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Shadow Dancing

episode of Babylon 5 (S3 E21)
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Summary

Shadow Dancing is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shadow Dancing's instance of is recorded as television series episode[3].
  • Shadow Dancing was directed by Kim Friedman[4].
  • J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay for Shadow Dancing[5].
  • Shadow Dancing followed And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place[6].
  • Shadow Dancing was followed by Z'ha'dum[7].
  • Shadow Dancing's part of the series is recorded as Babylon 5[8].
  • The original language of Shadow Dancing was English[9].
  • Shadow Dancing was released on September 15, 1996[10].
  • Shadow Dancing's title is recorded as Shadow Dancing[11].
  • Shadow Dancing's production code is recorded as 321[12].
  • Shadow Dancing's season is recorded as Point of No Return[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[15]

  • First release date: 1997-09-08[16]

  • Genre(s): classical, electronic[17]

  • Community tags: classical, electronic[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b32ba0ad-dfbd-3c4b-bd87-fda8e4ad2a83[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shadow Dancing was directed by Kim Friedman[4]. J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

Shadow Dancing was published on September 15, 1996[10]. The original language of it was English[9]. Its part of the series is recorded as Babylon 5[8].

Subject and Themes

Shadow Dancing's part of the series is recorded as Babylon 5[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shadow Dancing followed And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place[6]. It was followed by Z'ha'dum[7].

Why It Matters

Shadow Dancing ranks in the top 6% of television_series_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0517687
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    Eidr content id → 10.5240/6B07-2D2E-7274-D75A-5E66-X
    Rotten tomatoes id → tv/babylon_5/s03/e21, tv/babylon-5/s03/e21
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