Airlock Alpha, formerly SyFy Portal, is an entertainment news website focusing on science-fiction, fantasy and comic book television series and films.

After a collaboration between Michael Hinman and Greg Boubel, the site debuted August 13, 1998 as "Syfyman's World", later renamed "SyFy World". In 2000, SyFy World became part of Trek Nation, the parent network of TrekToday. In 2001, the site merged with the Star Trek Portal website and relaunched as "SyFy Portal".

On February 23, 2009 the site announced a rebranding under the new name of Airlock Alpha. No reason outside of a new marketing strategy was given for the name change at the time, but on March 16, 2009, SCI FI Channel announced that it was changing its name to Syfy, and Airlock Alpha revealed that it had sold its former brand name to an undisclosed party a month earlier.

Airlock Alpha created the Genre Awards in 1999, which has handed out awards for genre television and movies nearly every year since. It is based upon fan-based voting. The awards were later renamed as the Portal Awards. They hold the distinction of being the longest running genre awards given out for movies, television, and online productions.

Anna Torv (born 15 June 1978) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe.

Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Anna's father Hans Torv is of Estonian descent, but was born in Stirling, Scotland. She has been estranged from her father since the age of 8. She has one sibling, a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.

In 2004, Torv joined the cast of Australia's acclaimed television drama The Secret Life Of Us playing Nikki Martel.

Torv appeared in the BBC series Mistresses. She also played the voice and performed motion capture of the main character Nariko in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword.

Laura Mennell (born April 18, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Watchmen, Montana Sky, and the Emmy nominated Flight 93. Mennell currently co-stars on the Syfy television series Alphas. Despite being best known for her numerous science fiction roles, Mennell says she is not concerned about being typecast.

Mennell says she was a "major theatre geek in high school". Mennell is a cousin of Alan Young, who is the voice of Scrooge McDuck, as well as star of the classic TV Series, Mister Ed (1961). She is a vegetarian and is fluent in French.

Hans Warren Christie (born 4 November 1975) is an Irish-born Canadian television and film actor known for his roles as Ray Cataldo on the ABC drama October Road and as Aidan "Greggy" Stiviletto on the ABC series Happy Town. Christie graduated from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.

Warren Christie was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but spent most of his childhood in London, Ontario. He left London for the University of Windsor after being recruited to play college football. It was during his years at Windsor that Christie developed an interest in performing and decided to pursue it as a career. This led to a move to Vancouver, where he soon found acting opportunities.

In 2007, Christie landed a lead role on the series October Road, playing a cocky construction company owner. In the same year, he was cast as the star of the musical feature film The Magical Flute Diaries, based on one of Mozart’s operas. In 2008, Christie was involved in an ABC pilot, Prince of Motor City, a gothic family drama in which he stars alongside Aiden Quinn and Piper Perabo.