Through the Looking Glass - S1-E17
Visible crew/equipment: This episode begins in the galley, and while everyone's eating and talking the camera moves around the table following their conversation, and when the camera passes Rygel, or even Zhaan, we can see the head and/or movement of the puppeteer behind Rygel.
Visible crew/equipment: Near the start, while Rygel's annoying Zhaan and D'Argo by banging the noisy Y-rod against the Tadek board, when Rygel says, "It may be preferable to this mind-numbing tedium," the wavy dark hair of the puppeteer can be seen behind Rygel. Then later, when Zhaan says that she will strive to keep Kcrackic distracted, as Rygel's smoking the hookah we can see the movement of the puppeteer's arm under Rygel's robe.
Till the Blood Runs Clear - S1-E11
Visible crew/equipment: After Aeryn tells Furlow that she cannot see, it cuts to Zhaan as she enters the command deck, and when Rygel asks her if she's fully clothed Rygel lifts his arms to cover his eyes, and we can see both of the puppeteer's arms up in both of Rygel's sleeves.
Till the Blood Runs Clear - S1-E11
Visible crew/equipment: After Aeryn and John escape the pull of the wormhole it cuts to Rygel on his hoverchair, and when D'Argo walks in we can see the black hinged base under Rygel's hoverchair that enables it to move across the set's floor.
Visible crew/equipment: While Rygel's in his quarters tossing out his junk, when D'Argo walks in and asks him about it, as Rygel replies, "Just items that I've procured since our escape," the hand of the puppeteer can be seen behind Rygel at the left side of the screen.
Visible crew/equipment: While Rygel watches over John's body, Rygel performs his own version of the Hynerian Ceremony of Passage to declare John dead so as to claim John's possessions, and when he pulls at John's boots, the puppeteer's arm/elbow becomes visible behind Rygel.
PK Tech Girl - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: Aboard the Zelbinion, when Aeryn and John question Gilina about how the Zelbinion died, after Gilina says, "Officer Sun, I think you should know, I consider you a traitor...," when it cuts to Rygel in his hoverchair with his flashlight in hand, there's puppeteer movement behind him. Later, after Zhaan tells Rygel to find Durka's corpse because it'll set him free, when Rygel's back aboard the Zelbinion, although he's just remembering being in a cage in front of Durka, it's interesting to note that we can see the puppeteer's movement behind Rygel.
Through the Looking Glass - S1-E17
Visible crew/equipment: After the four Moyas come together in the same plane of existence everyone appears at Pilot's console, and when Pilot says, "I fail to see the source of your amusement," we can see the puppeteer rods under one of Pilot's left arms.
Through the Looking Glass - S1-E17
Visible crew/equipment: After Rygel, D'Argo, and Aeryn vanish, when John's in the command center talking to Pilot, when it cuts to Pilot in his den just as Pilot says, "Officer Sun in maintenance bay 3," we can see the puppeteer rod under Pilot's arm as it moves about.
Visible crew/equipment: After John rolls the bomb and it explodes under the Nebari ship that Durka's on, when Zhaan shouts at Pilot, "Close the doors!" we can see the puppeteer rod under Pilot's arm as he's trying to shut the doors.
Visible crew/equipment: After the explosion Aeryn shouts for D'Argo to meet her in the maintenance bay, and two shots later while Rygel is on his hoverchair, we can see behind him the equipment/crew member pushing him forward.
Visible crew/equipment: After Tahleen alters John's memory of himself as a young boy playing in the water, and then Aeryn tells John that he's the most bizarre creature she's ever met, when it cuts back to Moya as Rygel joins D'Argo, you can see the head and movement of one of Rygel's puppeteers as D'Argo and Rygel are talking.
Visible crew/equipment: After they all take turns peering into the triangular hatchway, Pilot silences the paddac beacon's siren, and when the DRD zooms into the compartment in the shot from within the room we can see a cable behind the DRD.
Chosen answer: It's never explained. John mentions a theory that his less technologically developed craft simply interferes with the wormhole less than the "superior" Vipers, but they never make a concrete determination on that point. But we also have to take into account the fact that Moya traverses wormholes with no ill effect as well.
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