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<font color=yellow>Kate Vernon</font> talks about her upcoming appearance on <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I> and how her role relates to <I>Battlestar Galactica</I>.<p>As CSI Files previously <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/news/030309_02.shtml">reported</a>, <I>CSI</I> will delve into the world of science fiction later this season. The episode, titled "A Space Oddity", will air on April 16. <I>CSI</I> writers <font color=yellow>David Weddle</font> and <font color=yellow>Bradley Thompson</font> are former writers for <I>Battlestar</I>. The episode will be directed by <font color=yellow>Michael Nankin</font>, who is also connected to the sci-fi series. "A Space Oddity" will feature Vernon, who plays Ellen Tigh on <I>Battlestar</I>, and a cameo from the show's executive producer <font color=yellow>Ron Moore</font>.<p>"I play a professor of media theology, and I'm making a documentary on the Gestalt constructs of sci-fi mythocultures," Vernon explained to <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguide.com/">TV Guide</a>, adding that the episode includes a mock sci-fi convention. "Everyone's in these various outfits," she shared. "And of course there's a murder that takes place, and it's a little wink to <I>Battlestar</I>."<p>"It has a bit of a <I>Battlestar Galactica</I> vibe to it," <I>CSI</I> executive producer <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font> confirmed to <A class="link" HREF="http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/">Ausiello</a>. "A Space Oddity" will also give a few of the lab rats something to do. Shankar revealed that the episode features "Hodges (<font color=yellow>Wallace Langham</font>) and Wendy (<font color=yellow>Liz Vassey</font>) re-enacting scenes from a campy -- and entirely fictional -- 1960's era sci-fi TV show."<p>The original interview with Vernon is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Battlestar-Vernon-CSI-1003803.aspx?rss=news&partnerid=spi&profileid=05">TV Guide</a>. Additional information about the episode is from <A class="link" HREF="http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/03/exclusive-csi-p.html">Ausiello</a>.<center></center>