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Babylon 5 <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span>
Although creator J. Michael Straczynski infused his space adventure series, Babylon 5 (1994 to 1998), with mysticism and sometimes questionable science, this television program had a very large following among science fiction fans during its run. Straczynski had a single overall story line that was supposed to cover five seasons and then end, but that plot came to a premature end when the show was threatened with cancellation during its fourth season. Efforts to extend the story when it was unexpectedly renewed were not consistently successful. The setting is Babylon 5, a space station catering to humans and various alien races, designed to be a clearing house for debate, trade, and cultural interchanges. The previous four efforts to build a station failed, three because of sabotage, one lost in a time warp. Originally the commander was Jeffrey Sinclair, played by Michael O'Hare, but he was replaced during the second season by Bruce Boxleitner, as John Sheridan, a hero of the recent war against the Minbari, an older and more technologically advanced race who inexplicably surrendered just as they were about to win the war. The large cast of humans and aliens included several memorable roles including Andreas Katsulas as G'Kar, Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari, Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova, and Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto. The aliens of Babylon 5 were more varied than on most other space adventures although they were predominantly humanoid. After establishing the characters and situations in the early episodes, the main plot turns to the threat of the Shadows, an ancient race that has been dormant for millennia but has now returned to attack the younger races, even exterminating entire worlds. Sheridan's efforts to alert the interstellar community to the threat and organize a response are hampered by long standing feuds between species, the subversive efforts of Shadow agents, a coup on Earth which leads to suppression of civil rights, and later by the Psi Corps, a government sponsored group of telepaths who have a secret agenda of their own. In addition to the regular episodes, there were five TV Movies. The show was noted for its occasional experiments in format including one episode told entirely from the viewpoint of two technicians who had not formerly appeared in the show and another done as an hour long news documentary. The show also incorporated a relatively sophisticated time travel paradox that connected the first and fourth seasons. A spinoff series, Crusade, which dealt with efforts to track down a cure for a disease that threatens the entire population of Earth, lasted less than a full season.
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Babylon 5 FilmAt the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), J. Michael Strazynski announced the development of new Babylon 5 TV Movies to go. The deal with WB allows for the development of short TV movies with the current working title: "Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales". Popular Culture
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