Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine- An Introduction
from Uncanny Treks
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: The Next Generation (1987-93) is a big touchstone for both of us, Matt likes “The Inner Light” (1992) episode, Captain Riker’s adventures continue in the fun Titan novels (2005-17), but the proliferation of new Trek tv series set after the movie Nemesis (2002) have led to the announcement of a Coda trilogy of novels (2021) to end the extensive novel series that had continued the Next Gen, DS9, Voyager, & Titan crews’ adventures -The first DS9 console game was Crossroads of Time (1995) -As kids we both played the Star Trek 25th Anniversary computer game (1992) & the sequel Judgement Rites (1993) -The B5 S2 episode Bob references is “Distant Star” (1994)
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