Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created and produced by J. Michael Straczynski for Warner Bros.

Contents 1 History 2 Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.1 Star Trek references in Babylon 5 3 Actors who have appeared in Star Trek and Babylon 5 4 Production personnel who have worked on both franchises 5 External links

HistoryEdit

The primary series, which ran from 1994 to 1998, was the first truly successful American non-Star Trek futuristic space-oriented science fiction television series. Like Trek, there have been several attempts to create viable spinoff properties, including six made-for-TV movies and the short-lived series Crusade, featuring Daniel Dae Kim, Marjean Holden, and Tracy Scoggins.

The series was widely acclaimed for its ambitious writing, much of it by Straczynski himself, who endeavored to tell a complex, predetermined epic story arc over the series' entire run. In service of that goal, the show had an innovative visual style, taking advantage of advances in computer animation to create spectacular fantastic visuals on an economical budget, pioneered by Foundation Imaging, who would later also provide VFX for the Star Trek franchise.

The series starred Bruce Boxleitner, who later went on to make an appearance on Heroes with Zachary Quinto, and Mira Furlan, who later had a recurring role on J.J. Abrams's Lost with Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, and others. The series also featured numerous Trek alumni in the cast as important recurring or regular characters, most notably Walter Koenig, Andreas Katsulas, Bill Mumy, and Patricia Tallman.

Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space NineEdit

J. Michael Straczynski began working on the Babylon 5 concept in 1986.[4] In 1987, he began pitching it, with a script for the pilot and conceptual artwork, to Hollywood executives.[5] He pitched the program (with pilot script, artwork, series bible, character descriptions, and synopses for approximately 22 episodes) to Paramount executives in 1989.[6] The series was greenlit by Warner Bros. in November 1991.[7]

Also in 1991, Brandon Tartikoff, then newly appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures, approached Rick Berman and asked him to develop a new Star Trek television series. Berman and Michael Piller discussed plans for the series with Gene Roddenberry prior to his death in October 1991. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was officially greenlit in January 1992.[8] Filming on the Babylon 5 pilot, The Gathering, was completed before filming began on Deep Space Nine's pilot, "Emissary", but Babylon 5's post-production took longer, so that "Emissary" aired on 3 January 1993, and The Gathering aired seven weeks later, on 22 February.

Straczynski has suggested that Paramount TV development executives may have "guided" the development of Deep Space Nine with the intention of co-opting Babylon 5.[9] He has, however, been careful to point out that he does not believe that Berman or Piller were aware of the Babylon 5 concept when they were developing Deep Space Nine, or that they deliberately ripped off Babylon 5.[10][11]

However, Straczynski has pointed out a number of similarities between Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine, particularly their respective pilot episodes:

• Set on space stations near space transit point – the Bajoran wormhole for DS9, a jumpgate for B5.
• Head of station has rank of Commander – Benjamin Sisko, Jeffrey Sinclair.
  • Commander carries trauma from recent war/battle – Battle of Wolf 359, Battle of the Line/Earth–Minbari War.
• Female second-in-command – Kira Nerys, Laurel Takashima in The Gathering, later replaced by Susan Ivanova.
  • Second-in-command fending off attack on station at pilot's climax.
• Station contains a casino/bar and a central marketplace area for commercial activity – the Promenade, the Zócalo.
• Station visitors include diplomats, merchants, smugglers and other travelers.
• Pilot episode features a character who changes shape or appearance – Odo, Minbari Assassin using a changeling net.

Straczynski also commented on what he perceived to be similarities in set and prosthetic designs, as well as the notion – mentioned in Deep Space Nine publicity but rarely acknowledged directly in the program itself – that the holosuites in Quark's would act as a virtual bordello.[12][13][14][15] In 1993, Straczynski noted a striking similarity between the just-aired Deep Space Nine episode "The Homecoming", in which Quark is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical Circle, and the Babylon 5 episode "The War Prayer" (then in post-production), in which a Minbari is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical Homeguard; he emphasized that no one on the Babylon 5 staff knew of the DS9 plot point until "The Homecoming" aired, by which point filming on "The War Prayer" had been completed.[16]

Later, in 1996, Straczynski said:

"Sometimes it does bother me, and I wonder about what the heck's going on, when I see the only other space station series doing a big arc about alien forces infiltrating Earth government, and brewing civil war on Earth, at the *exact same moment* that we're doing it on our show; earlier, later, fine, but that they'd do basically the same thing at the same time feels like another attempt to co-opt what we're doing on this show. (Not copy; co-opt, which happens all the time. ....) If you kinda know the direction someone else is going, you try to jump ahead and get there first, so that the other either loses impact, or is considered simply an imitation. (Which is one reason why DS9 was hurried through post production to get it on the air a few weeks before B5's pilot, I suspect.)

Are we being co-opted? I dunno. When I hear that there's a red headed woman character on DS9 named Leeta (prounced the same as Lyta); when I see them doing the same kind of arc we're doing but getting it out a little earlier, I will confess it does give me pause sometimes. I try to think the best under these conditions. For now, I'm asuming [sic] it's all just coincidence."

After seeing "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost", Straczynski recognized that the story was an homage to the film Seven Days in May, implicitly withdrawing this criticism.[17]

In the face of the rivalry, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry agreed to a guest appearance on Babylon 5 as a gesture of goodwill to encourage a reconciliation between the fandoms.[18][19] She played a widow of the late Centauri Emperor, whose greatness and vision for peace had not been fully appreciated within his own lifetime. She foresaw Ambassador Mollari's rise to power.

When commenting on the use of computer-generated imagery in "Explorers", David Livingston observed "We were reluctant to do computer graphics, but Peter Lauritson finally came around. He recognized how valuable it is. You can do more stuff with the ship, but you have to do it right. Not to pick on other shows, but Babylon 5 looks like computer-generated imagery. On Voyager and Deep Space Nine, you may not know some of these shots are not motion-control shots. They're really, really good if done properly. You have to spend a couple of extra bucks and get really good artists, but CGI just allows you to do more and you can build more elements into the shots". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)

Star Trek references in Babylon 5Edit

In the Babylon 5 episode "There All the Honor Lies" (written by Peter David), Commander Ivanova protests an attempt to sell "Babylon 5" merchandise on the station, saying, "We're not some Deep Space franchise – this place is about something!" David expected the line to be cut, but producer Straczynski insisted that it be kept, because it was "fall-down funny". David replied, "You people really ARE dangerous over there, aren't you?"[20]

In the episode "Voices of Authority", when an Earthgov political representative attempts to seduce Captain Sheridan, Ivanova quips, "Congratulations, captain... I believe you are about to go where everyone has gone before."

Actors who have appeared in Star Trek and Babylon 5Edit

Actor	Star Trek role	Star Trek episode/film	Date	Babylon 5 role	Babylon 5 episode	Date
Mary Kay Adams	Grilka	DS9: "The House of Quark" DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"	1994-10-10 1996-10-14	Na'Toth	Babylon 5: "Revelations" Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"	1994-11-11 1995-02-22
Michael Ansara	Kang Jeyal	TOS: "Day of the Dove" DS9: "Blood Oath" VOY: "Flashback" DS9: "The Muse"	1968-11-01 1994-03-27 1996-09-11 1996-04-29	Elric	Babylon 5: "The Geometry of Shadows"	1994-11-16
Vaughn Armstrong	Korris Danar Telek R'Mor Seskal Lansor/Two of Nine Vidiian captain Alpha Hirogen Korath Maxwell Forrest Klingon captain Kreetassian captain Maximilian Forrest	TNG: "Heart of Glory" DS9: "Past Prologue" VOY: "Eye of the Needle" DS9: "When It Rains..." DS9: "The Dogs of War" VOY: "Survival Instinct" VOY: "Fury" VOY: "Flesh and Blood" VOY: "Endgame" 14 ENT episodes, from "Broken Bow" to "The Forge" ENT: "Sleeping Dogs" ENT: "Vox Sola" ENT: "A Night in Sickbay" ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"	1988-03-21 1993-01-09 1995-02-20 1999-05-05 1999-05-26 1999-09-29 2000-05-03 2000-11-29 2001-05-23 2001-09-26 to 2004-11-19 2002-01-30 2002-05-01 2002-10-16 2005-04-22	Security Guard	Babylon 5: "Messages from Earth" Babylon 5: "Point of No Return"	1996-02-19 1996-02-26
Jeff Austin	Bolian security officer Allos	DS9: "The Adversary" VOY: "The Omega Directive"	1995-06-25 1998-04-15	Centauri #1	Babylon 5: "Midnight on the Firing Line"	1994-01-26
Erick Avari	B'iJik Yarka Jamin	TNG: "Unification I" DS9: "Destiny" ENT: "Terra Nova"	1991-11-04 1995-02-13 2001-10-24	Rabbi Leo Mayers	Babylon 5: "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place"	1996-10-14
Majel Barrett	Number One Christine Chapel Lwaxana Troi	TOS: "The Cage" TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I" TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II" 34 TOS episodes, from "The Naked Time" to "Turnabout Intruder" Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 9 TNG and DS9 episodes, from TNG: "Haven" to DS9: "The Muse"	1964 (filmed) 1966-11-17 1966-11-26 1966-09-29 to 1969-06-03 1979-12-07 1986-11-26 1987-11-30 to 1996-04-29	Lady Morella	Babylon 5: "Point of No Return"	1996-02-26
Theodore Bikel	Sergey Rozhenko	TNG: "Family"	1990-10-01	Rabbi Koslov Lenonn	Babylon 5: "TKO" Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning	1994-05-25 1998-04-01
Simon Billig	Hogan	7 VOY episodes, from "Alliances" to "Basics, Part II"	1996-01-22 to 1996-09-04	Ranger	Babylon 5: "The Fall of Centauri Prime" Babylon 5: "Objects at Rest"	1998-10-28 1998-11-18
Bill Blair	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	over 43 episodes of DS9, VOY and ENT	1994-10-10 to 2005-05-06	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	over 60 episodes of Babylon 5 Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning, Thirdspace	1994 to 1998
Roy Brocksmith	Razka Karn Sirna Kolrami	TNG: "Peak Performance" DS9: "Indiscretion"	1989-07-10 1995-10-23	Alwyn Macomber	Babylon 5: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"	1997-10-27
Julie Caitlin Brown	Ty Kajada Vekor	DS9: "The Passenger" TNG: "Gambit, Part I" TNG: "Gambit, Part II"	1993-02-20 1993-10-09 1993-10-16	Na'Toth Guinevere Corey	6 Babylon 5 episodes, from "The Parliament of Dreams" to "A Tragedy of Telepaths" Babylon 5: "There All the Honor Lies"	1994-02-23 to 1998-03-25 1995-04-26
Ron Canada	Martin Benbeck Ch'Pok Fesek	TNG: "The Masterpiece Society" DS9: "Rules of Engagement" VOY: "Juggernaut"	1992-02-10 1996-04-08 1999-04-26	Captain Ellis Pierce	Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness"	1994-08-03
Bernie Casey	Calvin Hudson	DS9: "The Maquis, Part I" DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"	1994-04-24 1994-05-01	Derek Cranston	Babylon 5: "Hunter, Prey"	1995-03-01
Josh Clark	Tactical officer Joe Carey	TNG: "Justice" 9 VOY episodes, from "Caretaker" to "Friendship One"	1987-11-09 1995-01-16 to 2001-04-25	Kulomani Kendarr	Babylon 5: "Movements of Fire and Shadow" Crusade: "Visitors from Down the Street"	1998-06-17 1999-08-25
Jeffrey Combs	Tiron Brunt Weyoun Penk Shran Krem	DS9: "Meridian" 8 DS9 episodes, from "Family Business" to "The Dogs of War" 24 DS9 episodes, from "To the Death" to "What You Leave Behind" VOY: "Tsunkatse" 10 ENT episodes, from "The Andorian Incident" to "These Are the Voyages..." ENT: "Acquisition"	1994-11-14 1995-05-15 to 1999-05-26 1996-05-13 to 1999-06-02 2000-02-09 2001-10-31 to 2005-05-13 2002-03-27	Harriman Gray	Babylon 5: "Eyes"	1994-07-13
David L. Crowley	Workman	TNG: "Phantasms"	1993-10-23	Lou Welch	7 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Survivors" to "GROPOS"	1994-05-04 to 1995-02-08
Robert Foxworth[1]	Admiral Leyton V'Las	DS9: "Homefront" DS9: "Paradise Lost" ENT: "The Forge" ENT: "Awakening" ENT: "Kir'Shara"	1996-01-01 1996-01-08 2004-11-19 2004-11-26 2004-12-03	Gen. William Hague	Babylon 5: "Points of Departure" Babylon 5: "All Alone in the Night"	1994-11-02 1995-02-15
Gerrit Graham	First Hunter Quinn	DS9: "Captive Pursuit" VOY: "Death Wish"	1993-10-01 1996-02-19	Lord Kiro	Babylon 5: "Signs and Portents"	1994-05-18
Marjean Holden	Stolzoff	DS9: "Empok Nor"	1997-05-19	Navigation Sarah Chambers	Babylon 5 TV movie A Call to Arms 11 Crusade episodes, from "War Zone" to "Each Night I Dream of Home"	1999-01-03 1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
Andreas Katsulas	Tomalak Drennik	4 TNG episodes, from "The Enemy" to "All Good Things..." ENT: "Cogenitor"	1989-11-06 to 1994-05-23 2003-04-30	G'Kar	Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering 62 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Midnight on the Firing Line" to "Objects in Motion" Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning, The Legend of the Rangers	1993-02-22 1994-01-26 to 1998-11-11 1998-01-04 2002-01-19
Patrick Kilpatrick	Razik Reese (AR-558) Assan	VOY: "Initiations" DS9: "The Siege of AR-558" VOY: "Drive"	1995-09-04 1998-11-18 2000-10-18	Robert Carlson	Babylon 5: "Convictions"	1995-11-13
Daniel Dae Kim	Gotana-Retz Corporal Chang	VOY: "Blink of an Eye" ENT: "The Xindi" ENT: "Extinction" ENT: "Hatchery"	2000-01-19 2003-09-10 2003-09-24 2004-02-25	John Matheson	12 Crusade episodes, from "War Zone" to "Each Night I Dream of Home"	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
Walter Koenig	Pavel Chekov	36 TOS episodes, from "Catspaw" to "Turnabout Intruder" Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek Generations	1967-10-27 to 1969-06-03 1979-12-07 1982-06-04 1984-06-01 1986-11-26 1989-06-09 1991-12-06 1994-11-18	Alfred Bester	12 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Mind War" to "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Thomas Kopache	Mirok The Engineer Com officer Viorsa Kira Taban Tos Sphere Builder Test Subject	TNG: "The Next Phase" TNG: "Emergence" Star Trek Generations VOY: "The Thaw" DS9: "Ties of Blood and Water" DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" ENT: "Broken Bow" ENT: "Harbinger"	1992-05-18 1994-05-07 1994-11-18 1996-04-29 1997-04-14 1998-03-28 2001-09-26 2004-02-11	Tu'Pari	Babylon 5: "The Parliament of Dreams"	1994-02-09
Judy Levitt	Mercy Hospital physician Starfleet Command captain El-Aurian survivor	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek Generations	1986-11-26 1991-12-06 1994-11-18	Psi Cop	Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places" Babylon 5: "Dust to Dust"	1995-01-25 1996-02-05
Scott MacDonald	Tosk N'Vek Rollins Goran'Agar Dolim	DS9: "Captive Pursuit" TNG: "Face of the Enemy" VOY: "Caretaker" DS9: "Hippocratic Oath" 8 ENT episodes, from "The Xindi" to "Zero Hour"	1993-01-30 1993-02-08 1995-01-16 1995-10-16 2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26	First Officer	Babylon 5 TV Movie A Call to Arms	1999-01-03
Leigh J. McCloskey	Tieran Joran Dax	VOY: "Warlord" DS9: "Field of Fire"	1996-11-20 1999-02-10	Thomas	Babylon 5: "A Tragedy of Telepaths" Babylon 5: "Phoenix Rising"	1998-03-25 1998-04-01
Tom Morga	Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited	Star Trek: The Motion Picture to ENT: "Borderland"	1979-12-07 to 2004-10-29	Stunt roles	Unknown	Unknown
Bill Mumy	Kellin	DS9: "The Siege of AR-558"	1998-11-18	Lennier	49 Babylon 5 episodes, from "The Parliament of Dreams" to "Objects at Rest"	1994-02-23 to 1998-11-18
Christopher Neame	Unferth German General	VOY: "Heroes and Demons" ENT: "Storm Front" ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"	1995-04-24 2004-10-08 2004-10-15	Knight Two	Babylon 5: "And the Sky Full of Stars"	1994-03-16
Julia Nickson	Lian T'Su Cassandra	TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom" DS9: "Paradise"	1988-04-11 1994-02-13	Catherine Sakai	Babylon 5: "The Parliament of Dreams" Babylon 5: "Mind War" Babylon 5: "Chrysalis"	1994-02-23 1994-03-02 1994-10-03
Tricia O'Neil	Rachel Garrett Kurak Korinas	TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise" TNG: "Suspicions" DS9: "Defiant"	1990-02-19 1993-05-10 1994-11-21	M'Ola President	Babylon 5: "Believers" Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning	1994-04-27 1998-01-04
Clive Revill	Guy of Gisbourne	TNG: "Qpid"	1991-04-22	Trakis	Babylon 5: "Born to the Purple"	1994-02-09
Mark Rolston	Walter Pierce Kuroda Magh	TNG: "Eye of the Beholder" ENT: "Canamar" ENT: "The Augments"	1994-02-26 2003-02-26 2004-11-12	Karl Mueller	Babylon 5: "The Quality of Mercy"	1994-08-17
John Schuck	Klingon Ambassador Parn Chorus #2 Antaak	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country DS9: "The Maquis, Part II" VOY: "Muse" ENT: "Affliction" ENT: "Divergence"	1986-11-26 1991-12-06 1994-05-01 2000-04-26 2005-02-18 2005-02-25	Draal	Babylon 5: "The Long, Twilight Struggle" Babylon 5: "Voices of Authority"	1995-08-01 1996-01-29
Dwight Schultz	Reginald Barclay	10 TNG and VOY episodes, from "Hollow Pursuits" to "Endgame" Star Trek: First Contact	1990-04-30 to 2001-05-23 1996-11-22	Amis	Babylon 5: "The Long Dark"	1994-11-30
Tracy Scoggins	Gilora Rejal	DS9: "Destiny"	1995-02-15	Elizabeth Lochley	14 Babylon 5 and Crusade episodes, from "No Compromises" to "Each Night I Dream of Home" Babylon 5 TV movies River of Souls and A Call to Arms Babylon 5 direct-to-DVD special Voices in the Dark	1998-01-21 to 1999-09-01 1998-11-08 1999-01-03 2007-09-03
Judson Scott	Joachim Sobi Rekar	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan TNG: "Symbiosis" VOY: "Message in a Bottle"	1982-06-04 1988-04-18 1998-01-21	Knight One	Babylon 5: "And the Sky Full of Stars"	1994-03-16
W. Morgan Sheppard	Ira Graves Klingon Commandant Qatai Vulcan science minister	TNG: "The Schizoid Man" Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country VOY: "Bliss" Star Trek	1989-01-23 1991-12-06 1999-02-10 2009-05-08	Soul Hunter Warmaster G'Sten	Babylon 5: "Soul Hunter" Babylon 5: "The Long, Twilight Struggle"	1994-02-02 1994-11-16
Tucker Smallwood	Bullock Xindi-Primate councilor	VOY: "In the Flesh" 9 ENT episodes, from "The Xindi" to "Zero Hour"	1998-11-04 2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26	David Endawi	Babylon 5: "Matters of Honor"	1995-11-06
John Snyder	Bochra Aaron Conor	TNG: "The Enemy" TNG: "The Masterpiece Society"	1989-11-06 1992-02-10	Soul Hunter #2 Orin Zento	Babylon 5: "Soul Hunter" Babylon 5: "By Any Means Necessary"	1994-02-02 1994-05-11
Carel Struycken	Mr. Homn The Spectre	5 TNG episodes, from "Haven" "Half a Life" VOY: "The Thaw"	1987-11-30 1991-05-06 1996-04-29	Trader	Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"	1994-12-14
Kitty Swink	Rozahn Luaran	DS9: "Sanctuary" DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind"	1993-11-28 1999-05-12	Senator	Babylon 5: "Matters of Honor"	1995-11-06
Keith Szarabajka	Teero Anaydis Damron	VOY: "Repression" ENT: "Rogue Planet"	2000-10-25 2002-03-20	Matthew Stoner	Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"	1994-12-14
Patricia Tallman	Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited Kiros Defiant weapons officer	TNG: "Power Play" to DS9: "What You Leave Behind" TNG: "Starship Mine" DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"	1992-02-24 to 1999-06-02 1993-03-29 1995-10-02	Lyta Alexander	Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering 24 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Divided Loyalties" to "Objects in Motion" Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace	1993-02-22 1995-07-25 to 1998-11-11 1998-07-19
Marshall Teague	Temo'Zuma Haluk	DS9: "Hippocratic Oath" VOY: "Distant Origin"	1995-10-16 1997-04-30	Nelson Drake Ta'Lon Captain Daniels	Babylon 5: "Infection" 5 Babylon 5 episodes, from "All Alone in the Night" to "Objects at Rest" Crusade: "The Long Road"	1994-02-16 1995-02-15 to 1998-11-18 1999-06-16
Tony Todd	Kurn Adult Jake Sisko Alpha Hirogen	4 TNG and DS9 episodes, from "Sins of the Father" to "Sons of Mogh" DS9: "The Visitor" VOY: "Prey"	1990-03-19 to 1996-02-12 1995-10-09 1998-02-18	Leonard Anderson	Babylon 5 TV movie A Call to Arms	1999-01-03
John Vickery	Andrus Hagan Rusot Orak	TNG: "Night Terrors" DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil" DS9: "When It Rains..." DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind" ENT: "Judgment"	1991-03-18 1999-04-28 1999-05-05 1999-05-12 2003-04-09	Neroon Mr. Welles	5 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Legacies" to "Moments of Transition" Babylon 5: "The Fall of Night" Crusade: "Appearances and Other Deceits"	1994-07-20 to 1997-05-19 1995-11-01 1999-07-28

1. ↑ Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as Gen. Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of Gen. Hague off screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").[1][2][3]

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Production personnel who have worked on both franchisesEdit

Person	Star Trek contributions	Babylon 5 contributions
Richard Compton	Actor, TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" (Washburn)	Director, Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering, 5 Babylon 5 episodes
	Actor, TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" (Romulan technical officer)	Co-producer, 9 Babylon 5 episodes
	Director, TNG: "Haven"
Peter David	Writer, 41 Star Trek novels	Writer, Babylon 5: "Soul Mates", "There All the Honor Lies"
	Writer, 40 Star Trek comics	Writer, Crusade: "Ruling from the Tomb"
	Writer, Beam Me Up, Scotty (with James Doohan)	Writer, In the Beginning and Thirdspace novelizations
	Writer, Cacophony (Captain Sulu Adventures audio drama, as J.J. Molloy)	Writer, Legions of Fire novel trilogy
Harlan Ellison	Writer, TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever"	Conceptual consultant, Babylon 5 TV series, Babylon 5 TV movies The Gathering, In the Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, A Call to Arms
		Writer (story), Babylon 5 episodes "A View from the Gallery", "Objects in Motion"
		Voice artist, Babylon 5: "Ceremonies of Light and Dark" (Sparky the Computer), "Day of the Dead" (Voice of Zooty)
		Cameo appearance, Babylon 5: "The Face of the Enemy" (Psi Cop)
D.C. Fontana	Writer, 17 episodes of TOS, TAS, TNG and DS9	Writer, Babylon 5: "The War Prayer", "Legacies", "A Distant Star"
	Writer, Vulcan's Glory novel
	Writer, Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment comic
Adam Nimoy	Director, TNG: "Rascals", "Timescape"	Director, Babylon 5: "Passing Through Gethsemane", "Z'ha'dum"
Mary Jo Slater	Casting director, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Casting director, Babylon 5
J. Michael Straczynski	Writer, 1 comic	Creator, primary writer, Babylon 5
Jesús Salvador Treviño	Director, 8 episodes of DS9 and VOY	Director, 5 episodes of Babylon 5, Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace, Crusade: "The Rules of the Game"
Michael Vejar	Director, 31 episodes of TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT	Director, 18 episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning, A Call to Arms, The Legend of the Rangers
Douglas E. Wise	Second assistant director, Star Trek: The Motion Picture	First assistant director, 28 episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning and A Call to Arms
	First assistant director, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Director, Babylon 5: "The Fall of Centauri Prime"

External links Edit

• The Babylon Project, the official Babylon 5 wiki
• Babylon 5 at Wikipedia