Babylon 5: The Gathering
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Babylon 5: The Gathering | |
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Theme music composer | Stewart Copeland Christopher Franke (1998 re-edit) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski |
Producers | Robert Latham Brown John Copeland (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Billy Dickson |
Editor | Robert L. Sinise |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production company | PTEN |
Original release | |
Network | PTEN |
Release | February 22, 1993 |
Babylon 5: The Gathering is the
The Gathering covers events which take place roughly one year before those of the first-season episode "Midnight on the Firing Line," providing a framework of backstories, political agendas, and personal relationships for some of the series' major characters.[citation needed]
Following the success of the movie,
Synopsis
Babylon 5 TV seasons and films 1993–2023 |
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* The framing story is set in 2278. |
In the Earth year 2257, a multitude of humans and non-humans gather deep in neutral space at a new station,
As the crew awaits the arrival of the fourth and final alien ambassador, Ambassador
Garibaldi comes to suspect Del Varner might have been involved in Kosh's poisoning. When he enters Varner's quarters, however, he discovers Varner dead in a fish tank. Lyta enters the medical lab, where she begins adjusting some of the settings that are keeping Kosh alive; when Dr. Kyle realizes what she's doing, he tries to stop her, and she attacks him. At that moment, the real Lyta Alexander enters the room; her double escapes.
Upon further investigation in Varner's quarters, Garibaldi learns that Varner had been smuggling illegal items between systems, and that he most recently had gone to the Antares sector to acquire a changeling net: a device that can make an individual appear to look like somebody else. The crew realizes that Kosh had not been poisoned by Sinclair when he arrived at the station, but by someone using the changeling net to imitate Sinclair. Since the use of such a device would put out a lot of energy, Takashima uses the station's scanners to pinpoint an area of the station with a high concentration of unidentified energy use. Sinclair and Garibaldi head for that part of the station, just as a Vorlon squadron arrives in the vicinity of the station to pick up Sinclair for his voyage to the Vorlon homeworld.
Sinclair and Garibaldi confront the mysterious assailant. Garibaldi is injured in the firefight and Sinclair faces the assassin himself. The changeling net is disabled, revealing the assailant to be a Minbari assassin. The assassin is a member of the Minbari warrior caste and wanted to discredit Sinclair as retribution for Sinclair's role in the
The Vorlon delegation, now satisfied that Sinclair is innocent, drops all charges against him. In the station's garden, Sinclair reveals to Delenn what the Minbari assassin had said about the "hole" in Sinclair's mind. Delenn claims that it is just an old Minbari insult. Sinclair, however, tells her that he had fought in the climactic battle of the Earth–Minbari War, and that there is a twenty-four-hour period in the climactic battle, just before the Minbari surrendered, which he can't account for.
Takashima declares Babylon 5 open and operational.
Cast
- Michael O'Hare - Cmdr. Jeffrey Sinclair
- Tamlyn Tomita - Lt. Cmdr. Laurel Takashima
- Jerry Doyle - Michael Garibaldi
- Mira Furlan - Delenn
- Blaire Baron - Carolyn Sykes
- John Fleck - Del Varner
- Paul Hampton - The Senator
- Peter Jurasik - Londo Mollari
- Andreas Katsulas - G'Kar
- Benjamin Kyle
- Patricia Tallman - Lyta Alexander
- Steven R. Barnett - Eric Hazeltine
- Billy Hayes - Traveler (as William Hayes)
- Linda Hoffman - Dome Tech #2
- Robert Jason Jackson - Dome Tech #3
- F. William Parker - Business Man #1
- Ed Wasser - Guerra
Versions
There are two versions of The Gathering. The original version was a TV movie aired in 1993 on the
The special edition is included in the
The original version was released on DVD by Warner Home Video in Region 2. In Germany, it had the title "Spacecenter Babylon 5 - Die Zusammenkunft."[2] It is also included in the "Complete Collection" and "Ultimate Collection" box sets (released in the UK only).[citation needed]
Changes between pilot and series
Many elements of the pilot were changed when the series began, giving the pilot a different feel than the rest of the series. This was most evident in the prosthetics, sets, music, and cast members.
The first officer was
Ed Wasser, who played Morden in the series, appears in the pilot as Earth Alliance technician Guerra.
The duty uniforms and rank insignia were altered between the pilot and the series, as were the handheld weapons.
Sinclair's love interest (Carolyn Sykes) is replaced by Catherine Sakai.
References
- ^ ""The Gathering" at midwinter.com". Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ "Spacecenter Babylon 5 - Die Zusammenkunft". Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ ""Lost Scenes" at midwinter.com". Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ^ ""Revelations" at midwinter.com". Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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