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In 1999, the creator of Alien Nation and SeaQuest DSV, Rockne S. O'Bannon along with The Jim Henson Company created Farscape. It follows the adventures of John Crichton, an American astronaut, who, while running an experiment, gets sucked into a wormhole. On the other side of the wormhole he gets captured by a group of escaped convicts, who have taken a living ship (Moya) as their own.

Because of the perspective from which Farscape is told, it is unique among science fiction shows because the main character is as much a stranger to the world as are the viewers. This enables him and the viewers to learn of the oddities of this world at the same time. This perspective also gives it a unique sense of humor, which is evidenced in the première, where Crichton, after grabbing a pistol from a guard and accidentally firing it, quips "Stop, or I'll fill you full of... Little yellow bolts of light."

Jim Henson's Creature Shop also did a fantastic job on the puppets that are used liberally throughout the show. Pilot & Rygel are main characters that are completely (outside of voices) played by puppets, something that other SF shows would likely do with Computer Graphics.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 DVD Releases 4 External Sites

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Claudia Black	Aeryn Sun	1	2	3	4	M
Ben Browder	John Crichton	1	2	3	4	M
Gigi Edgley	Chiana	1	2	3	4	M
Paul Goddard	Stark	1	2	3	4	M
Jonathan Hardy	Dominar Rygel XVI (voice)	1	2	3	4	M
Virginia Hey	Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan	1	2	3	4
Raelee Hill	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu				4	M
Melissa Jaffer	Utu-Noranti Pralatong			3	4	M
Wayne Pygram	Scorpius	1	2	3	4	M
Tammy McIntosh	Joolushko "Jool" Tunai Fenta Hovalis			3	4	M
Anthony Simcoe	Ka D'Argo	1	2	3	4	M
Lani John Tupu	Commander Bialar Crais	1	2	3
	Pilot (voice)	1	2	3	4	M
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Kent McCord	Jack Crichton	11 episodes
Rose Klemp	Moya	1	2	3	4	M

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Sci Fi Channel
Season One	March 19, 1999	January 28, 2000	22
Season Two	March 17, 2000	January 26, 2001	22
Season Three	March 16, 2001	April 26, 2002	22
Season Four	June 7, 2002	March 21, 2003	22
Special
The Peacekeeper Wars	October 17, 2004	October 18, 2004	2

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
The Complete Series	November 17, 2009	25	purchase
Season Sets
The Complete Season One	October 29, 2002	11	purchase
The Complete Second Season	October 28, 2003	11	purchase
The Complete Third Season	August 24, 2004	10	purchase
The Complete Fourth Season	October 5, 2004	10	purchase
The Complete Season One (2009)	November 17, 2009	6	purchase
The Complete Second Season	November 17, 2009	6	purchase
The Complete Third Season	November 17, 2009	6	purchase
The Complete Fourth Season	November 17, 2009	6	purchase
The Peacekeeper Wars	January 18, 2005	2	purchase

External Sites

• Farscape Episodes, TV Listings, News, Photos and More at TVGuide.com
• Farscape at SciFi.com