Farscape

. Creater: Rockne S. O'Bannon Episodes: 88 x 50mins Screened: 1999 - 2003 (4 seasons) Main Cast: John Crichton Ben Browder Aeryn Sun Claudia Black Ka D'Argo Anthony Simcoe Dominar Rygel XVI (voice) Jonathan Hardy Chiana Gigi Edgley Pa'u Zothoh Zhaan Virginia Hey Scorpius Wayne Pygram Pilot (voice) Lani Tupu -

Story:

During a test flight NASA astronaut John Crichton accidentaly creates a wormhole and is transfported to another Universe. He is captured by three escaped prisoners (Pa'u Zothoh Zhaan, Ka D'Argo, and Dominar Rygel XVI) who are stealing their prision transport, a living ship called Moya. They are being pursuded by a crazed miltary commander Bialar Crais and his Peacekeeper forces. One of his pilots Aeryn Sun ends up on board Moya and is branded a traiter. This small band must now go on the run.

Crichton is desperate to get home and he feels the answers lies in his hidden knowledge of wormhole technology. However another crazed Peacekeeper commander Scorpius also whats this knowledge. The odds are stacked against him, but with the help of the ever changing crew of the Moya maybe one day he will reach Earth.

Highlights:

• The first season had a lot of good comedy, thanks mainly to Crichton's comtemporary quips.
• The special effects are stunning, as good as any feature film.
• Even the muppet based characters weren't that bad.
• The original crew were a great mix. With some powerful acting talent to bring them to life.
• First Crais then Scorpius were great bad guys.
• he orginal theme tune was very good.
• The second season had some great action episodes.
• The writing is usually inventive and has investigated some interesteing sci-fi concepts this has lead to a number of top episodes.

Bad Points:

• The third and fourth seasons were progressivly poor. With numerious silly cliffhangers, cast disappearing and reappearing, and too much happening in Crichton's mind.
• Big changes in cast line up have not been for the better.
• The crew becomes split up and spread about all over the place losing character interaction.
• A lot of the early comedy was lost.
• For some unknown reason the theme music was changed to one not half as good.
• Basically the story srch has become massively derailed and runing by poor writing.

Availability:

	2 disc box sets with 4 episodes per set
	4 : 3	Not widescreeen but beautifully clean
	Dolby Digital 5.1	Excellent surround effects and great soundtrack.
	Featurettes (usually 2x10 min per disc)
	Photo Gallery
	Deleted scenes
	Various Trailers
	Picture and sound are very good, and extras although limited are not bad. It is worth noting that the American discs (availabile as single discs) have more extras.