On October 7th I spotted John Vickery in an episode of Stark Raving Mad on NBC. He played a college professor that met a student in a bar, where she worked. It was a small part, but very funny.

Date: October 29, 1999
From: sgbruckner

Did anyone catch Daniel Dae Kim in "Walker, Texas Ranger" on Saturday night? He was great. It wasn't a huge part, but his character played a major role in the story. Too bad the only ones kicking butt were Chuck Norris and his officers.

Date: October 25, 1999
From: Kathleen Ryan

I was channel surfing Saturday afternoon and heard a familiar voice. It was Jerry Doyle. He was the narrator for a Discovery channel show on sun storms. It was pretty good and Mr. G. looked great.

Nova Uses B5 Footage

On Tuesday night, PBS' Nova used a variety of scenes from Babylon 5 when talking about possible new propulsion methods for space travel. I know there had been talk about actually building a StarFury at one time, but haven't heard anything more about that for quite a while!

Have gotten some great responses so far this week. Visit the Discussion Topic page to see what other topics have been discussed. Discussion Topic

Share your views with us! Send in your submissions to The Zocalo. Please put Discussion Topic in the subject line.

The 2nd Annual Galaxy Ball, hosted by Robert Beltran from ST Voyager, was held on October 30 in Los Angeles. If anyonehas any information about the event, please pass it on! There are some great pictures of the ball out at Robbie Duncan McNeil's web site. Take a peek at Galaxy Ball. In the last picture, there's a strange man amongst all those Star Trek folk. Could it be Jason?

MIRA IN NEW YORK PLAY

Mira Furlan is performing in the New Group world premiere of CRANES, a play by Dmitry Lipkin at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street in New York City). Previews began October 8 and the play officially opened October 20th. The show closes on November 14. For tickets call (212) 279-4200. Visit http://mirafurlan.simplenet.com/cranes.html for information about ticket prices and show times.

FAN CLUB MERCHANDISE

The Club also has autographed versions of the Official Babylon 5 Magazine available. Get Volume 1, Issue 8 signed by Bill Mumy; Volume 2, Issue 4 signed by Christopher Franke and Volume 2, Issue 5 signed by Peter Woodward. Hop over to the Emporium using this link Autographed Magazines .

Babylon 5 Scripts - "Soul Hunter"

"Soul Hunter" is now available through the Fan Club. Use this link to place your order Soul Hunter Script.

The Crusade Writer's Bible is still available at thestation. This is a 25+ page publication that gives background on the series, the main and supporting characters and even a little on the Apocolypse Box! This is just like the document given to potential writers of episodes for the series. Use this link to purchase a Crusade Writer's Bible from The Fan Club.

Membership Credits:
The Club has a chart up at thestation.com that shows what credit you will receive based on your membership expiration date.

Ordering Information: There are a number of ways to order merchandise from the Club:

Credit card purchases can be made on-line, by mail, by phone at 1-888-777-8517 or 1-818-623-1198 or fax to 1-818-771-1677. Phone lines are open Monday thru Friday, 10-6pm PST.

You can send a check or money order for merchandise -- made payable to Babylon 5 Fan Club -- to Official Babylon 5 Fan Club, P.O. Box 856, North Hollywood, CA 91603.

** For all orders done by mail, it's best to send in an order form with your check or money order. Use this link to get a copy of the Order Form. There is a new reference list as well, so that you can check to see what merchandise is still available. Ref List.

OFFICIAL BABYLON 5 MAGAZINE - Issue #17 just arrived. It has the first part of an interview with Bruce Boxleitner, the first part of an article outlining the JPL Connection to B5 and Crusade, a set report on "Each Night I Dream of Home", and a LOT more. Love this magazine!

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Models International have an interview with Optic Nerve's Jerry Gergely, who worked on seasons four and five of B5, and it's illustrated with a lot of photographs. The mag's web site is http://www.nextmill.demon.co.uk/. Thanks Dave for the info: dbrown@newdawn.u-net.com

FINAL RECKONING was released in early October! It includes a bonus excerpt from the next "Babylon 5" novel, LEGIONS OF FIRE: THE LONG NIGHT OF CENTAURI PRIME, by Peter David. This novel launches the three-book Centauri Republic series, and THE LONG NIGHT OF CENTAURI PRIME is scheduled to go on sale the first Tuesday of December.

LEGIONS OF FIRE will be followed by two more LEGIONS OF FIRE novels which will weave through Babylon 5 and Crusade territories. In the second half of next year or the beginning of 2001, Jeanne Cavelos (of THE SHADOW WITHIN fame) will begin her Techno-mage trilogy.

BABYLON 5 CARTOONS

Coming Up Next:

Praxis '99
November 5-7, 1999, Pittsburgh, PA
Guests: Jason Carter, Bill Blair (ultimate B5 alien)

For more information, visit their web site at Praxis '99 or call 412-650--8163 or 1-877-4-PRAXIS. For e-mail help, write to falconfrye@earthlink.net.

TRADING PARTNERS: Here's a suggestion for those of you in the US or abroad that find it's really hard to get your hands on Babylon 5 merchandise -- whether it's magazines or whatever. Why not find yourself a trading partner! For example, I have a great friend in the UK -- Mark -- who helps me with all the magazines published in the UK that feature B5 or Crusade! He sends me the magazines and in exchange, I send him things he can't get in England -- like the trading cards or the novels or the "Rising Stars" comic books! There are a lot of things that you can exchange -- and it's FUN too!

BABYLON 5/CRUSADE AROUND THE WORLD

The lucky folks in Bellingham, WA will begin viewing Crusade on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at 9pm. It's available via Roger's Basic Cable out of Vancouver, Canada.

Channel Nine in Australia will begin showing "Crusade" on September 30.

Norway's TV2 has purchased the rights to Crusade. No air date has been announced.

Ranger Deiter reports that "Crusade" began airing in South Africa last week. That's wonderful. They have never seen Babylon 5, however, so it might be interesting to learn what they think of the series.

BABYLON 5 SCHEDULE -- TNT ON SATURDAY MORNING

November 6
7 am ET/PT "Conflicts of Interest"
8 am ET/PT "Rumors, Bargains and Lies"

November 13
7 am ET/PT "Moments of Transition"
8 am ET/PT "No Surrender, No Retreat"

November 20
7 am ET/PT "The Exercise of Vital Powers"
8 am ET/PT "The Face of the Enemy"

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