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The cast of Resident Alien feel the comedy series, which will appeal to science-fiction geeks, also deals with how humans often feel alienated from one another
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(From left) Corey Reynolds, Sara Tomko and Alan Tudyk in Resident Alien.
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The quirky science-fiction comedy Resident Alien is the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale: An alien crash-lands on Earth, takes over the body of a small-town doctor and then goes around pretending to be him.
Even while he eventually learns to behave more or less like a human being - and to speak English by watching episodes of crime show Law & Order (1990 to 2010) - Dr Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk) is still very much an oddball who does not fit in.
