No, the space show with the *other* short-bearded, middle-eastern doctor with a brain condition.

[odditycollector]

I've noticed some confusion about the difference between the pilot of Virtuality and that of Defying Gravity. Having watched both near-future, astronauts being continually filmed while on a long-term exploration mission shows, I offer my help with that.

	Virtuality	Defying Gravity
Created by the minds behind:	BSG	Forever Knight
Space ship?	more of a space canoe, really	more of a space canoe, really
Length of Mission?	10 years	6 years
Who goes Space Crazy?	the captain	the engineer
Backstory sexitimes?	yes	yes
Crew members apparently chosen:	to maximize interpersonal drama	from qualified applicants who cheated on the psychological screening tests
Malevolent air locks?	yes	yes
Crew member(s) developing unlikely medical issues in space?	yes	yes
Female interest plotline?	surprise rape!	abortion melodrama!
PoC in space?	yes	PoC in charge of space. And co-in charge of NASA.
White people in space?	yes	yes
Paraplegics in space?	yes	no
Main cast includes happily married gay couple allowed to snuggle on screen?	yes	no
24/7 camera footage watched by:	Billions of dedicated fans	NASA
Annoying reality show type monologing?	constantly	briefly
Annoying voice overs?	no	yes
Zero G nakedness?	no	yes
More to the mission than we or the crew is aware?	signs point to yes	for the moment
...Is it a non-human intelligence?	Obviously, and someone somewhere is crying bitter tears that we'll never get to the shocking! plot twist regarding its true nature.	Obviously, and I hope you don't mind thematic! musings on faith and destiny.
Picked up for tv series?	no	yes, airing now
Sample IM conversation regarding:	Karen: I feel like there is something Ron Moore feels he has to say about rape, but it is not as interesting as he seems to think. Betty: rape: turns out, it's bad.	Karen: Or the woman who was casting moral disapproval at the biologist lady for destroying rabbit embryos in the name of SCIENCE (seriously, I think NASA needs to fire their psych eval team) Betty: Why would you put someone on your spaceship who has a problem with the science that is going on on your spaceship! This seems very stupid. Karen: Why would you put someone on your space ship who thinks you greet people by pinching them on the ass! Unless this is meant to be our answer to Torchwood, I guess. I mean, we did get sex in 0 g already.
ETA: Can't believe I forgot. Choice of shipboard entertainment:	virtual reality OF DOOM	youtube and porn