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| Title =Premiere |
| Title =Premiere |
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| Season =1 |
| Season =1 |
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| Episode =01 |
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+ | | Airdate ={{d|March|19|1999}} (US); {{d|November|29|1999}} (UK) |
| Production =10101 |
| Production =10101 |
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| Writer =[[Rockne S. O'Bannon]] |
| Writer =[[Rockne S. O'Bannon]] |
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| Director =[[Andrew Prowse]] |
| Director =[[Andrew Prowse]] |
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| − | | Guests =[[Kent McCord]] ([[Jack Crichton]]) |
+ | | Guests =[[Kent McCord]] ([[Jack Crichton]]); [[Lani Tupu]] (Cpt. [[Bialar Crais]]); [[Murray Bartlett]] ([[DK]]); [[Christine Stephen-Daly]] (Lt. [[Fenra Teeg]]); [[Damen Stephenson]] (Bio Isolation Man #1); [[Colin Borgonon]] (PK Weapons Officer); [[Greg Blandy]] (PK Guard #1); [[Lawrence Woodward]] (PK Guard #2) |
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| Prev =N/A |
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| Next =[[I, E.T.]] |
| Next =[[I, E.T.]] |
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| + | This is the story of John Crichton, IASA astronaut, somewhere in the universe... |
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| + | ==Synopsis== |
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| + | [[John Crichton]] takes one giant leap too far. |
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| − | + | [[IASA]] astronaut and scientist, Commander John Crichton and his best friend, Douglas "[[DK]]" Knox propose a theory that a manned spacecraft can overcome atmospheric friction to increase its velocity to previously unrecorded speeds by using a planet's natural gravity. |
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| + | ''[[Farscape-1|Farscape One]]'' is a module designed by Commander Crichton to test this theory, and Crichton is nervous as the time for the launch of the [[Space Shuttle]] approaches. His father, [[Jack Crichton]] is a legendary astronaut and a tough act to follow. But as Jack gives his son a [[puzzle ring]] originally given to Jack for good luck by Soviet Cosmonaut [[Yuri Gagarin]], he tells John that he will get the chance to be his own kind of hero. |
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| − | Unfortunately for Commander Crichton, things don't go too well. Something appears ahead of him and he is told to abort, but as he attempts to do so, he is pulled through a wormhole and flung across the galaxy... |
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| + | The launch goes well. However, at the moment of "critical apogee" Commander Crichton is ordered to abort; an electromagnetic wave is fast approaching Crichton's position. With no time to react as the wave hits, ''Farscape One'' is swallowed by a wormhole and sent spiraling across the Universe to points unknown. |
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| − | Alien ships whiz past him at super speeds, one of which hits his shuttle and collides with an asteroid, being destroyed in the process. He soon sees a huge ship under attack, and is being pulled aboard. The inside of the ship is not what you may expect - it looks almost alive. Suddenly a little robot appears, as Farscape 1 malfunctions and a piece of it flies of the front. One of the robots gets trapped and its antennae broken, as two more seem to usher him somewhere. He looks up and sees two aliens – one blue, the other a feline-like creature – talking in an incomprehensible language. The aliens turn and notice him, and the feline-like one approaches and grabs him! One of the robots injects him, and the alien languages become comprehensible. They ask him what technology his ship is, and can they use it to escape? One asks for manoeuvrability from an alien that appears as an image on a clamshell, named "Pilot", who says he can do nothing until the "control collar" is removed. Crichton goes to look as the aggressive alien is pulling out wires from a console, as another small alien flies in on a sled! It says they were scheduled to go to a prison, and the aggressive one says it will not be taken prisoner. The little one hovers over to Crichton and says he'll look after him now, if Crichton looks after him later. |
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| + | Expelled from the wormhole, ''Farscape One'' is suddenly shaken as three small, sleek spaceships streak past, in pursuit of something. Crichton barely has time to adjust before the module is clipped by a fourth ship, which spins out of control and explodes against a small asteroid. But now the module is pulled by an unknown force towards a huge, organic looking spaceship, under attack by the smaller ships. ''Farscape One'' is drawn into the vast, tiered interior then released and Crichton glides to a safe landing in an alien hanger. |
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| − | The aggressive alien pulls something, the blue one says she hit the code, and Pilot announces the control collar is coming off! The aggressive one says to prepare immediately for something called "Starburst", but Pilot says "Moya", the ship's name, has been restrained too long, but it's their only way, and in a jump-gate like technique, it Starbursts dragging a small ship with her. |
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| + | A small, rounded, yellow [[DRD|drone]] with "eyes" on stalks appears, startling John as it peers down at him through his module's canopy just as an internal warning siren alerts Crichton to a more immediate danger. Fire! John hits the canopy release button, catapulting the drone across the hanger as he fights to save the module. He succeeds then turns to retrieve the module's canopy as the drone, now with one broken eyestalk, struggles to escape from under the canopy. It makes an odd, electronic chittering sound, as if hurt. Two similar drones quickly appear and forcibly guide John through the alien ship to a large, open [[command|command center]]. |
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| − | Meanwhile, the small ships, named "prowlers", that were attacking Moya are ordered to return to their huge carrier ship. We see a human-like man called Captain Crais on a bridge, and he receives word that the Leviathan ship (Moya) escaped, and the Hynerian prisoner got the key-codes for the cells. He is told two prowlers are missing, one is his brother's, and they watch the collision Crichton had when he arrived, and Crais says he wants to see who was in the other ship. |
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| + | [[File:10101-031.jpg|left|thumb|Nice to meet you--ack! Dude! Not Cool!]] |
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| − | The other prowler is pulled aboard Moya, but Pilot cannot tell them exactly where they are. The little alien spits in John's face, and the aggressive one shoots out its tongue, knocking John unconscious. Later, the blue alien tells the aggressive one she is "Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan", and he responds he is "Ka D'Argo". Zhaan says she is a Delvian priest. She was imprisoned for being the lead anarchist on her world. D'Argo says he killed his commanding officer. He is 30 cycles old, a Luxan warrior and he has seen two battle campaigns. He says their escape probably won't last long enough for the "Peacekeepers" to note in their logs. |
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| + | Now things turn really weird for John. Two aliens wrestle with control terminals, as the ship shakes under the continuing attack. A squeak from a drone alerts the attention of the aliens and one, a tall, hirsute warrior-like alien in red with tattoos, tentacles and a mean expression, strides across the deck, grabbing Crichton by the throat and lifting him off his feet. John is choking. The alien demands something of him in strange guttural tones. The other alien, an elegant, bald blue female humanoid looks on indifferently. John tries to explain that he can't understand but is injected through his boot with something by one of the drones. The aliens' languages begin to make sense as they interrogate Crichton about his ship and its technology. John's confusion and apparent lack of help frustrates the Warrior who throws Crichton across the deck where he lands in an undignified heap by a wall. |
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| + | The Warrior then demands manoeuvrability from a third alien he calls [[Pilot (Moya)|Pilot]], whose image appears on a [[comm|clamshell-shaped communications device]], but the obviously stressed pilot says he can do nothing while the [[control collar]] remains in place. The infuriated Warrior yanks at tubes beneath a control panel as a fourth, smaller, toad-like alien on a [[ThroneSled|hovering throne]] barges past Crichton. He announces that he's discovered they were all being transferred to a [[Terran Raa|lifer's prison]]. The Warrior vows never to be taken prisoner again and continues to yank at the tubing, spilling fluid in the process. Toad floats across to Crichton and quietly tells John that he will look after him now if John will look after him later. |
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| − | Crichton wakes up, naked and imprisoned in a cell. He asks the little alien, who is hovering outside the cell, why he was stripped. The alien says he is "Rygel XVI", Dominar to over 600 billion, and his brother stole his throne while he slept. He says Crichton was stripped to be examined, and the robot earlier injected him with "translator microbes", so they can understand each other. He says he was locked up because they can no more trust him than that, and points to a female in a spacesuit. She also looks human. Crichton goes to introduce himself, but she attacks him, asks for his rank and regiment and asks why he is out of uniform. |
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| + | Suddenly the elegant blue alien announces the "codewall is dimming." The Warrior's random vandalism has made a difference and the control collar is disengaging. The Warrior calls for everyone to prepare for [[Starburst]] but Pilot states that ''[[Moya]]'' has been restrained too long. The Warrior brusquely reminds Pilot that Starburst is their only option. A build-up of electric-blue energy ripples along the ship's hull, creating a vortex ahead and the ship surges forward with ''Moya''{{'}}s Starburst dragging one of the small, sleek fighters behind it. |
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| − | She is a Peacekeeper, and Rygel is the Hynerian. She says she is Officer Aeryn Sun, Special Peacekeeper Commando. She again asks Crichton for his rank. He explains he's a scientist, as Rygel lowers some possessions that he's been trying to get. Zhaan comes along and says they know now he's not a Peacekeeper, but now it's time to eat. |
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| + | The remainder of the fighters, now identified as [[Prowler]]s, is ordered to return to a gargantuan Carrier-like space vessel. On the bridge of the Carrier, a humanoid officer, [[Captain]] [[Bialar Crais|Crais]] enters to receive news that the [[Leviathan]] ship, ''Moya'' has escaped. Crais learns that two Prowlers are missing, one of which is his brother's and a replay from a reconn satellite clearly shows his brother's Prowler clipping Crichton's module. Crais angrily demands to see who the pilot of the module is. Someone will pay for his brother's death. |
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| − | The Techs have completed the imaging of the pilot of the ship for Crais, and his Lieutenant, Teeg, on seeing Crichton remarks he is a "Sebacean". Crais orders the pursuit of the Leviathan. |
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| + | Back onboard ''Moya'', the Warrior is demanding to know where they are. Pilot is unsure. Toad takes a dislike to Crichton and spits in his face and a shocked John leaps to his feet. "''What is the matter with you people?''" he demands. For an answer, the Warrior shoots out a very long tongue and knocks Crichton unconscious. |
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| − | Aeryn and John are handcuffed for the meal, and while John tries to make sense of everything Zhaan tells him the ship is a Leviathan – a bio-mechanoid, living ship! It cannot currently travel at high speeds because D'Argo ripped out some wrong wires earlier. They are approaching an inhabited system with a commerce planet. Zhaan asks Aeryn if there's a Peacekeeper presence on the planet. She doesn't respond, and John says he doesn't know. Rygel farts helium, as D'Argo notices a fork that Aeryn earlier put up her sleeve, and takes it away. |
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| + | Following their escape, the aliens introduce themselves to each other. The blue alien tells the Warrior she is [[Pa'u]] [[Zotoh Zhaan]], a [[Delvian]] priest, imprisoned for anarchy on her home world. The Warrior says his name is [[Ka D'Argo]], a [[Luxan]], imprisoned for killing his Commanding Officer. He has seen two battle campaigns but seriously doubts this escape will last long enough for the [[Peacekeeper]]s to note in their logs. |
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| − | D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel go down to the planet, where Rygel is bartering with a huge alien. John and Aeryn are still stuck in a cell, and he says he must have come here through a wormhole. Aeryn says if he wants to make one, how does he expect to do so from inside a cell? He reveals he also had a fork up his sleeve, and when they get out, Aeryn says she will sabotage the ship. John asks her how does he know he can trust her, and she replies it's just another thing he doesn't know. They take her prowler down to the planet. Crais receives a message from Aeryn, revealing she was captured and has the being from the white pod with her. |
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| + | Crichton wakes up naked in a cell. Outside, the toad-like alien prods at buttons on a small panel. Crichton finds his clothing in an alcove and quickly dresses, asking the toad-like alien why he was stripped? The alien haughtily states that he is [[Rygel XVI]], [[Dominar]] to over 600 billion of his [[Hynerian]] subjects but his throne was usurped by [[Bishan|his cousin]]. He explains Crichton was stripped to examine him and that the yellow drone had injected him with "[[translator microbe]]s" so he could understand them. John tries to explain that he is no threat but Rygel counters by saying that they can no more trust him than they can trust "that" and points to another occupant in the cell. That is the Prowler pilot ''Moya''{{'}}s Starburst ensnared. That removes its helmet to reveal a very Human looking, female face. |
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| − | D'Argo tells Zhaan that he was just told Aeryn and John escaped, and Crais' full Command Carrier is on its way. D'Argo gets Rygel and the transport pod takes off. Aeryn says she must recapture the prisoners, when D'Argo appears to get them. Crichton says the Peacekeepers are on their way, when Crais appears with soldiers, who capture D'Argo. Crais approaches John and asks who he is. Aeryn says he's a human from a planet called "earp", and Crais says he's and ally of the prisoners and his brother's murderer. Crichton says the near miss for him was an accident, but Crais replies it was no near miss for his brother. They take him prisoner. Aeryn steps up and says she's spent a short amount of time with him and believes him when he says it was an accident. She says he is not brave enough or intelligent enough to intentionally charge a prowler. Crais tells her she is "irreversibly contaminated". |
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| + | John introduces himself to the female, who responds by kicking his butt around the cell then pinning him to the floor and demanding to know his rank and regiment and why he is out of uniform? But she gets no coherent answer from Crichton so turns on Rygel, demanding to be let out. He counters by calling her a Peacekeeper and Crichton realizes that she was part of the attack on ''Moya''. |
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| − | The Peacekeeper guards find Crichton's father's good luck charm in his pocket, and whilst two guards argue over it Crichton grabs a gun. He gets the keys, and D'Argo and Aeryn want to be unlocked. He gets D'Argo to unlock him. He says they are now all criminals. He asks D'Argo if they can get him away from Crais, and take Aeryn too. D'Argo says he can handle Crichton, but not her. Crichton insists if she stays, they all stay, so D'Argo reluctantly agrees. Aeryn says she won't go, it was her breeding, a Peacekeeper is what she is. Crichton says she can be more. |
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| + | The female is Officer [[Aeryn Sun]], Crichton learns shortly, a special Peacekeeper Commando. Again she demands of the Human his rank and regiment so Crichton explains that his rank is Commander and he is not military but a scientist. |
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| − | They all return to Moya, and D'Argo says to enter the "Uncharted Territories". The Peacekeepers are 60 metras away and charging their cannon, and Aeryn reluctantly says their range is 45 metras. John says to Starburst again, but Moya needs to recharge. He then says to go back towards the planet; they can use his theory to escape, with Aeryn manually controlling Moya. The cannons miss, and they escape. John thanks Aeryn, and Zhaan thanks John. D'Argo says he needs to talk, and says that he spent 8 cycles aboard this Leviathan and he doesn't know who John is, but if he threatens his freedom he'll kill him. Aeryn appears and says they are a brutal and violent race, and that Crais hasn't forgotten him – he will pursue Crichton. She says he should choose his allegiances carefully. He then fixes the robot from earlier, and leaves a message for his father. |
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| + | Rygel's prodding at the panel yields a result and a shelf with the prisoners' possessions lowers. D'Argo and Zhaan arrive. D'Argo is eager to regain his weaponry whilst Zhaan calmly deflects the Human's questions, adding that they now know he is not a Peacekeeper. She says it is time to eat. Crichton wonders just what or who they intend to eat? |
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| − | [http://www.farscapeworld.com link Farscapeworld.com] |
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| + | Back on board Crais's [[command carrier]] the [[Peacekeeper Tech|techs]] have finished extrapolating Crichton's image from the recon data and, with a shock, Crais's X.O., Lt. [[Fenra Teeg|Teeg]], exclaims "''He's [[Sebacean]].''" Crais promptly orders pursuit of the escaped Leviathan, ''Moya''. |
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| + | On ''Moya'', the handcuffed Crichton and Aeryn Sun are being fed. Crichton tries to make sense of things. Zhaan pre-empts his questions by explaining that ''Moya'' is a [[bio-mechanoid]], a living ship, but a ship that cannot travel fast because of D'Argo's earlier vandalism. ''Moya'' is approaching a [[Commerce Planet 01|commerce planet]]. Zhaan asks Aeryn if there is Peacekeeper presence ahead. Aeryn says nothing. John doesn't know either. Rygel [[helium flatulence|farts helium]], causing everyone's voices to become squeaky, confusing John still further. Aeryn steals a fork but is caught by D'Argo. |
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| + | Later, with John and Aeryn secure in a cell, the escapees take one of ''Moya''{{'}}s [[transport pod]]s, visit the commerce planet for vital supplies and Rygel enters a bartering session with a [[Proprietor|huge, disagreeable alien]]. Aeryn tests the cell door as John ponders about wormholes and how he got here. The Peacekeeper suggests that if the Human wants to make one of these wormholes then how does he expect to do so from inside a cell? John watches her struggle for a moment longer than reveals that he too had stolen a fork and slips it from his sleeve. |
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| + | With their escape underway Aeryn plans to sabotage ''Moya'', which shocks John. The crew has done nothing to harm them but compassion is an alien concept to Aeryn. They argue briefly and John decides to stay on ''Moya''. Aeryn says fine, he'll die here with the others then, so John reluctantly goes with her down to the commerce planet and Aeryn transmits their location to Crais' command carrier. |
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| + | John marvels at the alien planet but nearby D'Argo is telling Zhaan that their prisoners have escaped and worse – a command carrier is approaching. They have to leave now. Aeryn sees the Transport Pod lift off and is determined to recapture the prisoners when D'Argo suddenly appears to recapture her and Crichton! John tries to warn D'Argo about the command carrier but Crais appears with soldiers and quickly recaptures D'Argo, demanding of Crichton who he is and where he came from? Crais accuses Crichton of murdering his brother in the "[[Farscape-1|white death pod]]" when Aeryn unexpectedly defends him saying that she doesn't believe Crichton to be smart or brave enough to intentionally challenge a Prowler. Crais rounds on her, accusing Aeryn of being "[[irreversibly contaminated]]" from spending time with the Human. All three are handcuffed and led away. |
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| + | A soldier searches John and discovers the ring. Crichton explains it is a puzzle then uses the distraction to seize the soldier's [[pulse pistol|gun]] and demands the keys to the handcuffs. D'Argo and Aeryn want to be released immediately but John gets D'Argo to release him first, saying that they are all criminals now. Crichton asks if D'Argo can get them all away but he will only take John. He insists that if Aeryn has to stay then they all stay. D'Argo begrudgingly gives in but Aeryn resists. She is a Peacekeeper, bred for service. "''You can be more,''" Crichton says. |
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| + | Escaping back to ''Moya'', D'Argo orders the Leviathan to enter the [[Uncharted Territories]] but Crais' command carrier is closing fast with its [[frag cannon]]s charging. Pilot needs to know the range of the cannons. 45 [[Metra]]s, Aeryn reveals reluctantly. John asks why they don't just Starburst again but Zhaan explains that ''Moya''{{'}}s energy reserves are low. John asks for paper. The others look at him oddly so he writes on the floor, explaining to a curious Zhaan his theory for overcoming atmospheric friction. They have to head back towards the planet. Rygel says Crichton is insane but with a little brusque persuasion from D'Argo, Aeryn takes manual control of ''Moya''. |
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| + | The frag cannons fire and Aeryn banks to avoid a further weapons lock. ''Moya'' accelerates towards the commerce planet. Following Crichton's instructions, she pilots the Leviathan into the atmosphere, increasing velocity until John tells her to pull up and ''Moya'' streaks away at incredible speed into open space. Crais can do nothing to stop the escaping Leviathan. With some distance between ''Moya'' and the Peacekeepers at last, Crichton thanks Aeryn and, in turn, Zhaan thanks him with an odd embrace that leaves John pleasantly stunned. |
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| + | Later, after Crichton retrieves some equipment from his module D'Argo grabs him and holds a sword to his throat, threatening John's life if he endangers his freedom. Aeryn witnesses the encounter and after D'Argo leaves she tells John that Luxans are a brutal race. John counters by saying that her people were no better. Aeryn blames John for all that's happened, adding that Crais will continue to hunt for Crichton, even into the Uncharted Territories. |
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| + | Alone for a while, Crichton repairs the [[DRD "One-Eye"|yellow drone]] he had earlier damaged as he records a message for his father, saying "There's life out here, Dad. Weird, amazing, psychotic life". But John Crichton vows he will never give up hope of finding a way home. |
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| + | ==Memorable quotes== |
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| + | :'''John:''' "They haven't hurt us! How about we show them a little compassion?" |
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| + | :'''Aeryn:''' "Compassion... what is compassion?" |
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| + | :'''John:''' "Compassion? Wha... you're kidding right? It's a feeling you have when you see someone else's pain, and instead of taking advantage of their weakness you help them." |
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| + | :'''Aeryn:''' "I know this feeling." |
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| + | :'''John:''' "Yeah, well it is a fairly common human feeling." |
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| + | :'''Aeryn:''' "I hate it!" |
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| + | :'''John''': Uh, Canaveral? |
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| + | :'''Zhaan''': Pilot, does ''Moya'' know where we are? |
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| + | :'''Pilot''': Yes, of course. We're someplace else. I'll... get back to you on the specifics. |
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| + | :'''John''': Freeze! Don't move! Or I'll fill you full of... little yellow bolts of light! |
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| + | :'''John''': You can be more. |
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| + | :'''John''': Hey! What the hell are you doing!? |
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| + | :'''Rygel''': Your equipment may be worth something in trade. |
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| + | :'''John''': My equipment. It's mine. |
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| + | :'''Rygel''': Are you a sound sleeper? Hmmmm? |
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| + | :'''John''': There's life out here Dad. Weird, amazing... psychotic life. And, uh, in Technicolor. |
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| + | ==Background information== |
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| + | * Work began on ''Farscape'' around 1992 when the [[Jim Henson Company]] wanted to do a show that showcased what their creature shop could do in feature films at the time. According to [[Brian Henson]], it "''started as something like 'Star Wars' but on a weekly basis.''" [[Rockne S. O'Bannon]] was invited into discussions in 1993, and O'Bannon suggested putting an American astronaut into another galaxy as the lead character. ({{dvdcomm}}, {{fschron|1.1}}) |
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| + | * The initial script came in at almost fifteen pages longer than a standard one-hour episode, and consideration was given to making the show a two-hour opener. A number of scenes were reworked and changed to suit the time constraints. ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * In the original script, Zhaan was named "Pa'u Zotah Zenn". |
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| + | * Crichton was going to be a {{w|NASA}} astronaut, but NASA requested script approval for the use of their logos, so "NASA" became the "[[IASA]]". ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * The Space Shuttle ''[[Collaroy]]'' was named by the director, [[Andrew Prowse]], after a beach in the northern suburbs of Sydney. ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * [[Kent McCord]] spent over 100 hours as a round trip to film his scenes for the episode. ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * The scenes on the [[Commerce Planet 01|commerce planet]] were filmed at White Bay Power Station. The location was later used in "[[PK Tech Girl]]". ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * The scene showing DK and Jack trying to contact the module after it enters the wormhole were a late addition to the edit of the episode. It was added so that viewers would realize that the Earth was not destroyed when John left. ({{cff|1.1}}, {{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * Early versions of the crew aboard ''Moya'' included a male version of Zhaan and an insectoid version of [[Scorpius]]. ({{cff|1.1}}) |
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| + | * When the production had trouble casting the role of [[Jack Crichton]], [[David Kemper]] called his friend Kent McCord and McCord was on a plane within 24 hours on his way to Sydney. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * This was the only episode where there is no voice over during the credits. |
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| + | * The early scene between John and his father about John trying to live in his father's shadow and living up to his image was an important scene for O'Bannon trying to set the stage for John's adventure and growth. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * The sequence after Crichton arrived on the other side of the wormhole was difficult to shoot for [[Ben Browder]] because the module was on a gimble and he had no references for what was going to be happening in the CGI around him. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * According to O'Bannon, when the casting lists for D'Argo and Zhaan had been whittled down to three candidates on each list, they were all brought in and paired up to perform a scene between the two characters. When [[Anthony Simcoe]] and [[Virginia Hey]] began their scene, O'Bannon turned to [[Matt Carroll]], one of the producers, and said "''If we had a 35mm camera here we could start shooting the show.''" ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * There was a large grated floor in the first scene with the Peacekeepers on their ship. The grate was so noisy with people walking on it that all of the dialogue had to be redone with ADR later. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * [[Ricky Eyres]] based his designs for ''Moya'' on a Spanish artist, {{w|Antoni Gaudí|Gaudí}}, while his designs for the Peacekeeper ships were based on an early 20th century Russian industrial look. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * When Crichton is waking up naked in the cell, Rygel is being animated by five puppeteers. Generally, [[John Eccleston]] managed the head with one hand while doing lip-sync with his other via a cable control on his belt. One puppeteer handled Rygel's facial expressions and eye movements, and one puppeteer worked each hand. A fifth puppeteer was called into duty to handle the character's pupils to ensure correct line-of-sight. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * After seeing Rygel eat for the first time, O'Bannon was struck by how good it looked and insisted on having Rygel become "''a glutton after that because it really does look good when he's stuffing his face.''" ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * The [[Proprietor]] of the shop was built at the wrong scale by accident by the Creature Shop and ended up taking up the entire set. According to Brian Henson, it took almost three hours to wedge him into the space. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * Pilot was a large "puppet" standing between six and eight feel tall from his waist. His head was three feet deep and two feet wide. At the time, it was the most sophisticated puppet built by Henson's Creature Shop. The entire puppet was controlled by a computer system allowing a single puppeteer to handle his movements. ({{dvdcomm}}) |
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| + | * The episode actually contained more CG shots than in the entire ''{{w|Independence Day (film)|Independence Day}}'' movie, made only three years earlier. (''[[Farscape: The Illustrated Companion]]'') |
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| + | * In the scene where Aeryn manually pilots ''Moya'', the shot that pans out to show ''Moya'' "slingshotting" into Starburst is used in the opening titles. |
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| + | * The control stick used by Aeryn to pilot ''Moya'' recognizably incorporates a style of ergonomic mouse with trackball that was in common use among computer users in the late 1990s. |
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| + | * In the scene where Zhaan meditates naked in her quarters, she chants the same mantra that she used throughout the series. |
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| + | * Crichton, Aeryn, D'Argo, Rygel, Pilot and Jack are the only characters to appear in both this episode and "[[Bad Timing]]". |
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| + | ==Links and references== |
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| + | ===Starring=== |
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| + | * [[Ben Browder]] as [[John Crichton]] |
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| + | * [[Claudia Black]] as [[Aeryn Sun]] |
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| + | * [[Virginia Hey]] as [[Zotoh Zhaan]] |
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| + | * [[Anthony Simcoe]] as [[Ka D'Argo]] |
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| + | ===Guest stars=== |
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| + | * [[Kent McCord]] as [[Jack Crichton]] |
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| + | * [[Lani Tupu]] as Cpt. [[Bialar Crais]] |
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| + | ===Guest cast=== |
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| + | * [[Murray Bartlett]] as "[[DK]]" |
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| + | * [[Greg Blandy]] as PK Guard #1 |
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| + | * [[Colin Borgonon]] as PK Weapons Officer |
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| + | * [[Christine Stephen-Daly]] as Lt. [[Fenra Teeg|Teeg]] |
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| + | * [[Damen Stephenson]] as Bio Isolation Man #1 |
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| + | * [[Lawrence Woodward]] as PK Guard #2 |
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| + | ===Puppeteers=== |
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| + | * [[John Eccleston]] |
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| + | ;with |
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| + | * [[Sean Masterson]] |
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| + | * [[Dave Collins]] |
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| + | * [[Graeme Haddon]] |
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| + | * [[Tim Mieville]] |
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| + | * [[Mario Halouvas]] |
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| + | * [[Damian Bradford]] |
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| + | ===Voice artists=== |
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| + | * [[Jonathan Hardy]] as [[Rygel XVI|Rygel]] |
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| + | * [[Lani Tupu]] as [[Pilot (Moya)|Pilot]] |
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| + | ===Uncredited co-stars=== |
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| + | * [[Sandi Finlay]] as Escort Alien |
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| + | ===References=== |
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| + | [[Neil Armstrong|Armstrong, Neil]]; [[bio-mechanoid]]; [[Bishan]]; [[Cape Canaveral]]; ''[[Collaroy]]''; [[comm]]; [[Command]]; [[command carrier]]; [[Commander]]; [[Commerce Planet 01|Commerce planet]]; [[control collar]]; [[Tauvo Crais|Crais, Tauvo]]; [[cycle]]; [[defense screen]]; [[Delvian]]; [[docking web]]; [[Dominar]]; [[DRD]]; [[Earth]]; [[Erp]]; [[EVA]]; ''[[Farscape-1]]''; [[flight recorder]]; [[food cube]]; [[frag cannon]]; [[Yuri Gagarin|Gagarin, Yuri]]; [[helium flatulence]]; [[hetch]]; [[Human]]; [[Hurlian Stone]]; [[Hynerian]]; [[Hynerian cream soap]]; [[IASA]]; [[Icarion Company]]; [[intellilan interface]]; [[iriscentant fluid]]; [[irreversibly contaminated]]; [[janeray syrup]]; [[kemlac mine]]; [[Khalaan]]; [[Lashlan spade]]; [[Leviathan]]; [[Lieutenant]]; [[Luna]]; [[Luxan]]; [[Luxan tongue sting]]; [[MagCuffs]]; [[maintenance bay]]; [[maintenance drone]]; [[maximum labor planet]]; [[Pete Maxwell|Maxwell, Pete]]; [[Mekkar VII]]; [[Meteorology]]; [[metra]]; [[Milky Way]]; [[movie]]; [[Orion's Arm]]; [[Pa'u]]; [[Peacekeeper]]; [[Peacekeeper High Command]]; [[Peacekeeper Tech]]; [[Pleisar Regiment]]; [[pulse pistol]]; [[pulse rifle]]; [[prowler]]; [[puzzle ring]]; [[Qualta Blade]]; [[rat cage]]; "[[rattlers in your stomach]]"; [[Sebacean]]; [[Sheyang]]; [[Space Shuttle]]; [[Starburst]]; [[star chart]]; [[Terran Raa]]; [[ThroneSled]]; [[translator microbe]]; [[transport pod]]; [[Uncharted Territories]]; [[Wellan glow crystal]]; [[wormhole]]; [[yotz]] |
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| + | ===Crichtonisms=== |
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| + | ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''; [[rent-a-cop]]; [[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg, Steven]]; [[Technicolor]]; ''[[Three Amigos]]'' |
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| + | ===External links=== |
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| + | * {{fsw synopsis|10101}} |
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| + | [[es:Piloto (capitulo)]] |
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| + | [[Category:Season 1 episodes]] |
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Revision as of 17:33, 4 January 2020
| Farscape episode | |
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| “Premiere” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 01 |
| Guest star(s) | Kent McCord (Jack Crichton); Lani Tupu (Cpt. Bialar Crais); Murray Bartlett (DK); Christine Stephen-Daly (Lt. Fenra Teeg); Damen Stephenson (Bio Isolation Man #1); Colin Borgonon (PK Weapons Officer); Greg Blandy (PK Guard #1); Lawrence Woodward (PK Guard #2) |
| Writer(s) | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| Director | Andrew Prowse |
| Production no. | 10101 |
| Original airdate | March 19, 1999 (US); November 29, 1999 (UK) |
| Episode chronology | |
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This is the story of John Crichton, IASA astronaut, somewhere in the universe...
Synopsis
John Crichton takes one giant leap too far.
IASA astronaut and scientist, Commander John Crichton and his best friend, Douglas "DK" Knox propose a theory that a manned spacecraft can overcome atmospheric friction to increase its velocity to previously unrecorded speeds by using a planet's natural gravity.
Farscape One is a module designed by Commander Crichton to test this theory, and Crichton is nervous as the time for the launch of the Space Shuttle approaches. His father, Jack Crichton is a legendary astronaut and a tough act to follow. But as Jack gives his son a puzzle ring originally given to Jack for good luck by Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, he tells John that he will get the chance to be his own kind of hero.
The launch goes well. However, at the moment of "critical apogee" Commander Crichton is ordered to abort; an electromagnetic wave is fast approaching Crichton's position. With no time to react as the wave hits, Farscape One is swallowed by a wormhole and sent spiraling across the Universe to points unknown.
Expelled from the wormhole, Farscape One is suddenly shaken as three small, sleek spaceships streak past, in pursuit of something. Crichton barely has time to adjust before the module is clipped by a fourth ship, which spins out of control and explodes against a small asteroid. But now the module is pulled by an unknown force towards a huge, organic looking spaceship, under attack by the smaller ships. Farscape One is drawn into the vast, tiered interior then released and Crichton glides to a safe landing in an alien hanger.
A small, rounded, yellow drone with "eyes" on stalks appears, startling John as it peers down at him through his module's canopy just as an internal warning siren alerts Crichton to a more immediate danger. Fire! John hits the canopy release button, catapulting the drone across the hanger as he fights to save the module. He succeeds then turns to retrieve the module's canopy as the drone, now with one broken eyestalk, struggles to escape from under the canopy. It makes an odd, electronic chittering sound, as if hurt. Two similar drones quickly appear and forcibly guide John through the alien ship to a large, open command center.
Nice to meet you--ack! Dude! Not Cool!
Now things turn really weird for John. Two aliens wrestle with control terminals, as the ship shakes under the continuing attack. A squeak from a drone alerts the attention of the aliens and one, a tall, hirsute warrior-like alien in red with tattoos, tentacles and a mean expression, strides across the deck, grabbing Crichton by the throat and lifting him off his feet. John is choking. The alien demands something of him in strange guttural tones. The other alien, an elegant, bald blue female humanoid looks on indifferently. John tries to explain that he can't understand but is injected through his boot with something by one of the drones. The aliens' languages begin to make sense as they interrogate Crichton about his ship and its technology. John's confusion and apparent lack of help frustrates the Warrior who throws Crichton across the deck where he lands in an undignified heap by a wall.
The Warrior then demands manoeuvrability from a third alien he calls Pilot, whose image appears on a clamshell-shaped communications device, but the obviously stressed pilot says he can do nothing while the control collar remains in place. The infuriated Warrior yanks at tubes beneath a control panel as a fourth, smaller, toad-like alien on a hovering throne barges past Crichton. He announces that he's discovered they were all being transferred to a lifer's prison. The Warrior vows never to be taken prisoner again and continues to yank at the tubing, spilling fluid in the process. Toad floats across to Crichton and quietly tells John that he will look after him now if John will look after him later.
Suddenly the elegant blue alien announces the "codewall is dimming." The Warrior's random vandalism has made a difference and the control collar is disengaging. The Warrior calls for everyone to prepare for Starburst but Pilot states that Moya has been restrained too long. The Warrior brusquely reminds Pilot that Starburst is their only option. A build-up of electric-blue energy ripples along the ship's hull, creating a vortex ahead and the ship surges forward with Moya's Starburst dragging one of the small, sleek fighters behind it.
The remainder of the fighters, now identified as Prowlers, is ordered to return to a gargantuan Carrier-like space vessel. On the bridge of the Carrier, a humanoid officer, Captain Crais enters to receive news that the Leviathan ship, Moya has escaped. Crais learns that two Prowlers are missing, one of which is his brother's and a replay from a reconn satellite clearly shows his brother's Prowler clipping Crichton's module. Crais angrily demands to see who the pilot of the module is. Someone will pay for his brother's death.
Back onboard Moya, the Warrior is demanding to know where they are. Pilot is unsure. Toad takes a dislike to Crichton and spits in his face and a shocked John leaps to his feet. "What is the matter with you people?" he demands. For an answer, the Warrior shoots out a very long tongue and knocks Crichton unconscious.
Following their escape, the aliens introduce themselves to each other. The blue alien tells the Warrior she is Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan, a Delvian priest, imprisoned for anarchy on her home world. The Warrior says his name is Ka D'Argo, a Luxan, imprisoned for killing his Commanding Officer. He has seen two battle campaigns but seriously doubts this escape will last long enough for the Peacekeepers to note in their logs.
Crichton wakes up naked in a cell. Outside, the toad-like alien prods at buttons on a small panel. Crichton finds his clothing in an alcove and quickly dresses, asking the toad-like alien why he was stripped? The alien haughtily states that he is Rygel XVI, Dominar to over 600 billion of his Hynerian subjects but his throne was usurped by his cousin. He explains Crichton was stripped to examine him and that the yellow drone had injected him with "translator microbes" so he could understand them. John tries to explain that he is no threat but Rygel counters by saying that they can no more trust him than they can trust "that" and points to another occupant in the cell. That is the Prowler pilot Moya's Starburst ensnared. That removes its helmet to reveal a very Human looking, female face.
John introduces himself to the female, who responds by kicking his butt around the cell then pinning him to the floor and demanding to know his rank and regiment and why he is out of uniform? But she gets no coherent answer from Crichton so turns on Rygel, demanding to be let out. He counters by calling her a Peacekeeper and Crichton realizes that she was part of the attack on Moya.
The female is Officer Aeryn Sun, Crichton learns shortly, a special Peacekeeper Commando. Again she demands of the Human his rank and regiment so Crichton explains that his rank is Commander and he is not military but a scientist.
Rygel's prodding at the panel yields a result and a shelf with the prisoners' possessions lowers. D'Argo and Zhaan arrive. D'Argo is eager to regain his weaponry whilst Zhaan calmly deflects the Human's questions, adding that they now know he is not a Peacekeeper. She says it is time to eat. Crichton wonders just what or who they intend to eat?
Back on board Crais's command carrier the techs have finished extrapolating Crichton's image from the recon data and, with a shock, Crais's X.O., Lt. Teeg, exclaims "He's Sebacean." Crais promptly orders pursuit of the escaped Leviathan, Moya.
On Moya, the handcuffed Crichton and Aeryn Sun are being fed. Crichton tries to make sense of things. Zhaan pre-empts his questions by explaining that Moya is a bio-mechanoid, a living ship, but a ship that cannot travel fast because of D'Argo's earlier vandalism. Moya is approaching a commerce planet. Zhaan asks Aeryn if there is Peacekeeper presence ahead. Aeryn says nothing. John doesn't know either. Rygel farts helium, causing everyone's voices to become squeaky, confusing John still further. Aeryn steals a fork but is caught by D'Argo.
Later, with John and Aeryn secure in a cell, the escapees take one of Moya's transport pods, visit the commerce planet for vital supplies and Rygel enters a bartering session with a huge, disagreeable alien. Aeryn tests the cell door as John ponders about wormholes and how he got here. The Peacekeeper suggests that if the Human wants to make one of these wormholes then how does he expect to do so from inside a cell? John watches her struggle for a moment longer than reveals that he too had stolen a fork and slips it from his sleeve.
With their escape underway Aeryn plans to sabotage Moya, which shocks John. The crew has done nothing to harm them but compassion is an alien concept to Aeryn. They argue briefly and John decides to stay on Moya. Aeryn says fine, he'll die here with the others then, so John reluctantly goes with her down to the commerce planet and Aeryn transmits their location to Crais' command carrier.
John marvels at the alien planet but nearby D'Argo is telling Zhaan that their prisoners have escaped and worse – a command carrier is approaching. They have to leave now. Aeryn sees the Transport Pod lift off and is determined to recapture the prisoners when D'Argo suddenly appears to recapture her and Crichton! John tries to warn D'Argo about the command carrier but Crais appears with soldiers and quickly recaptures D'Argo, demanding of Crichton who he is and where he came from? Crais accuses Crichton of murdering his brother in the "white death pod" when Aeryn unexpectedly defends him saying that she doesn't believe Crichton to be smart or brave enough to intentionally challenge a Prowler. Crais rounds on her, accusing Aeryn of being "irreversibly contaminated" from spending time with the Human. All three are handcuffed and led away.
A soldier searches John and discovers the ring. Crichton explains it is a puzzle then uses the distraction to seize the soldier's gun and demands the keys to the handcuffs. D'Argo and Aeryn want to be released immediately but John gets D'Argo to release him first, saying that they are all criminals now. Crichton asks if D'Argo can get them all away but he will only take John. He insists that if Aeryn has to stay then they all stay. D'Argo begrudgingly gives in but Aeryn resists. She is a Peacekeeper, bred for service. "You can be more," Crichton says.
Escaping back to Moya, D'Argo orders the Leviathan to enter the Uncharted Territories but Crais' command carrier is closing fast with its frag cannons charging. Pilot needs to know the range of the cannons. 45 Metras, Aeryn reveals reluctantly. John asks why they don't just Starburst again but Zhaan explains that Moya's energy reserves are low. John asks for paper. The others look at him oddly so he writes on the floor, explaining to a curious Zhaan his theory for overcoming atmospheric friction. They have to head back towards the planet. Rygel says Crichton is insane but with a little brusque persuasion from D'Argo, Aeryn takes manual control of Moya.
The frag cannons fire and Aeryn banks to avoid a further weapons lock. Moya accelerates towards the commerce planet. Following Crichton's instructions, she pilots the Leviathan into the atmosphere, increasing velocity until John tells her to pull up and Moya streaks away at incredible speed into open space. Crais can do nothing to stop the escaping Leviathan. With some distance between Moya and the Peacekeepers at last, Crichton thanks Aeryn and, in turn, Zhaan thanks him with an odd embrace that leaves John pleasantly stunned.
Later, after Crichton retrieves some equipment from his module D'Argo grabs him and holds a sword to his throat, threatening John's life if he endangers his freedom. Aeryn witnesses the encounter and after D'Argo leaves she tells John that Luxans are a brutal race. John counters by saying that her people were no better. Aeryn blames John for all that's happened, adding that Crais will continue to hunt for Crichton, even into the Uncharted Territories.
Alone for a while, Crichton repairs the yellow drone he had earlier damaged as he records a message for his father, saying "There's life out here, Dad. Weird, amazing, psychotic life". But John Crichton vows he will never give up hope of finding a way home.
Memorable quotes
- John: "They haven't hurt us! How about we show them a little compassion?"
- Aeryn: "Compassion... what is compassion?"
- John: "Compassion? Wha... you're kidding right? It's a feeling you have when you see someone else's pain, and instead of taking advantage of their weakness you help them."
- Aeryn: "I know this feeling."
- John: "Yeah, well it is a fairly common human feeling."
- Aeryn: "I hate it!"
- John: Uh, Canaveral?
- Zhaan: Pilot, does Moya know where we are?
- Pilot: Yes, of course. We're someplace else. I'll... get back to you on the specifics.
- John: Freeze! Don't move! Or I'll fill you full of... little yellow bolts of light!
- John: You can be more.
- John: Hey! What the hell are you doing!?
- Rygel: Your equipment may be worth something in trade.
- John: My equipment. It's mine.
- Rygel: Are you a sound sleeper? Hmmmm?
- John: There's life out here Dad. Weird, amazing... psychotic life. And, uh, in Technicolor.
Background information
- Work began on Farscape around 1992 when the Jim Henson Company wanted to do a show that showcased what their creature shop could do in feature films at the time. According to Brian Henson, it "started as something like 'Star Wars' but on a weekly basis." Rockne S. O'Bannon was invited into discussions in 1993, and O'Bannon suggested putting an American astronaut into another galaxy as the lead character. (DVD commentary, "Farscape Chronicles" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- The initial script came in at almost fifteen pages longer than a standard one-hour episode, and consideration was given to making the show a two-hour opener. A number of scenes were reworked and changed to suit the time constraints. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- In the original script, Zhaan was named "Pa'u Zotah Zenn".
- Crichton was going to be a NASA astronaut, but NASA requested script approval for the use of their logos, so "NASA" became the "IASA". ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- The Space Shuttle Collaroy was named by the director, Andrew Prowse, after a beach in the northern suburbs of Sydney. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- Kent McCord spent over 100 hours as a round trip to film his scenes for the episode. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- The scenes on the commerce planet were filmed at White Bay Power Station. The location was later used in "PK Tech Girl". ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- The scene showing DK and Jack trying to contact the module after it enters the wormhole were a late addition to the edit of the episode. It was added so that viewers would realize that the Earth was not destroyed when John left. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1, DVD commentary)
- Early versions of the crew aboard Moya included a male version of Zhaan and an insectoid version of Scorpius. ("Cool Farscape Facts" - Starburst Edition DVD v1.1)
- When the production had trouble casting the role of Jack Crichton, David Kemper called his friend Kent McCord and McCord was on a plane within 24 hours on his way to Sydney. (DVD commentary)
- This was the only episode where there is no voice over during the credits.
- The early scene between John and his father about John trying to live in his father's shadow and living up to his image was an important scene for O'Bannon trying to set the stage for John's adventure and growth. (DVD commentary)
- The sequence after Crichton arrived on the other side of the wormhole was difficult to shoot for Ben Browder because the module was on a gimble and he had no references for what was going to be happening in the CGI around him. (DVD commentary)
- According to O'Bannon, when the casting lists for D'Argo and Zhaan had been whittled down to three candidates on each list, they were all brought in and paired up to perform a scene between the two characters. When Anthony Simcoe and Virginia Hey began their scene, O'Bannon turned to Matt Carroll, one of the producers, and said "If we had a 35mm camera here we could start shooting the show." (DVD commentary)
- There was a large grated floor in the first scene with the Peacekeepers on their ship. The grate was so noisy with people walking on it that all of the dialogue had to be redone with ADR later. (DVD commentary)
- Ricky Eyres based his designs for Moya on a Spanish artist, Gaudí, while his designs for the Peacekeeper ships were based on an early 20th century Russian industrial look. (DVD commentary)
- When Crichton is waking up naked in the cell, Rygel is being animated by five puppeteers. Generally, John Eccleston managed the head with one hand while doing lip-sync with his other via a cable control on his belt. One puppeteer handled Rygel's facial expressions and eye movements, and one puppeteer worked each hand. A fifth puppeteer was called into duty to handle the character's pupils to ensure correct line-of-sight. (DVD commentary)
- After seeing Rygel eat for the first time, O'Bannon was struck by how good it looked and insisted on having Rygel become "a glutton after that because it really does look good when he's stuffing his face." (DVD commentary)
- The Proprietor of the shop was built at the wrong scale by accident by the Creature Shop and ended up taking up the entire set. According to Brian Henson, it took almost three hours to wedge him into the space. (DVD commentary)
- Pilot was a large "puppet" standing between six and eight feel tall from his waist. His head was three feet deep and two feet wide. At the time, it was the most sophisticated puppet built by Henson's Creature Shop. The entire puppet was controlled by a computer system allowing a single puppeteer to handle his movements. (DVD commentary)
- The episode actually contained more CG shots than in the entire Independence Day movie, made only three years earlier. (Farscape: The Illustrated Companion)
- In the scene where Aeryn manually pilots Moya, the shot that pans out to show Moya "slingshotting" into Starburst is used in the opening titles.
- The control stick used by Aeryn to pilot Moya recognizably incorporates a style of ergonomic mouse with trackball that was in common use among computer users in the late 1990s.
- In the scene where Zhaan meditates naked in her quarters, she chants the same mantra that she used throughout the series.
- Crichton, Aeryn, D'Argo, Rygel, Pilot and Jack are the only characters to appear in both this episode and "Bad Timing".
Links and references
Starring
- Ben Browder as John Crichton
- Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun
- Virginia Hey as Zotoh Zhaan
- Anthony Simcoe as Ka D'Argo
Guest stars
- Kent McCord as Jack Crichton
- Lani Tupu as Cpt. Bialar Crais
Guest cast
- Murray Bartlett as "DK"
- Greg Blandy as PK Guard #1
- Colin Borgonon as PK Weapons Officer
- Christine Stephen-Daly as Lt. Teeg
- Damen Stephenson as Bio Isolation Man #1
- Lawrence Woodward as PK Guard #2
Puppeteers
- with
Voice artists
- Jonathan Hardy as Rygel
- Lani Tupu as Pilot
Uncredited co-stars
- Sandi Finlay as Escort Alien
References
Armstrong, Neil; bio-mechanoid; Bishan; Cape Canaveral; Collaroy; comm; Command; command carrier; Commander; Commerce planet; control collar; Crais, Tauvo; cycle; defense screen; Delvian; docking web; Dominar; DRD; Earth; Erp; EVA; Farscape-1; flight recorder; food cube; frag cannon; Gagarin, Yuri; helium flatulence; hetch; Human; Hurlian Stone; Hynerian; Hynerian cream soap; IASA; Icarion Company; intellilan interface; iriscentant fluid; irreversibly contaminated; janeray syrup; kemlac mine; Khalaan; Lashlan spade; Leviathan; Lieutenant; Luna; Luxan; Luxan tongue sting; MagCuffs; maintenance bay; maintenance drone; maximum labor planet; Maxwell, Pete; Mekkar VII; Meteorology; metra; Milky Way; movie; Orion's Arm; Pa'u; Peacekeeper; Peacekeeper High Command; Peacekeeper Tech; Pleisar Regiment; pulse pistol; pulse rifle; prowler; puzzle ring; Qualta Blade; rat cage; "rattlers in your stomach"; Sebacean; Sheyang; Space Shuttle; Starburst; star chart; Terran Raa; ThroneSled; translator microbe; transport pod; Uncharted Territories; Wellan glow crystal; wormhole; yotz
Crichtonisms
Close Encounters of the Third Kind; rent-a-cop; Spielberg, Steven; Technicolor; Three Amigos
External links
- Farscape World Synopsis by Dani Moure