![]() There's something about the show that has so much love that people want to feel good about it. ![]() People came together and they talked about it. "It opened the conversation - and they're doing it so well in the reboot too - for people this is how I feel about this event in history, and this is how I feel about this event in history. It could be anything that you wanted it to be, but it had to be universally based, and it had to be steeped in humanity," she says of their intentions regarding their stories. With the powerful legacy of the series still resounding with audiences three decades later, Pratt says she's most proud that Quantum Leap is remembered for its "heart and hope" in telling true history. "We were so far ahead of our time," she assesses. And he always said, 'There's something here, there's something here.'" But even when Quantum Leap was ordered to series, Pratt says it got moved on the schedule five times because it wasn't like anything else on the network, or on TV at the time. "And so to be a pioneer, to be the first was a big deal. ![]() "As a woman of color, there were no women who were running/directing shows, or in sci-fi in television," Pratt details. Pratt takes pride at being one of the few women, and in the vanguard of women of color, working as a creative in genre television at the time. The original series remains a sci-fi classic, ranking as one of the best in the genre ever. QUANTUM LEAP - "Family Style" Episode 113 - Pictured: (l-r) Raymond Lee as Dr. That decision may have broken some hearts when the series finale aired, but it opened the door for the continuation of the mythology in the new series today, which heavily references the Beckett era of the "Quantum Leap Project" and even includes original series character, Magic Williams (Ernie Hudson). And I was right,'" Pratt says with pride. If he stays out there, it goes on forever. " said, "What do you mean?" And I said, 'If he comes home, the show has ended. Pratt remembers when they found out they weren't continuing past Season 5, they had to figure out how to end Sam's journey. Bellisario initially decided to bring Beckett back home, but Pratt says she adamantly argued that they do the opposite. Pratt is an executive producer on the revival and directs the Feb.28 episode, “Family Style." But she's remained an ardent advocate and supporter of the Quantum Leap mythology, tirelessly trying to find a way to bring it back after it was abruptly cancelled in 1993. RELATED: 'Legends of Tomorrow' fan favorite Brandon Routh to guest star on 'Quantum Leap' in key role Fitting because that was Pratt's role as she worked side-by-side with series creator Don Bellisario (and her former husband) as a co-executive producer and writer on the original Quantum Leap. For fans, Pratt's voice has always been the calm yet passionate voice safely guiding both men through time. Ben Song ( Raymond Lee), leaps into allowing them the freedom to move on and possibly leap back home. The canon mythology in both series is that Ziggy the computer determines the probability of what needs to be changed in the time that Dr. The soothing female-voiced, parallel hybrid computer is the backbone of the "Quantum Leap Project" in both series, and has only ever been voiced by producer/writer/director/actress Deborah Pratt. If you were a fan the original run of Quantum Leap (1989–1993), and now watch the NBC revival, you'll notice there's a connector between both series: the voice of supercomputer Ziggy.
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