Editing Bastille Day

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| US airdate= 2005-01-21
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:''After the Fleet finds a source of water to replace that which was [[Water|lost in sabotage]], ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] face a shortage of manpower to mine it, turning to their [[Astral Queen|prisoner population]] for help, with [[Tom Zarek|unexpected complications]].''

== Summary ==

===In the Fleet===
* After ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} extensive water supplies are sabotaged {{TRS|Water}}, a source of water is found on a nearby moon—but it is in the form of ice, and must be mined. This will require a crew of around 1,000.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|03m13s}}</ref>
* As that number cannot be spared from ''Galactica''{{'|s}} crew, and it is unlikely civilians will volunteer for the dangerous work, [[Lee Adama|Captain Adama]] suggests enlisting the help of the prisoners on ''[[Astral Queen]]''.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|03m18s}}</ref>
* [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] refuses to force the prisoners into the work,<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|03m39s}}</ref> so Lee suggests that volunteering prisoners could be awarded points toward earning their freedom.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|03m45s}}</ref>
* The idea does not go over well with Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], who is already at odds with his son over his new position as "special advisor" to the President.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|05m24s}}</ref>
* However, Roslin decides to send a delegation led by Lee Adama to ''Astral Queen'' to put the idea to the prisoners. To address Adama's fears that they might inadvertently release dangerous prisoners into the Fleet's community, [[Billy Keikeya]] is selected to go as well and screen the prisoners prior to selection.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|04m18s}}</ref>
* As a further snub to his son, Commander Adama insists that military personnel also go – [[Anastasia Dualla]] is "volunteered" by Keikeya to assist in the screening and report directly back to Adama, and [[Cally Henderson]] is selected to ensure the chosen prisoners can handle the mining equipment.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|04m40s}}</ref>
* On ''Astral Queen'', Captain Adama outlines the deal to the prisoners, but no one volunteers.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|07m29s}}</ref>
* The nominated leader of the prisoners, whom Billy Keikeya recognizes as the infamous political agitator [[Tom Zarek]] from [[Sagittaron]], politely refuses the offer.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|08m07s}}</ref><ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|09m30s}}</ref>
* While Dualla and Keikeya argue the merits of Zarek as a "prisoner of conscience" or terrorist, Lee meets with Zarek to try and persuade him to help.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|11m54s}}</ref>
* On ''Galactica'', Commander Adama confronts [[Gaius Baltar]] about the [[Cylon detector]]. When Adama pushes him, Baltar almost admits he can’t actually build it.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|18m33s}}</ref>
* This releases a torrent of anger from Baltar’s [[Virtual Six|virtual Six]], which terrifies him into submission. She instructs him on what to ask for to make the detector: a nuclear warhead.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|19m57s}}</ref><ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|21m40s}}</ref>
* Baltar realizes her instructions will actually work, and Adama agrees to provide the warhead.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|22m21s}}</ref>
* On ''Astral Queen'', Zarek's elaborately orchestrated prison break takes place, and ''Galactica’s'' delegation is taken hostage.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|14m01s}}</ref>
* With the ship in his control, Zarek broadcasts a message demanding the immediate resignation of President Roslin and her government, claiming that since they were never elected, they do not legitimately represent the people.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|25m31s}}</ref>
* As Zarek uses Lee Adama to try and gain insight into the dynamic between Roslin and Commander Adama, an assault mission consisting of [[Marines]] and led by [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] is assembled. A crack sharpshooter, Thrace is ordered by Adama to kill Zarek if she gets a clear shot.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|27m05s}}</ref>
* Commander Adama's attempt to negotiate with Zarek is rebuffed.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|31m08s}}</ref> Lee Adama realizes the truth: Zarek wants the commander to send in the troops, believing a bloodbath aboard ''Queen'' will bring down Roslin’s government through scandal.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|32m21s}}</ref>
* The Marines and Starbuck arrive in Raptors and cut their way into the ship.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|32m42s}}</ref>
* In the cells, a prisoner named [[Mason]] attempts to rape Cally Henderson. She bites off a piece of his ear, and he shoots her in retaliation.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|32m08s}}</ref><ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|34m32s}}</ref>
* Lee Adama rushes to the cell and puts a sidearm to Zarek’s head, giving him a choice: die now, or work with his men to supply the Fleet with water in exchange for control of ''Astral Queen'' and a guarantee of future elections.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|35m40s}}</ref><ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|37m02s}}</ref>
* The Marines storm the area. Thrace takes a shot at Zarek, but Lee Adama pushes him to safety.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|37m34s}}</ref>
* Roslin and Commander Adama are initially displeased with Lee's arrangement, but he argues that the prisoners, while in control of their ship, are still reliant on the Fleet for supplies, and that under Colonial law, Roslin would have to face elections in seven months anyway.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|38m51s}}</ref>
* Later, Captain Adama tells Roslin he'll vote for her when the time comes. His honesty prompts her to reveal the truth: she has cancer and might not be alive to run for re-election.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|42m29s}}</ref>

===On Caprica===
* {{callsign|Helo}} and the [[Caprica-Valerii|Caprica copy]] of [[Sharon Valerii]] reach a relatively undamaged city.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|10m07s}}</ref>
* As they explore, they are observed by a [[Number Five]] and a [[Number Six]] from a rooftop.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|11m32s}}</ref>
* The two Cylons discuss their heritage as the "children of humanity." While Six expresses regret that humans must be destroyed, the Five is less compassionate, stating that parents must die to allow their children to come into their own.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|11m51s}}</ref>

== Notes ==

=== Behind the Scenes ===
According to ''[[So Say We All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica]]'', this episode was a pivotal moment for the series as it introduced the character of [[Tom Zarek]], played by [[Richard Hatch]], the star of the [[Original Series]].<ref>{{cite book/sswa|598}}</ref> The writers' room, led by [[Ronald D. Moore]], saw the prison-ship storyline as the "perfect opportunity" to bring Hatch into the new series. The idea was to have the original Apollo play a character who voiced skepticism about the new leadership, creating a meta-narrative that the creative team found "a lot of fun."<ref>{{cite book/sswa|598}}</ref> In the episode's [[Podcast:Bastille Day|home video-only podcast commentary]], Moore elaborated on this, stating he loved the "delicious" irony of having [[Apollo (TOS)|the original Apollo]] play a character whose role was to say, "Everything about this show is wrong. All of this must be destroyed."<ref>[[Podcast:Bastille Day|Podcast for "Bastille Day"]], timestamp 04:04</ref>

The producers considered the casting a "stunt," enjoying the dynamic of having the "two Apollos" confront each other on screen.<ref>[[Podcast:Bastille Day|Podcast for "Bastille Day"]], timestamp 10:20</ref> The casting choice was initially met with some trepidation by actor [[Jamie Bamber]] (Lee Adama), who was "terrified" to work with Hatch, given Hatch's previous outspoken criticism of the reimagining.<ref>{{cite book/sswa|626}}</ref> However, Hatch proved to be a consummate professional. Moore recalls that Hatch arrived at the table read completely "off book" and fully embraced the complex role.<ref>{{cite book/sswa|627}}</ref> Co-executive producer [[David Eick]] noted that Hatch, who had been one of the most "vocally opposed" critics of the remake, ultimately became one of its "chief advocates" after joining the cast.<ref>[[Podcast:Bastille Day|Podcast for "Bastille Day"]], timestamp 03:45</ref> Fellow actor [[James Callis]] ([[Gaius Baltar]]) noted that Hatch, a "prince of a man," relished playing a character so different from himself.<ref>{{cite book/sswa|626}}</ref>

=== Continuity Notes ===

* Events here take place 2 days after those of "[[Water]]".
* In the [[Miniseries]], ''[[Astral Queen]]'' is apparently a liner, rather than a prison ship.
** During a briefing, [[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] informs [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] that: "The Captain of ''Astral Queen'' wants you to know that he has nearly 500 convicted criminals under heavy guard in his cargo hold. They were being transported to a penal station when the attack happened."
** In the re-cap clip shown at the top of this episode, Keikeya's lines are re-dubbed so that he says, "The Captain of ''Astral Queen'' wants you to know that he has 1,500 prisoners under heavy guard."<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|00m45s}}</ref>
** Instead of being taken to a penal station, as in the [[Miniseries]], {{callsign|Lee Adama}} states that the prisoners were being transferred to {{RDM|Caprica}} for parole hearings.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|03m22s}}</ref>
** For the purposes of the increased number of prisoners, ''Astral Queen'' becomes a prison ship.
* The Colonials will face a fuel shortage at [[The Hand of God (RDM)|some point]].
*Major [[Cottle]], ''Galactica''{{'|s}} ship doctor, is first mentioned in this episode, although he will not appear until the next episode.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|04m02s}}</ref>
*President Roslin's hair style changes starting with this episode, from the straight-down hairstyle she had since the [[Miniseries]], to the swept-back style which she would sport through the end of Season 2.
*''Galactica'' is referred to by Viper pilots as the "[[Big G]]." <ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|16m33s}}</ref> This mirrors the nickname pilots have given to the aircraft carrier [[w:USS Enterprise|USS Enterprise]], the "Big E". The introduction of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' would later change this; ''Galactica'' would be nicknamed "[[The Bucket]]," with ''Pegasus'' being nicknamed "[[The Beast]]."

=== Production Notes ===

* Richard Hatch played the character of {{TOS|Apollo}} in the [[Original Series]] and is the first cast member of the 1978 show to participate in the [[Re-imagined Series]].
*This is one of only two Season 1 episodes to deal extensively with another ship in the Fleet. The other is "[[Colonial Day]], which features ''[[Cloud 9]]'' heavily and has few scenes on ''Galactica''. Originally this was planned to happen more often, but building new sets turned out to be much more expensive than anticipated.
*This is the only regular-series episode in which [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]] appears, outside of his appearance in the [[Miniseries]]. According to the podcast, when the Miniseries was created, the writers envisioned Boxey as being a major recurring character in most episodes of the series. However, on a case-by-case basis, they found that inserting a child like Boxey did not harmonize with many of the dark scripts on the series, and once the show got underway and found its flow, they simply couldn't think of ways to write him into upcoming scripts. By the beginning of Season 2, they realized they hadn't been using him, and officially decided to simply abandon the character and consciously never tried to use him again.
*Starting with this episode, [[Cally Henderson]] started to become a larger character on the series, as noted by Moore and Eick in the podcast (see [[Bastille Day#Official statements|Official Statements]], below). Originally she was supposed to die, but instead they rewrote the scene to give her an attention-getting grittiness and in turn, survival.
* The quip made by ''[[Astral Queen]]''{{'|s}} captain, "I'm a bus driver, not a warden," is a homage to the original ''Star Trek'' television series.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|05m50s}}</ref> It is similar to Doctor Leonard McCoy's trademark quote, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer," or whatever fits at the time in the latter portion of the statement.
* The setup for this plot might have been inspired by the TOS episode "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]". In both episodes, a group of criminals was conscripted from a prison ship to work on the icy surface of a hostile planet. A notable difference between the two episodes lies in how the workers were chosen. While the workers in "Bastille Day" were chosen in part for their expendability, the conscripts in "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]" were chosen for their expertise in harsh environments and in demolition work. Also different was the prisoners' motivation to take on the work. In "Bastille Day," the prisoners are offered the possibility of earning their freedom, whereas the prisoners in "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]" were offered nothing overtly other than the fear that the fleet might be destroyed without their services. A number of them take the assignment in the hopes of escaping during the action.
*According to the DVD commentary for the episode, the startling scene when Number Six yells in Baltar's face that "they're going to throw you out of an airlock!" was a visual homage taken from the film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/ Jacob's Ladder]," which has a similar startling close up shot.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|19m57s}}</ref> Tricia Helfer was given scary makeup for the shot, but in such a slight way that it is difficult for the eye to see what's wrong with the shot, but the audience can tell on some level that something's wrong. If you pause during her close-up shot, you can see that she's wearing contact lenses that make her eyes look unnaturally bright, and a mouthpiece of fake teeth which are bent out of shape and unnaturally large.
*The building seen in the first scene with Helo and Sharon is actually the [[wikipedia:Vancouver Public Library|Vancouver Public Library]], one of the most recognizable buildings in the city of Vancouver.
*The scene where {{callsign|Lee Adama}} holds his pistol to a kneeling [[Tom Zarek]] is a recreation of ''[[wikipedia:Dirty Harry|Dirty Harry]]'', according to [[David Eick]]'s comments in the DVD commentary. "That is the 'I know what you're thinking, punk' shot, down to the move, the lens, the distance of the camera away from the actor."<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|35m40s}}</ref>

== Analysis ==
*The Cylons didn't nuke every city on Caprica, although they did nuke most of them (including [[Caprica City]]). Ron Moore points out in the podcast that at first this was just a plot expediency: Helo needed an environment to interact with. Helo verbalizes the issue, saying "Why are some cities not nuked?" The answer to this question comes in the episode "[[Downloaded]]," when viewers see the Cylons rebuilding and inhabiting a city themselves. The intense radiation exposure killed most humans on [[Caprica]] without the necessity of destroying all infrastructure.
*It seems strange that Helo would be shouting loudly to see if anyone might hear him, as this might draw Cylon attention.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|00m51s}}</ref> However, viewers can't tell how many hours Caprica-Valerii and Helo might have spent discovering that the city is (apparently) empty. Moreover, it has only been 12 days since the Cylon attack, and Helo has no idea how far over Caprica they have spread yet.
*The flight briefing Starbuck gives as acting-CAG seems a bit "out of character" compared to her personality as developed later in the series. She is in full "Top Gun" mode: wearing aviator sunglasses, sporting a cigar, and giving a very irreverent briefing. Actress Katee Sackhoff and the writers have said that after the first few episodes they learned to start adding "more of Katee into Starbuck," and Starbuck's character smoothed out a great deal by the middle of the season.
*Another oddity with this scene is that [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]'s presence seems a bit forced (Moore and Eick point this out in the podcast). Why would Starbuck bring a 10 year old to a flight briefing on a military ship? The concept was that Boxey is an orphan kid adopted by the pilots, who lives with them and is sort of their mascot/gopher/helper. But that plot point was never fleshed out, leaving the impression that this kid is helping Starbuck give a briefing.
*At the end of the Miniseries, Tigh chooses to quit drinking. In "[[33]]," Commander Adama notes how good it is that Tigh isn't drinking anymore. However, Tigh has a relapse, having a few shots, and is a little tipsy in front of some crewmen (although he is not slurring his speech and stumbling over furniture).<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|01m29s}}</ref>
*The notion of Starbuck being a sharpshooter, "best shot in or ''out'' of the cockpit"<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|26m51s}}</ref> stretches the credibility of these scenes: shooting in a Viper and shooting a sniper rifle are entirely different things. The force of moving the plot forward and trying to include a major character becomes a bit obvious. Ron Moore conceded this point in his [http://blogs.scifi.com/battlestar/2005/04/production-update-q-a.php blog entry] of April 11th, 2005:
<blockquote>"Kara might be the best shot in the fleet...but being a good shot is far from being a trained sniper. And she missed in that episode, a huge faux-paux for a scout sniper. In addition, she could not have been conducting unit training and sustainment training with the Marines...and fly her Viper.</blockquote>
<blockquote>In the season finale, with the Marine boarding party assaulting into the President's office...her guards would have had to put down their guns..or they would have been shot quickly..or at least physically detained at gunpoint. There is no way a standoff that close would ensue."</blockquote>
<blockquote>I think both comments are well taken and I concede the points. In both instances, we chose to go with the dramatic needs rather than the "real" choices. Making Kara the sniper was simply a way of providing more tension and drama into the final sequence of "Bastille Day" rather than going with a brand-new Marine sniper who the audience would have no investment in or identification with. Likewise, the stand-off aboad Colonial One would've probably never occured with real Marines and Secret Service agents, and indeed, early drafts of the script had the final beats playing out on either side of a barricaded hatch that separated the two sides. However, the feeling was that separating Laura et al from Tigh et al dissipated the drama and felt less suspenseful, so we decided to go for the stand-off. It's a judgement call, frankly. We're always striving to keep things as "real" as we can make them, but we are still producing a television series and we're telling a story, so sometimes we bend the rules to make the show more compelling or to avoid awkward scenes that actually slow it down and dissipate the momentum.</blockquote>

== Questions ==

=== Answered Questions ===

{{answered questions|season=1|series=RDM|episode=Bastille Day}}

*Is [[Tom Zarek]] genuinely willing to die for his beliefs?
*Can [[Gaius Baltar]] really use a nuclear warhead to build a [[Cylon detector]], or does [[Head Six]] have some other plan?
*Will elections really be held in seven months?

=== Unanswered Questions ===

: ''None yet.''

== Official Statements ==
* ''In the [[Podcast:Bastille Day|DVD commentary for "Bastille Day,"]] [[David Eick]] and [[Ronald D. Moore]] talk about [[Cally Henderson]], and how initial drafts had her being killed:''

:'''[[David Eick]]''': [[Nicki Clyne]], who you see here playing Cally, was somebody who in the [[Miniseries]], I remember [[Michael Rymer|Michael (Rymer)]] and I cast just on the basis of her look, 'cause we thought she was really cute, she kind of reminded us of a young [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001167/ Shelley Duvall]. [...] she turned out to be so good that we— in launching the series we started talking about ways to involve her and I'm very proud of a moment coming up where she does something rather nasty, that...
:'''[[Ronald D. Moore]]''': Well she almost died! '''She was gonna die in the initial drafts of this.'''
:'''Eick''': That's right! He kills her! He rapes and kills her! And they're telling us we're too dark ''this'' year.
:'''Moore''': Oh, I know. The second season is so much darker. And I don't think they even care.  Yeah, Cally, Nicki, I hate to tell ya, but the bullseye was on Nicki here. And I can't even tell you why we decided it was, no I take that back I think it was your note; you said you wanted Cally to fight back and really show some balls in this scene. She bit his ear off...
:'''Eick''': I said, "She bites his frakking ear off" and I was totally being...you know, just ''illustrative''! I didn't really mean it!
:'''Moore''': And I wrote, "she bites his ear off"!
:'''Eick''': "And I got the draft, and she bites his ear off! I was like "that's great!"
:'''Moore''': '''And from that moment on, I think, she really became part of the show'''. In a real sense, once she had gone through that and survived, and you know Tyrol and the gang come in and see her in the hospital at the end you kind of felt like she is one of the family.

* ''[[Nicki Clyne]] discusses her appearance in the episode:''

:"They used this mixture of corn syrup and coloring for the blood, which was extremely sticky...I had to squeeze this sponge of icky goo all over myself, and I had it on ''whole'' day.  I couldn't wipe off the blood for lunchtime and put it back on, because of continuity reasons.  So for the entire day I had my shirt completely stuck to me, and my face was all sticky — it ''wasn't'' a nice feeling.  When I ate my lunch, no one wanted to sit with me.  I even forgot I had this guck on me.  I was walking around, throwing popcorn in my mouth and everyone was backing off and staring at me.  I'm going "Hey, what's your problem?" Then it occurred to me, "Oh yeah, I look like Death! Right. OK!""<ref>{{cite_magazine|quotes=|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|year=|month=|title=Battlestar  Galactica|magazine=Starlog|volume=|issue=348|pages=31|id=|url=|accessdate=}}</ref>

* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses the similarities between [[Tom Zarek]] and his portrayal of {{TOS|Apollo}} in the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}:''

: Tom Zarek and Apollo share a tremendous passion to make a difference in the world around them and to protect human rights. Both very idealistic. But Tom due to his painful history and paying such a huge price for his fight against injustice has crossed over to the darker side of his nature. He struggles with that as he has truly lost faith in the political system, government, and the law.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2258854&st=120|title=Live Q&A with Brandon Jerwa and Richard Hatch|date=5 January 2007|accessdate=21 june 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''On choosing sides:''
:'''[[William Adama]]''': Every man has to decide for themselves which side they are on.
:'''{{callsign|Lee Adama}}''': I didn't know we were picking sides. ''[walks off]''
:'''William Adama''': That's why you haven't picked one yet.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|05m24s}}</ref>

*''On Cylon-occupied Caprica:''
:'''Doral''': She's good. 
:'''Six''': So far. 
:'''Doral''': Jealous? 
:'''Six''': [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|This all]] makes me so sad. 
:'''Doral''': (matter-of-fact) They would have destroyed themselves anyway. They deserve what they got. 
:'''Six''': We're the children of humanity. That makes them our parents in a sense. 
:'''Doral''': True - but parents have to die. It's the only way children come into their own.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|11m32s}}</ref>

*''Later, aboard ''Astral Queen'', in a broadcast by Tom Zarek:''
:'''Tom Zarek''': I make these demands not for me....but for you, the people. The survivors of the holocaust and the children of humanity's future. I am Tom Zarek, and this is the first day of a new era.<ref>{{TRS video|Bastille Day|25m02s}}</ref>

== Guest stars ==

=== Credited ===

*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Connor Widdows]] as [[Boxey]]
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]
*[[Pat Adrien Dorval]] as [[Wilkens]] 
*[[Ron Selmour]] as [[Seaborne]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]
*[[Brent Stait]] as [[Mason]]
*[[Graham Young]] as [[Marine Lead (Constellation Team)|Marine #1]]
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as [[Marine Sergeant (Bravo Team)|Marine #2]]
*[[Colby Johannson]] as [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders]]

=== Uncredited ===

*[[Scott Nicholson]] as [[Starke]]/Stunt Guard #1 and Stunt Con #6<ref name="sheet">See: [[Sources:Bastille Day]]. Note that there are some misspellings on the call sheets.</ref>
*[[Guy Bews]] as Stunt Guard #1<ref name="sheet2">See: [[Sources:Bastille Day#Day 6 of 7]]. Note that [[Starke]] is credited as "Stunt Guard #1" on Day 7, whereas Bews's character is called this on Day 6.</ref>
*[[Lou Bollo]] as Stunt Guard #2<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Duane Dickinson]] as Stunt Guard #3<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Tony Morelli]] as Stunt Con #1<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Ernest Jackson]] as Stunt Con #2<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Gaston Howard]] as Stunt Con #3<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Scott Atea]] as Stunt Con #4<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Simon Burnett]] as Stunt Con #5<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Gerald Paets]] as Stunt Con #7<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Charles Andre]] as Stunt Marine<ref name="sheet"/>
*[[Dave Hospes]] as {{callsign|Lee Adama}} (stunt)<ref name="sheet"/>

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