earth Prime] , a Sliders website
** [http://www.earthprime.com/travelogue/earth-prime.html "travelogue" on Earth Prime]