Beyond (Singaporean TV series)
Beyond is a Singaporean Chinese drama which has been telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Jeanette Aw, Pierre Png, Li Nanxing, Xiang Yun and Shaun Chen as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 24 Dec 2012. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm, it is a year end blockbuster for 2012.
The series is the sixth highest-rated drama serial in 2013, with an average viewership of 834,000.
Plot
Welcome to the realm of the unexplained, where things are not exactly what they seem and where one can get sucked into an alternative reality or a different dimension.Jeanette Aw plays the protagonist gifted with the extraordinary ability to see a person as they are inside. Together with Li Nan Xing, who plays an eccentric private investigator in search of his missing fiancée, the duo brave challenges as they seek to unravel mysteries of the unknown dimensions.
The intriguing investigative drama also stars Pierre Png as the psychiatrist with charisma, Shaun Chen and Xiang Yun. Each case covers three to four thrilling episodes.
Cast
Ep 9–11: Kampong Mimpi
The villagers appeared in episodes 10 and 11. Scenes took place in Kampong Buangkok.| Cast | Role | Description |
| Henry Thia | Yang Guoli 杨国立 | Zhiqing's father Went missing for 5 years Claims to be one of the villagers in Kampong Mimpi Decided to stay at Kampong Mimpi to save his actual family |
| Li Yue Jie 李岳杰 | Zhang Rencun 张仁村 | Villager head |
| Wang Rui Xian 王瑞显 | Chen Ji Xiang 陈吉祥 | A villager |
| Cai Long 蔡龙 | Li Ping An 李平安 | |
| Michelle Tay | Chen Ba-mei 陈八妹 | Guoli's said wife Village's sorceress. |
| Huang Ying En 黄颖恩 | Xiao Mei 小梅 | Guoli's said 7-year-old daughter Actual daughter of Ba-mei. |
Ep 18–20: Another dimension / "Déjà vu"
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Li Nanxing | Jiang Wei 江伟 | Came to the new dimension with Zhiqing where he was supposedly dead in episode 14, three years ago Had a daughter with Meichen, called Jiang Nian |
| Shaun Chen | Qiu Hanxiang 丘汉祥 | Jiang Wei's close and loyal friend Meichen's boyfriend in the new dimension |
| Pamelyn Chee | Shen Meichen 沈美辰 | Hanxiang's girlfriend in the new dimension Had a daughter with Jiang Wei, called Jiang Nian Killed in a car accident 3 years ago in the actual dimension |
| Xiang Yun | Zhang Cuiyan 张翠燕 | Moved house with Zhiqing after becoming famous |
| Pierre Png | Xu Wenbin 许文斌 | Psychiatrist Zhiqing's boyfriend |
| Jeanette Aw | Yang Zhiqing 杨芷晴 | Came to the new dimension with Jiang Wei where she was supposed to be a rich celebrity |
| Jeanette Aw | Yang Zhiqing 杨芷晴 | A celebrity who hosted reality show Beautiful Psychic In comparison with the Zhiqing from the actual dimension, she is a scheming woman and is always jealous of others She is kinder after realising her mistakes in episode 20 |
| Chen Shi En 陳詩恩 | Jiang Nian 江念 | The three-year-old daughter of the late Jiang Wei and Meichen |
| Su Cai Zhong 蘇才忠 | Hu Haoming 胡灝明 | A doctor, also one of the missing people who went into the new dimension three years ago The only person other than Jiang Wei to know the truth behind Meichen's disappearance in the actual dimension |
| Chen Xiang 陳翔 | Liu Guowei 劉國威 | Knocked Jiang Wei down intentionally three years ago in the new dimension in an act of revenge for his son Attacked Zhiqing from the new dimension, causing her to be unable to look into other people's souls Killed in a car accident in Episode 20 |
Production
The drama was originally meant to be called 异能元素.Filming for this drama started on end Apr 2012 and completed its filming in early Jul. Due to special effects used in the drama, the drama is only broadcast at the end of the year.
Trivia
- Dennis Chew's return to acting on TV after 10 years. He last acted in the sitcom My Genie 2 in 2002.
- Jeanette Aw will play two roles as Zhiqing. She will play in both the real dimension and the alternate dimension.