Time X
has lived, on television, only the time of three seasons, and yet it is part of the short list of shows that have become legendary.
The personality of its creators, Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, who died six days apart, is undoubtedly a big part of it.
Read alsoFind the shows of "Temps X" here
Mysterious in the city but gifted, on the sets of an extraordinary sense of communication, they left their double imprint on what will remain the leading science fiction magazine in France, in Europe but also, they assured. in the world.
Madelen invites you to discover or rediscover images born at the time when
The Prisoner
and
Star Trek
were only followed by an elite and when
Star Wars
was beginning to have a success that no one imagined to see continue.
Read also The tragic fate of the Bogdanoffs, twins from life to death
In these years when computers were not part of our daily lives, the twins thus created the event by presenting, during a program, a screen and a keyboard allowing us to determine the astrological theme of each of us.
In this sequence, while programming the machine, Igor confides his date of birth, which is a first and a last: throughout these last years, the two brothers have taken the party never to give it, ensuring that they were ageless, since they came from elsewhere ...
To read also "Grichka Bogdanoff, an exquisite being, of a prodigious intelligence and a vast culture"
Every week, in
Temps X
, the Bogdanoffs discussed current events in cinema, comics and literature.
They paid tribute to the pioneers of the genre, starting with Jules Verne and Ray Bradbury.
Resolutely focused on tomorrow, they also gave their first chance to young talents who had become famous.
Among them are the driver of the spaceship, Franck Dubosc, then a simple extra, Jean-Michel Jarre, defender of electronic music that does not reach the general public, as well as a 13-year-old college student, passionate about science fiction, whose first appearance on television: Frédéric Beigbeder.
The incredible patter of the Bogdanoffs
After the shutdown of
Time X
, the twins offered other shows, including
The Odyssey of the Future
,
X
-rays and
Sciences X
, which did not have the same media impact. This is also the case with the first screen appearances of the Bogdanoff brothers. In 1976, after the release of their first book
Clefs pour la Science-Fiction
, they began by providing a column with Laurent Broomhead in an afternoon program, Patrice Laffont,
Un sur cinq
on Antenne 2. At the same time, Igor is the seat of the office of Yves Mourousi for a passage in the news of 13 hours of TF1.
He ends up achieving his goal.
Seduced by the duo's gossip, the journalist offered them to speak every week in his Sunday show,
Bon appétit
.
The management of the channel notices them in turn.
The sequel is part of television history.
Their journey was finally marked by accusations of plagiarism and other cases of which they systematically denied the reality.
What is it really ?
No matter.
The subject that matters to us is science fiction.
Not science-friction ...
The Bogdanoff brothers' travels in
Time X
on the INA