The Geometry of Shadows

The Geometry of Shadows

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Geometry of Shadows
Series = Babylon 5


Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 3
Airdate = 16 November 1994
Production = 203
Writer = J. Michael Straczynski
Director = Mike Vejar
Guests = Michael Ansara (Elric)
William Forward (Refa)
David L. Crowley (Lou Welch)
Episode list = List of "Babylon 5" episodes
Prev = Revelations
Next = A Distant Star

"The Geometry of Shadows" is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series "Babylon 5".

ynopsis

A mysterious group of Technomages pass through the station en route to the galactic rim. Ivanova is promoted and deals with groups of combative Drazi. Garibaldi recovers further from his wound, with Sheridan encouraging him to stay on as head of security. Ambassador Mollari's prestige rises with the mysterious destruction of the Narn outpost in Quadrant 37.

Arc significance

*The Technomages stop at Babylon 5 on their way to an unknown destination, travelling to avoid an (at the time) unknown future conflict.
*Londo Mollari receives a prophecy from the Technomage Elric, claiming that in the future he will hear the "sounds of billions of people calling your name." "My followers?" asks Mollari, to which Elric replies, "Your victims."
*Introduces the character of Antono Refa.

Production details

*The script had to be revised when Claudia Christian broke her foot. While she was trying to negotiate a peace between two warring factions of Drazi, the Drazi group explode into a brawl, and she injures her leg when the Drazi pile on top of her.

Literary References

Elric is a name most closely associated with Michael Moorcock's fictional character, Elric of Melnibon%C3%A9. Moorcock commented on the usage of his character's name within Babylon 5:

"I don't mind, since the Elric reference is clearly straight homage, and I'd do the same myself in the circumstances. It stops a long way short of being plagiarism, which I tend to pursue with my big black sword! Also when you've been around as long as I have and done as much work, you have to get used to your ideas becoming standard generic tropes. It means I have to work harder all the time, of course, to come up with stuff which no longer uses tropes I regard as my own (law, chaos, balance, say -- the multiverse, as such, and so on) and this is probably good for me, too!" [ [http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=216 Babylon 5 - Moorcock's Miscellany ] ]

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