Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Babylon 5: Thirdspace
TNT Promotional Poster for Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Genre	Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi
Created by	J. Michael Straczynski
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by	Jesús Salvador Trevino
Starring	Bruce Boxleitner Claudia Christian Jeff Conaway Patricia Tallman Shari Belafonte (guest) Joshua Cox (guest) William Sanderson (guest) Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter (guest)
Theme music composer	Christopher Franke
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski
Producer(s)	John Copeland Susan Norkin (associate producer)
Cinematography	John C. Flinn III
Editor(s)	David W. Foster
Running time	94 minutes
Production company(s)	Babylonian Productions
Distributor	TNT
Release
Original network	TNT
Original release	July 19, 1998

Babylon 5 TV seasons and films 1993–2007
In order of series chronology: 2245–48 • In the Beginning (1st film)^* 2256 • Babylon 5 station commissioned 2257 • The Gathering (Pilot) 2258 • Signs and Portents (Season 1) 2259 • The Coming of Shadows (Season 2) 2260 • Point of No Return (Season 3) 2261 • No Surrender, No Retreat (Season 4)^** 2261 • Thirdspace (2nd film)^*** 2262 • The Wheel of Fire (Season 5)^† 2263 • The River of Souls (3rd film) 2265 • The Legend of the Rangers (5th film) 2266 • A Call to Arms (4th film) 2267 • Crusade (spin-off series) 2271 • The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark 2278 • In the Beginning (1st film)^* 2281 • Babylon 5 station decommissioned ^* The framing story is set in 2278. ^ The final episode of the season includes scenes of future events up to 3262 and beyond. ^* The story is set between the two wars in season 4. ^† The final episode of series is set in 2281.

Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) is a made-for-television film that is part of the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.

The movie was originally shown on July 19, 1998 on the TNT cable network, during the run of season five (originally being shown between "Movements of Fire and Shadow" and "The Fall of Centauri Prime"). In addition to members of the regular cast of the Babylon 5 TV series, it features the notable guest-stars Shari Belafonte (playing Dr. Elizabeth Trent) and William Sanderson (reprising the role of "Deuce" that he played in the episode "Grail").

The horror-based story, which ties into the Shadow/Vorlon plotline, centers on the return of an ancient and overwhelming alien force which had once attempted to destroy life in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The film deals with an enormous artifact that is discovered in hyperspace and towed to the Babylon 5 station for investigation. The xenoarchaeology corporation Interplanetary Expeditions sends a representative, Dr. Elizabeth Trent, to take control of the artifact's examination.

The artifact begins to influence the dreams of many inhabitants of Babylon 5, eventually controlling many of them during their waking hours as well. These thralls, led by Deuce, first demand that the excavation be accelerated, and then become increasingly violent towards the rest of the Babylon 5 population. Dr. Trent conjectures that the artifact is a Jumpgate that takes one neither to normal space nor to hyperspace but to a "third" space (hence the movie's title). With the reluctant support of her colleague, they order the device to be turned on, without notifying Captain Sheridan.

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