Babylon 5 character
Draal
Affiliated with	Great Machine
Race	Minbari
Home planet	Minbar
First appearance	A Voice in the Wilderness
Last appearance	Voices of Authority
Portrayed by	Louis Truenne (A Voice in the Wilderness) John Schuck (All subsequent appearances)

Draal is the name of an older Minbari male in the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. A teacher by trade, he was introduced in the episode A Voice in the Wilderness. Draal has been played by both Louis Truenne and John Schuck. The Great Machine is an enormous technological marvel beneath the surface of the planet Epsilon III in Babylon 5. ... A Voice in the Wilderness is an two-part episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Voices of Authority is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... John Schuck (born February 4, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... Mira Furlan as Delenn in Babylon 5 The Minbari are a fictional race in the Babylon 5 universe. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... A Voice in the Wilderness is an two-part episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... John Schuck (born February 4, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ...

In his first appearance in A Voice in the Wilderness, Draal was played by Louis Truenne. Feeling that he had no place in modern Minbari society, he set out to visit his former student Delenn on Babylon 5 one final time before leaving to go "out to sea." At about the same time the planet Epsilon III was experiencing geological instability, and it was discovered that the planet contained a huge machine known as the Great Machine. The machine was controlled by a living being named Varn, but Varn was dying and without him the machine would destroy the planet and the orbiting Babylon 5 station. Others of Varn's race arrived to claim the Great Machine as their own, but Varn did not want them to have the machine. Draal was convinced to take Varn's place in the Great Machine. After driving the aliens off, Varn warned Commander Sinclair to stay off the planet, but he would allow Babylon 5 to continue in orbit around Epsilon III. Draal indicated that the machine had a role to fill in some future event, and that he would come to them when ready. Mira Furlan as Delenn in Babylon 5 The Minbari are a fictional race in the Babylon 5 universe. ... Delenn, played by Mira Furlan, is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... The Great Machine is an enormous technological marvel beneath the surface of the planet Epsilon III in Babylon 5. ...

The next year, Draal appeared to Captain John Sheridan and put the Great Machine at the disposal of Sheridan and his allies in the fight against the Shadows. Louis Truenne was unable to reprise the role of Draal, so John Schuck was selected to play the role of Draal. The difference in appearance between the two men was explained by having the Great Machine restore Draal's health and appearance, making him appear 30 years younger. John Sheridan was a character in the sci-fi series Babylon 5 John Sheridan is an Irish footballer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Draal would appear again in the episode Voices of Authority, again played by Schuck. This time he helped the crew of Babylon 5 make contact with an ancient race considered to be one of the First Ones. While interfaced with Draal's computer, Susan Ivanova found the evidence in the Great Machine that President Morgan Clark had indeed orchestrated the assassination of President Luis Santiago. Voices of Authority is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... The First Ones is the collective name of a group of aliens from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... In the Science Fiction series Babylon 5, William Morgan Clark was the president of the Earth Alliance. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After this appearance, Draal was mentioned from time to time in other episodes, but made no further appearances in the series. Draal was to appear in another episode, but then Schuck was not available, and producers did not want to cast a third actor for the role.