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Stephen Franklin is a fictional lead character in the universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by the late Richard Biggs. He serves as the chief medical officer on the Babylon 5 space station. Richard Biggs as Dr. Marcus Hunter in Days of Our Lives. ... Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Richard Biggs as Dr. Marcus Hunter in Days of Our Lives. ...

Character description

Personality

Dr. Franklin is a strong-willed and a sucking kind of dick person hw also loves yo momma and idealistic leader on Babylon 5; he is also a workaholic. He is not afraid to take risks to save a patient's life; this habit can occasionally get him into trouble. He has strong moral and ethical values, but he can also be self-righteous and a perfectionist at times. He apparently has a good relationship with his mother and siblings, although his long absences from Earth often lead them to complain that they rarely see him. His father - a famous general in EarthForce- has a domineering personality, and that has led Stephen to have a strained relationship with him. When they are together they frequently argue and they have conflicting views on a number of subjects. For example, Stephen's father is suspicious of aliens and believes that humans should "take care of their own", while Stephen believes that humanity should be more open to relations with alien races and civilizations. However, in many ways Stephen and his father are more alike than they will admit, and in the series second season they meet and begin to ease their differences. In terms of love and romance Dr. Franklin is one of the luckier characters on Babylon 5, and throughout the course of the series he has a number of love affairs with various women. His most prominent and long-lasting affair is with "Number One", the attractive and tough-minded leader of the Mars Resistance. EarthForce is the military branch of the Earth Alliance, Earths governing body in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...

Career

Following in the footsteps of his father, General Richard Franklin, Franklin joined EarthForce in 2232 to become a physician. Shortly after graduating from medical school, he left EarthForce and spent the next three years "hitchhiking" aboard starships, trading his services as doctor for free passage to their destinations. In the course of his work, Franklin took detailed notes on the biology, physiology, and culture of many alien species. In his travels, he encountered a group of Minbari whose transport ship had crashed at Beta Durani. The Minbari were severely injured in the accident, and due to Franklin's lack of knowledge of Minbari biology, they all died. Franklin performed an autopsy on one of the Minbari, and gathered notes on their biology and genetics. EarthForce is the military branch of the Earth Alliance, Earths governing body in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

When the Earth-Minbari War started in 2243, Franklin rejoined EarthForce and was assigned to manage an advanced military hospital on Earth. During the war, all EarthForce doctors were ordered to turn over any notes they had on Minbari biology for use in the production of biological weapons. When EarthForce discovered that Dr. Franklin had detailed notes on Minbari anatomy and physiology, he was ordered to give his notes to EarthForce researchers. Franklin, believing that it was unethical for a doctor to aid in research to create weapons of mass destruction, refused, and he was arrested by EarthForce. The Earth-Minbari War is a fictional war that formed a major part of the back story of the science fiction television series, Babylon 5. ... For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. ...

However, Franklin was released from prison shortly afterward to accompany Lieutenant Commander John Sheridan on a mission to the Epsilon solar system as part of an advance team to negotiate peace with the Minbari. They were ferried to the Epsilon system by a Narn warcruiser. The meeting with the Minbari was tragically cut short, however, by a sneak attack by the Centauri. They thought the meeting was for a weapons-shipment deal between the humans and the Narns. The Minbari delegate to the meeting was killed in the Centauri attack. Both Franklin and Sheridan (along with the Narn G'Kar), were captured by the Minbari. However, the Minbari surprisingly released them when Sheridan uttered a Minbari phrase that the Minbari delegate had told him before he died. After his release, Franklin returned to Earth; his activities for the remainder of the Earth-Minbari War are unknown. John J. Sheridan is a lead character in the fictional universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5, played by Bruce Boxleitner. ... 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. ...

Between this event and 2258, he met Jeffrey Sinclair, the future Commander of the Babylon 5 station. It was largely on Sinclair's recommendation that Franklin was named the chief medical officer on Babylon 5. Jeffrey Sinclair is a fictional character in the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ...

Babylon 5

In 2258, he was assigned to the Babylon 5 station as chief surgeon after the recall of Dr. Benjamin Kyle to Earth. He stayed there for four years. Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Johnny Sekka as Dr. Benjamin Kyle in The Gathering Doctor Benjamin Kyle is a fictional character who appeared in the Babylon 5 pilot movie The Gathering. ...

Franklin had strong moral convictions, and this was evident numerous times during his tenure at Babylon 5. Sometimes, his convictions conflicted with his duties as an EarthForce officer. These transgressions included the illegal operation of a free health clinic in Down Below, a part of the station where the poorest members of many alien races lived. He also insisted on performing a life-saving operation on an alien child against the parents' wishes; under the alien's religion any surgery was a violation of their religious beliefs. Franklin was devastated when the parents, acting according to their religion, killed their own child after the successful surgery. Dr. Franklin was also a leading participant in an "underground railroad" that helped rogue telepaths who had refused to join PsiCorps make their way to freedom; the telepaths were trying to escape from the ruthless Psi Cops. He was also a Foundationist, a new religion on Earth which incorporated the basic beliefs of many older human religions into a single faith. Warning: This is NOT a scientific article. ... In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps is an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ... Foundationism is a fictional religion invented by J. Michael Straczynski for his Hugo award winning science fiction television show, Babylon 5. ...

As with many characters on Babylon 5, Franklin's personality contained the seeds of his own weaknesses. In his case, Franklin's passionate interest in saving lives and meeting a very high personal standard led to his use of stimulants ("stims") as shown starting in the third season episode, A Day in the Strife. Stims were a powerful but dangerous drug, and Franklin admitted his addiction obliquely to Delenn in Ceremonies of Light and Dark, and finally was forced by Garibaldi to confront this addiction in Interludes and Examinations. After he admitted his addiction, Franklin resigned as Babylon 5's medical chief and embarked on a walkabout of the space station (in the episode of the same name). The term "walkabout" comes from the aborigines in Australia; Franklin had learned of the practice from his Foundationist religious beliefs. In a later episode Franklin finally realized that he had run away from problems his entire life, and that he was doing so again. He finally confronted his problem, and although his "walkabout" nearly killed him, he returned to medlab a stronger and wiser person for the experience. Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... A stimulant is a drug which increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and produces a sense of euphoria or awakeness. ... A Day in the Strife is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Heroin bottle An addiction is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individuals health, mental state or social life. ... Ceremonies of Light and Dark is an episode from the third season of the 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. ... Interludes and Examinations is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... // Walkabout is an English language expression with several meanings: Walkabout is an Australian pidgin (or perhaps quasi-pidgin) term referring to the belief that Australian Aborigines go walkabout at the age of thirteen in the wilderness for six months as a rite of passage. ... Walkabout is an episode from the third season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. ... Languages Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religions Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous...

Although he spent most of the series in medlab saving lives, Franklin also saw his share of action and adventure during the series. He was an active participant in the Earth Alliance Civil War, where he aided the Mars Resistance in its fight to free the Mars colony from Earth control. During the war between the Centauri Republic and the Interstellar Alliance he also worked with the telepath Lyta Alexander in investigating reports of Drazi atrocities against the Centauri on the Drazi homeworld; both Franklin and Lyta were nearly killed during the investigation. Warning: This is NOT a scientific article. ... Lyta Alexander, played by Patricia Tallman, is a fictional character from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5. ... The Drazi are an alien species in the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ...

In 2262, during the series fifth and final season, Franklin resigned from his post at Babylon 5 to accept the position of Head of Xenobiological Research on Earth upon the retirement of Dr. Benjamin Kyle. At the beginning of 2263, he selected Dr. Lillian Hobbes as his replacement on Babylon 5. Franklin later conducted research in the attempt to fight the plague the Drakh inflicted on Earth. He is seen in the Crusade episode "Each Night I Dream of Home". The Drakh are a race from the fictional Babylon 5 universe. ... Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynskis Babylon 5. ...

Current status

At the end of the series, Franklin was still the head of Xenobiological research on Earth. When Sheridan learned he was dying, Franklin went to Minbar for one last party. From there, Franklin traveled to Babylon 5, where he witnessed the station's decommissioning and destruction. J. Michael Straczynski has said that Franklin eventually dies while exploring an unknown planet, but has not revealed the details of exactly how or when he dies.^[1] 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. ...

As Richard Biggs had died in 2004, the Franklin character will not make any further appearances on any future Babylon 5 movies or television series. When Biggs died, Straczynski had been working on a Babylon 5 script titled The Memory of Shadows. Straczynski decided not to recast the Franklin character, and rewrote the script to remove the character from the story. In the Babylon 5: The Lost Tales anthology, it is explained that both Franklin and G'Kar - played by the also deceased Andreas Katsulas - had left to explore space beyond the galactic rim. Richard Biggs as Dr. Marcus Hunter in Days of Our Lives. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Memory of Shadows (TMoS) was the title for the first Babylon 5 movie intended for theatrical release, in contrast to the six previous made-for-TV movies. ... 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 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...

References

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