File:KungFuScully.jpg

Frame showing a virtual Dana Scully attacking a nurse in a computer-induced virtual reality reverie.

A screenshot from "Kill Switch", an episode of The X-Files. Copyright Fox. Screenshot from Season 5

Kill Switch (The X-Files)

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To illustrate a poignant scene in the episode (infobox). The shot is "the subject of sourced commentary":

• The scene was created via computer technology; a freelance computer artist created a 3-D image of Scully for the scene where she is fighting the nurses in the virtual hospital (Expanded upon in the "Production" section). Furthermore, many critics positively commented on the scene: Todd VanDerWerff from The A.V. Club cited the scene as one of the best shots in the episode, and called it a "hysterical moment" (Expanded upon in the "Reception" section.)
• The image represents a sequence that's presence significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and thus, its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Describing the sequence solely using words (Virtual woman kicking a nurse) does not do the image justice, nor does it adequately describe the situation to the reader, nor does it show, in detail, the intricacy of the digital effects.

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Believed fair use because

• It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the related product
• Aids commentary on the plot outline
• Poignantly illustrates the related episode
• It illustrates the significant moment which characterises the episode in question