In several ways Babylon 5 set a new standard for how science fiction was done on television. It was for example one of the first shows to use computer graphics to any significant extent. It was also unusual in having a very strong online presence as well, with producers and viewers interacting at a number [...]

All the best science fiction uses imaginary worlds to convey messages about the real world. Isaac Asimov showed how advances in science would affect human society. John Wyndham was more interested in how humanity depended on science, for example by asking what would happen if the technological advances science has provided were suddenly taken away.