Na'Toth

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Na'Toth is a fictional character in the universe of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.

[edit] Character

Na'Toth was the aide to Narn Ambassador G'Kar. She was played by Julie Caitlin Brown in the first season (a last-minute casting change after Susan Kellerman walked off the set), and Mary Kay Adams in the second season. In The Babylon Files, Straczynski admitted that he had considered having G'Kar have a "revolving-door" series of aides, akin to Murphy Brown.

Na'Toth was the second aide to G'Kar, after his first aide Ko'Dath died in an airlock accident. When Na'Toth arrived, a member of the Narn assassins' guild was attempting to kill G'Kar at the behest of an old rival. G'Kar was eventually kidnapped by the assassin. Na'Toth went to the assassin and claimed to be his backup. She was then able to disable the pain device that had been placed on G'Kar, allowing G'Kar to defeat the assassin, who left the station before the assassin guild had him killed.

Unlike Lennier and Vir, Na'Toth has her own agenda. She is quite ruthless and cunning in her dealings. When Jha'dur - aka Deathwalker - showed up on the station, Na'Toth attacked and nearly killed her, having sworn a blood oath. She was unable to kill Jha'dur herself, since the Vorlons killed Jha'dur to keep her from revealing the secret of immortality to the galaxy.

[edit] Current status

Due to problems with the extensive makeup and prosthetics required to turn her into a Narn, Brown did not reprise her role for the second season of the series; similar problems had caused the departure of Susan Kellerman and, earlier, of Mary Woronov as Ko'Dath, who was to have been a regular character. For the second season, Brown was replaced by Mary Kay Adams. Executive producer J. Michael Straczynski quickly became dissatisfied with Adams' more understated approach to the role, and Na'Toth was written out of the series after appearing in two more episodes.

Na'Toth went home to Narn at some point during the second season. She was on Narn when the Centauri used mass drivers to pluck asteroids out of orbit and bomb the Narn homeworld. Na'Toth was missing and presumed dead. In the fifth season, Na'Toth was found to be alive and a prisoner in the Centauri Royal Palace (A Tragedy of Telepaths). Londo Mollari and G'Kar smuggled her from the palace, and arranged for her to be sent back home to receive treatment for her injuries. Julie Caitlin Brown played Na'Toth in this episode.

Since then, Na'Toth has not been seen in any further Babylon 5 television episodes or movies. The book, "Out of the Darkness" by Peter David suggested that as of 2278 Na'Toth was still alive and living on Narn.