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==Original Series usage== | ==Original Series usage== | ||
* "''By your command''" spoken by an | * "''By your command''" spoken by an [[Centurion (TOS)|original series Centurion]]: {{audio|TOS By Your Command.mp3|listen}}<br/> | ||
The phrase is frequently said by the robotic soldiers of the | The phrase is frequently said by the robotic soldiers of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon Empire]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] in a neutral metallic voice as the affirmative response to an order from another Cylon Centurion, the [[Imperious Leader]], or other authority (including [[Baltar]]). The phrase is iconic of the Cylons' nature as a robotic race, becoming something of a 'catchphrase' of the series. | ||
==Re-imagined Series | ==Re-imagined Series usage== | ||
* "''By your command''" spoken by a [[Number Six]] [[humanoid Cylon]]: {{audio|Mini Series By Your Command.mp3|listen}} | * "''By your command''" spoken by a [[Number Six]] [[humanoid Cylon]]: {{audio|Mini Series By Your Command.mp3|listen}} | ||
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], the phrase has been said twice by copies of [[Number Six]], once to a copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] in response to finding the escaped [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] of refugee survivors of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal Cylon attack]] on the Colonies | In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], the phrase has been said twice by copies of [[Number Six]], once to a copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] in response to finding the escaped [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] of refugee survivors of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal Cylon attack]] on the Colonies ([[Miniseries]]), and again (barely audible) in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]". | ||
Since these Cylons appear to run their fleet by consensus, the use of "By your command" may be less of a command acknowledgment. The use of the phrase may be more analogous to the Colonial affirmation "[[So say we all]]. | Since these Cylons appear to run their fleet by consensus, the use of "By your command" may be less of a command acknowledgment. The use of the phrase may be more analogous to the Colonial affirmation "[[So say we all]]", particularly in light of these Cylons' practice of a [[Cylon Religion|monotheistic religion]], complete with commandments. | ||
The catchphrase is also used in "[[Razor]]" by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|old model Cylons]] attacking ''Pegasus''. These old model Cylons belong to a group of Centurions known as "Guardians" who escaped being scrapped when the model was phased out. | The catchphrase is also used in "[[Razor]]" by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|old model Cylons]] attacking ''Pegasus''. These old model Cylons belong to a group of Centurions known as "Guardians" who escaped being scrapped when the model was phased out. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*A friend of [[Ronald D. Moore]], ''[[w:Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' writer Breen Frazier, indicated to Moore that he was surprised that the popular phrase from the Original Series was missing from the early script of the [[Miniseries]]. Moore recalled that Breen asked how could the new show be called ''Battlestar Galactica'', without the use of the phrase, "By your command. | *A friend of [[Ronald D. Moore]], ''[[w:Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' writer Breen Frazier, indicated to Moore that he was surprised that the popular phrase from the Original Series was missing from the early script of the [[Miniseries]]. Moore recalled that Breen asked how could the new show be called ''Battlestar Galactica'', without the use of the phrase, "By your command". Therefore it was added at the very end (Source: ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]''). | ||
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