Forensic science meets science fiction.<p><font color=yellow>Bradley Thompson</font> and <font color=yellow>David Weddle</font> <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/050708_01.shtml">joined</a> the <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> team as supervising producers last summer. The writing duo has penned two episodes so far this season: <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/the_grave_shift.shtml">"The Grave Shift"</a> and <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/kill_me_if_you_can.shtml">"Kill Me If You Can"</a>. Coming up later this season, the science fiction writers will get back to their roots with an episode tentatively titled "A Space Oddity".<p>The episode, set to air April 16, finds the team investigating a murder that takes place at a sci-fi convention. As CSI Files previously <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/190209_01.shtml">reported</a>, the victim will be a science fiction icon (or one created for <I>CSI</I>, at least). Weddle and Thompson wrote "A Space Oddity" with executive producer <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font>, and the episode will be <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/010309_01.shtml">directed</a> by <font color=yellow>Michael Nankin</font>. Nankin has helmed numerous episodes of <I>Battlestar Galactica</I>, which is the series Thompson and Weddle worked for before joining the <I>CSI</I> staff.<p>The director won't be the only connection to the writing duo's sci-fi background. Actress <font color=yellow>Kate Vernon</font>, who plays Ellen Tigh on <I>Battlestar</I>, will be in the episode, and <I>Battlestar</I>'s executive producer <font color=yellow>Ron Moore</font> is scheduled to stop by as well. In addition to those appearances, Weddle told the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/">Chicago Tribune</a> that there would be "other surprise cameos for sci-fi fans."<p>The original article is from the <A class="link" HREF="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/csi-battlestar-galactica.html">Chicago Tribune</a>. Thanks to <font color=yellow>Shane</font> from <A class="link" HREF="http://talk.csifiles.com/">TalkCSI</a> for the heads up.<center></center>