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Tue Feb 02, 2021 at 10:21pm ET Alan Tudyk stars in Syfy’s new hit series, Resident Alien. Pic credit: Syfy Syfy’s new sci-fi dramedy, Resident Alien, is the fun, quirky new series that showcases actor Alan Tudyk at his very best. Not since E.T., Mork & Mindy, and even the TV yesteryear hit, My Favorite Martian starring Ray Walston as “Uncle Martin,” has an Earthbound alien on a mission captured our attention. Resident Alien is based on the Dark Horse comic series by Peter Hogan and artist Steve Parkhouse and follows Harry (Alan Tudyk), disguised as a doctor, replacing the one that di...

The beloved science fiction actor and Julliard thespian breaks down his process about what it was like pretending to be an alien living in a human’s body. 

Resident Alien follows the story of a stranded space alien (Alan Tudyk) who poses as a small-town doctor in Patience, Colorado.  Taking on the identity of Harry Vanderspeigle — a vacationing physician whom his characters murders and assumes his identity — this new Harry/Alien Tudyk, is tasked with helping the nearby townsfolk, as he’s the only physician standby. Having no choice but to try and maintain this false identity while secretly searching for pieces of his wrecked ship to rebuild and return home. What results is the budding of a procedural science fiction drama that’s eq...

Plus, showrunner Chris Sheridan and Tudyk's costars talk the show's quirky charms and surprising homicidal streak.

My Favorite Martian, Mork & Mindy, ALF and : 1. Darker Take On The Main Character: This alien is assigned with destroying the human race. 2. Darker Premise: The alien in question has crash-landed near the tiny Colorado town of Patience, where he has secretly murdered and assumed the form of a reclusive doctor. He soon gets dragged into the town's business, however, when its local physician is found murdered. (Not the doctor whom the alien murdered, you follow? Entirely different doctor.) 3. Format: SYFY's Resident Alien, based on a Dark Horse Comics series by writer Peter Hogan and artist St...