Two years ago we were, if not obsessed with, at least quite keen on Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Shana had seen it before, but it was all new to me. After eventually seeing all seven DS9 seasons (with a six-month hiatus thanks to Virgin 1′s unfathomable scheduling) our sci-fi experiences careered rapidly downhill and we at last halted our regular viewings of creaky old space-opera, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
For Christmas, we treated ourselves to a full set of Babylon 5 DVDs — and a DVD player to play them on. Early adopters? Us? No way!
Babylon 5 characters present me with new challenges for 2010. It’s one thing swanning around quoting lines from your favourite shows and pretending (in a slightly camp way, of course) to be DS9‘s Chief O’Brien. But as far as Babylon 5′s concerned, unless Londo Mollari undergoes a radical style change as the series progresses, it looks as if I’ll be needing some extra-firm-hold hair gel, and lots of it.
