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Brit actor D'Arcy boards Fox sci-fi series

Wed May 28, 2008 5:57am EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - British actor James D'Arcy will play the lead role in "Virtuality," Fox's two-hour back-door pilot from "Battlestar Galactica" mastermind Ronald D. Moore.

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The sci-fi project is set aboard the Phaeton, Earth's first starship, on a 10-year journey to explore a distant solar system. To help the crew endure the long trip, NASA equips the ship with advanced virtual reality modules, allowing them to assume adventurous identities and go anyplace they want.

D'Arcy ("Churchill at War") will play the ship's psych officer, who produces the virtual reality shows. Last year,

D'Arcy starred on another Fox sci-fi pilot, "Them," which was co-created by Moore's "Battlestar" cohort, David Eick.

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