Babylon 5 (1994–1998)

A space station in neutral territory is the focus of a unique five year saga.

Creator:

J. Michael Straczynski

Stars:

Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 16 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jerry Doyle	...	Michael Garibaldi (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Mira Furlan	...	Delenn (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Richard Biggs	...	Dr. Stephen Franklin (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Stephen Furst	...	Vir Cotto (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Andreas Katsulas	...	G'Kar (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Peter Jurasik	...	Londo Mollari (110 episodes, 1994-1998)
Bill Mumy	...	Lennier (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Capt. John Sheridan (88 episodes, 1994-1998)
Claudia Christian	...	Cmdr. Susan Ivanova (88 episodes, 1994-1998)
Jeff Conaway	...	Zack Allan (74 episodes, 1994-1998)
Patricia Tallman	...	Lyta Alexander (47 episodes, 1995-1998)
Jason Carter	...	Marcus Cole (45 episodes, 1995-1998)

Storyline

In the year 2258, it is ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. Commander Sinclair takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space. At a crossroads of interstellar commerce and diplomacy, Cmdr Sinclair (2d season Captain Sheridan) must try to establish peace and prosperity between various interstellar empires, all the while fighting forces from within the Earth Alliance. It is a precarious command, particularly given that sabotage led to the destruction of Babylon stations 1, 2, and 3 and 4 vanished without trace.

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Plot Keywords:

space | space station | saga | interracial relationship | intolerance | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 January 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

B5

Filming Locations:

Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Babylonian Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 45 min (110 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Foxworth, who played General Hague during Season 2, was supposed to return for "Babylon 5: Severed Dreams (#3.10)" (1996). However he got booked on an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that same week. So they re-wrote the script, killed off his character and brought in Bruce McGill as his aide, Major Ryan. Oddly enough, Foxworth's Deep Space Nine character attempted a coup on Earth, whereas his Babylon 5 character was a loyalist fighting against a coup on Earth. Also, in a Stargate SG-1 episode, Foxworth's character was nearly the victim of a coup on his home world, and in an Star Trek: Enterprise episode, he attempted yet another coup on the planet Vulcan.

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Quotes

Lt. Corwin: Do we trust no-one then?
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: No, trust Ivanova, trust yourself, anybody else, shoot'em.

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Crazy Credits

In the final episode, "Sleeping in Light", there were no opening credits, just the name of the episode. The closing credits, in addition to having the normal closing credits, had the opening credits placed there as well as pictures and titles of every crew member flashed at a few frames per second (listed below): And now, for those of you that have been archiving this ISN Special Documentary, the people responsible..... Composer Special Effects Make-up Art Department Graphics and Swing Department Sound Department Camera Crew Animation and Compositing Prop Department Producers Post Production Post Sound Special Effects Make-up Sound Department Stand-Ins Production Office Grip Department Production Department Script Supervisor Accounting Department Wardrobe Department Lighting Department Casting Department Construction Department Special Effects Department Assitants to Producers Stunt Department NDEI-Office Staff Make-up Department Catering Producers

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Connections

Referenced in The Big Bang Theory: The Lizard-Spock Expansion (2008)

User Reviews

Great Even For A None Sci-Fi fan

It's a shame I couldn't get this one from the begginig. This is THE Sci-Fi show (if you don't count The X Files as Sci-Fi). It is way better than Star Trek: it didn't have the technological chit chat; human race was weak and corrompted, yet optimistic and full of potential; realistic to the bone, in 200 and so years that could be our world; an evolving story and characters that made you believe they were real; not as many races as in ST (actually it is better this way) but that differenced each other in something else than the ears; a philosophical, political, chaotic universe. Great acting and writing, many but many characters that carried on a story that was about nothing else than life and death.