The featured ship of the Andromeda television show, the Andromeda Ascendant

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda is a science fiction television series, a posthumous creation of Gene Roddenberry. It stars Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. The series premiered in the fall of 2000 and as of December 2004 was in its fifth and final season.

At the start of the series the known universe is mostly part of the Systems Commonwealth, based from Tarn-Vedra and is quite a utopian society. However, one of the Commonwealth's member species, the Nietzscheans, became disillusioned with the peace with the Magog, and try to overthrow the Commonwealth. In the first battle, Dylan Hunt is forced to evacuate his crew, but his ship, the Andromeda Ascendant gets caught on the edge of a black hole's event horizon. Over 300 years later, a salvage crew (on the Eureka Maru) rescues him. The Systems Commonwealth has fallen, leading to a dark age known as The Long Night. Hunt recruits the salvage crew to join him in an attempt to restore the Systems Commonwealth and "rekindle the light of civilization".

Season one of the series shows Hunt assembling the crew and adjusting to the new universe, while pursuing the creation of the Restored Systems Commonwealth; the second season shows the crew reacting to the sudden necessity of the Restored Systems Commonwealth after the discovery of the Magog Worldship, as they continue to make sure the dream comes true. Season three shows the Restored Systems Commonwealth implemented and the crew preparing for the impending fight against The Spirit of The Abyss and the Magog, while season four shows the new Commonwealth corrupted by its enemies, thus making survival against said enemies more difficult.

Andromeda is one of two TV series (to date) based upon concepts Roddenberry had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The name Dylan Hunt had also been given to the heroes of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s. Another series postumously "created" by Roddenberry is Earth: Final Conflict.

Cast

• Kevin Sorbo - Dylan Hunt
• Lisa Ryder - Beka Valentine
• Keith Hamilton Cobb - Tyr Anasazi, out of Victoria by Barbarossa, of Kodiak Pride (seasons 1-3)
• Gordon Michael Woolvett - Seamus Zelazny Harper
• Laura Bertram - Trance Gemini
• Lexa Doig - Andromeda Ascendant aka Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC_10_182 aka Andromeda; Rommie
• Brent Stait - Reverend "Rev Bem" Behemial Far Traveler aka Redplague (season 1 and 2)
• Steve Bacic - Telemachus Rhade (from season 4)
• Brandy Ledford - Doyle (from season 5)

Recurring and guest characters

• Steve Bacic - Gaheris Rhade, Telemachus Rhade
• John de Lancie - Uncle Sid
• James Marsters - Charlemagne Bolivar
• Michael Shanks - Gabriel
• Tony Todd - Fehdman Metis
• William B. Davis - Professor Logitch
• Alex Diakun - Hohne
• John Tench - Gerentex
• Dylan Bierk - Freya
• Brent Stait - Rev Bem (season 3)
• Keith Hamilton Cobb - Tyr Anasazi (season 4)

See also

• List of Andromeda episodes

External links

• The official Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda web site (http://www.andromedatv.com)
• The official All Systems University web site (http://www.allsystems.org/)
• The official Andromeda Ascendant web site (http://andromedaascendant.com)
• David Winning (director) official web site (http://www.davidwinning.com/)