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| ==== ''Battlestar Galactica'' Role ==== | | ==== ''Battlestar Galactica'' Role ==== |
| Lyndall-Knight's connection to ''Battlestar Galactica'' came through [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]), "a very close friend" and "my kid's godfather."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_alessandro_connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=GALACTICA.TV|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=August 12,web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 12, 2025|archive=Y}}</ref> She was already "a huge fan of the show" when she auditioned.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_bsg_fan">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> | | Lyndall-Knight's connection to ''Battlestar Galactica'' came through [[Alessandro Juliani]] (who plays [[Felix Gaeta]]), "a very close friend" and "my kid's godfather."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_alessandro_connection">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1731|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref><ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_connection">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=Alessandro%20Juliani%20is%20a%20very%20close%20friend%20of%20mine%2C%20he%27s%20the%20godfather|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=GALACTICA.TV|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=August 12,web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> |
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| When she booked the Hybrid role, her second child was about six months old, and she developed her character approach by imagining "what it must be like to be in utero."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_utero_concept">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1783|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She explained: "You know, she's floating in water, and she just gets all these signals floating around the world, around her. And in the cosmos, she is the ship. So, she's floating in empty space, right?"<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_floating_signals">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1823|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She imagined channeling signals "like, if I was in utero, I was channeling all the things that I was hearing out there and just sort of putting them into a stream of consciousness."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_stream_consciousness">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1844|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> To prepare for her audition, she drew on her recent experience as a new mother, imagining the character as "a child in the womb and having all of these different cells and sensory experiences sort of being filtered through the umbilical cord."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_audition">{{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>
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| Her approach to the Hybrid connected to her understanding of infant development: "I think that babies understand a lot, but it takes them time to learn how to find the language to communicate that, but they hear it all. They understand it."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_baby_analogy">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1952|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She believed the Hybrid "is channeling things, and it's just up to the people who listen to decode it, really. She doesn't have the capacity."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_channeling">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1932|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
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| The Hybrid's dialogue, a highly stylized stream of consciousness incorporating scientific terms, poetry, folk songs, political speeches, and references to [[w:Homer|Homer]]'s ''[[w:Iliad|Iliad]]'', required extensive research and preparation.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_dialogue">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/tiffany-lyndall-knight-galactica.tv-interview.html#:~:text=scientific%20terms%20from%20biology%2C%20genetics%2C%20molecular%20physics%20as%20well%20as%20quotations|title=Tiffany Lyndall Knight GALACTICA.TV interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=GALACTICA.TV|date=August 17, 2008|accessdate=August 12, 2025|archive=Y}}</ref> Her Shakespeare training proved crucial for memorizing the complex dialogue. "All the Shakespeare I had done, because I'd done about 12 shows at that stage, really helped me, because I just had to look at that text as poetry and find for myself those internal links and the symbolism and the backstory that is just sort of encoded into that text."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_shakespeare_training">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1751|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> Lyndall-Knight approached the complex dialogue using her Shakespeare training, breaking down the text "like a piece of poetry and find the connection for myself, so I can learn it."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_shakespeare">{{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 that's unique to me, that makes complete sense in my mind."<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_storyline">{{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> Writers would ask "how do you learn all these lines?" to which she replied, "you guys wrote it, you know, come on."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_writers_question">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1771|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
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| The role required her to lie in an immersion tank filled with warm water and tempera paint to create the milky, opaque appearance.<ref group="commentary" name="galactica_tv_interview_2008_tank">{{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 physical requirements included being submerged in water with "Tempura paint to get the right opacity" and being "covered in KY Jelly."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_hybrid_physical_requirements">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2015|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She had a dedicated crew member who "always kept the temperature at a certain level," making the experience comfortable despite the complex setup.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_water_temperature">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2006|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> At one point during costume development, "there was like tentacles at one stage. It was a real process."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_costume_development">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=1999|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
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| She returned for ''[[The Plan]]'' and had to complete voice-over work from Australia: "I had to do voice-over here in a studio and patch that in."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_plan_voiceover">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2073|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
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| Interestingly, after appearing on the show, "the magic went away" and she stopped watching: "all I couldn't see was everything outside the frame. Like, I can imagine the guy running boom, and I can imagine my water guy."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_magic_gone">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2110|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> She called the experience "a great, great career-defining experience."<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_career_defining">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2154|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
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| Her science fiction credits include roles in ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' (playing the characters La Moor and Evalla), ''[[w:Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', ''[[w:Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'', and ''[[w:I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_scifi">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Stargate%20SG%2D1,-%C2%B7%20The%20Twilight%20Zone|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> She co-wrote and starred in the Canadian film ''Mothers & Daughters''.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tiffany_main_films">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461101/#:~:text=Known%20for%3A%20Fido%2C%20I%2C%20Robot|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref>
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| More recent projects include roles in Australian productions such as ''[[w:Red Dog (film)|Red Dog]]'', ''[[w:The Babadook|The Babadook]]'', ''[[w:ANZAC Girls|ANZAC Girls]]'', ''[[w:Wanted (2016 TV series)|Wanted]]'', ''[[w:Wolf Creek (TV series)|Wolf Creek]]'', and the Netflix series ''[[w:Pine Gap (TV series)|Pine Gap]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_recent">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Wanted,-%C2%B7%20Pine%20Gap%20%C2%B7%20Going%20for%20Gold|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In ''Wolf Creek'', she played the serial killer's mother in a flashback scene, filming in "a huge old abandoned building" filled with "pigeon shit" and "old children's toys" that created an eerie atmosphere perfect for the role.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_wolf_creek">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2561|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> | | More recent projects include roles in Australian productions such as ''[[w:Red Dog (film)|Red Dog]]'', ''[[w:The Babadook|The Babadook]]'', ''[[w:ANZAC Girls|ANZAC Girls]]'', ''[[w:Wanted (2016 TV series)|Wanted]]'', ''[[w:Wolf Creek (TV series)|Wolf Creek]]'', and the Netflix series ''[[w:Pine Gap (TV series)|Pine Gap]]''.<ref group="external" name="tvguide_credits_recent">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tiffany-lyndall-knight/credits/3000437882/#:~:text=Wanted,-%C2%B7%20Pine%20Gap%20%C2%B7%20Going%20for%20Gold|title=Tiffany Lyndall-Knight List of Movies and TV Shows|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=August 12, 2025}}</ref> In ''Wolf Creek'', she played the serial killer's mother in a flashback scene, filming in "a huge old abandoned building" filled with "pigeon shit" and "old children's toys" that created an eerie atmosphere perfect for the role.<ref group="commentary" name="reed_dial_gate_interview_wolf_creek">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkMlhmx8vGY&t=2561|title=Dial the Gate - Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Interview|author=David Reed|publisher=YouTube|date=2023|accessdate=August 13, 2025}}</ref> |
