HODGES AND WENDY BECOME INVOLVED IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION AT A SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION, ON "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION," THURSDAY, APRIL 16

Kate Vernon ("Battlestar Galactica") Guest Stars As Dr. Penelope Russell

"A Space Oddity" - When Hodges and Wendy run into each other at a science fiction convention for one of their favorite classic television shows, they end up investigating the murder of one of their beloved actors, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Thursday, April 16 (9:00-10:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Kate Vernon ("Battlestar Galactica") guest stars as Dr. Penelope Russell.

SERIES REGULARS:

Dr. Raymond Langston: Laurence Fishburne
Catherine Willows: Marg Helgenberger
Nick Stokes: George Eads
Captain Jim Brass: Paul Guilfoyle
Greg Sanders: Eric Szmanda
Dr. Robbins: Robert David Hall
David Phillips: David Berman
Hodges: Wallace Langham
Wendy Simms: Liz Vassey
Riley Adams: Lauren Lee Smith

RECURRING CAST:

Archie Johnson: Archie Kao
Henry Andrews: Jon Wellner
Mandy Webster: Sheeri Rappaport

GUEST CAST:

Dr. Penelope Russell: Kate Vernon
Melinda Carver: Jaime Ray Newman
Risa Varness: Liza Weil
Steuben Lorenz: Michael Welch
Lionel Rose: Patrick Bristow
Jonathan Danson: Reg Rogers
Commander Artemis Bishop: Josh Coxx
Mrs. Rose: Judy Jean Berns
Ronald D. Moore: Ronald D. Moore
Yeoman Malloy: Michelle Belegrin
William: Karl Herlinger
Ensign Garth: Bradford Tatum
Collectibles Dealer: Randy Lowell
Yeoman Sally Malloy (1960): Christine Scott Bennett
Gorth (1960): Matthew Willig

TELEPLAY BY: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson, formerly staff writers on "Battlestar Galactica"

STORY BY: Naren Shankar, one of the series' executive producers

DIRECTED BY: Michael Nankin

RATING: To Be Announced