I used to have an ambition of going into screenwriting. This has changed over the recent years, as now I want to be a novelist. However, one idea I was kicking around was an idea for a sequel to Quantum Leap, which I wanted to write and then send to Donald P. Bellisario. I will outline the basic premise and idea of it. It was called:
"Quantum Leap: Secondary Phase"
This new story begins ten years after the end of the episode "Mirror Image". Sam Beckett has been missing all this time. Al's job is now harder, as he can't always find Sam anymore. Sam now controls where he leaps by sheer force of will, and doesn't replace anyone in history. Therefore the waiting room is constantly empty.
At the start of the story, PQL is changed into a military operation rather than a government one, much to Al's chagrin, as he feels the project will be taken over and wrestled from his control.
The main character of the story is Jack Hall, an ex special forces operative who is promoted to Colonel after extreme bravery on duty. He is sent to PQL with a distinct mission. To investigate the dissapearance of Sam Beckett, find him, and bring him back.
Hall with Al and Sammy Jo-Fuller's help tracks down Beckett's wherabouts, and against Al's advice, he decides to step into the Quantum Leap accelerator, to talk to Beckett face to face. He awakens in the year 1965 with a seriously swiss cheesed memory. All he can remember are three words "Find Sam Beckett".
However, Sammy Jo Fuller (Sam's secret daughter) appears to him as a hologram and explains that before he can get to Sam, Ziggy says the Jack has to do something else first, and make sure a young teenage mother's baby is delivered succesfully. He then realises he's leaped into the girl's boyfriend.
Hall does as he's told and completes this little mission, however when he does, a smiling Sam Beckett appears from nowhere.
Hall is astonished to discover that Sam Beckett is no longer completely human. He has become a non-corpoarial entity who now thinks of time like a playground.
Hall implores Sam Beckett to return home with him, but Beckett reveals he doesn't want to anymore. He then touches Hall and once he does, Hall begins to leap out instantly. He awakens in the waiting room, and is shocked to discover that Dr Beckett has sent him home. Hall is unhappy, because he feels he's failed his mission.
He insists on walking back into the accelerator to have another try. Ziggy warns him that they won't be able to bring him back this time, that he'll be stuck leaping around in time for a while. Hall says he intends to fulfill his mission no matter what the cost. The story ends with him once again stepping into the accelerator, and vanishing. Al says "The secondary phase has begun..."
So that's it. The basic story. Sets up a new series quite well I think. Jack Hall is a very different character to Sam Beckett. Whereas Beckett was an idealistic scientist who begun leaping accidentally after testing his machine, Jack Hall is a Colonel, who steps into the accelerator to complete a mission.
As the show progresses, he'd leap around just like Sam, righting wrongs and so forth. The idea was that Beckett would show up occasionally (like in "mythology" episodes) to help, or seek help from Jack. Sammy Jo would appear to Jack as a hologram. Al, like Sam, would be a guest character.
Further episodes would reveal more Evil Leapers, and we find out that this is the reason Sam never leaves, cause he knows these guys are around, always trying to undo the good he's done.
That's the basic idea. What the sci-fi channel are doing probably doesn't resemble this at all, but I thought you guys would still find it interesting!
"Quantum Leap: Secondary Phase"
This new story begins ten years after the end of the episode "Mirror Image". Sam Beckett has been missing all this time. Al's job is now harder, as he can't always find Sam anymore. Sam now controls where he leaps by sheer force of will, and doesn't replace anyone in history. Therefore the waiting room is constantly empty.
At the start of the story, PQL is changed into a military operation rather than a government one, much to Al's chagrin, as he feels the project will be taken over and wrestled from his control.
The main character of the story is Jack Hall, an ex special forces operative who is promoted to Colonel after extreme bravery on duty. He is sent to PQL with a distinct mission. To investigate the dissapearance of Sam Beckett, find him, and bring him back.
Hall with Al and Sammy Jo-Fuller's help tracks down Beckett's wherabouts, and against Al's advice, he decides to step into the Quantum Leap accelerator, to talk to Beckett face to face. He awakens in the year 1965 with a seriously swiss cheesed memory. All he can remember are three words "Find Sam Beckett".
However, Sammy Jo Fuller (Sam's secret daughter) appears to him as a hologram and explains that before he can get to Sam, Ziggy says the Jack has to do something else first, and make sure a young teenage mother's baby is delivered succesfully. He then realises he's leaped into the girl's boyfriend.
Hall does as he's told and completes this little mission, however when he does, a smiling Sam Beckett appears from nowhere.
Hall is astonished to discover that Sam Beckett is no longer completely human. He has become a non-corpoarial entity who now thinks of time like a playground.
Hall implores Sam Beckett to return home with him, but Beckett reveals he doesn't want to anymore. He then touches Hall and once he does, Hall begins to leap out instantly. He awakens in the waiting room, and is shocked to discover that Dr Beckett has sent him home. Hall is unhappy, because he feels he's failed his mission.
He insists on walking back into the accelerator to have another try. Ziggy warns him that they won't be able to bring him back this time, that he'll be stuck leaping around in time for a while. Hall says he intends to fulfill his mission no matter what the cost. The story ends with him once again stepping into the accelerator, and vanishing. Al says "The secondary phase has begun..."
So that's it. The basic story. Sets up a new series quite well I think. Jack Hall is a very different character to Sam Beckett. Whereas Beckett was an idealistic scientist who begun leaping accidentally after testing his machine, Jack Hall is a Colonel, who steps into the accelerator to complete a mission.
As the show progresses, he'd leap around just like Sam, righting wrongs and so forth. The idea was that Beckett would show up occasionally (like in "mythology" episodes) to help, or seek help from Jack. Sammy Jo would appear to Jack as a hologram. Al, like Sam, would be a guest character.
Further episodes would reveal more Evil Leapers, and we find out that this is the reason Sam never leaves, cause he knows these guys are around, always trying to undo the good he's done.
That's the basic idea. What the sci-fi channel are doing probably doesn't resemble this at all, but I thought you guys would still find it interesting!