The series premiered on Netflix with its eight episodes on March 21, 2024.
Premise[edit]
Ye Wenjie is an astrophysicist who sees her father beaten to death during a struggle session in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She is conscripted by the military because of her scientific background and is sent to a secret military base in a remote region. Her fateful decision at the base echoes across space and time to a group of scientists in the present day, forcing them to face humanity's greatest threat.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Jovan Adepo as Saul Durand (based on the character of Luo Ji)[1]
- John Bradley as Jack Rooney (based on the character of Hu Wen)[1]
- Rosalind Chao as adult Ye Wenjie[1]
- Zine Tseng as teenage Ye Wenjie[1]
- Liam Cunningham as Thomas Wade[1]
- Eiza González as Augustina "Auggie" Salazar (based on the character of Wang Miao)[1]
- Jess Hong as Jin Cheng (based on the characters of Wang Miao and Cheng Xin)[1]
- Marlo Kelly as Tatiana Haas[1]
- Alex Sharp as Will Downing (based on the character of Yun Tianming)[1]
- Sea Shimooka as Sophon[1]
- Saamer Usmani as Prithviraj "Raj" Varma (based on the character of Zhang Beihai)[1]
- Benedict Wong as Clarence "Da" Shi (based on the character of Shi Qiang/Da Shi)[2][1]
- Jonathan Pryce as Mike Evans[1]
Recurring[edit]
- Vedette Lim as Vera Ye[1]
- Eve Ridley as young Vera Ye/Follower[1]
- Ben Schnetzer as young Mike Evans[1]
- John Dagleish as Felix
- Gerard Monaco as Collins
- Adrian Edmondson as Denys Porlock
- CCH Pounder as Secretary-General of the United Nations Lillian Joseph
- Lan Xiya as Tang Hongjing (Red Guard)
- Josh Brener as Sebastian Kent
Guest[edit]
- Mark Gatiss as Isaac Newton
- Reece Shearsmith as Alan Turing
- Conleth Hill as Pope Gregory XIII
- Naoko Mori as Marie Curie
- Kevin Eldon as Sir Thomas More
- Jason Forbes as Omar Khayyam
- Jim Howick as Harry
- Nitin Ganatra as Ranjit Varma
- Dustin Demri-Burns as Ted
- Tom Wu as Count of The West
- Guy Burnet as Rufus
- Jake Tapper as himself
- Bobak Ferdowsi as Mission Director[3]
- Stacy Abalogun as Thelma[4]