Uncanny Treks

B5 S1 E1 Midnight on the Firing Line (26 Jan 94) v DS9 S1 E3 Past Prologue (11 Jan 93) -Lursa & B’Etor appeared in the Next Generation episodes “Redemption” (1991) & “Birthright” (1994) & movie Generations (1994) -Andrew Robinson, the great actor who plays plain & simple Garak, published the novel Stitch in Time (2000), which fills in Garak’s backstory & was published as the la...

Babylon 5: The Gathering (22 Feb 93) v DS9 S1 E1-2 Emissary (4 Jan 93) -We weren’t wild about Tamlyn Tomita’s performance as Lt. Cdr. Takashima, but we love her as Commodore Oh in Star Trek: Picard (2020) -Johnny Sekka who played Dr. Kyle was a Senegalese-born Gambian actor famous from the London theater scene -Dr. Kyle’s & Ms. Alexander’s openings of Ambassador Kosh’s encounter suit reminded...

Introductory episode: -Even as 90s kids, we weren’t clear on the differences between Babylon 5 (1993-9), Stargate SG-1 (1997-2008), & Farscape (1999-2004) -The aborted B5 computer game was developed by Sierra, the company famous for King’s Quest (1980-2016) & Space Quest (1986-95) -B5 S1-4 was on PTEN, B5 S5, most of the latter tv movies, & the spinoff series Crusade (1999) were on TNT - Star Trek...