History Trivia / DarkMatter2015

* GenderblindCasting: Although all three had been male in the graphic novel, the roles of Four, Six and the Android were open for both men and women to audition for. Creator/MelissaONeil auditioned for both Two and Four before getting a callback for Two. Four and Six ultimately remained male with the casting of Creator/AlexMallariJr and Creator/RogerCross, while the Android was GenderFlipped when Creator/ZoiePalmer was cast.

** As revealed in "Built, Not Born", the Android was made in the image of Dr Irena Shaw, inventor of the modern android, who was Two's lover back when the latter went by her original name, "Rebecca". The Android was originally created to be a new body for Dr Shaw to survive her [[DelicateAndSickly terminal illness]], but Shaw decided not to go through with it. An example going further than the above Acting for Three, as there is also the Alt Android with the Alt ''Raza'' crew, as well as the holographic duplicate of the Android used to assess if her growing humanity is a problem with her programming, and acting as a critical consultant and eventual threat. All are played by Creator/ZoiePalmer, taking this to Acting for ''Four''.

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for Creator/DavidHewlett and Creator/TorriHigginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Here they play the crew's handler Tabor Calchek and Commander Truffault of the Mikkei Combine, respectively. Also Creator/AmandaTapping directed "Episode Four" and "Welcome to Your New Home". Also, Creator/ZoiePalmer was one of the main cast of Series/LostGirl, which guest starred Anthony Lemke for a few episodes, and season two of Dark Matter featured Creator/KrisHoldenRied, who also played one of the main cast of Lost Girl.

** As revealed in "Built, Not Born", the Android was made in the image of Dr Irena Shaw, inventor of the modern android, who was Two's lover back when the latter went by her original name, "Rebecca". The Android was originally created to be a new body for Dr Shaw to survive her [[DelicateAndSickly terminal illness]], but Shaw decided not to go through with it. Another example of Acting for Three, as there is also the Alt Android with the Alt ''Raza'' crew. All are played by Creator/ZoiePalmer. And if the Alt Shaw ever appeared, it would be Acting for Four.

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for Creator/DavidHewlett and Creator/TorriHigginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Here they play the crew's handler Tabor Calchek and Commander Truffault of the Mikkei Combine, respectively. Also Creator/AmandaTapping directed "Episode Four" and "Welcome to Your New Home".

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Par for the course for a Syfy show, it was canceled a week after the third season finished airing despite maintaining its audience numbers from the previous season. According to creator and showrunner Creator/JosephMallozzi in an interview, the show was passed over by the Los Angeles branch of Syfy but given the greenlight by the New York branch. And it was licensed from Prodigy Pictures in Canada, not a Syfy Original, so Syfy couldn't make a profit on merchandising or on international distribution. After watching it outperform much of the LA branch's original programming, once the person in New York who had kept greenlighting ''Dark Matter'' left for another job, the show was unceremoniously tossed out. So in fact, it was screwed over for being too well-liked by the audience, and thus taking attention away from the Syfy Originals.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Par for the course for a Syfy show, it was canceled a week after the third season finished airing despite maintaining its audience numbers from the previous season. According to creator and showrunner Creator/JosephMallozzi in an interview, the show was passed over by the Los Angeles branch of Syfy but given the greenlight by the New York branch. And it was licensed from Prodigy Pictures in Canada, not a Syfy Original, so Syfy couldn't make a profit on merchandising or on international distribution. After watching it outperform much of the LA branch's original programming, once the person in New York who had kept greenlighting ''Dark Matter'' left for another job, the show was unceremoniously tossed out. So in fact, it was screwed over for being too well-liked by the audience compared to the Syfy Originals.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Par for the course for a Syfy show, it was canceled a week after the third season finished airing despite maintaining its audience numbers from the previous season. According to creator and showrunner Creator/JosephMallozzi in an interview, the show was passed over by the Los Angeles branch of Syfy but given the greenlight by the New York branch. And it was licensed from Prodigy Pictures in Canada, not a Syfy Original, so Syfy couldn't make a profit on international distribution and merchandise. After watching it outperform much of the LA branch's original programming, once the person in New York who had kept greenlighting ''Dark Matter'' left for another job, the show was unceremoniously tossed out. So in fact, it was screwed over for being too well-liked by the audience compared to the Syfy Originals.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Par for the course for a Syfy show, it was canceled a week after the third season finished airing despite maintaining its audience numbers from the previous season. According to creator and showrunner Creator/JosephMallozzi in an interview, the show was passed over by the Los Angeles branch of Syfy but given the greenlight by the New York branch. And it was licensed from Prodigy Pictures in Canada, not a Syfy Original, so Syfy couldn't make a profit on international distribution and merchandise. After watching it outperform much of the LA branch's original programming, once the person in New York who had kept greenlighting ''Dark Matter'' left for another job, the show was unceremoniously tossed out.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/{{Killjoys}}''. Interestingly, fans of both franchises strongly associate their show with that of the other, especially given the similar settings (interstellar, corporate-controlled, big wealth disparities), the adjacent occupations for the protagonists (mercenaries in ''Dark Matter'' vs bounty hunters in ''Killjoys''), and the fact that they premiered on Syfy at the same time and aired on the same nights until ''Dark Matter'' was cancelled after its third season. There were even those within both fandoms who were hoping for a crossover at some point in the future, which the showrunners, who were friends, considered doing.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/{{Killjoys}}''. Interestingly, fans of both franchises strongly associate their show with that of the other, especially given the similar settings, the adjacent occupations for the protagonists (mercenaries in ''Dark Matter'' vs bounty hunters in ''Killjoys''), and the fact that they premiered on Syfy at the same time and aired on the same nights until ''Dark Matter'' was cancelled after its third season. There were even those within both fandoms who were hoping for a crossover at some point in the future, which the showrunners, who were friends, considered doing.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/{{Killjoys}}''. Interestingly, fans of both franchises strongly associate their show with that of the other, especially given the similar settings. There were even those within both fandoms who were hoping for a crossover at some point in the future.

* DuelingShows: With ''Series/{{Killjoys}}''. Interestingly, fans of both franchises strongly associate their show with that of the other, especially given the similar settings. There were even those within both fandoms who were hoping for a crossover at some point in the future.