TNT airdate: July 19 1998 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Jesus Trevi�o Episode #: 112 Production #: TNT MoW 1
Guest stars: Shari Belafonte.
Babylon 5 discovers an ancient artifact in hyperspace.
Turner Network Television (TNT) discovers the gateway to a forgotten dimension when the TNT Original film BABYLON 5: Thirdspace premieres Sunday, July 18, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). Series stars Bruce Boxleitner, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst and Patricia Tallman headline the next full-length Babylon 5 movie, which co-stars Shari Belafonte. Douglas Netter and series creator J. Michael Straczynski executive-produced the two-hour film, and Straczynski wrote the script. The film is a production of Babylonian Productions.
Here is a brief synopsis of BABYLON 5: Thirdspace: Returning to Babylon 5 after a mission, Commander Susan Ivanova (CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN) picks up an irregular scanner reading from somewhere in hyperspace. The mysterious object seems to be enormous and Ivanova and her starfury squadron move deep into hyperspace, where they find an ancient alien relic, part platform and part strange geometric design.
Captain Sheridan (BRUCE BOXLEITNER) and Dr. Franklin (RICHARD BIGGS) work quickly to salvage the bizarre wreckage. As soon as the artifact arrives on Babylon 5, Interplanetary Expeditions sends Dr. Elizabeth Trent (SHARI BELAFONTE), a xenoarchaeologist, to supervise the find. Headstrong and intense, Dr. Trent is immediately at odds with Captain Sheridan.
As the investigation of the artifact continues, people throughout Babylon 5, including Dr. Trent, have frightening dreams of surreal towering structures and massive ships. The dreams intensify and soon become a kind of mental compulsion. Dr. Trent suddenly becomes intensely determined to make the artifact work.
Violent out-breaks begin to occur on the station as humans and aliens continue to have disturbing dreams. Lyta (PATRICIA TALLMAN) begins to suspect a telepathic component within artifact, a signal that is drawing people toward it and forcing them to repair it.
Delenn (MIRA FURLAN), tries to retrace the artifact's origin. Finally, it's discovered that the device is a gateway to another kind of space, a third space. Residing in this dimension are ancient living things looking to occupy other places. Delenn learns the device was built by a race that probed too far into the mysteries of the universe. This race was virtually wiped out before they managed to disable the device, just as it was pulled into hyperspace.
Under its powerful telepathic control, Dr. Trent activates the artifact, which begins to launch alien ships that attack Babylon 5. But, the invasion has only started: a massive, ten mile-long alien ship is about to come through the artifact's gateway. Faced with devastation, Sheridan must figure out how to destroy the implacable device before it's too late.
