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walking the corridors of the agency, passing several security gates in order to reach their unit. Credits mentioning authors, producers and directors accompany the characters in their walk. The credits close with a transition that plunges the viewer into the diegesis of the episode: with the help of a sound fade, we see Yann and
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received many decorations, both for his discoveries in the field of chemistry and for his exploits as a spy. It is from his scientific knowledge and his experience as a spy and resistance fighter that
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work I had done during the war. But this certificate was issued to me not from a particular nation, but from the United
Nations. It gave me the idea that there could, perhaps be, a secret service of the United Nations, working only for peace. I expressed this idea quite seriously in my book: Scientific Espionage."
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The credits start with the mention of the title of the episode. Yan Thomas and
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The episode "The V Mutation File" is based on the work of
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Each episode, whose adventures are imaginary, is based on real and scientific facts, existing at the time, at the level of laboratories or pilot plants. This relationship to scientific reality and the possibilities offered by these new scientific discoveries gives the name of the series: "At the
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Each episode opens with a five-second card with the title of the series "Aux frontières du possible" written on an orange background and accompanied by the music of
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Henri Viard was then seduced by
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