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47

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Mr. Nice Gaius Frakking Baltar holds the winning ticket for a seat on Raptor 312 of the older woman next to him (TRS: "Miniseries, Night 1").

Usage of the number 47 had been a very common in-joke on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Writer Joe Menosky, a Pomoma College alumni, originated this joke based on a humorous "47 Society" from his alma mater. Menosky, along with other writers and production crew, arranged numerous placements of the number throughout the series via dialogue (often ensconced in technobabble), props, and visual references. The TV spy drama Alias took the "47" joke to almost-epic proportions by placing very obvious references to the number in most of its episodes over its 5-year run.

The "47" joke has become the numerical counterpart to the audio clip known as the "Wilhelm Scream" that's added to numerous movies as an in-joke between directors and sound editors since the early 1950s.

In the Re-imagined Series, this number shows up in the following:

893893

Zarek's repetitive prisoner number, 893893, is a multiple of 47: 893893 = 893 * 1001 = 19 * 47 * 1001 (TRS: "Bastille Day").

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