Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Babylon 5: The River Of Souls
TNT Promotional Poster for Babylon 5: The River Of Souls
Created by	J. Michael Straczynski
Written by	J. Michael Straczynski
Directed by	Janet Greek
Starring	Jerry Doyle Tracy Scoggins Jeff Conaway Richard Biggs with Ian McShane and Martin Sheen
Theme music composer	Christopher Franke
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	John Copeland
Cinematography	Fred V. Murphy
Editor(s)	Suzanne Sternlicht
Running time	94 minutes
Production company(s)	Babylonian Productions
Distributor	TNT
Release
Original network	TNT
Original release	November 17, 1998

The River of Souls is the third feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe. It was originally broadcast November 17, 1998 on TNT, as one of two films shown over the 1998–1999 season to fill in the gap between the fifth season of Babylon 5 and the first season of the spin-off series Crusade.

Plot synopsis

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.

After a short absence from Babylon 5, Michael Garibaldi returns to the station to meet with a person in his employ. An archaeologist in search of a means of immortality brings his most recent find to Babylon 5 – an orb containing one billion souls of an extinct race. Within days a Soul Hunter (played by Martin Sheen) arrives claiming the orb was stolen from his people. With the assistance of the archaeologist the souls break free from their captivity in the orb and bring havoc to the station.

Cast

• Jerry Doyle as Michael Garibaldi
• Tracy Scoggins as Capt. Elizabeth Lochley
• Jeff Conaway as Security Chief Zack Allan
• Richard Biggs as Stephen Franklin
• Ian McShane as Dr. Robert Bryson
• Martin Sheen as Soul Hunter
• Joshua Cox as Lt. David Corwin
• Stuart Pankin as James Riley
• Joel Brooks as Jacob Mayhew
• Jeff Doucette as 2nd Man
• Jeff Silverman as Mr. Clute
• Wayne Alexander as Soul One
• Bob Amaral as Customer
• Beege Barkette as Woman (as Beece Barkett)
• T.J. Hoban as Male Hologram
• Ray Proscia as Klaus
• Nikki Ziering as Female Hologram
• Jean St. James as Sheila

External links

• Babylon 5: The River of Souls at IMDb
• Babylon 5: The River Of Souls at AllMovie
• Babylon 5: The River Of Souls at The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5