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| | :''See also [[User:Ngarenn]], Bradley Thompson's user page on Battlestar Wiki.'' |
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| :''Contributors may ask Mr. Thompson (or other cast and crew that take time out of their busy schedules to visit "Battlestar Wiki") a question about the show and its production. Please submit questions '''ONLY''' on the special [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]] article. Please keep your question succinct, brief, and remember not to get too carried away--it's a TV show.'' | | :''Contributors may ask Mr. Thompson (or other cast and crew that take time out of their busy schedules to visit "Battlestar Wiki") a question about the show and its production. Please submit questions '''ONLY''' on the special [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]] article. Please keep your question succinct, brief, and remember not to get too carried away--it's a TV show.'' |
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| | == Overview == |
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| '''Bradley Thompson''' (full name Hugh Bradley Thompson, Jr.)<ref group="external" name="imdb_thompson_bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref> is an American television writer and producer. Working almost exclusively with his longtime writing partner [[David Weddle]], he is credited on twelve episodes of ''[[w:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and fifteen episodes of the [[Re-imagined Series]], on which he served as supervising producer during the [[Season 4|fourth season]]. After ''Battlestar Galactica'', Thompson and Weddle continued their collaboration across multiple productions including ''[[w:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[w:Falling Skies|Falling Skies]]'', ''[[w:The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]'', and ''[[w:For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]''.
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| == Career ==
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| Thompson attended the [[w:USC School of Cinematic Arts|USC School of Cinema]], where he met David Weddle in an acting class. In an August 2005 interview,<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_2005">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref> Thompson recalled that the class was also attended by [[Richard Hatch]], who was then starring in the [[Original Series]]:
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| {{quote|I met (my writing partner) [[David Weddle]] in an acting class and we discovered we were both at USC School of Cinema. It was the same acting class that [[Richard Hatch]] frequented. Richard was doing the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' at that time, and everybody in class was in awe—he was a WORKING ACTOR! And all the class ladies would go to parties and watch him when the show came on. Of course, while they were adoring him, they were ignoring me, so I didn't like the show very much. But they would have ignored me anyway, so I guess I wasn't giving the show a fair shake.}}
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| After leaving USC, Thompson spent several years designing fiber-optic manufacturing equipment in what he called "a sweatshop in Van Nuys."<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_fiberoptics">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref> He asked Weddle whether he could adapt Weddle's play "Memoirs of an Awkward Lover" into a screenplay; Weddle agreed, and the two ended up collaborating on the project together instead. The adaptation did not sell.
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| Prior to ''Battlestar Galactica'', Thompson and Weddle also wrote for the short-lived anthology series ''[[w:Ghost Stories (1997 TV series)|Ghost Stories]]'' (1997) and ''[[w:The Fearing Mind|The Fearing Mind]]'' (2000), as well as the 2002–2003 revival of ''[[w:The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_thompson_filmography_early">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref>
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| === ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' ===
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| The break into professional television came through Weddle's 1994 biography of director Sam Peckinpah, ''If They Move... Kill 'Em!''. ''Deep Space Nine'' executive producer [[w:Ira_Steven_Behr|Ira Steven Behr]], a Peckinpah devotee, read the book and invited Weddle to lunch at Paramount. Weddle brought Thompson in, and together they pitched story ideas for the show.<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_ds9_origin">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref>
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| Their first credited story was the fourth-season episode "[[Memoryalpha:Rules of Engagement|Rules of Engagement]]," for which [[Ronald D. Moore]] wrote the teleplay. Their first credited teleplay was the fifth-season episode "[[Memoryalpha:The Assignment|The Assignment]]." After their second teleplay, "[[Memoryalpha:Business as Usual|Business as Usual]]," Thompson and Weddle joined the writing staff for seasons six and seven, writing two episodes from the final nine-episode arc of the series.<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_ds9_staff">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref> In all, they are credited on twelve ''DS9'' episodes.
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| Thompson appears in an uncredited background role as a holographic guest at [[Memoryalpha:Vic Fontaine|Vic Fontaine]]'s lounge in the series finale "[[Memoryalpha:What You Leave Behind|What You Leave Behind]]."
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| Thompson was announced as co-author of a ''DS9'' post-series relaunch novel, ''Walking Wounded'', but the project was abandoned in 2005.
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| === ''Battlestar Galactica'' (Re-imagined Series) ===
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| In 2002, Thompson and Weddle were invited to a private screening of the new ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries that Moore had written. Thompson later described the experience:
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| {{quote|We expected it to be like so many other remakes of failed series—but hey, Ron wrote it, it'll be worth a look. Oh, boy, was it! It blew me away. We told him so. And found ourselves invited to lunch—we thought, to talk about old times—but soon we were talking excitedly about where he was taking the series and where the character relationships could go.}}<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_bsg_origin">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref>
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| When the [[Re-imagined Series]] went to series in 2004, Moore brought Thompson and Weddle onto the writing staff. Thompson called ''Battlestar Galactica'' his "dream project" and "the best job I ever had," citing both the premise of carrier pilots in space and the collaborative writers' room.<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_bsg_dreamjob">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref> He also credited the series' actors with contributing meaningful insight into their characters:
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| {{quote|Actor input is an important part—if it's good and doesn't conflict with some other uberstory, we gleefully steal it, bend it and use it.}}<ref group="commentary" name="larocque_thompson_interview_actor_input">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html|title=Interview with Bradley Thompson|author=Larocque, John|date=3 August 2005|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref>
| | '''Full Name''': Bradley Thompson |
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| Thompson and Weddle initially served as story editors on the first season. They became co-producers as of the second season, took on greater producing responsibilities during the third season, and were elevated to supervising producers for the fourth season.<ref group="external" name="imdb_thompson_bsg_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref> They wrote fifteen episodes across the run of the series and co-wrote all ten installments of ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'', the webisode series bridging [[Season 2]] and [[Season 3]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_resistance_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840800/|title=Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance (2006) – Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref>
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| Thompson and Weddle were initially slated to write a ''BSG'' television movie with [[Ronald D. Moore]], but had to withdraw from the assignment after being hired as writers and supervising producers for ''[[w:CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''.<ref group="external" name="hinman_syfyportal_csi_after_bsg">{{cite web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425187.html|title=Writing Duo Finds 'CSI' After 'Battlestar'|author=Hinman, Michael|publisher=SyFy Portal|date=4 July 2008|accessdate=6 July 2008|archive=Y}}</ref> That television movie was eventually produced as ''[[The Plan]]''.
| | '''Position''': Story Editor and Co-Producer |
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| === Post-''Battlestar Galactica'' === | | == Biographical Notes == |
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| In 2008, Thompson and Weddle joined the writing staff of ''[[w:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' mid-way through Season 9 as writers and supervising producers. They were promoted to co-executive producers for Season 10, and wrote nine episodes across three seasons. An episode they wrote for Season 11, "Fracked," won the Environmental Media Association's 21st Annual Environmental Media Award for Television Episodic Drama.<ref group="external" name="ema_fracked_award">{{cite web|url=http://www.ema-online.org/21stAnnualAwards.php|title=21st Annual Environmental Media Awards|publisher=Environmental Media Association|date=15 October 2011|accessdate=16 May 2026|archive=Y}}</ref>
| | '''Bradley Thompson''' is a TV writer and producer who, before working on BSG, was best known for his work on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. |
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| In 2011, Thompson and Weddle joined the writing staff of the second season of ''[[w:Falling Skies|Falling Skies]]'' on TNT as co-executive producers, continuing in that role through the third season.<ref group="external" name="imdb_falling_skies_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref> | | In a recent interview, <ref> [http://members.tripod.com/john_larocque/tns/thompson.html Interview with Bradley Thompson] </ref> Thomspon recalled that his early impressions of ''Battlestar Galactica'' (the original series) were far from favorable: "I met [[David Weddle]] in an acting class and we discovered we were both at USC School of Cinema. It was the same acting class that Richard Hatch frequented. Richard was doing the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' at that time, and everybody in class was in awe -- he was a WORKING ACTOR! And all the class ladies would go to parties and watch him when the show came on. Of course, while they were adoring him, they were ignoring me, so I didn't like the show very much. But they would have ignored me anyway, so I guess I wasn't giving the show a fair shake.'' |
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| In 2012, they acted as co-executive producers on the ''BSG'' prequel television movie ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome]]'' and on the pilot for the Syfy series ''[[w:Defiance (TV series)|Defiance]]''. Their work on ''Defiance'' reunited them with former ''Deep Space Nine'' and ''Battlestar Galactica'' production personnel [[Gary Hutzel]] and [[Doug Drexler]].<ref group="external" name="imdb_blood_chrome_cep">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref>
| | Five years later, Thompson was designing fiber-optic manufacturing equipment in what he calls "a sweatshop in Van Nuys" and he asked Weddle if he could turn his play "Memoirs of an Awkward Lover" into a screenplay. Weddle agreed, and the two ended up collaborating on the project together instead. (Nobody bought the adaptation. It's still for sale.) |
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| From 2013 through 2017, Thompson served as one of eight executive producers across all four seasons of ''[[w:The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]'', the FX adaptation of the horror novel series by [[w:Guillermo_del_Toro|Guillermo del Toro]] and [[w:Chuck_Hogan|Chuck Hogan]]. He and Weddle co-wrote nine episodes of the series.<ref group="external" name="imdb_strain_credits">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859918/|title=Bradley Thompson – Filmography|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref>
| | After ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' Executive Producer Ira Steven Behr read Weddle's book about filmmaker Sam Pekinpah, Weddle secured an invitation to pitch for the show and Thompson & Weddle collaborated on pitch ideas for the series. |
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| In 2018, Thompson and Weddle re-teamed with [[Ronald D. Moore]] on the Apple TV+ alternate-history drama ''[[w:For All Mankind (TV series)|For All Mankind]]''. Thompson served as co-executive producer on the first season and executive producer on subsequent seasons.<ref group="external" name="appletv_for_all_mankind_crew">{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/for-all-mankind/cast-crew/|title=For All Mankind – Cast & Crew|publisher=Apple TV Press|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref><ref group="external" name="imdb_for_all_mankind_crew">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/fullcredits/|title=For All Mankind (TV Series 2019–) – Full cast & crew|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=16 May 2026}}</ref> He is also announced as executive producer on the planned spinoff series ''[[w:Star_City|Star City]]''.
| | Their first credited story on the series, was the fourth season episode "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Rules_of_Engagement Rules of Engagement]". The teleplay was written by [[Ronald D. Moore]]. Their first credited teleplay for Deep Space Nine was the fifth season episode, "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Assignment The Assignment]." |
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| == Writer credits for ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==
| | After their second teleplay for DS9, "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Business_as_Usual Business As Usual]," Thompson & Weddle joined the show's writing staff for seasons six and seven, writing two episodes from the final tightly-plotted nine-episode arc of the series. |
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| === Season 1 ===
| | In 2002, Thompson and Weddle were invited to a screening of the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries. "We expected it to be like so many other remakes of failed series -- but hey, Ron wrote it, it'll be worth a look,'' Thompson recalls. ''Oh, boy, was it! It blew me away. We told him so. And found ourselves invited to lunch -- we thought, to talk about old times -- but soon we were talking excitedly about where he was taking the series and where the character relationships could go." |
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| * [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]
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| === Season 2 ===
| | Calling BSG his "dream project" and "the best job I ever had" because of both the concept of carrier pilots in space and the opportunity to work with "amazingly talented writers," Thompson also credited the actors with contributing important insights into their characters that sometimes reshapes main storylines. "Actor input is an important part -- if it's good and doesn't conflict with some other uberstory, we gleefully steal it, bend it and use it," he said. |
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| === ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'' === | | == Writer credits for "Battlestar Galactica" == |
| A series of webisodes bridging the gap between [[Season 2]] and [[Season 3]].
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| === Season 3 ===
| | **[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] |
| * [[Exodus, Part I]] | | *Season 2: |
| * [[Exodus, Part II]] | | **[[Scattered]] |
| * [[Rapture]] | | **[[Valley of Darkness]] |
| * [[Maelstrom]] | | **[[Flight of the Phoenix]] |
| | | **[[Scar]] |
| === Season 4 ===
| | **[[Downloaded]] |
| * [[He That Believeth in Me]] | | *[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]] - A series of webisodes bridging the gap between Seasons 2 and 3 |
| * [[Revelations]] | | *Season 3 |
| * [[Sometimes a Great Notion]] | | **[[Exodus, Part I]] |
| * [[Someone to Watch Over Me]] | | **[[Exodus, Part II]] |
| | **[[Rapture]] |
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| ''See also: [[:Category:Episodes written by Bradley Thompson|Episodes written by Bradley Thompson]]'' | | ''See also: [[:Category:Episodes written by Bradley Thompson|Episodes written by Bradley Thompson]]'' |
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| == External Links == | | == External Links == |
| {{ext-ma|article=Bradley Thompson}} | | {{imdb name|id=0859918|name=Bradley Thompson}} |
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