A new documentary series made up of one-offs about future wars, asteroid collisions and human cloning will top VisionTV’s factual slate in 2008/09.

The high-minded cable channel offered a glimpse at its new schedule this week, including I Prophesy — 17 documentaries that explore visions of the future. Among the docs in the series are The Future of Global Warfare, from Regina-based prodco Partners in Motion, while Toronto’s Henry Less Productions is behind Asteroid Annihilation, The Elimination of Aging and Mass Extinction.

The series will air in 2009.

Also on the schedule, documentarian Simcha Jacobovici of Toronto’s Associated Producers (The Lost Tomb of Jesus) sets out to determine how advanced science can understand the human soul in his latest project The Science of the Soul, a standalone also set for ’09.

Jacobovici will also appear in new episodes of the series The Naked Archeologist, airing Fridays at 10 p.m.

Other faith-based documentaries on Vision include Emmy-winning U.S. filmmaker Antony Thomas’ The Qur’an, premiering in September, and the acclaimed doc Join Us, about religious cults.

Primetime highlights also include returning programs McLeod’s Daughters and Murder She Wrote, while family drama The Waltons will air weekdays starting Sept. 1.