Editing Farscape (section)

==Characters==

===Main characters===

{{main|List of Farscape characters}}

[[File:Cast of Farscape season 2.jpg|thumb|From left to right: Bialar Crais, Rygel XVI (front), Chiana, Zhaan, Aeryn Sun, John Crichton, Ka D'Argo.]]
* [[Ben Browder]] as [[List of Farscape characters#John Crichton|John Crichton]]  – An [[astronaut]] from present-day Earth. At the start of the series, a test flight involving an [[NASA X-38|experimental spacecraft]] of his own design dubbed ''Farscape I'' goes awry, propelling Crichton through a [[wormhole]] to a distant part of the universe. He quickly runs afoul of the Peacekeepers and is recovered by the crew of Moya, a living ship which is the main setting for ''Farscape''.
* [[Claudia Black]] as [[Aeryn Sun]] – A renegade [[Farscape Peacekeepers|Peacekeeper]] officer. At the start of the series, she is stripped of her rank and marked for death for spending too much time near a (culturally) "contaminated" being. This decision is further backed later after she protects Crichton. Trained as a soldier since birth, she initially seems to lack any emotions or empathy. Her severance from the Peacekeepers allows Aeryn to discover her compassionate nature.
* [[Anthony Simcoe]] as [[Ka D'Argo]] – An ill-tempered Luxan warrior of impressive stature. He was imprisoned by the Peacekeepers for killing his wife, a crime for which he was falsely convicted. He carries a weapon called a Qualta Blade, a [[Arming sword|broadsword]] capable of transforming into a [[laser gun|rifle]].
* [[Virginia Hey]] as [[Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan]] (Main seasons 1–3; guest season 4) – A bald, blue-skinned female who belongs to a plant species, named Delvians. Once a Priestess of her religious order, Zhaan murdered her lover after discovering he was a Peacekeeper collaborator. Regarded as an anarchist by her captors, she was jailed along with D'Argo and Rygel. Like other members of her species, Zhaan is an [[empath]]; she can share "unity" with other beings (two minds in one body, they can share thoughts, sensations...) and also, as a Pa'u, she is able to share pain with another being.
* [[Moya (Farscape)|Moya]] – Moya is a Leviathan, the fifth generation of these living ships. She was born in freedom, captured by Leviathan Hunters and sold to the Peacekeepers for them to use as a prison transport. She is a great and powerful ship, with no weapons. In communication with and taken care of by Pilot, the enormous living entity that is symbiotically fused to her, Moya has adjusted to her new inhabitants and has been able to trust them enough to become their home. Like Pilot, she is anxious to serve her crew, but not at the expense of her own agenda. Her natural instincts to protect all life, however, do override her personal fear of pain and suffering.
* [[Dominar Rygel XVI]] (operated by [[John Eccleston]], Matthew McCoy, Dave Collins, Sean Masterson, Graeme Haddon and Tim Mieville, voiced by [[Jonathan Hardy]]) – A diminutive creature who was once ruler of the Hynerian Empire. He was [[deposition (politics)|deposed]] by his treacherous cousin and handed over to the Peacekeepers. Rygel is one of two puppet characters who regularly appear on ''Farscape''. When nervous, Rygel flatulates helium – often causing his annoyed crew mates to complain in high-pitched voices.
* [[Pilot (Farscape)|Pilot]] (operated by [[John Eccleston]], Matthew McCoy, Dave Collins, Sean Masterson, Graeme Haddon and Tim Mieville, voiced by [[Lani Tupu]]) – A multi-limbed creature who acts as the ship's pilot. He is biologically connected to Moya's nervous system and also serves as her voice to the crew. Pilot is portrayed by an animatronic puppet.
* [[Gigi Edgley]] as [[Chiana (Farscape)|Chiana]] (Main seasons 2–4; Recurring season 1) – A mercurial thief and [[con artist]]. She is a [[Nebari (Farscape)|Nebari]], a grey/blue-skinned species whose society is heavily regimented by a governmental body called "The Establishment". Chiana's rebellious nature made her a leading candidate for [[brainwashing|reprogramming]] (euphemistically known as "cleansing").
* [[Paul Goddard (actor)|Paul Goddard]] as [[Stykera|Stark]] (Main season 3; Recurring seasons 1–2, 4) – A Stykera, a specialized subrace of the Banik, who was first encountered by Crichton at the end of the first season. Stark wears a half-mask – strapped to his head by two buckles – of an unidentified metal, covering an incorporeal area that glows dark orange when uncovered, on the right side of his face. He only reveals his face when he is taking away someone's pain or "crossing over" a soul – aiding or comforting a person prior to their death. He is also mentally unbalanced, a trait that gets on the nerves of many on Moya.
* [[Lani Tupu]] as [[Bialar Crais]] (Main seasons 2–4; Recurring season 1) – The initial antagonist of the series, a Peacekeeper Captain who relentlessly hunts Moya and its crew. He is driven by the death of his brother, a [[Prowler (Farscape)|prowler]] pilot who accidentally collided with Crichton's ship when it exited the wormhole. At the end of the first season, Crais is usurped by Scorpius. Crais mentally bonds with Moya's offspring Talyn and becomes something of an ally to the crew in later seasons.
* [[Wayne Pygram]] as [[Scorpius (Farscape)|Scorpius]] (Main seasons 3–4; Recurring seasons 1–2) – A commander of the Peacekeeper forces. Scorpius is a [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] created from the forced mating of a human-like Sebacean woman and a reptilian Scarran male. At a young age he escaped the Scarrans and, when he learned of his origin, chose to side with the Sebacean Peacekeepers. He is obsessed with extracting the secret of wormhole technology from Crichton, believing it to be crucial to an unavoidable war between the Peacekeeper and Scarran races. His motives are dominated by revenge and personal hatred of the Scarrans, because they kidnapped his mother to be raped by their brutish males for an experiment in cross-species reproduction, and she died as he was born. He was the only surviving child of many attempts with different Sebacean women, and thus has the unique burden of possessing both the Scarrans painfully high body temperature and the Sebaceans sensitivity to heat. After reaching adulthood he had a cooling mechanism implanted in his head, before which he was physically weakened by his own heat. He also has a unique ability to see thermal signatures of other beings which enables him to spot deception and to identify species.

===Recurring characters===
As the series progressed, a revolving cast of characters joined the crew of Moya.
* Captain [[Braca|Meeklo Braca]] ([[David Franklin (actor)|David Franklin]]) – Captain Meeklo Braca usually serves as a subordinate to most of the series' villains, acting as second-in-command for Crais, Scorpius, and Grayza at various times. As once described by Crais (although it was clearly intended as an insult), Braca is "a consummate Peacekeeper", performing his duties to the very best of his abilities for whoever his commanding officer is, although his loyalties remain with Scorpius due to a shared view of relations with the Scarrans and contempt for Grayza's misplaced hopes for peace with them.
* Commandant [[Mele-on Grayza]] ([[Rebecca Riggs]]) – A new antagonist that debuts in Season 3. She is a manipulative Peacekeeper who aims to put an end to Scorpius' wormhole research. Ruthless and ambitious, she has a gland implanted in her chest that secretes a substance which bends men to her will.
* [[Jool]] ([[Tammy MacIntosh]]) – Jool is an orange-haired academic who appears sporadically throughout seasons three and four. When frightened or enraged, her hair becomes red and her screams can melt metal.
* [[Sikozu]] ([[Raelee Hill]]) – Sikozu is a brilliant Kalish who joins the crew at the beginning of the fourth season. Hard-edged and dangerous, she gradually allies herself with Scorpius. In "The Peacekeeper Wars" she is discovered to be collaborating with the Scarrans.
* Noranti (played by [[Melissa Jaffer]]) – Noranti (Utu Noranti Pralatong) debuts in "Dogs with Two Bones". where she suddenly appears amongst the crew as a mysterious and [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentric]] [[refugee]] that escaped to [[Moya (Farscape)|Moya]] along with an unidentified group of others as a [[Peacekeepers (Farscape)|Peacekeeper]] Command Carrier was being destroyed. The "Old Woman", as she is called, is a [[Traskan]], and little is known of her past before she joined the crew. Initially appearing to Crichton and Chiana as a grateful cook, she later describes herself as a "doctor, instructor, and among many other disciplines … negotiator". She is basically portrayed as an accomplished [[herbalist]]. Although her skills are sometimes not quite as successful as she would like, she does manage to come to the crew's rescue with odd potions and powders on many occasions. At times, she seems to have her own agenda, although what that agenda may be is never quite made clear. At 293 cycles (years) old, she sometimes appears to the others as being slightly [[Dementia|senile]], and is often referred to as "Grandma" by Crichton. She was featured throughout Season 4 of Farscape, as well as being in "[[Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars|The Peacekeeper Wars]]", where she realizes the existence of more Eidolons and convinces Crichton to seek to reawaken their powers to help end the war. An alternative reality version of Noranti appeared in the Season 4 episode, "Unrealized Reality", and was portrayed by [[Gigi Edgley]].