From: Stephen Date stephend999@yahoo.co.uk
If Holmes had been allowed to create the show from scratch I think we'd have got something brilliant - not B7 but brilliant nonetheless. As it was if characters didn't interest him he cheerfully sidelined them and introduced his own gallery of memorable guest characters who certainly added to the richness of B7.
Definitely. In compiling the Sevencyclopaedia, I soon learned that a Holmes ep was going to bump up the entry count. Of all the writers for the series, he was the one who cared most about a depth and richness of background, locating his characters in a vibrant galactic community. Background resonates through his scripts - Leedenbrank, Belhangria University, B-19 cruisers, Trantinians (and the odd clunker like Vitazade). Holmes' characters inhabit a universe, rather than just appear in a script. He should have been taken on as background continuity editor.
Neil