Farscape

Farscape
Premiere	March 19, 1999
Finale	March 21, 2003
Airs	on-demand/Daily streaming from 5PM (Pluto TV)
Creator	Rockne S. O'Bannon
Network/Provider	Sci Fi Channel
Style	60-minute science fiction
Company	Jim Henson Company
Filming Location	New South Wales, Australia
Seasons	4 + mini-series
Episodes	90 (List of episodes)
Origin	USA/Australia

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.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	S
Claudia Black	Aeryn Sun	*	*	*	*	*
Ben Browder	John Crichton	*	*	*	*	*
Gigi Edgley	Chiana	*	*	*	*	*
Paul Goddard	Stark	o	o	*	o	*
Jonathan Hardy	Dominar Rygel XVI (voice)	*	*	*	*	*
Virginia Hey	Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan	*	*	*	o
Raelee Hill	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu				o	*
Melissa Jaffer	Utu-Noranti Pralatong			o	o	*
Wayne Pygram	Scorpius	o	o	*	*	*
Tammy MacIntosh	Jool			o	o	*
Anthony Simcoe	Ka D'Argo	*	*	*	*	*
Lani John Tupu	Bialar Crais	o	o	*
	Pilot (voice)	*	*	*	*	*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4	S
Kent McCord	Jack Crichton	*	*	*	*

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			Discs
Complete Series  (Region 1)
The Complete Series			November 17, 2009	purchase		25
Season Sets  (Region 1)
The Complete Season One			October 29, 2002	purchase		11
The Complete Second Season			October 28, 2003	purchase		11
The Complete Third Season			August 24, 2004	purchase		10
The Complete Fourth Season			October 5, 2004	purchase		10
The Complete Season One (2009)			November 17, 2009	purchase		6
The Complete Second Season			November 17, 2009	purchase		6
The Complete Third Season			November 17, 2009	purchase		6
The Complete Fourth Season			November 17, 2009	purchase		6
The Peacekeeper Wars			January 18, 2005	purchase		2

External Sites

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