A well-known example of a non – carbon-based life-form in science fiction is the Horta in the original Star Trek episode " Devil in the Dark ".

* In the TV series Dark Angel gene therapy is mentioned as one of the practices performed on transgenics and their surrogate mothers at Manticore, and in the episode Prodigy, Dr. Tanaka uses a groundbreaking new form of gene therapy to turn Jude, a premature, vegetative baby of a crack / cocaine addict, into a boy genius.

In 1993, Dunst played Hedril in " Dark Page ", the seventh episode of the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

*" Out " ( Dark Angel ), an episode of the television series Dark Angel

The latter is inspired by several dark fantasy influences, notably that of H. P. Lovecraft ; most notably, Dimensional Shamblers appear as enemies, the " Spawn " enemies are called " Formless Spawn of Tsathoggua " in the manual, the end boss of the first episode is named Chthon, and the final boss is named Shub-Niggurath ( though actually resembling a Dark Young ).

Early episodes of Dark Shadows were rerun on PBS stations in the early 1970s after the show's cancellation, and the entire series ( except the single missing episode ) was rerun on the SciFi Channel in the 1990s.

A shadow of Dark Willow appears to fight Glory in the fifth season episode " Tough Love ", but she does not come into full force until the sixth season in " Villains ", " Two to Go ", and " Grave ".

According to the TNG Technical Manual, the transporter cannot move antimatter, but in the VOY episode " Dark Frontier " Voyager transported a live photon torpedo equipped with antimatter onto a Borg ship.

Bron appeared in the long-running British TV series Midsomer Murders as Lady Isobel DeQuetteville in the episode " The Dark Rider ", first aired on ITV1 on 1 February 2012.

It usually requires physical contact with a subject, though instances of mind-melds without contact have been seen ( for example, in the episode " The Devil in the Dark ").

For example, in the TOS episode " A Taste of Armageddon ," Spock was once able to induce uncertainty in the mind of a prison guard on Eminiar VII, and in the episode " The Devil in the Dark ," he was able to perform a limited mind meld with a horta without actually making physical contact with the being.

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Dark Frontier ," Tom Paris describes it as the " New World Economy ," which began in the late 22nd century and eventually made money obsolete, as does Jean-Luc Picard while explaining the timeline to Lily Sloane in Star Trek: First Contact.

A parody of Michael Caine also appears in the animated series Ugly Americans, in the episode " The Dork Knight ", which also parodies the film The Dark Knight.

His father is also, briefly, shown in the episode " Bart After Dark " as an older version of Lovejoy ( including clerical collar ) who visits the Maison Derrière but has no speaking part.

* An episode of The New Batman Adventures, entitled " Legends of the Dark Knight ," depicted a scene directly based on both of Batman's showdowns with the Mutants ' leader ( voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson ).

Spike had previously appeared in the season 1 episode of Angel " In the Dark ", Spike goes to Los Angeles at the same time as Oz arrives to give Angel the Gem of Amarra, Spike's objective was to get the ring and kill Angel.

Although capable of developing sound battle strategies, Spike ( particularly in the days before receiving his chip and being re-ensouled ) often loses patience with anything more complicated than outright attack, as mentioned in the episode " In the Dark ".

In the first episode of the animated series, the Dark Side is called " The Schwarz side of the Schwartz ".

* Horta ( Star Trek ), a silicon-based intelligent lifeform from the Star Trek episode " The Devil in the Dark "

* In one episode of Tiziano Sclavi's Dylan Dog, the Nightmare Investigator, Sköll and his brother Hati, were used as characters in tale N ° 289 " La via degli enigmi " (" The Way of Puzzles ") and N ° 290 " L ' erede Oscuro " (" The Dark Heir "); in which they are evil creatures who serve the main antagonist.

* In one episode of Tiziano Sclavi's Dylan Dog, the Nightmare Investigator, Hati and his brother Sköll, were used as characters in tale N ° 289 " La via degli enigmi " (" The Way of Puzzles ") and N ° 290 " L ' erede Oscuro " (" The Dark Heir "); in which they are evil creatures who serve the main antagonist.

* 2010: Generator Rex-Dr. Gabriel Rylander ( 1 episode, " Dark Passage ")

She was also featured in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series entitled Legends of the Dark Knight.

* Family Matters: In the 1994 episode " Father of the Bride ", Carl Winslow sleeps for fifteen years and wakes up in the year 2009 where main characters Steve Urkel and Laura Winslow are married with four children.

Adam Howden portrays him on a 2012 episode of the Science Channel series, Dark Matters: Twisted But True.

Marley made guest appearances as himself on an episode of the sitcom Family Matters in 1995, and on the television series Charmed in season 6 ( episode 14, " The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell "), performing " Rainbow in the Sky ".

The story of Hedy Lamarr's frequency-hopping spread-spectrum invention, was explored in an episode of the Science Channel show Dark Matters: Twisted But True, a series which explores the darker side of scientific discovery and experimentation, which premiered on September 7, 2011.

In 2012, Haber was featured on an episode of Dark Matters: Twisted But True.

In the series 1 episode " Size Matters " it is implied that Susan views Angus Deayton in the same way that Steve views Mariella Frostrup, even keeping two pictures of him hidden in her bedroom.

During the same year, Voorhies guest-starred in the season 6 episode of Family Matters, entitled " Home Sweet Home ," as Eddie's upstairs dream girl.

* Family Matters ( 1995 ): Sue ( 1 episode )

* The experiment was featured in a 2012 episode of Science's Dark Matters: Twisted But True in the documentary short " Creative Evil.

ABC then promised to pay Miller-Boyett Productions $ 1. 5 million per episode for a ninth and tenth season of Family Matters.

In the original airing, this episode appeared right after a Family Matters episode where Steve uses a jet pack to rocket through the Winslow's roof and into the air away from Chicago, implying that he landed in San Francisco into the Full House universe.

* Step by Step – In the series ' second episode, " The Dance ", Steve lands in the Step by Step family's back yard after launching himself with a rocket pack from the living room of the Winslows ' house on Family Matters ( the two scenes being shown in uninterrupted sequence, as Family Matters and Step by Step aired back to back on television at the time ).

* Family Matters has an episode named " Food, Lies and Videotape.

Gray also appeared as " Little G " in an episode of the TV show Family Matters.

" Matters of Honor " is the first episode of the third season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.

For instance, on the ABC / CBS show Family Matters during the closing credits of the episode " Scenes From a Mall " ( Season 5, Episode 12 ), a scene which was shown earlier in the episode featuring Reginald VelJohnson is re-played, but this time with one of the child actors stating that he " looks like that fat guy from Fresh Prince ," referring to James Avery who played Judge Phillip Banks on NBC's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

* Steve Urkel from Family Matters appeared on the episode " Stephanie Gets Framed " on the sitcom Full House.

Steve Urkel from the 1990s family sitcom " Family Matters " wears a collection of suspenders in each episode he stars in.

* The story of Dr. Wells self-experimentation drugs he was testing was explored in an episode of Science Channel's Dark Matters: Twisted But True in a story entitled " Jekyll VS Hyde " ( by comparing it to the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ).

Steve Urkel invents a helmet-based smellovision device on an episode of the sitcom, Family Matters and convinces Carl Winslow to try it out.