Firefly: S01E11 & 12: Serenity TV Show

Firefly: S01E11 & 12: Serenity

Pretty good I thought. If it had been allowed to air it would have stopped many sci fi geeks like myself wondering if the series would be as crappy as the first episode! In the end, the pilot set the scene very well.

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Ambassador Delenn TV Show

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Ambassador Delenn

Although Ambassador Delenn (played beautifully by Mira Furlan) seems to be righteous and aloof, she is also a bit of a rebel. She was once a member of the Minbari ruling body (the Grey Counsel), and underwent a physical transformation that gave her human characteristics (like hair).

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Cultures: Vogons TV Show

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Cultures: Vogons

Vogons are one of the most unpleasant, ugly, artistically incompetent and nauseatingly priggish races in the universe. They aren’t actually evil as such, but if you ever wanted to get a lift from one, for instance, FORGET IT!

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Londo Mollari TV Show

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Londo Mollari

Of all the characters in the series, I feel most affinity for Londo Mollari.  He is played exceptionally well by Peter Jurasik and is probably marginally ahead of Ivanova as being the wittiest of the Babylon 5 characters.  He has certainly got a questionable history of double dealing, assassination and subversion.  But he seems to carry it off with such wit. 

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Marcus Cole TV Show

Babylon 5: Character Bios: Marcus Cole

Marcus Cole is one of my favourite characters, not just because he’s a Brit, but because he’s a bit wacky. The part is played so well by Jason Carter that I suspect he isn’t acting very much. Nevertheless, I cringe at some of the stuff he comes out with.

Babylon 5: Character Bios: John Sheridan TV Show

Babylon 5: Character Bios: John Sheridan

Sheridan is now the President of the Alliance.  he is still based on Babylon 5 but has relinquished control of the ship to the new Captain Lockley.  He does however have control of political decisions on the Station.

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Babelfish TV Show

Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Science: Babelfish

The Babel Fish is small, yellow, leechlike and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brainwave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and the excreting telepathically a matrix from the conscious frequencies and nerve signals…

The Prisoner: Episode 01: Arrival TV Show

The Prisoner: Episode 01: Arrival

The first episode magnificently sets up the situation and tone for the other 16 episodes of this 60’s cult classic. It really is a ripper; action, intrigue, suspense, bouncy balls… And we also get an extended opening sequence not seen in any other episode.

Dune: Technology: Shields TV Show

Dune: Technology: Shields

No respectable house leader or space craft would be caught without a shield. Shields are the most common protection measures in the Dune universe. They prevent any fast moving object from passing through their field. Shields function because of a Holtman field.

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Dune: Technology: Lasgun

While not shown much in the Sci Fi mini-series, lasguns are worth mentioning here. Lasguns are the futuristic weapons you knew were missing from the Dune series.

Dune: Technology: Hunter-Seeker TV Show

Dune: Technology: Hunter-Seeker

The hunter-seeker is a deadly tool of assassins. The tiny floating tadpole-like machine is remotely controlled by an operator not far away from the lethal device.

Dune: Technology: Spice TV Show

Dune: Technology: Spice

Melange (me’lange also ma,lanj) n-s, origin uncertain (thought to derive from the ancient Terran Franzh): a. mixture of spice; b. spice of Arrakis (Dune) with geriatric properties first noted by Yanshuph Ashkoko, royal chemist in reign of Shakkad the Wise.

Dune: People: Count Fenring TV Show

Dune: People: Count Fenring

Fenring was the former ruler of Arrakis, for the Empire, at the time when it was Harkonnen quasi-fief.

Dune: Cultures: Bene Gesserit TV Show

Dune: Cultures: Bene Gesserit

The origins of the Bene Gesserit are shrouded in mystery. Again believed to originate during the Butlerian Jihad, the Bene Gesserit are an all-female sisterhood devoted to a secret Breeding Program.