Parallels between Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5
Parallels between Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5
Or, pretty much bits when the former rips off the latter.
1. The human commander of a space station is a religious leader to a particular alien race
2. The two main human characters in the pilot episode are a navy commander (as in rank as well as position) and his "sidekick", a senior non-commissioned officer*
3. Both are war veterans, with the commander being one of very few survivors of a disastrous space battle against superior alien forces. Who gave up at the last minute, thus saving Earth (hooray!)
4. A ballsy female first officer who has a somewhat tangled love life
5. An unlucky-in-love doctor/chief medical officer who is something of a lady's man
6. A life-or-death struggle for control of the station emerges during one episode between the station's occupier-commanders and a battle group sent on behalf of the stations actual builders
7. A "War in Heaven" emerges between God-like aliens for the "souls" of lesser races
8. There's a female character called Lyta
9. There's a male character, a planetary leader even, called Dukat/Dukhat
10. The station is under the command of a ranked captain the year an interstellar war breaks out
The station orbits near:
11. An "interdimensional portal" (a stable wormhole exiting in the Gamma Quadrant http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Gamma_Quadrant/ Jumpgate http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Jumpgate for hyperspace http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperspace travel)
and
12. A seemingly innocuous planet, later found to be the home of an ancient civilisation crucial to the show's plotline
13. Aggressive aliens are introduced who can camouflage themselves but tend to avoid the use of cloaking devices on their warships
14. A major character is "interviewed" by an inquisitor, the process bordering on torture despite being carried out by an allied human in everyone's best interests
15. The station is lent a prototype cruiser enhanced with borrowed advanced alien technology during the course of the show
16. "Holo-brothels"
Plots involving
17. Interplanetary terrorism
18. The aftermath of a military occupation
19. Political intrigue
20. Racism and discrimination
21. Labour strikes
22. Prophecies
and
23. Various coups; actual, attempted and plotted by military, paramilitary and non-military organisations
*Both Miles "Chief" O'Brien
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Miles_O'Brien
and Michael "the telepaths made me do it" Garibaldi http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Garibaldi
are depicted as having the rank of "Chief Warrant Officer", although O'Brien is generally considered to be a Senior Chief Petty Officer by the fan-base
Or, pretty much bits when the former rips off the latter.
1. The human commander of a space station is a religious leader to a particular alien race
2. The two main human characters in the pilot episode are a navy commander (as in rank as well as position) and his "sidekick", a senior non-commissioned officer*
3. Both are war veterans, with the commander being one of very few survivors of a disastrous space battle against superior alien forces. Who gave up at the last minute, thus saving Earth (hooray!)
4. A ballsy female first officer who has a somewhat tangled love life
5. An unlucky-in-love doctor/chief medical officer who is something of a lady's man
6. A life-or-death struggle for control of the station emerges during one episode between the station's occupier-commanders and a battle group sent on behalf of the stations actual builders
7. A "War in Heaven" emerges between God-like aliens for the "souls" of lesser races
8. There's a female character called Lyta
9. There's a male character, a planetary leader even, called Dukat/Dukhat
10. The station is under the command of a ranked captain the year an interstellar war breaks out
The station orbits near:
11. An "interdimensional portal" (a stable wormhole exiting in the Gamma Quadrant http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Gamma_Quadrant/ Jumpgate http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Jumpgate for hyperspace http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperspace travel)
and
12. A seemingly innocuous planet, later found to be the home of an ancient civilisation crucial to the show's plotline
13. Aggressive aliens are introduced who can camouflage themselves but tend to avoid the use of cloaking devices on their warships
14. A major character is "interviewed" by an inquisitor, the process bordering on torture despite being carried out by an allied human in everyone's best interests
15. The station is lent a prototype cruiser enhanced with borrowed advanced alien technology during the course of the show
16. "Holo-brothels"
Plots involving
17. Interplanetary terrorism
18. The aftermath of a military occupation
19. Political intrigue
20. Racism and discrimination
21. Labour strikes
22. Prophecies
and
23. Various coups; actual, attempted and plotted by military, paramilitary and non-military organisations
*Both Miles "Chief" O'Brien
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Miles_O'Brien
and Michael "the telepaths made me do it" Garibaldi http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Garibaldi
are depicted as having the rank of "Chief Warrant Officer", although O'Brien is generally considered to be a Senior Chief Petty Officer by the fan-base
posted by Legal Smeagol at 8:23 AM
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