Xenite.Org: Or has cultural diversity actually been nurtured on Earth by the Long Night? Humanity has gone out to the stars, genetically engineered itself, and created new cultures. But what happened to the old cultures of Earth? Is that a political hot potato?
Ashley Miller: I think the same thing happened to them that happens to most cultures over time: they evolve. Sometimes, they disappear. Sometimes, they evolve so much they seem to disappear. It's the nature of the human beast.
Xenite.Org: What do you like to do to get away from the show?
Ashley Miller: Math. No kidding.
Xenite.Org: Have you had a chance to do that? What is it that keeps you Ashley Edward Miller when the pressure starts mounting?
Ashley Miller: Lots and lots of Diet Coke.
Xenite.Org: If you could have a recurring walk-on part on Andromeda, would you want to be a human or an alien? Would you want to be a bad guy or a good guy?
Ashley Miller: I would want to be an alien. Probably a bad guy, but one of those bad guys who's not such a bad guy (if you get my meaning). At the very least, I think I'd make a smashing Nightsider.
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Xenite.Org: Suppose [fellow Andromeda writer] Zack [Stentz] had the recurring walk-on part, and you were responsible for his character. What would you make him?
Ashley Miller: Zack would be Sparky the Shoe-shine Boy. Every time Dylan enters Command,
Sparky races over and shines his shoes, whistling a jaunty tune. When Sparky does a good job, Dylan gives him a shiny nickel and a pat on the head. When he doesn't, he is punished. Sparky's life is hard, but it certainly beats a kick in the shins.
Xenite.Org: Recent scientific papers have revealed that certain Star Trekisms such as transporters, replicators, and possibly even warp drive may be feasible. If, in the next two to five years these concepts are given more credence, will you feel pressured to deal with them on Andromeda somehow?
Ashley Miller: I wouldn't say "pressured" so much as "excited". That said, we have dealt with some of these things. The transporter leaps to mind, and so does the replicator in a more general sense. In fact, I think we're more committed to extrapolating fiction from real science than any show on TV, at least at the moment.
Editor's Note: Questions were contributed by several members of Xenite.Org's staff.
CONTINUE TO ETHLIE VARE
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