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2006-08-17T18:06:44Z

Misco: /* Resurrection Ship, Part II */

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This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Podcasts Needing Transcribing===
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
=====[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 17:41, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:33, 17 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribing: [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:54, 17 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
===== [[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]] =====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:29, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=====[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:00, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:16, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:32, 17 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:49, 17 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:06, 17 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=====[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II

2006-08-17T18:05:54Z

Misco:

{{podcast|author=Misco|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==

Hello and welcome to the podcast for episode twelve “[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]” I’m [[Ronald D. Moore]] the developer and executive producer of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] and this’ll be a fun one. “Resurrection Ship, Part II” as I mentioned to those of you who listened to the podcast last week- Resurrection Ship was originally a one-hour episode that we then split into two parts only when we were in post-production and realised that we had far too much story and footage to really comfortably fit into a one hour box. This episode lent itself into splitting into two parts rather easily in that the original Act Two break was [[William Adama|Adama]] and [[Helena Cain|Cain]] each plotting to assassinate the other and the Act Two out was y’know take out a gun and shoot Admiral Cain in the head which is a great act out as you can imagine and an even better episode out. Not all episodes really lend themselves to that kind of neat cleavage, oft-times if you simply cut an episode at Act Two and try to carve two episodes out of it at that point you’d find that the story was not designed that way, that too many things were left dangling and incomplete and there would be no real sense of it being an episode on its own. In this particular case we were trying to do so much and there was so much material to work with that structurally we simply had an opportunity to cut them in two and really present two different episodes.

The show was always sort of about the struggle between Cain and Adama and then there was going to be this big battle that essentially we’ve been promising since “[[Pegasus]]” that Admiral Cain shows up on [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and says she’s been tracking the [[Cylons|Cylon]] fleet and she’s got a hard-on for going after it and the audience knows, ‘okay we’re gonna get to go after that fleet eventually’ and so this is the one where we do finally go after that fleet. I’d say the main- what shifted overall in the development of the story in this part was how much emphasis we put on the [[Lee Adama|Lee]] storyline versus the other storylines and ultimately how does the Cain situation resolve itself? There were some fundamental things that never changed from story; I knew that from the word go I did not want to destroy the ''Pegasus'', that was very important to me. It seemed like- it just seemed to me that when the audience approaches this show, when they see that there’s another battlestar showing up and “Oh it’s another battlestar with an Admiral onboard, it’s a much more powerful ship than [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]…” the one thing that the audience probably takes to the bank is, ‘Well, of course they’re going to destroy the Pegasus by the end of the episode, they’re not going to keep it around, I mean that’s just not gonna happen’ and so I just was determined that we were going to subvert and undercut that assumption on behalf of the audience, we were not gonna do that, we were gonna keep the ''Pegasus'' around and add it to [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] and do the thing that you just don’t do.

This image that’s onscreen now of Lee floating on his back in the water and the subsequent cut to space and realising that Lee’s actually drifting through space in his ejection pod and losing air and having his own experience was something we talked about very early. [[imdb:nm0753382|Michael Rymer]] might have even come up with this image of him floating on his back I believe and I was really taken with it and really fought for it and wanted to keep to it. It went through a lot of iterations and changes as we went through the specifics of it and in fact when we were looking at this as a one hour episode this entire storyline was something that was going to have to be lifted and chopped just to make the run-time which was another reason why I didn’t want to keep it to one hour.

I was very intrigued by this sort of elliptical way of fading in on an episode that you would not come back to the present reality on a storyline the audience were following very closely but to really go into this other-worldly storytelling where something else was going on and originally we had talked about that being the opening to the one hour episode of "Resurrection Ship" because essentially my reasoning was well the audience is going to go out on this cliff-hanger moment at the end of "Pegasus" where the two squadrons of [[Viper|Vipers]] are facing off and they’re about to fire upon each other and the audience comes back anticipating they’re going to be right back at the very same moment and I kinda wanted to undercut that expectation as well and to come into this stranger thing that Lee is floating. “Why is he floating? Wait a minute, what happened to the Viper battle?” and then you would sort of realise that he’s in this other battle with the Cylons and then you would flash all the way back and play all the events forward. It was an interesting idea and I think it was effective in the script but it was just too much material, like I said, to hold for an hour episode and then as we decided to split it into two pieces there came the question of… well do you still want to maintain that structure, do you still want to open “[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]” with Lee floating in space and carry that over the course of the two episodes? And I felt that that was going to be awkward and that it wouldn’t hold and that if you- it’s sort of- it’s a hard thing to describe, some of this is just sort of instinctual and experience with how tv and its forms work but I just felt that you could not carry that kind of flashback structure where you’ve got Lee floating in the "present" and then flashing back to all the events leading up to it over the course of a two-parter. It felt awkward, it seemed like the second hour was going to run into trouble of how you would establish that convention and so it just felt more comfortable to keep it to the second hour.

Hey, now this scene with [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]- in “Resurrection Ship, Part I” you saw the first half of this scene. This was originally just one scene, where it began with Helo standing and Tyrol lying on the bed and they’re talking about all the ways that they’ve sc-, their problems with all the various [[Sharon Valerii|Sharons]] and Tyrol saying he’s done and Helo saying ‘Well I can’t let go’. And then that moment was interrupted by the entrance of the 'Yee-Haw Boys' ([[Gage|1]] and [[Vireem|2]]) as we kinda call them. So this was all part of the same sequence, then when we got into post on the two episodes we realised that actually part one was a little short, part two was a little long so there was some horse-trading that had to be done to bring the episodes to the exact correct time and this episode or this scene, was another thing that cleaved in half very nicely. You were able to chop this up into two distinct pieces without really having a problem either way.

We played around with the exact incident that happens here quite a lot, some of this is inspired by “[[imdb:tt0093058|Full Metal Jacket]]”, the scene in “Full Metal Jacket” where they’re beating on one of the recruits with a bar of soap and a towel was a very sort of haunting- disturbing is a better word to use- that I always remembered. The scene in “[[imdb:tt0099703|The Grifters]]” where [[imdb:nm0001378|Anjelica Huston]] is briefly threatened that maybe she is going to be beaten in the stomach with oranges wrapped up in a towel and both of those notions were always sort of chilling and frightening and so I thought that they'd be really effective to use in this scene- that there is something classic about the notion that you hit someone in the stomach when you don’t want to leave a mark and yet it’s incredibly painful.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act One]==

Okay, now we’re back in this scene- now, there’s the infamous bar of soap- as shot there was a lot more fighting and kicking back and forth and there was actually a point where [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] got a shot back at one of these guys and there was more beatings going on and I felt very strongly that the way to maintain dramatic cohesion in the scene was to have less beating, it’s more effective- the suspense, the- when is he gonna- you can see it’s cutting away quickly because in that previous shot he was about to hit him and it’s more about the suspense of when are they gonna do this? What are they gonna do? And you’re dragging out the tension as far as possible, that I thought was more intriguing.

This was an opportunity when we went back and re-shot scenes- it felt like, well, these guys are now- [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and Tyrol that is- are now on [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']] and aren’t they really hated and detested over there? What’s gonna happen to those guys that are in the clutches of ''Pegasus''? And it just quickly came up that, “Hey, the Yee-Haw Boys, the Sunshine Boys as they’re called in the script, may have something to say too and it may not be very pleasant.”

I also like this little beat a lot of [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] coming in and getting these guys- y’know busting these guys, throwing them out, threatening them and yet making clear that he does not have a lot of sympathy for Tyrol and Helo. Fisk’s character was an interesting one, he’s in a very difficult position, you get the feeling like he’s done what he had to do to stay alive and keep the machine going but he has his own private qualms but he’s not really somebody that would have been Adama’s guy. This little interaction with the officer and the two enlisted guys is based on things that I recall actually from personal experience of being aboard a frigate in the [[wikipedia:U.S_Navy|Navy]] briefly as part of my Navy [[Wikipedia:Reserve_Officers'_Training_Corps|ROTC]] experience. I was on the frigate USS W.S. Sims off the coast of [[wikipedia:Florida|Florida]] and I recall an incident- not like this- but I recall a disciplinary moment like this where an officer called two enlisted men that were doing something- I can’t really remember what they were doing because I wasn’t really on the s- I wasn’t really privy to the whole incident- but I saw him suddenly, “You two over here, standing tall!” and boom, those guys came over. The officer was a senior- he was I believe the [[Executive_officer|XO]] of the ship, as I recall, had them come over, stand tall, and talked to them very quietly and made it clear that they were about to get in incredibly serious trouble and then sent them on their way. And it was really like a shocking kind of moment because the two enlisted guys in question were kind of well-liked and they were guys that tended to get away with a lot from the Chief and so-on that I observed over the course of the weeks and then this- the classic hard-ass but quiet XO had busted them on the spot for some violation of ship's regulations. I can’t really recall- I remember where it happened, it was near the fan tail but I can’t really remember what the incident was and it was really the demeanor of how that happened that informed the writing of this particular scene. And I love the sentiment at the end the notion that Fisk again puts back into play the notion of, “You can’t rape a machine” which really goes to question the audience’s- or force the audience to question its own view of what’s happening. Well is [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|she]] a machine or isn’t she? She looks, walks, talks, smells, seems to be a person but she is a machine and if she is a machine can you rape a machine? It’s another way of always providing a sense of imbalance, of the audience never being quite comfortable in their assumptions of what’s going on and who to root for and how they should deal with a very complicated situation, which is one of the things that I enjoy about the show.

This scene also was an additional scene that was written and shot after the fact, one of the- when we were viewing the episode, the original episode, we realised that [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] were really sparking off each other really well. It was an interesting relationship. [[Michael Rymer]] particularly liked the way the two actresses played together and it seemed like there was an opportunity to do at least another scene between the two of them to take Cain a little further down the road of bonding with Starbuck, seeing a little bit more of the humanity of her but at the same time getting a little firmer handle on her philosophy and that the great irony of the scene of course is that her philosophy, that she’s espousing, is essentially telling Starbuck to ‘kill her’, that there are hard things that have to be done, that you can’t flinch from certain ugly matters that have to be done in order to ensure the survival of the ship and its crew or in the larger sense of the human race which is always one of the stakes in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]. “Yet inevitably…”- and I think that’s true what Cain just said, “that inevitably there is a moment where we all face a great sin and we have to decide whether we will act on that sin or not and that the struggle comes in moments small and large.” We may not all be faced with the particular dilemma that Starbuck is faced with, whether to kill a superior officer on the orders of another man, but all of us face sin and all of us face compromises and things that we may or may not do for larger goals and it’s a question of how you respond to that and Cain’s philosophy is one that you don’t flinch from that moment, you don’t turn back, you move forward, particularly in a war-time context which is what they’re grappling with of course all the time in Battlestar Galactica.

Well let’s see- see where we’re going here- this was also an additional scene that was shot after the fact, we just sort of felt that there was an opportunity to see one more taste of [[Lee Adama|Lee]]. Where is he? Since his overall storyline involving the ejection sequence and then floating in space by himself, witnessing the battle by himself, and then coming to a place where he had given up or really embraced the notion of death. We wanted to see that there was another moment where after he had learned from Starbuck what she was going to do, that he would have a moment where he could question his father or at least make clear that it’s- this is so antithetical to everything that he himself stands for and that he thought his father stood for, that it just felt like he had to put words to that.

There was yet one more scene with Lee that we did shoot but then cut, where Lee was in the [[Pilot ready rooms|Ready Room]], after this scene actually, where he went by himself, was having a drink by himself and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] came in but it was kind of repetitive, when we really saw it- you felt like he had said the same thing in three scenes and so we cut the third one with him and Dualla even though it set up another little piece of the burgeoning relationship between him and Dualla that we’ve been subtly playing over the course of many episodes. But ultimately we didn’t need it, this scene said it all, set his emotional stake in context and we didn’t need a further one.

I also like this- it’s just an interesting little touch that there are still couriers, there are still documents that need to be signed, it’s just another nod towards the retro nature of the [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] and its technology and our Colonial world. It makes it identifiable, it makes it slightly more human, Galactica’s not really gone to the paperless society and it’s not all just pressing buttons, there are still physically things that have to be signed, that commanders have to put their names to with a pen and say that they have signed off on and I just like that. I like those kinds of little touches.

This was an interesting little sequence that we played around a lot with in editing, this is Starbuck getting ready for her mission counter-pointed with Fisk and his [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]] getting ready for their mission, everybody getting together. The question that arose as we’re watching episode in post a couple of times is that one thing that does get lost here is you forget that there’s [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|a battle]] coming up, that there’s this big operation because again all the setup to the big battle operation was all in the first two acts of the original script and subsequently they are now in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|first hour episode]] so there is a bit of a sense here- I would say a problem we never quite licked- there is a little bit of a sense of losing the connection with that plot thread, that oh, there’s this major operation about to happen and that’s really what they’re all getting ready to do and then beneath that they’re getting ready to do their two specific tasks.

I just love this little moment here, this was one of my favorite little beats that I wrote when I was dong the re-writes on er- “Good hunting” “You too Colonal”- there’s just something, I dunno, there’s something poetic about that. I just love that, that little pass-by. I’ll come back for the next act.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act Two]==

And we’re back with Act Two. Again this was all the material that was shot for the original one hour. It’s sort of interesting how the [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]] have developed into a real force within [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]], I think there were just some throwaway lines on marines in early episodes of last season but as time has gone on we’ve found the marines more and more useful.

This little beat here of [[William Adama|Adama]] looking at his surgery scar from when he was shot and then him going to see [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]], originally that was the penultimate or maybe the ultimate shot of the montage that was originally between [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and Adama that is now in part one that used to lead up to this moment.

Now it feels like it was important for us to go back and reshoot or shoot that shot- that scene with Sharon in sickbay because in the original one hour this was her first entrance into the show and it has no reference to the rape attempt, it has no reference to [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and you feel like all those things have got swept under the carpet so it is very fortunate that we were able to set up the fact that there was an aftermath to the rape before this meeting of the minds because it tells you why she’s a little bit more receptive to him. And I’m very fond of this call-back to the miniseries, to the sentiment that Adama expressed, it’s one of the fundamental underpinnings of the show; was that Adama looked around and wondered why they were worth saving. This is just an excellent, excellent piece of acting on both of these actor’s parts. [imdb:nm0753382|Michael Rymer]], the director, just did a great job with this, this is a very intimate scene, the tone, the mood is perfect. It’s a great look on [[Edward James Olmos|Eddie]]’s face here and I’m really fond of this upcoming shot where we rack focus from one to the other. And then this cut- from that straight into the gunshot, I think that’s a really interesting, poetic way to get into the battle, to jump through all the chuffa, all the battle prep, all the “here they come, they’re on the [[DRADIS]], prepare to launch”, to just get into the fight because it’s not really about any of that. We know there’s a fight, get into the fight and move on, it’s all about these people and the ethical and moral dilemmas that they’re struggling with and some of the character issues they’re struggling with. It’s not about watching them launch the [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] for the fiftieth time.

We are getting in closer on the [[Resurrection Ship]]. Now this little sequence coming up where he gets blindsided by the [[Raptor]], there’s a damaged- it happens very quick so you might wanna run back- run it back on your dvrs or your tape- boom! There’s a damaged raptor out there that he simply collides with, it’s just an accident and knocks him out and then he is forced to eject out of the [[Blackbird]]. There was going to be more to that- that little riff- where later on towards the end as [[Lee Adama|Lee]] is floating around helplessly, some of the dead crew from that Raptor and the wreckage from the Raptor was going to be all around him and he was going to be surrounded by these floating dead bodies of the Raptor crew and it was sort of that- that being caught in the- it’s the analogy of the sailor at sea who is surrounded by all the corpses and the images of death all around him. It was partly that experience which informed his- ‘I wanna kill myself or at least I wanna die’ decision by the end. Ultimately we had too many great difficulties- too many difficulties trying to film it, we’re not really geared for a lot of weightless action, even with CGI and it just became complex and the footage that we shot wasn’t that satisfying, we just opted to lose it, it felt like we didn’t really need it, it was probably one too many- it was a little too far towards the macabre to really play it in the show. So we opted to just drop it.

Now we’re back into the thick of the action here and the battle sequence- all these visual effects are just tremendous I must say from [[Zoic]] and all the other houses that [[imdb:nm0404690|Gary Hutzel]] our visual effects supervisor plays- just an amazing, amazing battle sequence.

Oh, I should talk a little about the inspiration for this ejection, this is something that came up very early in the development of the entire [[Pegasus]]/Resurrection Ship storyline. Again in our effort to find a different way to tell battle sequences- one of the dangers of the show that I’ve talked about before is this notion that it’s dangerous to keep just playing the same dogfights over and over again, the audience gets bored, I get bored with it and I wanna keep doing something different. Part of this notion came out of a true story from the [[wikipedia:World_War_II|Second World War]] in the [[wikipedia:Pacific_ocean|Pacific]], there was a [[wikipedia:U.S._Navy|Navy]] flyer, whose name I believe was [[wikipedia:George_Gay|Ensign Gay]] and he was a pilot for a TBF Devastator torpedo plane which- or TBD it might be [[wikipedia:TBD_Devastator|TBD Devastator]] anyway- he was on a torpedo plane in the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Midway|Battle of Midway]] and he was launched from the [[wikipedia:USS_Hornet_%28CV-8%29|USS Hornet]] and during the American attack on the Japanese aircraft carriers all- the entire squadron- his entire torpedo squadron was wiped out, literally every single plane was lost and Ensign Gay was the only survivor and he survived because he went d- when he went down he got out of his sinking aircraft I believe and stayed in the water with his little life jacket on but he was in the very heart of the Japanese fleet and he had a ringside seat to watch the Battle of Midway play out all around him. He saw American dive-bombers sink three Japanese aircraft carriers, he saw the entire attack and it was such a unique perspective that I’d always been taken with it and thought well that’s an amazing place to tell a battle sequence from. From a pilot who’s like ejected and is floating in space and watching the battle happening all around him and that’s the inspiration for where the Lee sequence came from.

This whole beat with [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Gina]] and [[Number Six|Six]] is of course a call-back to the first episode where she talks about sports as being something that she missed and that she used to go to these games and drink in the emotion and she always saved a ticket for him. And it was this piece of Six that had revealed itself to Baltar in terms of her love for him and there was something delicious about the notion that he would then steal that, he would literally steal that story and the heartfelt nature of that story and the vulnerability of that story and use it to get to the woman that he now wants in defiance of Six hanging on right- literally on his shoulder. There was something great about the juxtaposition of it, it’s great that they’re both versions of the same woman and yet he’s robbing from one to get to the other and he’s doing it for complicated reasons of genuine feeling that he has for Gina because she’s a real woman and yet it’s all based on a lie which is at the heart of a lot of things that Baltar’s got. I like that a lot, again though because we’ve now split this into two episodes, it’s a call-back all the way into the first hour which might lose some of the audience but y’know them’s the choices that you make.

Actually I should mention that Trish- [[Tricia Helfer]] gave a very good note on an early draft of the script where initially when Baltar had a connection with Gina there was a moment we had written where she’s in his arms and they’re kissing and it was going to be a bigger breakthrough than that moment that you just saw and she had a very astute observation that Gina is a victim of gang-rape and torture and that she just would not as a character be open to a lot of physical contact, that she’d be very stand-offish, she wouldn’t want to be kissing Baltar in any way, shape or form. And as soon as she said it I knew she was right, it really spun a different direction in terms of how we would play the relationship between those two, that actually it would be something that would make a small gesture, just like reaching out and holding his hand would make it far more important and more powerful.

Here we’re back into the metaphor of Lee floating in space and floating on his back in the water. This is some cold water that our valiant [[Jamie Bamber]] is floating in but he’s a trooper and I don’t think there was any complaints about it. There was more to this whole sequence in early drafts, things would happen, you would see he starts swimming toward shore in one version, he would see a woman on the shore- there was a woman on the shore who represented a girlfriend we’d never heard about, that we would really only reveal who that person was in a later episode- there was a lot of complicated stuff in that shot.

Look at these battle sequences- it’s amazing, it’s just feature level work we’re doing here.

Back to Jamie, there was a lot of then metaphors of him struggling and getting to shore, giving up on getting to shore and who was the woman, him seeing other faces and other people in his life. I mean, there was like a whole long complicated thing. Ultimately it was too much, it was too heavy, it was too esoteric and it became impossible to really get out on the location and shoot all these things in the water so we just carved it, carved it, carved it down to just the few little pieces that we have here of him in the water. I loved the editing and the musical choice here to go with anti-battle music through this sequence because you’re really with Lee, you’re really with him as he loses air and oxygen and is slipping away and watching this horrific battle that is taking place around him and he just gives up and it’s like there is a part of him that is ready to give up and just sink down into the blackness. I love that particular shot of him going down, down, down. And then what’s this, you’re not even quite sure what you’re looking at but it’s a searchlight.

I’m very pleased of how we handled the battle sequence here. We tried not to milk it, we tried to deliver all the bang for the buck, we tried to give the audience a visceral release of experiencing the- I love this of Jamie being brought back to life here- we gave the audience the whole visceral release of going through the combat but we’re not trying to milk every little tactical moment of it because you get it, we get what these battles are about. And I just feel like a lot of times you can zip through that kind of material and get back to the important stuff and the important stuff is what’s happening inside the ships. The important things are what’s going to happen in this sort of sequence, is [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] going to kill Adama, is [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] going to kill Cain? That’s really why you’re here now, now that that has been resolved it’s on to the major drama of the show.

User talk:Misco

2006-08-17T14:38:15Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

== Welcome ==
Welcome to the wiki! Thanks for the help on the [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts]]! That's an area we are falling behind on (because they just keep making more of them). I'll get on verifying it ASAP. Oh. And this wouldn't be an official greeting without the obligatory [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|Standards and Conventions link]]. It appears that you already know how to datestamp(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), and you are welcome to edit [[User:Misco|your user page]] to tell us more about you.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:12, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:A belated welcome to you as well, Misco. While I'm sure it's not the case, it does sometimes seem that our wiki here is all too dominately male in terms of contributors or insight, so it's nice to know of someone with a feminine perspective on things, and is British to boot. :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 08:55, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

==Transcription Technique==
Are you actually able to transcribe real-time? (That is to say, type it out as fast as the audio goes.) The few errors I catch are because I have to listen to each section two or three times, so I get the nitpicky stuff that I would have missed if I could keep up with the audio. Either way, it's amazing work. (And it appears to have inspired [[User:Peter Farago|others]] to pitch in again, as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:45, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:Haha, I wish... I never even learned to type 'properly'! I'm sure there are more than a few errors, every now and then I come across a word or a phrase that I can't quite make out so I just take my best guess. Thanks for the compliment anyway, although I'm sure you're just being nice. Also it's always nice to be an inspiration! --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:53, 15 February 2006 (EST)

::Well, [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Flight_of_the_Phoenix_%28podcast%29&diff=32064&oldid=32060 diffs] don't lie. That's some pretty minor stuff. As for "proper" typing... I think it's over-rated anyway. I'm definitely an "ends justify the means" guy when it comes to typing, but that may be due to a lack of formal training myself. I'd actually love to learn to use a Dvorak or some other "optimized" keyboard layout, but I fear I would be lost if I sat down at any other keyboard after that. Well... back to work. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:56, 15 February 2006 (EST)

Misco, you are insane. And fantastic. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:28, 15 February 2006 (EST)

:Well, I'm not going to argue with that. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 03:48, 16 February 2006 (EST)

== Epiphanies Complete ==
Hooray! Thanks for finishing epiphanies! (See? People really do read it.) Between you and [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]], more is getting done in the transcript department than had been done since it has existed. Thanks!--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:37, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:Thanks for saying erm...thanks! :) I would have finished it earlier but I got behind on watching the BSG episodes (technical difficulties) and I didn't dare come near the site for fear of spoilers! But now I'm all caught up so hopefully the transcripts on this site will be up to date by the time BSG comes back on and more podcasts start getting made. October... *sigh* --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:07, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== LJ And Other Things ==

Woohoo, Misco! How awesome is it that we found each other on the LiveJournal battlestar_blog community yesterday? Small world :) P.S. I think you're the only other female I've seen here. LOL -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 10:57, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:I know I was so surprised! I hadn't been here for nearly a month (as I said above in the reply to [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]) and didn't realise there was a new transcriber. Anyway as soon as I realised I just had to 'friend' you! ;) And I love the battlestar_blog community too, in fact I think I've become slightly addicted! Are we the only two girls? Haha, that's great. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:19, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== Verification ==
Thanks for the verification (and welcome back)! It's always encouraging to know that at least one other person has read over it carefully. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:10, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Your transcription was pretty much perfect. You should transcribe more! And I'm glad to be back - I'm gonna try and finish Colonial Day this week - sorry I disappeared for a while but RL sometimes just gets in the way. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

::I understand. Hopefully Lainey will return too! Also, you may want to try using the (free) [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts#Application |program]] that's linked at the top of the Transcripts Project page. It allows you to control playback speed (I do most of my work at 60%, then one quick run-through at 100% when I'm double checking) and remembers where you left off. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:42, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Female user pic ==
There's no rule against it, but yours is the first female contributor user pic posted here. Don't be surprised if you end up in a future [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/group_thumb.jpg group photo]. If you're interested I also do individual BSG portraits if you have a favorite character (or character type).--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh, I'm a pioneer. ;) Hopefully I won't be the last. I'm more than happy to be put in a group photo, the one you linked to was great. As far as an individual BSG portrait goes, thanks, I'd love one! I like all the female characters / the jobs they do, so I'll leave it to your discretion what you 'cast' me as. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::First rough draft <image deleted>. I'll continue tomorrow. (It's a group pic so I may try to figure out some other people to get in as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:50, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Aww that's brilliant. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the final finished group picture if you decide to do that. :) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
::::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_portrait.jpg Portrait] and [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_full.jpg Full BSG shot]. I haven't worked in any other BSG wiki folks. I tried getting Mercifull in, with that UK connection, but the only pic I had handy was NOT working. I may try to work some other people into the shot, but in the meantime you'll have to settle for Jamie Bamber and Grace Park. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:25, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_merc.jpg "Group" with Mercifull]. I went through his Flikr account and found a better pic. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:55, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::Ahh, that's great. I'm now officially a member of the crew! :D --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:38, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:Also nice to see a photo to a name. :) Welcome! :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:40, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks for the welcome. :) I agree it's nice to see what people really look like. I meant to put an image up ages ago but was suffering from a severe lack of pictures of myself.--[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed, another welcome from someone else, this time though, in the same country. And be careful, with pictures like that and a shared interest in BSG, you may get geek stalkers! Hi, have you met me yet? :P --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 15:24, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Hello there fellow UKer! I'm more than happy to get 'geek stalkers' as you put it, my inner geek adores them. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for your support of BSG: you have no idea how hard I'm struggling to make BSG have a..."more respectable" fanbase....keep in mind that this is based on years of indignity in Star Trek fandom: by the end of Voyager and Enterprise it was mostly "middle aged guys living in their parents basements" watching because they inserted Space Babes like Seven of Nine and T'Pol in, and the production team would just dismiss fan complaints by saying "who cares what fans think? They're just middle aged FanBoys" etc. ---->BSG is really breaking new ground and people that don't normally watch Scifi are watching BSG, i.e. my sister and all of her college friends (their college is near mine) I converted into avid BSG fans, and on the bboards actually a lot of women and actually "hip young people" are contributing. Oh, I won't repeat my usual "Cally is great because she's a girl and my age and a character" (I think you've all heard it already), but stuff like that. But it's really that I was so annoyed that fans were getting dismissed as "middle aged fanboys" that I like it when we break the stereotype of what a "fan" is; (I myself am 20 and was on my high school varsity football team, so I ''don't'' look like the sterotypical "gawky nerdy fanboy"; I'm more of a militant ''Che Gueverra''-esque "Geek Power!" fellow :) --->Btw, it was funny: Richard Hatch came to a convention I went to, and I think for like 20 years he's had to deal with the "middle-aged living in parent's basement" types of fans, and when I went I brought along my sister and her 2 college-aged friends, and we all dressed up in Battlestar pilot flight suits, and Hatch was just extatic :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:I understand what you mean. I myself really hate the stereotype that shows like Trek have to suffer when it comes to what their fans are like. While I'm sure that there are a portion of 'middle-aged geeks living in their parent's basements' who are avid supporters, that is certainly not by any means the only person who would like a science-fiction show. Or, in any case, ''could'' like a science-fiction show if people would only give something different a chance.
:I have to admit that one of the reasons why I never bothered giving Enterprise much of a chance was because of the whole T'Pol thing and I didn't want to get attached to a programme just for it to turn into The Seven of Nine Show like Voyager did in the end. And it's not that I have some objection to beautiful women in revealing clothes being a part of science fiction, I loved Farscape more than I can say and that has its fair share and of course I adore BSG's Six - I only object when it reaches the point that the show seems to be about nothing else.
:I agree that BSG is not your typical science-fiction show, I mean for one thing there is a lot less technobabble and the whole political element isn't sci-fi at all really. I feel much happier recommending BSG to people to watch than I would other science fiction shows just because of that and I know that a big part of that is the stereotype people have and so with other shows I immediately think well they would never give 'this' or 'that' a chance - so what's the point.
:Another thing I don't understand is why this stereotype is still around today, there seem to be a lot of women who contribute on forums, and write fan-fiction about the show etc etc. So surely the reaction people have to what a science fiction fan should look/act like must be changing. And I guess it is... but extremely slowly because there were a lot of women who liked Voyager and a lot of women who liked Farscape (to name two shows I loved) but you wouldn't know it as far as the way people talk about science-fiction fandom goes. I myself, once went to a convention type thing and I have to say, I don't think that there were that many more men there than women, of course they could have just been the guy's sisters or girlfriends - but then I didn't think geeks who lived in their parent's basements had girlfriends. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-17T14:32:23Z

Misco: /* Resurrection Ship, Part II */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Podcasts Needing Transcribing===
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
=====[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 17:41, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
===== [[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]] =====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:29, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=====[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:00, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:16, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:32, 17 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=====[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II

2006-08-17T14:26:43Z

Misco:

User talk:Misco

2006-08-17T10:07:58Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

== Welcome ==
Welcome to the wiki! Thanks for the help on the [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts]]! That's an area we are falling behind on (because they just keep making more of them). I'll get on verifying it ASAP. Oh. And this wouldn't be an official greeting without the obligatory [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|Standards and Conventions link]]. It appears that you already know how to datestamp(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), and you are welcome to edit [[User:Misco|your user page]] to tell us more about you.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:12, 14 February 2006 (EST)

==Transcription Technique==
Are you actually able to transcribe real-time? (That is to say, type it out as fast as the audio goes.) The few errors I catch are because I have to listen to each section two or three times, so I get the nitpicky stuff that I would have missed if I could keep up with the audio. Either way, it's amazing work. (And it appears to have inspired [[User:Peter Farago|others]] to pitch in again, as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:45, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:Haha, I wish... I never even learned to type 'properly'! I'm sure there are more than a few errors, every now and then I come across a word or a phrase that I can't quite make out so I just take my best guess. Thanks for the compliment anyway, although I'm sure you're just being nice. Also it's always nice to be an inspiration! --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:53, 15 February 2006 (EST)

::Well, [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Flight_of_the_Phoenix_%28podcast%29&diff=32064&oldid=32060 diffs] don't lie. That's some pretty minor stuff. As for "proper" typing... I think it's over-rated anyway. I'm definitely an "ends justify the means" guy when it comes to typing, but that may be due to a lack of formal training myself. I'd actually love to learn to use a Dvorak or some other "optimized" keyboard layout, but I fear I would be lost if I sat down at any other keyboard after that. Well... back to work. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:56, 15 February 2006 (EST)

Misco, you are insane. And fantastic. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:28, 15 February 2006 (EST)

:Well, I'm not going to argue with that. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 03:48, 16 February 2006 (EST)

== Epiphanies Complete ==
Hooray! Thanks for finishing epiphanies! (See? People really do read it.) Between you and [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]], more is getting done in the transcript department than had been done since it has existed. Thanks!--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:37, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:Thanks for saying erm...thanks! :) I would have finished it earlier but I got behind on watching the BSG episodes (technical difficulties) and I didn't dare come near the site for fear of spoilers! But now I'm all caught up so hopefully the transcripts on this site will be up to date by the time BSG comes back on and more podcasts start getting made. October... *sigh* --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:07, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== LJ And Other Things ==

Woohoo, Misco! How awesome is it that we found each other on the LiveJournal battlestar_blog community yesterday? Small world :) P.S. I think you're the only other female I've seen here. LOL -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 10:57, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:I know I was so surprised! I hadn't been here for nearly a month (as I said above in the reply to [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]) and didn't realise there was a new transcriber. Anyway as soon as I realised I just had to 'friend' you! ;) And I love the battlestar_blog community too, in fact I think I've become slightly addicted! Are we the only two girls? Haha, that's great. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:19, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== Verification ==
Thanks for the verification (and welcome back)! It's always encouraging to know that at least one other person has read over it carefully. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:10, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Your transcription was pretty much perfect. You should transcribe more! And I'm glad to be back - I'm gonna try and finish Colonial Day this week - sorry I disappeared for a while but RL sometimes just gets in the way. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

::I understand. Hopefully Lainey will return too! Also, you may want to try using the (free) [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts#Application |program]] that's linked at the top of the Transcripts Project page. It allows you to control playback speed (I do most of my work at 60%, then one quick run-through at 100% when I'm double checking) and remembers where you left off. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:42, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Female user pic ==
There's no rule against it, but yours is the first female contributor user pic posted here. Don't be surprised if you end up in a future [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/group_thumb.jpg group photo]. If you're interested I also do individual BSG portraits if you have a favorite character (or character type).--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh, I'm a pioneer. ;) Hopefully I won't be the last. I'm more than happy to be put in a group photo, the one you linked to was great. As far as an individual BSG portrait goes, thanks, I'd love one! I like all the female characters / the jobs they do, so I'll leave it to your discretion what you 'cast' me as. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_rough.jpg First rough draft]. I'll continue tomorrow. (It's a group pic so I may try to figure out some other people to get in as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:50, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Aww that's brilliant. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the final finished group picture if you decide to do that. :) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:Also nice to see a photo to a name. :) Welcome! :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:40, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks for the welcome. :) I agree it's nice to see what people really look like. I meant to put an image up ages ago but was suffering from a severe lack of pictures of myself.--[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed, another welcome from someone else, this time though, in the same country. And be careful, with pictures like that and a shared interest in BSG, you may get geek stalkers! Hi, have you met me yet? :P --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 15:24, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Hello there fellow UKer! I'm more than happy to get 'geek stalkers' as you put it, my inner geek adores them. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for your support of BSG: you have no idea how hard I'm struggling to make BSG have a..."more respectable" fanbase....keep in mind that this is based on years of indignity in Star Trek fandom: by the end of Voyager and Enterprise it was mostly "middle aged guys living in their parents basements" watching because they inserted Space Babes like Seven of Nine and T'Pol in, and the production team would just dismiss fan complaints by saying "who cares what fans think? They're just middle aged FanBoys" etc. ---->BSG is really breaking new ground and people that don't normally watch Scifi are watching BSG, i.e. my sister and all of her college friends (their college is near mine) I converted into avid BSG fans, and on the bboards actually a lot of women and actually "hip young people" are contributing. Oh, I won't repeat my usual "Cally is great because she's a girl and my age and a character" (I think you've all heard it already), but stuff like that. But it's really that I was so annoyed that fans were getting dismissed as "middle aged fanboys" that I like it when we break the stereotype of what a "fan" is; (I myself am 20 and was on my high school varsity football team, so I ''don't'' look like the sterotypical "gawky nerdy fanboy"; I'm more of a militant ''Che Gueverra''-esque "Geek Power!" fellow :) --->Btw, it was funny: Richard Hatch came to a convention I went to, and I think for like 20 years he's had to deal with the "middle-aged living in parent's basement" types of fans, and when I went I brought along my sister and her 2 college-aged friends, and we all dressed up in Battlestar pilot flight suits, and Hatch was just extatic :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:I understand what you mean. I myself really hate the stereotype that shows like Trek have to suffer when it comes to what their fans are like. While I'm sure that there are a portion of 'middle-aged geeks living in their parent's basements' who are avid supporters, that is certainly not by any means the only person who would like a science-fiction show. Or, in any case, ''could'' like a science-fiction show if people would only give something different a chance.
:I have to admit that one of the reasons why I never bothered giving Enterprise much of a chance was because of the whole T'Pol thing and I didn't want to get attached to a programme just for it to turn into The Seven of Nine Show like Voyager did in the end. And it's not that I have some objection to beautiful women in revealing clothes being a part of science fiction, I loved Farscape more than I can say and that has its fair share and of course I adore BSG's Six - I only object when it reaches the point that the show seems to be about nothing else.
:I agree that BSG is not your typical science-fiction show, I mean for one thing there is a lot less technobabble and the whole political element isn't sci-fi at all really. I feel much happier recommending BSG to people to watch than I would other science fiction shows just because of that and I know that a big part of that is the stereotype people have and so with other shows I immediately think well they would never give 'this' or 'that' a chance - so what's the point.
:Another thing I don't understand is why this stereotype is still around today, there seem to be a lot of women who contribute on forums, and write fan-fiction about the show etc etc. So surely the reaction people have to what a science fiction fan should look/act like must be changing. And I guess it is... but extremely slowly because there were a lot of women who liked Voyager and a lot of women who liked Farscape (to name two shows I loved) but you wouldn't know it as far as the way people talk about science-fiction fandom goes. I myself, once went to a convention type thing and I have to say, I don't think that there were that many more men there than women, of course they could have just been the guy's sisters or girlfriends - but then I didn't think geeks who lived in their parent's basements had girlfriends. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Misco

2006-08-17T10:04:38Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

== Welcome ==
Welcome to the wiki! Thanks for the help on the [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts]]! That's an area we are falling behind on (because they just keep making more of them). I'll get on verifying it ASAP. Oh. And this wouldn't be an official greeting without the obligatory [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|Standards and Conventions link]]. It appears that you already know how to datestamp(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), and you are welcome to edit [[User:Misco|your user page]] to tell us more about you.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:12, 14 February 2006 (EST)

==Transcription Technique==
Are you actually able to transcribe real-time? (That is to say, type it out as fast as the audio goes.) The few errors I catch are because I have to listen to each section two or three times, so I get the nitpicky stuff that I would have missed if I could keep up with the audio. Either way, it's amazing work. (And it appears to have inspired [[User:Peter Farago|others]] to pitch in again, as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:45, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:Haha, I wish... I never even learned to type 'properly'! I'm sure there are more than a few errors, every now and then I come across a word or a phrase that I can't quite make out so I just take my best guess. Thanks for the compliment anyway, although I'm sure you're just being nice. Also it's always nice to be an inspiration! --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:53, 15 February 2006 (EST)

::Well, [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Flight_of_the_Phoenix_%28podcast%29&diff=32064&oldid=32060 diffs] don't lie. That's some pretty minor stuff. As for "proper" typing... I think it's over-rated anyway. I'm definitely an "ends justify the means" guy when it comes to typing, but that may be due to a lack of formal training myself. I'd actually love to learn to use a Dvorak or some other "optimized" keyboard layout, but I fear I would be lost if I sat down at any other keyboard after that. Well... back to work. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:56, 15 February 2006 (EST)

Misco, you are insane. And fantastic. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:28, 15 February 2006 (EST)

:Well, I'm not going to argue with that. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 03:48, 16 February 2006 (EST)

== Epiphanies Complete ==
Hooray! Thanks for finishing epiphanies! (See? People really do read it.) Between you and [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]], more is getting done in the transcript department than had been done since it has existed. Thanks!--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:37, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:Thanks for saying erm...thanks! :) I would have finished it earlier but I got behind on watching the BSG episodes (technical difficulties) and I didn't dare come near the site for fear of spoilers! But now I'm all caught up so hopefully the transcripts on this site will be up to date by the time BSG comes back on and more podcasts start getting made. October... *sigh* --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:07, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== LJ And Other Things ==

Woohoo, Misco! How awesome is it that we found each other on the LiveJournal battlestar_blog community yesterday? Small world :) P.S. I think you're the only other female I've seen here. LOL -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 10:57, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:I know I was so surprised! I hadn't been here for nearly a month (as I said above in the reply to [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]) and didn't realise there was a new transcriber. Anyway as soon as I realised I just had to 'friend' you! ;) And I love the battlestar_blog community too, in fact I think I've become slightly addicted! Are we the only two girls? Haha, that's great. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:19, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== Verification ==
Thanks for the verification (and welcome back)! It's always encouraging to know that at least one other person has read over it carefully. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:10, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Your transcription was pretty much perfect. You should transcribe more! And I'm glad to be back - I'm gonna try and finish Colonial Day this week - sorry I disappeared for a while but RL sometimes just gets in the way. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

::I understand. Hopefully Lainey will return too! Also, you may want to try using the (free) [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts#Application |program]] that's linked at the top of the Transcripts Project page. It allows you to control playback speed (I do most of my work at 60%, then one quick run-through at 100% when I'm double checking) and remembers where you left off. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:42, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Female user pic ==
There's no rule against it, but yours is the first female contributor user pic posted here. Don't be surprised if you end up in a future [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/group_thumb.jpg group photo]. If you're interested I also do individual BSG portraits if you have a favorite character (or character type).--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh, I'm a pioneer. ;) Hopefully I won't be the last. I'm more than happy to be put in a group photo, the one you linked to was great. As far as an individual BSG portrait goes, thanks, I'd love one! I like all the female characters / the jobs they do, so I'll leave it to your discretion what you 'cast' me as. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_rough.jpg First rough draft]. I'll continue tomorrow. (It's a group pic so I may try to figure out some other people to get in as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:50, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Aww that's brilliant. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the final finished group picture if you decide to do that. :) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:Also nice to see a photo to a name. :) Welcome! :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:40, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks for the welcome. :) I agree it's nice to see what people really look like. I meant to put an image up ages ago but was suffering from a severe lack of pictures of myself.--[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed, another welcome from someone else, this time though, in the same country. And be careful, with pictures like that and a shared interest in BSG, you may get geek stalkers! Hi, have you met me yet? :P --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 15:24, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Hello their fellow UKer! I'm more than happy to get 'geek stalkers' as you put it, my inner geek adores them. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for your support of BSG: you have no idea how hard I'm struggling to make BSG have a..."more respectable" fanbase....keep in mind that this is based on years of indignity in Star Trek fandom: by the end of Voyager and Enterprise it was mostly "middle aged guys living in their parents basements" watching because they inserted Space Babes like Seven of Nine and T'Pol in, and the production team would just dismiss fan complaints by saying "who cares what fans think? They're just middle aged FanBoys" etc. ---->BSG is really breaking new ground and people that don't normally watch Scifi are watching BSG, i.e. my sister and all of her college friends (their college is near mine) I converted into avid BSG fans, and on the bboards actually a lot of women and actually "hip young people" are contributing. Oh, I won't repeat my usual "Cally is great because she's a girl and my age and a character" (I think you've all heard it already), but stuff like that. But it's really that I was so annoyed that fans were getting dismissed as "middle aged fanboys" that I like it when we break the stereotype of what a "fan" is; (I myself am 20 and was on my high school varsity football team, so I ''don't'' look like the sterotypical "gawky nerdy fanboy"; I'm more of a militant ''Che Gueverra''-esque "Geek Power!" fellow :) --->Btw, it was funny: Richard Hatch came to a convention I went to, and I think for like 20 years he's had to deal with the "middle-aged living in parent's basement" types of fans, and when I went I brought along my sister and her 2 college-aged friends, and we all dressed up in Battlestar pilot flight suits, and Hatch was just extatic :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:I understand what you mean. I myself really hate the stereotype that shows like Trek have to suffer when it comes to what their fans are like. While I'm sure that there are a portion of 'middle-aged geeks living in their parent's basements' who are avid supporters, that is certainly not by any means the only person who would like a science-fiction show. Or, in any case, ''could'' like a science-fiction show if people would only give something different a chance.
:I have to admit that one of the reasons why I never bothered giving Enterprise much of a chance was because of the whole T'Pol thing and I didn't want to get attached to a programme just for it to turn into The Seven of Nine Show like Voyager did in the end. And it's not that I have some objection to beautiful women in revealing clothes being a part of science fiction, I loved Farscape more than I can say and that has its fair share and of course I adore BSG's Six - I only object when it reaches the point that the show seems to be about nothing else.
:I agree that BSG is not your typical science-fiction show, I mean for one thing there is a lot less technobabble and the whole political element isn't sci-fi at all really. I feel much happier recommending BSG to people to watch than I would other science fiction shows just because of that and I know that a big part of that is the stereotype people have and so with other shows I immediately think well they would never give 'this' or 'that' a chance - so what's the point.
:Another thing I don't understand is why this stereotype is still around today, there seem to be a lot of women who contribute on forums, and write fan-fiction about the show etc etc. So surely the reaction people have to what a science fiction fan should look/act like must be changing. And I guess it is... but extremely slowly because there were a lot of women who liked Voyager and a lot of women who liked Farscape (to name two shows I loved) but you wouldn't know it as far as the way people talk about science-fiction fandom goes. I myself, once went to a convention type thing and I have to say, I don't think that there were that many more men there than women, of course they could have just been the guy's sisters or girlfriends - but then I didn't think geeks who lived in their parent's basements had girlfriends. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Misco

2006-08-17T10:04:18Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

== Welcome ==
Welcome to the wiki! Thanks for the help on the [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts]]! That's an area we are falling behind on (because they just keep making more of them). I'll get on verifying it ASAP. Oh. And this wouldn't be an official greeting without the obligatory [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|Standards and Conventions link]]. It appears that you already know how to datestamp(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), and you are welcome to edit [[User:Misco|your user page]] to tell us more about you.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:12, 14 February 2006 (EST)

==Transcription Technique==
Are you actually able to transcribe real-time? (That is to say, type it out as fast as the audio goes.) The few errors I catch are because I have to listen to each section two or three times, so I get the nitpicky stuff that I would have missed if I could keep up with the audio. Either way, it's amazing work. (And it appears to have inspired [[User:Peter Farago|others]] to pitch in again, as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:45, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:Haha, I wish... I never even learned to type 'properly'! I'm sure there are more than a few errors, every now and then I come across a word or a phrase that I can't quite make out so I just take my best guess. Thanks for the compliment anyway, although I'm sure you're just being nice. Also it's always nice to be an inspiration! --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:53, 15 February 2006 (EST)

::Well, [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Flight_of_the_Phoenix_%28podcast%29&diff=32064&oldid=32060 diffs] don't lie. That's some pretty minor stuff. As for "proper" typing... I think it's over-rated anyway. I'm definitely an "ends justify the means" guy when it comes to typing, but that may be due to a lack of formal training myself. I'd actually love to learn to use a Dvorak or some other "optimized" keyboard layout, but I fear I would be lost if I sat down at any other keyboard after that. Well... back to work. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:56, 15 February 2006 (EST)

Misco, you are insane. And fantastic. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:28, 15 February 2006 (EST)

:Well, I'm not going to argue with that. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 03:48, 16 February 2006 (EST)

== Epiphanies Complete ==
Hooray! Thanks for finishing epiphanies! (See? People really do read it.) Between you and [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]], more is getting done in the transcript department than had been done since it has existed. Thanks!--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:37, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:Thanks for saying erm...thanks! :) I would have finished it earlier but I got behind on watching the BSG episodes (technical difficulties) and I didn't dare come near the site for fear of spoilers! But now I'm all caught up so hopefully the transcripts on this site will be up to date by the time BSG comes back on and more podcasts start getting made. October... *sigh* --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:07, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== LJ And Other Things ==

Woohoo, Misco! How awesome is it that we found each other on the LiveJournal battlestar_blog community yesterday? Small world :) P.S. I think you're the only other female I've seen here. LOL -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 10:57, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:I know I was so surprised! I hadn't been here for nearly a month (as I said above in the reply to [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]) and didn't realise there was a new transcriber. Anyway as soon as I realised I just had to 'friend' you! ;) And I love the battlestar_blog community too, in fact I think I've become slightly addicted! Are we the only two girls? Haha, that's great. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:19, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== Verification ==
Thanks for the verification (and welcome back)! It's always encouraging to know that at least one other person has read over it carefully. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:10, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Your transcription was pretty much perfect. You should transcribe more! And I'm glad to be back - I'm gonna try and finish Colonial Day this week - sorry I disappeared for a while but RL sometimes just gets in the way. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

::I understand. Hopefully Lainey will return too! Also, you may want to try using the (free) [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts#Application |program]] that's linked at the top of the Transcripts Project page. It allows you to control playback speed (I do most of my work at 60%, then one quick run-through at 100% when I'm double checking) and remembers where you left off. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:42, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Female user pic ==
There's no rule against it, but yours is the first female contributor user pic posted here. Don't be surprised if you end up in a future [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/group_thumb.jpg group photo]. If you're interested I also do individual BSG portraits if you have a favorite character (or character type).--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh, I'm a pioneer. ;) Hopefully I won't be the last. I'm more than happy to be put in a group photo, the one you linked to was great. As far as an individual BSG portrait goes, thanks, I'd love one! I like all the female characters / the jobs they do, so I'll leave it to your discretion what you 'cast' me as. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_rough.jpg First rough draft]. I'll continue tomorrow. (It's a group pic so I may try to figure out some other people to get in as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:50, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Aww that's brilliant. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the final finished group picture if you decide to do that. :) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:Also nice to see a photo to a name. :) Welcome! :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:40, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks for the welcome. :) I agree it's nice to see what people really look like. I meant to put an image up ages ago but was suffering from a severe lack of pictures of myself.--[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed, another welcome from someone else, this time though, in the same country. And be careful, with pictures like that and a shared interest in BSG, you may get geek stalkers! Hi, have you met me yet? :P --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 15:24, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Hello their fellow UKer! I'm more than happy to get 'geek stalkers' as you put it, my inner geek adores them. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for your support of BSG: you have no idea how hard I'm struggling to make BSG have a..."more respectable" fanbase....keep in mind that this is based on years of indignity in Star Trek fandom: by the end of Voyager and Enterprise it was mostly "middle aged guys living in their parents basements" watching because they inserted Space Babes like Seven of Nine and T'Pol in, and the production team would just dismiss fan complaints by saying "who cares what fans think? They're just middle aged FanBoys" etc. ---->BSG is really breaking new ground and people that don't normally watch Scifi are watching BSG, i.e. my sister and all of her college friends (their college is near mine) I converted into avid BSG fans, and on the bboards actually a lot of women and actually "hip young people" are contributing. Oh, I won't repeat my usual "Cally is great because she's a girl and my age and a character" (I think you've all heard it already), but stuff like that. But it's really that I was so annoyed that fans were getting dismissed as "middle aged fanboys" that I like it when we break the stereotype of what a "fan" is; (I myself am 20 and was on my high school varsity football team, so I ''don't'' look like the sterotypical "gawky nerdy fanboy"; I'm more of a militant ''Che Gueverra''-esque "Geek Power!" fellow :) --->Btw, it was funny: Richard Hatch came to a convention I went to, and I think for like 20 years he's had to deal with the "middle-aged living in parent's basement" types of fans, and when I went I brought along my sister and her 2 college-aged friends, and we all dressed up in Battlestar pilot flight suits, and Hatch was just extatic :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:I understand what you mean. I myself really hate the stereotype that shows like Trek have to suffer when it comes to what their fans are like. While I'm sure that there are a portion of 'middle-aged geeks living in their parent's basements' who are avid supporters, that is certainly not by any means the only person who would like a science-fiction show. Or, in any case, ''could'' like a science-fiction show if people would only give something different a chance.
:I have to admit that one of the reasons why I never bothered giving Enterprise much of a chance was because of the whole T'Pol thing and I didn't want to get attached to a programme just for it to turn into The Seven of Nine Show like Voyager did in the end. And it's not that I have some objection to beautiful women in revealing clothes being a part of science fiction, I loved Farscape more than I can say and that has its fair share and of course I adore BSG's Six - I only object when it reaches the point that the show seems to be about nothing else.
:I agree that BSG is not your typical science-fiction show, I mean for one thing there is a lot less technobabble and the whole political element isn't sci-fi at all really. I feel much happier recommending BSG to people to watch than I would other science fiction shows just because of that and I know that a big part of that is the stereotype people have and so with other shows I immediately think well they would never give 'this' or 'that' a chance - so what's the point.
Another thing I don't understand is why this stereotype is still around today, there seem to be a lot of women who contribute on forums, and write fan-fiction about the show etc etc. So surely the reaction people have to what a science fiction fan should look/act like must be changing. And I guess it is... but extremely slowly because there were a lot of women who liked Voyager and a lot of women who liked Farscape (to name two shows I loved) but you wouldn't know it as far as the way people talk about science-fiction fandom goes. I myself, once went to a convention type thing and I have to say, I don't think that there were that many more men there than women, of course they could have just been the guy's sisters or girlfriends - but then I didn't think geeks who lived in their parent's basements had girlfriends. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Misco

2006-08-17T10:03:19Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

== Welcome ==
Welcome to the wiki! Thanks for the help on the [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts]]! That's an area we are falling behind on (because they just keep making more of them). I'll get on verifying it ASAP. Oh. And this wouldn't be an official greeting without the obligatory [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|Standards and Conventions link]]. It appears that you already know how to datestamp(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>), and you are welcome to edit [[User:Misco|your user page]] to tell us more about you.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:12, 14 February 2006 (EST)

==Transcription Technique==
Are you actually able to transcribe real-time? (That is to say, type it out as fast as the audio goes.) The few errors I catch are because I have to listen to each section two or three times, so I get the nitpicky stuff that I would have missed if I could keep up with the audio. Either way, it's amazing work. (And it appears to have inspired [[User:Peter Farago|others]] to pitch in again, as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:45, 14 February 2006 (EST)

:Haha, I wish... I never even learned to type 'properly'! I'm sure there are more than a few errors, every now and then I come across a word or a phrase that I can't quite make out so I just take my best guess. Thanks for the compliment anyway, although I'm sure you're just being nice. Also it's always nice to be an inspiration! --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:53, 15 February 2006 (EST)

::Well, [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Flight_of_the_Phoenix_%28podcast%29&diff=32064&oldid=32060 diffs] don't lie. That's some pretty minor stuff. As for "proper" typing... I think it's over-rated anyway. I'm definitely an "ends justify the means" guy when it comes to typing, but that may be due to a lack of formal training myself. I'd actually love to learn to use a Dvorak or some other "optimized" keyboard layout, but I fear I would be lost if I sat down at any other keyboard after that. Well... back to work. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:56, 15 February 2006 (EST)

Misco, you are insane. And fantastic. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:28, 15 February 2006 (EST)

:Well, I'm not going to argue with that. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 03:48, 16 February 2006 (EST)

== Epiphanies Complete ==
Hooray! Thanks for finishing epiphanies! (See? People really do read it.) Between you and [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]], more is getting done in the transcript department than had been done since it has existed. Thanks!--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:37, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:Thanks for saying erm...thanks! :) I would have finished it earlier but I got behind on watching the BSG episodes (technical difficulties) and I didn't dare come near the site for fear of spoilers! But now I'm all caught up so hopefully the transcripts on this site will be up to date by the time BSG comes back on and more podcasts start getting made. October... *sigh* --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:07, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== LJ And Other Things ==

Woohoo, Misco! How awesome is it that we found each other on the LiveJournal battlestar_blog community yesterday? Small world :) P.S. I think you're the only other female I've seen here. LOL -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 10:57, 14 March 2006 (CST)

:I know I was so surprised! I hadn't been here for nearly a month (as I said above in the reply to [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]) and didn't realise there was a new transcriber. Anyway as soon as I realised I just had to 'friend' you! ;) And I love the battlestar_blog community too, in fact I think I've become slightly addicted! Are we the only two girls? Haha, that's great. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:19, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== Verification ==
Thanks for the verification (and welcome back)! It's always encouraging to know that at least one other person has read over it carefully. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:10, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

:Your transcription was pretty much perfect. You should transcribe more! And I'm glad to be back - I'm gonna try and finish Colonial Day this week - sorry I disappeared for a while but RL sometimes just gets in the way. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

::I understand. Hopefully Lainey will return too! Also, you may want to try using the (free) [[Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts#Application |program]] that's linked at the top of the Transcripts Project page. It allows you to control playback speed (I do most of my work at 60%, then one quick run-through at 100% when I'm double checking) and remembers where you left off. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:42, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Female user pic ==
There's no rule against it, but yours is the first female contributor user pic posted here. Don't be surprised if you end up in a future [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/group_thumb.jpg group photo]. If you're interested I also do individual BSG portraits if you have a favorite character (or character type).--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:38, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh, I'm a pioneer. ;) Hopefully I won't be the last. I'm more than happy to be put in a group photo, the one you linked to was great. As far as an individual BSG portrait goes, thanks, I'd love one! I like all the female characters / the jobs they do, so I'll leave it to your discretion what you 'cast' me as. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/misco_rough.jpg First rough draft]. I'll continue tomorrow. (It's a group pic so I may try to figure out some other people to get in as well.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:50, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Aww that's brilliant. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing the final finished group picture if you decide to do that. :) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)
:Also nice to see a photo to a name. :) Welcome! :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:40, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks for the welcome. :) I agree it's nice to see what people really look like. I meant to put an image up ages ago but was suffering from a severe lack of pictures of myself.--[[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:55, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Indeed, another welcome from someone else, this time though, in the same country. And be careful, with pictures like that and a shared interest in BSG, you may get geek stalkers! Hi, have you met me yet? :P --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 15:24, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Hello their fellow UKer! I'm more than happy to get 'geek stalkers' as you put it, my inner geek adores them. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for your support of BSG: you have no idea how hard I'm struggling to make BSG have a..."more respectable" fanbase....keep in mind that this is based on years of indignity in Star Trek fandom: by the end of Voyager and Enterprise it was mostly "middle aged guys living in their parents basements" watching because they inserted Space Babes like Seven of Nine and T'Pol in, and the production team would just dismiss fan complaints by saying "who cares what fans think? They're just middle aged FanBoys" etc. ---->BSG is really breaking new ground and people that don't normally watch Scifi are watching BSG, i.e. my sister and all of her college friends (their college is near mine) I converted into avid BSG fans, and on the bboards actually a lot of women and actually "hip young people" are contributing. Oh, I won't repeat my usual "Cally is great because she's a girl and my age and a character" (I think you've all heard it already), but stuff like that. But it's really that I was so annoyed that fans were getting dismissed as "middle aged fanboys" that I like it when we break the stereotype of what a "fan" is; (I myself am 20 and was on my high school varsity football team, so I ''don't'' look like the sterotypical "gawky nerdy fanboy"; I'm more of a militant ''Che Gueverra''-esque "Geek Power!" fellow :) --->Btw, it was funny: Richard Hatch came to a convention I went to, and I think for like 20 years he's had to deal with the "middle-aged living in parent's basement" types of fans, and when I went I brought along my sister and her 2 college-aged friends, and we all dressed up in Battlestar pilot flight suits, and Hatch was just extatic :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:I understand what you mean. I myself really hate the stereotype that shows like Trek have to suffer when it comes to what their fans are like. While I'm sure that there are a portion of 'middle-aged geeks living in their parent's basements' who are avid supporters, that is certainly not by any means the only person who would like a science-fiction show. Or, in any case, ''could'' like a science-fiction show if people would only give something different a chance.
I have to admit that one of the reasons why I never bothered giving Enterprise much of a chance was because of the whole T'Pol thing and I didn't want to get attached to a programme just for it to turn into The Seven of Nine Show like Voyager did in the end. And it's not that I have some objection to beautiful women in revealing clothes being a part of science fiction, I loved Farscape more than I can say and that has its fair share and of course I adore BSG's Six - I only object when it reaches the point that the show seems to be about nothing else.
I agree that BSG is not your typical science-fiction show, I mean for one thing there is a lot less technobabble and the whole political element isn't sci-fi at all really. I feel much happier recommending BSG to people to watch than I would other science fiction shows just because of that and I know that a big part of that is the stereotype people have and so with other shows I immediately think well they would never give 'this' or 'that' a chance - so what's the point.
Another thing I don't understand is why this stereotype is still around today, there seem to be a lot of women who contribute on forums, and write fan-fiction about the show etc etc. So surely the reaction people have to what a science fiction fan should look/act like must be changing. And I guess it is... but extremely slowly because there were a lot of women who liked Voyager and a lot of women who liked Farscape (to name two shows I loved) but you wouldn't know it as far as the way people talk about science-fiction fandom goes. I myself, once went to a convention type thing and I have to say, I don't think that there were that many more men there than women, of course they could have just been the guy's sisters or girlfriends - but then I didn't think geeks who lived in their parent's basements had girlfriends. ;) --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 05:03, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Misco

2006-08-16T19:55:08Z

Misco: /* Female user pic */

User:Misco

2006-08-16T19:34:29Z

Misco:

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| photo= Misco_buckingham_palace.jpg
| name= Melissa Darlington
| age= 20
| location= Colchester, England / New Caprica
| gmail= i.misco
| callsign=Misco
| occupation= Student / Presidential Aide (Erm.. Laura Roslin's that is)
| admin=
| nocat=
}}
Melissa is the type of person some may call 'a bit of a slacker' although she prefers the term 'free-spirit'.

She lives in England and has done for the past two decades.

In her time, she has attended various schools including South Cheshire College and the University of Essex, where she currently resides.

She is studying to gain her BA in Humanities although she fears she may be going round in circles due to a lack of any real enthusiasm for important activities like class attendance and essay submission, instead choosing to waste her time watching various television shows and then discussing them endlessly. Neither of which will further her long-term career prospects.

Is a self-confessed expert in 'avoidance of work and responsibilities' and in fact this little profile is a good example of that very 'quality'.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-16T18:29:21Z

Misco: /* Black Market */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Podcasts Needing Transcribing===
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
=====[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: -.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
====Season 2 podcasts====
===== [[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]] =====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:29, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=====[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:00, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:16, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]=====
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Black Market

2006-08-16T18:28:15Z

Misco: /* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] */ (minor changes)

{{podcast|author=Steelviper|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}
==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==

Hello, and welcome to the podcast for episode 14, "[[Black Market]]." I'm [[Ronald D. Moore]], executive producer and developer of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]. And today's podcast we're gonna be do something a little bit different, actually, than the norm. We're going to be talking about an episode that I don't particularly like (Chuckles) and discussing maybe the reasons why it doesn't work and the problems that I think are inherent in this particular episode. I think I should also make it clear from the outset that the criticisms and implied criticisms of this episode really should not be laid at the doorstep of the production team, or the [[:Category:Cast|cast]], or [[:Category:Crew|crew]], or the [[:Category:Writers|writing staff]], or anybody else. It's really my responsibility as head writer and one of the executive producers. The decisions that led to this episode being something that I'm not as enamored with really can all be tracked back to decisions that I made at various stages in the creative process. So this is really a- a podcast devoted to self-examination and self-criticism, more than anything else, and going through why this particular episode doesn't seem like it fits as well within the- the pantheon of what we've established.

Ok. Here we are at the top of the show. This particular opening was not scripted this way. This was the ending. And it is- it's a flash-forward to the end of the show, with [[Lee Adama|Lee]] facing down [[Bill Duke]]'s character and the question of whether he's going to shoot him or not and then this provides, essentially, the frame for the entire episode. But this was not as scripted. This came out- this move of putting the confrontation of Lee pointing the gun at [[Phelan]] came out of desperation, more than anything else. I saw the cut of "Black Market" initially and I was depressed. I wasn't happy. I was really disappointed in the show and myself and what we had done and didn't feel like the episode really had anything going for it. That it started too slowly, that the initial scenes were not engaging, the story wasn't grabbing me and so one of the ways that we set out to try to fix the episode and to get the best episode that we could. I came up with this idea of, "Well let's take..." It's a classic device. This is not rocket science. It's take the end and put a piece of the end at the head of the episode so that you tease the drama. You're essentially setting up a jeopardy situation that's intriguing and compelling, one would hope, and let that pull the audience into the show so that they will then hang on- "Well, what was that confrontation about? Who was the Bill Duke character? Why is Lee pointing that gun? Is he gonna shoot him?" And that kind of tension undergirds the rest of the episode. I think the theory works, surprisingly. (Chuckles). It does provide a certain amount of tension throughout the episode. In fact it's one of the few things the episode has going for it, in my opinion, is that we do have that underlying question of, "What is that confrontation about and when are we going to get to it?"

The storyline came out of a lot of pretty interesting discussions in the writers' room about the [[Black market (organization)|black market]] and what would be happening in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Our discussions centered around the notion of, "What is really happening out there economically? Where are people getting things? Who are they turning to? What criminal elements crop up at some point, if not well before now, at least it could be acknowledged now? And how do the people, and the [[government]], and in [[Colonial Fleet|the military]] deal with these kinds of problems? There is no (quote-unquote) "police force" that's been established in the Rag Tag Fleet and it doesn't seem realistic that there could've been a police force established in the Rag Tag Fleet to date. So [[William Adama|Adama]] and the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and now ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' are really the only enforcement that they have. And what happens when people on- the new arrivals on ''Pegasus'' having their own agendas, their own backstories, their own motivations, what happens when you move them into this mix and maybe the new man at the top gets involved with the black market?

I think one of the difficulties of the show, conceptually, is that the black market is a difficult concept, in this particular world, to get your mind around. In a world of ''Galactica'' where the Rag Tag Fleet is out on its own, there is no [[wikipedia:Socioeconomics|socioeconomic]] structure beyond the Rag Tag Fleet. There's no government. There's no social system. There's no nothing. Other than these particular [[:Category:Colonial Craft|ships]]. Isn't everything black market? Isn't everything to be bartered? One starts to wonder what the distinctions are that [[Laura Roslin|Laura]] is upset about. We gravitate towards place where we said, "Well the criminal element and the black market is essentially taking essential goods and holding them hostage and extorting other goods from other people and some kind of system of distribution for rations and for goods is being upset because people are starting to exert undue pressures in certain directions." It's a heady, intellectual argument. It doesn't have the visceral nature of, "Well, there's the thriving drug trade," or "There's a white slavery ring," or something like that. Which isn't really where we wanted to go. It was supposed to delineate forth the socioeconomic difficulties that the Rag Tag Fleet is dealing with while also at its core focusing, of course, on Lee Adama. This is a "Lee story". And the insp- the place that the "Lee story" starts from in this telling is from Lee classicly going up the river. That's an allusion to [[wikipedia:Joseph Conrad|Joseph Conrad]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'' which is the basis for "[[wikipedia:Apocalypse Now|Apocalypse Now]]". It's a model that is tossed about a lot in writers' rooms in a lot of industry of discussion has to do with... My apologies. You're probably picking up a great deal of gardening noise today and sorry, that's the risk you run with these podcasts. Anyway, ''Heart of Darkness'' is one of those archetypes that is tossed about a lot in writers' rooms where you're taking a character and he is either literally or metaphorically going up a river of darkness, getting darker and darker and going to places that the character never really thought that he would go. And so this is Lee's journey up the river, ultimately finding [[wikipedia:Kurtz (Heart of Darkness)|Kurtz]], as it were, the Bill Duke character. I think we were all in love with the notion on a character level, well, I'll get back to that. I was gonna talk about Lee and [[Shevon|the prostitute]].

This sequence is- this is what's wrong with the episode. This is far too conventional. I think if I had to sum up what's wrong with this episode in my opinion, it's that this time we went for a much more tv, conventional tale and execution. The murder of [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] with the gadget. The reveal of the villain smoking the cigar. You feel like this is a scene from another series. And I think that's what disturbs me the most is that it just- this doesn't feel as much like ''Galactica'' as it should. This feels a little bit more of television. Which sounds like a slap against television and it kinda is I mean a lot of television is very comfortable, very predictable. The stories are quite conventional. You tune into most hour-long dramas on the air and you know where the story's going as soon as you tune in. And there's a- there's a familiarity and a comfort to that- that audiences look forward to on some level.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1]==

In our case, I don't think that comfort and familiarity really work for us. I don't think it's helpful or useful that the audience knows where this story is going from the opening moments. I don't think it really is in keeping with what the show tries to do- it tries to be. Now, that said, we struggled mightily to try to bring a lot of unexpected quality to this show. Part of that struggle was to give Lee a more complex personality, to delve into darker waters with Lee using the escape sequence, rather, the ejection sequence from "Resurrection Ship" and his experience there as the jumping off point into his own journey, and to discover things like Lee has this girl. That was in the teaser and I love, I do like the idea that Lee is with this girl, and you're playing, he's got the girl, and she has a daughter, and it seems very sweet, and then he pays her at the end. And the idea that there's this- there prostitution is very common in the Fleet, and that it was probably legal back in the Colonies, before the attack, and that it's not a big- it's not a major deal. It's not like, "Oh my God! Lee is seeing a hooker." It's just dealt with.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-16T18:00:13Z

Misco: /* Season 2 podcasts */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: -.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:00, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II

2006-08-16T17:58:29Z

Misco:

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-16T16:07:12Z

Misco: /* Season 2 podcasts */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: -.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:07, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-14T14:07:40Z

Misco: /* Checkins */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:37, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:16, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:21, 13 August 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 15:47, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 16:14, 13 August 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:07, 14 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
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*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
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*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
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=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
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*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-08-14T14:04:22Z

Misco:

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== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] ==

Hello and welcome to the podcast commentary of episode eleven, [[Colonial Day]]. I am [[Ronald D. Moore]] the executive producer and creator of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] and tonight we're going to be talking about the eleventh episode of the first season Colonial Day. This was- essentially began life as our [[wikipedia:The_West_Wing_%28television%29|West Wing]] episode and we'd always wanted to do an episode that really took place in [[Laura Roslin]]'s world and really dealt with the politics of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] and [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and the people and the survivors of the human race and how that would evolve over the course of the series.

As I was developing the show early on and setting up the major players I felt very strongly that the President should be a very important player in the show. In the original [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]] there was a [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], which is [[Quorum of Twelve|reprised]] in this episode, of political leaders of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|The Twelve Colonies]] which before the attack of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] in the original Galactica the Quorum of Twelve was the political quasi-military leadership of the Twelve Colonies.

Before we delve further into that, because I tend to digress a lot in these as long time listeners will know, this is [[Cloud Nine]] which is actually the college of [[wikipedia:University_of_British_Columbia|VC University]]. We definitely wanted to get outside of Galactica, go explore another ship in the fleet and we decided that if we had at least one vessel that was set up in some sort of arboretum type setting that had a dome on it, a place where you could create- that had recreated some sort of Earth-like or colony-like exterior that would be a nice place to open a show up, it keeps the show from getting too claustrophobic, but it prevents or it allows us to stay within the fleet instead of having to go and make up the colony- the planet of the week idea which I was very much opposed to doing from the get-go. I didn't want the show to be about going to alien worlds constantly that happened to look like [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]]. I wanted to essentially use [[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Caprica|Caprica]]- the story-line on Caprica to be location driven in [[wikipedia:Vancouver|Vancouver]] and we would essentially be saying that Caprica looks an awful lot like Vancouver but as far as other planets- I think it starts to beg credibility at a certain point when all the planets in the universe look like Canada. I'd never really wanted to go to other planets in this series and I definitely didn't want to explore other aliens and so the idea of having at least one ship in our rag-tag felt that had a certain sort of exterior feel to it allows us to have it both ways; we can go outside and we can do a few- some episodes like this where the characters get to go outside and be in the trees and get a different sort of visual sense without it really breaking the reality of what we had set up so far.

And there are the sirens and the dogs which I'm sure you've all come to know and love in my little home here in [[wikipedia:Altadena, California|Altadena]], [[wikipedia:California|California]] and I'm er... yeah isn't it great? There they go, the public services, my tax dollars at work.

In any case the West Wing episode was something that we had talked about from the very, very earliest going, I always wanted to do something that was more political that dealt with the practical realities of trying to govern and run a society that had- run the remnants of a society that had just been destroyed and unlike the original series I didn't want the political leadership of our rag-tag fleet to really be straw men for [[William Adama|Adama]] to knock down over and over again, because that was essentially the dynamic developed in the original series. The Quorum of Twelve would come up with some lame-brain idea, 'Hey let's go make peace with the Cylons' or 'Hey let's stay here on this planet' where obviously the Cylons were gonna come in five minutes and [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] being wiser and smarter would always find a way to beat them and cooler heads would prevail and Adama and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] would save the day. I didn't really want to do that because I didn't like the message of it, I didn't really like the notion that, 'what you really need is just a good, smart military who can control and run everything'. I just didn't like that, I liked playing the natural tension between the civilian and the military authority in this situation, I wanted to really explore what it meant to be a democracy in these circumstances and a republican form of government in these circumstances. And I thought it also said something interesting about the society- the Colonial society, that they do value and treasure and place great emphasis on the fact that their government is still with them. I mean the entire Laura Roslin plot line throughout the series is really a tribute to the fact of how strongly these people believe in their system of government, how fundamental the notions of democracy and representation and the vote and equal rights and- the sort of things that in this country, the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]], are also built into our culture. We have this fundamental belief in the [[Wikipedia:US_Constitution|Constitution]], a fundamental belief in the [[Wikipedia:United_States_Bill_of_Rights|Bill of Rights]] and there is argument about margins of it but we have this undeniable belief system. I wanted the rag-tag fleet and in essence their society to mirror our society in that way but then I wanted an ability to test all of those assumptions, I wanted this circumstance and this set of problems to continually challenge and really provoke those ideas.

== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act One] ==

I was talking a moment ago about how I wanted the situation that the Colonial survivors find themselves in to really challenge and provoke their notions of society and freedom and I think that idea of a situation that is so dire, that is
so fraught with peril, that puts at risk the very nature of existence is an interesting one and how it tests the system of governments and governance and the social rules that people operate in, that idea, that challenge to the fundamentals of the system, is something that I think we're going through right now. I think that the situation in this country, the [[Wikipedia:War_on_terrorism|War on Terrorism]], the assertion of executive power in all circumstances, the march- the long march toward extreme authoritarian governance has begun in this country and the idea of how we fight back against that- or what are the places that we choose to fight back and what are the places that we choose not to fight back, what are the places and what are the areas of power and society today in our culture are we willing to hand over to security, are we willing to give up freedoms in which areas in order to provide security. I think those ideas are in the show 'cause those ideas are in the culture right now.

Back to the show onscreen here, this sequence of [[Kara Thrace|Kara]] and [[Lee Adama|Lee]] getting on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and just relaxing and stopping to literally smell the roses as it were- used to be a pool, in first draft there was a scripted- there was a large pool that also opened the show, there were people diving into the pool because ''Cloud Nine'' was like a cruise ship and banquet facility and convention and meeting place and so on originally, before the holocaust, and in this sequence- instead of her spraying him with the hose, which she's about to do here, we had Kara just stripping off her clothes and going skinny-dipping and Lee sort of being scandalised by it but then jumping in as well because we wanted to just give them a moment. It was like, 'give these guys a break, they've had a long difficult season too' and it just felt like 'okay now they're standing out there, it looks beautiful, it is beautiful, let them enjoy themselves and have a little bit of fun'.

This is the lead-up to the meeting. I mean, all these sort of security things, the screeners, the [[Colonial Marine Corps|marine guards]], the procedures that you see them following, they are intended to be redolent of the familiar security procedures that travellers and people going to various meetings have to experience today, again the notion here is to have this mirror our society, we're not trying to create a new cool-spacey-wow-weird society, this is a recognisable place, with recognisable customs and functions because we're trying to convey a certain idea here and we want you to think about the ideas and enjoy the drama rather than really being distracted by some of the trappings of what the genre sometimes brings.

This whole little bit of business, well not here but what we're leading up to, the bit of business with [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] and will [[Laura Roslin]] shake Zarek's hand in public is inspired by- [[Wikipedia:Yasser_Arafat|Yasser Arafat]] came to the [[Wikipedia:White_House|White House]] for the meeting with [[Wikipedia:Yitzhak_rabin|Yitzhak Rabin]] to sign the [[Wikipedia:Oslo_Accords|Oslo Accords]] there was a lot of speculation whether Rabin shake the hand of Arafat and the symbolism of that and what it entailed and the carefully choreographed maneuver where [[Wikipedia:Bill_Clinton|Clinton]] got the two men to shake in the famous photograph and video on the White House lawn- I always liked that there was something interesting about just the symbolism of a handshake, what it says, how it conveys- and so I made this whole little bit of business of Zarek come up and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] won't shake his hand and [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] who is becoming a little bit more of a player and a little bit more cunning decides to shake his hand and get her picture everywhere and it would make news and that would start to advance her agenda, which we start to learn is a separate agenda from everybody else and again Ellen is her own person, her own player, Ellen is a survivor in a literal sense and in a larger sense, Ellen is someone who is going to find a way, somehow, someway, to survive and to keep moving up the ladder and she sees him as a possible way up that ladder.

Just a side-note about media because this is certainly the show that features media more than any other in this series,
it's a bit of a push frankly, we're pushing what I think is the reality of the show slightly to make it feel a little bit more familiar and a little easier to play. We established in the [[miniseries]] that there was a group of [[Colonial Press|reporters and press]] aboard [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] for its decommissioning ceremony and presumably a lot of them were either on [[Colonial One|Laura Roslin's transport]] or left behind aboard ''Galactica'', in any case there was definitely a press contingent that survived the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]]. So I didn't think it was straining credulity too far to say that they would continue to function in those roles, I mean what else would they do, they're media people, they're experienced broadcasters and journalists and they would presumably try to cover the events that are happening around them. I think there may be a little too many of them in some cases and perhaps sometimes we stretch a point to try and give ourselves a sense of a press corps because we're trying to convey a certain feeling of politics, a certain importance of the White House, to sort of root you in what the archetypes are supposed to be, but more or less I think it plays fairly real.

Again, this is another location at the [[Wikipedia:University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia]] where the [[Quorum of Twelve]] is meeting, as I started to talk about earlier the Quorum of Twelve is an idea that was in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]], I never quite figured out exactly how you got on the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]] there seemed to be an implication in the original series that [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] was a member of the Quorum and I'm not sure if commanders of other Battlestars were or if Adama was unique, I'm sure there's fans of the original series who might have a better answer for that than I do, my impression from watching the Pilot and the episodes was that the Quorum seemed to represent each of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|the twelve colonies]] and there didn't seem to be a determinate of how one got to the Quorum or exactly what its powers were, it seemed to be a large Grand Council as it were which is a very familiar science fiction riff frankly that happens a lot. It happens a lot in [[Wikipedia:Star_Trek|Star Trek]], in Trek there were many occasions where you would encounter an alien society and essentially instead of trying to stroke out the complexities of its government and do it by [[Wikipedia:Bicameralism|bi-cameral legislation]] and legislature and the judiciary and how the executive evolves and blah blah blah you would just say 'well, there's the Supreme Council or there's the Grand Council or there was the- ' whatever they were called there was some body that usually sat around tables and nodded a lot because they were mostly extras and there would be the leader of the council and that was how you typically dealt with alien cultures. Galactica has a similar sort of riff in the original, there is this Quorum, it makes sense there is twelve, they seem to be some kind of [[Wikipedia:senate|senate]] I guess would be the closest sort of approximation you could run to. In the new series the way I've started to construct the Government was that the Quorum of Twelve is somewhere between [[Wikipedia:United_states_senate|the Senate]] and a [[Wikipedia:political_cabinet|cabinet]], there seems- I guess it can't be the cabinet I take that back- it is essentially some kind of glorified senate, each of them represents their colony which gives them a massive amount of power- just one person per colony in this setup- so the Quorum would have a tremendous amount of say- the rules of voting, is there a [[Wikipedia:filibuster|filibuster]], does it take a simple majority to pass things- in this episode it takes a simple majority to elect a Vice President- does it take a super-majority to pass constitutional amendments etc etc, there's lots of detail work to go on at some point. But again I really wanted to play the reality of what they would have to go through, Laura can't run the entire [[The Fleet (RDM)|civilian fleet]] by herself, any sort of society needs some sort of governmental construct, it needs some sort of bureaucracy, it needs some sort of designated hitters for education and security etc etc. There are anarchists listening to this right now who I'm sure will argue that point.

This episode I also wanted to start to get into the fact that the colonies or the colonists, the survivors are not just
nameless, faceless and all think the same thing, there are divisions. There are colonies or survivors of colonies who believe one thing, there are survivors of colonies who believe something else, Laura Roslin is not the perfect leader, she is not the most popular President they've ever had, she's never even been elected to this post so she's not, I think, someone who holds the post by acclamation, she's somebody who holds the post because everybody ahead of her in the line of succession died and I think that gives- her hold on power's a bit tenuous as a result.

== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act Two] ==

A fair question that comes up is why hasn't [[Laura Roslin|Laura]] designated a Vice President well before now? I
think that is a fair question, [[Mary McDonnell]] asked me the same question, and I think the answer is simply that
there hasn't been a whole hell of a lot of time since the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]] until this episode
there is really only a matter of weeks and they have had a lot on their plates, a tremendous amount has happened to these people in a very short amount of time. She's only now starting to get to the point where she can even think about putting a government together, to convene a [[Quorum of Twelve|Quorum]], to establish a bureaucracy, to try to bring some order to the chaos of the refugee flight into the stars, so I don't think it's pushing things too far to say they haven't had an actual Vice President until now. I mean in practical terms what would have been her legal authority to appoint a Vice President if their system of government says that it has to be nominated and approved by the Quorum in this kind of circumstance. Presumably the Vice President was elected by the people under normal circumstances and then if everybody else is dead, much like when [[wikipedia:Spiro_Agnew|Spiro Agnew]] resigned as Vice President in the early 70's and [[wikipedia:Richard_Nixon|Nixon]] nominated [[wikipedia:Gerald_Ford|Gerald Ford]] and he was confirmed by the- I think the [[wikipedia:House_of_Representatives|House]] I'm not positive whether it was both [[wikipedia:United_States_Congress|Houses of Congress]] or not but in essence he was confirmed- so we're in a similar kind of deal.

This sequence to me is one of the more interesting in the show because of the ideas that are present in it, not just
[[Tom Zarek]] and his agenda being one that I'll talk about in a moment, but also what it says about [[The Fleet|the fleet]], think about what's happening throughout these ships, here are all these survivors, they're all stuck in these
vessels, they ran away, they're all happy to be alive, they're all scrabbling in a day to day existence, conditions vary widely on all these ships and what do they do? What are they doing with their time? This is shining a light on one of the conceits of the show which is that everybody on a ship like this would continue to do their jobs. I mean, why is this guy continuing to be a gardener? Why are the bartenders continuing to be bartenders? I mean, he's bringing up a valid point, these people are all in some way living a fantasy, they're all sort of trying to maintain the veneer of the world that they once lost, which I think is a really interesting idea and again I think it's emotionally true. I think that they would try to hang on to their past lives. The journalists all want to behave like journalists. They don't want to start digging and- not even digging, creating hydroponic plants and becoming laborers and all this. I mean whether that's practical or not, it may not be practical at a certain point, I think that their initial impulses and their initial instincts would drive them towards continuing their old professions, continuing their old lives and trying to hang on to what they had as best as possible. I mean even here at ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' they're still going to the bar and hanging out and they're still behaving much like they would have behaved back home and yet home is gone and none of that's real.

This whole subplot that is illuminated here with the building assassination attempt on Laura Roslin that was established earlier with the tease with the man assembling the gun and the smuggling it through security and now we've got this guy- the show initially was- wanted to be just [[imdb:tt0200276|The West Wing]], let's do just a political show, make the stakes Laura, Laura's position, make the stakes democracy and all that and I think that there came a point where that grew unsatisfying, we felt like we needed a little something else, it is [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], there is a certain sort of tension and jeopardy component to the show and so now we have the barfight, (dogs start to bark) we have the underlying tension between- I apologise for the dogs, they're going crazy I'll shut the window, I hope it doesn't bother too many of you and I hope the rest of you are dog lovers- in any case, the feeling was we needed a little something else, a little more juice in the show, so there was this sort of underlying plot that may or may not be attached to Tom Zarek as he seems to be manipulating events and possibly getting ready to assassinate the President. I think that as far as it goes it works, I think it certainly- it delivers the tension and the jeopardy beats when you need them structurally in the script, I'm not sure that it's entirely successful, I laid most of that blame to myself because I'm the head writer, and I sort of construct these things and guide them through the process. I don't know that I ever really solved the problem of balancing the political and the jeopardy in this episode, I think that the jeopardy starts to take over here and you feel like we're really going somewhere- and I'll be back in a moment-

== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act Three] ==

Like I was saying before- now we're back on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] of course- and before we- let's just put off talking about Caprica for the moment- the jeopardy component of "[[Colonial Day]]" I don't think is entirely satisfying, I know I was never satisfied with it, it's never really a full-blown assassination attempt, we never have the sniper rifle or
weapon with [[Laura Roslin|Laura]] in the crosshairs and you're building the tension of will they get to the sniper before he pulls the trigger and will [[Lee Adama|Lee]] knock her down and we never really play any of that because I didn't really want to, I didn't really want to play that, I just felt like that was a little too easy, it was a little too predictable, I didn't find a lot in that that really interested me personally and yet I did acknowledge that there was a need for some kind of jeopardy and tension in the show beyond the political. So I sort of went with the assassination thing to an extent and I think that in overall feeling, the episode kind of falls between two ideas a little bit, I think I really like the Laura story, I love [[Mary McDonnell|Mary]] in the show, I'm really intrigued with the political dynamics of it but the politics of it never quite spin, it never becomes quite dire enough to sustain it, the political situation takes a while to set up, it's a lot of complicated ideas, there's maneuverings back and forth and I never found a way to really make that story so dynamic and so intriguing and so fraught with jeopardy and tension that you felt like you didn't need anything else and yet the assassination story is never quite in the line of fire or something, like I said you never look through the crosshairs of the sniper and you're never really playing that all the way either. So I think the episode is a little soft as a result it never quite becomes a barn-burner of an episode, all that said it has some of my favorite bits in it. I mean I really like this storyline on Caprica, I think it's satisfying and it moves the Caprica storyline along quickly, I like the performances a lot in this episode, I really like the direction, this was directed by a friend of mine [[imdb:nm0665321|J. Pate]], he and his brother [[imdb:nm0665322|Josh]] were the creators and showrunners behind a little show that I worked on briefly called [[imdb:tt0195462|G vs. E]] or Good Versus Evil which is how I came to meet my partner [[imdb:nm0251594|David Eick]] and that show used to be on [[wikipedia:USA_Network|USA]] and then it migrated to the [[wikipedia:Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29|Sci-Fi channel]], it only lasted really one season but it was great, it was just a great episode, they were really, really smart, young, very young, directors and writers and this episode works in large measure because of the work that J did on it. I think he brings a lot of tension to these scenes, he really knew how to shoot like I said what was not the greatest assassination conspiracy show and he kinda gives it a lot of life and I think that these scenes work as a result of the director elevating the material and the actors also elevate the material within it. This stuff is all fairly straight ahead, it's the interrogation scene. You've seen riffs on this for years and years and years, this works because J makes it work, he knows where to put the camera, he knows when to go to people, it's edited well, you've got three good actors in the room, I mean this little bit with Kara is tremendous, the wink, adding the right note of cynicism and jeopardy into the scene.

Again, I love- I didn't get to comment on the fact that [[Jamie Bamber|Jamie]] threw that briefcase across the room, that's completely his own doing, it's just like we were watching dailies and Jamie picks up the briefcase and FLINGS IT ACROSS THE ROOM! And I just love that, so we kept it in the show. Jamie, he really can go for it, he really- there's a lot bottled up inside Lee Adama which I think is fascinating because on the surface you don't think that Lee is a violent person, or that Lee really could explode and in the moments that we let Jamie cut loose with the character you really do, your head kinda snaps back a little bit and you go 'Woah'.

This little beat here and the later beats that are coming up between Laura and [[Wallace Gray|Gray]] are- illuminate another part of the character that I'm really fond of which is that Laura Roslin who is the Secretary of Education and seemingly a very genteel, a very quiet woman who had liked to stay behind the scenes, never wanted to run for office but had been around politics for quite a while, had been in the Office of the President for quite a while, had been in the Mayor's Office and knew how to throw elbows and knows what to do and that Laura, when push come to shove, will shove you. And that she shoves Gray out the door is in-keeping with the same character who put that [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] out the airlock, I think Laura says a lot of good things and that Laura believes a lot of things that she says about freedom and about right and wrong, she's a very idealistic person, but she's very, very practical and pragmatic. I think she's a pragmatist first, I think one of the interesting things about her vis à vis [[William Adama|Adama]] is that Adama really is an idealist. Adama is this warhorse military leader who is going into retirement and who has dealt with the practical realities of men and women in combat and you would think that would make him almost cynical but I think Adama is a bit of an idealist, I think he believes in things y'know the Articles of Colonization which is their version of the [[wikipedia:United_States_Constitution|Constitution]] and whatever their [[wikipedia:Bill_of_Rights|Bill of Rights]] is and those sort of ideas of freedom and democracy and liberty, I think Adama believes in those things passionately. I think Laura believes in them but Laura's a pragmatist first, Laura gets things done, Laura figures out how to accomplish- how A leads to B leads to C. And I think that who Laura was before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]- I think Laura was a quiet person, I think she kept to herself a lot, we've established that she took care of her mother as her mother was dying of cancer which was I think- if you think of Laura as a caregiver who had to function in that role and also be a public figure I think you realise that this was a woman who led a very solitary very internal existance and then the world ends on the same day that she finds out she gets cancer and she's elevated into the Presidency and I think that's a fascinating story.

== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act Four] ==

I think that in many ways you could argue that [[Laura Roslin]]'s life began on the day that the world ended, that before that moment she was somebody who was living sort of a shadow life and then in one fell swoop she is made aware of her own mortality in a very real way and she is given responsibility for literally the human race. I think she came alive through that process in a way that she may never have come alive if she had just continued about her daily work back as the Secretary of Education, I think she's come into her own as the President, I think she's started to fulfil some of her own potential in ways that she probably never would if fate had not handed this to her.

This whole thing is sort of a callback to the [[miniseries|Pilot]], in the Pilot [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s initial scene, his introduction scene, was him doing a television interview and in that moment we saw that he was a very media friendly person, he knew how to play to the camera and he enjoys it, he likes the limelight. And this sequence is all about Laura hearing it over the radio and realising that that's a guy who knows how to stir people's emotions, that's a guy who people will flock to, rally to, and I can use that guy, it's all about using him. I think she's- she does not trust him completely, I think after the events of "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]" in which he was accused and then exonerated of being a traitor, I don't think she's ever forgotten that but Laura above all else is a pragmatist. She has a real problem right now, she's about to lose the Vice Presidency to [[Tom Zarek]] and she needs somebody else and here's Baltar, here's a guy that could win the vote who she has doubts about his motives but he's got to be better than Zarek and she's willing to pull that trigger and make that decision. And I think not all of her decisions- sometimes her decisions aren't the right ones, I mean maybe this decision of polling Baltar here will ultimately come back and bite her on the ass but you've got to deal with the problem when you deal with it so as the Secretary of Defense says, "You go to war with the army that you have, not the army you wish you have".

I think this whole beat coming up of her cutting off- is this cut directly?- See now it's been a while since I've seen the episode, I'm not even sure where we're cutting to- we're either cutting to [[Wallace Gray|Gray]] or we're going back to [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]- okay we're going to Gray. That particular shot, for some reason, just because of that pole in the background and the way it's lit, it always feels like they're walking on the [[wikipedia:National_Mall|Mall]] in [[wikipedia:Washington_DC| Washington D.C.]] which is perfect, the quality of the light, the landscape, it just sort of looks sort of like the [[wikipedia:Washington_monument|Washington Monument]] back there and it's perfect in my mind because it really sort of roots you in this familiar environment, again it's evoking Washington, it's evoking the nation's capital without being literal about it. And this is the scene where the things I've just said about her ability to cut people off and stab them in the back if necessary really comes to the forefront and it's kinda sad, I mean she does- she jettisons her friend, she jettisons somebody that was valuable and good to her and helped her and the rest of the people immensely.

This is one of my favourite scenes in the whole series, there's Laura going into the bathroom to deal with Baltar, I mean we have had more bathrooms in this series than probably all of the rest of science fiction combined which I'm sure gives us some kind of distinction and maybe we'll win an award. Again, the relationship between these two is not an easy one, I think it's complicated, she's relied on him, she's trusted him, she's started to be suspicious of him, she's starting to wonder what he's about, she doesn't know, she can't entirely trust him but again she'll turn to him in a time of crisis because, well, who's the other logical candidate? There isn't one, so you go with this guy, "you go with the devil you know" she says there. And I think we've also been very careful, if you watch the show carefully, you'll see that Baltar- while we the audience knows he's talking to [[Number Six]] all the time and having all these wacky fantasies, there's very little that he actually gives away to the rest of the people around him, he generally- and mostly this is a tribute to how [[James Callis|James]] plays the character- if you really examine it he doesn't give much away to the other people at all, they might think he's a little strange, a little odd but he doesn't really talk to himself that often and the few times he's been caught, like there was a moment when I think [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] came and got him and he was talking and she kind of looks at him oddly and he just kinda says, "Yeah, I was talking to myself, I talk to myself okay?" and he kind of carries it off so I don't think it's a case of where everyone around him would be looking at Baltar going, "He's insane, he talks to thin air". We've always been very careful to sort of hide that aspect and he has other character things too, he's not just a guy that deals with Number Six, he's also the guy that would get [[Playa]] to come on and be in that bathroom stall, which I love, I love the fact that he's still on the make, even in this environment, that Six gives him permission and that he's able to pursue other women and that he's able to pull it off. I love this shot of him going back into the stall, that's just so perfect to me, I just think it's true to the character, that that's still who Baltar is.

This is kind of an interesting scene because this was shot several weeks after the episode was complete, the episode was done, we were slightly short, we're not usually short on episodes typically we're too long, this episode ran a little bit short but we could have made it work, This came in because when we watched the initial cuts of the show and the director watched the initial cuts, everybody kinda had the same reatcion which was we wished there was more on the assassination story, a little bit more along that line, something to just remind you of the danger. So I wrote this scene very late in the game in the middle of shooting "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming]]", which sort of touches on
the danger that, hey there could still be assassination thing going on, don't forget abut that, but then I actually thought what to me made the scene worth doing, worth shooting, was that little business with the uniform and her saying she cleans up good sometimes and him saying "yeah right whatever", because we have the scene coming up where you're gonna see [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in this dress and in the cut it just sort of came out of nowhere- in the first cut it came out of nowhere, she just sort of appears at the final reception in this dress, which is a great moment and all, but you have- it just seemed to come out of nowhere, like why would she do that and why is it with [[Lee Adama|Lee]]? And there
hadn't been any intimation of that so I used that little- when I had the chance to go back in and write an extra scene, I wanted to use it to serve two masters, to sort of touch on the assassination story one more time and also to set up the ending because what's also happening in this show is the subplots of Baltar and his interest in women in general and in Kara specifically and the budding sort of interest, are they or aren't they between Lee and Kara which you kinda knew we were going to do eventually but I was always reticent to do and always wanted to be careful how we went in that territory and if we went in that territory at all and where this leads into the next episode and into "Kobol's Last Gleaming" is quite interesting in my opinion.

Love this, this whole sequence when we temped- when you watch this in the editing bay in the first director's cut they put in temp music or temp tracks as they're called from all kinds of places, cd soundtracks whatever- his entrance here as soon as the lights come on and everybody started applauding they temped it in with (sings) "Fly me to the moon and let me swing among the stars..." it was so great, I laughed and loved it and we kept it in the temp track until somebody just said, "Oh come on you can't really play '[[wikipedia:Fly_Me_To_The_Moon|Fly me to the Moon]]' can you?" And y'know there
is a part of me that just wanted to play 'Fly Me to the Moon' to be honest because I think there's larger ideas within he show- there's Kara in her dress- there's larger ideas in the show that we're starting to explore, this notion of 'all of this has happened before and all of this has happened again' and inherent in that idea is a sense of cycle, that things cycle back through, that all of the events you are watching right now have played themselves out many times before in various guises with various players and that things would start to be the same, that certain ideas, concepts, words, language, would maybe not be the same in each iteration of the cycle but might crop up again, that perhaps they do wear suits and ties, maybe the next time wear togas and maybe next time at some later version there is a version of 'Fly me to the Moon' floating out there in the society and what's the connection between this culture and what's established in this culture and our own, what happens on Earth? Well, that's all remains to be seen, you'll have to watch the rest of the series to get all of that. But I wasn't completely opposed to the idea of 'Fly Me to the Moon' in this episode because I think you can go there with this series, I think you can start to play things that are familiar and interesting and mysterious and let the the audience begin to wonder what the connections are because there is a connection, there is defintely a connection between all these events and Earth events and I think that's part of what makes the series fascinating is trying to sort of devine what these connections are and where they're going.

This little bit at the end is just sort of one of the few times that we ever see the cast and the characters just kinda relaxing and letting down their hair and having a celebratory moment, it felt right, it's like okay we've been through
this long trauma of the season, now they've had a political thing and nearly an assassination, let 'em enjoy themselves, it's [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]], I mean it's their [[wikipedia:Independence_Day_%28United_States%29|Fourth of July]] and if they can't celebrate and try to relax on this one day then they really never are and I never saw the series that way, I never saw that they would be so bleak and so desperate and so unpleasant a place that they could never smile and they could never relax, it's all about context and it's about when you decide to do that.

This little beat here is kind of interesting because there's sort of a natural ionclination on some level to try to build a budding relationship, a romance between Laura and [[William Adama|Adama]], I mean they're the two leads and their positions make them unique and you can't imagine them being with anybody else in the fleet so y'know and you start wondering whether you'll ever hook them up together- there you can sort of see Baltar and Starbuck having a thing- this is as close as I wanted to get, this is sort of like they are a man and a woman and they are both attractive, intelligent, smart people with a lot of strength and on some level that has to attract each of them to the other if in just a very slight way so let's give 'em a moment where just for a moment the President and the Commander actually go and
have a dance and they play it beautifully. I mean look at the look on [[Edward James Olmos|Eddie]]'s face and look at [[Mary McDonnell|Mary]], there's just such an interesting, nice level of comfort to this moment especially given what's going to happen in the next episode and all of this is like y'know, all these sort of nice, good feelings because in the next episode things go VERY BAD for all these people. And I wanted to sort of set that table a little bit, I wanted you to see them, this is the sort of world there might be and how happy they are the night before the next stage of the story which is fast approaching and things are never going to be quite the same for any of them after the events of the next two episodes, 'Kobol's Last Gleaming' one and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|two]]. This relationship between [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], and Tigh and what she wants out of him and what she hopes to be and what he can be and what he wants to be are things that we are exploring in the very first couple of episodes of the second season which we're working on right now, in fact as I sit here recording this we're in prep on the first two episodes of the second season which will be a two part episode to open the season with.

Here we are back on [[Caprica]] and this is where it all kind of comes to a head, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]'s been with [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon]] this entire journey, he has accepted her as Sharon, I mean, why wouldn't he? He has seen some strange things, he's seen that there are at least clones or doubles or something weird of humanoids out there, that the blonde Number Six has appeared more than once and that got his attention- that's the new [[Heavy Raider]] in the background by the way as opposed to the more conventional [[Cylon Raider|Raider]] that Kara captured, that one we call the Heavy Raider- but until this point Helo has never really questioned whether the woman he's with is really Sharon. He knows that the [[Cylons]] are up to something strange y'know I mean what is all this? I mean their sort of ostensible explanation is that they're cloning people is sort of what Sharon said just to get him to not think about the fact that the Cylons look like people, that they can look like her because she certainly didn't want him to think that. At this point Sharon has been on her own- God I'm so- I apologize for the dogs they're going crazy- at this point Sharon has been on her own agenda trying to help Helo get off the planet because she has developed real feelings for him and that was not part of the plan, it was never part of the plan for Sharon to develop actual feelings for Helo and this is the moment of truth; he looks up and 'wait a minute, oh my God, how could this be?' Bang, bang. It's always nice to shoot people and watch their chests explode, it's one of the fun things about doing film and television. Love that shot, that's like a great, great shot. This was all very complicated in editing, flashing back, sort of reminding you of the journey he's been on as he puts the pieces together, this was just one of those things because on the day of when they were shooting this they were very pressed for time you could see they were losing the light, they were losing the location, time was at a premium and they didn't really have a lot of time to do a lot of shots so they had to create a lot of this sort of ending in the editing room and I love this last moment of Sharon.

Okay and that's the end of "[[Colonial Day]]", I hope you enjoyed it, and of course the dogs have stopped barking now
that the show is over and next time I will be taking you through "Kobol's Last Gleaming", the finale of the season and perhaps we'll talk a little bit more about upcoming episodes, episodes that we're currently preppng for season two, and I will talk to you then so thankyou for listening.

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-08-14T11:14:04Z

Misco: /* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act Three] */ (Typo)

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-13T20:47:50Z

Misco: /* Season 1 podcasts */

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*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:37, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:16, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 13:21, 13 August 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 15:47, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-08-13T20:46:19Z

Misco:

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-13T18:16:54Z

Misco: /* Season 1 podcasts */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats corretly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:37, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:16, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-08-13T18:16:26Z

Misco: /* Season 1 podcasts */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats corretly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:37, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: -[[User:Misco|Misco]] 13:16, 13 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribing: --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:43, 11 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-08-13T18:14:41Z

Misco:

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-07-14T19:25:58Z

Misco: /* Colonial Day */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

== Members ==

=== Transcribe ===

=== Verify ===
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 <nowiki>=</nowiki> signs on either side of the episode name so it formats corretly in the Table of Contents.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
=====[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 14:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:55, 29 June 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 10:44, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:03, 6 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:24, 13 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:18, 14 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:21, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===
====Season 2 podcasts====

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-07-14T19:23:37Z

Misco: /* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act One] */

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-07-14T19:06:43Z

Misco:

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-07-14T16:25:48Z

Misco: /* Scar */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
:<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s, please refer to {{tl|podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

===Application===
[http://nch.com.au/scribe/index.html Express Scribe] is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the ''Battlestar Wiki'' window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription.
=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:55, 29 June 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 10:44, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:03, 6 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:24, 13 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:25, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
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*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

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[[Category: Podcasts]]

User talk:Misco

2006-07-14T16:21:00Z

Misco:

Podcast:Scar

2006-07-14T16:14:38Z

Misco:

{{podcast|author=Steelviper|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=, David Weddle, and Bradley Thompson}}

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==
RDM: Hello, and welcome to the podcast for episode fifteen of the second season, "[[Scar]]." I'm [[Ronald D. Moore]], executive producer and developer of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] and this week I'm joined by the writers of this particular episode.

Weddle: I'm [[David Weddle]].

Thompson: And I'm [[Bradley Thompson]], and we were very happy to work on this one.

RDM: This is a good one. This is my- one of the standout episodes of the second season, I think. And I'm trying to remember how we- where this episode began in our- our- on our conversations.

Thompson: There was- well, you had come up with feeling that you wanted to get into the world of the fighter pilot.

RDM: Right.

Thompson: You wanted to see what it was like to sweat down on the [[Hangar deck|deck]], and what were their lives like. And [[David Eick]] came up with an idea that he wanted to see a mano a mano between [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and- and [[Kara Thrace|Kara]]. That Kara's been out of it for a while there may be a new top gun.

Weddle: That's something that Brad and I wanted to do-

RDM: (whispers) A little closer to that.

Weddle: -in some ways Act- Act- in some ways "[[Act of Contrition]]" was a first stab at that. I know from the day we came on the show Brad and I were talking about we wanted to see the life of the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots almost from the day they get- time they get up in the morning to around the clock.

RDM: Which is really weird we started also with last year's "Act of Contrition" which you guys wrote as well, which was all about the first group of new- new "[[nugget]]s" that would come into- into basic training on [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] after [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] was- was on the run. And I think I was- I- I shared their interest in this arena as well. It felt like one of the key aspects of the series, right from the beginning, was, "Ok. This is an aircraft carrier in space." And we went to great pains to try to delineate all the- the markers of what it meant to be on an aircraft carrier, how the squadrons were organized, how the ship was organized, how the pilots were treated and interacted, more or less as accurately as we could portray it. So the thought of doing a show that was all about th- the fighter pilots and all about the squadron, really getting into their lives, was always very appealing.

Weddle: I know one of the the things that Brad and I talked about, one of our favorite World War II movies is [[Wikipedia:Battleground (1949 film)|"Battleground"]] because it's the life- the war from the perspective of the grunts. Which in this case, Viper pilots are. And they're part of a larger mission, but they don't always know the big picture of what's going on and they're caught up in just what their tasks are.

Thompson: One of the toughest things about setting this- this up so that it would be- there was one other aspect to this which was, we needed the enemy because Ron got this idea that he wanted only one battle in space. We weren't going to do a series of battles.

RDM: Oh, right. Right.

Thompson: Or a scorekeeping thing and there was- so we had this box to work into. So the question was, "Ok. How can we set this competition up in the framework of one fight that's going to determine everything?"

RDM: Now this scene- the scene that you're seeing here in the tease of them gathering all the- the possessions of the dead pilot together into a box actually lead to a scene that ultimately we cut in editing. We shot it and cut it. Where they auctioned off the pos- the possessions of the dead pilot, which grew out of something I remember from history and fictionalized history as well where in the- in the Royal Navy back in the [[Wikipedia:Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic War]] era when members of the crew died, officers or enlisted men died, they would take all their possessions and they would take them up onto the deck after the battle and they would auction them off to the other members of the crew, and it was a way of saying goodbye and it was al- or carrying some pieces of their memory forward and also in a practical sense there was gear to be had. And there extra shirts and there were buttons and all kinds of- of things that people actually wanted.

Thompson: Especially in a- in a civilization such as we've got here in the rag tag fleet, a [[Nymph|skin magazine]] or-

RDM: The skin magazines, yeah.

Thompson: That would be a very rare thing. They're probably not making a whole lot of those anymore.

RDM: And we did shoot that aspect of the- of the sce- sequence. This scene was going to then cut to Lee holding up the skin magazine from [[Beano]] and it was like, "Ok. How much do I have for this?" And there was a big rowdy scene. I think when we cut it together and put it in the show my feeling was that it f- it was too big. That the- that the- the energy was too up and it didn't quite read as a quasi-memorial Irish wake kind of an event. It was a little bit too much of a- of a balls-out party. And it felt- we were so early in the show that it pulled you out of the fact that these guys, these new guys, are stepping into a situation where people get killed all the time.

Thompson: What wasn't really obvious with that- with the scene that was cut was that these guys are really overcompensating for that loss. They're- they're really- their big partying and all of that stuff-

RDM: Yeah...

Thompson: -was really to hide their grief from one another. (beeping in the background)

RDM: Yeah.

Weddle: What I love is- is we're really focusing on those bunks are being emptied and filled on a- if not daily basis, weekly basis, and this is an ongoing atrophy that's eating at these people day in and day out and other episodes we would never normally focus on that. It's great to take the microscope down to these pilots themselves.

Thompson: One of the nice things that [[Michael Nankin]] brought to this- many nice things he brought to this show was the- the little moment you saw earlier with the- putting the tag of Beano on the new guy-

RDM: Oh, yeah.

Thompson: -[[Joseph Clark|Jo-Jo]]-

RDM: Yeah, I love that.

Thompson: -which is... *grunt like being punched*. It's almost like that moment in- in- in- when the- whey they bring the- when the guys climb into the body bags in Apocaly- not "[[Wikipedia:Apocalypse Now|Apocalypse Now]]". The [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/ Kubrick] film.

RDM: Oh, "[[Wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket|Full Metal Jacket]]."

Thompson: "Full Metal Jacket."

RDM: Oh, yeah yeah yeah.

Thompson: They get there and they're in the body bag and you go, "Oh. Wait a minute. Oh. I'm in a dead guy's bunk."

RDM: Yeah. (zippo lighter) In fact there's [[Brendan Constanza|Hotdog]]'s- Hotdog's got the skin magazine in the background-

Thompson: Mmmhmmm.

RDM: -that was theoretically auctioned off.

Weddle: Michael Nankin did just an incredible job of bringing the scenes to life and we knew we were writing a dark show when we wrote it but when we got on the set and he and the actors just made these moments come viscerally alive it was very exciting for us and that we also realized, "Wow. This is even darker than we- we knew." S-

Thompson: One- one of the things that happened especially was there was a- there was a lot of really good material and- bringing this down to something that fit within the forty-one minutes or so that we've got to tell a story was a masterful job by Ron and David and the editing people.

RDM: Yeah, this was a big editing challenge. We had actually two editors on this show. It was ver- very complicated and [http://imdb.com/name/nm0202697/ Annette], who's edited several of our shows, and then Mike O'Halleran who was an assistant editor who actually this was the first professional full-on editing gig that he did. And it took a lot of hours, a lot of playing around with the structure of the flashbacks, what was your transition in and out of the flashbacks. Probably the biggest change was that the fighter- the actual combat that we show, the duel between Kat and Kara and [[Scar (Raider)|Scar]] had many more conv- permutations and convoluted stuff that was- that was scripted. It wasn't convoluted by accident, it was, like, we wanted a very complicated maneuvers and a lot of fighter pilot stuff back and forth. But it was hard to make it a coherent, easy to follow, narrative in this structure where you're going in and out of the- of the- the k- present day fight and going back to all these pieces. And so we winnowed it down to the bare essence of the fight against Scar.

Thompson: This- this thing that you just saw Kara do, this- this- crash landing, this carrier landing actually comes from astronauts that we interviewed for another- another project we were on where they would go to bars and literally dive across the tables.

Weddle: Do "carrier landings" and "naval shooters" of tequila, which you're seeing right now.

Thompson: Yeah, the belly-button shooter.

Weddle: Yeah, the what's interesting, Ron, about this show is this was a difficult show to make work. This- if I'm right-

RDM: Yeah. No, this wasn't-

Weddle: -It was not easy to make work, but- but and often that's a sign of a show that's in trouble, but ultimately turned out to be o- a very strong show.

RDM: And I think part of that was we all were in love with the show. We all, everybody, top to bottom, really liked this episode. And so, it was just a- such a big, complicated piece of material. We really worked overtime to make this thing work. Like that shot right there of the reflection of the Vipers in the visor of Scar is something that actually [[Gary Hutzel]] threw in. He- this- it wasn't scripted and it wasn't in most of the initial pre-vis that they showed us and it just cropped up as a shot that he wasn't even going to put in the show at one point and then we- he hi- he alluded to it. We had him show it to us in the editing bay and we fell in love with it. And now it's like this great moment.

Thompson: The visual effects on this deserve some special mention 'cause this was- when we originally called up Gary Hutzel when we were thinking about what we were going to do and how this was going to be one dogfight, Gary had said, "Ok. This is something. We gotta got to start working on now. Long before we shoot the show. We've got to start making this happen." And he had a- lined up all these people for- for the big- for the big visual effects show and this was the time to call in all of the markers.

RDM: I think, if I'm not mistaken, I think they delivered the last visual effects shots on this episode, like, this week. (chuckles)

Thompson: It was actually delivered after the mix.

(everbody chuckles)

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1]==

Weddle: Actually even after the layback of the soundtrack going onto tape there were still shots that weren't in yet.

RDM: They were wor- They slaved on this and slaved on this. This whole thing of- of flying through the debris field, and the contrails, and the lighting scheme. All that was stuff I believe that [[Gary Hutzel|Gary]] came up with.

Thompson: Yes it is.

Weddle: Yeah I remember him taking us up and showing us a preliminary sequence in his shop and we were just- with [[Michael Nankin]]-

RDM: Mmmhmmm.

Weddle: -We were just blown away but what it- why- what he what he wanted to do.

Thompson: Use of light in it is so great.

RDM: Mmmhmmm. And the- the thi- oh, well this is one of my favorite beats of the whole show.

Weddle: [[Bradley Thompson|Brad]] scripted this. And then Gary delivered it.

Thompson: That actually comes from a- a thing that [[Wikipedia:Pappy Boyington|Pappy Boyington]] used to do in the Second World War when he was flying with the Flying Tigers. And the enemy- the bad guys were always in the sun, and he just at one point put his thumb up there and realized he could see around the sun, and he assumed that everybody else had already-

RDM: -figured that out-

Thompson: -twigged to that particular thing.

RDM: -Well that's interesting.-

Thompson: Nobody had.

RDM: Well that's great. That's a great book, too. Is that in "Black Sheep Sq-"?-

Thompson: -Yeah.-

RDM: In the book?-

Thompson: "[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553263501 Baa Baa Black Sheep]."

RDM: "Baa Baa Black Sheep", which is a great, great wor- wor- work.

Weddle: Gun camera footage. They actually has this all set up and put it out on the set.

RDM: Yeah, that was an impressive achievement. I remember talking about this and it being in the production meeting but I was- it was one of those areas that I really wasn't focused on, for whatever reason, and then I didn't see it or even really think about it again until I was catching up on dailies and saw [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] standing in front of the gun camera footage and I was really impressed, 'cause it was like, man, they had to pull that together and get it done and put it on the stage in like no time at all.

Weddle: Though, one of the great things you did in editorial, was inter- intercutting these two scenes because-

RDM: Yeah, these were separate.

Weddle: If- if they're s- if they play separately they- they have a certain lethargy to 'em but the way you cut them, they're- they- really-

RDM: -Well and then the first cut of this, because the episode was so long, the [[CIC]] scenes in the episode were cut completely. They weren't even in- in the show. And I felt that you- we needed a break from the pilot world and we needed to go up to the top a little bit and get an overview of what was really happening. And that- that gun camera scene and- and the briefing room and the [[Pilot ready rooms|ready room]] just kind of went on a bit. So by intercutting it with CIC you got it all. It was like you got to see what was really happening in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] and you als- but you s- were still back in the room with the [[List of Pilots|pilots]] in short order.

Weddle: The other thing is that when we were doing the- the fighter- the actual fighter tactics and the things that [[Kara Thrace|Kara]] says about- or that Kat says about you'll have only two seconds to actually blow this guy away so you've gotta get close. This all comes from real fighter pilot concerns.

RDM: What I remember telling you guys at the outset this- ha- I want- I just want to know what it's like to be a fighter pilot. What are the tactics? What are the things they talk about? What a- what is- what is the lifeblood of being a fighter pilot mean in this- in this world?

Weddle: And then the- the challenge was how to not make it like an industrial film, but-

RDM: Yeah- (chuckles)

Thompson: Yeah- (chuckles)

Weddle: -we found the Kat and Kara conflict in "[[Scar]]", it galvanized the whole thing and we were able to do that in a dramatic context.

RDM: It's interesting just in the- sorry- it's interesting just to see the- the- the development of Kat-

Thompson: -yeah-

RDM: -who started as just a day player in- in "[[Act of Contrition]]." I don't know that any of us anticipated that we were ever going to really do anything with that character again. And then bit by bit over the course of the [[Season 1 (2004-05)|first]] and [[Season 2 (2005-06)|second season]]s [[:Category:Writers|writers]] just started dropping her into shows and using her as another fighter pilot.

Thompson: That's one of the wonderful things about working on this show is that you never know who's going to step up front and- and be great.

RDM: Yeah.

Weddle: That's something we learned from working on "[[Memoryalpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]" with- with [[Memoryalpha:Ira Steven Behr|Ira]] and you and-

RDM: -yeah. Oh, yeah.-

Weddle: -there would be a little bit player that would come into a scene and everybody would like them, and then we start to expand them-

RDM: -yeah, you'd want to play-

Thompson: -and they would suddenly, in a season or two, they'd be a major character.

RDM: Yeah.

Weddle: And we actually, like, we'll watch dailies and watch shows and when we see somebody we like we do bring 'em, purposely bring 'em back into our scripts and start to build on what we see.

RDM: Well it's nice 'cause it creates a reality of the world. It really makes it feel like a continuing story with familiar faces and the world just keeps expanding.

Thompson: One of the guys that we really enjoy in this show and when we- and when he was brought in was- was [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]]-

RDM: Yeah (unintelligible)

Thompson: -the red-headed guy who's got attitude.

Weddle: Yeah. He's got a wonderful presence.

Now this is a scene that you did a final pass on, [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron]], that's a great...

RDM: Yeah, I did- yeah, I did a final pass on this scene pretty late in the process.

Weddle: Yeah.

RDM: This is one of those... they... I can't remember why I took the pass and I think the director or somebody and we were talking about taking another take on this scene and I just sat down and dove in and wrote it. And it was interesting 'cause it literally just happened on the page, what the conversation was about. It seemed like an interesting moment where we had these two in isolation and they, the [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|other Sharon]] had been friends with Kara and they had shared this life together and they would have been fighting the same enemy together if things had turned out differently, and now here [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|she]] is, and she's a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]], and that there's a strong part of Kara that still can't quite get over that notion that sh- "You're not real and you're a machine and does it matter to you that we're all out there dying? What do you think about that?"

Weddle: And-

Thompson: One things- one of the things I really love about this scene is that- that Sharon will say something and the conversation will go on and Kara's still thinking about something-

RDM: -Yeah.-

Thompson: -something from what she said before and- and they're not on the same parallel track.-

Weddle: -It's-

Thompson: -It's not A then B then C, it's like A, B, C and then Kara comes back to A. Well what about... this downloading thing? What a weird world.

RDM: It's a very nice piece of acting from the two of them-

Weddle: Wow, yeah.

RDM: They're- they're both really good in this scene.

Weddle: I can't say enough about [[Katee Sackhoff|Katee]] in this show, in general, the way she carries it. She's just a phenomenal performer.

Thompson: -or our cast-

RDM: It's a great episode for the character too.-

Weddle: -Yeah.-

RDM: And- and Katee really s- steps up and just delivers an amazing performance in this- in this episode. Which is pretty standard shoot for the cast, but, in this episode it's interesting that we take Kara down a significant peg here. She's really [[frak|fuckin']] up in this episode. She's not on her game. She's- she's getting blinded by this competition with Kat and she doesn't know why. She's- she's confused, she gets drunk, she sleeps- she tries to sleep with [[Lee Adama|Lee]] for all the wrong reasons. She's con- really confused, flawed character, and she's the top gun character on the show. And she's supposed to be perfect and she's supposed to have all these abilities and this is really one where we really went- put her through the ringer.

Weddle: And- and being that Brad and I are both the sons of war veterans who were very conflicted and self-destructive it's very personal for us writing for char- for a character like this.

Thompson: The- the other thing that's really nice is that flying a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] doesn't look like fun and games the whole time. It's not like a great little [[Video Game|video game]]. I mean, you can see the stress on her face and it gets even worse as the show goes on.

RDM: Yeah, I like this scene coming up where they come back from the mission and Kara's sweatin' in the cockpit and- and the other guy pukes when he gets out of the cockpit-

Weddle: -yeah. That was Michael Nankin's little touch there.-

RDM: Now talk about this scene. Where did this scene come from? This was the chair, originally, right?

Thompson: Yeah. This- this was originally a chair that I- I went to [[Wikipedia:Edwards Air Force Base|Edwards Air Force Base]] and I was put in their- their altitude chamber and their aerobatics chair that they have, which simulates vertigo. And you- you spin around in the chair with your eyes shut and then they say, "Point to the back wall with your finger." And your finger points to the side chair, it points to the floor, it points to anyplace. You just cannot keep that thing on target.

Weddle: It also grew out of the challenge of the story because we had to have a competition between Kat and Kara, but we can only have one dogfight.-

RDM: -Mmhmmm.-

Weddle: -So what are the venues of competition between them? So it became the briefing room, it became this, it became-

Thompson: -And it's really nice in- what- while we may hate it because there are limitations by budget and what we can actually do or- it does force us to think outside of the box. We-

Weddle: -Yeah. First we start out with the sitting alone in our office going, "God damnit. Why can't we have more than one dogfight?" (Chuckling in the background.) "This is impossible what they're asking us to do."

Thompson: "What kind of people are we dealing with?"

Weddle: Then we- then we suck it up and start coming up with ideas like this.

Thompson: Which is, like, totally insane. Who gives somebody a loaded [[Kinetic Energy Weapon#Handguns|gun]] that cannot keep their hands still-

RDM: - I know. It's such a wacky idea.

Thompson: Don't try this at home, folks.-

RDM: -Yeah. (laughs)

All this stuff in the cockpit was- was done sp- we built this cockpit for this show. We didn't really have a full blown [[Viper Mark VII|Mark VII]] cockpit that was easy to shoot in. The- The cockpits were always very difficult on the stage to manage. Very confined. It was hard to get the cameras in and out of them, just to shoot stuff on the dash and this episode required a lot of interior cockpit stuff and when they were doing "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", right? Was when- when we were doing the [[Blackbird|stealth fighter]] w- laid the groundwork for building this cockpit-

Thompson: -Mmmhmmm.-

RDM: -in some way that is, I don't even understand and missed, but somehow the produce- the line producers and the production designers figure out ways to move money around that basically bought us this cockpit because we had built the stealth fighter. I think they did it at the same time, or something.

Weddle: I can remember going down to the- to the shop where they were building it and looking at the preliminary and the fun thing is like everybody even when you go to see the guys building the cockpit how devote-

RDM: -It's ok.-

Weddle: -devoted everybody is to the show.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2]==

Weddle: The cockpit itself of the- of the [[Viper Mark VII|Viper]] that you just saw was actually laid out based on, I think it's either the [[Wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] or the [[Wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F-18]]-

RDM: -Oh, is that right?-

Weddle: -or something like that. They were explaining that to me and I was all excited because I like cockpits and they had it- they were showing us the drawings of where the- "This is the throttle components and here are the- your navigation instruments," and so on.

RDM: I like this runner a lot between [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Kara]]. There's something very nice about it and it is born out of a throwaway line in f- back from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming]]" because, you know, Helo was separated from the entire cast for the- for the whole first season and when he and Kara hooked up back in "Kobol," or maybe it was in "[[Scattered]]." I take that back. It may have been in "Scattered." Essentially I was working on the script and I just had a line where Kara said, "Helo- Helo you and I go back a long ways." Blah, blah, blah, the scene kinda went on. But it was nice to say that there was a history between the two of them, and it's interesting that in the show she's revealing herself or is in an intimate way with Helo instead of Lee. That there's this other person who is more of a friend and that there's a camaraderie between the two. That- that's really kinda nice.

Weddle: And there-

Thompson: That's one-

Weddle: -there is a great chemistry between those two actors-

RDM: -Yeah.-

Weddle: -and it really made those scenes alive.

Thompson: That's one of the things I- I really enjoy about this show, as well, is that [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron]] will come up with- he'll come up with the little line like that, which is, "Ok. There's- there's some backstory between these people. They've been friends." Then you just run with it. It's like-

RDM: -Yeah, you just go with it. And it all just keeps building the- weaving the tapestry of- of who these people are and their lives. And it's intere- this is a very interesting scene. It's just- it's so interesting to see how [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] responds here. I mean, yes there's a competition going on between the two of them, but Kat's genuine concern for the pilots and Kara's more jaded approach to how she deals with them. The fact that Kar- Kat is listening in and then pulls this guy aside. I mean, it's a really interesting dynamic.

Thompson: The thing is that Kara really cares too, but she's also lost so many it's like,-

RDM: -Yeah.-

Thompson: "Oh god, don't be another casualty."

Weddle: Well I think also, like the underlying anger is just that people are dying and they can't stop it and Kat is picking Kara as a target because who else is she gonna get mad at.

RDM: It's a nice bit of staging, too, they way he used the mirror very nicely. The-

Weddle: Ditto. Wonderful staging on this.

RDM: These two play really well off of each other. And it's an interesting show when that- the gender roles are so completely-

Thompson: Well all the men are, "I can't go on. Try to stop this." (laughs)

RDM: I know, all the men are afraid and all the women are strong. It's like a really-

Thompson: (deep voice) "Be a man."

RDM: It's just- you just- and you just acce- at this point in the show I just- accept the way that this world works. That there is not even like the hint of there being any real differences between the genders, and if anything the roles are completely reversed. And this is a mano a mano show, between two women.-

Weddle: -Yeah.-

RDM: And there's a lot of heavy-duty competition, and there's a lot of animosity and complicated feelings and- and [[Lee Adama|Lee]] is the- the softer one in this- in this particular epsiode. The one whose feelings are little bit more in jeopardy. It's just a really interesting the way the show approaches the- these sorts of traditional gender roles.

Weddle: And this is how we cheated the "only one dogfight" rule. We put it on the [[wireless|radio]].

RDM: Yeah- yeah, we cheated here.

Weddle: Which was all very difficult wha- when you were putting the show together-

RDM: -It was very hard.-

Weddle: -how do we not make them think that the- the- the future- the shots of the dogfight with Kara and Kat and [[Scar (Raider)|Scar]] are not related to scenes where we see them suiting up and-

RDM: -Yeah, we put- we slid this scene around quite a bit. It lived on in different ang- places. When they came back we kept changing, and how do you explai- how do you explain that very issue, that you're not- they're not coming back from the mission you saw at the top of the show.

Weddle: [[Michael Nankin]] did this bit and what's nice is there's very little footage about- with these [[nugget]]s and yet you really feel they're individuals and you feel something when they die.

Thompson: In a lot of cases in- I've- that I've read, I haven't personally experienced it, but, that going through this kind of trauma and the- the fear and all this other stuff means those cockpits are often very unpleasant to clean up.

RDM: Yeah.

Thompson: I mean, people bleed in them and they get sick in them.

RDM: Yeah, I mean, Kara re- you- I really believe that she just got back from some very physically tr- taxing-

Weddle: Look how weighted she looks. She's just really emotionally weighted down.

Thompson: I remember when I flew a dogfight. It wasn't a real dogfight, but was a simulated dogfight with these guys in Fullerton. When I was finished, I was literally drenched in sweat and exhausted.

RDM: Yeah.

Thompson: It's a- it's not an easy thing to do.

RDM: I mean you've got- your body gets pushed around by the G-forces and you're stuggling to control this craft and it's tense- it's gotta be tense as all hell. It's becuase you, hey, you could kill yourself at any moment here. So...

Weddle: The incredible thing about [[Katee Sackhoff]] is you can write a subtext line and it's there, right on her face.

RDM: Yeah.

Weddle: Without a- crystal clear.

Thompson: This was a wonderful scene to watch it shoot.

RDM: This is a great scene.

RDM: This whole- this whole little bit coming up with her spinning the- spinning the [[Wikipedia:Scotch whisky|Scotch]]. I don't know whose idea that was, if that was hers on the set-

Weddle: -I think she-

Thompson: -She may have just done it.-

RDM: -Or she might have just done it-

Weddle: -She did it on the set.

RDM: She just did it?

Weddle: But the other thing that's great about Nankin is he did several takes with different moods.

RDM: Oh. Yeah, yeah yeah.

Weddle: They did a sad one. They did this one. And- s- and so they have the freedom to try stuff like this.

RDM: And look at [[Jamie Bamber|Jamie]]. I mean, Jamie is re- this is- the interesting thing about- about Lee and Jamie in this episode is he doesn't have a lot of scenes, but he's so spot on in every single scene.-

Weddle: -Yes.-

RDM: I mean, this is- I mean, she's more right now you're sort of charmed by her and sh- she is the showier part in this particular moment, but watch him-

Weddle: -yes-

RDM: -and his reaction to her. It's very true and very honest and he- he's like going there with her, he's- he's involved in the talk about losing all the pilots.

Weddle: Well he know- he kind of senses what's going on with her-

RDM: -That look on his face.-

Weddle: -Yeah.

Thompson: And he's-

Weddle: -But he won't co- he won't- y'know. He's not going to confront her about it. It's-

Thompson: And he's also off of his own future, I mean, and he's just dealt with the idea- he's lost his- the [[Shevon|woman]] he's been with for the- for the-

Weddle: This is like a battleground scene, where they're talking about the present, talks about the bright and shiny future, but what are we doing, we just keep going on, y'know.

RDM: You're just gonna get blown aw- I love that- that whole little speech she gives about they're all- y'know, "We're never gonna see that bright ship future. We're just gonna b-" I also like that little bit where he tips over the bottle. That's like somebody who's experienced pouring bottles. (Weddle & Thompson laugh) If you ever try to do that it's, like, kinda hard, actually, to make that little move. And this look- this angle on Jamie- I love this when she says, "Why don't we?"

Thompson: Yeah.

RDM: And the look on his face, the dawning awareness.-

Thompson: -Yeah.-

RDM: Like right up in here.

Thompson: Yeah.

Weddle: And on a lesser's act, we- that was scripted, but it takes a real actor to pull it off and make it work.

RDM: Yeah. "So why don't we?" And then, right here. (Weddle & Thompson laugh) That's so great. He's so, like, caught. And this scene. This is a real- this is a really weird- the energy in this- it's like, you can kinda feel right away the energy in this scene is all wrong if this- if this is really the time when Apollo and Starbuck are gonna finally get it on. Which, of course, has been- something we've talked about since the [[miniseries]]. Well, ok. When are these two gonna finally get in bed? When's it gonna happen? And I always wanted it to happen for all the wrong reasons, and in a very screwed up way.

Thompson: Actually back in "[[Act of Contrition]]" there was a draft where these two had just finished going to bed to one- with one another and part of one of the things that was going on in "Act of Contrition" is they were just trying to deal with that-

RDM: Oh you're right! I forgot all about that. That's right. We were just gonna come in after the fact.

Thompson: Yeah.

RDM: And really just piss off the audience because they had missed it (Weddle & Thompson laugh) and she's, like, post-coital and What?

Thompson: Yeah.

Weddle: This is a tremendously uncomfortable scene to watch. It reminds me of many dates I w- wish I could forget. You did a pass on the scene, Ron, and it was really well-written and then the actors just-

RDM: Yeah, they took it and ran.

Weddle: If you didn't- if you didn't have great actors this scene coulda been a disaster and they just bring a visceral reality to it.

Thompson: And the- and the director had a- a large part in how this was staged and how they ma- how he managed to free them up to do this-

RDM: -yeah-

Thompson: -with each other. And I'm really glad we waited and didn't do it in "Contrition"-

RDM: -I know. 'Cause they- I think they're- they're really settled in their characters and their characters have much richer backstories at this point. It's a confused, angry, emotional scene. And-

Thompson: -And it's all carrying baggage from so much that we've experienced with these people.-

Weddle: -Ju- Just look at her face. It's, like, sh- it's really there.

Thompson: I love that hair-flipping when he does the "p" and pops-

RDM: -and she hits him.

Thompson: And Lee's looking for something more-

RDM: I love this. He raises his hands like, "I. I hug you? Yeah, touch? What!?" And out she goes.

Weddle: Now this-

Thompson: -Oh, yeah. Go ahead and tell the story on this one.

Weddle: This next scene is what it's like to be a writer for Ron Moore, because we got a- (Thompson chuckles) we got a note on the draft. He goes, "I don't know. I just feel..." It originally ended. The act ended w- that scene. Where she walks out.

RDM: Uh huh.

Weddle: And you sent a note saying, "I need something to connect that Scar is become the focal point for Kara's whole fucked up life, and if she could just take out Scar it will somehow give her a focus. I don't know. I get an image of Kara naked, somewhere in the bowels of the ship, with a revolver." (RDM laughs) "Feel free to ignore this note." (RDM continues laughing.) And we're like reading and we're like, "Okay." Now like, first impulse was, "Okay. We'll ignore it." And then we realized, "No. Ron put that there for a reason. What- he's asking- he's asking us to reach further. To push somehow further." And this is what-

Thompson: -And [[David Weddle|David]] came up with this. I was sitting there going, "How the hell are we going to find her there?" And David said, he just came up with this scene.

Weddle: It was like 10:30 at night and I knew I had to have that scene ready for you in the morning and I suddenly got this idea for that- (everyone chuckles)

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3]==

Thompson: Originally that scene, with the bottle and the- and Scar on the screen ended with her shooting it with a gun.

RDM: Oh, that's right.

Thompson: And... they were- there were talk of production, "Well if we show it on a screen then we can't break the screen with the gun. What's more important?" And I'm ultimately very happy with the way that came out.

RDM: It's such a great moment, too. They way he shot it, with the back of her head, that it has the predominant image-

Thompson: -yeah-

RDM: -and the bottle coming up.

Weddle: We actually scripted it that way.

RDM: Did you?

Thompson: Yeah.

RDM: Ah, wow.

Weddle: But y'know what is brave is that you guys used that- that for the act-out. I was- when I saw it-

RDM: -Yeah.-

Weddle: -I couldn't believe that you did that.

RDM: It's a really- it's a really interesting way to go out of the show.

Thompson: This was- this scene here where she gets up three hours ago was another unscripted scene that- that Nankin felt that he needed.

Weddle: Yeah.

RDM: And thank God.

Weddle: Thank God, yes!

RDM: 'Cause really- I really... in fact I was in editing and there's- there's days when you don't watch all the dailies. Some- some shows where you barely watch any of them because of the press of work. And I hadn't seen all the dailies on this show. And I was in editing and we were working on the cut and I was saying, "God, I wish I had a shot of Kara just waking up." And the editor was like, "Oh, yeah. We got that." "What!? You're kidding! We didn't even shoot..." "Oh, yeah. They sh- you shot it." And I couldn't believe it. It was just like suddenly there was footage that I needed.

Thompson: That [[:Image:Diagram1.jpg|drawing]] behind there... I was explaining the dogfight to the- to the production meeting and I drew it up on the wall of how that dogfight would be-

RDM: -Oh, really?!-

Thompson: -and the- the production designer brought it in and we shot it.

RDM: -Oh that's...-

Weddle: -Oh, wow.-

RDM: I was- I had always kinda wondered who came up with those [[:Image:Diagram2.jpg|diagrams]], idly. I was like, "I wonder where they got those."

Weddle: The diagrams of- that you'll see on the wall of the dogfight-

RDM: -Yeah.-

Weddle: -and the crossblock and all that stuff comes from a book called "Fighter Tactics"-

RDM: -Really...-

Weddle: -by a US Navy pilot. Which is one of the textbooks you l- use learning to dogfight.

Thompson: 'Course he didn't show Cylon Raiders in them.

RDM: No.

Weddle: This was- this was- the- the- the underpinnings of this scene were all your idea, Ron. I can remember... a conference call in which you kind of spun out the- this conflict. It's almost frightening. (chuckles)

RDM: Really?

Weddle: Yeah. It was a- it was a- the whole idea of what they were gonna challenge each other with and the fact that she was gonna talk about her being hung over and then-

RDM: -realy...-

Weddle: -and then Kara saying to her, "You're just afraid."

RDM: It's so funny. It's like, I when I- when I watch the shows, the completed shows, it's all vague about where any of this stuff come- came from and how it developed and what I said or what I might have written or what notes. It's always like, "Oh really? Where did- who said that? Do they make it s-" I watch it sometimes and I feel like, well they're just kinda making it up on the stage, aren't they? None of this is written.-

Thompson: What's really interesting about, also, again, working on this show, is that we start with such large scripts-

RDM: -Mmmm-

Thompson: -compared to what actually ends up on the screen. So it's almost as if we've taken documentary cameramen to go out and shoot this entire event.

RDM: Yeah.

Thompson: All of these things that happen. And each scene is informed by the one that's previous to it, and when you finally get into the editing room it's like we saw this whole battle, now what do we show in the 42 minutes or 40 minutes that we've got of program time? And, what's interesting is that the actors and everybody has this stuff that's already in them that we may never show it.

RDM: Yeah. It's like you can cu- it's almost like the y'know the- the phantom limb that you can kinda feel even when it's gone, 'cause it-

Thompson: -Yes.-

RDM: It's like they really are informed by all these other pieces and you wouldn't write it like this. It's like, the characters are moved-

Weddle: -Yeah.-

RDM: -to certain positions in the middle of these other scenes, and then you pull out these little nuggets to create this particular show.

Weddle: Yeah. K- you have to write the scenes how they got in the room even if that's not going to be in the-

RDM: -yeah-

Weddle: -show. What led up to this moment? And then you end up pulling a lot of the- that connective tissue out.

Thompson: And you pull out lines, too, that suddenly it's like it's all carried in the actor's face. You don't need to explain it with this line-

RDM: -yeah-

Thompson: -this line, and this line. And that's- that's another one of those things I really love about the cast.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-07-14T15:44:21Z

Misco: /* Scar */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts|image=BSG WIKI Podcast.png|shortcut=BW:POD}}
This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

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===Transcription===
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=== Transcription In Progress ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Colonial Day|Colonial Day]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Scattered|Scattered]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Huh?|Huh?]] 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|Valley of Darkness]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resistance|Resistance]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:The Farm|The Farm]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part I|Home, Part I]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Home, Part II|Home, Part II]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Final Cut|Final Cut]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Black Market|Black Market]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
=====[[Podcast:Scar|Scar]]=====
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:55, 29 June 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 10:44, 14 July 2006 (CDT).)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:03, 6 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:24, 13 July 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
:*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:34, 8 April 2006 (CDT). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:37, 10 April 2006 (CDT).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

=== Verification Required ===
====Season 2 podcasts====

=== Transcription Complete ===
====Season 1 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
*[[Podcast:The Hand of God|The Hand of God]]
*[[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
====Season 2 podcasts====
*[[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]
*[[Podcast:Pegasus|Pegasus]]
*[[Podcast:Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
*[[Podcast:Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]
*[[Podcast:Sacrifice|Sacrifice]]
*[[Podcast:The Captain's Hand|The Captain's Hand]]
*[[Podcast:Downloaded|Downloaded]]
*[[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

[[Category: Podcasts]]

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-04-04T16:36:02Z

Misco: /* Links */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Miniseries]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template:
<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}</nowiki>

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription.
*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:25, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:38, 21 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 21:58, 22 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:23, 30 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:20, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 16:33, 13 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:25, 14 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Captain's Hand (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Downloaded (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 00:00, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:16, 5 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:06, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:32, 6 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:37, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:37, 7 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 09:50, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:34, 8 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 11:01, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:30, 9 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:11, 16 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 17:32, 19 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:21, 20 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Currently Transcribing: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]])
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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[[Category: Podcasts]]

Laura Roslin

2006-03-15T22:15:32Z

Misco: /* Admiral Cain, and Worsening Health */

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== Biographical Notes ==

=== Background ===
'''Laura Roslin''' is an unmarried{{ref|marital}} woman with some 20 years of political experience. She was serving as Secretary of Education for the Colonial [[Government]] at the time of the [[Cylon attack]], during which most of humanity was killed. At that time, Roslin was 43rd in line of succession for the Presidency of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. She learns that all those in line before her are dead, and is shortly sworn in as President.

=== Rise to President ===

At the time of the Cylon attack, Roslin was aboard the Colonial government cruiser ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', having just attended the decommissioning ceremonies for the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] named ''[[Galactica]]''. In the latter part of the attack, she receives a message from the [[Case Orange]] automated beacon, a special mechanism seeking communication with any surviving Colonial government officials. Moments after responding to the beacon, she discovers that, other than herself, all members of President [[Richard Adar]]'s government have apparently been killed or are missing. The Case Orange response assigns Roslin new instructions, and she is duly sworn-in as President.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Roslin undertook a rescue mission, using the now-renamed ''[[Colonial One]]'' to round-up all vessels that had escape destruction and gather as many survivors as possible together, hoping to save the remnants of humanity from total annihiliation. Taking her small fleet to the [[Ragnar Anchorage]], she successfully pursuaded ''Galactica'' commander [[William Adama]] away from his original intention of mounting a counter-attack against the Cylons, and towards helping the fleet make its escape.

Since the initial flight from the Twelve Colonies, Roslin has established a fledgling civilian government within the fleet, and has agreed to abide by civil law regarding her term of office ([[Bastille Day]]), thus making her government an interim cabinet that is completing President Adar's original term, prior to new elections being held. The size of her cabinet is unclear, but it is based aboard ''Colonial Heavy 798'', now officially recognised as ''[[Colonial One]]''. She has re-instituted the [[Quorum of Twelve]] as the legislative branch of the government, again on an interim basis pending the upcoming elections, as well as overseeing the election of a Vice President in the person of Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Colonial Day]]).

In leading the fleet, Roslin has had an uneasy understanding with [[William Adama|Adama]] that she is responsible for all civil leadership issues among the surviving Colonials, he is responsible for all military decisions ([[Mini-Series]]) - but the dividing line is not always clear between the two leaders.

Despite being thrust into the role of President in highly unusual and stressful circumstances, Laura Roslin initially proved herself both tough and capable within the role. Initially in awe of Adama, and worried he did not hold her in high regard ([[Water]]), she has quickly overcome her doubts and fears to be able to make the required decisions at the right time, and also stand up to Adama himself ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). She is also prepared to put the safety of the fleet first, no matter what the cost of her actions ([[Flesh and Bone]]), but she is also able to recognise her limitations. One of these is understanding military terminology and protocol. As a result of this, she initially asked [[Lee Adama]] to become her Special Advisor so she might better understand military requirements ([[Water]]).

Such is her trust in Lee, that he became only the second person in the fleet to know of her medical condition ([[Bastille Day]]), after [[Billy Keikeya]].

== The Secrecy and Gift of Roslin's Illness ==

Immediately prior to the attack, Roslin had been diagnosed with breast cancer ([[Mini-Series]]), which had advanced far enough that it is inoperable. She apparently contracted it some time following her last test, some five years before ([[Act of Contrition]]). Since the attack, she has started undergoing both recognised treatments for the sickness and more "radical" treatments - such as [[Chamalla]] Extract ([[Act of Contrition]]). However, despite this, and more "regular" medical treatment, the cancer has continued to advance, aggressively attacking her lymphatic system ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]), leading the ''[[Galactica|Galactica's]]'' medical staff to measure her life-expentancy in terms of months.

While she kept her cancer a closely guarded secret at first, Roslin slowly began revealing it to more and more people. Lee Adama, [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]] and her press secretary Billy Keikeya were among the first to know. Kara Thrace found out when Roslin gave her her mission to return to Caprica and retrieve the Arrow of Apollo. Finally, she announced her illness to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], including political rival [[Tom Zarek]], by claiming she was the dying leader in the [[Pythia | Pythian Prophecy]] destined to lead humanity to [[Earth]] ([[Fragged]]). This highly-influential move refuted Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]'s attempts to discredit the effectiveness of the civilian government of the fleet and led him to declare martial law. ([[Fragged]]) It is likely now that telling the Quorum has effectively made Roslin's illness public knowledge.

=== Visions and Insurrection ===

Shortly after she started taking Chamalla extract, Roslin began to experience dreams and hallucinations. These were initially attributed to the Chamalla treatment itself, although the dreams and visions have been remarkably prescient and vivid.

In the first, a dream, she foresaw the arrival of [[Leoben Conoy]] in the fleet and his eventual death ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Shortly after this, she had an hallucination of some twelve snakes on her podium while she addressed concerns relating to the fleet's lack of fuel ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).

As a result of these events, Roslin sought the assistance of Priestess [[Elosha]]. While she was unable to shed light on Roslin's dream about Conoy - that event having passed by the time Roslin told her of it - Elosha did reveal the writings of [[Pythia]] to Roslin, which foretell the exile of humanity from their homelands, and their journey to a new home under the guidance of a leader who has a vision of "two and ten" snakes, and who has a "wasting disease".

This event served to arouse Roslin's curiosity concerning Colonial scriptures and legends, a curiosity that turned to belief when the fleet stumbled upon the planet [[Kobol]], as predicted by Leoben Conoy ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Armed with her new-found belief, Roslin operated behind William Adama's back to subvert a mission aimed at destroying a Cylon basestar guarding Kobol, and instead sending [[Kara Thrace|Lt. Thrace]] back to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in search of the [[Arrow of Apollo]], thus denying Adama the weapons platform he needed to attack the basestar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). This action brought her directly into conflict with [[William Adama]], who demanded her immediate resignation as President. When she refused, he terminated her Presidency and sent a squad under the command of [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] to ''Colonial One'' to arrest Roslin in what amounts to a military coup. Despite the intervention of [[Lee Adama]], Roslin was arrested and incarcerated aboard the ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). With Vice President Baltar missing on the surface of Kobol, this effectively leaves the fleet without any form of civil leadership, a situation worsened by an assassination attempt on William Adama himself immediately following Roslin's arrest ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

==Arrest, Exile and Return==

Roslin's time incarcerated in ''Galactica's'' brig was anything but uneventful. She was visited often by Billy Keikeya, and gained useful information on the happenings throughout the fleet from the furloughed Lee Adama as well as her benevolent guard, Corporal [[Venner]], a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] native. Venner's respect of the president grew as he learned of her knowledge of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] and the Pythian prophesies. He asked her to pray with him during a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]).

Colonel Tigh, in command while Bill Adama recovered, ignored Roslin's pleas for discussion and became agitated at other government officials and civilians who disagreed with Roslin's arrest. When ''Galactica'' was boarded by Cylon Centurions, Roslin insisted that Venner release her from the brig. Along with Billy, Venner attempted to escort Roslin to [[Sickbay]], which is also designed as a disaster shelter for the ship. However, Venner's team was forced to divert and encountered the last two Centurions. A misfire on Billy's part sent Roslin and other members of her group to the floor to escape the hail of bullets. When Roslin arose, Venner noticed that the edge of her jacket had been shot through, although Roslin came away with little more than some bruises and scratches ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Venner's belief that Roslin was blessed by the gods gained more strength that day.

When the [[Quorum of Twelve]] demanded to see Roslin, Tigh attempted to dash their hopes by showing them a broken, hallucinating Roslin that [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] witnessed earlier. However, Corporal Venner smuggled in [[Chamalla]] extract on Billy's request to help, giving Roslin grasp of her senses again. She not only spoke to the Quorum after their arrival, but stated firmly that she has not relinquished her role as president, and described her role in the search for Earth as told in the Pythian prophesy. This act only increased Roslin's popularity and caused a stronger uprising throughout the fleet ([[Fragged]]).

Venner's loyalty to the president fully emerged when he conspired with Lee Adama and other members of ''Galactica'' to smuggle Roslin off the ship ([[Resistance]]). Roslin was wary of placing her security in the hands of her rival, [[Tom Zarek]], but she was philosophical: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." After some secretive political and religious work on various ships and by wireless to gather more support, Roslin convinces over a third of the fleet to leave with her ship, the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', to [[Kobol]] in search of the [[Tomb of Athena]] and the path to Earth. Roslin's ability to lead and command became stronger throughout this time, becoming able to keep Zarek's ambitions at bay and deliver decisions faster than before.

Roslin's faith in Kara Thrace was vindicated when she returned from Caprica with the Arrow of Apollo ([[Home, Part I]]). While she was initially inclined to have the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] tossed from an airlock, she reconsidered and gained valuable data from the [[Cylon agent]] needed to find the Tomb of Athena before Cylons discovered Roslin's practically defenseless [[Laura Roslin faction|fleet of ships]].

The recovered Commander Adama was initially enraged by Roslin's actions, but gained refreshed insight on the need for family to stay united. Perhaps, he thought, that Roslin had generated hope for Earth as he had in his fabrication of the knowledge of Earth--only Roslin was intent on getting results. With these and other thoughts in mind, Adama researched his ship's survey data on Kobol and left the ship in a [[Raptor]] with a small team to find Roslin's expedition on the surface of Kobol ([[Home, Part II]]).

On Kobol, Roslin and her group, lead by Valerii, find the path to the Tomb. Unfortunately, the party is ambushed by Cylon Centurions. Priestess [[Elosha]], one of Roslin's most valuable advisors and friend, was killed. Roslin took Elosha's blood-spattered book of scripture to guide her and remind Roslin of her lost friend.

Roslin was pleasantly surprised to have Adama greet her warmly on his arrival at her camp on Kobol. The two leaders had a heart-to-heart talk about her rebellion, which Adama forgave. Roslin thanked Adama, calling him "Bill" casually, though she noted that she didn't require permission for what she had to do. Roslin worried that, with talk of the Caprica [[resistance (movement)|resistance]], that her insistance to Adama to leave the Colonial worlds behind was a mistake. Adama, also calling Roslin by her first name, firmly chastized her, reminding Roslin that her decision was correct. If he chose to stay, Adama, his son, and all of humanity would be dead.

Adama and Roslin's party later find the Tomb. With some teamwork, they discover and activate the Tomb's virtual hologram mechanism. Roslin's gamble on faith pays off big for humanity, and the group gains a map and guide to the true location of Earth.

Back on ''Galactica'', Commander Adama introduces Roslin as President during a speech on the ship, and leads the audience in a rousing ovation, showing his firm support for her insight, leadership and her role in the destiny and safety of humanity.

==Admiral Cain, and Worsening Health==

Adama and Roslin's respect for each other grew stronger and their leadership in managing fleet business became more cooperative. They worked together in getting reporter [[D'anna Biers]] corraled from her potentially disruptive tabloid expose' of the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings by giving her almost-unlimited access to interview ''Galactica's'' crew. Her resulting documentary on the weary-but-determined battlestar crew was welcomed warmly by Roslin and Adama, "warts and all" ([[Final Cut]]).

Roslin found herself being solicited of advice more often from Commander Adama, who begins to fully trust and even confide in her.

Doctor [[Cottle]]'s recent prognosis on her cancer fight was not good, telling Roslin she had, optimistically, a month to live. Roslin shows the panicked and frightened part of her that occupied that lavatory on the old ''Colonial Heavy 798'', but only for a few moments. She begins settling her affairs, starting with returning a book that Commander Adama gave to her, explaining that books are not meant to be lent. He asks her advice on trusting the Caprica Sharon Valerii copy in defending the Fleet against an incoming Cylon force ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Roslin suggests, based on her dealings with the same copy in orbit around Kobol, that perhaps he could find some common ground where the two can ally, despite his prejudices against this copy.

After the Cylons are routed and ''Galactica'' returns to normal operation, Roslin is honored to christen the new experimental stealth fighter dubbed the [[Blackbird]] in a small ceremony with its builders. Chief Tyrol gives Roslin the biggest surprise of all: The nickname of the new fighter is ''Laura'', a gesture that brings tears to the President. Roslin manages to get a few laughs by making a mock strike at the Blackbird with the christening bottle, knowing its skin was too fragile.

Roslin is just as gleeful as the rest of the Fleet when the advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' arrives. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] recognizes her and reacts with surprise at Roslin's new office. Roslin becomes concerned about Cain's abrupt command style, and asks Adama how he is managing relinquishing fleet command to Cain. Adama replies, with a smile, that he had been taking orders for a long time, and this was no different. Roslin is not convinced and senses Adama's apprehension, but was polite enough not to inquire further. Roslin is more concerned that Cain is more interested with supplying ''Galactica'' with military parts and staff, rather than aiding the needs of the civiilan Fleet, as well as ignoring Roslin's wireless calls to Cain.

With Adama's rebellious attempt to return the hastily-convicted [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] from Cain's ship, Roslin finds herself watching the two battlestar commanders launch Vipers at each other. Fortunately Cain and Adama reach a level of detente and come to her to mediate a truce. Roslin is incensed and berates both of them for being poor leaders. She tells both commanders to cease their antagonism to concentrate on the destruction of the Cylon fleet following them, returning to her after the battle to settle the matter with Helo and Tyrol. After Cain leaves, Roslin tells Adama privately and, surprising to Adama, that Cain must be killed if he and the Fleet are to survive.

Commander Adama later visits Roslin, in bedclothes and not looking well at all, her "game face" off for the moment. The two joke for a moment. Adama asks if she needed anything, and Roslin asks for nice, blonde Cylon body replacement. Adama smiles and says he couldn't see her as a blonde, and Roslin tells him that he'd be surprised. Roslin takes Adama's hand to receive a squeeze of encouragement as he leaves. She reminds him, as he turns back to her while wiping a tear from his eye, not to let Cain get her chance at Adama.
[[Image:Roslinadama.jpg|Roslin and Adama.|thumb]]
With the Fleet's successful destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the Cylon fleet, as well as Admiral Cain's death, Roslin awards Commander Adama a pleasant surprise--the rank of Admiral, as he now is commander of ''two'' battlestars and is senior officer. Roslin notes that one should never give up hope, alluding to recent events and the stress that Cain caused throughout their fleet. Roslin decides to retire for the evening, and has trouble standing as Adama stands to aid in steadying her. After he does so, the new admiral takes Roslin's face gently in hand and kisses her, a pleasant gesture that she returns. Roslin does not see Adama's smile fade to sadness over her illness as she leaves her office area ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

After an apparent collapse, Roslin is transferred to ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], more for comfort and observation than treatment, as her body begins to lose its fight against her metastasized cancer. Roslin finds herself recalling the short time from where she received the terrible cancer diagnosis and before she left Caprica for ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremonies. She remembers her friendship and extramarital {{ref|marital2}} romance with President [[Adar (RDM)|Richard Adar]] (whose official offices resided in Caprica City), a tense dispute with a teacher's union and Adar's overaggressive (at least in Roslin's view) attitude in arresting the teachers rather than hearing their views and complaints. Despite Adar's objection, Roslin meets with a representative of the teacher's union and successfully negotiates an agreement to cease their violence in order to gain an audience with Adar's administration. On reporting this success to Adar, the president demands Roslin's resignation as Education Secretary, claiming that her actions compromised his policies in criminal negotiation. Roslin tells the president that, after she returned from ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony, she would entertain his offer. Of course, Roslin would never return to Caprica or see President Adar alive again.

Roslin manages to gain enough strength and lucidity between her recollections to meet with Admiral Adama and Gaius Baltar to recommend that the Cylon-hybrid fetus of the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii]] be destroyed for the safety of the Fleet. Baltar is strongly against this notion, claiming that Roslin is incoherent, but Adama backs up Roslin's request.

Roslin's memories of her last days on Caprica revealed a very disturbing ephiphany. She remembered seeing Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] walking (and "making out") about the Colonial government plaza with a strikingly beautiful blonde woman. As she knew Dr. Baltar had business with the Ministry of Defense, his presence was not unusual. What Roslin's excellent memory now realized that the woman that Baltar was publicly intimate with was in reality one of the five [[Cylon agent]] later discovered in her rag-tag fleet of survivors of the Colonies.

But Roslin is unable to relay this revelation to anyone as she lapses into unconsciousness, the cancer taking its final toll on her body. But as her life signs fade, as Admiral Adama asks everyone by public address to place Roslin in her thoughts, and as the angry Sharon Valerii is restrained for her abortion, the genius within Dr. Baltar emerges with a desperate epiphany of his own. He discovers that the fetal blood of Valerii's unborn fetus destroys cancer cells and repairs and regenerate human tissue damaged by cancer. On Adama's authority (but with Dr. [[Cottle]]'s admonishment), Baltar injects Roslin with some of the hybrid's fetal blood. Roslin's body convulses as the blood attacks her cancer. Moments later, her body functions strengthen and stabilize. Dr. Cottle informs Adama after tests that Roslin's cancer appears "gone." A short time later, Roslin, weak but alert, asks to see Valerii (whose abortion was cancelled as a result of her fetus' stunning ability) in her cell. Roslin smiles as Valerii caresses her abdomen, realizing that, perhaps, her decision to recommend the destruction of Valerii's fetus was made far too hastily ([[Epiphanies]]). ''In the commentary track for "Epiphanies", Ron Moore states taht a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed which said that it was actually the fetal blood Stem Cells of the hybrid which cured Roslin. However, it was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as [[technobabble]]. However, her updated biography on the official Scifi.com site'' does ''say that stem cells from the hybrid were the cure''.

==Administration Strains==

Roslin's miraculous recovery gives her a harsh perspective on Fleet business. She dives into work with a dispassionate manner not unlike her predecessor, Richard Adar. Her first order of business is to investigate and stop the [[Black market (organization)|black market]] problems that hamper effective supply routing in the Fleet. Admiral Adama tasks his son, Captain [[Lee Adama]], to lead the investigation. At [[Shevon|some cost]] to his own already-weakened emotional state, Captain Adama realizes that the black market is a necessary evil, but one that has gotten out of control thanks to the ruthless power-mongering of its leader, [[Phelan]]. Captain Adama kills Phelan, leaving others to resume their racketeering with an ultimatum: No more killing, no usury of critical supplies, and no child prostitution, else, ''Galactica'' will destroy the racketeers without mercy. While Captain Adama is successful at convincing Roslin that a measure of control has been established on the black market, Roslin is not at all happy with the outcome and angrily dismisses Admiral and Captain Adama from her ship.

The second order of business is dealing with the realization that Gaius Baltar had ''something'' to do with the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, based on Roslin's memory of Baltar with a copy of a known Cylon agent. Without proof that she can share with Admiral Adama, she decides to offer Baltar a chance to resign as vice president (without explaining why) to return to his scientific studies under the guise that she is offering a second chance at life just as he provided to Roslin on her deathbed. Baltar, highly suspicious and fearful of trading away his power base, declines Roslin's "one-time offer" ([[Black Market]]).

Roslin suffered a terrible loss when [[Billy Keikeya]] died in a hostage situation on [[Cloud 9]]. Roslin deeply cared about Billy and thought of him as the only family she had left, as well as holding high hopes for his future ([[Sacrifice]]).

Billy's replacement as Roslin's aide was [[Tory Foster]], a proactive young woman with a great deal of political drive. Roslin would face a major policy crisis over the issue of abortion in the Fleet. Previously it had been legal before the Cylon attack, but when the Gemenese girl [[Rya Kibby]] requested an abortion from Dr. [[Cottle]] on ''Galactica'', Gemenon representative [[Sarah Porter]] stated that abortion was anathema to the religiously fundamentalist Gemenese, and if Roslin allowed the abortion and established that her administration was pro-choice, Roslin could expect to lose all support from her previously closely allied religious base. After consulting with Adama and Baltar, Roslin was faced with hard logistics; the Fleet's population was constantly on the decline, and at the current rate the human race would be extinct in 18 years. Anything that would decrease the population further would only worsen the figures. Tearfully, and despite her own personal convinctions, Roslin tearfully announced that she had made and Exectuive Order making abortion illegal within the Fleet. However, she allowed Rya to have an abortion because she had requested it before the law went into place. Vice President Baltar jumped onto this as a wedge-issue, and announced that he would run for president in the upcoming election against Roslin ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

Roslin was the faced with the question of what to do with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]]'s hybrid daughter [[Hera]]. She decided that the only way to keep it safe was to fake it's death, even fooling parents Helo and Sharon into believing that she was dead, so that the Cylons could not possibly know that she was still alive. Roslin that found her a foster mother named [[Maya]], and promised to keep an eye on Hera ([[Downloaded]]).

==Presidential Election==
At first, Roslin was head and shoulders above Baltar in the polls. His only real point against her were his accusations that she was pandering to her religiously-based following. However, with the descover of a habitable planet -- dubbed "[[New Caprica]]" -- Baltar found the perfect wedge issue to use against Roslin. Even though settlement on the planet would be extremely difficult and offer no guarantee that the Cylons wouldn't find them, the people of the Fleet voted their extreme hopes over their rational fears and Roslin's voice of reason. Baltar began to lead in all the polls ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

However, Roslin gave Tory permission to try something (Roslin didn't want to know what specifically) to alter the vote her favor. Tory conspired with Col. Tigh and Petty Officer Dualla to replace the last few thousand ballots with frauds, to push Roslin over the top. Roslin had a brief celebration of victory, and although Baltar thought the results were improbable (compared to all of the pre-election polls) even he did not think that Roslin would go so far as to fix the election. However, Lt. Gaeta discovered the conspiracy and notified Admiral Adama, who then confered with Roslin. Adama convinced Roslin that rigging a democratic election was a line that they simply would not cross; it was against everything they stood for. The people have made the wrong decision to elect Baltar president, probably event a disasterous choice, but it was the choice of the people. Roslin agreed to back down. Adama then announced that there had been a mistake in the vote count, and a perturbed Baltar did not press further, content with having won the election.
[[Image:2BATgyC05.jpg|Roslin as a teacher on New Caprica.|thumb]]
Gaius Baltar was then sworn in as President of the Colonies and ordered settlement to begin on New Caprica. A year passed on New Caprica, and Baltar's administration had become the unmitigated, incompetent disaster that everyone had feared. It was obvious that settlling on such a harsh world was a mistake, but Baltar had fooled everyone during the election with the high promises that it would fix all of their problems. Meanwhile, Roslin had gone back to her old love of teaching, and ran the new settlement's school, thus finding happiness in her old position. 380 days after settling on the planet, the Cylons discovered it, as Roslin had warned that they eventually would, and occupied the settlement ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

==Cinematic Trivia==
[[Image:Fireflyonbsg.jpg|thumb|right|Firefly-class spacecraft seen in the mini-series.]]If one watches carefully at the several ships that fly by the hospital just before viewers first see Laura Roslin in the mini-series, viewers may see a familiar spacecraft: A ''Firefly''-class spacecraft from the [[Wikipedia:Firefly (television series)|science-fiction series]] of the same name.

==Sources==
*{{note|marital}} According to the February issue of ''Sci Fi Magazine'', actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the [[series bible]], Laura has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on [http://www.livejournal.com/users/reedfem/158883.html Ramblings of a dorkish nature])
*{{note|marital2}} According to a December 2005 [http://www.galacticastation.com/Galactica%20Station/Archives/dec05.html interview] with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar was married when she was having her romance with him.

==Notes==

According to SkyOne, Roslin was born in Caprica City. Her father and two sisters were killed by a drunk driver and she came to the attention of Richard Adar after she earned a Teacher of the Year award.

Here is SkyOne's summary of Roslin:

:''Laura Roslin was born in the bustling urban enviroment of Caprica City. Both her parents, Judith and Edward, were teachers in the public school system and her two older sisters also went into teaching.''

:''Tragically at the age of fifteen, both her sisters and her father were killed by a drunk driver. Her mother never recovered from the shock and Laura would spend the next twenty years caring for her mother. Laura then went into teaching and soon established herself in one of the large public schools in the city.''

:''Her success was acknowledged and she earnt a Teacher of the Year award. In doing so, she came to the attention of Richard Adar, Mayor of Caprica City, who wanted her to help him run for Governor. Despite having no political experience, Adar persuaded her to join.''

:''Laura antered the harsh world of politics. Caprica City was crime-ridden and its public schools were a disatser. Adar and Laura brought the city back to its full potential.''

:''Uncomfortable with the spotlight, Laura let others take the credit for her work. But the Mayor knew what she had accomplished, and he never forgot.''

:''Her personal life was solitary; she remained a quiet, efficient public servant who ran her department fairly. This won her admiration across the political spectrum.''

:''Laura wanted to return to teaching but her loyalties to Adar would find herself fufilling her political role. Her desire for a quiet life chnaged when she came under scrutiny and was accused of corruption in the Seacade District Scandal. Adar stood by her and eventually the scandal subsided.''

As this information has not appeared on the Scifi.com series website or on screen, it has yet to be confirmed.

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Talk:Fall of New Caprica/Archive 1

2006-03-15T17:29:50Z

Misco:

This isn't a battle, or a "fall" of anthing. Please see our Standards and Conventions page's Battle write up. This was an "event", but no ships engaged each other and no soldiers shot at anything. It should be deleted. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 06:38, 15 March 2006 (CST)

:While it is kind of a "fall", I agree it isn't really a battle. It's even less of a battle than Galactica vs Pegasus (and that one barely survived). No shots were fired in anger, and there wasn't even a serious threat that ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' would stay and fight. In Galactica vs Pegasus, both sides had their weapons ready and aimed at each other. In this instance, only one side was effectively armed. There's no doubt that this is a significant event that deserves to be described, but it's too much of a stretch to classify it as a battle. The actual battle text could be summed up as "The Cylons show up, the Colonial Fleet retreats." --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:20, 15 March 2006 (CST)

::I think it qualifies as a battle, or at least a rather significant military action, and was certainly a "fall," in fact, the fall and occupation of the newly established home planet of humanity. A massively superior Cylon force jumped in, the Adamas evaluated the siutation and made a tactical or strategic retreat from their position, which was then overrun by the Cylons. If this was not a "battle," (or at the absolute minimum a military event at least as significant as the "battle" between ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' in "Pegasus" and "Resurrection Ship, Part I") then neither was the fall of Saigon or the evacuation at Dunkirk in World War II. We can argue all day about the technical definition of a "battle" (and point me to the proper Standards and Conventions definition, I cannot find it on the standards and conventions page), but this is a significant event, and the page should remain. --[[User:Felix Culpa|Felix Culpa]] 08:46, 15 March 2006 (CST)

::: Standards & Conventions can be found [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions|here]], but there's nothing on it about the battle pages yet. Merv may be referring to the guidelines outlined in the talk page. I'll quote what I believe he is referring to:

:::<begin quote>
:::Generally, something deserves an article if:

:::* 1) A Colonial ship is destroyed (Vipers, Raptors, etc). They can't easily be replaced, and the loss of even one can be considered a blow. (The upcoming engagements in "Scar" might be a skirmish instead of a battle, depends how many ships are involved at once).
:::* 2) A massive number of Cylon vessels is destroyed, making the engagement a noteworthy event. For example, the "Great Cylon Turkey Shoot" resulted in no Colonial losses whatsoever, yet so many Cylons (hundreds of ships) were destroyed that it warrants it's own page.

:::An example of something that would not deserve it's own page is like when 2 Raiders were destroyed in "Final Cut", with no Colonial losses. No personnel or ships were lost, and the losses to the Cylons were insignificant in the extreme (considering that they still have production facilities and the Colonials do not).

:::As a rule of thumb, any engagement that involves a Battlestar or a Basestar firing it's own guns at the enemy is a "Battle" (Battle of the Coral Sea was a full scale battle, yet no enemy ships directly engaged each other; just fighters). However, if a Battlestar launches Vipers, but doesn't actually get involved in a small scale fight against enemy fightercraft, it's probably not a battle (case in point, "Skirmish over the Red Moon".
:::<end quote>
:::As for myself, I wouldn't necessarily advocate deleting all the content, but just moving it out of a "Battle" format. If we're to take the fall of Saigon as an example, we see that on wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Fall of Saigon|Fall of Saigon]] doesn't have a battle box. It's just got a description of the events. The evacuation at Dunkirk gets roped into the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Dunkirk|Battle of Dunkirk]], which is still a battle (with casualties on both sides). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:04, 15 March 2006 (CST)

::::I am the original author of this page, and I cannot see the logic behind deletion. Looking through pages that are considered battles, very few of them actually sound like battles. Galactica vs. Pegasus was more of a standoff, the so-called "Battle of Kobol" was no more a battle than the Enola Gay dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, by your logic, should be divided up into a battle of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, the obvious battle around Caprica, the slaughter of Galactica's Mark VII Viper squadron, the first battle that Galactica participated in (when they were nuked), the destruction of Armistice Station, and the numerous other battles that happened. In terms of what consitutes a battle, it seems that the Battle of the Tilium Moon, the Battle of the Resurrection Ship, and the Battle of the Binary Star System are the only true battles. I think the battle pages should reflect the major events and engagements of the Second Cylon War (which in my opinion should be made into its own page and not redirect to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies). The Fall of New Caprica was without question the most important event in the Second Cylon War after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and I do not see why it should not be treated as such.--[[User:Helmandsare|Helmandsare]] 11:24, 15 March 2006 (CST)

:::::Sorry to jump in here but why is it being called a 'fall' at all? Isn't it more of an 'occupation'? And I agree that it's not a battle; the Cylons arrived and the remains of the orbiting fleet ran off. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:29, 15 March 2006 (CST)

Podcast talk:Colonial Day

2006-03-15T17:09:51Z

Misco:

== Ron Lives Where? ==

Couldn't quite make out the part of California Ron said he lived in (if that's what he said). Sorry about that but I've never been to California or America for that matter and so I can't really take a guess at it. Anyway I'm sure somebody else will know.

On a slightly different and off-topic note I found it amusing to listen to the first part of this pod-cast having seen what happens in the later episodes of season two. --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:09, 15 March 2006 (CST)

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-03-15T17:02:10Z

Misco: /* Checkins */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Mini-series]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template
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Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
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"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

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*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 11:02, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Currently transcribing: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:09, 15 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 16:33, 13 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:25, 14 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Captain's Hand (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Downloaded (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 00:00, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:16, 5 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:06, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:32, 6 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:37, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:37, 7 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 09:50, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:34, 8 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 11:01, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:30, 9 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

Podcast:Colonial Day

2006-03-15T16:59:33Z

Misco:

{{podcast|author=Misco}}.

== [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] ==

Hello and welcome to the podcast commentary of episode eleven [[Colonial Day]], I am [[Ronald D. Moore]] the executive producer and creator of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] and tonight we're going to be talking about the eleventh episode of the first season Colonial Day. This was- essentially began life as our [[wikipedia:The_West_Wing_%28television%29|West Wing]] episode and we'd always wanted to do an episode that really took place in [[Laura Roslin]]'s world and really dealt with the politics of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] and [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and the people and the survivors of the human race and how that would evolve over the course of the series.

As I was developing the show early on and setting up the major players I felt very strongly that the President should be a very important player in the show. In the original [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]] there was a [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], which is [[Quorum of Twelve|reprised]] in this episode, of political leaders of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|The Twelve Colonies]] which before the attack of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] in the original Galactica the Quorom of Twelve were the political quasi-military leadership of the Twelve Colonies.

Before we delve further into that, because I tend to digress a lot in these as long time listeners will know, this is [[Cloud Nine]] which is actually the college of [[wikipedia:University_of_British_Columbia|VC University]]. We definitely wanted to get outside of Galactica, go explore another ship in the fleet and we decided that if we had at least one vessel that was set up in some sort of arboretum type setting that had a dome on it, a place where you could create- that had recreated some sort of Earth-like or colony-like exterior that would be a nice place to open a show up, it keeps the show from getting too claustrophobic, but it prevents or it allows us to stay within the fleet instead of having to go and make up the colony- the planet of the week idea which I was very much opposed to doing from the get-go. I didn't want the show to be about going to alien worlds constantly that happened to look like [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]]. I wanted to essentially use [[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Caprica|Caprica]]- the story-line on Caprica to be location driven in [[wikipedia:Vancouver|Vancouver]] and we would essentially be saying that Caprica looks an awful lot like Vancouver but as far as other planets- I think it starts to beg credibility at a certain point when all the other planets in the universe look like Canada. I'd never really wanted to go to other planets in this series and I definitely didn't want to explore other aliens so the idea of having at least one ship in our rag-tag feelt that had a certain sort of exterior feel to it allows us to have it both ways; we can go outside and we can do a few- some episodes like this where the characters get to go outside and be in the trees and get a different sort of visual sense without it really breaking the reality of what we had set up so far.

And there are the sirens and the dogs which I'm sure you've all come to know and love at my little home here in [[wikipedia:California|California]] and I'm er... yeah isn't it great? There they go, the public services, my tax dollars at work.

In any case the West Wing episode was something that we had talked about from the very, very earliest going, I always wanted to do something that was more political that dealt with the practical realities of trying to govern and run a society that had- run the remnants of a society that had just been destroyed and unlike the original series I didn't want the political leadership of our rag-tag fleet to really be straw men for [[William Adama|Adama]] to knock down over and over again, because that was essentially the dynamic developed in the original series. The Quorom of Twelve would come up with some lame-brain idea, 'Hey let's go make peace with the Cylons' or 'Hey let's stay here on this planet' where obviously the Cylons were gonna come in five minutes and [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] being wiser and smarter would always find a way to beat them and cooler heads would prevail and Adama and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] would save the day. I didn't really want to do that because I didn't like the message of it, I didn't really like the notion that, 'what you really need is just a good, smart military who can control and run everything'. I just didn't like that, I liked playing the natural tension between the civilian and the military authority in this situation, I wanted to really explore what it meant to be a democracy in these circumstances and a republican form of government in these circumstances. And I thought it also said something interesting about this society- the Colonial society, that they do value and treasure and place great emphasis on the fact that their government is still with them. I mean the entire Laura Roslin plot line throughout the series is really a tribute to the fact of how strongly these people believe in their system of government, how fundamental the notions of democracy and representation and the vote and equal rights and- the sort of things that in this country, the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]], are also built into our culture. We have this fundamental belief in the [[Wikipedia:US_Constitution|Constitution]], a fundamental belief in the [[Wikipedia:United_States_Bill_of_Rights|Bill of Rights]] and there is argument about margins of it but we have this undeniable belief system. I wanted the rag-tag fleet and in essence their society to mirror our society in that way but then I wanted an ability to test all of those assumptions, I wanted this circumstance and this set of problems to continually challenge and really provoke those ideas.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-03-15T14:27:47Z

Misco: /* Checkins */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Mini-series]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template
<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere}}</nowiki>.

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
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===Corrections===
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*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Currently transcribing: [[user:Misco|Misco]]. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 16:33, 13 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:25, 14 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Captain's Hand (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Downloaded (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 00:00, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:16, 5 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:06, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:32, 6 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:37, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:37, 7 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 09:50, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:34, 8 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 11:01, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:30, 9 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:32, 14 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

User talk:Misco

2006-03-14T20:19:53Z

Misco: /* Epiphanies Complete */

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2006-03-14T20:07:54Z

Misco: /* Epiphanies Complete */

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2006-03-14T20:07:33Z

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Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-03-13T23:55:24Z

Misco: /* Checkins */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Mini-series]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template
<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere}}</nowiki>.

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discression. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription.
*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 16:33, 13 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Captain's Hand (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Downloaded (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 00:00, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:16, 5 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:06, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:32, 6 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:37, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:37, 7 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 09:50, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:34, 8 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 11:01, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:30, 9 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Currently transcribing: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]])
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_3of7.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_4of7.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_5of7.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-03-13T22:33:04Z

Misco: /* Checkins */

{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Mini-series]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
Begin each podcast article with the template
<nowiki>{{podcast|author=YourNameHere}}</nowiki>.

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

===Links===
Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discression. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

===Corrections===
Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

==Checkins==
When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription.
*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:46, 20 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: --[[User:Misco|Misco]] 16:33, 13 March 2006 (CST). Verified: —.)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/216/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Captain's Hand (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/217/bsg_ep217_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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*[[Downloaded (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 00:00, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:16, 5 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:06, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:32, 6 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 01:37, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:37, 7 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 09:50, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:34, 8 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/218/bsg_ep218_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 11:01, 4 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:30, 9 March 2006 (CST).)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/219/bsg_ep219_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2 (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_1of7.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 18:17, 11 March 2006 (CST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:00, 13 March 2006 (CST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_2of7.mp3 Act 1] (Currently transcribing: [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]])
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_6of7.mp3 Act 5] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/220/bsg_ep220_7of7.mp3 Act 6] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
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*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

Podcast:Epiphanies

2006-03-13T22:31:19Z

Misco:

{{podcast|author=Misco}}.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==

Hello, my name is [[Ronald D. Moore]] and welcome to the podcast for episode thirteen "[[Epiphanies]]". I'm the executive producer and creator of the- or developer of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]].

"Epiphanies" essentially is our biggest [[Laura Roslin]] show to date. We'd been talking about doing an episode like this since way back in the first season. A lot of the roots of this episode come out of things that were in the backstory of the character ever since the [[miniseries|mini-series]], namely we wanted to deal with things like who she was before the attack, what her life was like and getting a glimpse into what she was like as Secretary of Education before she became [[Government|President]].

Some of the elements in this episode were actually, I think, suggested by [[Mary McDonnell]]. In early conversations with Mary on the script of the mini-series she started talking about [[Richard Adar|President Adar]], there was a line in the mini-series where she said- she was talking about how she got into politics and how she didn't really wanna be a politician but she had worked for Adar and that he was the kind of man that you just couldn't say no to. And Mary took that to mean that he was a [[Wikipedia:Bill_Clinton|Clinton]]-esque figure that you couldn't say no to, and of course being a Clinton-esque figure it also raised the possibilty that perhaps there was something more between the two of them than just the professional relationship. And that stuck in everybody's heads and whenever we would talk about Adar throughout the course of the first season, we always jokingly talked about the fact that she had an affair with him and then it became something more than a joke and we started to seriously consider the possibilty that maybe she had had an affair with the President. And that that would be an interesting insight into the character of Laura Roslin, and I'll talk more about that as we go along.

This opening sequence is meant to convey the notion that she's dying obviously, she's coming into [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and she's flashing back to what is essentially her last day on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. This is the day that she found out that she had cancer, this is the day of the attack, all this is sort of- all these flashbacks are gonna be things that we never showed you in the mini-series and in fact, in truth, we didn't really think about them during the mini-series. When the mini-series was shot and edited together the implication was that she left directly from the doctor's office that you saw a few moments ago and went out and got on the transport that becomes [[Colonial One]] and then took off. But there's no reason to assume that she didn't have time to do anything else, so as we were constructing this episode it all seemed to be about the last day on Caprica and we went at the episode from that angle and then there was a continuity error that I realised much, much later, that I'll get to later that changed those plans. But the inital impulse was, okay, lets play this sequence as Laura is dying and she's thinking back to the day when it all began, when she learned that she first had cancer and when the Presidency fell on her head and everything began and ended on that particular day.

It seemed right at this point in the life of the series to finally do the episode that really dealt with her illness, that really dealt with the fact that Laura had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and that the President was slipping away from us. It had been alluded to all throughout the first season, this season we have been very direct about it, we had said that she wasn't gonna make it, the doctor had given her a very short term- a very short time in which to live and then indeed in the last weeks episode- at the end of the episode you saw her having trouble just getting up and physically walking out of Colonial One after her meeting with [[William Adama|Adama]]. And it just felt like this had been simmering along for a long time and that we had to deal with it at some point, we had to really face the fact, as do all the characters, that Laura had what was a terminal illness and that it had to come to some kind of a head.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1]==

The other story that's very strong in this episode, of course, is the story of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] sympathisers and the resistance movement within the fleet. This was an interesting notion that was posited in the writer's room that [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s been out on the run for a long time, they've had a lot of people in all these ships and we hadn't played anything that really dealt with various factionalisation among the people or different points of view or people who might have believed for one reason or another that the military was wrong, that they had all been betrayed and that maybe they had made bad decisions, that maybe there was a way for them to get along with their enemy. So we went at this from the approach of- okay, well let's go with a radicalised element of that, of the peace movement as it were and say that, essentially, they're starting to sabotage [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] itself. Thay're starting to get into places and do things to actively promote an agenda that is designed to force the [[Government|Colonial government]] and the military to stop what they're doing, to stop making this all about war and to try and deal with their enemy, to try to negotiate with them, to try to achieve some kind of peace.

What was interesting to me was, there's- it's so antithetical to this kind of show, to do this story- to make the peaceniks as it were- to make the the [[Demand Peace|peace movement]] the antagonists, to make them the villains. I mean a lot of the show feels very liberal in its output, there's a lot of political statements within the show that deal with the [[Wikipedia:War_on_terror|War on Terror]] that you could take to mean as criticisms of the [[Wikipedia:Right-wing_politics|Right]]. And- but the show is not mean't to be a polemic, the show is not a direct allegory to all the events that take place in the [[Wikipedia:United_states|United States]]. And within the world of Galactica it felt like the people that were advocating a peaceful resolution to the Cylon conflict and were actively trying to stop the military from achieving that goal would be the antagonists and it was interesting to spin the expectations of the show and the political structure of the show in such a way that I think I you come out of this episode wondering, what is the point of view of the show, what is the show really trying to say, what does it think in terms of its politics? And the answer is, the show is fairly agnostic, the show occasionally tilts you in one direction or another but overall the show is meant to make you think, it is meant to make you question things, it's meant to keep you off-balance and unsettled more than anything else and this is a good example of playing different political parts of the spectrum throughout this episode.

And finally we get to meet [[Richard Adar|President Adar]]. It's surprising how little things like that giant seal behind the President's desk quickly and easily convey the notion of this being the equivalent of the [[Wikipedia:Oval_office|Oval Office]]. That you didn't need a big matte shot, for instance, of the President's grand palace or whatever, he's just come in the room, there's the big seal, here's the man, it reads much, much quicker than a lot of belaboured set-up to who the guy is and what he's doing.

Again, you can see that [[Laura Roslin|Laura's]] in the same outfit that she wore on the day of the [[miniseries|mini-series]] and that we're all kinda playing in that same key, that we're- all the flashbacks were originaly meant to be on the same day.

Now, this whole notion, was always in the original story; that Laura, as she approches the end of her life, was realising that she had to make certain decisions now because she was going to be gone and that whatever they were left with- whatever she left them in the fleet with after she was dead was gonna be what they'd have to live with. And Laura's decision here to abort the Cylon baby is a pretty tough decision but I think she felt, rightly so, that she could not leave this decision in the hands of President [[Gaius Baltar]] and so she just moved to the end. She's realised, 'Time is short, I've gotta make this call, I won't take the risk, I'm gonna do this while I still can'. It's a tough-minded decision, it's certainly in line with all the other decisions that Laura has made and I think it speaks to the larger character movement of Laura Roslin since we saw her in the mini-series; that she was the Secretary of Education, a somewhat apolitical job if anything at that level can ever be apolitical, and yet she was then thrust into this position where she had literally the fate of the human race on her shoulders. And I always thought that that experience of taking a person who had never had ambitions to become President, who had no greater ambitions on power, who had a series of fairly safe beliefs, a fairly locked in political ideology of her own that we assume is something along the liberal end of the spectrum, put her into the Presidency, put all these decisions on her desk and force her to deal with the consequences of her actions and say, 'Oh by the way if you make a mistake the entire human race might be wiped out'. That that would change that person and that that person would start to make tougher and tougher decisions and some of those decisions might be questionable and she might start making choices that she would have been appalled at only a short times before. And certainly just aborting this child is one of them but it's a logical extension of where she's been, once she starts chucking people out of airlocks because she's decided that that's how you deal with Cylons, this is simply the next step along that road.

That's one of the nicer transitions that [[IMDB:nm0362738|Rod Hardy]] came up with to suddenly posit; here's [[Number Six|Six]]. You'll notice that there's a little line here about a few weeks have passed, he hasn't seen her since- one of the things we were dealing with in the aftermath of the [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]] / Resurrection trilogy, was he connects with [[Gina]] over on [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']] and then there was a draft of the script of Resurrection Ship where as he embraced Gina- something we ultimately didn't do- but he was going to embrace Gina at the end of that scene and Six was going to literally vanish in front of our eyes- something we've never done, she always disappears and appears in the cuts. And we were going to have her literally disappear and she was going to stay away from Baltar, she was not going to appear to him for many- several episodes and what happened is, as we got into breaking those stories and working on those subsequent scripts frankly I found Baltar less interesting without Six. She was such a part of his psychological make-up, the two characters were so firmly entrenched in my mind, and in the audience's mind I believe, that it was awkward and strange to write a Baltar without a Six. Even though you had Gina right in front of him, even though she was a living breathing... well, Cylon, but she was a person in all but name. Even with her right in front of him you missed, I missed, this interaction, the imp on his shoulder, the demon that tortures him and loves him alternately and so much of his psychology was wrapped up in her that we just decided it wasn't really working very well and so we went back in and put Six back into these episodes. But there was some awkwardness, I mean we'd set certain things in motion with Gina that then had to be moved over to the side, and then this little sequence of her appearing to him and hadn't seen him- establishing he hadn't seen her in a while was something that had to be slipped into dialogue at the last moment. This too is a nice little transition that Rod came up with, to leave him holding his own tie in front of people in the corridor and James does such great work with that sort of stuff.

This is a nice, powerful, very small scene of [[William Adama|Adama]] telling [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] that his child is going to be aborted but it has one of my favorite moments, in the season actually- is a very small beat coming up here, there's a beat where at the end of the sequence you'll see that Adama says, 'Dismissed' and Helo, for just a moment, brings himself up to attention and you can see the look on his face transitions from anger and rebellion into respect and then he moves out. And it's not grudging respect and it's not arrogant and it's not all, 'I'll see you in hell Adama', it's just- it's honest and it's a very subtle thing that the actor pulls off here and I just wanted to draw it to your attention. Because it's little textures and pieces like that that really flesh out all these characters in ways that you can't really anticipate on the page and you would fail if you tried and you really are relying on the actor's instincts and it's right here- well not quite here. You see the anger and emotion on his face, spits that in Adama's face, 'Dismissed', comes to attention, honest respect, walks out the door. That's great, that is a great, great moment.

Now we're into the whole- the plot about the sabotage, it's happening. Some of the inspiration for this comes out of things in [[Wikipedia:World_War_Two|World War Two]] and other conflicts where there were- there was forced labour that the [[Wikipedia:Nazi|Nazis]] used during the Second World War and there were people who working within the ammunition factories of [[Wikipedia:Nazi_germany|Nazi Germany]] that managed to sabotage shells and managed to do things that would not get caught in the manufacturing process that then, ultimately, would blow up on the battlefield much, much later.

This is an interesting thing, this is a behind-the-scenes sort of shot as it were; where did they get their ammunition from? Well they must be making it somewhere and this is where they make it. There was a lot of discussion on a technical level about what are the bullets that we shoot out? Do they have powder? Are they rail guns? A lot of that got tedius and difficult to deal with because we kept wanting to make this work and we opted to not talk about it directly. The visual, where he breaks open that shell casing in the earlier part, it leads you to believe that they're traditional powder and lead projectiles, we never talk about it, you are free to believe what you wanna believe about the weapons of Galactica and how they work. Which I think is always the better way to go; to preserve the dramatic aspects of the scenes and move the tech stuff off-camera as best you can.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2]==

I love all these little pamphlets that the art department came up with that they're passing out, again the [[Demand Peace|Peace Now]] pamphlets. And it was really interesting to play this side of the political spectrum- I know I talked about this at the beginning- but there was something interesting about making the people who were demanding peace, who were struggling for peace, who were literally fighting for peace- to make them the quasi-villains of the piece, to make them the antagonists, the problem, the thing that had to be dealt with because I think there is a tendency, certainly in writer's rooms that I've been associated with, we all tend to be on the liberal side of the spectrum. Not exclusively so, I've certainly met a lot of conservatives in my tenure as a writer and as a producer and they do exist but by-and-large writer's rooms tend towards the liberal side, at least in my experience. And it was an interesting exercise and it was I think a healthy exercise to move against your own political instincts and make the positions that you might personally be advocating in a similar circumstance the antagonistic ones. Now- which is not to say that I harbor hopes of going out and sabotaging the military myself but certainly to make the people who are advocating peace, the people that are asking for a better way, the people who are asking for understanding and dialogue, to make them villains is an interesting thing and it was an interesting exercise for us to go through and I think it keeps the show honest. The show should be about these characters in their situation and how they would really react given their circumstances rather than us trying to push a certain point of view.

This scene always- the scenes with the union representative always kinda make me chuckle just a little bit when I watch the show because he is the teacher's union representative and yet the teachers are out there burning things down and rioting and heads are getting cracked. I mean my father was a- my parents were both teachers and I've been in the edu- I know a lot about the educational system because I grew up in it in essence and teachers are not really known for going out and knocking heads together out on the picket line but it's interesting to say that that was the world of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].

I like [[William Adama|Adama's]] attitude here, I mean again it probably cuts aagainst [[Edward James Olmos|Eddie's]] own politics too, but Adama is not cutting this guy any slack, he's not trying to reason with this guy, he's not coming in to engage him in his arguments or hear him out in the way that say [[Wikipedia:Jean_Luc_Picard|Picard]] would, he's like, 'You're a problem and you better knock it off asshole or we're gonna- really coming down on you'.

It's interesting to say that in the Colonial fleet even at this stage, once weeks and months have gone by and you've been on the run and you've suffered through these things natural factionalisation is going to occur, cleavages are gonna occur. There is no monolithic body out there in the civilian world that all thinks the same thing all the time. There are going to always be different viewpoints, there are gonna be radicalised elements of those viewpoints and it's nice to realistically say, yes, that's going to happen even within the rag-tag fleet. Those human- the human drive to object, to dissent, to say, 'No, I know better than you do' is always going to occur.

The reference to the space-walk kept going in and out of this cut because we kept putting the space-walk in and out of the previous cut as I mentioned in the previous podcast. We weren't entirely certain we were going to be able to carve "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" into two distinct episodes so we kept playing with whether we took a space-walk at all and as a consequence this reference kept coming in and out. Ultimately though, the next episode "[[Black Market]]" deals so much with [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and so much with the consequences of his ejection sequence or space-walk, we really had to go back and put that stuff in.

This is a great moment in the show; it's [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon's]] reaction here when she comes- when she starts smashing her head into the glass and leaves the blood stains. I mean there's something so raw and naked about her, it's really a tribute to [[Grace Park]] and what she's done with this character. She's been willing- she's been pretty fearless in what she's been willing to do and try and nakedly show emotion and really go into places that I don't know that the character or the actress ever thought that they would go before. And [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] just watches. That's great, that's just so shocking, it's just it's so disturbing. It's such a- it's not a human impulse to run into the wall and smash your head into it, it's almost like a- it's very literally like an animal in a cage and there's something so discomfiting about that. And then in come the guards. I don't know- the whole sequence really it just makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

One of the things I like about this episode in particular is that it's juggling so many balls in the air I'm very fond of the show when it juggles multiple plotlines and characters and is constantly moving from one thing to the other, much in the way that the season one finale Kobol's Last Gleaming parts [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|one]] and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|two]], you were cutting back and forth between so many elements. And I really like that style of storytelling and so this episode, in term of its structure is one of my favorite because you are being yanked from scene to scene to scene it's like a fast moving train that you just can't get ahead of.

And yes if you look closely there are a few bodies that come flying out of that old ship, there's a couple- ooh there's a good one right there.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3]==

I love that, I love that [[William Adama|Adama]] just throttles this guy, just grabs him. It's interesting casting too, I wasn't in on this casting session but I like the fact that we cast somebody who does kinda look like they're a professer at [[Wikipedia:University_of_California%2C_Berkeley|Berkeley]]- it's really- look at that tie! That's just such a great little beat there when [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] looks down and he sees Adama choking him there's like this weird smile that comes over the Colonel's face, he's just such a psychotic. [laughs]

This little sequence was always an important moment in the show, the tradition of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] taking out the- getting the letter that [[Laura Roslin|Laura]] has left for him as a tradition- [[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] says is a tradition that President's leave this letter for their successor. It's actually something that does happen, they talk about this every inaugeration, so ever four year this story's in the media, a new President comes into the [[Wikipedia:White_House|White House]] and in the [[Wikipedia:Oval_Office|Oval Office]] there is traditionally a letter left in one of the drawers from the previous occupant and who knows what it says and I don't know that any of the contents have ever beem shown but it's like some tradition for the US Presidency and so I just adopted it for ours as well.

Now interestingly enough what the letter said did change. Initially it was going to be a letter that was actually quite praising- actually praised Baltar quite a bit; told him a lot of good things about himself, tried to buck him up for the job at hand and expressed Laura's faith in his ability to handle what he was doing and we opted not to go that way because he was going to be touched by that and that was going to turn- prompt him to help save her. It was more interesting in this version and I can't remember who's idea it was, it wasn't mine, it was either [[David Eick|David Eick's]] or it may have been a network note that the letter actually takes him down a peg and angers him but he reads it only after he's already saved her.

Now this is the first time that we really get to set up the fact that [[Gina]] is some place else, at the end of [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Resurrection Ship]] he promises to take her some place safe, we kept talking about the fact that she was going to go to the "brothel" over on [[''Cloud 9'']] and that there would be a "[[wikipedia:Brothel|brothel]]" over on ''Cloud 9'' and actually in the next episode you will discover that there is prostitution going on over on at ''Cloud 9'' and it's perfectly legal. And there was something evocative about that idea, oh there's the brothel and how perfect that is for Gina and she could work out a lot of her angst and anger and somehow we ended up here. That ''Cloud 9'', we had established, has these state rooms because it was a luxury liner and we never quite got around to the "brothel" aspect of it and this is one of the areas that I'm not as in love with in this episode and in subsequent episodes to be honest. This is an aspect of the show that I think we shot a little bit wide of the mark here, there was something dark and intriguing and moody about Gina and the "brothel" and now it just feels like she's over in this upscale hotel hanging out. And this is a push okay, I put up my hands right now and say this is a push that nobody recognises her with the glasses, it's the [[Wikipedia:Clark_Kent|Clark Kent]] disguise of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. I don't know what to tell ya, you talk yourself into believing some things will work when you're in prep on them and when you're doing them and then you see them in dailies and then in the cut and you're like, 'What the hell was I thinking?'. And this is one of those, 'What the hell was I thinking?' moments because I don't know what the hell I was thinking, somehow I talked myself into believing that no-one would recognise Gina if we just did her hair differently and put glasses on her but you'd have to be a moron not to realise that that's the Cylon. But that's one of the buys you have to do and one of the things you have to just go with because that's the way we shot it.

I do like the emotional content of the scene here that basically- we had initially written that Baltar and she were going to be getting it on in this whole sequence but [[Tricia Helfer|Trish]] had pointed out that she just thought that her reaction to being tortured and gang-raped was gonna put her in the place where she was not really going to be open to any kind of physical contact and was gonna be rejecting him. And that already seemed like a much more interesting place to put Gaius Baltar who is all about sensuality and surely one of the reasons that he was interested in her at all was the physical and so to not even be able to consumate that relationship was certainly a source of frustration and to put him in an interesting character place. And it was also interesting to see that Gina's agenda is different than [[Number Six|Six's]] agenda. Gina is all about Baltar taking over, Baltar getting control of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] and not- and destroying humanity and not so much about the baby or anything else, she's much more one-note in terms of what she's after because she does come from a very specific backstory.

I like the fact that we've been seeing Baltar doodle a little bit, he's already been- as a scientist he's already, there's a part of him that is intrigued by the puzzle of Laura's condition and what would happen to her cancer and isn't there a possible way of solving it. And that almost without willing it to be so he solves her problem.

Here's the moment when we realise that Laura is having an affair with [[Richard Adar|Adar]]. We wrote various versions of this as well in both story and script, sometimes we had them in a hotel room, sometimes we showed them waking up from an assignation and then we dropped it all and went back-and-forth and there was a lot of discussion about it. There was a lot of debate about well, how does it make her look? What do we think about Laura? Do we think she's slept her way to the position? Do we think that she's a bad person because she's having an affair with him? We'd opted ultimately to write it this way because this presents the fact of the affair without any of the context of the affair, without knowing why these two are drawn together, what they feel about each other in a real sense. All we know is that it happened because again it's Laura's memories, Laura's flashback, she's not going over the history of the affair, she's remembering the things that happened at the end.

And it's interesting to see that- how much Laura does model her Presidency on Adar's, that even here at the end when she's not- when she's realizing that she's been betrayed on some level by him, he's not the man she thought he was on some level. She does respect him still, respects the strength of the man, respects the fact that he held the nation together as it were.

And just a technical point, obviously the traditional American system, a President could ask for the resignation of his [[Wikipedia:United_States_Cabinet|Cabinet Secretary]] and it would be expected to be delivered and we're just saying in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] world that it's not that simple. For all we know it's a position that is somewhat more quasi-independant from the Presidency etc. etc. I think it's easy enough to fill in a rationalistion for why she would be able to fight him for her job, or intend to fight him for her job, because as we know she never came back.

I like this, this I like the fact- saying that the fleet itself was on the death-watch for Laura, that everyone in the cast was really concerned and that yeah, it's the President, I think that everyone would be hanging on those bulletins like we all do when one of the national leaders or a national figure is dying, there's always that sense of waiting for the news to come in. And there's something interesting- this was all created in editorial, the editors and the director put together this idea of them coming for [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon]] wordlessly with just playing the same music that was scoring the sequence where we're learning about Laura's death. And you're so still involved with Laura's imminent death that this sequence takes on a completely different tone and subtext to it than it did when you played it straight ahead and it was just them coming for her. It was a very inspired move on the part of the editors.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4]==

And now we get into the final sequence we should talk a little bit about why we decided to "cure" [[Laura Roslin|Laura]]'s cancer at all. It was something I initially thought I was going to run as long as humanly possible, possibly to the end of the series and that her condition would never get better and that she would just eventually deteriorate. That became less and less satisfying as time went on, she was an important figure in the show and the truth of playing her illness meant that she had to get physically worse and worse and worse and be on her back and taking whatever their equivalent of chemotherapy is and surgeries and it just meant we were inevitably going to sideline the character to the point where she became a hospital figure and I just didn't wanna do that to the show. And yet I didn't wanna just wave a wand and have it go away so we came up with this route which seemed to- which came out of the writer's room I didn't come up with this- I believe it was [[imdb:nm1093194|Anne Cofell]] our staff writer who came up with this, I wouldn't swear to that but I think so- and this notion that something from the [[Hera|Cylon child]] can cure Laura and that the discovery is made by [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] who is about to become President and Baltar sabotages his own Presidency by figuring out the key to Laura's survival. I thought that- I was really intrigued by the way the puzzle pieces fit and it didn't feel like deux ex machina and it didn't feel unerred, it felt like a somewhat logical conclusion of several long-running storylines. So you may differ, that's fair, but to me I like the fact that it feels like a natural coming together for several different plot threads.

Another interesting thing is we always talked about this as being- we were going to use unborn Cylon baby [[wikipedia:Stem_cells|stem cells]], it was always going to be the stem cells that saved her for obvious reasons; it's more provocative, it capitilises on current day controversey, it seemed an interesting way to go but as we developed the script further we discovered there were just too many technical problems with it being the stem cells literally. That first of all, how do you get the stem cells out without killing the child, that led us onto a whole- surgeries and operating and complicated medical procedures and a lot more tech talk than I was willing to deal with and so ultimately it became y'know what just the ability to say the words 'stemcells' in a show was completely outweighed by the need to get through this section quicker and more efficiant and get to the meat of the drama. The show is not a whole debate about stem cell research, the show is about Laura Roslin and Baltar and the competing interests of the two. And so it doesn't really matter, this is as techy as we get on this show; here's some pictures, Baltar is saying, 'one picture has red, one picture has white', 'what's going on?', 'well this is good'. And we move on because I just don't think it matters, you don't care, I don't care and I don't think a large part of the audience cares about all the technical details of why the Cylon baby blood is going to help cure the cancer. I think what matters is that it does and where it comes from and how you execute it. It is worth noting that's it's certainly possible that Laura's cancer can come back, it's certainly possible that like so many cancer patients she could be clear one day and then weeks and months down the line she could find that the disease is back. I think that taking the cancer away from Laura also provides us with the ability to question her role as the prophet, because if the prophecies are correct a dying leader will lead them to the promised land and if Laura's no longer dying maybe she's not the leader anymore and that was an intriguing possibility as well that only came about much later in the show because at the beginning of the show we didn't have any of this prophet stuff.

Ah yes the unsettling needle shot. It's amazing how it's the little things that actually make you uncomfortable somehow you can see people getting blown away and heads flying across the room and blood smattering on the walls and nine times out of ten the audience shrugs and goes 'yeah? moving on'. Put a needle in somebody's arm in extreme close-up and you can feel the uncomfortable tension spread throughout the room, 'how long do we have to look at the needle?'

Gotta love Doctor [[Cottle]]. Gotta love a doctor who just says 'well maybe it's just her time'.

And what's up with Baltar? Why is he driven to do this? Is he so afraid of the Presidency that he's willing to do anything, even cure this woman of cancer, in order to avoid it? Is he just not ready for it? What is it? And I think it's intriguing that at some level he ran away from it.

Now this is where we get into the continuity thing. If you really look back at the [[Miniseries]] Laura could definitely have done all this on the same day before she went to [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]], she could have left this scene- she could have done this scene and goes to the President's office in the chronology and the she could have easily gotten on the place after that but Baltar and [[Number Six|Six]] on the day of the attack are actually back at Baltar's house so that can not be the same day. Which was a problem but we get out of it by never actually directly saying in the show that it is all the same day. The way all the flashbacks play out you'll see that there is no reference to this being the same day so it's not clear at what point all those events happened and so we got out of the problem by skirting around the issue, she saw these people, she heard she had cancer and at some point she saw Baltar and Six making out in the marketplace and only now does she realise- does she call up that cognizant memory of seeing Baltar and Six together and realising, 'oh my God he was involved with a [[Cylons|Cylon]]'. But what can she do about it? It's a memory, it's a memory flash, it's a memory that came out, a memory she only remembers under drugs, under this treatment. Is it true? She certainly believes it's true but could she convince anybody else that it's true? Probably not.

Cancer's gone. For now. [evil laugh] Because why would I wanna give up a perfectly good way of torturing a character?

It's a very moving episode I find, I find whenever I watch it I'm always moved by Laura, I'm always moved by [[Mary McDonnell|Mary]]'s performance, I always completely believe that she's suffering the way she suffers and fighting against it. It all seems very true. There's an emotional truth to everything that Mary does but there's a particular emotional truth in this episode. Where so many times in television you'll be doing the show about some character who's in a hospital bed suffering from something or other and you never quite buy it, it always seems a little too easy and they always seem like they're made up a little too well and they never seem like they're really lying in those beds suffering the way so many people actually do suffer. And this time no, this time I totally buy it, I'm with Mary on the whole journey. I think it was even Mary's idea- I wouldn't swear to this- but I think it was even Mary's idea that she was wheeled in here, that she was in the wheelchair.

'...and toss you out an airlock.' Again, like I said earlier, initially we were going to have a very different idea of what the letter actually said but now it plays much more deliciously. He's done this, he doesn't have to worry about being President, he's sort of a hero in everybody's eyes, he's feeling good about himself and then there's that letter. And when the letter just takes him apart piece by piece, it's the look on his face that is unbelievable, he just can't believe it. And then I believe the final action of the show, then I believe- there's the nuke, the nuke is sitting right there on the shelf- then I believe the final piece that he gives the nuclear weapon to the [[Demand Peace|Cylon sympathisers]]. And he does so partly out of pique, partly out of simple rage at being hoodwinked, out of simple anger at being affronted by Laura, this woman who he just saved, and to discover what she really meant and part of it is driven by Six and her agenda and [[Gina]]'s agenda and buying into the Cylon agenda which is also moving him further along the darker aspect of the show. Look at the look on his face. Look at him. [laughs] She just really didn't beleive he was good enough, really didn't believe he was up to it, that really pisses him off.

It was interesting- or not interesting- it was fun to finally pay off the nuclear weapon back in season one when Six tells him to get that nuclear weapon she says it in such a way that you feel like there's- something is going to come of that and it always nagged at us that we didn't have the end of that, we didn't have the beat that told you why the nuclear weapon was given to Baltar in the first place. We didn't feel like- we didn;t like the feeling that it was just a dangling plot thread that was never going to pay off and it was just such a moment of relief when we found the true pay-off for it. When he gives it to the cylon sympethisers here- to Gina I should say- when he gives it to Gina here it sets up the place where the nuke does finally get paid off and that will come in the final episode of season two. You will see how we actually do set up and use the nuke and you could say that it was in a way that Six wanted him to because it certainly helps the Cylons when it gets used.

Meanwhile, back at the brothel... thank God she has those [[wikipedia:Clark_Kent|Clark Kent]] glasses on else he'd be scared right now.

This was tricky to make sure that this was read, it was hard to get the nuke to read as a nuke, we had to do those flashbacks, we had to talk about it a bit. I'm not entirely certain that we ever licked it so that when he opens this case at the very end you are a little bit like- you have to think about it for a second which is not a great thing you want the last shot of the show to really slap you in the face and send you on your way. I think there's a little bit of going 'what was that, was that the nuke?' you're not entirely certain but I think it's close enough, sometimes you have to settle for close enough and I think it's close enough and it does work in the final anlysis.

And again this is one of my favourites. I really like- for all the little things I don't care for in the episode- overall I just really like all these plot lines are just chugging along as handily as they are and that you really do feel like you've gone on a hell of a ride over the course of one hour and that we've moved so many stories forward and we've done so many things that it's really a satisfying journey and I think it just opens you up and make you want more.

See you can see the radiation symbols but they don't quite sell it. There you go that's a little better.

So that's it, that's the end of the podcast for [[Epiphanies]] episode thirteen of season two, thank you for listening and next time we talk about this will be for [[Black Market]] episode fourteen. Thank you and good night.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

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*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 09:50, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
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**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
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*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

Podcast:Epiphanies

2006-02-19T14:49:03Z

Misco:

{{podcast|author=Misco}}.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==

Hello, my name is [[Ronald D. Moore]] and welcome to the podcast for episode thirteen "[[Epiphanies]]". I'm the executive producer and creator of the- or developer of the new [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]].

"Epiphanies" essentially is our biggest [[Laura Roslin]] show to date. We'd been talking about doing an episode like this since way back in the first season. A lot of the roots of this episode come out of things that were in the backstory of the character ever since the [[miniseries|mini-series]], namely we wanted to deal with things like who she was before the attack, what her life was like and getting a glimpse into what she was like as Secretary of Education before she became [[Government|President]].

Some of the elements in this episode were actually, I think, suggested by [[Mary McDonnell]]. In early conversations with Mary on the script of the mini-series she started talking about [[Richard Adar|President Adar]], there was a line in the mini-series where she said- she was talking about how she got into politics and how she didn't really wanna be a politician but she had worked for Adar and that he was the kind of man that you just couldn't say no to. And Mary took that to mean that he was a [[Wikipedia:Bill_Clinton|Clinton]]-esque figure that you couldn't say no to, and of course being a Clinton-esque figure it also raised the possibilty that perhaps there was something more between the two of them than just the professional relationship. And that stuck in everybody's heads and whenever we would talk about Adar throughout the course of the first season, we always jokingly talked about the fact that she had an affair with him and then it became something more than a joke and we started to seriously consider the possibilty that maybe she had had an affair with the President. And that that would be an interesting insight into the character of Laura Roslin, and I'll talk more about that as we go along.

This opening sequence is meant to convey the notion that she's dying obviously, she's coming into [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and she's flashing back to what is essentially her last day on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. This is the day that she found out that she had cancer, this is the day of the attack, all this is sort of- all these flashbacks are gonna be things that we never showed you in the mini-series and in fact, in truth, we didn't really think about them during the mini-series. When the mini-series was shot and edited together the implication was that she left directly from the doctor's office that you saw a few moments ago and went out and got on the transport that becomes [[Colonial One]] and then took off. But there's no reason to assume that she didn't have time to do anything else, so as we were constructing this episode it all seemed to be about the last day on Caprica and we went at the episode from that angle and then there was a continuity error that I realised much, much later, that I'll get to later that changed those plans. But the inital impulse was, okay, lets play this sequence as Laura is dying and she's thinking back to the day when it all began, when she learned that she first had cancer and when the Presidency fell on her head and everything began and ended on that particular day.

It seemed right at this point in the life of the series to finally do the episode that really dealt with her illness, that really dealt with the fact that Laura had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer and that the President was slipping away from us. It had been alluded to all throughout the first season, this season we have been very direct about it, we had said that she wasn't gonna make it, the doctor had given her a very short term- a very short time in which to live and then indeed in the last weeks episode- at the end of the episode you saw her having trouble just getting up and physically walking out of Colonial One after her meeting with [[William Adama|Adama]]. And it just felt like this had been simmering along for a long time and that we had to deal with it at some point, we had to really face the fact, as do all the characters, that Laura had what was a terminal illness and that it had to come to some kind of a head.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1]==

The other story that's very strong in this episode, of course, is the story of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] sympathisers and the resistance movement within the fleet. This was an interesting notion that was posited in the writer's room that [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s been out on the run for a long time, they've had a lot of people in all these ships and we hadn't played anything that really dealt with various factionalisation among the people or different points of view or people who might have believed for one reason or another that the military was wrong, that they had all been betrayed and that maybe they had made bad decisions, that maybe there was a way for them to get along with their enemy. So we went at this from the approach of- okay, well let's go with a radicalised element of that, of the peace movement as it were and say that, essentially, they're starting to sabotage [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] itself. Thay're starting to get into places and do things to actively promote an agenda that is designed to force the [[Government|Colonial government]] and the military to stop what they're doing, to stop making this all about war and to try and deal with their enemy, to try to negotiate with them, to try to achieve some kind of peace.

What was interesting to me was, there's- it's so antithetical to this kind of show, to do this story- to make the peaceniks as it were- to make the the [[Demand Peace|peace movement]] the antagonists, to make them the villains. I mean a lot of the show feels very liberal in its output, there's a lot of political statements within the show that deal with the [[Wikipedia:War_on_terror|War on Terror]] that you could take to mean as criticisms of the [[Wikipedia:Right-wing_politics|Right]]. And- but the show is not mean't to be a polemic, the show is not a direct allegory to all the events that take place in the [[Wikipedia:United_states|United States]]. And within the world of Galactica it felt like the people that were advocating a peaceful resolution to the Cylon conflict and were actively trying to stop the military from achieving that goal would be the antagonists and it was interesting to spin the expectations of the show and the political structure of the show in such a way that I think I you come out of this episode wondering, what is the point of view of the show, what is the show really trying to say, what does it think in terms of its politics? And the answer is, the show is fairly agnostic, the show occasionally tilts you in one direction or another but overall the show is meant to make you think, it is meant to make you question things, it's meant to keep you off-balance and unsettled more than anything else and this is a good example of playing different political parts of the spectrum throughout this episode.

And finally we get to meet [[Richard Adar|President Adar]]. It's surprising how little things like that giant seal behind the President's desk quickly and easily convey the notion of this being the equivalent of the [[Wikipedia:Oval_office|Oval Office]]. That you didn't need a big matte shot, for instance, of the President's grand palace or whatever, he's just come in the room, there's the big seal, here's the man, it reads much, much quicker than a lot of belaboured set-up to who the guy is and what he's doing.

Again, you can see that [[Laura Roslin|Laura's]] in the same outfit that she wore on the day of the [[miniseries|mini-series]] and that we're all kinda playing in that same key, that we're- all the flashbacks were originaly meant to be on the same day.

Now, this whole notion, was always in the original story; that Laura, as she approches the end of her life, was realising that she had to make certain decisions now because she was going to be gone and that whatever they were left with- whatever she left them in the fleet with after she was dead was gonna be what they'd have to live with. And Laura's decision here to abort the Cylon baby is a pretty tough decision but I think she felt, rightly so, that she could not leave this decision in the hands of President [[Gaius Baltar]] and so she just moved to the end. She's realised, 'Time is short, I've gotta make this call, I won't take the risk, I'm gonna do this while I still can'. It's a tough-minded decision, it's certainly in line with all the other decisions that Laura has made and I think it speaks to the larger character movement of Laura Roslin since we saw her in the mini-series; that she was the Secretary of Education, a somewhat apolitical job if anything at that level can ever be apolitical, and yet she was then thrust into this position where she had literally the fate of the human race on her shoulders. And I always thought that that experience of taking a person who had never had ambitions to become President, who had no greater ambitions on power, who had a series of fairly safe beliefs, a fairly locked in political ideology of her own that we assume is something along the liberal end of the spectrum, put her into the Presidency, put all these decisions on her desk and force her to deal with the consequences of her actions and say, 'Oh by the way if you make a mistake the entire human race might be wiped out'. That that would change that person and that that person would start to make tougher and tougher decisions and some of those decisions might be questionable and she might start making choices that she would have been appalled at only a short times before. And certainly just aborting this child is one of them but it's a logical extension of where she's been, once she starts chucking people out of airlocks because she's decided that that's how you deal with Cylons, this is simply the next step along that road.

That's one of the nicer transitions that [[IMDB:nm0362738|Rod Hardy]] came up with to suddenly posit; here's [[Number Six|Six]]. You'll notice that there's a little line here about a few weeks have passed, he hasn't seen her since- one of the things we were dealing with in the aftermath of the [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]] / Resurrection trilogy, was he connects with [[Gina]] over on [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']] and then there was a draft of the script of Resurrection Ship where as he embraced Gina- something we ultimately didn't do- but he was going to embrace Gina at the end of that scene and Six was going to literally vanish in front of our eyes- something we've never done, she always disappears and appears in the cuts. And we were going to have her literally disappear and she was going to stay away from Baltar, she was not going to appear to him for many- several episodes and what happened is, as we got into breaking those stories and working on those subsequent scripts frankly I found Baltar less interesting without Six. She was such a part of his psychological make-up, the two characters were so firmly entrenched in my mind, and in the audience's mind I believe, that it was awkward and strange to write a Baltar without a Six. Even though you had Gina right in front of him, even though she was a living breathing... well, Cylon, but she was a person in all but name. Even with her right in front of him you missed, I missed, this interaction, the imp on his shoulder, the demon that tortures him and loves him alternately and so much of his psychology was wrapped up in her that we just decided it wasn't really working very well and so we went back in and put Six back into these episodes. But there was some awkwardness, I mean we'd set certain things in motion with Gina that then had to be moved over to the side, and then this little sequence of her appearing to him and hadn't seen him- establishing he hadn't seen her in a while was something that had to be slipped into dialogue at the last moment. This too is a nice little transition that Rod came up with, to leave him holding his own tie in front of people in the corridor and James does such great work with that sort of stuff.

This is a nice, powerful, very small scene of [[William Adama|Adama]] telling [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] that his child is going to be aborted but it has one of my favorite moments, in the season actually- is a very small beat coming up here, there's a beat where at the end of the sequence you'll see that Adama says, 'Dismissed' and Helo, for just a moment, brings himself up to attention and you can see the look on his face transitions from anger and rebellion into respect and then he moves out. And it's not grudging respect and it's not arrogant and it's not all, 'I'll see you in hell Adama', it's just- it's honest and it's a very subtle thing that the actor pulls off here and I just wanted to draw it to your attention. Because it's little textures and pieces like that that really flesh out all these characters in ways that you can't really anticipate on the page and you would fail if you tried and you really are relying on the actor's instincts and it's right here- well not quite here. You see the anger and emotion on his face, spits that in Adama's face, 'Dismissed', comes to attention, honest respect, walks out the door. That's great, that is a great, great moment.

Now we're into the whole- the plot about the sabotage, it's happening. Some of the inspiration for this comes out of things in [[Wikipedia:World_War_Two|World War Two]] and other conflicts where there were- there was forced labour that the [[Wikipedia:Nazi|Nazis]] used during the Second World War and there were people who working within the ammunition factories of [[Wikipedia:Nazi_germany|Nazi Germany]] that managed to sabotage shells and managed to do things that would not get caught in the manufacturing process that then, ultimately, would blow up on the battlefield much, much later.

This is an interesting thing, this is a behind-the-scenes sort of shot as it were; where did they get their ammunition from? Well they must be making it somewhere and this is where they make it. There was a lot of discussion on a technical level about what are the bullets that we shoot out? Do they have powder? Are they rail guns? A lot of that got tedius and difficult to deal with because we kept wanting to make this work and we opted to not talk about it directly. The visual, where he breaks open that shell casing in the earlier part, it leads you to believe that they're traditional powder and lead projectiles, we never talk about it, you are free to believe what you wanna believe about the weapons of Galactica and how they work. Which I think is always the better way to go; to preserve the dramatic aspects of the scenes and move the tech stuff off-camera as best you can.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2]==

I love all these little pamphlets that the art department came up with that they're passing out, again the [[Demand Peace|Peace Now]] pamphlets. And it was really interesting to play this side of the political spectrum- I know I talked about this at the beginning- but there was something interesting about making the people who were demanding peace, who were struggling for peace, who were literally fighting for peace- to make them the quasi-villains of the piece, to make them the antagonists, the problem, the thing that had to be dealt with because I think there is a tendency, certainly in writer's rooms that I've been associated with, we all tend to be on the liberal side of the spectrum. Not exclusively so, I've certainly met a lot of conservatives in my tenure as a writer and as a producer and they do exist but by-and-large writer's rooms tend towards the liberal side, at least in my experience. And it was an interesting exercise and it was I think a healthy exercise to move against your own political instincts and make the positions that you might personally be advocating in a similar circumstance the antagonistic ones. Now- which is not to say that I harbor hopes of going out and sabotaging the military myself but certainly to make the people who are advocating peace, the people that are asking for a better way, the people who are asking for understanding and dialogue, to make them villains is an interesting thing and it was an interesting exercise for us to go through and I think it keeps the show honest. The show should be about these characters in their situation and how they would really react given their circumstances rather than us trying to push a certain point of view.

This scene always- the scenes with the union representative always kinda make me chuckle just a little bit when I watch the show because he is the teacher's union representative and yet the teacher's are out there burning things down and rioting and heads are getting cracked. I mean my father was a- my parents were both teachers and I've been in the edu- I know a lot about the educational system because I grew up in it in essence and teachers are not really known for going out and knocking heads together out on the picket line but it's interesting to say that that was the world of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Caprica]].

I like [[William Adama|Adama's]] attitude here, I mean again it probably cuts aagainst [[Edward James Olmos|Eddie's]] own politics too, but Adama is not cutting this guy any slack, he's not trying to reason with this guy, he's not coming in to engage him in his arguments or hear him out in the way that say [[Wikipedia:Jean_Luc_Picard|Picard]] would, he's like, 'You're a problem and you better knock it off asshole or we're gonna- really coming down on you'.

It's interesting to say that in the Colonial fleet even at this stage, once weeks and months have gone by and you've been on the run and you've suffered through these things natural factionalisation is going to occur, cleavages are gonna occur. There is no monolithic body out there in the civilian world that all thinks the same thing all the time. There are going to always be different viewpoints, there are gonna be radicalised elements of those viewpoints and it's nice to realistically say, yes, that's going to happen even within the rag-tag fleet. Those human- the human drive to object, to dissent, to say, 'No, I know better than you do' is always going to occur.

The reference to the space-walk kept going in and out of this cut because we kept putting the space-walk in and out of the previous cut as I mentioned in the previous podcast. We weren't entirely certain we were going to be able to carve "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" into two distinct episodes so we kept playing with whether we took a space-walk at all and as a consequence this reference kept coming in and out. Ultimately though, the next episode "[[Black Market]]" deals so much with [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and so much with the consequences of his ejection sequence or space-walk, we really had to go back and put that stuff in.

This is a great moment in the show; it's [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon's]] reaction here when she comes- when she starts smashing her head into the glass and leaves the blood stains. I mean there's something so raw and naked about her, it's really a tribute to [[Grace Park]] and what she's done with this character. She's been willing- she's been pretty fearless in what she's been willing to do and try and nakedly show emotion and really go into places that I don't know that the character or the actress ever thought that they would go before. And [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] just watches. That's great, that's just so shocking, it's just it's so disturbing. It's such a- it's not a human impulse to run into the wall and smash your head into it, it's almost like a- it's very literally like an animal in a cage and there's something so discomfiting about that. And then in come the guards. I don't know- the whole sequence really it just makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.

One of the things I like about this episode in particular is that it's juggling so many balls in the air I'm very fond of the show when it juggles multiple plotlines and characters and is constantly moving from one thing to the other, much in the way that the season one finale Kobol's Last Gleaming Part's [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|one]] and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|two]], you were cutting back and forth between so many elements. And I really like that style of storytelling and so this episode, in term of it's structure is one of my favourites because you are being yanked from scene to scene to scene it's like a fast moving train that you just can't get ahead of.

And yes if you look closely there are a few bodies that come flying out of that old ship, there's a couple- ooh there's a good one right there.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3]==

I love that, I love that [[William Adama|Adama]] just throttles this guy, just grabs him. It's interesting casting too, I wasn't in on this casting session but I like the fact that we cast somebody who does kinda look like they're a professer at [[Wikipedia:University_of_California%2C_Berkeley|Berkeley]]- it's really- look at that tie! It's just such a great little beat there when [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] looks down and he sees Adama choking him there's like this weird smile that comes over the Colonel's face, he's just such a psychotic. [laughs]

This little sequence was always an important moment in the show, the tradition of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] taking out the- getting the letter that [[Laura Roslin|Laura]] has left for him as a tradition- [[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] says is a tradition that President's leave this letter for their successor. It's actually something that does happen, they talk about this every inaugeration, so ever four year this story's in the media, a new President comes into the [[Wikipedia:White_House|White House]] and in the [[Wikipedia:Oval_Office|Oval Office]] there is traditionally a letter left in one of the drawers from the previous occupant and who knows what it says and I don't know that any of the contents have ever beem shown but it's like some tradition for the US Presidency and so I just adopted it for ours as well.

Now interestingly enough what the letter said did change. Initially it was going to be a letter that was actually quite praising- actually praised Baltar quite a bit; told him a lot of good things about himself, tried to buck him up for the job at hand and expressed Laura's faith in his ability to handle what he was doing and we opted not to go that way because he was going to be touched by that and that was going to turn- prompt him to help save her. It was more interesting in this version and I can't remember who's idea it was, it wasn't mine, it was either [[David Eick|David Eick's]] or it may have been a network note that the letter actually takes him down a peg and angers him but he reads it only after he's already saved her.

Now this is the first time that we really get to set up the fact that [[Gina]] is some place else, at the end of [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]] he promises to take her some place safe, we kept talking about the fact that she was going to go to the "brothel" over on [[Cloud 9]] and that there would be a "[[wikipedia:Brothel|brothel]]" over on Cloud 9 and actually in the next episode you will discover that there is prostitution going on over on Cloud 9 and it's perfectly legal. And there was something evocative about that idea, oh there's the brothel and how perfect that is for Gina and she could work out a lot of her angst and anger and somehow we ended up here. That Cloud 9, we had established, has these state rooms because it was a luxury liner and we never quite got around to the "brothel" aspect of it and this is one of the areas that I'm not as in love with in this episode and in subsequent episodes to be honest. This is an aspect of the show that I think we shot a little bit wide of the mark here, there was something dark and intriguing and moody about Gina and the "brothel" and now it just feels like she's over in this upscale hotel hanging out. And this is a push okay, I put up my hands right now and say this is a push that nobody recognises her with the glasses, it's the [[Wikipedia:Clark_Kent|Clark Kent]] disguise of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. I don't know what to tell ya, you talk yourself into believing some things will work when you're in prep on them and when you're doing them and then you see them in dailies and then in the cut and you're like, 'What the hell was I thinking?'. And this is one of those, 'What the hell was I thinking?' moments because I don't know what the hell I was thinking, somehow I talked myself into believing that no-one would recognise Gina if we just did her hair differently and put glasses on her but you'd have to be a moron not to realise that that's the Cylon. But that's one of the buys you have to do and one of the things you have to just go with because that's the way we shot it.

I do like the emotional content of the scene here that basically- we had initially written that Baltar and Gina would be getting it on in this whole sequence but [[Tricia Helfer|Trish]] had pointed out that she just thought that her reaction to being tortured and gang-raped was gonna put her in the place where she was not really going to be open to any kind of physical contact and was gonna be rejecting him. And that already seemed like a much more interesting place to put Gaius Baltar who is all about sensuality and surely one of the reasons that he was interested in her at all was the physical and so to not even be able to consumate that relationship was certainly a source of frustration and to put him in an interesting character place. And it was also interesting to see that Gina's agenda is different than [[Number Six|Six's]] agenda. Gina is all about Baltar taking over, Baltar getting control of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]] and not- and destroying humanity and not so much about the baby or anything else, she's much more one-note in terms of what she's after because she does come from a very specific backstory.

I like the fact that we've been seeing Baltar doodle a little bit, he's already been- as a scientist he's already, there's a part of him that is intrigued by the puzzle of Laura's condition and what would happen to her cancer and isn't there a possible way of solving it. And that almost without willing it to be so he solves her problem.

Here's the moment when we realise that Laura is having an affair with [[Richard Adar|Adar]]. We wrote various versions of this as well in both story and script, sometimes we had them in a hotel room, sometimes we showed them waking up from an assignation and then we dropped it all and went back-and-forth and there was a lot of discussion about it. There was a lot of debate about well, how does it make her look? What do we think about Laura? Do we think she's slept her way to the position? Do we think that she's 'that' person because she's having an affair with him? We'd opted ultimately to write it this way because this presents the fact of the affair without any of the context of the affair, knowing why these two are drawn together, what they feel about each other in a real sense. All we know is that it happened because again it's Laura's memories, Laura's flashback, she's not going over the history of the affair, she's remembering the things that happened at the end.

And it's interesting to see that- how much Laura does model her Presidency on Adar's, that even here at the end when she's not- when she's realised that she's been betrayed on some level by him, he's not the man she thought he was on some level. She does respect him still, respects the strength of the man, respects the fact that he held the nation together as it were.

And just a technical point, obviously the traditional American system, a President could ask for the resignation of his [[Wikipedia:United_States_Cabinet|Cabinet Secretary]] and it would be expected to be delivered and we're just saying in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] world that it's not that simple. For all we know it's a position that is somewhat more quasi-independant from the Presidency etc. etc. I think it's easy enough to fill in a rationalistion for why she would be able to fight him for her job, or intend to fight him for her job, because as we know she never came back.

I like this, this I like the fact- saying that the fleet itself was on the death-watch for Laura, that everyone in the cast was really concerned and that yeah, it's the President, I think that everyone would be hanging on those bulletins like we all do when one of the national leaders or a national figure is dying, there's always that sense of waiting for the news to come in. And there's something interesting- this was all created in editorial, the editors and the director put together this idea of them coming for [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon]] wordlessly with just playing the same music that was scoring the sequence where we're learning about Laura's death. And you're so still involved with Laura's imminent death that this sequence takes on a completely different tone and subtext to it than it did when you played it straight ahead and it was just them coming for her. It was a very inspired move on the part of the editors.

Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

2006-02-19T12:24:51Z

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{{project|Podcast Transcripts}}

This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/ SciFi.com], not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the [[Mini-series]] (also including director Michael Rymer), "[[33]]", "[[Bastille Day]]", "[[Act of Contrition]]", and "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|Citation Jihad]].

==Standards==

===Namespace===
Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]].

===Structure===
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Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[<nowiki>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3</nowiki> Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

===Transcription===
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*[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:54, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:46, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:27, 15 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:38, 19 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:56, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[The Hand of God (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/110/bsg_ep110_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Colonial Day (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/111/bsg_ep111_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 23:38, 2 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 01:50, 3 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:25, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:23, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 07:49, 4 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:42, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/112/bsg_ep112_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Undc23|Undc23]] 10:09, 1 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:59, 2 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/113/bsg_ep113_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scattered (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Valley of Darkness (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/202/bsg_ep202_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resistance (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/204/bsg_ep204_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[The Farm (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/205/bsg_ep205_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part I (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/206/bsg_ep206_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Home, Part II (podcast)]] (with David Eick)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/207/bsg_ep207_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Final Cut (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/208/bsg_ep208_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Flight of the Phoenix (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 19:58, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:14, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:52, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 22:23, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:10, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 00:46, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:57, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/209/bsg_ep209_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 04:22, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:50, 15 February 2006 (EST).)
*[[Pegasus (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:25, 14 December 2005 (EST). Verified: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:22, 15 December 2005 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/210/bsg_ep210_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part I (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:25, 7 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:39, 8 January 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:46, 16 January 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:15, 1 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:21, 14 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:34, 14 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:13, 17 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:52, 18 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/211/bsg_ep211_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Resurrection Ship, Part II (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/212/bsg_ep212_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Epiphanies (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 20:30, 15 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 06:23, 16 February 2006 (EST). Verified: [[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:24, 16 February 2006 (EST).)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: [[User:Misco|Misco]] 07:24, 19 February 2006 (EST). Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Black Market (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/214/bsg_ep214_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Scar (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep215_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
*[[Sacrifice (podcast)]]
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_1of5.mp3 Teaser] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_2of5.mp3 Act 1] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_3of5.mp3 Act 2] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_4of5.mp3 Act 3] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
**[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/215/bsg_ep216_5of5.mp3 Act 4] (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

==Disputes==
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*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]

Podcast:Epiphanies

2006-02-19T12:23:46Z

Misco:

Podcast:Epiphanies

2006-02-16T20:27:56Z

Misco: /* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/213/bsg_ep213_2of5.mp3 Act 1] */