Bad Influence (UK readers only)

[C.J Coulson]

On a recent episode of Bad Influence (the ITV computer programme)
there was a piece on Lightwave, and to show what Lightwave could do
they had some images from Seaquest and Bab 5.

The thing I`d like to know is this.

They showed an image from B5 of a station which looked kinda
like the B5 station now, but it wasn`t. It also wasn`t the B4
station we saw in B^2.

Does anyone know what the station was, if it was a prototype
model of B5 or a model of a station as yet unseen in an episode.

Thanks
Chris
c.j.c...@ncl.ac.uk

[Jeremy Mitchell]

C.J Coulson writes:
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> Does anyone know what the station was, if it was a prototype
> model of B5 or a model of a station as yet unseen in an episode.
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Although I haven't seen the show (I live in Canada), I would guess
it was one of the prototypes of B5. With the complexity of the image,
I doubt they could get it *exactly* right on the first try. Wouldn't
you agree?

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Ivanova: Sleeping is not the problem. Waking up; that is the problem.
I've always had a hard time getting up when it's dark outside.
Sinclair: But in space it's always dark.
Ivanova: I know. [More softly] I know.

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[Dan Wood]

"C.J Coulson" <c.j.c...@ncl.ac.uk> writes:

>They showed an image from B5 of a station which looked kinda
>like the B5 station now, but it wasn`t. It also wasn`t the B4
>station we saw in B^2.

>Does anyone know what the station was, if it was a prototype
>model of B5 or a model of a station as yet unseen in an episode.

It's probably an early prototype by Ron Thornton. There was a shot of a
B5-like station on a demo tape available from NewTek, showing off the Video
toaster. That's very likely what you saw.

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[brett jaffee]

C.J Coulson (c.j.c...@ncl.ac.uk) wrote:

> Does anyone know what the station was, if it was a prototype
> model of B5 or a model of a station as yet unseen in an episode.

Back before the "The Gathering" aired in the U.S., there were some
pictures published and footage released of a prototype CGI model of B5. That
could have been what you saw

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