What to expect in the new X-Files

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny pose at the premiere for The X-Files in Los Angeles, California, earlier this week. Photo: Reuters

(AFP) The first minute’s worth of a new batch ofThe X-Filesepisodes has been made available, ahead of a two-night premiere on Jan 24 and 25.

Hosted by the show’s official website, doyoustillbelieve.com, the new miniseries’ opening scene lets viewers know what to expect.

FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully return, as do the strange and sometimes grotesque happenings that they investigate, while Mulder (David Duchovny) reminds us that the childhood disappearance of his missing sister has kept him wading through conspiracy theories and unexplained phenomena for all this time.

“In 2002, in a change of direction and policy, the FBI closed The X-Files and our investigation ceased,” says Mulder, “but my personal obsession did not.”

The X-Fileswas first broadcast from 1993 to 2002, with Gillian Anderson opposite David Duchovny, and two movies followed the original nine-season run.

The six episodes of its 2016 miniseries return are to start with a first episode broadcast on Fox on Jan 24, the second the following day, and the remainder on a weekly basis from Feb 1.