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moonshayde and stargazercmc have put together an excellent new community: trustno1_redux, for rewatching the X-Files.Ahh, it takes me back to those heady days of young fandom, being an X-Phile (oh, what a horrible name), writing fanfic between classes, flirting with strange Canadians over the interweb, and all my passwords being 'trustno1'. Heeheehee. I looked at the list of first season episodes, and simply had to join. Squeeze! The Jersey Devil! Fire! Beyond The Sea! Gender Bender! Darkness Falls! I'd forgotten how much love I had for that series. *happy sigh*
And did everyone already know that Hammond is Scully's dad? I only just realised it today. It made me very happy, in a very geeky way.
ETA: And was it just me, or did every second X-Files fanfic involve them getting all dressed up to go to an entirely unlikely FBI ball, and dancing to something corny and romantic?
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From wikipedia:
Queequeg was the name of Special Agent Dana Scully's dog on The X-Files. It was named after the Moby-Dick character. The name was also taken as an email handle by Fox Mulder, used to contact Scully, when he was on the run in later seasons.
I didn't remember the email thing. But apparently the nicknames came from him reading Moby Dick to her as a kid. Scully explained:
Quote from XF:
"My father used to read to me from Moby Dick when I was a little girl, I called him Ahab and he called me Starbuck. So I named my dog Queequeg."
...Why was Starbuck on BSG called that, do you know?
In the original series it seemed more like a last name because they referred to him as Lt. Starbuck rather than just Starbuck (whereas in the newer series, she has a separate name, Kara Thrace and just goes by Starbuck as her call sign).
In the original series, Starbuck's parentage was in question. Fred Astaire guest-starred as a character who was revealed to be Starbuck's father (but not to Starbuck).
I've not seen the show, you see. From the bits I have seen of the original, though, I could imagine them choosing the name Starbuck because it's the sort of thing a space pilot could be called. :)