Number One (Babylon 5)

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Number One is a female television character who features in Babylon 5.

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Biography

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The names Number One, Number Two, etc. were used on Mars by the resistance to protect the identity of its leaders.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Franklin and Lyta bring special cargo to Mars for smuggling onto enemy ships. Number One recognizes Lyta from past encounters and is quite angered when she learns Lyta is a Telepath, and later during dinner in the episode she continues to act hostile towards her. In addition, as Garibaldi tries to convince Mars Resistance of his innocence and the forced telepathic adjustments made to him, he requests to be scanned. Though Lyta states her opinions won't carry much with the resistance, Lyta scans him for the truth of his story. However Number One flatly doesn't believe the results and chooses to try to execute him then and there, confirming her low faith in the word of telepaths.

Powers and abilities

Notes

  • Number One was portrayed by actor Marjorie Monaghan where she featured in setting of Babylon 5.
  • In an interview in The 5 Times Magazine (1997), Monaghan commented on getting the role, "I actually worked with Claudia (Claudia Christian, who portrayed Ivanova on B5) years ago on a show I did called Space Rangers, which she guested on. So when I heard she was in Babylon 5, I watched the pilot - I always watch new science fiction - and I enjoyed it and have watched it, off and on, since. So I had auditioned for it once or twice before. They asked me to come in to read for this part. Joe was there and what I learned, later, is that he knew my work from Space Rangers and actually offered me a job once before. I didn't know that it had come from him, but I did an episode of Murder, She Wrote. So I was very flattered to know that he was that aware of my work. I went in, I had two scenes, which I read and we talked about other things. Then I went home. Then they called me and said I was hired."
  • In Starlog (1998), an interview noted that, "On Babylon 5, Monaghan plays the enigmatic Number One. Surely it must be odd to portray so strong a character with such a non-descript title? The actress smiles. "Joe and I are playing a bit of a game about that," she reveals. "She has a name, sure, but it isn't disclosed in the fourth season. I could tell you [her name], but then I would have to kill you. I find it interesting to play characters about whom certain things are hidden."

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