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:''This article is about the young orphan from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For more information on his [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Boxey (TOS)]].'' | |||
{{Character Data | {{Character Data | ||
|photo= Boxey_2003_001.jpg | |photo= Boxey_2003_001.jpg | ||
|age= 10-13 (?) | |age= 10-13 (?) | ||
|colony= | |colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] | ||
|birthname= Boxey | |birthname= Boxey | ||
|callsign= | |callsign= | ||
|seen= Miniseries | |seen= Miniseries | ||
| | |death= | ||
|parents= [[Armistice Officer]] | |parents= [[Armistice Officer]] (father) | ||
|siblings= | |||
|children= | |||
|marital status= | |||
|role= Orphan | |role= Orphan | ||
|rank= | |||
|actor= [[Connor Widdows]] | |actor= [[Connor Widdows]] | ||
|cylon= | |||
|name= | |||
}} | }} | ||
[[ | [[Image:Photos seen on Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Boxey and his possible mother on photos on [[Armistice Station]].]] | ||
'''Boxey''' is the son of the [[Armistice Officer]] at [[Armistice Station]]. | '''Boxey''' is the son of the [[Armistice Officer]] at [[Armistice Station]]. | ||
Following the [[Cylon | Following the [[Cylon Attack]], Boxey and his aunt{{citation needed}} sought sanctuary when a [[Raptor]] flown by Lieutenants [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] made an emergency landing on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. | ||
When it becomes evident that the Raptor | When it becomes evident that the Raptor could not rescue all the terrified refugees who come to it, Boxey's aunt gives him up with other children for transport back to battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The child becomes unofficially adopted by members of the crew ([[Miniseries]]). | ||
Boxey is seen following [[Kara Thrace]] around and copying her attitude and tone with [[Saul Tigh]] ([[Bastille Day]]) Boxey is also seen eating with [[Sharon Valerii]] and other pilots on ''Galactica''. | |||
Otherwise, the character is mostly found in [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scenes]] and on the cutting room floor, with little further exposure. | |||
[[ | ==Notes== | ||
*Boxey is based on a character of the same name from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. He shares some similarities with his TOS counterpart, in that he is a young boy orphaned by the [[Cylon Attack]] who is adopted by members of ''Galactica's'' crew. While Boxey was an often recurring character in the Original Series and the [[Troy (1980)|main character]] of the follow up series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', in the Re-imagined Series, he has only appeared in one episode of the first season, "[[Bastille Day]]". A number of other appearances were filmed, but they were cut from other episodes due to time considerations. By the start of season 2, the writers realized they had never used him and couldn't really think of a way to fit him into the series, and the character has been essentially abandoned. | |||
*In the original draft of the Miniseries, Boxey would form a family unit with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and [[Galen Tyrol]], but it was then decided that Boomer would be a Cylon sleeper agent. The writers then toyed around with the idea of still having the three of them be a family unit (with Boomer completely unsuspecting that she was a Cylon) until the season 1 finale when Boomer would reveal herself. Instead, starting with the second episode, "[[Water]]" Boomer early on started suspecting that she was a Cylon, and the writers found fewer and fewer ways for Boxey to fit in. An idea toyed around with was that Boxey would become the "artful dodger" on the show; running the [[black market (organization)|black market]], stealing things, etc. but it was decided that there wasn't even time for that. | |||
*In the original draft of the Miniseries, Boxey would form a family unit with [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Galen Tyrol]], but it was then decided that Boomer would be a Cylon sleeper agent. The writers then toyed around with the idea of still having the three of them be a family unit (with Boomer completely unsuspecting that she was a Cylon) until the | |||
*Boxey appears in [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Water|four deleted scenes]] included with the [[Season 1 DVD]] set. The first three are from "[[Water]]": | |||
**In the first, Boxey happens upon Boomer at her locker, and rummaging through it finds a rag which she used to wipe rust off of her hands from when she was planting the bombs in the water tanks. | |||
**This followed up on in a second scene at the end of the episode where Tyrol finds Boxey with the rag, who tells him that he got it from Boomer's locker, and Tyrol recognizes the rust as being the same residue as he found in the water tank, raising his suspicions about Boomer (this entire subplot was dropped). | |||
**In his third deleted scene in "Water," Boxey tries to sell some [[ambrosia]] he got from an engineer to [[Alex Quartararo|Crashdown]] (apparently one of the attempts to turn him into the "artful dodger" mentioned by the writers). | |||
**Boxey's [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|fourth deleted scene]] in the set is from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", in which Boomer is practicing drawing her weapon from its holster and pointing it, and after several times Boxey steps into the room just as she wheels around and points her gun in his direction, accidentally scaring him off. | |||
*One of the problems with having a young character such as Boxey on the show is that while the actor naturally ages, the Re-imagined Series has progressed much more slowly; the series has covered approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|one and a half years]] in fictional time from the Miniseries (2003) to the end of season 2 (2006). | |||
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