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Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station; a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict in the late 2250s and early 2260s. With its prominent use of pre-planned story arcs, the series was often described as a "novel for television."[1][2] Image File history File links Smb5-s4. ...
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Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ...
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Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ...
Babylon 5 is a fictional space station and the primary setting in the television series Babylon 5. ...
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The pilot movie premiered on February 22, 1993. The regular series aired from January 26, 1994 and ran for five full seasons, winning two Hugos for Best Dramatic Presentation[3] and two Emmy awards - for makeup and visual effects.[4] The show spawned six television movies and a spin-off series, Crusade, which aired in 1999 and ran for thirteen episodes. A straight-to-DVD movie about selected characters from the series was released on July 31, 2007. is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynskis Babylon 5. ...
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Concept Having worked on a number of television science fiction shows which had regularly gone over-budget, creator J. Michael Straczynski concluded that a lack of long-term planning was to blame, and set about looking at ways in which a series could be done responsibly. Taking note of the lessons of mainstream television, which brought stories to a centralised location such as a hospital, police station, or law office, he decided that instead of "[going] in search of new worlds, building them anew each week," a fixed space station setting would keep costs at a reasonable level. A fan of sagas such as the Foundation series, Childhood's End, Lord of the Rings and Dune, Straczynski wondered why no-one had done a television series with the same epic sweep, and started developing the concept for a vastly-ambitious epic covering massive battles and other universe-changing events. Realizing that both ideas could be done in a single series, he began to sketch the initial outline of what would become Babylon 5.[5][6] Articles related to Babylon 5 and Crusade: Spoiler warning: Alphabetically by Subject Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By Topic Episodes - Characters - Races - Locations Alphabetic Index...
This is a list of Babylon 5 episodes. ...
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"Once I had the locale, I began to populate it with characters, and sketch out directions that might be interesting. I dragged out my notes on religion, philosophy, history, sociology, psychology, science (the ones that didn't make my head explode), and started stitching together a crazy quilt pattern that eventually formed a picture. Once I had that picture in my head, once I knew what the major theme was, the rest fell into place. All at once, I saw the full five year story in a flash, and I frantically began scribbling down notes."
J. Michael Straczynski, 1995[6] | Straczynski set five goals for Babylon 5. He said that the show "would have to be good science fiction" as well as good television ("rarely are SF shows both good SF and good TV; there're (sic) generally one or the other"); it would have to do for science fiction television what Hill Street Blues had done for police dramas, by taking an adult approach to the subject; it would have to be reasonably budgeted, and "it would have to look unlike anything ever seen before on TV, presenting individual stories against a much broader canvas."[7] He further stressed that his approach was "to take SF seriously, to build characters for grown-ups (not a Wesley in the bunch), to incorporate real science but keep the characters at the center of the story."[7] Some of the staples of television SF were also out of the question (the show would have "no kids or cute robots"[8]). The idea was not to present a utopian future, but one with greed and homelessness; one where characters grow, develop, live, and die; one where not everything was the same at the end of the day's events. Citing Mark Twain as an influence, Straczynski said he wanted the show to be a mirror to the real world and to covertly teach.[5] Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ...
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Production
Format The series consists of a five-year story arc taking place over five seasons of 22 episodes each. Unlike most television shows at the time, Babylon 5 was conceived as a "novel for television,"[9] with a defined beginning, middle, and end. Many of the tie-in novels, comic books, and short stories were also developed to play a significant canonical part in the overall story.[10] Described as a "window on the future" by producer John Iocavelli,[11] the story is set in the 23rd century on a large space station named "Babylon 5" - a five-mile long, 2.5 million ton rotating colony designed as a gathering place for the sentient species of the galaxy, in order to foster peace through diplomacy, trade, and cooperation. Instead acting as a center of political intrigue and conflict, the station becomes the linchpin of a massive interstellar conflict. This is reflected in the opening monologue of each episode, which includes the words "last, best hope for peace" in season one, changing to "last, best hope for victory" by season three. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The cost of the series totalled around $90 million for 110 episodes.[12]
Writing Babylon 5 was largely written by creator and showrunner J. Michael Straczynski, who scripted every episode in the third and fourth seasons;[13] according to Straczynski, a feat never before accomplished in American television.[14] Other writers to have contributed scripts to the show include Peter David, Kathryn M. Drennan, Lawrence G. DiTillio, D.C. Fontana, Neil Gaiman and David Gerrold. Harlan Ellison, a creative consultant on the show, received story credits for two episodes.[15] A show runner is a person who has had proven success in the television industry, and typically has close ties to executives at various major television networks. ...
Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23, 1956) is an American writer, best known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels. ...
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Lawrence G. Larry DiTillio is an American film and TV series writer. ...
Dorothy Catherine D.C. Fontana, is a screenplay writer, best known for her work in the Star Trek television franchise, produced by Paramount Studios. ...
Neil Richard Gaiman (IPA: ) (born November 10, 1960[2]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ...
David Gerrold, born Jerrold David Friedman (January 24, 1944), in Chicago, Illinois, is an award-winning science fiction author who started his career in 1966 as a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. ...
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Though conceived as a whole, it was necessary to adjust the plotline to accommodate external influences. Each of the characters in the series was written with a "trap door" into their background so that, in the event of an actor's unexpected departure from the series, the character could be written out with minimal impact on the story.[16] In the words of Straczynski, "As a writer, doing a long-term story, it'd be dangerous and short-sighted for me to construct the story without trap doors for every single character. [...] That was one of the big risks going into a long-term storyline which I considered long in advance."[17] The character of Talia Winters was to have undergone a transformation into a Psi-Corps agent, having been revealed as a "sleeper," whose true personality was buried subconsciously, and who acted as a spy, observing the events on the station and the actions of her command staff.[18] When Thompson left the series, this revelation was used to drop the character from the series. Spoiler warning: In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ...
"First thing I did was to flip out the stand-alones, which traditionally have taken up the first 6 or so episodes of each season; between two years, that's 12 episodes, over half a season right there. Then you would usually get a fair number of additional stand-alones scattered across the course of the season. So figure another 3-4 per season, say 8, that's 20 out of 44. So now you're left with basically 24 episodes to fill out the main arc of the story."
J. Michael Straczynski, 1996[19] | Ratings for Babylon 5 continued to rise during the show's third season, but going into the fourth season the impending demise of network PTEN left a fifth in doubt. Unable to get word one way or the other from parent company Warner Bros., and unwilling to short-change the story and the fans, Straczynski began preparing modifications to the fourth season in order to allow for both eventualities. Straczynski identified three primary plot threads which would require resolution: the Shadow war, Earth's slide into a dictatorship, and a series of sub-threads which branched off from those. Estimating they would still take around 27 episodes to resolve without having the season feel rushed, the solution came when the TNT network commissioned two Babylon 5 made-for-television films. Several hours of material was thus able to be moved into the films, including a three-episode arc which would deal with the background to the Earth/Minbari war, and a sub-thread which would have set up the sequel series, Crusade. Further stand-alone episodes and plot threads were dropped from season four, which could be inserted into Crusade, or the fifth season were it to be given the greenlight.[19] The intended series finale, Sleeping in Light, was filmed during season four as a precaution against cancellation. When word came that TNT had picked up Babylon 5, this was moved to the end of season five and replaced with a newly-filmed season four finale.[20] Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ...
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Sleeping in Light is the final episode of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Visuals In anticipation of future HDTV broadcasts and Laserdisc releases, rather than the usual 4:3 format, the series was shot in 16:9, with the image cut down to 4:3 for initial television transmissions.[21] At a time when using models and miniatures was still the norm, Babylon 5 was also one of the first television shows to use computer technology in creating visual effects, using Amiga-based Video Toasters at first, and later Pentium and DEC Alpha-based systems.[22] It also attempted to respect Newtonian physics in its effects sequences, with particular emphasis on the effects of inertia.[23] High-definition television (HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with greater resolution than traditional television systems (NTSC, SECAM, PAL). ...
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Foundation Imaging provided the special effects for the pilot movie (for which it won an Emmy) and the first three seasons of the show. When a further deal was unable to be reached with Foundation, the effects for seasons four and five were provided in-house by Netter Digital,[24] using similar technology and a number of former Foundation employees.[25] The Emmy-winning alien make-up was provided by Optic Nerve Studios. Foundation Imaging was a pioneering CGI Special Effects Studio in the early 1990s. ...
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Music and scoring The original pilot movie had music composed by Stewart Copeland of The Police.[26] When the show was picked up as a weekly series, Copeland was unavailable, so Christopher Franke of Tangerine Dream was hired.[27] Franke was the composer for all five seasons of Babylon 5, three of the television movies, and the Lost Tales DVD.[28] When Straczynski obtained funds to create a new writer's edition of the pilot movie, the original Copeland score was replaced with a new score by Franke.[29] Over thirty soundtrack CDs have been issued featuring Franke's Babylon 5 compositions, including The Best of Babylon 5, released in 2002.[30] Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police and is an influential drum stylist. ...
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The Babylon 5 station -
The Babylon 5 space station is a modified version of an O'Neill Cylinder, revolving to provide gravity. The center of the cylinder is a hollowed-out circular section, between a half and one-mile across, and includes fields, hydroponic gardens, and a transport tube which runs from one end of the station to the other. The station features a number of independent, interconnected sectors, each designed with a different look in order to give the show a non-claustrophobic feel. Living areas are designed to accommodate the various alien species featured in the show, with different atmospheres and alternate levels of gravity. Human visitors to the alien sectors are often shown using breathing equipment and taking other measures in order to tolerate these conditions. As the series begins, the station is still under construction, with only certain parts fully-completed. Depending upon the level and sector, sectors can be either in daylight or night. On the outermost levels, the viewports are in panels on the floor, providing a view into space beneath the characters' feet.[31] Babylon 5 is a fictional space station and the primary setting in the television series Babylon 5. ...
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Babylon 5 is a fictional space station and the primary setting in the television series Babylon 5. ...
Epsilon III is a planet in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
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The station is situated in the Epsilon Eridani binary star system, located at the fifth Lagrangian point between the fictional planet Epsilon III and its moon. Within the show, the station's three predecessors (the original Babylon station, Babylon 2 and Babylon 3) were all sabotaged and destroyed before their completion. The fourth station, Babylon 4, vanished twenty-four hours after it became fully operational.[32] Epsilon Eridani (ε Eri / ε Eridani) is a notable main-sequence K2 class star in the constellation of Eridanus. ...
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Epsilon III is a planet in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
The Babylon 4 Station Babylon 4 (also known as B4) is a fictional space station from the television series Babylon 5. ...
The Babylon 5 station was described as "a combination of building the United Nations and Times Square on an intergalactic scale..." by actor Bruce Boxleitner.[33] UN and U.N. redirect here. ...
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Civilizations -
At the beginning of the series, five dominant civilizations are represented. The dominant species are the Humans, Minbari, Narn, Centauri, and the Vorlons. "The Shadows" and their various allies are malevolent species who appear later in the series. Several dozen less powerful races form the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, inluding the Drazi, Brakiri, Vree, Markab, and Pak'ma'ra. This article discusses fictional civilizations on the science-fiction television show Babylon 5. ...
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The Babylon 5 Universe: Topic index - Episode list - People list Articles by category Characters - Crusade - Episodes - Films Novels - Planets - Races - Ships - Wars GKar, played by the late Andreas Katsulas, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Andreas Katsulas as GKar in Babylon 5 The Narns are a race of humanoid aliens in the television series Babylon 5. ...
Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik. ...
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Humans are one of the many races in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...
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Andreas Katsulas as GKar in Babylon 5 The Narns are a race of humanoid aliens in the television series Babylon 5. ...
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The Vorlons are a fictional alien race in the Babylon 5 universe. ...
The Shadows are an ancient alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
The League of Non-Aligned Worlds is a fictional collection of races in the Babylon 5 universe. ...
The Drazi are an alien species in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...
The Brakiri are a race in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...
The Vree was a race in the science fiction saga Babylon 5. ...
Markab is the name of a number of things, including the following: Markab is a star in the constellation Pegasus The Markab are a race in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...
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While the original pilot movie featured some aliens which were puppets and animatronics, the decision was made early on in the show's production to portray most alien species as humanoid in appearance. Barring isolated appearances, fully computer-generated aliens were discounted as an idea due to the "massive rendering power" required. Long-term use of puppets and animatronics was also discounted due to the technological limitations in providing convincing interaction with the human actors ("if you want any real emotion from the character, you're going to have to have an actor inside.")[34]
Languages There are three primary languages used on the Babylon 5 station: English, and the fictional Centauri and Interlac.[35] English is mentioned explicitly as the "human language of commerce"[36] and is the baseline language of the station (written signs appearing in all three languages).[37] Other human and alien languages do exist in the Babylon 5 universe, though hearing them spoken is uncommon; when aliens of the same species are speaking to one another, the words heard are English, though it is presumed they are speaking their native tongue. Only when in the presence of humans can the alien language be heard, to stress that the humans cannot understand what is being said.[38] With the exception of the Minbari tongue, few other alien languages are actually heard aloud on a regular basis. Interlac font table In Comic publications by DC Comics the fictional language INTERLAC is the supposed designated communication language of the 30th century United Planets. ...
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The Gaim, pak'ma'ra and Vorlons do not speak directly in English; in the case of the pak'ma'ra, either because they refuse to learn any language other than their own,[39] or because they are incapable of making human sounds.[35] The Gaim, pak'ma'ra and the Vorlons instead make use of real-time translation devices.[40] The Gaim are a race of aliens who are a member-race of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds on the television series Babylon 5. ...
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The principal human characters speak with an American English accent, with the exception of Marcus Cole, who speaks with a distinct British accent. Susan Ivanova, born in Russia, speaks with an American accent, as her character was raised and schooled outside Russia.[41] Her father speaks with a distinct Russian accent, as does her brother. Various other minor human characters speak English with recognizable regional accents. Ambassador Delenn and Londo Mollari, both alien characters, speak with distinct accents similar to Slavic. Londo's accent was developed independently by actor Peter Jurasik[42] and was imitated by William Forward, who played Lord Refa. Straczynski has described Londo's accent as being that of the "old school" of the Centauri Imperial Court.[43] Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup...
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Use of the Internet
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The show employed internet marketing to create a buzz among online readers far in advance of the airing of the pilot episode,[44] with Straczynski participating in online communities on USENET (in the rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated newsgroup), and the GEnie and Compuserve systems before the Web came together as it exists today. Also during this time, Warner Bros. executive Jim Moloshok created and distributed electronic trading cards to help advertise the series.[45] In 1995, Warner Bros. started the Official Babylon 5 Website on the now defunct Pathfinder portal. In September 1995, they hired a fan to take over the site and move it to its own domain name, and to oversee the Keyword B5 area on America Online. Image File history File links Old_School. ...
original Babylon 5 Interactive Information Kit Babylon 5s use of the Internet began in 1993[1] with the creator of the series, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) who participated in a number of Internet and pre-Internet venues to discuss elements of his work with his fans,[2] including the...
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Broadcast history The pilot movie, The Gathering, premiered on February 22, 1993, and the regular series initially aired from January 26, 1994 through November 25, 1998,[46] first in syndication on the short-lived Prime Time Entertainment Network, then on cable network TNT. The show aired every week in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 without a break; as a result the last four or five episodes of the early seasons were shown in the UK before the U.S.[47] Spoiler warning: Babylon 5: The Gathering was the pilot movie of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
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Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
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The pilot movie debuted in the United States with strong viewing figures, achieving a 9.7 in the Nielsen national syndication rankings.[48] The series proper debuted with a 6.8 rating/10 share. Figures dipped in its second week, and while it posted a solid 5.0 rating/8 share, with an increase in several major markets,[49] ratings for the first season continued to fall, to a low of 3.4 during reruns.[50] Ratings continued to remain low-to-middling throughout the first four seasons,[51] but Babylon 5 scored well with the demographics required to attract the leading national sponsors and saved up to $300,000 per episode by shooting off the studio lot,[48] therefore remaining profitable for the network.[52] However, the fifth season, shown on cable network TNT, garnered "disappointing" ratings.[53] In the United Kingdom, Babylon 5 was one of the better-rated U.S. television shows on Channel 4,[54] and achieved high Audience Appreciation Index figures, with season four's Endgame achieving the rare feat of beating the prime-time soap operas for first position.[55] When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...
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Cast -
The following is a list of people involved in a significant way with the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Regular cast Mary Kay Adams (*12 September 1962 in Middletown, New Jersey) is an American actress known for her role as NaToth in the second season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
NaToth, a character on the television series Babylon 5, was the aide to Narn Ambassador GKar. ...
Richard T. Biggs (March 18, 1960 – May 22, 2004) was an American television and stage actor, best known for his roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Babylon 5. ...
Stephen Franklin is a fictional lead character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by the late Richard Biggs. ...
Bruce Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950 in Elgin, Illinois) is an American actor. ...
John J. Sheridan is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Bruce Boxleitner. ...
Julie Caitlin Brown (born 27 January 1961) is an American actress and musician best known for her role as NaToth in the first season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
NaToth, a character on the television series Babylon 5, was the aide to Narn Ambassador GKar. ...
Jason Carter as Marcus Cole in Babylon 5 Jason Brian Carter (born September 23, 1960 in London) is a British actor, best known for his role as dashing Ranger Marcus Cole on the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Marcus Cole, played by Jason Carter, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova in Babylon 5 Claudia Ann Christian (born 10 August, 1965 in Glendale, California) is an American actress, writer, singer, musician, and director. ...
Susan Ivanova is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Claudia Christian. ...
Jeff Conaway (born October 5, 1950, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American actor, known for his role as Kenickie in the 1978 motion picture musical Grease. ...
Zack Allan is a character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Jeff Conaway. ...
Jerry Doyle (born July 16, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and libertarian radio personality, best known for his role as Michael Garibaldi on the 1990s science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Michael Garibaldi is a lead fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Jerry Doyle. ...
Mira Furlan (born 7 September 1955 in Zagreb) is a Croatian actress and singer currently residing in the United States. ...
Delenn is a fictional lead character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Mira Furlan. ...
Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 Stephen Furst (born Stephen Fuerstein on 8 May 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Flounder in the feature film Animal House (1978), as Gonzer in the feature film Up the Creek (1984), as Dr...
Vir Cotto is a character from the fictional Babylon 5 universe, played on screen by Stephen Furst. ...
Peter Jurasik in Stuttgart, Germany in 2000 Peter Jurasik (born 25 April 1950, Queens, New York) is an American actor best known for his television roles as as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5, and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues. ...
Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik. ...
Andreas Katsulas Andrew C. Andreas Katsulas (May 18, 1946 – February 13, 2006) was an American actor best known for his roles as Ambassador GKar in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive (1993), and as the Romulan Commander...
The Babylon 5 Universe: Topic index - Episode list - People list Articles by category Characters - Crusade - Episodes - Films Novels - Planets - Races - Ships - Wars GKar, played by the late Andreas Katsulas, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Michael OHare as Jeffrey Sinclair in Babylon 5 Michael OHare (born 6 May 1952 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, best known as Jeffrey Sinclair on the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Jeffrey Sinclair is a fictional character in the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
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Lennier, played by Bill Mumy, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
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Warren Keffer, played by Robert Rusler, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
Tracy Scoggins (b. ...
Elizabeth Lochley, played by Tracy Scoggins, is a fictional character from the television science fiction dramas Babylon 5 and Crusade. ...
Patricia Tallman (as Lyta Alexander) with Jerry Doyle (as Michael Garibaldi) in Babylon 5 Patricia Tallman (born September 4, 1957) is an actress and stunt performer, sometimes credited as Pat Tallman. ...
Lyta Alexander, played by Patricia Tallman, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
Andrea Thompson as Talia Winters in Babylon 5 Main title caption from Falcon Crest. ...
Andrea Thompson as Talia Winters in Babylon 5 Talia Winters is a character appearing on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 during its first and second seasons. ...
Recurring guests In addition, several other actors have filled more than one minor role on the series. Kim Strauss played the Drazi Ambassador in four episodes, as well as nine other characters in ten more episodes.[56] Some actors had difficulty dealing with the application of prosthetics required to play some of the alien characters. The producers therefore used the same group of people (as many as twelve) in various mid-level speaking roles, taking full head an body casts from each. The group came to be unofficially known by the production as the "Babylon 5 Alien Rep Group."[57] Wayne Alexander is an American actor who grew up in San Joaquin Valley in California. ...
Lorien, played by Wayne Alexander, is a fictional character from the television science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Ardwight Chamberlain is a voice actor and writer. ...
This article is about the Babylon 5 character. ...
Tim Choate was an American actor who starred in a number of film and television roles on series such as Dragnet and Babylon 5. ...
Tim Choate as Zathras Spoiler warning: The fictional characters of Zathras, portrayed by actor Tim Choate, were a race of 10 aliens native to the planet Epsilon 3 (which the station was in orbit around) who appeared on several episodes of the TV series Babylon 5. ...
Joshua Cox as David Corwin in Babylon 5 Joshua Josh Cox (born August 9, 1965 in San Diego, California, USA) is an American actor. ...
Born in London, England, Robin Atkin Downes is an English actor who is best known for his work in voice acting. ...
Byron, played by Robin Atkin Downes, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5, introduced in the fifth and final season. ...
William Forward is an American actor who played the character Lord Refa in the television series Babylon 5. ...
Lord Antono Refa is a fictional character from the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by William Forward. ...
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer and producer, primarily in movies and television. ...
Anna Sheridan is the second wife of John Sheridan on the television show Babylon 5. ...
Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936) is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Chekov in Star Trek, and as Bester on the series Babylon 5. ...
Alfred Bester is the name of a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5, played by Walter Koenig. ...
Wortham Krimmer is an American actor. ...
Emperor Cartagia (Wortham Krimmer, right) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik) in Babylon 5 Emperor Cartagia, played by Wortham Krimmer, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
The Centauri Minister Virini is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, and is played by Damian London. ...
Marjorie Monaghan (born March 19, 1964 in California, USA) is an American actress. ...
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Brother Theo is a character in the Babylon 5 science fiction universe, played by Louis Turenne. ...
Vickery as Neroon in Babylon 5. ...
Spoiler warning: In the television science fiction series Babylon 5, Neroon was a Minbari, a member of the Warrior Caste from the Star Riders clan. ...
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Morden, played by Ed Wasser, is a fictional character on the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. ...
Kim Strauss (born in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a singer, songwriter, actor, voiceover artist, and Amazon. ...
This article discusses fictional civilizations on the science-fiction television show Babylon 5. ...
Plot summary The five seasons of the series each correspond to one fictional sequential year in the period 2258-2262. As the series starts, the Babylon 5 station is welcoming ambassadors from various races in the galaxy. Earth has just barely survived an accidental war with the powerful Minbari, who, despite their superior technology, mysteriously surrendered at the brink of the destruction of the human race (the Battle of the Line). This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
In the Babylon 5 fictional universe, the Battle of the Line was the final battle of the Earth-Minbari war. ...
Season one - 2258 During 2258, Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is in charge of the station. Much of the story revolves around his gradual discovery that it was his capture by the Minbari at the Battle of the Line which ended the war against Earth. Upon capturing Sinclair, the Minbari came to believe that Valen, a great Minbari leader and hero of the last Minbari-Shadow war, had been reincarnated as the Commander. Concluding that others of their species had been, and were being, reborn as humans, and in obedience to the edict that Minbari do not kill one another, they stopped the war just when Earth's final defenses were on the verge of collapse. Jeffrey Sinclair is a character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Michael OHare. ...
Valen is a character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
The Shadows are an ancient alien species in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
Earth In the Babylon 5 universe, Earth was located in a relatively uncontested portion of the Galaxy. ...
Ambassador Delenn is gradually revealed to be a member of the mysterious and powerful Grey Council, the planetary legislature of the Minbari. Towards the end of 2258, she begins the transformation into a Minbari-human hybrid, ostensibly to build a bridge between the humans and Minbari. The year ends with the assassination of Earth Alliance President Santiago, and with the escalation of tensions between the Narn and Centauri, after a Narn outpost in Quadrant 37 is completely destroyed by an as-yet-unidentified third party. Delenn is a fictional lead character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Mira Furlan. ...
It has been suggested that Satai be merged into this article or section. ...
The Earth Alliance is the name of a fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the television series Babylon 5. ...
Season two - 2259 At the beginning of 2259, Captain John Sheridan replaces Sinclair as the military governor of the station. He and the command staff learn that the death of President Santiago was actually an assassination masterminded by Vice President Clark (who then assumed the Presidency). A conflict develops between the Babylon 5 command staff and the Psi Corps, an increasingly autocratic organization to which all human telepaths must belong. Commander Ivanova, the second-in-command of the station, is secretly a latent telepath who has illicitly avoided registering with the Psi Corps. John J. Sheridan is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Bruce Boxleitner. ...
Spoiler warning: In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ...
Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ...
The Shadows, an ancient and extremely powerful race who have recently emerged from hibernation, are revealed to be the cause of a variety of mysterious and disturbing events, including the attack on Quadrant 37 at the end of 2258. Centauri Ambassador Londo Mollari unknowingly enlists their aid through his association with a mysterious Mr. Morden in the ongoing territorial squabbles against the Narn. After full war breaks out, the Centauri eventually conquer Narn in a brutal attack involving mass drivers, outlawed weapons of mass destruction. A power struggle amongst the Centauri ensues after their emperor dies. Towards the end of the year, the Clark administration begins to show increasingly-totalitarian characteristics, clamping down on dissent and restricting freedom of speech. The Vorlons are revealed to be the basis of legends about angels on various worlds, including Earth, and are ancient enemies of the Shadows. Shadow vessel in Babylon 5 The Shadows are an ancient alien species in the science fiction television series, Babylon 5. ...
Londo Mollari is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Peter Jurasik. ...
This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ...
A mass driver for lunar launch (artists conception) A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a method of spacecraft propulsion that would use a linear motor to accelerate payloads up to high speeds. ...
For the Xzibit album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). ...
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The Vorlons are a fictional alien race in the Babylon 5 universe. ...
This article is about the supernatural being. ...
Season three - 2260 A conspiracy develops between the Psi Corps and President Clark, whose government has discovered Shadow vessels buried in Earth's solar system and is beginning to harness their advanced technology. The Clark administration continues to become increasingly xenophobic and totalitarian, and uses a military incident as an excuse to declare martial law. This triggers a war of independence on Mars, which had long had a strained political relationship with Earth. Babylon 5 also declares independence from Earth, along with several other outlying Earth Alliance colonies. In response, the Earth Alliance attempts to retake Babylon 5 by force, but with the aid of the Minbari, who have allied with the station against the growing Shadow threat, the attack is repelled. Look up xenophobia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Becoming concerned over the Shadows' growing influence amongst his people, Centauri ambassador Londo Mollari attempts to sever ties with them. Mr Morden, the Shadows' human representative, tricks him into restoring the partnership by engineering the murder of Mollari's mistress. Open warfare breaks out between the Shadows and an alliance led by Babylon 5 and the Minbari. Genetic manipulation by the Vorlons is discovered to be the source of human telepathy, as it is later discovered that Shadow ships are vulnerable to telepathic attack. Displeased at the Vorlons' lack of direct action against the Shadows, Captain John Sheridan goads Vorlon ambassador Kosh Naranek into launching an attack against their mutual enemy. Kosh's deeds lead to his subsequent assassination by the Shadows. Morden, played by Ed Wasser, is a fictional character on the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
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Upon returning to the station, former commander Jeffrey Sinclair transforms into a Minbari and, using an alien artifact discovered on the nearby planet Epsilon III, travels back in time 1,000 years with the stolen Babylon 4, to use the station as a base of operations against the Shadows in the first Minbari-Shadow war. He is subsequently revealed to be the actual Valen of Minbari legend, rather than a reincarnation. Spurred by the reappearance of his assumed-dead wife (who now works for the Shadows), Sheridan is provoked into visiting Z'ha'dum, the Shadow homeworld, in an attempt by them to recruit him, but he instead destroys their largest city in a kamikaze nuclear attack and is last seen jumping into a miles-deep pit to escape the explosion. This article is about artifacts in fantasy and roleplaying. ...
Epsilon III is a planet in the science fiction television series Babylon 5. ...
The Babylon 4 Station Babylon 4 (also known as B4) is a fictional space station from the television series Babylon 5. ...
In the fictional Babylon 5 universe, Zhadum was the homeworld of the ancient, mysterious race known as the Shadows. ...
Season four - 2261 In 2261, the Vorlons join the Shadow War, but become a concern for the alliance when they begin destroying entire planets which they deem to have been "influenced" by the Shadows. Disturbed by this turn of events, Babylon 5 recruits several other powerful and ancient races (the First Ones) to their cause, against both the Shadows and the Vorlons. Captain John Sheridan returns to the station after escaping the destruction of Z'ha'dum, but at a price: barring illness or injury, he has only 20 years left to live. The First Ones is the collective name of a group of aliens from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
Centauri Emperor Cartagia has forged a relationship with the Shadows. Londo Mollari engineers the assassination of Cartagia and repudiates his relationship with the Shadows, killing Morden and destroying the Shadow vessels based on the Centauri homeworld, thus saving his planet from destruction by the Vorlons. Aided by the other ancient races, and several younger ones, Babylon 5 lures both the Vorlons and the Shadows into an immense battle, during which the Vorlons and Shadows reveal that they have been left as guardians of the younger races, but due to philosophical differences, ended up using them as pawns in their endless wars throughout the ages. The younger races reject their continued interference, and the Vorlons and Shadows, along with the remaining First Ones, agree to leave the galaxy forever. Emperor Cartagia (Wortham Krimmer, right) and Londo Mollari (Peter Jurasik) in Babylon 5 Emperor Cartagia, played by Wortham Krimmer, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...
Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari in Babylon 5 The Centauri are a humanoid species in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...
Minbar is gripped by a brief civil war. Free of the overriding military threat from the Shadows, an alliance led by Babylon 5 frees Earth from totalitarian rule by President Clark in a civil war. This culminates in the suicide of the president and the restoration of peaceful government. Mars is granted full independence and Captain John Sheridan agrees to step down as commander of Babylon 5, becoming president of the new Interstellar Alliance and continuing his command of the Rangers, who are to act as a galactic equivalent of United Nations peacekeepers. Minbar in the Ortaköy mosque in Istanbul. ...
Often used in science fiction works, an Interstellar Alliance is an alliance between two or more distinct solar systems. ...
Marcus Cole, a Ranger, portrayed by Jason Carter in Babylon 5 A Ranger (Minbari: AnlaShok) is a fictional class of warrior that plays a prominent part of the science fiction television series, Babylon 5. ...
It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
The events of 100, 500, 1000, and one million years into the future are revealed, depicting Babylon 5's lasting influence throughout history. Amongst the events shown are the political aftermath of the 2261 civil war, a subsequent nuclear war on Earth involving a new totalitarian government, the fall of Earth into a pre-industrial society, and the final evolution of mankind into energy beings similar to the First Ones, after which Earth's sun goes
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