Babylon Who Teaser

Babylon Who

Teaser

EXT. BABYLON 5
Stock footage establishing shot of the station with the following caption at screen bottom:

Earth Station Babylon 5
December 20, 2258

INT. GARIBALDI'S OFFICE
GARIBALDI and GARIBALDI'S AIDE (henceforth known as JACK) stand by the security monitors, watching a possible pickpocket suspect at work in the Zocalo. A disheveled, Generation X-ish figure (PETROV) wanders in through the door behind them. He knocks out "Shave and a Haircut" on the doorjam to get their attention.

GARIBALDI
Petrov?
(a beat)
Uh, Jack, can you excuse us a minute?

Jack looks Petrov over, just long enough to be almost suspicious.

JACK
(innocently)
Sure, Chief.
(leaves)

GARIBALDI
Petrov, what's up?

PETROV
Something's going down, Garibaldi.

GARIBALDI
(A beat) Such as...?

PETROV
I don't know, but there've been some guys hanging around
Downbelow, real suspicious bunch, asking a lot of questions about
loyalty, politics...

GARIBALDI
HomeGuard?

PETROV
That's what I thought at first, but they don't smell like Earth
Firsters, if you know what I mean.

GARIBALDI
Well, no, actually, I don't...

PETROV
Look, I thought I'd take the job, see what I can find out from the
inside. If nothing happens, at least I make a few credits on the deal.
(A beat)
Only problem is, it'll mean being out of contact for a while. You
got a problem with that?

GARIBALDI
Well, it wouldn't be my first choice, but if it's the only way you can
find out what's going on...

PETROV
Hey, don't sweat it, Garibaldi.
(A beat)
Look, you don't hear from me in a week, then send some of your
guys down, okay? Whatever it is they're planning, it ain't
happening until after Christmas.

GARIBALDI
All right.

EXT. SECURITY OFFICE; JACK'S POV
Jack listens in from just outside the door.

GARIBALDI
(from next room)
Just don't do anything stupid and get yourself killed, all right?

PETROV
(from next room)
Trust me, man. Have I ever let you down before?

FRANKE CRESCENDO CUT TO:

EXT. EARTH FREIGHTER AGGEDOR IN HYPERSPACE
Establishing shot, zooming in on a rather beat-up, but very large and bulky, freight vessel moving through the Lovecraftian vortex of hyperspace.

INT. AGGEDOR
The PILOT and CO-PILOT of the freighter look upon hyperspace tiredly from their consoles as the pilot contacts their destination.

PILOT
(speaking into his console)
Repeat, this is Earth freighter Aggedor. We are ETA 25 minutes to
Babylon 5 jump gate. Do you copy, Babylon 5?

IVANOVA (vo)
Affirmative, Aggedor. This is Babylon 5, Lieutenant Commander
Ivanova speaking. Your flight plan doesn't indicate a stop here.
Please state the nature of your docking request.

PILOT
Roger, B5. We are ferrying humanitarian relief supplies to Mars
Colony. Our primary navigational systems have been on the blink
the whole trip and we'd like to put in at B5 for repairs before
proceeding to Jump Point Io, over.

IVANOVA (vo)
Understood, Aggedor. Be advised that all ships en route to Mars
Colony are subject to a search for smuggled weapons before
departure, by order of the President.
(Jokingly)
I take it you are not gun runners?

The pilot and co-pilot laugh, almost too strongly.

PILOT
Negative, Babylon 5. No gun runners here.

IVANOVA (vo)
Good. Then we shouldn't have any problems. Enter jump gate 23
minutes from my mark. We will direct you into a holding pattern at
that time.
(A beat)
Mark. Have a nice day.

The console bleeps as Ivanova closes down the link.

CO-PILOT
Do you think she bought it?

PILOT
Does it matter? Once we deliver the merchandise to Deveraux,
we'll be home free. I just hope...

The pilot's voice trails off as both are distracted by the sound of heavy raspy breathing from behind them. They turn around to find the door to the ship's interior open and find something big blocking the doorway. It is mostly hidden in silhouette, but we focus in on the gun held in its large green claw-like hand.

CO-PILOT
What the--?

The gun fires and an eerie (but all too familiar to Doctor Who fans) sound emanates from the weapon. Both men scream...

FRANKE CRESCENDO CUT TO:

INT. BABYLON 5 PASSENGER DOCKING BAY
Inside the passenger ship docking bay, several ships are docked. One in the near distance is still disembarking and we see several passengers (human and otherwise) walk from that direction and straight towards and past us. After they have passed, a wheezing, groaning sound (BBC Radiophonic Workshop stock sound effect) signals the arrival of a blue police public call box in the middle of this promenade.

We begin a close up on the police box as the door opens, then we

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER

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Babylon 5 is owned by Warner Brothers Domestic Television and created by J. Michael "The Great Maker" Straczynski.
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