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Walter Koenig's recurring Psi Corps character, Bester, was named in honor of science fiction writer Alfred Bester, who coined the term "psi cop" in one of his many novels about psychic manipulation.
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Straczynski planned out Babylon 5's entire story arc from the beginning. He kept a written copy of it on a 200-page encrypted computer file. Straczynski never revealed his full plans to his writing team until the very end of the series. He intentionally included red herrings in the plot so that viewers would not be able to predict the outcome of the series.
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Special effects artist Ron Thornton based the design of the Vorlon ships on the shape of a bulb of garlic.
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Jerry Doyle says that his favorite episode was "Points of Departure" because his character spent the entire episode in a coma - but Doyle received full salary for the role anyway.
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J. Michael Staczynski wanted to create mature, adult science fiction — not a kids' show. His rule was that any cute kids that appeared in an episode had to be killed off by the end of that episode (e.g. "Believers" and "Confessions and Lamentations.").
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Watch for the Psi Corps recruiting commercial that appears in the episode "And Now for a Word." It contains a subliminal message that says "The Psi Corps is your friend. Trust the Corps."
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Lines of Communication (series 4)

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Marcus tells the Mars resistance fighters that he was raised on the planet Arisia. J. Michael Straczynski used that name as an homage to one of his favorite science fiction book series, E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen novels, in which the Arisians were the good guys.
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