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	[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]		[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]
	*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."		*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."

			===Production Design===
			* Production designer [[Richard Hudolin]]'s original concept sketch for [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]] depicted the Hybrid as a woman in a pool with projections and connecting hoses, establishing the visual concept that would be refined when the character was ultimately brought to screen.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_sketch_p22_23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=22-23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref>
			* The Hybrid chamber was designed as an abstract space with soft edges, soft-edged beams, and square lighting in a very dark color scheme.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_chamber_p23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref> The Hybrid floats in a pool of milky white water with very sparse surrounding elements, creating a stark, minimalist environment that emphasizes the Hybrid's isolation and unique function within the ship.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_chamber_p23"/>
			* Due to budget constraints, the production opted for a costume design approach in collaboration with costume designer [[Glenne Campbell]] rather than prosthetics for the Hybrid's physical appearance.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_execution_p22_23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=22-23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref>

			===Performance and Filming===
	* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_cut_scenes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=That%20one%20with%20the%20sick%20Hybrid%20would%20have%20been%20nice\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight confirmed that scenes were cut due to design changes in the Hybrid's appearance between episodes, requiring reshoots that were not completed for all episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_design_changes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=different%20design%20for%20the%20whole%20Hybrid%20look.%20We%20shot%20the%20first%20two%20episodes\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_cut_scenes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=That%20one%20with%20the%20sick%20Hybrid%20would%20have%20been%20nice\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight confirmed that scenes were cut due to design changes in the Hybrid's appearance between episodes, requiring reshoots that were not completed for all episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_design_changes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=different%20design%20for%20the%20whole%20Hybrid%20look.%20We%20shot%20the%20first%20two%20episodes\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* Lyndall-Knight approached the complex Hybrid dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry" to find personal connections that made the seemingly incoherent speech learnable and meaningful.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue_approach">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff" to give the character's utterances internal logic.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_internal_logic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* Lyndall-Knight approached the complex Hybrid dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry" to find personal connections that made the seemingly incoherent speech learnable and meaningful.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue_approach">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff" to give the character's utterances internal logic.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_internal_logic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* The immersion tank contains warm water with tempera paint to create the milky appearance, not actual "goo" as it appears on screen.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank_contents">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* The immersion tank contains warm water with tempera paint to create the milky appearance, not actual "goo" as it appears on screen.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank_contents">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* For her audition, Lyndall-Knight drew inspiration from her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the Hybrid as "a child in the womb" experiencing sensory input filtered through an umbilical connection.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition_inspiration">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* For her audition, Lyndall-Knight drew inspiration from her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the Hybrid as "a child in the womb" experiencing sensory input filtered through an umbilical connection.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition_inspiration">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

			===Creative Influences===
	* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.		* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.
	* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.		* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.

	* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.		* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.
	* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Karan_S'jet Karan S'jet] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.		* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Karan_S'jet Karan S'jet] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			=== Production History ===
			{{reflist\|group=production}}

	=== Commentary and Interviews ===		=== Commentary and Interviews ===

Joe Beaudoin Jr. at 03:21, 13 August 2025

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	[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]		[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]
	*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."		*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."
	* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.		* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_cut_scenes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=That%20one%20with%20the%20sick%20Hybrid%20would%20have%20been%20nice\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight confirmed that scenes were cut due to design changes in the Hybrid's appearance between episodes, requiring reshoots that were not completed for all episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_design_changes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=different%20design%20for%20the%20whole%20Hybrid%20look.%20We%20shot%20the%20first%20two%20episodes\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
			* Lyndall-Knight approached the complex Hybrid dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry" to find personal connections that made the seemingly incoherent speech learnable and meaningful.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue_approach">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff" to give the character's utterances internal logic.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_internal_logic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
			* The immersion tank contains warm water with tempera paint to create the milky appearance, not actual "goo" as it appears on screen.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank_contents">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
			* For her audition, Lyndall-Knight drew inspiration from her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the Hybrid as "a child in the womb" experiencing sensory input filtered through an umbilical connection.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition_inspiration">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.		* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.
	* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.		* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			=== Commentary and Interviews ===
			{{reflist\|group=commentary}}

	{{Characters (RDM Cylons)}}		{{Characters (RDM Cylons)}}
	[[Category:A to Z]]		[[Category:A to Z]]

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	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ~~([[~~TRS~~]]: "[[~~Guess What's Coming to Dinner?~~]]")~~		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. {{TRS\|Guess What's Coming to Dinner?}}

	[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]		[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]

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	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

	[[~~Image~~:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]		[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]
	The Hybrids almost continually speak in [[Hybrid utterances\|phrases that make little sense]] to the basestar's crew. The utterances appear to be a mixture of system status reports as well as observations of events in and around the basestar that may not be describable in words. [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that the Hybrids can hear or understand the voice of [[God (RDM)\|God]]. A [[Number Three]] suggests that the Hybrids have seen the place "between life and death" and have been driven mad as a result {{TRS\|Rapture}}.		The Hybrids almost continually speak in [[Hybrid utterances\|phrases that make little sense]] to the basestar's crew. The utterances appear to be a mixture of system status reports as well as observations of events in and around the basestar that may not be describable in words. [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that the Hybrids can hear or understand the voice of [[God (RDM)\|God]]. A [[Number Three]] suggests that the Hybrids have seen the place "between life and death" and have been driven mad as a result {{TRS\|Rapture}}.

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	The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.		The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.

	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{~~TRSRazor~~\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

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	[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]		[[image:Hybridart.jpg\|thumb\|The original Cylon Hybrid concept art.]]
	*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."		*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."
	* Tiffany Lyndall-Knight is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.		* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.
	* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.		* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.
	* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn", the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.		* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.

	* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.		* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.
	* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [[w:~~Karan S~~'jet\|Karan S'jet]] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.		* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Karan_S'jet Karan S'jet] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.
	* Additionally, [[Campbell Lane]], who portrays the Hybrid in "[[Razor]]" and the [[Razor Flashbacks]], also provided the voice over for the [[w:Bentusi\|Bentusi]] character in the ''Homeworld'' series. Lane's character was also bio-mechanically linked to a starship.		* Additionally, [[Campbell Lane]], who portrays the Hybrid in "[[Razor]]" and the "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," also provided the voice over for the [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Bentusi Bentusi] character in the ''Homeworld'' series. Lane's character was also bio-mechanically linked to a starship.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRSRazor\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRSRazor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

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	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{~~TRS\\|Razor~~\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRSRazor\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

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	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships \{\{TRS\\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

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	*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."		*In the original concept art the Hybrid body was "an aquatic slug-like pod with tentacles where the interface connects to."

			===Production Design===
			* Production designer [[Richard Hudolin]]'s original concept sketch for [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[David Eick]] depicted the Hybrid as a woman in a pool with projections and connecting hoses, establishing the visual concept that would be refined when the character was ultimately brought to screen.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_sketch_p22_23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=22-23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref>
			* The Hybrid chamber was designed as an abstract space with soft edges, soft-edged beams, and square lighting in a very dark color scheme.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_chamber_p23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref> The Hybrid floats in a pool of milky white water with very sparse surrounding elements, creating a stark, minimalist environment that emphasizes the Hybrid's isolation and unique function within the ship.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_chamber_p23"/>
			* Due to budget constraints, the production opted for a costume design approach in collaboration with costume designer [[Glenne Campbell]] rather than prosthetics for the Hybrid's physical appearance.<ref group="production" name="reeve_bsg_mag_7_hudolin_hybrid_execution_p22_23">{{cite magazine\|magazine=Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine\|issue=7\|pages=22-23\|date=October/November 2006\|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]\|title=Base of Operations: Production Design\|author=Tom Reeve}}</ref>

			===Performance and Filming===
	* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_cut_scenes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=That%20one%20with%20the%20sick%20Hybrid%20would%20have%20been%20nice\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight confirmed that scenes were cut due to design changes in the Hybrid's appearance between episodes, requiring reshoots that were not completed for all episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_design_changes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=different%20design%20for%20the%20whole%20Hybrid%20look.%20We%20shot%20the%20first%20two%20episodes\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] is credited as the Hybrid for "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[Hero]]" but does not actually appear, which may mean that scenes involving the Hybrid were cut from those episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_cut_scenes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=That%20one%20with%20the%20sick%20Hybrid%20would%20have%20been%20nice\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight confirmed that scenes were cut due to design changes in the Hybrid's appearance between episodes, requiring reshoots that were not completed for all episodes.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_design_changes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=different%20design%20for%20the%20whole%20Hybrid%20look.%20We%20shot%20the%20first%20two%20episodes\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* Lyndall-Knight approached the complex Hybrid dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry" to find personal connections that made the seemingly incoherent speech learnable and meaningful.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue_approach">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff" to give the character's utterances internal logic.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_internal_logic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* Lyndall-Knight approached the complex Hybrid dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry" to find personal connections that made the seemingly incoherent speech learnable and meaningful.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue_approach">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=like%20a%20piece%20of%20poetry%20and%20find%20the%20connection\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref> She created "a whole storyline that goes underneath all that stuff" to give the character's utterances internal logic.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_internal_logic">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=whole%20storyline%20that%20goes%20underneath%20all%20that%20stuff%20that%27s%20unique\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* The immersion tank contains warm water with tempera paint to create the milky appearance, not actual "goo" as it appears on screen.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank_contents">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* The immersion tank contains warm water with tempera paint to create the milky appearance, not actual "goo" as it appears on screen.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank_contents">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=it%27s%20just%20water.%20It%27s%20just%20nice%2C%20warm%20bath%20water...%20with%20paint\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>
	* For her audition, Lyndall-Knight drew inspiration from her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the Hybrid as "a child in the womb" experiencing sensory input filtered through an umbilical connection.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition_inspiration">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>		* For her audition, Lyndall-Knight drew inspiration from her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the Hybrid as "a child in the womb" experiencing sensory input filtered through an umbilical connection.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition_inspiration">{{cite web\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=child%20in%20the%20womb%20and%20having%20all%20of%20these%20different%20cells\|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview\|author=Marcel Damen\|publisher=GALACTICA.TV\|date=August 17, 2008\|accessdate=August 12, 2025\|archive=Y}}</ref>

			===Creative Influences===
	* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.		* [[Ronald Moore]], in the [[Podcast:Torn\|"Torn" podcast]], notes that the Hybrid should be considered neither humanoid Cylon, Raider, nor Centurion, but an intermediate step between the three, designed for a specific purpose.
	* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.		* The incoherent but prophetic speech of the Hybrids is similar to that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:The Minority Report\|'"Minority Report" short story]], while the visual appearance of the Hybrids resembles that of the precogs in the [[Wikipedia:Minority Report (film)\|film adaptation]]. According to the podcast for "Torn," the movie was a deliberate inspiration when devising the look of the Hybrid.

	* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.		* The Hybrids are similar to [[w:Frank Herbert\|Frank Herbert's]] Guild Navigators from his ''[[w:Dune universe\|Dune]]'' series, who, through a combination of technology and mental abilities, can guide spacecraft through space in an apparent-FTL process called "folding space." Like the Navigators, the Hybrids seem to be able to utilize [[w:precognition\|precognition]] to a greater or lesser extent.
	* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Karan_S'jet Karan S'jet] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.		* The computer games ''[[w:Homeworld\|Homeworld]]'' and ''[[w:Homeworld 2\|Homeworld 2]]'' also feature a woman bio-mechanically linked with the core of a spacecraft for command and control purposes. The neuroscientist [https://homeworld.fandom.com/wiki/Karan_S'jet Karan S'jet] undergoes a similar metaphysical experience as the baseship Hybrid does while she is integrated with the mothership and is suspended in a room filled a liquid substance, much like the Hybrid's tank.
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	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			=== Production History ===
			{{reflist\|group=production}}

	=== Commentary and Interviews ===		=== Commentary and Interviews ===

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	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ~~([[~~TRS~~]]: "[[~~Guess What's Coming to Dinner?~~]]")~~		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. {{TRS\|Guess What's Coming to Dinner?}}

	[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]		[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]

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	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

	[[~~Image~~:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]		[[File:Hybrid.jpg\|thumb\|left\|A Hybrid speaking "nonsense".]]
	The Hybrids almost continually speak in [[Hybrid utterances\|phrases that make little sense]] to the basestar's crew. The utterances appear to be a mixture of system status reports as well as observations of events in and around the basestar that may not be describable in words. [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that the Hybrids can hear or understand the voice of [[God (RDM)\|God]]. A [[Number Three]] suggests that the Hybrids have seen the place "between life and death" and have been driven mad as a result {{TRS\|Rapture}}.		The Hybrids almost continually speak in [[Hybrid utterances\|phrases that make little sense]] to the basestar's crew. The utterances appear to be a mixture of system status reports as well as observations of events in and around the basestar that may not be describable in words. [[Leoben Conoy]] believes that the Hybrids can hear or understand the voice of [[God (RDM)\|God]]. A [[Number Three]] suggests that the Hybrids have seen the place "between life and death" and have been driven mad as a result {{TRS\|Rapture}}.

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	The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.		The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.

	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{~~TRSRazor~~\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRS\|Razor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")

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	The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.		The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like [[Wikipedia:Cyborg\|cyborgs]], consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.

	The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRSRazor\|Razor Flashbacks\}\} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.		The Cylons created the [[first Hybrid]] from abducted human civilians on whom they conducted medical experiments during the first [[Cylon War]]. This Hybrid had the appearance of an old man, whereas later Hybrids resemble young women. According to Sharon Agathon, the experiment (the first Hybrid) was deemed to be an evolutionary dead-end and was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control the baseships {{TRSRazor\|Razor Flashbacks}} <ref>Agathon says that the experiment was abandoned after other Hybrids were created to control their baseships, but that this one was the first. It also seems that the Cylons didn't make a concerted effort to find and scrap the Guardians, the baseship, or the first Hybrid - they were simply written off.</ref>.

	It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")		It appears that a council of seven humanoid Cylons, each representing their particular model and located elsewhere in the basestar's [[Basestar command\|command and control center]], generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids. In addition to articulating disagreement with orders, a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, as shown when the [[Rebel basestar]]'s Hybrid unilaterally engaged its FTL drives, separating all aboard from the Colonial Fleet. ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]")