{"id":78177,"date":"2015-07-30T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=78177"},"modified":"2015-07-30T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T14:08:04","slug":"tahmoh-penikett-thanks-supernatural-fans-for-riftworld-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/tahmoh-penikett-thanks-supernatural-fans-for-riftworld-chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Riftworld Chronicles star thanks Supernatural fans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tahmoh Penikett plays Alar of Caer Caladh in Riftworld Chronicles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’re a fan of sci-fi and fantasy, then the chances are you will be familiar with Tahmoh Penikett. After first gaining renown as Karl ‘Helo’ Agathon in Battlestar Galactica<\/strong><\/em>, he has since garnered recurring roles in the likes of Smallville<\/strong><\/em>, Dollhouse<\/strong><\/em>, Supernatural<\/strong><\/em> and\u00a0Continuum<\/strong><\/em>, as well as showing up in Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

For his latest genre-friendly outing, he stars alongside Being Erica<\/strong><\/em>‘s Erin Karpluk as the interestingly named\u00a0Alar of Caer Caladh, who accidentally ends up on Earth, and soon absconds with journalist Kim (Karpluk) to travel through dimensions<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s about a wizard who happens upon this world \u2013 our world, the Riftworld \u2013 by accident. He obviously \u2013 or apparently \u2013 has the ability to travel long distances in his own world, through his powers. Unfortunately, he ends up in the Riftworld, which is not something he\u2019s seen before, or ever heard of, and he\u2019s trying to understand it,” explains Penikett.<\/p>\n

“Fortunately, there\u2019s someone who\u2019s sympathetic to his situation, even if she doesn\u2019t quite believe him when she first meets him \u2013 Kim, who we get introduced to right away. She\u2019s trying to aid him, although she has serious reservations that he\u2019s probably mentally ill. Then they take off from this sort of comedic tale of seeing the world through Allar\u2019s eyes.”<\/p>\n

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Penikett stars alongside Being Erica star Erin Karpluk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Riftworld Chronicles<\/strong> <\/em>enjoyed a rather unconventional creation process. Having first started life as short film The Portal<\/strong> <\/em>(also written and directed by Riftworld<\/strong><\/em> creator Jonathan Williams), its popularity led to a Kickstarter campaign that in turn resulted in Riftworld<\/strong><\/em>. The presence of Penikett in particular, who as previously mentioned has a number of TV credits to his name, undoubtedly helped it to stand out, but he credits one show specifically.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m really hopeful and optimistic that the fans receive it well. In particular, the Supernatural<\/strong><\/em> fans, which is one of the most rabid fan followings out there. I had the pleasure of interacting with many of them through the conventions I\u2019ve done with the Supernatural<\/strong><\/em> boys, meeting thousands of them in every city that I\u2019ve travelled to to do a Supernatural<\/strong><\/em> convention with.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019ve had this incredible desire and support for this project, and are\u00a0a large part of the reason why it came about. We had their support in the Kickstarter campaign. They just want more, and they can\u2019t wait for it, they\u2019re dying to see it, and I cant wait to get it out there and see the response. Hopefully they really enjoy it.”<\/p>\n

Riftworld Chronicles<\/em> is airing now on CBC.com in Canada, with a UK air date to follow. For more news on the latest shows, pick up the latest issue of SciFiNow<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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