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"'''Number Seven'''," also known as "'''Daniel'''," was one of eight [[humanoid Cylon]] models created by the [[Final Five]]. A favorite of [[Ellen Tigh]], she remembers Number Seven as creative, sensitive, and an artist.
"'''Number Seven,'''" also known as "Daniel", was a [[humanoid Cylon]] whose line was destroyed by [[Number One]] ([[No Exit]]) some time before the second Cylon war. One of eight Cylon models created by the [[Final Five]], the amniotic fluid in which all the Seven copies were maturing was contaminated and the genetic formula was corrupted by Cavil in a fit of jealousy. [[Ellen Tigh]] says that Cavil was angry at her for playing favorites.


After she becomes fully-aware of her true self, Ellen reveals that the Sevens were destroyed by [[Number One|Number One (John Cavil)]] {{TRS|No Exit}} decades before the [[second Cylon War]]. Cavil was angry at Ellen, their "mother," for playing favorites, and in a fit of jealousy he contaminated the amniotic fluid used to gestate the Seven copies and corrupted the genetic formula.
According to Ellen, Number Seven was creative, sensitive and an artist.


Ellen describes Cavil's wiping out the Sevens as more permanent than [[boxing]], and [[Samuel Anders]] recalls that "Daniel died," confirming that no copies of Number Seven model survived. The remaining Cylon models other than the Number Ones have no memories of Number Seven. With this model no longer extant, [[Caprica-Six]]'s statement, "there are twelve models," during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] was correct.  
It was stated by Ellen that Cavil's methods for wiping out the Sevens were more permanent than [[boxing]] and Anders states that Daniel died, implying that no copies of the Number Seven model survived.  


== Notes ==
==Notes==


===Cult of Daniel===
* ''[[w:Daniel_(song)|Daniel]]'' is a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Inspired by events of the Vietnam War, it has one verse that may be relevant in a BSG context:


After the episode "No Exit" aired, many fans on the official Sci-Fi Channel forum were convinced that Daniel was responsible for many of the mysteries in the show, was {{callsign|Starbuck}}'s father, was responsible for the [[Messengers|"head" visions]] of Baltar and Caprica-Six, etc. This phenomenon, called the "Cult of Daniel" by [[Ronald D. Moore]], was unintended, and Moore took the unusual step of unequivocally stating in the subsequent podcast for "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]" that Daniel was not Starbuck's father and would not play a larger part in the series. Although he usually did not rule out any fan theories or explanations, he felt "the Daniel theory" had taken a life of its own and would lead many of its proponents to disappointment in the finale. He also apologized if people felt the writers were leading them to incorrect conclusions. The only purpose of Daniel was to explain the gap in the Cylon model numbers and serve as a "Cain and Abel" backstory with Daniel as Abel and Cavil as Cain.
::''Daniel my brother you are older than me''
::''Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal''
::''Your eyes have died but you see more than I''
::''Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky''


===Possible influences===
* {{spoilli|Daniel may be named after (or a reference to) [[Daniel Graystone]], one of the original designers of the 12 Colonies' Cylon Centurions ([[Caprica (series)]]).}}
 
*Daniel may be named after, or a reference to, [[Daniel Graystone]], one of the original designers of the Cylon Centurions of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''). In his podcast for "[[No Exit]]," Moore mentions a connection between Daniel and [[Caprica (series)|the ''Caprica'' series]].


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