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Six of One

2008-04-15T20:20:51Z

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| title= Six of One
| season= 4
| episode= 2
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| writer=[[Michael Angeli]]
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| director=[[Anthony Hemingway]]
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| US airdate=11 April 2008
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| prev= [[He That Believeth In Me]]
| next= [[The Ties That Bind]]
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== Overview ==
:''The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are bitterly divided over how to deal with the Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s, who refuse to attack the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] because of the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|recent detection]] of the [[Final Five]] within the Fleet. Meanwhile, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and crew send [[Lee Adama]] off into his new life as a member of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], and Adama has to deal with the possibility that [[Kara Thrace]] may very well be right about her knowing how to get to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].''

== Summary ==

=== On ''Galactica'' ===

* Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] and a squad of Marines under Sergeant [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]] respond to Thrace's assault on the guards and her intrusion into Adama's quarters.
* Inside the quarters [[Kara Thrace]] recalls how she blindly trusted [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] to retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]] from Caprica and find the [[Tomb of Athena]] on Kobol. Now she can't understand why Roslin doesn't place the same trust in her, although she is determined to lead humanity to Earth. She gives her handgun to Roslin, telling her to shoot her if she believes that Thrace is a Cylon. Roslin takes the gun and pulls the trigger, but only hits a photograph of her and Adama.
* The shot prompts the Marines to enter and subdue her. Thrace repeats her conviction that she needs to find Earth, but is quickly losing her sense of direction, but Adama orders her to be confined in the [[brig]].
*The "final four" have another clandestine meeting in a storage room. Tigh tells them how Roslin almost shot Thrace for possibly being a Cylon, and urges the others not to draw attention to themselves. Foster is aware that there is still one Cylon missing and when Tyrol brings up Baltar's actions in the [[Temple of Five]], Tigh suggests that he might know something about the final Cylon or them. Noting that Baltar has had sex with a Cylon, he suggests Foster flirts with him. Foster is repulsed.
*Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] visits Thrace in the brig, being enraged at what she just did, and tells her that she was stupid enough to alienate the one person who may have believed her. Thrace repeats that she has a physical need to return to Earth. When she teases Adama about being Roslin's nurse and not having the guts to hold on, he grabs her and throws her on the floor, then leaves.
* The pilots have a party in the [[rec room]]. [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Brendan Constanza|Hot Dog]] and the [[tattooed pilot]] are playing a game of strip [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]], while Helo fills shot glasses with [[ambrosia]]. [[Narcho]] urges Lee Adama to hold a speech on account of his retirement. He makes several toasts, each time knocking down on of the shots. When he toasts "absent friends", his father's eyes are drawn to a picture of Thrace.
* In his quarters, William Adama is working on the model ship he wrecked after Thrace's death. He removes the [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]] figurine she gave him, apparently thinking more about her.
* In a civilian mess hall, [[Gaius Baltar]] joins Tory Foster on her table. Suddenly [[Virtual Baltar]] appears to Baltar himself, who can't believe what is happening. He urges Baltar to feel out Foster, who pretends to be interested in Baltar due to his reversal of fortune and the "miracles" that happen around him. Baltar thinks that God has chosen him to "sing his song", using metaphors that make Foster think of her activation as a Cylon and the [[The Music|music]] she heard. She leaves slight disturbed, and Baltar wonders if his Virtual Baltar is Six in disguise.
* Roslin and Adama are talking in his quarters. Both are unsure what to make of Thrace or what do with her. Adama wonders if maybe Thrace is telling the truth, which Roslin can't believe hearing from him, after he always derided beliefs in supernatural events. When Adama mentions her shooting at Thrace, she claims that the [[diloxin]] messed with her aim, but Adama believes that it was doubt. Roslin keeps insisting that Thrace can't be trusted, and thinks that Adama is ready to believe Thrace because he can't take any more loss around him and that he is afraid to live alone. Adama retorts that Roslin may be afraid to die alone and meaningless, and leaves angrily. Roslin notices that her hair is beginning to fall out and breaks down crying.
* Lee Adama visits Thrace, telling her that [[Tom Zarek]] nominated him for a vacant seat on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] and why he wants to take it. They wish each other luck on their future journeys. Adama leaves, but then turns around and they kiss passionately. Later, Adama takes one last look around the [[Pilot Ready Rooms|pilots' ready room]] and reflects on his former life.
* Accompanied by [[Sharon Agathon]], Adama enters the [[hangar deck]] to leave the ship. To his astonishment, a large part of the crew has assembled to see him off, most in full dress uniform. They salute, then break into applause, and Adama proceeds to embrace his former colleagues. When he gets to his [[Anastasia Dualla|wife]], she wishes him goodbye and he tells her that she "got the house." After embracing his father, Adama leaves with Roslin and Foster.
* In the rooms used by Baltar's cult, he and Foster are sleeping together, but Foster's eyes are full of tears. She wonders if maybe she is a Cylon, but Baltar tells her that humans aren't the only ones suffering and that Cylons have feelings too. Contrary to her initial revulsion at the idea of sleeping with him, she kisses Baltar and they continue having sex.
* Karl Agathon and Sergeant Mathias escort Thrace from the brig to the hangar deck, where Admiral Adama is awaiting. Thinking that she will be [[Airlock|spaced]], she is surprised to be released. Adama gives her the ''[[Demetrius]]'' and a crew, handpicked by Agathon and Adama, to try to find Earth. Adama is still not sure if it's the right decision, but believes in Roslin and is tired of losing and turning back from things he believes in.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===
*[[Natalie]] and a [[Number Eight]] listen to the [[Hybrid]] spout cryptic phrases. Mixed in with the Hybrid's usual stream-of-consciousness are phrases such as, "Rise and measure the Temple of the Five", and "They will not harm their own". Meanwhile, a scantily-clad Eight dances in front of a [[Number One]].
*Natalie, a [[Number Two]], and one of the Eights confront One with the belief that the [[Final Five]] are in the Colonial fleet, and this is why the [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s broke off the attack in the [[Ionian Nebula]] ([[He That Believeth in Me]]). Number One says that the Final Five are anywhere but with the humans and admonishes the others for talking about them and wishing to contact them. He declares that the Raiders will be "reconfigured" (lobotomized) to stop this from happening again.
*The Number Ones, [[Number Four]]s, and [[Number Five]]s vote in favor of "reconfiguration", while the Number Twos, [[Number Six]]es, and Number Eights vote against it. The apparent stalemate is broken by [[Sharon Valerii]], who votes in favor of the lobotomy. [[Natalie]] accuses One of having influenced Valerii, shocked by a Cylon voting against her model, as this has never happened before.
*Fours are seen performing the lobotomy on Raiders.
*[[Natalie]] confronts One, two Fours, and two Fives at a table, asking them to change their minds. At their refusal, she calls for [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s to enter the room. The Centurions do not respond to One's command to leave. Natalie explains that her faction has removed the Centurions' [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s, giving them the gift of reason. The Centurions do not approve of lobotomizing the Raiders, and shoot the Ones, Fours, and Fives present.

== Notes ==
[[Image:Roslin and Adama Picture Shot.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The picture that Roslin "shoots"]]
* The episode title is possibly a play on a common idiom "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/six_of_one,_half_a_dozen_of_the_other Six of one, half a dozen of the other]", indicating equivalence.
* There has been a net loss of 22 people since "[[He That Believeth In Me]]".
** Since the aftermath of [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s over zealous attack on [[Charlie Connor]] and [[Shaunt]] in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]" remains unknown, it is possible that both of them survived the attack and are not included in the net loss.
* This is the first appearance of [[Natalie]], a [[Number Six]] who is the leader of a faction advocating a search for the [[Final Five]].
* This episode reveals three model numbers: the Cavils are [[Number One]]s, the Leoben Conoys are [[Number Two]]s, and the Simons are [[Number Four]]s.
* Interestingly enough, all the numbers for the [[Significant Seven]] are consecutive, until they reach [[Number Eight]]. Thus Number Seven, and Numbers Nine through Twelve are not revealed.
* Raiders are capable of independent thought, unlike [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s, whose higher brain functions are prevented by an [[telencephalic inhibitor]]. Natalie and her supporters remove these from the Centurions after the vote turns against them.
* According to Cavil, there are millions of copies of each Cylon model.
* The anticipated deadlock in Cylon voting since the boxing of the [[Number Three|Threes]] occurs, though such a deadlock can broken by the (unprecedented) model-defying vote of a single Cylon.
* Baltar's [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] and their claims that he healed [[Derrick|a child]] are public knowledge.
* The picture Roslin shoots was taken at the ceremony to award Adama the [[Medal of Distinction]] in the episode "[[Hero]]".

== Analysis ==

* The episode features another case of Adama receiving advice from a woman close to him and later repeating it to another person. Roslin's observations about his tenuous believe in Thrace and his inability to deal with more loss around him apparently hit close to home, as he includes both of these in his explanation for letting Thrace go.
* The Cylons set themselves up for a bitter divide such as the one seen in this episode, by boxing the [[Number Three]]s ([[Rapture]]). The vote of the Threes would have been the natural tiebreaker.
* Lee Adama's line about [[Dualla]] "getting the house" implies that their breakup, which she initiated by moving out in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]", is now final. Even if they were still married, Adama's new duties as politician would probably prevent them from spending much time together. Nonetheless, their goodbye is very amicable. While Adama tried hard to preserve their relationship during [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries|troubled stretches]], Dualla entered their marriage fully aware that it probably won't last long, but happy to be in it while it does. Her behavior during the goodbye reflects this, and Adama seems to have come to terms with it as well.
* Although at first Foster is repulsed at Tigh's suggestion that she flirt with Baltar, or e even sleep with him, to find out what he knows about the Cylons, that soon changes to a certain extent. She is clearly captivated by Baltar talking about [[The Music|music]] and the implications his words have her being a Cylon, even though Baltar very likely doesn't mean them that way. Despite leaving slightly confused, she later sleeps with him. Her tears may in part come from her initial revulsion, but when Baltar talks about how he doesn't believe that she is a Cylon and that Cylons have feelings too, Foster kisses him and they continue to make love. While it is unlikely that she will become one of Baltar's religious [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], she is still charmed by him.
*A visual effects shot of the Fleet allows viewers a first look at large scale repair operations being carried out on a ship. The damaged ''[[Space Park]]'''s ring is surrounded by [[Raptors]] and scaffolding, with repair work clearly in progress. This demonstrates that the Fleet possesses enough equipment and spare parts to keeps the ships running despite the length of time spent on the run. It is likely similar repairs have been frequently carried out on ''Galactica'', allowing the ship to recover somewhat from its major damage in previous engagements.
*It is explictly stated for the first time that the humanoid Cylon models are not aware of their precise origins and the circumstances surrounding their creation, as had previously been implied by [[Number Three]] in "[[Rapture]]". During the first discussion about lobotomizing the Raiders, Natalie says that finding the Final Five will help them to discover their "origins and place in the universe". Cavil points out that the "original programmers" clearly thought it best for the Significant Seven to be kept separate from and ignorant of the Five, but it is not explained who these original programmers were, nor ''why'' the other humanoid Cylons were programmed not to think about the Final Five. The Cavil model believes that violating this programming could potentially have disastrous consequences.

== Questions ==

* Is the [[Virtual Baltar]] that [[Gaius Baltar]] sees the same as [[Caprica-Six]]'s Virtual Baltar?
* Now that the [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s have been removed from the [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s, and they've attacked three of the [[Significant Seven]], will they turn on the rest of their Cylon masters? 
* Will [[Kara Thrace]] truly lead the ''[[Demetrius]]'' to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]?
* Other than [[Karl Agathon]], who else will be accompanying Thrace on ''Demetrius''?
* What will occur when [[Number One]], as well as the two [[Number Four|Four]]s and [[Number Five|Five]]s, [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrect]]?
* Do the Ones truly believe that the Final Five are not with the human fleet, as Cavil claims? Is this what the Fours and Fives believe?
* Which of the remaining Cylon model numbers belong to which members of the [[Final Five]]?
* Did the awakened four gain any new knowledge?
* Why were the Centurions designed to have higher brain functions, only to be suppressed with telencephalic inhibitors? Why weren't these models designed without higher brain functions from the start?
* How many Centurions had their telencephalic inhibitors removed? Was it done only to the Centurions on this particular basestar? Or did it happen on a wider scale?

== Official Statements ==






== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Number One]] about the [[Hybrid]]:''
: '''Number One:''' The Hybrid is always telling us something. They are supposed to maintain operations on each ship. Not vomit [[Hybrid utterances|metaphysics]].

* ''[[Saul Tigh]] summarizes [[Gaius Baltar]]'s accomplishments:''
: '''Saul Tigh:''' Well, he is accomplished at two things: lying in a cell and lying in a woman. He poked up a skinjob, he racked up [[Caprica-Six|a Six]], that's a given.

* ''[[Lee Adama]] holding a "speech" during his retirement party while knocking down [[ambrosia]] shots with each sentence:''
:'''Adama:''' To ''Galactica''! To the men and women of ''Galactica''! To the Admiral. Who commands the men and women of ''Galactica''! To our sweethearts, husbands and wives. (more quiet) To absent friends.

* ''Gaius Baltar to [[Tory Foster]]:''
:'''Baltar:''' It seems that God has chosen me to, uh, sing his song.
:'''Foster:''' A song?
:'''Baltar:''' Music? Did you say music?
:'''Foster:''' No.
:'''Baltar:''' Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's a lot like that. It's like the distant chaos of an orchestra tuning up, and then somebody waves a magic wand. And all of those notes start to slide into place. The grotesque, screeching cacophony becomes a single melody.

* ''[[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]] talking about Kara Thrace, miracles and loss:''
:'''Roslin:''' You want to talk about miracles? On the very same day that a very pale doctor informed me that I had terminal cancer, most of humanity was annihilated and I survived, and by some mathematical absurdity I became president, and then my cancer disappeared long enough for us to find a way to Earth. You can call it whatever you want. And now, I'm dying:
:'''Adama:''' Don't talk that way.
:'''Roslin:''' Bill, you gotta face this. My life is coming to an end soon enough and I'm not going to apologize to you for not trusting [[Kara Thrace|her]]. And I'm not...I'm not gonna trust her with the fate of this fleet. You are so buckled up inside. You can't take any more loss. Your son's leaving, this, me, I know it.
:'''Adama:''' Noone's going anywhere.
:'''Roslin:''' (laughs) Oh gods. Here's the truth. This is what's going on. You want to believe Kara. You would rather want to be wrong about her and face your own demise than risk losing her again.
:'''Adama:''' You can stay in the room. Get out of my head. (stands up and pours himself another drink)
:'''Roslin:''' You're so afraid to live alone.
:'''Adama:''' And you're afraid to die that way. You're afraid you're not the [[Sacred Scrolls|dying leader]] you thought you were. Or that your death may be as meaningless as everyone else's. (leaves)
:'''Roslin:''' (Notices that her hair begins to fall out due to the [[diloxin]] treatments and breaks down crying)

* ''Natalie telling Cavil and the others that she had the Centurion's telencephalic inhibitors removed:''
:'''Natalie:''' The Telencephalic Inhibitor that restricts higher functions in the Centurions, we had them removed.
:'''Cavil:''' '''Say what?!'''

* ''Admiral Adama sending [[Kara Thrace]] off to find Earth:''
:'''Thrace:''' So you think I'm right?
:'''Adama:''' Maybe. Maybe not. But I know she is. The president. She's been right all along. I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of turning away from the things I want to believe in, and I believe you when you say, that you'll die before you stop trying. And I won't lose you again.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Michael Trucco]] as Ensign [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Jen Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]
* [[Eileen Pedde]] as Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Nowart]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)

==External Links==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] discusses the episode's score: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=242#more-242

== References ==
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2008-04-09T11:46:05Z

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Founders' Day

2008-04-04T21:48:03Z

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'''Founders' Day''' is the official groundbreaking ceremony for the first permanent buildings in [[New Caprica City]]. It is conducted by President [[Gaius Baltar]] and attended by many civilians, as well as former and present military personnel.

The celebrations continue long into the night with an open bar, music and dance ([[Unfinished Business]]).

== Notes ==
*The name is mentioned in a scene caption in the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]] of "Unfinished Business" and later in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]".

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2008-04-04T01:33:05Z

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I probably just being stupid, when I click on the footnote/reference number ([1], [2]..), it brings me back to the main page. I thought that they would take me to the referenced web page/article. Or, I am just DUH! --[[User:Gougef|gougef]] 17:47, 27 May 2006 (CDT)
:Looks like the "ref" tags needs the "references" tag at the bottom of the page. Should I do this or format the page a different way? --[[User:Gougef|gougef]] 21:21, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

Should we post that there will be Season 3 Teaser on the premiere of [http://www.scifi.com/eureka/ Eureka]? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 12:47, 14 July 2006 (CDT)
:That's news to me. Maybe post the date/time of the premiere. I know it ends up being free advertising for Scifi (which is exactly what they intended), but it is of interest to the BSG fans. Probably worth Tivoing the show just to pick up the teaser.--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:05, 14 July 2006 (CDT)

== Season 3 Trailer at Scifi ==
I was mislead by the following:
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/images/990_banner.jpg

Clicking on that banner at [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/ Scifi's Battlestar Video page] doesn't currently get you the trailer, though (although they've got the WHOLE Eureka episode up instead). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:30, 21 July 2006 (CDT)
:Oh... they're talking about LDYB, part II and the little thing afterwards. Totally different. *Sigh*. I wish they'd post an official version of the new trailer. I'd like something on the front page and not buried off on the margins. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:32, 21 July 2006 (CDT)

== Spoiler Image ==

I cut out the mention of what, exactly, the spoiler image in that ''Chicago Tribune'' article was. That way, those of us who don't want to know won't know (I'm attempting to block it from my memory as we speak) and those who want to know won't get the shock spoiled before they click. Instead, they get the tanalizing hint that thar be spoilers in them seas. --[[User:Slander|Slander]] 15:36, 12 January 2007 (CST)
:It's only a spoiler for those who insist to take everything literally. Moore and Eick said that it's a dream, and I assumed as such before. Promo pics and trailers often show things out of context --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 15:37, 12 January 2007 (CST)
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== Season 4 stream ==
Is this 12 eastern am or pm?--[[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 01:33, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Firing range

2008-03-28T16:16:48Z

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[[Image:FiringRangeScar.jpg|thumb|Kat shortly after firing her gun ([[Scar]]).]]
The '''firing range''' is a facility on [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] that allows her crew to maintain their [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Small arms|small arms]] proficiency.

A standard practice among pilots is conducting an equilibrium exercise by spinning a person around in a vertigo chair and then having him or her fire several shots on a target within a set amount of time. Many of them don't even hit the target ([[Scar]]).

[[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] conduct target practice on the firing range when the oxygen to the room reaches dangerously low levels. They overcome their hypoxia-induced delirium long enough to shoot out the glass of the pressurized door, allowing air to reach them. The drop in air pressure was caused by the effects of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[logic bomb]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

After [[Sharon Valerii]] is revealed to be a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon sleeper agent]], some of the crew post images of her face on the targets. Thrace does the same with a picture of [[Leoben]] after having been held captive by him on [[New Caprica]] ("[[Maelstrom]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Maelstrom|deleted scene]]).

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Image:Boomertarget fotp.JPG|A "Valerii" target in the firing range.
Image:Sidearm Flightofthephoenix.JPG|Apollo and Starbuck firing pistols ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
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== CAP == Caprica (series) ==

Any objections? [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:28, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
: Well, we still could use "RDM" as the acronym... it is in the same universe, after all. It's not like we're talking about TOS vs. 1980 here. :P -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 13:23, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
: CAP = "Combat Air Patrol" for me. We don't need a separate ''Caprica'' disambiguation. I totally agree with Joe. It's the same universe and information can be included into the normal RDM articles. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 14:04, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
:: Some of the information might be, however, I believe that if we have new technology/people to organize in the category system, I would not like to put a category RDM that is for mostly the new stuff. :| And yes.. I already changed it, so I can create a new portal. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 15:50, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
::: Caprica should really be a subset of the RDM category. RDM is, in my view, an all encompassing category that includes both the new BSG and any spinoffs. Also, for all we know, Caprica may very well be a one-shot deal. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 17:56, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
::::Seems the RDM acronym isn't so unfortunate now as it appeared to be. This would be worse if it were something like TNS. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:58, 19 March 2008 (CDT)
:::::I concur now. RDM is fortuitious. We don't need something separate save for name conflicts with TOS and other items. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:11, 19 March 2008 (CDT)

== Wiki speed? ==

Is it just me, or is the Wiki faster now that we've upgraded to MW 1.12? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 02:32, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:Not just you. I noticed it. I was watiing for a normal user to notice. :) But oh well. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 04:30, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:: What, I'm not normal enough for you? :P -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 04:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
::: I plead the 5th to answer this in a public forum. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 04:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:I think we'll get an answer to that next week, when the S4 premiere has aired. We also have memcached now, which'll help improve performance too. What's the status on [http://php.net/manual/en/ref.apc.php APC]? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 11:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:For the record, this 'normal user' has certainly noticed the faster wiki. :) [[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 16:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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2008-01-28T17:01:42Z

Veepz: Welcome

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Razor

2007-11-06T23:13:13Z

Veepz: /* Overview */

: ''For the relatively spoiler-free overview, see: [[Razor]].''

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= Razor
| image= Razor Promo.jpg
| season=
| special= Y
| movie=
| episode=
| guests=
| writer= [[Michael Taylor]]
| story=
| director= [[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]]
| production= 401/402
| rating=
| US airdate= 24 November 2007
| UK airdate= 5 December 2007 <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.dvd.co.uk/DVD/Battlestar-Galactica-Razor/8253257/product.htm|title=DVD.co.uk Battlestar Galactica: Razor DVD Details|date=|accessdate=28 September 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=en}}</ref>
| dvd= 4 December 2007 '''US''' 26 December 2007 '''UK'''
| population= 49,579
| podcast=
| extra= {{flag|US}} 12 November 2007 (theater screening in select U.S. cities)
| prev= [[Razor Flashbacks|Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks]]
| next= [[He That Believeth In Me]]
| itunes=
| imdb=0991178
}}

== Overview ==

: ''In a tale following a new ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer named [[Kendra Shaw]], we follow her entire tenure on ''Pegasus'' under [[Helena Cain]]'s command to a frightful rescue mission to rescue Raptor crew members who have been captured by a [[Hybrid]] ''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* Event 1.
* Event 2.

=== Act 1 ===

* Event 1.
* Event 2.

=== Act 2 ===
* Event 1.
* Event 2.

=== Act 3 ===

* Event 1.
* Event 2.

=== Act 4 ===

* Event 1.
* Event 2.

== Notes ==



* Note 1.
* Note 2.

== Analysis ==



Type in an analysis of the episode. You may be as critical as you believe necessary, as so long as you can substantiate your claims using evidence from this (or previous) episodes. Also, make sure that everyone's POV is properly represented.

== Questions ==



* Question 1.
* Question 2.

== Official Statements ==




Refer to Noteworthy Dialogue for format.



== Noteworthy Dialogue ==




''Character 1 argues with Character 2 over Event 4:'''

: '''Character 1:''' Piece of dialog.
: '''Character 2:''' Their retort.
: '''Character 1:''' Piece of dialog 2.

== Guest Stars ==



* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]
* [[Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen|Stephanie Jacobsen]] as Lieutenant/Major [[Kendra Shaw]]
* [[Nico Cortez]] as Young [[William Adama]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Steve Bacic]] as Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Hoshi]]
* [[Eileen Pedde]] as Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]]
* [[Fulvio Cecere]] as Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]]
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]
* [[Campbell Lane]] as [[Hybrid]]
* [[Kyra Scott]] as Young [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Chandra Berg]] as Little [[Lucy Cain]]
* [[Peter Flemming]] as Helena's Father
* [[Shaker Paleja]] as Medic [[Hudson]]
* [[Andrew Dunbar]] as Marine [[Dasilva]]
* [[Jacob Blair]] as Squad Leader [[Banzai]]
* [[Peter Bryant]] as [[Frank Bruno]]
* [[Chris Bradford]] as Ops Officer
* [[Tyson Stanley]] as Young [[Marine]]
* [[Trevor Roberts]] as ''[[Scylla]]'' Protestor #1
* [[Cameron Macleod]] as ''Scylla'' Protestor #2
* [[Ingrid Tesch]] as Mother
* [[Joey Pierce]] as Marine [[Riggs]]
* [[Matt Drake]] as Son #1
* [[Dustin Eriksen]] as Son #2
* [[John Hainsworth]] as Man in Cage #1
* [[Victor Ayala]] as Man in Cage #2
* [[Deni Dolory]] as Woman in Cage
* [[Emily Hirst]] as Child in Cage
* [[Ben Cotton]] as Terrified Man
* [[Stefanie von Pfetten]] as Lieutenant [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]]
* [[Alyssa Minniss]] as Flower Girl
* Uncredited as [[Gus]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/razor Official SCIFI.com Site for "Razor"]

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

User talk:Opark 77

2007-10-27T01:56:40Z

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Talk:Razor/Archive2

2007-10-26T21:03:35Z

Veepz:

We'll need to retitle this article when we get a proper title that's not ambigous as "Battlestar Galactica (DVD movie)". The article will also need to become an episode summary as well. Maybe it may be better to rename this as "Battlestar Galactica (2007 DVD movie)" to avoid confusion with the [[Miniseries]] and other DVD releases. -- [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:02, 17 April 2007 (CDT) ([[User_Talk:Spencerian|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian|Contribs]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian|WonderNumbers]])

:I brought it in line with the standard episode guide format for now. Adding the year number is a good idea for now, but later we'll probably have a real name --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:06, 17 April 2007 (CDT)
::I agree. Battlestar Galactica (2007 DVD movie) would be good if we don't get an official title. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 11:09, 17 April 2007 (CDT)
:::Right. I'll rename it. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:56, 17 April 2007 (CDT)([[User_Talk:Spencerian|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian|Contribs]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian|WonderNumbers]])

== Numbering and prev/next ==
How are we gonna number this one? [[4.00]] currently redirects here, but if that's the number we're going with, it should be [[400]] (in line with [[101]] through [[320]]). Or are we gonna pull another webisode and not number it at all? Also, the webisodes are missing from the episode guides' Prev/Next sequence. Is this one gonna be included? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 11:09, 17 April 2007 (CDT)
:400 is possible. But do we need to determine that right now? We could as well wait until some information about it is known. Agree though, that the webisodes should be in the sequence. I'll see to that... --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:11, 17 April 2007 (CDT)
::We can wait, just wanted to point out we'll want a number at some point. Thanks for the sequence thingy, I could've fixed it myself but wondered whether they were left out intentionally (because there's no critical story in them, apart from Nora's death which is recapped in [[Occupation]]).--[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 11:33, 17 April 2007 (CDT)

Since Joe made 4.01 redirect here, the episode data needs to be changed to 4.01 too. And the rest of the episodes after it, to off course (well, one for now). For what it's worth the casting sides (see below), call it 4.01 and 4.02. That's probably correct, since it's TWO episodes that belong together - possibly shown as one movie. So "He That Believeth In Me" would be 4.03 --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:04, 11 June 2007 (CDT)
: That's what I've figured, given what I've read thus far. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 16:10, 11 June 2007 (CDT)

== "Razor" ==

<s>I recently noticed [[Razor]] being created as a redirect to this page. Is "Razor" this movie's working title? Do we have a source for that?</s> [http://www.sidesexpress.com/se_index.cfm?locid=5&task=type&l=5&c=battlestar#sr Never mind]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 08:45, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

If the official name is Razor, though, this page should be renamed to "Razor". Could someone on Sci Fi Forums (or somewhere else) ask for confirmation on the Razor and HTBIM titles? I've asked on [[BW:OC]], but that page isn't viewed very much. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 11:09, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

:Well, the [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41709&type=0 press release confirming the last season] drops the "Razor" title. Can we construe this as confirmation, or at least enough to justify a move? --[[User:Mars|Mars]] 14:10, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

::Given that there remains no official title, the working title redirect is just fine for the wiki's needs, and keeps it more searchable that our title here. It is not likely we'll get an official title (like the episodes) until they are officially announced. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:45, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

:::Does Sci-FI Wire not count as an official source? I would think a press release from the network would be official enough to warrant the article's name change. [[User:Alpha5099|Alpha5099]] 16:27, 4 June 2007 (CDT)

::::It's the ''writers'' that ultimately choose the name. The episode "[[Home]]" became a two-parter at the last minute. Season 3 had a sudden change for its very first episodes. Sci Fi's own "official web site" lists ship information with numerous errors. Heck, the press release for the series end was filled with heinous errors. It is best to wait and not jump ahead. Again....we already have a redirect for any searches on the term of "Razor", so we're covered. We reverse the redirect once we see the name on the TV schedule. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:16, 4 June 2007 (CDT)

According to [[http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070608j.php this]] Ron Moore confirmed the title at the LA Q&A event. It's second hand, but straight from the head honcho. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:51, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

: Since RDM confirmed it, it's good, until it gets changed. Remember episode titles can change right up until the episode airs. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 18:47, 8 June 2007 (CDT)

== Sequence numbers ==

[http://www.sidesexpress.com/se_index.cfm?locid=5&task=type&l=5&c=battlestar&p=1#sr This source] cites 401 and 402 as the sequence numbers for "Razor", and 403 for "[[He That Believath In Me]]". Are we gonna follow this scheme? Ask Brad? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 09:11, 21 May 2007 (CDT)
:We could just hold off on episode numbers until something definite is known. For know we can just use episode names, and add the numbers later. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 10:22, 21 May 2007 (CDT)
::Obviously, since this is the last season, we don't need any official numbering policy and can continue to implement episode numbering on an ad-hoc basis. The trouble is where official resources disagree (the third season podcasts were consistantly numbered as if "Occupation/Precipice" were two episodes, while on said podcasts, RDM consistantly referred to them as if "Occupation/Precipice" were a single episode). My personal opinion is that it makes the most sense to label each hour of the season with its own production code, and to give mid-season ancillary material such as "The Resistance" and "Razor" the X.00 designation. That being said, we should obviously defer to the production staff ''if they follow a consistant practice''. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 13:49, 5 June 2007 (CDT)
:::I agree. Let's wait for the Season 4 podcasts to hear what number RDM gives them. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 15:30, 5 June 2007 (CDT)

== Casting sheets (SPOILERS!) ==

Get [http://rapidshare.com/files/30443459/Kendra_7pgs.pdf.html this] and [http://rapidshare.com/files/30443433/Young_Adama_4pgs.pdf.html this]

1.) Flashbacks to the Cylon attack from ''Pegasus'''s point of view. It counterpoints Adama by showing how Cain reacted to the news. The new character, Kendra Shaw, is shellshocked at first, but quickly pulls herself together. Scenes showing the destroyed Colonial Fleet.

After ''Pegasus'' joins the Fleet, Lee Adama finds himself reviewing herself. Similar to Starbuck she has some discipline problems and got busted by Fisk and Garner. Since he doesn't give a damn about those two and needs someone from ''Pegasus'' to work with him, he promoted her to be his XO.

2.) Flashback to the first Cylon War with a young William Adama flying a Viper sortie. Helena Cain is a child and living through an attack on her home colony of Tauron. The battlestar ''Columbia'' is destroyed (this must be the predecessor of the one destroyed in the second war). In the course of the fight Adama is shot down on some planet and somehow finds a lab where the Cylons experimented on humans. He sees on the of new basestars. This is directly before the Armistice, which is declared before he can do something about it.

All very interesting, but hard to source. And still subject to change. It tracks with everything else known though.

Also according to IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089338/ this] is the actress to play Kendra Shaw. And I know that this isn't entirely reliable. Looks hot though :) --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:21, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
:The trailer preview that aired yesterday confirms that this is, indeed, the actress, or at least someone who looks A LOT like her. --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 17:53, 23 June 2007 (CDT)

== Director ==

Where has it been cited that Félix Enríquez Alcalá is going to direct? There's no mention of this within the body of the article. Keep in mind that I haven't listened to the audiofile, and the two ''TV Week'' links appear to be dead. --[[User:Mars|Mars]] 12:59, 9 June 2007 (CDT)

== SciFy Portal ==

http://www.syfyportal.com/news423777.html

According to this Cain and Gina were lovers. In her childhood Cain's family were attacked by Cylons (which fits perfectly with the script excerpt above) and she had to make a decision to save herself or her sister. And the TOS Centurions will be seen extensively in full CGI glory.

The article says that the source is anonymous though. Still, it sounds very plausible. Include or not? --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:34, 18 June 2007 (CDT)

== Minisodes/Webisodes ==

How do we deal with those webisodes that will air in October? We have an own article for "The Resistance", but since the "Razor" ones are basically cut material that will be included in the DVD version, we might want to put them into the normal "Razor" article. When they air we can have a separate section, and later include them into the summary (once the DVD is out). They could be marked with a '*' for example to note their webisode status. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:19, 27 August 2007 (CDT)
: That seems a sensible approach. Also, we may want to create [[Razor webisodes]] (and articles of the same caliber) as a redirect to the "Razor" article, so as to avoid creating repetitious content. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 17:21, 27 August 2007 (CDT)

== Shaw's patch ==

I'm sure some of us noticed this already, but the patch is a orange yellow color. I wonder if she's a survivor from another battlestar or ship entirely. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 18:16, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
:Yeah, it seems that she comes from another ship or ground installation. There is a scene in one of the trailers where Gina welcomes her aboard. And the first trailer shows her stepping off a Raptor carrying luggage. Somehow, I get the feeling that that doesn't happen after the attack. Maybe she's from the shipyards and supposed to do some work. The article also identified Gina as systems analyst by the way. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 18:32, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
::I remember that, so it wouldn't be surprising if she's from another ship or installation. On Gina, I'm also interested in the patch on Gina's uniform as well. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 18:45, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
:::Yeah, but from the low-res shots you can't see anything. There are surely high-res versions for the press, but you know that NBC cracked down on those, so the fan sites probably won't show them. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 19:00, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
::::There being more stealthy about it now. Of course, I tried to get to bsgmedia.org and, surprise, the whole site was taken down. Coincidentally, I've sent off a query to BSGMedia.org's domain owner to see what's up with the site. Hopefully, someone will have the higher res versions somewhere at least... sigh... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 19:45, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
:::::Fanwankery, but perhaps she is from the Scorpion Shipyards? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 04:55, 22 September 2007 (CDT)
::::::Why would such a young and high-ranking officer be stationed on shipyards? And why would it be necessary for her to sleep aboard Pegasus just because some systems are overhauled? --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 07:00, 22 September 2007 (CDT)
:::::::She isn't high-ranking. At that time she's just a lieutenant. And what does age and rank possibly have to do with where one is stationed? You are right about the sleeping part, so maybe she gets re-assigned and still has her old uniform. We'll see... --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:14, 22 September 2007 (CDT)
::::::::I just checked the article on the SFS and realized that the structure/purpose is more military and less civilian than I thought. Sorry. -- [[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 15:11, 22 September 2007 (CDT)

Additionally, I tried to get on bsgmedia.org... but the site seems to have been taken down. Or is simply unavailable. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 18:19, 21 September 2007 (CDT)

I just visited bsgmedia.org ... it may have been down, but it seems to be back up --[[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 01:00, 3 October 2007 (CDT)
: Yeah, but they no longer have the promotional pictures. They've been taken down apparently. All that's left are some low-quality screencaps. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 01:09, 3 October 2007 (CDT)

[http://www.bsg.cz/galerie/promos/401.2/hi_ep401-2_014.jpg High res picture].
It says "Ministry of Defense" and "...bol HQ". And [http://www.bsg.cz/galerie/promos/401.2/hi_ep401-2_011.jpg here] you see that the whole thing says "Kobol HQ". Weird. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 06:07, 6 October 2007 (CDT)

==Plot thickens for the UK airdate==
Dear Matt

Thank you for your email regarding Battlestar Galactica.

I can confirm that we do not have the screening rights to the movie 'Razor' however, I can confirm that Sky One has acquired the rights to season 4 of Battlestar Galactica however our license date is not until after 31/12/07.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Sky.

Kind regards

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Viewer Relations

Mmm so it would seem that the rumors might be holding true that Virgin1 snagged the rights to the Razor telemovie. Luckily Virgin1 is available on Sky so BSG fans arent going to lose out. Seems crazy for Virgin Media to pay for the rights to Razor as its basicly going to be free advertising for Sky viewers though. dvd.co.uk still reports it as airing on the 5th december too. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:57, 2 October 2007 (CDT)
:What channel (on Sky) is Vigin 1 on? I haven't noticed it when I've been flicking through :-(. I'm stuck as to whether I should wait for the DVD release personally, it will probably be a much more enjoyable experience watching it uncut. [[User:Matthew|Matthew]] 13:15, 5 October 2007 (CDT)
::The extended version will be better and will include the flashback scenes showing in thge US atm. Its still speculation that razor might be on virgin, I have not recieved a reply from them about it. Its on Sky 153 btw --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 07:00, 9 October 2007 (CDT)

==Advanced screenings==

http://www.battlestarevent.com

Specially-selected cities will be showing Razor on the big screen 12 days early(November 12th). Registration begins today.--[[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 16:03, 26 October 2007 (CDT)

User talk:Murfffi

2007-09-23T09:49:08Z

Veepz: Welcome to Battlestar Wiki!

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Stephen McNutt

2007-09-17T17:00:41Z

Veepz:

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'''Stephen McNutt''' is a Director of Photography for the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

McNutt appears with [[David Eick]] in a video blog episode on the set of the episode "[[Sacrifice]]".

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Sharon Valerii

2007-09-07T20:35:32Z

Veepz:

:''This article concerns the first [[Number Eight]] Cylon that served on ''Galactica'' with the callsign of "Boomer".
:''For information on the Eight discovered on Caprica and the wife of [[Karl Agathon]] with the callsign of Athena, see [[Sharon Agathon]].''
:''For information on the [[Original Series]] character, see [[Boomer (TOS)]].''
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'''Sharon "Boomer" Valerii''' is a copy of the [[humanoid Cylon]] model [[Number Eight]] who is initially planted as a "sleeper" agent in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. She is unaware of her Cylon nature and serves for two years as Lieutenant Valerii on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', where she is assigned as a [[Raptor]] pilot and also engaged in a secret relationship with Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], her underlying programming repeatedly emerges which leads her to unconscious acts of sabotage. Growing confusion about her true self result in a deep depression and a failed suicide attempt. After Valerii returns from a successful mission to destroy a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], she shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] in the chest, wounding him critically. She is incarcerated in the [[brig]] and soon afterwards killed by [[Cally Henderson]].

Her consciousness is downloaded and she is reborn in another body. Subsequently, she experiences severe problems integrating into Cylon society and long considers herself more human than Cylon. She eventually works together with [[Caprica-Six]] in an attempt to change Cylon popular opinion about humans and she emerges as one of the Cylon leaders jointly responsible for the end of the occupation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and later the Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]]. Following the failure on New Caprica, Valerii abandons her hopes for coexistence with humans and she denounces her past on ''Galactica''. However, while she feels that she belongs to Cylon society, she is not fully integrated into it and relatively isolated among her peers.

== Biography ==

=== Life on Galactica ===
Valerii is a "sleeper" agent, unsuspecting of her Cylon status. As far as she is aware, she was born on the mining colony of [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], as the daughter of a family from [[Aerelon]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Troy itself was destroyed in an unexplained cataclysm, allowing Valerii's background to be established as that of an orphan. Following her arrival on board ''Galactica'', she enters into a relationship with the ship's Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]], which is against military protocols concerning fraternization between officers and non-officers. Whether this is unintentional or a subconscious reaction to her Cylon programming remains unclear.

At the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Valerii is flying her Raptor to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] with ''Galactica's'' last remaining operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, when they learn of the attacks and attempt to engage two [[Cylon Raider]]s. However, the Viper squadron is destroyed, and the Raptor is damaged while trying to escape, forcing Valerii and her [[ECO]] [[Karl Agathon]] to make an emergency landing on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. After repairing the Raptor, they are mobbed by desperate civilians and undertake a rescue operation. Lifting a number of children, Valerii states there is room for three adults. Valerii holds a lottery for the three seats. When the last number is called, Agathon chooses to give up his place aboard the Raptor so that Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] can be rescued as well [[Miniseries]]).

After being found by [[Laura Roslin]]'s group of stranded military and civilian ships, Valerii works within the new civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], assisting Roslin's attempts to gather other stranded civilian ships in the space surrounding Caprica. She finds a number of ships critical to the fledgling Fleet's survival, such as a fuel tanker. After the new assembled Fleet, led by ''Galactica'', leaves the solar system of the Colonies, Valerii aids in other critical acts, including the discovery of a [[tylium]]-rich asteroid, replete with an active Cylon mine ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]), and locating a source of water to replenish the Fleet's lost supply after the sabotage of ''Galactica's'' stores ([[Water]]).

=== Acts of sabotage ===
[[image:sharontyrol.jpg|170px|left|Valerii and Chief [[Tyrol]].|thumb]]
At the same time as she is supporting the human Fleet, Valerii's underlying Cylon subroutines periodically emerge. Her Cylon programming is the cause of the sabotage of ''Galactica's'' water tanks ([[Water]]). Later, she likely assists a copy of [[Aaron Doral]] to access a munitions store. The Doral copy constructs a suicide bomb which nearly kills Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]].

Valerii finds herself soaking wet, after she awakes to her human personality shortly after the bombs used to destroy ''Galactica's'' water tanks were planted. She becomes increasingly concerned and starts to question her true self. Her worry increases when she experiences a certain attachment to a captured [[Cylon Raider]], and is able to give insight into how it can be properly assessed and understood ([[Six Degrees of Separation]], [[Flesh and Bone]]). Her concerns are further elevated when, following the bombing by Doral, ''Galactica's'' [[Master-at-Arms]], Sergeant [[Hadrian]], suspects her and Chief [[Tyrol]] of Cylon complicity ([[Litmus]]).

Tyrol distances himself from Valerii after this incident, and he later ends their relationship following the arrest of Specialist [[Socinus]] ([[Litmus]]). Facing Tyrol's suspicions concerning her activities immediately before the bombing, Valerii finds herself emotionally isolated and stressed. She takes the Cylon detector test created by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], but he hides her positive test result in fear that once discovered, she might immediately retaliate and kill him ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Valerii finds short solace in Baltar's test, but deals with an anonymous accusation, when she finds the word "Cylon" written on the mirror of her locker; though it is possible she wrote it herself, unknowingly ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).

[[Image:Valshootadama.jpg|235px|thumb|right|Valerii shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]].|thumb]]
Frightened and alone, Valerii withdraws into herself and attempts suicide, but is initially unable to do so. During her second attempt, she is interrupted by Dr. Baltar who, rather than discouraging her, essentially gives her his blessing on her suicide. Following his departure from the bunkroom, Valerii succeeds in shooting herself, but her Cylon personality apparently interrupts the attempt. Valerii can only wound herself in her right cheek ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]] absconds with a captured Cylon Raider intended for an attack on a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], Commander Adama asks Valerii and ECO [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] to use a [[Cylon transponder]] in their Raptor to infiltrate the basestar and place a nuclear warhead within to destroy it. The mission is a success, but when the weapon would not auto-release from the Raptor after landing, Valerii exits the ship and enters the basestar. Inside, she encounters a dozen copies of herself, confirming her worst fears. Valerii escapes in the Raptor just before the warhead detonates and destroys the basestar. Back on ''Galactica'', her encounter with the other [[Number Eight|Eight]] models on the basestar apparently triggers Valerii's Cylon programming to emerge once more, and she shoots Commander Adama in the chest while being congratulated on her successful mission in [[CIC]], wounding him critically ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

=== Imprisonment and death ===
After shooting [[William Adama|Adama]], Valerii is quickly restrained by guards and jailed in the [[brig]]. During her imprisonment, Colonel [[Tigh]] attempts to forcibly extract information from her at gunpoint, but Valerii stonewalls him and even asks him to shoot her ([[Scattered]]). Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] is later incarcerated in the same brig cell by Tigh, also suspected of being a Cylon. While imprisoned together, Valerii tries to convince Tyrol that her feelings for him were real and important, but he rejects her and threatens to kill her if she touched him.
[[Image:Sharondeath.jpg|235px|Valerii dies in Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol's]] arms.|right|thumb]]
Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] later enters the cell, ostensibly to collect a blood sample from Tyrol to prove his innocence using the [[Cylon detector]], but he instead injects Tyrol with a potent toxin that would kill him in a matter of seconds if Baltar does not give him an antidote. Baltar interrogates Valerii, demanding to know how many other Cylons are in the Fleet, using the dying Tyrol to blackmail her. Valerii first protests that she does not know, but as Tyrol is about to die, she reveals that there are eight other Cylons in the Fleet and Baltar then revives Tyrol.

Soon after, while being transferred to a new reinforced cell built to hold Cylons for later experiments and long term incarceration, a large crowd of crewmembers jeers at her and calls her a traitor. Specialist [[Cally]] who considers Valerii responsible for Tyrol's imprisonment breaks through the crowd holding a gun and shoots Valerii at point-blank range. Valerii's last words are "I love you, Chief" and she dies in Tyrol's arms ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Valerii's body is sent to the morgue and autopsied. Later, the recovered Commander Adama visits her corpse, asking "why" aloud, and weeps over her body. Adama pronounces a very mild reprimand for Cally, sentencing her to 30 days in the brig for discharging a weapon without authorization. Cally is never tried for murder, since Cylons are not seen as people ([[The Farm]]).

===Rebirth and life among Cylons===
[[Image:Cylon resurrection.jpg|235px|thumb|left|Valerii is reborn in a new body.|thumb]]
Valerii's consciousness does not die. When she is shot by [[Cally]], ''Galactica'' is close enough to a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] so that her consciousness is retrieved for download into another body. On rebirth, Valerii rejects her Cylon nature and continues to call herself "Sharon" instead of "Eight," even going so far as to reclaim her former apartment (502) on Caprica. A copy of [[Number Three]], representing the status quo of the Cylons, is deeply disturbed by this and suggests that Valerii be [[boxed]].

[[Caprica-Six]] who is seen as a [[Hero of the Cylon]] just as Valerii, protests and Three advises her to get Valerii to change. When Valerii laments the loss of Tyrol, Caprica-Six tells her about her own love for a human, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], which prompts Valerii to inform her that he is still alive. Suspecting that Three has an ulterior motive and wants to box both of them, the two play along and Valerii announces her intent to move out of her old apartment. After a [[Caprica Resistance]] bombing, Valerii, Caprica-Six, and Three are trapped in a garage with a member of the human resistance, [[Samuel Anders]]. There, Caprica-Six reveals their true intentions and declares that Valerii and herself are celebrities in a culture of unity, and, through their love for humans, have realized the horror of the Cylons' actions. Using their celebrity, they could convince a large portion of the Cylon society of their new belief that the genocide of humanity was wrong. Valerii stops Anders from killing Three, but is surprised to see as Caprica-Six kills Three herself. After telling Anders to escape, Valerii agrees to help Caprica-Six reveal the truth of the genocide to the other Cylons ([[Downloaded]]).

Valerii and Caprica-Six are obviously successful in their attempt to change popular opinion among Cylons about the genocide on the human race. According to a [[Cavil]] model who is shortly incarcerated on board ''Galactica'', Valerii and Caprica-Six convinced a majority that "the slaughter of mankind was a mistake" which ultimately leads to an end of the occupation of the [[Twelve Colonies]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

One year later, Valerii is one of the leaders of the Cylon force occupying [[New Caprica]]. But as other Cylons start to consider the occupation a failure, her influence appears to decrease quickly, most evident when she is unable to help Cally get out of detention, as Cally is about to be executed ([[Precipice]]). Their initial plan on New Caprica, "to push past the conflict that separated us from humans for so long", fails and the occupation is ended after four months ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

Following the retreat from New Caprica, Valerii is on the same [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] as Caprica-Six and Baltar and responsible for the Cylon-human hybrid child, [[Hera]]. At a stand-off with the human [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] at the [[algae planet]], Valerii is part of a Cylon delegation to make demands regarding the [[Eye of Jupiter]], but on board ''Galactica'', she is identified as "Boomer" by [[Sharon Agathon]] and denied entry. During this first meeting between them, Valerii informs Agathon that her daughter, Hera, is still alive, and she suggests that Agathon will never be fully accepted among humans, because they continue to treat her as a thing ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).

After Agathon downloads into the Cylon fleet to recover her child, it becomes clear that Valerii resents her, possibly out of jealousy for her connection with Hera. Valerii has been growing increasingly frustrated by her inability to make progress with the child. She also states that she is done with her past on ''Galactica'' and that the failure of New Caprica has taught her that humans and Cylons cannot coexist. When Agathon insists that Hera is suffering from a blocked intestine and must be brought to a human doctor who knows how to care for an infant, Valerii immediately suspects that it was the other's intention all along to take Hera back to ''Galactica'', although she is forced to admit that the child's belly has become "as hard as a gourd". Suggesting that Cylons were never meant to have children in the first place, Valerii threatens to kill Hera but is knocked to the floor by Caprica-Six and killed by her former comrade ([[Rapture]]).

==Notes==
*This [[Number Eight]] is often just called "Boomer" colloquially, as that callsign is closely associated with her, while [[Sharon Agathon]] is usually called "Sharon" and more recently "Athena". Until Season 3, this copy was referred to as the ''Galactica'' copy ("''Galactica''-Sharon"), because she was first encountered on ''Galactica''.
*[[Number Six]] rhetorically asks Baltar in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" why he thinks that Valerii got the callsign "Boomer".
**Valerii could have earned her callsign because she is known for loud and botched landings with [[Raptors]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", "[[Scar]]").
**As shown twice in "[[Water]]" and by her destruction of the basestar in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", Valerii appears to have a penchant for explosions. However, since she likely didn't have a chance to demonstrate this prior to the fall of the Colonies, this probably isn't the source of the name.
**Number Six is likely using sexual innuendo when she asks about Valerii's callsign.
**In reality, "Boomer" is a nickname for a ballistic missile submarine. "[[Karl Agathon|Helo]]" is a similar nickname for a helicopter.
*The anime ''[[Wikipedia:Bubblegum Crisis|Bubblegum Crisis]]'' generally focuses on police in conflict with rogue androids with a human appearance, referred to as "[[Wikipedia:Boomer (anime term)|boomers]]"; some of these are sleepers. It should be noted that [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original ''Battlestar Galactica'']] predates this usage.

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Epiphanies

2007-08-17T00:52:17Z

Veepz: /* Analysis */

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== Overview ==

: ''Admiral [[William Adama]] questions whether or not [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]'s pregnancy should be aborted. Meanwhile Roslin's health declines rapidly as a pro-Cylon peace group attempts to sow violence and discontent within the Fleet.''

== Summary ==

* President [[Laura Roslin]] is brought on board ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' for intensive care treatment. She has days to live.
* Captain [[Kara Thrace]] and Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine]] are conducting Viper tests. During a test of the Viper's projectile systems, Kat's port gun is destroyed and a piece of it impacts on Thrace's cockpit.
* [[Cally]] and CPO [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] discover that several rounds of ammunition from the damaged Viper are unusually light and fragile. These rounds break and misfire, leaving the projectile lodged in the barrel. When the next round fires, the overpressure destroys the gun. They determine the ammunition has been sabotaged.
*The sabotage investigation quickly leads [[Lee Adama]] and Kara Thrace to [[Asha Janik]], one of the recent civilian hirees in ''Galactica's'' [[armory]]. When they apprehend her, she declares her allegiance to an [[Demand Peace|organization]] claiming to want peace with the Cylons.
*Vice President [[Gaius Baltar]] is given the presidential tour by [[Billy Keikeya]] in preparation for his assumption of the Presidency. Billy reveals a letter from Roslin, to be opened upon her death.
* The new peace movement, led by [[Royan Jahee]], gains momentum as the civilian population begins to realize that victory against the Cylons is impossible and questions the Fleet's 'attack-and-retreat' tactics.
* An infusion of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii's]] fetal blood ostensibly destroys the cancerous masses in Roslin's system. Valerii's pregnancy is allowed to continue for further research.

===On Caprica, prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]]===
*Roslin finds out she has cancer.
*Roslin meets with President [[Richard Adar]] to discuss a teacher's strike, and his response.
*Roslin meets with the leader of the educational alliance, Naylin Stans, and strikes an agreement.
*Adar disagrees with Roslin's methods and results, and asks for her resignation.
*Roslin refuses to resign for the moment, and departs for ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony.
*Roslin sees [[Gaius Baltar]] with [[Number Six]] in her dream state. She then seems alarmed to see Dr. Baltar when she wakes up and tries to say something to him.

== Notes ==

* This episode is part of the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]].
*In the podcast, [[Ron Moore]] stated that a longer, more detailed explanation of the curing of Roslin's cancer using fetal hybrid blood was filmed - explaining that it was the fetal blood stem cells from the baby that were the actual cure - but Moore was afraid that this would be seen as [[technobabble]] and criticized by fans, so it was edited down to a truncated version. Ironically, this resulted in widespread complaint in critic reviews and fan message boards that there was ''too little'' explanation in the final version, and uses made up science in favor of real one.
* [[Lee Adama]] is once again a Captain, and has been reinstated as ''Galactica's'' CAG. His authority apparently extends to the ''Pegasus'' squadrons as well. This is consistent with [[Cole Taylor]]'s authority over ''Galactica's'' air wing, when ''Pegasus'' was the flagship.
* [[Gina]] has joined the Cylon sympathizers. The other members of the resistance are apparently unaware she is a [[Cylon agent]].
* Roslin was in an intimate relationship with President Adar.
*Roslin now recalls witnessing [[Gaius Baltar]]'s affair with a copy of [[Number Six]] on Caprica, prior to the attack.
* The [[Media:Radiation Symbol.jpg|radiation symbol]] used by the Colonials is different from the one used in reality, but is still easily recognizable.
*''Galactica'' has been recruiting civilians to handle "grunt work" on the hangar deck.
*Baltar was aware of the [[Demand Peace]] movement prior to this episode.
*At least three bodies can be seen being vented into space after the explosion aboard ''[[Daru Mozu]]''.
*The file photograph of Number Six is of [[Shelly Godfrey]], seen in the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]".
* The nuclear device Dr. Baltar gives the resistance is the same one he was given to create his [[Cylon detector]] in "[[Bastille Day]]".
* ''Pegasus'' is barely featured in this episode, and none of her crew or interior locations are seen, except in the pre-episode recap.
*Admiral Adama continues to wear his commander's [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniform]] with new admiral's rank insignia at his collar.
*This episode, which contains the issue of abortion, was first aired on January 20th, 2 days before the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court [[Wikipedia:Roe v. Wade|Roe v. Wade]] decision of 1973.
**The issue of abortion is not, however, directly addressed—very few, if any, real-life abortions happen because of the national security implications.

== Analysis ==
* The survivor count this episode is 49,598, a net loss of six since "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]". Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and the ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' Marine killed by [[Gina]] account for two. Presumably the remaining were pilots or crew lost during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|attack]] on the [[Resurrection Ship]]. This seems to be extremely good fortune, as the two battlestars engaged in a major fleet action for an extended time.
* Roslin's affair with Adar was suggested by her comment in the [[Miniseries]] that "he had a way about him... you just couldn't say 'no' to him."
*Naylin Stans implies that he believes the teacher's strike is a cause worth dying for. This claim is very hyperbolic.
**The fact that President Adar was willing to use the military to enforce a back-to-work order seems to indicate that the protest must have been more serious than simple wage issues.
*Roslin's medical chart shows her name and other information such as date of birth, but this information is too blurry for viewers to read.
*Roslin's recollections of Baltar on Caprica do not match the same scene in the Miniseries. For example: Baltar and Six did walk together and kiss, and she was carrying the same case in her left hand, but they did not "make out" against a wall. Each character did end the Miniseries scene by saying they were meeting someone else, however.
**Logically, it isn't the same scene. Baltar and Six were on Caprica for a while, and they could easily have been making at a different time on the same day. The episode actually makes no attempt to establish that Roslin is seeing the same scene of Baltar and Number Six (that we the viewers saw in the Miniseries), from a different angle.
*Watching closely during the early scene when Starbuck and Kat are flying the CAP, it seems probable that actress Luciana Carro (Kat) said the real "F word" instead of the ersatz "[[Frak]]", which was then dubbed over (as it is a closeup, it's noticeable that her lips don't quite correspond to it). She actually seems to have done this in the past on many occasions.
*Roslin's cancer cure seems somewhat a "[[Wikipedia:Deus ex machina |deus ex machina]]." For more analysis on the cure, see this [[Science in the Re-imagined Series#The Cancer Cure of Laura Roslin|section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].
**It should be noted that the cure might not be permanent and the cancer may return in the future (as hinted by Ronald D. Moore in the podcast for this episode).
*A nuclear warhead was smuggled from ''Galactica'' to ''Cloud Nine''. How would such a device get past the various [[Radiological Alarm|radiological sensors]] throughout the Fleet?
**This is a plot complication used in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" as well when a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] claims that a nuclear device is hidden in the Fleet. "Flesh and Bone" establishes that Colonial radiological scanning technology is limited. It would take hours for them to scan the entire Fleet. The process does work faster when they ''know'' specifically what ship to scan, such as the ''Olympic Carrier'' when it reappears in "[[33]]" because it is a potential hostile, or Cylon ships. Here, they don't know they should scan the outgoing Raptor (how frequently do people move nuclear warheads in the Fleet ''without'' their knowledge?) so they didn't think to scan it. In short, they do not scan all air traffic.
**Like any device, radiological sensors are only effective when they are online. It is possible that these sensors are intelligent enough to ignore known radioactive sources, such as ''Galatica's'' existing stores of nuclear warheads.
**That the nuke even got on board departing craft is another indication of lax security measures on ''Galactica''. A known terrorist representative is leaving ''Galactica'' with an unidentified container with unknown contents and no one inquires about its contents.
*Baltar's motivation for saving Roslin is two-fold: One, he does not necessarily want the job of shepherding humanity, at least not until an opportunity presents itself where doing so would save his hide again ([[Downloaded|later episodes]]). Most importantly, with his virtual Six nagging and threatening him, saving Roslin provides the reason to keep the Cylon child as a valuable commodity to where even Roslin realized that it is different.

== Questions ==
*Kara Thrace is flying Mk. II Vipers with ''Galactica's'' pilots again. Is she still the CAG of ''Pegasus''?
*Now that Roslin recalls Baltar's involvement with a Cylon agent on Caprica, what will she do about it? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|One answer]])
*Given that [[Asha Janik]] had no previous criminal activity or associations, how is Captain Adama able to determine that she, by name, was responsible for the munitions sabotage?
*Will there be any consequences for Helo's near-mutiny?
*Will Roslin's attitude toward the Cylon fetus change following her recovery? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])
*Roslin's recent series of Machiavellian orders (Cain's assassination in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", and the forced abortion here) appear to have been facilitated by her belief that, given her impending death, she wouldn't have to deal with the ethical ramifications. Will this alter her relationship with Admiral Adama in the long term?
*Is security really so lax that Baltar (whom Adama does not consider especially trustworthy) would be able to smuggle one of ''Galactica's'' very few nuclear warheads off-ship?
* ''Galactica'' and its Raptors are capable of detecting radiological devices. Why wasn't the bomb noticed in transit? (see [[Epiphanies#Analysis|Analysis]])
*Alternately, is the nuclear device actually functional? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])
*Why aren't there posters of [[Gina]] scattered all over the fleet to inform everyone of her Cylon identity, making it difficult for her to hide, let alone lead a Cylon-sympathy movement?
*Does Gina "remember" Number Six's memories about having a relationship with Baltar on Caprica, or even after? In "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", she does not seem to know him, as Baltar introduces himself to her and explains that he had a relationship with another Cylon copy of her model. Here, however, it seems like she remembers having a physical relationship with him.
*Why is it that in the last episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", Sharon is not noticeably pregnant even when wearing a close-fitting tank top, but is now suddenly visibly quite progressed in her pregnancy? (This is part of the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]])
*Now that Roslin is no longer dying of cancer, is she still the "Dying Leader" foretold by the Book of [[Pythia]]? ([[Crossroads, Part I|Possible answer]])

== Official Statements ==




== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*{{audio|Epiphanies - terminating the pregnancy.mp3|''Admiral Adama informs Agathon of Roslin's decision to terminate Sharon's pregnancy.''}}
:'''William Adama:''' There's no easy way to say this. It's about [[Sharon Agathon|the Cylon]]. The [[Laura Roslin|President]] has decided that her pregnancy will be terminated.
:'''[[Karl Agathon]] (taken aback):''' What? Why?
:'''Adama:''' Doc [[Cottle]] discovered some anomalies in the fetal blood work.
:'''Agathon:''' Isn't that expected?
:'''Adama:''' Maybe. But the President believes that to allow the baby to come to full term, it constitutes an unacceptable risk to [[the Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]].
:'''Agathon:''' I don't understand. Sharon's only [[Flight of the Phoenix|helped us]] since she came back from [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]]. She even turned on her own.
:'''Adama:''' To save her life. Don't mistake the will to live for genuine compassion, Lieutenant. She's still the enemy.
:'''Agathon:''' Does she know?
:'''Adama:''' Not yet.
:'''Agathon:''' Then I should be the one to tell her. If that's all, sir.
:'''Adama:''' Helo, I don't expect you to agree to the decision, but I need you to ''accept'' it.
:'''Agathon:''' We're talking about my child, sir. Part of me. But I guess it's easier to kill when you call it a Cylon.
:'''Adama:''' Dismissed.

*''During Roslin's flashbacks:''
:'''President Richard Adar:''' {{audio|Epiphanies - one of the most interesting things about president.mp3|One of the most interesting things about being President is that you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone.}}

::*Roslin earlier attributed this saying to Adar in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]".

:'''Secretary Roslin:''' {{audio|Epiphanies - be prepared to fight.mp3|I am on my way to the ''Galactica'' to represent this administration. When I return, if you still want my job, be prepared to fight.}}

== Guest stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]
*[[Paul Perri]] as [[Royan Jahee]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt.[[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
*[[David Richmond-Peck]] as [[Naylin Stans]]
*[[Holly Dignard]] as [[Asha Janik]]
*[[Jennifer Kitchen]] as [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]]

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2007-08-16T15:44:12Z

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== [[User:Veeps]] ==

Are you sure you didn't mean for [[User:Veepz]] to become a trusted rather than Veeps? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 06:41, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
:I think Catrope is right, I wondered why I couldn't see 'move' a top the page. Thought it took time for it to activate or something. -- [[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 09:59, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
::I've corrected it. Veepz now can move pages and Veeps cannot. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:34, 16 August 2007 (CDT)
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User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.

2007-08-16T14:59:00Z

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Battlestar Wiki talk:Featured articles/Debate for November 2007

2007-08-12T23:44:37Z

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Someone pointed out that we missed the FA for July. Now it's August. So get voting and we can put one up. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:01, 3 August 2007 (CDT)
: Indeed. I've updated the site notice to reflect this. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 12:29, 3 August 2007 (CDT)

== Voting... ==

I feel that everyone who's gonna vote has already done so. Let's just end the voting for this month and throw up the victor. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 16:43, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
:That would be 3-2 for the Twelve Colonies. Narrow, but probably better than to wait even longer. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:53, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
::I'm fine with that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 17:12, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
::Aye. -- [[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 18:44, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

Battlestar Wiki:Featured articles/Debate for November 2007

2007-08-12T18:43:59Z

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== [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)]] ==

I'd like to nominate this again, as it came very close last month.

*{{support}} Already a quality article. I think only some minor refinements are necessary to bring it to featured status, but if someone objects there can always be other nominees. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 15:56, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
*{{comment}} I like it, but I'm gonna wait on other nominations before voting. --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 16:26, 8 June 2007 (CDT)
*{{support}} Great overview article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New''] 22:43, 4 August 2007 (CDT)
*{{comment}}: I also like this one. -- [[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 12:02, 5 August 2007 (CDT)
*{{Support}} -- [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 21:28, 6 August 2007 (CDT)

== [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies]]==
* {{comment}}: It's got a good beat. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 08:54, 9 June 2007 (CDT)
* {{support}}: Good beat, indeed. -- [[User:Veepz|Veepz]] 12:01, 5 August 2007 (CDT)

==[[Virtual beings]]==
* {{comment}}: I'd likely vote for the Colonies parent, but I thought this was worthy of a shoutout. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 08:54, 9 June 2007 (CDT)
* {{comment}}: This one's great too. I'm kind torn between it and Twelve Colonies now... --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:56, 9 June 2007 (CDT)
* {{Support}} Good article, and it would be nice to give it some more exposure. --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 12:09, 9 June 2007 (CDT)
**{{comment}} With over 16.000 page views it's actually relatively popular. The Twelve Colonies article is the 6th most popular article though. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 06:59, 10 June 2007 (CDT)
* {{Support}} [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 07:17, 7 August 2007 (CDT)

==[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]==
* {{comment}} This is a well-sourced article now, although the article could stand to get some additional fresh pictures. Not as much of a portal page as [[Cylons (RDM)]] is, in contrast. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 12:05, 15 June 2007 (CDT)

"Lest We Forget"

2007-08-12T18:39:00Z

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[[Image:lest_we_forget.jpg|thumb|"Lest We Forget"]]

'''"Lest We Forget"''' is the name of a black-and-white photograph featured on the rearmost wall of [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]'s [[Pilot ready rooms|ready room]], and on the wall of [[Laura Roslin]]'s office on ''[[Colonial One]]''.

The photo shows a Colonial soldier on his knees on [[Aerelon]], perhaps injured or stunned, as a city burns from the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon nuclear bombing of the colony]].

Before going out on their missions, some of the crew touch the photo, presumably for good luck or as a form of spiritual remembrance ([[33]]).

==Notes==

*[[Ronald D. Moore]] explains the origin of this picture:

<blockquote>"There was a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|scene cut]] from "[[33]]" where we saw Laura being given her copy of the photo along with a card that said it was taken on the roof of the capitol building on Aerelon during the attack. The photo was inspired by the famous shot of the fire-fighters raising the flag at [[Wikipedia:Ground zero#World Trade Center|Ground Zero]] that became iconic. I thought the Colonies would have their own version of this -- a snapshot taken in the moment that becomes a symbol of the day they can never forget and of all they had lost. The photo itself is of a soldier falling to his knees (possibly shot or simply overcome by emotion) as he stands on the rooftop over looking the devastation of his city, while the Colonial flag waves at the edge of frame. The inscription below the photo on Laura's plaque reads, "Lest We Forget" in itself a reference to the inscription on the watch presented to [[Wikipedia:John Wayne|John Wayne's]] character in "[[imdb:tt0041866|She Wore a Yellow Ribbon]]."</blockquote>

*Outside of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], this photo gives viewers the only visual depiction of life on another colony in the Re-imagined Series.

[[Category:A to Z|Lest We Forget]]
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User talk:Medinonags

2007-08-12T07:29:57Z

Veepz: Welcome to Battlestar Wiki!

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Final Cut

2007-08-11T21:37:49Z

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{{Episode Data
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| title=Final Cut
| series=
| season=2
| episode=8
| guests=[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[D'anna Biers]]
| writer=[[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director=[[Robert Young]]
| production=208
| rating= 2.0
| US airdate=2005-09-09
| UK airdate=2006-02-28
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US''' {{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''
| population= 47853
| oldpopulation= 47855
| prev=[[Home, Part II]]
| next=[[Flight of the Phoenix]]
| podcast=Y
}}

== Overview ==

:''In an effort to stem the [[The Fleet|Fleet]]'s growing resentment toward the military, Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] allow an outspoken anti-military journalist complete access to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and its crew.''

== Summary ==
*Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] is preparing a special report on what she's hyped as the "[[Gideon massacre]]", when she is escorted by [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to ''[[Colonial One]]''.
*President [[Laura Roslin]] and Commander [[William Adama]] meet her, and she complains that all of her requests to interview Marines involved with the Gideon incident have been denied. Roslin and Adama tell her that all that is about to change: they want to mend the relationship between the military and the civilian fleet by allowing Biers to shoot a documentary on life on ''Galactica'', with unrestricted access.
*Biers and her cameraman [[Bell]] are flown to ''Galactica'' with Adama in [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s Raptor. On ''Galactica'', Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] is given the task of showing them around, pointing out fairly everyday things like carbon dioxide scrubbers for atmosphere and vegetable refrigeration units--information that Biers writes off as trivial.
*Biers starts filming one-on-one interviews with several crewmen. She asks Dualla why she joined the Fleet, and she says her father didn't approve but she wanted to believe in something.
*Biers and her cameraman are walking through the halls when [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] chase each other out of the showers wearing towels. Biers follows them into the senior pilots' locker room, where [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], (who nearly drops his towel accidentally) tells her to respect their privacy and get out. Kat moons the documentary camera, and gets yelled at by her [[CAG]].
[[Image:Dressing_Room.jpg|thumb|left|Camera crew filming certain awkwardness in the locker room]]
*[[Ellen Tigh]] calls Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] down to their quarters, where someone has left a threat for Saul by writing a line of Caprican poetry in red paint on their mirror.
*Biers then interviews Lee, and she accuses him of thinking the pilots deserve preferential treatment. He tells her that he does think they deserve such treatment; despite suffering as much loss as everyone else they risk their lives every day for the fleet, and while they don't need pity, they do deserve respect.
*Biers interviews Private [[Scott Kelso]], one of the Marines involved in the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings. He insists that he and the other Marines were just doing their jobs, and that the "unarmed civilians" were attacking them, and that he has a scar on this head that required ten stitches to prove it. At the same time, Kelso thinks the whole thing was a "command [[frak]]-up"; that the Marines weren't trained for crowd control, and he isn't surprised that someone wants to kill Colonel Tigh.
*Biers then interviews a disheveled Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], who is smoking a cigarette while displaying a level of frustration and fatigue that he doesn't normally show.
*On the [[Hangar Deck]], Kat yells at [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] when her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions, although it wasn't the Chief's fault. [[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] breaks it up (as Biers follows her) and Kat storms out.
*Biers is then allowed into the [[CIC]], where Commander Adama orders Colonel Tigh to attend a meeting of civilian leaders on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', which Adama thinks will be a good chance for them to vent their frustration instead of seething at Tigh in private. However, as his [[Raptor]] is about to depart, it malfunctions and smokes until a damage control team can put it out. Tigh gets out and Tyrol tells him it looks like someone sabotaged the Raptor with a hammer, and if they had gotten into space the atmosphere inside would have vented, killing him.
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] lights a candle for her lost loved ones in the memorial hallway, and is then interviewed by Biers. She tells Biers that she assumes that she's already as good as dead going out on missions, and she just hopes she can kill as many Cylons as possible before her day comes.
*D'anna also interviews [[Karl Agathon|Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon]], who says that in combat you are supposed to turn off the human part of you because it will get you killed, but that nothing is that easy to do.
*Helo then visits [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] in the [[brig]], where she in unresponsive in her bed until pulling a blood-stained hand from under her sheets and sobbing. Helo calls for [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]] to come right away.
*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] gives an interview to Biers which is emotionally unrestrained. She then freaks out while attempting to land her Viper, and despite [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Kelly]] and Thrace trying to talk her down, she misses three passes, then on the final try crashes her Viper into the [[landing bay]]. Biers follows Thrace and Lee to the flight deck. Getting out of her Viper, Kat is incomprehensible and disoriented. Thrace finds [[Stims]] on Kat's person: Kat had been taking them by the fistful to stay alert, and now she has overdosed. Kat is forcibly strapped down to a gurney while kicking and screaming and taken to [[Sickbay]].
*Biers follows Kat to Sickbay, where she accidentally goes behind a curtain and sees Doctor Cottle arguing with the terrified Sharon Valerii; Cottle is trying to save her baby before Valerii has a miscarriage. Biers is then shoved away, but not before catching Valerii on film.
*Later, Commander Adama arrives in sickbay and demands that Biers hand over the tape. Biers notes that the woman she saw looked exactly like the deceased [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], and that news that ''Galactica'' is harboring a Cylon could turn the Fleet against him. Adama counters that, after the ''Gideon'' incident, this new revelation could devastate morale in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and whether that even matters to Biers. Reluctantly, Biers gives him the tape and he leaves. When Adama is out of sight, D'anna pulls the ''real'' tape out of her shirt.
*Baltar begins a less than great interview with Biers but is interrupted when an [[Action Stations|action stations alarm]] goes off: two Raiders are on a collision course with ''Galactica''. Biers heads to the CIC to film there while her cameraman covers the flight deck. We only see the fight from the perspective of those on the ship listening over the radio; the Raiders are destroyed.
*Saul Tigh returns to his quarters to find Ellen tied up. It turns out that his would-be murder is [[Joe Palladino]], who is distraught that Tigh's orders resulted in innocent people being killed by men under Palladino's command. He pulls a gun on Tigh, but Tigh presses the gun to his forehead and talks Palladino down. As Biers reviews the tape, she sees Palladino reading a book by [[Kataris]] (which she recognises as containing the poetry line used to threaten Tigh), and alerts the crew. The Marines rush to Tigh's quarters, where they see Palladino and take him away.
*Back on ''Colonial One'', Roslin, Adama, and Tigh review Biers' finished documentary. Adama decides that he likes the accurate portrayal that she did, and lets them broadcast it across the entire fleet.
[[Image:CylonsTheater FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|The humanoid Cylons watching the documentary.]]
*In the documentary, Biers does an ending voiceover. As the [[Colonial anthem]] swells in the background, she explains that the story of ''Galactica'' is that they'll never give up. As people watch it on monitor screens throughout the Fleet.....
*...the humanoid Cylons are watching the documentary as well in an abandoned movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. A copy of [[Number Six]] is impressed at the resilience of the humans, and asks about the fate of Caprica-Valerii's baby. A second, Caprica-based copy of D'anna Biers then turns around (Biers is now revealed to have been a [[humanoid Cylon]] the whole time), and tells her that both Caprica-Valerii and her baby survived her near-miscarriage. [[Aaron Doral]] says that the baby must be protected at all costs, and they must proceed with caution.

== Notes ==
*The population count is now 47,853, a loss of two since "[[Home, Part II]]", to account for the two [[Tom Zarek]] henchmen killed in that episode.
*D'anna Biers makes the same comment about Baltar that Roslin made in "[[33]]".
*We finally learn [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s first name as she is interviewed by [[D'anna Biers]]: ''Anastasia''.
*Gaeta's first name is revealed as ''[[Felix Gaeta|Felix]]''. He also shows a wild side in the form of a tattoo on his chest, which he got when he was drunk, and he has taken up smoking. Perhaps this isn't so much a sign of a previously unrevealed wild side, but a sign that Gaeta's composure is starting to get frayed from constant stress. ''(This is confirmed in the following episode, "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]")''
*Racetrack is given a full name: ''[[Margaret Edmondson]]''.
*The music aired at the end of the documentary is the Colonial Fanfare last heard in the [[Miniseries]]: the theme from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original "Battlestar Galactica" TV series]]. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined Battlestar Galactica]], it is the anthem of the Twelve Colonies.
*Adama uses the phrase "warts and all." This phrase was coined by 17th-Century English dictator ("Lord Protector") [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell].
*Timeline-wise, Colonel Tigh says there has been no Cylon contacts for 10 days. Tigh was in command of ''Galactica'' for "over a week" (from "[[Scattered]]" to "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").
*Colonial video feeds are octagonal, but video screens are, probably for production and budget reasons, rectangular.
*Capt. [[Aaron Kelly|Kelly]] appears fulfilling his duties as [[Landing Signal Officer]] by coordinating Viper landings. This scene further explains the "where was Kelly between the Mini-Series and Season 2" question: Kelly doesn't work in the [[CIC]], but in the port [[Flight pod|flight pod]] itself.
*Roslin and Adama have not only buried the hatchet by this episode, but are working jointly and appear to have developed a camaraderie.
*This episode contains the first scene on ''Colonial One'' since "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
*Cultural/Linguistic oddity: Apollo refers to Kat and Hot Dog as "tweedledum and tweedledee", a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]].
*In Helo's interview with D'anna Biers, the caption reads "Karl C. Agathon, Lieutenant, CF". This is not just a clipped writing of "Lieutenant, Junior Grade": according to an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview] with [[Tahmoh Penikett]], when Helo returned to ''Galactica'' after being stranded on Caprica for months he was promoted to full Lieutenant. However he had been wearing full Lieutenant rank insignia from the beginning of the series.
*The original airdate was to be September 2nd, 2005. However, SciFi Channel ran a Stargate SG-1 Viewers Choice Marathon for the [[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Labor Day]] Weekend.
*Originally, Palladino was supposed to commit suicide in front of Colonel Tigh, but the network felt that this was too heavy <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808546p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Galactica -- What if Gaeta Had Died?|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

== Analysis ==
*The Cylons deploy two [[Raider]]s to ''Galactica'' to transmit Biers's video documentary back to Caprica. Does this mean the Cylons know ''exactly'' where the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is, and have simply chosen ''not'' to intercept it? Is keeping the Fleet alive part of their "plan"?
** Possibly, in the "de-briefing" towards the end of the episode, Caprica-Biers means the two Raiders transmitted the footage she cut from the documentary (showing Helo's Boomer in sickbay). It is likely they mean that they picked up the whole "show" from Fleet transmissions and the snippet from the two Raiders.
**Or, are the Cylons ''now'' refraining from sending in a full [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and Raider wing to attack ''Galactica'' because they are worried that a direct attack on ''Galactica'' will result in the death of Caprica-Valerii and her hybrid daughter? That is, they would have attacked it if this Valerii wasn't on board, but was sending two Raiders in now simply a reconnaissance mission? The Cylons did say that they want to proceed cautiously.
**However, the two Raiders don't jump in to the Fleet's vicinity, they fly in normally. Perhaps the Cylons actually ''don't'' know exactly where the Fleet is, and these Raiders may have been searching for days to find them. Seeing as the Cylons on Caprica weren't aware that the Caprica-Valerii was still alive, perhaps they also truly aren't aware of the Fleet's location, and other Cylons in the Fleet cannot transmit messages back to Caprica because they are out of range (though a nearby Cylon ship might be close enough). (''[[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]]'')
**In light of all this, have the Cylons ''not'' been using their entire strength against the Colonials in combat? Have they, in effect, been "toying" with them? This could explain the relative lop-sidedness of the Colonials' military victories since the initial destruction of the Colonies.
*While preparing to film the interview with Dr. Baltar, Biers pulls out what is presumably the contraband tape of Sharon and hurriedly does something with it. This is likely a subtle foreshadowing that may not be fully comprehended until Biers's true nature is revealed and the episode is watched again; Biers is likely remembering that she has to set up the transmission of the video to the Cylons in the upcoming attack. The Raiders, after being destroyed, then resurrect and the data stream transmitted from Biers is now available to all Cylons via their common knowledgebase.
*Dualla states that Galactica's carbon dioxide scrubbers run "24 hours a day"; this would seem to establish that the Colonial Fleet operates on a 24-hour day. This could possibly be based on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]'s orbital rotation (where the seat of the [[government]] was located). Yet, all 12 Colonies couldn't possible all have the same axial rotation time. This 24 hour day might seem an automatic assumption, but other science fiction series sometimes depart from the convention: For example, on ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek:Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the titular space station actually runs on a 26 hour day, because it follows Bajor's local time (which has a 26 hour rotation period).
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', Roslin is no longer surrounded by her [[Presidential Security Service]] agents, but rather by ''Galactica'' Marines - Adama's insurance against any more misbehavior? Perhaps they were only there to escort Commander Adama while he was off of ''Galactica''.
*As aired, it appears that Biers gets a free reign to produce whatever she wants. While Adama's agreement to broadcast it throughout the Fleet could mean that he might also have rejected the documentary if necessary, this is not made a clear. A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Final Cut|deleted scene]] clarifies that Roslin gives Adama the right to the "final cut", and thus the power to censor the documentary if he feels that it presents ''Galactica'' in an unfavorable light.

== Questions ==
*Does Biers' discovery of pregnant Caprica-Valerii on ''Galactica'' alter her intended goal with the documentary?
*Would the documentary have presented ''Galactica'' and her crew in a more negative light and thus perform a journalistic hatchet job on how the rest of the fleet perceived Adama and the military?
*Would Adama and Roslin still have allowed the documentary to be broadcast if it had been 'negative?'
*Now that the documentary has aired, with Biers' image visibly throughout the film, has Sharon Valerii seen the film? Or, has the film been banned for her viewing?
*If she had viewed the documentary, would Valerii inform ''Galactica's'' command of Biers' true nature, or the identity of other agents in the Fleet, if they were known to her?
*Why was Biers not included in any press pools that occurred prior to her finding the Gideon tape and therefore making the acquaintance of the President and Commander Adama? Was she a tabloid reporter and not granted Presidential press room status?
*At the end of the episode, Biers says that the Cylons "lost two Raiders relaying the images back to ''the Fleet''" from ''Galactica''. She didn't say "from ''Galactica'' back to ''Caprica''". Does this imply that there is a main Cylon fleet following ''Galactica''? (That is, as opposed to many basestars spread out across a large region of space in a search pattern.) ([[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]])

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''After meeting Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] for the first time:''
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' What a strange little man.

* ''D'anna Biers is filming an interview with [[Lee Adama|Apollo]]:''
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' You seem to think that your pilots deserve special consideration.
*: '''Apollo:''' Actually, I do. Like everyone else, my pilots have lost their families, their friends, everyone they ever cared about; but on top of that they're asked to put their lives on the line every single day, for a fleet that seems more interested in what they do wrong than in what they do right. They're not asking for your pity, but they damn well deserve your respect.

* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing [[Racetrack]]:''
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Are you afraid when you go into combat?
*: '''Racetrack:''' First thing they tell you is to assume you're already dead.
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Well that sounds ghoulish.
*: '''Racetrack:''' Yeah, maybe. But dead men don't get scared and freeze up under fire. Me, I'm just worried that hell's gonna be a lonely place, and I'm gonna fill it up with every Toaster son of a bitch I find.

* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing Lt. Gaeta. Gaeta is slightly disheveled, and is smoking a cigarette:''
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Does that help you cope with the stress?
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' Not really. Look, um, all that I ever wanted was to be an officer on a Battlestar, okay? I trained my whole life, I trained harder than anyone in my unit. Basically, I put my life on hold until I was assigned to ''Galactica''. Then the Cylons hit and I realized that this is all that I know: tech manuals, commands, and tactics, you know? I'm not saying that I'm unhappy...I'm just wondering if there's something more.
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' And what have you discovered?
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' ...(takes a long drag, coughs)...I hate cigarettes. [[Ambrosia]]'s good with a chaser. And, if you have enough Ambrosia...(Gaeta pulls back his shirt to reveal an ugly tattoo of a tiger on his upper right chest)...it don't hurt that much.

* ''The closing voice-over narration to D'anna Biers' documentary on ''Galactica'', which runs over a montage of images from the ship. The [[Colonial Anthem]] tinkles in the background and gradually builds to up to a grand swell:''
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' I came to ''Galactica'' to tell a story. In all honesty I thought I knew what that story was before I ever set foot there: how an arrogant military let their egos get in the way of doing their jobs, safeguarding the lives of the civilian population. But I found out that the truth was more complex than that. These people aren't Cylons. They're not robots blindly following orders and polishing their boots. They're people. Deeply flawed, yes, but deeply human too, and maybe that's saying the same thing. What struck me most is that despite it all - the hardships, the stress, the ever present danger of being killed - despite all that, they never give up. They never lie down in the road and let the truck run them over. They wake up in the morning, put on their uniforms and do their jobs. Every day. No pay, no rest, no hope of ever laying down the burden or letting someone else do the job. There are no relief troops coming, no Colonial Fleet training new recruits every day. The people on ''Galactica'' are ''it''. They are the thin line of blue that separates us from the Cylons. Lt. Gaeta told me a remarkable statistic; not a single member of Galactica's crew has asked to resign, not one. Think about that. If you wore the uniform wouldn't you want to quit? To step aside and say "Enough! Let someone else protect the fleet?" I know I would. But then, I don't wear a uniform. Most of us don't, most of us never will. The story of ''Galactica'' isn't that people make bad decisions under pressure, it's that those mistakes are the exception. Most of the time the men and women serving under Commander Adama get it right. The proof is that our fleet ''survives''. And with ''Galactica'' at our side, we '''''will''''' endure. This is D'anna Biers, Fleet News Service.

* ''The camera pulls back to show a movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], where the humanoid Cylons are watching a copy of the documentary, as D'anna Biers' ending narration finishes:''
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' That was shown across their entire fleet.
*: '''Number Six:''' Their resilience is remarkable.
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' Play the footage that was cut. (camera footage plays of Helo's Sharon in ''Galactica's'' Sickbay)
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' I'm still alive?! She's still alive! I told you.
*: '''Number Six:''' That's incredible. And the [[Hera Agathon|baby]]?
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' (speaking without her usual New Zealand accent, but with a general American accent) It was saved. We lost two Raiders relaying the images back to the Fleet, but I think the sacrifice was worth it.
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' We must proceed with caution. The child's life must be protected at all costs.
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Yeah. Truly is a miracle from [[God (RDM)|God]].

== Guest stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Patrick "Flick" Harrison|Patrick Harrison]] as [[Bell]]
*[[Kevan Kase]] as PFC [[Scott Kelso]]
*[[Yee Jee Tso]] as Staffer
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as Marine Sergeant
*[[Aleks Paunovic]] as Sergeant [[Omar Fischer|Fischer]]
*[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe Palladino]]

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Leeson

2007-08-11T21:34:07Z

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'''Leeson''' is a crew member on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.

Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]], as part of a memory exercise where he attempts to remember the names of each crew member as a courtesy and to bolster morale<ref>Dialogue found in [[Podcast:A Day in the Life Bonus|extended podcast for "A Day in the Life,"]] where listeners hear the editing of the episode and playback of scenes kept, rearranged, or cut.</ref>, repeats to himself that "Leeson takes first watch."

By noting Leeson's watch duty, the crew member could be one of the [[Marine]]s assigned as Adama's constant guard and escort, or part of one of the rotating shifts in [[CIC]] ([[A Day in the Life]]).

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Felix Silla

2007-08-11T19:40:21Z

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'''Felix Silla''' (born January 11, 1937 near Rome, Italy) is an Italian-American television and movie actor and former circus performer.

Silla (shown at left in the article photo) was born with [[w:dwarfism|dwarfism]].

Training as a circus performer, Silla came to the United States in 1955. Once in America, he toured with the famed [[w:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]]. His talents with horses and as an acrobat brought him to the attention of Hollywood where he relocated to work as a stuntman.

His first role in that capacity was with motion picture ''A Ticklish Affair.'' He worked as a stunt double in such hits as ''The Towering Inferno'', and ''The Hindenberg.''

Expanding into acting, his best known roles include the insane small Hitler from ''The Black Bird'' and Cousin Itt on the classic television series, ''The Addams Family.''

In the [[Original Series]], Silla was the person inside the costume of the character [[Lucifer]], which was voiced by [[Jonathan Harris]]. He was also [[Noah Hathaway]]'s stunt-double.

Silla also had a large number of science fiction genre appearances, including portraying Twiki in ''[[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the Twenty-Fifth Century]]'', the child gorilla in the original ''Planet of the Apes'', an Ewok in ''[[w:Return of the Jedi|Return of the Jedi]]'', and a Talosian in the original pilot for ''[[w:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''.

Silla frequently appears in Las Vegas with his musical group, "The Original Harmonica Band."

Silla has been married to his wife Susan since 1965. They have two children, Bonnie and Michael.

==External Links==
*[http://www.felixsilla.com/ The Worlds of Felix Silla (Official Site)]
*[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978---interviews/felix-silla-galactica.tv-interview.html Felix Silla interview on his part as Lucifer]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0798061/ Internet Movie Database Profile]

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Richard Lynch

2007-08-11T19:20:53Z

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'''Richard Lynch''' (born February 12, 1940) is the actor who played [[Wolfe]] in the [[Original Series]], [[Xaviar]] in ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' and Count [[Iblis]] in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming]]''. He is the only actor to hold the distinction for appearing in ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''Galactica 1980'', and ''Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming''.

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Time warp synthesizer

2007-08-11T19:19:07Z

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The '''time warp synthesizer''' is a device created by [[Doctor Zee]] to permit travel back and forth through time.

The device, apparently small enough to be installed in a Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]], works on the principle that once a person exceeds the [[w:speed of light|speed of light]], one can travel back in time. [[Jamie Hamilton]] equates this to [[w:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]]'s [[w:special theory of relativity|special theory of relativity]], which [[Troy]] confirms is correct.

As a result of going through time, the molecules of the synthetic fibers change color, thus the [[uniforms (TOS)|uniforms]] worn by time travelers are turned white. This includes the helmet and other equipment on a person ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

== Usage ==

[[Xaviar]] proposes using the invention in order to advance [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]'s development from the past, despite the fact that it has never been tested, nor do the Colonials know what side effects of time manpiulation will occur. He later does this against the wishes of the Council, which forces [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] to recall [[Troy]] and [[Dillon]], so they may pursue Xaviar back to 1944 and stop him from giving the [[w:Nazi|Nazi]]'s advanced technology ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

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Time warp synthesizer

2007-08-11T19:15:11Z

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The '''time warp synthesizer''' is a device created by [[Doctor Zee]] to permit travel back and forth through time.

The device, apparently small enough to be installed in a Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]], works on the principle that once a person exceeds the [[w:speed of light|speed of light]], one can travel back in time. [[Jamie Hamilton]] equates this to [[w:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]]'s [[w:special theory of relativity|special theory of relativity]], which [[Troy]] confirms is correct.

As a result of going through time, the molecules of the synthetic fibers change color, thus the [[uniforms (TOS)|uniforms]] worn by time travelers are turned white. This includes the helmet and other equipment on a person ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

== Usage ==

[[Xaviar]] proposes using the invention in order to advance [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]'s development from the past, despite the fact that it has never been tested, nor do the Colonials know what side effects of time manpiulation will occur. He later does this against the wishes of the Council, which forces [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] to recall [[Troy]] and [[Dillon]], so they may pursue Xavier back to 1944 and stop him from giving the [[w:Nazi|Nazi]]'s advanced technology ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

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Doctor Zee

2007-08-11T19:14:32Z

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: ''For a Colonial [[IFB]] announcer sharing a similar name, see: [[Zed]].''

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'''Doctor Zee''' is an extremely bright boy, of about 10 years in age.

When introduced, [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] claims that Zee is one of the many Colonial children born in space, but is a "cerebral mutation". Due to this, this youth becomes a scientific advisor who has great influence on Commander Adama and the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]], having saved them from their enemy "countless times in the past" ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]). Additionally, the Council has never overruled him due to his penchant for always knowing the correct course of action ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

Zee convinces Adama not to attempt contact with the newly-discovered descendants of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]], as the nations of [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] are not unified and are ill equipped to resist the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] should they follow the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] to Earth's solar system.

Zee creates most of the special devices used by [[Colonial Warrior]]s [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]], including the invisibility screen ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]), an anti-gravity craft that resembles a UFO ([[Space Croppers]]), and a method of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]] first employed by [[Xaviar]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]).

Zee is an expert on any topic his is consulted on from sociology, to history to agriculture.

Not everyone in the Fleet is comfortable with so much authority having been given to a boy, and Xaviar expressed this view from time to time.

Zee explains his origins to Adama. He is the godson of Lieutenant [[Starbuck (1980)|Starbuck]], born on a planet where Starbuck was stranded years ago.

While on that remote moon, Starbuck was visited by [[Angela]], who may have been from the race of [[Beings of Light|Angels]]. Angela gave birth to Zee, and Starbuck sent Angela and Zee off to rendezvous with the Fleet in a small escape pod that was too small to carry him.

Angela herself disappears, and does not accompany Zee all the way to the Fleet. Although Adama confirms this information, much of Zee's origin remains a mystery ([[The Return of Starbuck]]).

==Notes==

* Doctor Zee is a recurring character in the short lived science fiction series ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.

[[Image:Zee2.jpg|thumb|Patrick Stuart as [[Dr. Zee]]]]
* The role of Doctor Zee is portrayed by two actors. In the three-hour series premiere, "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]". Zee is portrayed by actor [[Robbie Rist]], known also as cousin Oliver in the ''[[w:The Brady Bunch (TV series)|Brady Bunch]]'' (working with fellow ''Galactica 1980'' guest star [[Donald Mortinson|Robert Reed]]).

* When ''Galactica 1980'' was picked up as a continuing series, another actor, [[James Patrick Stuart|Patrick Stuart]], took on the role. Stuart appears in the subsequent episodes including "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]" and "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]".

* In the May 1980 issue of ''Starlog'' magazine, Robbie Rist provides some background to the character of Dr. Zee. Zee is supposed to be so advanced that he is "above emotion." Rist also mentions that the lighting on the set played an important part in the visual characterization of the character, with an aura of light cast around Zee to give him a surreal appearance. Rist also indicated he contributed some small physical aspects to Dr. Zee's character including the crossing of his legs when he's sitting, and the pressing of his fingers together in a pyramid when Zee is thinking.

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Wheel of Fire

2007-08-11T19:11:55Z

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'''"The Wheel of Fire"''' was a one-hour screenplay by Louise R. Kelley and Alan S. Young.

Written on March 25, 1980, the planned episode was a sequel to what became ''[[Galactica 1980]]'s'' final episode "[[The Return of Starbuck]]".

The story would find [[Troy]] in mortal danger while in pursuit of [[Xaviar]]. Just before his [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] about to be destroyed by Cylon fire, Troy is retrieved by members of the [[Ship of Lights]].

There, Troy meets Starbuck, now a "guardian of the universe." Starbuck assigns Troy to follow Xaviar (and the Cylon craft) to the year 562 BCE of [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]]'s ancient past to stop the Cylon from altering or damaging history.

[[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] sends [[Dillon]] and [[Jamie Hamilton]] to the past as well to destroy all evidence of the the Cylon Raider. After they destroy the Cylon Raider, the party returns to the present.

The Raider is destroyed during the event, spinning downward in flames to the Earth. The "Wheel of Fire" is an allegory of the famous vision from the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, who sees wheels of fire turning in the sky.

As "Galactica 1980" was canceled after 10 episodes, this screenplay was never filmed.[http://www.chrispappas.com/archives/scripts.html]

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Harvey

2007-08-11T19:10:41Z

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: ''For the producer of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see: [[Harvey Frand]].''

'''Harvey''' is a dispatcher at a police station in California.

After the local sheriff sees [[Dillon]] and [[Troy]] lift off on their [[turbine|flying motorcycles]], he tells Harvey, who is calling for him, that he is not feeling well ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]).

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Jamie Hamilton

2007-08-11T19:05:31Z

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'''Jamie Hamilton''' first meets [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] when she is headed to Los Angeles for a job interview as a reporter with [[UBC]] television news. She assists them in locating Professor [[Donald Mortinson]], and ends up going back in time with them to try and stop [[Xaviar]].

After the mission, when she comes aboard [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']], [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] prevails upon her to assist Troy and Dillon in their joint missions to help prepare Earth for contact with the Colonials, and to locate and stop Xaviar. Hamilton agrees to the assignment, as well as accepting her new job as a reporter for UBC ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

She joins Troy and Dillon in heading back to Revolutionary America in an adventure which is not shown, but that takes place between "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]" and "[[The Super Scouts, Part I|The Super Scouts]]".

Troy and Dillon enlist Hamilton's aid to protect a group of kids that Adama sends down from the Fleet. The children stay on Earth at the conclusion of the episode, and Hamilton becomes a sort of guardian for them ([[The Super Scouts, Part II|The Super Scouts]]).

When the renegade Xaviar returns, he attempts to kidnap the ''Galactica'' children, whom Hamilton has taken to play at a baseball camp where she's doing a story ([[Spaceball]]).

The rest of the time Hamilton appears to be occupied mostly with taking care of the ''Galactica '' children. She is left behind with the kids ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]) while Troy and Dillon head to New York, and does not appear in the concluding episode. Again, her role in "[[Space Croppers]]" appears to be as chaperone.

==Notes==

*Jamie Hamilton was a recurring character in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. She appeared in all but the last episode of the series, although she was only in the segment of "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]" that recounted the events of "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|Part I]]".

*In "[[Space Croppers]]", there is some suggestion that the kids would have stayed at the farm, and Hamilton's role in the series would have moved away from being a sort of interstellar baby sitter.

*In the scripted but only partially shot episode, "The Day That Cleopatra Died," (''Galactica 1980'' was cancelled part way through the shoot) Hamilton again accompanied Troy and Dillon back in time as a history expert.

*It is also hinted at that Hamilton may have been a romantic interest for either Troy or Dillon, but this was never explored.

*A love interest between Dillon and Jamie Hamilton is suggested in the ''Galactica 1980'' VHS release, ''Conquest of the Earth''.

[[Category:A to Z|Hamilton, Jamie]]
[[Category:Characters|Hamilton, Jamie]]
[[Category:Characters (1980)|Hamilton, Jamie]]
[[Category:Main Characters (1980)|Hamilton, Jamie]]
[[Category:1980|Hamilton, Jamie]]

Dillon

2007-08-11T19:04:49Z

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| role=[[Colonial Warrior]]
| rank=Lieutenant
| actor=[[Barry Van Dyke]]
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Lieutenant '''Dillon''' helps [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]] in their missions to help the people of [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] prepare for contact with [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']] and the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]].

Dillon accompanies Troy and [[Jamie Hamilton]] back in time in order to stop [[Xaviar]] from altering history ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I|Galactica Discovers Earth]]). He also helps to protect the children of ''Galactica'' when they end up on Earth ([[The Super Scouts, Part I|The Super Scouts]]). He helps to track down Xaviar when he returns and threatens the children ([[Spaceball]]).

He and Troy also thwart the efforts of the Cylons use a hijacked radio station to make a transmission ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|The Night the Cylons Landed]]).

==Conquest of the Earth==

A love interest between Dillon and Jamie Hamilton is suggested in the "Galactica 1980" VHS release, ''Conquest of the Earth''.

==Notes==

* When ''Galactica 1980'' was originally conceived, it was to have featured the [[Original Series]] characters of [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]. However, as neither actor was available for the project, it was decided to advance the storyline 30 years and feature two new characters, Troy and Dillon, as the new leads.
* Dillon appears in all but the [[The Return of Starbuck|last episode]] of "Galactica 1980".

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters (1980)]]
[[Category:Main Characters (1980)]]
[[Category:1980]]

Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II

2007-08-11T19:03:36Z

Veepz: /* Guest Stars */ sp

{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 2
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 2
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]
| production= 1.2
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-02-03
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''As Colonial Warriors attempt to contact Earth scientists to aid in improving their technology, Earth authorities complicate [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]'s mission, while [[Doctor Zee]] discovers that a rogue Council member is attempting to change Earth history.''

==Summary==

[[Image:Wow.jpg|thumb|left|Willy Griffin discovers the Vipers]]
* The young boy [[Willy Griffin]] arrives home to tell his dad he's found two spaceships. His dad is skeptical but eventually decides to take a look.

* When Griffin's father sees the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], he calls the police.

* Meanwhile, [[Jamie Hamilton]] has reached the [[UBC]] television studios, where her interview is not going well. During the interview, she is interrupted to take a phone call from [[Dillon]]. Hamilton refuses to talk and hangs up.

* [[Donald Mortinson|Dr. Mortenson]] calls Hamilton, having determined she was somehow connected with [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and Dillon.

* Overhearing part of this conversation, Mr. [[Brooks]], the UBC station manager, offers Hamilton a reporting job if she can manage to get an interview with Mortinson. Hamilton agrees to the offer.

* Followed by a UBC camera crew in a van, Hamilton goes to meet Mortinson as planned, and Troy and Dillon catch up to her on the way.

* When Mortenson arrives, he is pleased to meet the Colonials, but realizes Hamilton is trying to get him on film.

* Troy suggests they leave, and the four get into the doctor's car.

* As the UBC van sets off after them, Dillon grabs the wheel and a car chase ensues.

* Dillon plows the car into the front of a store, but the four are without injury and manage to escape by use of the invisibility screen.

* Leaving Mortinson behind, Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return to [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']].

* The Vipers cross the night sky and are witnessed by Willy Griffin, his dad and the police - but the police discount them as shooting stars.

* Arriving at ''Galactica'', an amazed Hamilton accompanies Troy and Dillon to the briefing with [[Adama (1980)|Adama]].

* While the two were away on Earth, [[Xaviar]] has been arguing with Adama over the merits of introducing technological advancements to Earth in 1980, and has taken matters into his own hands.

* Xaviar steals [[Doctor Zee|Doctor Zee's]] time machine to travel to the past and make changes to history to speed up the technological development of Earth.

* Doctor Zee determines that Xaviar has gone back to Nazi Germany during World War II.

* Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton launch for Earth and, using Doctor Zee's space warp, travel backwards in time. The process alters the molecules in their clothes, leaving their uniforms white in color.

* Arriving in the skies over 1944 Germany, the Colonials avoid the pursuing Luftwaffe, and Troy and Dillon land the Vipers in a field.

* Suddenly, the trio sees a B-17 sail into view, under heavy fire. The plane is downed, but a lone parachutist makes it down.

* The parachutist is Major [[Stockwell]], who is in Germany to try and sabotage the new V-2 rocket which is being tested nearby.

* On their way to the rocket base, Troy, Dillon, Stockwell, and Hamilton observe a transport of Jews about to be shipped to Auschwitz.

* They manage to free a single young girl, and take her with them as they head to a home owned by one of Stockwell's contacts.

* Suddenly, the SS arrives to raid the house. The team uses the invisibility cloak to avoid capture.

* Promising to help those who were taken by the SS later, Troy determines that they need first to find Xaviar.

* Xaviar is indeed at the rocket base, posing as a British rocket scientist with Nazi sympathies. He is overseeing the testing of an augmented V-2 - equipped with a jet using Colonial technology.

[[Image:Soldiers.jpg|thumb|Troy and Dillon in disguise]]
* Dressed as German soldiers, the Warriors, Hamilton and Stockwell sneak into the base just in time to see the V-2 sitting on the pad, awaiting the test that could give the Nazis the upper hand in the war, altering Earth's history.

==Notes==

* Segments of the episode were filmed at the Golden Oak Ranch. The [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] rocket base was filmed in part on the [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] backlot.
* The "white uniforms" are reuses from the episodes "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]" and "[[Experiment in Terra]]". In "War of the Gods", the uniforms are seen on [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Sheba]] when they are aboard the [[Ship of Lights]]. Later, Starbuck and Apollo have these uniforms when given an aura that permits them to see [[John]], a [[Being of Light]], during their assignment on [[Terra]].
* The only new Viper-based special effects created for this episode involves the time warp effect as [[Troy]] and [[Dillon]] pursue [[Xaviar]] back to 1944.
* [[Dillon]] uses the vulgar word [[felgercarb]] in this episode, which is the first occurance of a vulgarism in this series. It is also interesting, given the restrictions the FCC placed on programming that occupied ''1980's'' timeslot.

== Analysis ==

* Doctor Zee has earned the respect of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]] and Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] due to his accuracy and his feats that have saved them. The Council has never rebuked or challenged Zee, unlike Adama, who has fought the council on nearly every issue in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

* The Colonials do not know the science of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]]. [[Xavier]] points out that it is something that the Colonials have tried to achieve, but failed in their past.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Jamie Hamilton]] stops [[Troy]] from driving the stolen cop car in reverse:''

: '''Jamie Hamilton:''' What are you guys? Martians?!
: '''[[Dillon]]:''' (after consulting the [[wrist computron]]) Close.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xaviar]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Resistance Leader/The Old Man
*[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0835021|Michael Strong]] as (unknown)
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff
*[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as German Commander
*[[imdb:nm0662731|James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]]
*[[Bruce Wright]] as Aide
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as Little Girl
*[[imdb:nm0553138|Todd Martin ]] as 3rd German
*[[John Zenda]] as 3rd Cop
*[[imdb:nm0390683|Erik Holland]] as 2nd German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0286920|Erik Forst]] as 1st German Officer
*Unknown as [[Al]]

{{Episode List (1980)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
[[Category:1980]]

Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II

2007-08-11T19:03:16Z

Veepz: /* Notes */ sp

{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 2
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 2
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]
| production= 1.2
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-02-03
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''As Colonial Warriors attempt to contact Earth scientists to aid in improving their technology, Earth authorities complicate [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]'s mission, while [[Doctor Zee]] discovers that a rogue Council member is attempting to change Earth history.''

==Summary==

[[Image:Wow.jpg|thumb|left|Willy Griffin discovers the Vipers]]
* The young boy [[Willy Griffin]] arrives home to tell his dad he's found two spaceships. His dad is skeptical but eventually decides to take a look.

* When Griffin's father sees the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], he calls the police.

* Meanwhile, [[Jamie Hamilton]] has reached the [[UBC]] television studios, where her interview is not going well. During the interview, she is interrupted to take a phone call from [[Dillon]]. Hamilton refuses to talk and hangs up.

* [[Donald Mortinson|Dr. Mortenson]] calls Hamilton, having determined she was somehow connected with [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and Dillon.

* Overhearing part of this conversation, Mr. [[Brooks]], the UBC station manager, offers Hamilton a reporting job if she can manage to get an interview with Mortinson. Hamilton agrees to the offer.

* Followed by a UBC camera crew in a van, Hamilton goes to meet Mortinson as planned, and Troy and Dillon catch up to her on the way.

* When Mortenson arrives, he is pleased to meet the Colonials, but realizes Hamilton is trying to get him on film.

* Troy suggests they leave, and the four get into the doctor's car.

* As the UBC van sets off after them, Dillon grabs the wheel and a car chase ensues.

* Dillon plows the car into the front of a store, but the four are without injury and manage to escape by use of the invisibility screen.

* Leaving Mortinson behind, Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return to [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']].

* The Vipers cross the night sky and are witnessed by Willy Griffin, his dad and the police - but the police discount them as shooting stars.

* Arriving at ''Galactica'', an amazed Hamilton accompanies Troy and Dillon to the briefing with [[Adama (1980)|Adama]].

* While the two were away on Earth, [[Xaviar]] has been arguing with Adama over the merits of introducing technological advancements to Earth in 1980, and has taken matters into his own hands.

* Xaviar steals [[Doctor Zee|Doctor Zee's]] time machine to travel to the past and make changes to history to speed up the technological development of Earth.

* Doctor Zee determines that Xaviar has gone back to Nazi Germany during World War II.

* Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton launch for Earth and, using Doctor Zee's space warp, travel backwards in time. The process alters the molecules in their clothes, leaving their uniforms white in color.

* Arriving in the skies over 1944 Germany, the Colonials avoid the pursuing Luftwaffe, and Troy and Dillon land the Vipers in a field.

* Suddenly, the trio sees a B-17 sail into view, under heavy fire. The plane is downed, but a lone parachutist makes it down.

* The parachutist is Major [[Stockwell]], who is in Germany to try and sabotage the new V-2 rocket which is being tested nearby.

* On their way to the rocket base, Troy, Dillon, Stockwell, and Hamilton observe a transport of Jews about to be shipped to Auschwitz.

* They manage to free a single young girl, and take her with them as they head to a home owned by one of Stockwell's contacts.

* Suddenly, the SS arrives to raid the house. The team uses the invisibility cloak to avoid capture.

* Promising to help those who were taken by the SS later, Troy determines that they need first to find Xaviar.

* Xaviar is indeed at the rocket base, posing as a British rocket scientist with Nazi sympathies. He is overseeing the testing of an augmented V-2 - equipped with a jet using Colonial technology.

[[Image:Soldiers.jpg|thumb|Troy and Dillon in disguise]]
* Dressed as German soldiers, the Warriors, Hamilton and Stockwell sneak into the base just in time to see the V-2 sitting on the pad, awaiting the test that could give the Nazis the upper hand in the war, altering Earth's history.

==Notes==

* Segments of the episode were filmed at the Golden Oak Ranch. The [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] rocket base was filmed in part on the [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] backlot.
* The "white uniforms" are reuses from the episodes "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]" and "[[Experiment in Terra]]". In "War of the Gods", the uniforms are seen on [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Sheba]] when they are aboard the [[Ship of Lights]]. Later, Starbuck and Apollo have these uniforms when given an aura that permits them to see [[John]], a [[Being of Light]], during their assignment on [[Terra]].
* The only new Viper-based special effects created for this episode involves the time warp effect as [[Troy]] and [[Dillon]] pursue [[Xaviar]] back to 1944.
* [[Dillon]] uses the vulgar word [[felgercarb]] in this episode, which is the first occurance of a vulgarism in this series. It is also interesting, given the restrictions the FCC placed on programming that occupied ''1980's'' timeslot.

== Analysis ==

* Doctor Zee has earned the respect of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]] and Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] due to his accuracy and his feats that have saved them. The Council has never rebuked or challenged Zee, unlike Adama, who has fought the council on nearly every issue in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

* The Colonials do not know the science of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]]. [[Xavier]] points out that it is something that the Colonials have tried to achieve, but failed in their past.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Jamie Hamilton]] stops [[Troy]] from driving the stolen cop car in reverse:''

: '''Jamie Hamilton:''' What are you guys? Martians?!
: '''[[Dillon]]:''' (after consulting the [[wrist computron]]) Close.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xavier]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Resistance Leader/The Old Man
*[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0835021|Michael Strong]] as (unknown)
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff
*[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as German Commander
*[[imdb:nm0662731|James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]]
*[[Bruce Wright]] as Aide
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as Little Girl
*[[imdb:nm0553138|Todd Martin ]] as 3rd German
*[[John Zenda]] as 3rd Cop
*[[imdb:nm0390683|Erik Holland]] as 2nd German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0286920|Erik Forst]] as 1st German Officer
*Unknown as [[Al]]

{{Episode List (1980)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
[[Category:1980]]

Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II

2007-08-11T19:02:52Z

Veepz: /* Summary */ sp

{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 2
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 2
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]
| production= 1.2
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-02-03
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''As Colonial Warriors attempt to contact Earth scientists to aid in improving their technology, Earth authorities complicate [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]'s mission, while [[Doctor Zee]] discovers that a rogue Council member is attempting to change Earth history.''

==Summary==

[[Image:Wow.jpg|thumb|left|Willy Griffin discovers the Vipers]]
* The young boy [[Willy Griffin]] arrives home to tell his dad he's found two spaceships. His dad is skeptical but eventually decides to take a look.

* When Griffin's father sees the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], he calls the police.

* Meanwhile, [[Jamie Hamilton]] has reached the [[UBC]] television studios, where her interview is not going well. During the interview, she is interrupted to take a phone call from [[Dillon]]. Hamilton refuses to talk and hangs up.

* [[Donald Mortinson|Dr. Mortenson]] calls Hamilton, having determined she was somehow connected with [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and Dillon.

* Overhearing part of this conversation, Mr. [[Brooks]], the UBC station manager, offers Hamilton a reporting job if she can manage to get an interview with Mortinson. Hamilton agrees to the offer.

* Followed by a UBC camera crew in a van, Hamilton goes to meet Mortinson as planned, and Troy and Dillon catch up to her on the way.

* When Mortenson arrives, he is pleased to meet the Colonials, but realizes Hamilton is trying to get him on film.

* Troy suggests they leave, and the four get into the doctor's car.

* As the UBC van sets off after them, Dillon grabs the wheel and a car chase ensues.

* Dillon plows the car into the front of a store, but the four are without injury and manage to escape by use of the invisibility screen.

* Leaving Mortinson behind, Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return to [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']].

* The Vipers cross the night sky and are witnessed by Willy Griffin, his dad and the police - but the police discount them as shooting stars.

* Arriving at ''Galactica'', an amazed Hamilton accompanies Troy and Dillon to the briefing with [[Adama (1980)|Adama]].

* While the two were away on Earth, [[Xaviar]] has been arguing with Adama over the merits of introducing technological advancements to Earth in 1980, and has taken matters into his own hands.

* Xaviar steals [[Doctor Zee|Doctor Zee's]] time machine to travel to the past and make changes to history to speed up the technological development of Earth.

* Doctor Zee determines that Xaviar has gone back to Nazi Germany during World War II.

* Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton launch for Earth and, using Doctor Zee's space warp, travel backwards in time. The process alters the molecules in their clothes, leaving their uniforms white in color.

* Arriving in the skies over 1944 Germany, the Colonials avoid the pursuing Luftwaffe, and Troy and Dillon land the Vipers in a field.

* Suddenly, the trio sees a B-17 sail into view, under heavy fire. The plane is downed, but a lone parachutist makes it down.

* The parachutist is Major [[Stockwell]], who is in Germany to try and sabotage the new V-2 rocket which is being tested nearby.

* On their way to the rocket base, Troy, Dillon, Stockwell, and Hamilton observe a transport of Jews about to be shipped to Auschwitz.

* They manage to free a single young girl, and take her with them as they head to a home owned by one of Stockwell's contacts.

* Suddenly, the SS arrives to raid the house. The team uses the invisibility cloak to avoid capture.

* Promising to help those who were taken by the SS later, Troy determines that they need first to find Xaviar.

* Xaviar is indeed at the rocket base, posing as a British rocket scientist with Nazi sympathies. He is overseeing the testing of an augmented V-2 - equipped with a jet using Colonial technology.

[[Image:Soldiers.jpg|thumb|Troy and Dillon in disguise]]
* Dressed as German soldiers, the Warriors, Hamilton and Stockwell sneak into the base just in time to see the V-2 sitting on the pad, awaiting the test that could give the Nazis the upper hand in the war, altering Earth's history.

==Notes==

* Segments of the episode were filmed at the Golden Oak Ranch. The [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] rocket base was filmed in part on the [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] backlot.
* The "white uniforms" are reuses from the episodes "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]" and "[[Experiment in Terra]]". In "War of the Gods", the uniforms are seen on [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Sheba]] when they are aboard the [[Ship of Lights]]. Later, Starbuck and Apollo have these uniforms when given an aura that permits them to see [[John]], a [[Being of Light]], during their assignment on [[Terra]].
* The only new Viper-based special effects created for this episode involves the time warp effect as [[Troy]] and [[Dillon]] pursue [[Xavier]] back to 1944.
* [[Dillon]] uses the vulgar word [[felgercarb]] in this episode, which is the first occurance of a vulgarism in this series. It is also interesting, given the restrictions the FCC placed on programming that occupied ''1980's'' timeslot.

== Analysis ==

* Doctor Zee has earned the respect of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]] and Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] due to his accuracy and his feats that have saved them. The Council has never rebuked or challenged Zee, unlike Adama, who has fought the council on nearly every issue in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

* The Colonials do not know the science of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]]. [[Xavier]] points out that it is something that the Colonials have tried to achieve, but failed in their past.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Jamie Hamilton]] stops [[Troy]] from driving the stolen cop car in reverse:''

: '''Jamie Hamilton:''' What are you guys? Martians?!
: '''[[Dillon]]:''' (after consulting the [[wrist computron]]) Close.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xavier]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Resistance Leader/The Old Man
*[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0835021|Michael Strong]] as (unknown)
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff
*[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as German Commander
*[[imdb:nm0662731|James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]]
*[[Bruce Wright]] as Aide
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as Little Girl
*[[imdb:nm0553138|Todd Martin ]] as 3rd German
*[[John Zenda]] as 3rd Cop
*[[imdb:nm0390683|Erik Holland]] as 2nd German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0286920|Erik Forst]] as 1st German Officer
*Unknown as [[Al]]

{{Episode List (1980)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
[[Category:1980]]

Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III

2007-08-11T19:01:52Z

Veepz: /* Guest Stars */ sp

{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 3
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 3
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]
| production= 1.3
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-02-10
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]
| next=[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''A Colonial team, in Earth's past, must work fast to stop a rogue ''Galactica'' council member from altering Earth's history in Nazi Germany.''

==Summary==

* With time running out, the team splits up. [[Dillon]] and Major [[Stockwell]] go to sabotage the rocket, while [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Jamie Hamilton]] head into the rocket base bunker to confront [[Xaviar]].

* Reaching the launch pad, Dillon fires on the V-2 just as it takes off with his laser and destroys it.

* Xaviar having failed, comes immediately under suspicion by the Nazis, and is declared to be a spy.

* Troy and Hamilton, who are still disguised as German soldiers, haul Xaviar away.

* With Xaviar captured, the Colonial team and Stockwell now turn their attention to making sure the convoy to Auschwitz is stopped.

* Flying through the air on their motorbikes, Troy and Dillon fire on the German guards, while Stockwell releases the Jewish prisoners.

* Hamilton, realizing where/when they are in history, explains that the Nazis cannot pursue them, since the [[:w:D-Day|D-Day]] landings have begun and the local German units have all been ordered to defend Normandy.

* The time has come to return to 1980, and Stockwell says a sad goodbye to Jamie Hamilton.

* Just as they are approaching the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], Xaviar escapes, activates his invisibility screen, and gets away.

* Returning to 1980, Troy and Dillon land their Vipers in California and proceed to drop off Hamilton at a bus station.

* As the Greyhound bus drives away with Hamilton aboard, a sheriff recognizes Troy and Dillon from a wanted poster.

* The sheriff pursues the duo in his squad car, but the Colonials again escape into the air on their bikes.

* Arriving back at the field where they parked their Vipers, Troy and Dillon discover the ships are being hauled away by the local military and police.

* Troy and Dillon discover this is due to a boy having discovered their Vipers, and go to find young [[Willy]] at school.

* Once there, they discover [[Willy Griffin]] has been getting beat up for his spreading of tall tales about spaceships by a bully named [[Tucker]].

* Troy and Dillon make a deal: if Willy will tell them where the Vipers have been taken, they will lend him one of their [[wrist computron]]s.

* Willy agrees, and uses the computron to go invisible and torment Tucker.

* Having gotten even with the bully, Willy tells the Colonials the location of their ships, and also mentions there was a third Viper, which was the one belonging to Xaviar.

*Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]] comes to see [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] to bring him up to date on the developments, and Adama has all the Colonial missions to Earth recalled until Xaviar can be located.

* Xaviar, in the meantime, has returned to Los Angeles, and after seeing a [[UBC]] news broadcast, determines to go to the studio to look for Doctor [[Donald Mortinson|Mortinson]].

* Xaviar convinces two LAPD officers to give him a lift to UBC.

* Arriving there, Xaviar uses invisibility to lose the officers, who have grown suspicious.

* Xaviar identifies himself to Dr. Mortinson as one of the visitors from space.

[[Image:doctors.jpg|thumb|left|Xaviar and Mortinson]]
* Arriving at Mortinson's beachside home, Xaviar tries to convince the scientist about the benefits of returning to various time periods to change Earth's history.

* Troy and Dillon track down Hamilton at UBC to loop her in on events.

* Hamilton calls Mortinson to warn him about Xaviar, but before Mortinson can react, Xaviar pulls a gun on him.

* Arriving at UBC, Troy and Dillon meet Hamilton, and together they head out to the base where the Vipers are being kept, in hopes of capturing Xaviar.

* Hamilton lures away one of the sentries and Troy and Dillon are able to sneak in. As they do, Xaviar materializes in his own Viper and proceeds to the base's generator to suck up enough power to launch.

* Xaviar spots the Colonials and shoots at them, before putting Troy down with a stunner.

* Before Troy can stagger back to his feet, Xaviar takes off, leaving Mortinson behind.

* A dozen sentries are now bearing down on them, but Troy and Dillon dispatch them effortlessly with a few laser stun blasts.

* Dillon jumps into his Viper and discovers Hamilton already in the back seat.

* Launching their ships, Troy and Dillon pursue Xaviar into space, but they open fire too late and Xaviar's Viper enters a timewarp.

[[Image:Trio.jpg|thumb|Troy Jamie and Dillon aboard ''Galactica'']]
* Troy, Dillon and Jamie return to ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', and meet with Adama in his quarters.

* Adama reveals that Xaviar has gone to Earth's 18th century to interfere in the history of pre-Revolutionary America.

* Hamilton agrees to help Troy and Dillon with their next mission.

==Notes==

* The mission to pre-Revolutionary America, which is depicted in part in the novelization of this episode, is not shown on screen.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''After [[Dillon]] stuns [[Stockwell]]:''

: '''Dillon:''' Primitives. All alike. What are you going to do with them?

* ''Dillon looks up the word [[List of terms (1980)#Earth terms|coffee]]:''

: '''Dillon:''' "A beverage made from a bean. Usually served hot." (looks at Troy) [[Troy]], they drink beans!

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xaviar]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Unknown
*[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0835021|Michael Strong]] as Resistance Leader/The Old Man
*[[imdb:nm0391050|Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff
*[[imdb:nm0104919|Hank Brandt]] as Air Force Colonel
*[[imdb:nm0662731|James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as German Commander
*[[imdb:nm0533297|Duncan MacKenzie]] as 3rd Guard
*Jonathan Williams as 2nd Guard
*Paul Brown as 4th Guard
*[[imdb:nm0241205|Ray Duke]] as Newsboy
*[[imdb:nm0419747|Billy Jacoby]] as [[Tucker]]
*[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as Little Girl
*[[imdb:0354893|Doug Hale]] as Air Force Major

{{Episode List (1980)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (1980)]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
[[Category:1980]]

Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III

2007-08-11T19:01:28Z

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{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 3
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 3
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]
| production= 1.3
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-02-10
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]
| next=[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''A Colonial team, in Earth's past, must work fast to stop a rogue ''Galactica'' council member from altering Earth's history in Nazi Germany.''

==Summary==

* With time running out, the team splits up. [[Dillon]] and Major [[Stockwell]] go to sabotage the rocket, while [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Jamie Hamilton]] head into the rocket base bunker to confront [[Xaviar]].

* Reaching the launch pad, Dillon fires on the V-2 just as it takes off with his laser and destroys it.

* Xaviar having failed, comes immediately under suspicion by the Nazis, and is declared to be a spy.

* Troy and Hamilton, who are still disguised as German soldiers, haul Xaviar away.

* With Xaviar captured, the Colonial team and Stockwell now turn their attention to making sure the convoy to Auschwitz is stopped.

* Flying through the air on their motorbikes, Troy and Dillon fire on the German guards, while Stockwell releases the Jewish prisoners.

* Hamilton, realizing where/when they are in history, explains that the Nazis cannot pursue them, since the [[:w:D-Day|D-Day]] landings have begun and the local German units have all been ordered to defend Normandy.

* The time has come to return to 1980, and Stockwell says a sad goodbye to Jamie Hamilton.

* Just as they are approaching the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], Xaviar escapes, activates his invisibility screen, and gets away.

* Returning to 1980, Troy and Dillon land their Vipers in California and proceed to drop off Hamilton at a bus station.

* As the Greyhound bus drives away with Hamilton aboard, a sheriff recognizes Troy and Dillon from a wanted poster.

* The sheriff pursues the duo in his squad car, but the Colonials again escape into the air on their bikes.

* Arriving back at the field where they parked their Vipers, Troy and Dillon discover the ships are being hauled away by the local military and police.

* Troy and Dillon discover this is due to a boy having discovered their Vipers, and go to find young [[Willy]] at school.

* Once there, they discover [[Willy Griffin]] has been getting beat up for his spreading of tall tales about spaceships by a bully named [[Tucker]].

* Troy and Dillon make a deal: if Willy will tell them where the Vipers have been taken, they will lend him one of their [[wrist computron]]s.

* Willy agrees, and uses the computron to go invisible and torment Tucker.

* Having gotten even with the bully, Willy tells the Colonials the location of their ships, and also mentions there was a third Viper, which was the one belonging to Xaviar.

*Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]] comes to see [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] to bring him up to date on the developments, and Adama has all the Colonial missions to Earth recalled until Xaviar can be located.

* Xaviar, in the meantime, has returned to Los Angeles, and after seeing a [[UBC]] news broadcast, determines to go to the studio to look for Doctor [[Donald Mortinson|Mortinson]].

* Xaviar convinces two LAPD officers to give him a lift to UBC.

* Arriving there, Xaviar uses invisibility to lose the officers, who have grown suspicious.

* Xaviar identifies himself to Dr. Mortinson as one of the visitors from space.

[[Image:doctors.jpg|thumb|left|Xaviar and Mortinson]]
* Arriving at Mortinson's beachside home, Xaviar tries to convince the scientist about the benefits of returning to various time periods to change Earth's history.

* Troy and Dillon track down Hamilton at UBC to loop her in on events.

* Hamilton calls Mortinson to warn him about Xaviar, but before Mortinson can react, Xaviar pulls a gun on him.

* Arriving at UBC, Troy and Dillon meet Hamilton, and together they head out to the base where the Vipers are being kept, in hopes of capturing Xaviar.

* Hamilton lures away one of the sentries and Troy and Dillon are able to sneak in. As they do, Xaviar materializes in his own Viper and proceeds to the base's generator to suck up enough power to launch.

* Xaviar spots the Colonials and shoots at them, before putting Troy down with a stunner.

* Before Troy can stagger back to his feet, Xaviar takes off, leaving Mortinson behind.

* A dozen sentries are now bearing down on them, but Troy and Dillon dispatch them effortlessly with a few laser stun blasts.

* Dillon jumps into his Viper and discovers Hamilton already in the back seat.

* Launching their ships, Troy and Dillon pursue Xaviar into space, but they open fire too late and Xaviar's Viper enters a timewarp.

[[Image:Trio.jpg|thumb|Troy Jamie and Dillon aboard ''Galactica'']]
* Troy, Dillon and Jamie return to ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', and meet with Adama in his quarters.

* Adama reveals that Xaviar has gone to Earth's 18th century to interfere in the history of pre-Revolutionary America.

* Hamilton agrees to help Troy and Dillon with their next mission.

==Notes==

* The mission to pre-Revolutionary America, which is depicted in part in the novelization of this episode, is not shown on screen.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''After [[Dillon]] stuns [[Stockwell]]:''

: '''Dillon:''' Primitives. All alike. What are you going to do with them?

* ''Dillon looks up the word [[List of terms (1980)#Earth terms|coffee]]:''

: '''Dillon:''' "A beverage made from a bean. Usually served hot." (looks at Troy) [[Troy]], they drink beans!

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xavier]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Unknown
*[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as German Officer
*[[imdb:nm0835021|Michael Strong]] as Resistance Leader/The Old Man
*[[imdb:nm0391050|Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff
*[[imdb:nm0104919|Hank Brandt]] as Air Force Colonel
*[[imdb:nm0662731|James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]]
*[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as German Commander
*[[imdb:nm0533297|Duncan MacKenzie]] as 3rd Guard
*Jonathan Williams as 2nd Guard
*Paul Brown as 4th Guard
*[[imdb:nm0241205|Ray Duke]] as Newsboy
*[[imdb:nm0419747|Billy Jacoby]] as [[Tucker]]
*[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as Little Girl
*[[imdb:0354893|Doug Hale]] as Air Force Major

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[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
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Galactica 1980

2007-08-11T18:58:15Z

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:''For information on the parent series, see [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]]. For information on the 2004 "Re-imagined Series," see [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]].''
{{shortcut|1980}}

'''''Galactica 1980''''' is a science-fiction television series, a [[spin-off]] of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

''Galactica 1980'' was first broadcast on the ABC Television Network in the United States from January 27, 1980, with its final episode first airing on May 4, 1980.

Airing at 7:00 PM, during what was known as the "family hour", the series' target audience was primarily children.

[[Image:gal802.jpg|thumb|Opening shot from Galactica 1980]]

==Synopsis==

Set a generation after the Original Series, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and its [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] of 220 civilian ships finally discover [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]], only to find that the planet is technologically backward in relation to Colonial technology. As a result, Earth couldn't defend itself against the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] as originally expected. Therefore, teams of [[Colonial Warrior]]s are covertly sent to the planet to work ''incognito'' with various members of the scientific community, hoping to quickly advance Earth's technology.

The promotional material for ''Galactica 1980'' sets the series at thirty years after the events of the Original Series.

Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]]—now second-in-command in place of Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]]—send Captain "Boxey" [[Troy (1980)|Troy]], the [[Serina|adopted son]] of Adama's own son [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], and Lt. [[Dillon]] to North America. The two become entangled with TV journalist [[Jamie Hamilton]] who aids them in devising ways to help Earth's scientists and outwit the Cylons.

[[Image:GAL801.jpg|thumb|Captain Troy and Jamie Hamilton]]
===Cast===

* [[Lorne Greene]] - [[Adama (1980)|Commander Adama]]
* [[Robyn Douglass]] - [[Jamie Hamilton]]
* [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]] - [[Boomer (1980)|Colonel Boomer]]
* [[Richard Lynch]] - [[Xaviar]]
* [[Kent McCord]] - [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]]
* [[Allan Miller]] - [[Colonel Sydell]]
* [[James Patrick Stuart]] - [[Doctor Zee]]
* [[Robbie Rist]] - [[Doctor Zee]]
* [[Barry Van Dyke]] - [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]]

Greene (Adama) and Jefferson (Boomer) were the only major cast members of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] to reprise their roles in first nine episodes, with [[Dirk Benedict]] reprising his role as [[Starbuck (1980)|Starbuck]] in the last episode.

==Short life==
''Galactica 1980'' had a promising start with a three-hour adventure that saw Troy, Dillon and Hamilton sent back in time to Nazi Germany to save the future, but the series could not sustain this momentum. The series was unceremoniously canceled after only ten episodes, many of which were multi-part stories, or what would be referred to now as story arcs.

The final episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," was aired on May 4th, 1980. The final episode featured the return of [[Dirk Benedict]] as Lt. Starbuck from the Original Series in a flashback episode, but it wasn't enough to save the series. Repeats were aired through August 17th; the series was replaced by repeats of ''[[Wikipedia:Fantasy Island|Fantasy Island]]'' the following week.

==Production==

In the fall of 1979, ABC Television and Universal Television approached [[Glen A. Larson]] to bring back the Galactica series, and all the parties agreed that the discovery of Earth would be a suitable vehicle for drawing back viewers. However, many of the actors had moved on to other roles, most of the sets had been struck, and the time available for completing the production before the proposed January 1980 airdate was short. Actors and production personnel who worked on ''Galactica 1980'' describe a crazy shooting schedule that involved working on multiple episodes at the same time, last minute re-writes, and working days that extended well into the night.

As a result of having crews work overtime, the budget for the series continued to creep up in cost. That, in conjunction with ratings that went from historic highs with the first episode down to a dismal showing by April, spelled the early end of the program. [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0030.htm]

==Syndication and beyond==

The ten series episodes were rolled into the television syndication package for ''Battlestar Galactica'' and were given the same title as its parent program. Some of the episodes were edited together to produce a VHS home video under the title ''Conquest of the Earth.''

As of August 2006, the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in America and the [http://www.spacecast.com/ SPACE Channel] in Canada periodically air the series. The three parts of the pilot were featured as part of SPACE's 2006 New Years Day marathon of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. Very few out-of-print copies of ''Conquest of the Earth'' remain publicly on sale. Unlike its Original Series parent, "Galactica 1980" is not yet available in DVD format and is not included in any Original Series DVD collection.

==Episode list==

# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] – January 27, 1980
# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]] – February 3, 1980
# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]] – February 10, 1980
# [[The Super Scouts, Part I]] – March 16, 1980
# [[The Super Scouts, Part II]] – March 23, 1980
# [[Spaceball]] – March 30, 1980
# [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]] – April 13, 1980 (guest-starring [[Wolfman Jack]])
# [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]] – April 20, 1980 (guest-starring [[Wolfman Jack]])
# [[Space Croppers]] – April 27, 1980
# [[The Return of Starbuck]] – May 4, 1980

==Notes==

* The series suffered from what are now considered science fiction clichés. For some fans, the addition of the mysterious [[Doctor Zee]], a prodigy child that serves as counsel to Adama, pushed their suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.

* [[Image:Heroes.jpg|thumb|Troy, Hamilton and Dillon]]Many fans see ''Galactica 1980'' as an apocryphal non-[[canon]]ical spin-off of the Original Series. Most fans appreciated the last episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," whose story of the fate of a popular character of the Original Series was well written and full of the same energy found in many of of the Original Series episodes. (Battlestar Wiki treats this aired series as canonical for the purposes of this encyclopedia.)

* One curious Cylon character in the two-part episode, "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|The Night the Cylons Landed]]" may be the one significant contribution to the "Galactica" saga. In the episode, [[Andromus|Cylons disguised in human form]] arrive on Earth to cause mayhem. Some 23 years later, the [[Re-imagined Series]] also introduced [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] that wreak terror and havoc amongst the Colonies.

==Narration==

This is the opening narration to ''Galactica 1980'', spoken by Commander Adama.

''"The great ship ''Galactica'', our home for these many years. We've endured the wilderness of space, and now we near the end of our journey: we have at last found Earth."''

==See also==
{{ext-wikipedia|article=Galactica 1980}}
* [[Galactica (Video Game)|Battlestar Galactica]], the video game
* [http://battlestar.ugo.com/television/galactica_1980/default.asp UGO Galactica 1980 site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080221/ IMDb Entry for Galactica 1980]

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Spaceball

2007-08-11T18:57:18Z

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{{Episode Data
| image = spaceball.jpg
| title= Spaceball
| series= 1980
| episode= 6
| writer= [[IMDB:nm0526967|Frank Lupo]] [[IMDB:nm0003306|Jeff Freilich]] [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0186305|Barry Crane]]
| production= 1.6
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-03-30
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev= [[The Super Scouts, Part II]]
| next= [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]
}}

== Overview ==

:''The Super Scouts travel to a camp for underprivileged children, and help out an aging baseball star, while [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] search for [[Xaviar]], a crewman from ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' who has the ability to transport through time.''

==Summary==

* Troy and Dillon arrive in a field on their turbo-cycles.

* A [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] that has been hidden behind an invisibility screen comes into view, and out climbs Lieutenant [[Nash (1980)|Nash]], a [[Colonial Warrior]].

* Nash explains he has been ordered by [[Adama (1980)|Commander Adama]] to deliver the Viper to the two. Programmed into its computron are the coordinates of the last known sightings of Xaviar.

* Nash offers to look after the children until Troy and Dillon return.

* At [[UBC]] broadcasting studios, Mr. Brooks is handing out assignments. [[Jamie Hamilton]] draws the task of covering a camp for underprivileged kids run by [[Billy Ayers]], a former baseball star. Hamilton decides to take [[the Super Scouts]] there for a day out. Brooks assigns a cameraman named [[Hal]] to assist Hamilton.

* The kids arrive at the studio, where they show off their skills by dismantling a television camera.

* A cameraman panics when he sees expensive camera in pieces and runs off to find Hamilton, but when she returns to investigate, the kids have put it all back together again.

* Meanwhile, [[Colonel Sydell]] of the Air Force is again working to try and catch Troy and Dillon.

* Arriving at the baseball camp, Hamilton and the kids have a chat with Billy Ayers, who complains that the future of his Little League operation is looking bleak.

* He manages a team scheduled for local playoffs, but all his players down with the flu. Hamilton offers up her own kids, but confesses that they don't know the game.

* A baseball rolls toward Starla, and she picks it up to throw it back to its owners. Her throw goes clean over the horizon. Hamilton warns the kids once more to make sure to hide their skills.

* Troy and Dillon are headed into space in the Viper that Nash left.

* They punch in the coordinates they were given and the engines stop functioning.

* They try to contact ''Galactica'', but as they are explaining the situation they drift out of radio range.

* Adama dispatches a patrol to find them.

* Dillon decides to go to sleep, while Troy works on attempting to fix the ship. Then Dillon notices that their air is starting to run out.

[[Image:Polecats.jpg|thumb|The Polecats]]
* The fellow that poses as Lieutenant Nash is in fact Xaviar, who has changed his appearance using epidermal transformation.

* Hamilton is unaware of this and brings Nash (Xaviar) along to the baseball game.

* She learns that if the Polecats (which is the name chosen for the Super Scouts team) lose the game, Billy Ayers will go bust, and lose the camp to developers.

* The Super Scouts hide their powers, and soon fall behind in the game.

* Meanwhile, under the bleachers, Xaviar rings up Adama and demands amnesty, and the liberty to live wherever and whenever he chooses.

[[Image:Adamanash.jpg|thumb|right|Adama next to the real Nash]]

* Adama does not agree, so Xaviar threatens to kill the kids. Hamilton tries to stop Xaviar, but is unsuccessful.

* [[Colonel Sydell]], in the meantime, has come to the game, looking for Troy and Dillon.

* Hamilton coaches the kids at half-time and changes her previous instructions, ordering them to use all their skills. Her hope is that the press will swarm all over the winning team, and that will protect the kids from both Xaviar and Sydell.

* Troy and Dillon put on spacesuits and go outside the Viper to repair it. With repairs complete, they hurry back to Earth.

* The Polecats meanwhile have turned the tide in the baseball game. Using their super powers they brings the score to even, and then in the closing seconds win the game, saving Billy Ayers' baseball camp.

* Xaviar grabs Hamilton and heads off to the gym.

* Sydell spies this and confronts Xaviar, who pulls out a gun.

* Suddenly, Troy and Dillon arrive on the scene and Xaviar runs off.

* In a brief gun battle, Sydell is shot, and Troy and Dillon allow Xaviar to escape while they make sure Sydell is alright.

[[Image:Basketball.jpg|thumb|Starla and basketball]]
* In the closing sequence, Hamilton decides maybe the kids shouldn't play baseball again.

* While they are saying this, Starla picks up a basketball and sinks a 30 foot basket by throwing the ball behind her head.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[imdb:nm0107950|Jeremy Brett]] as [[Xaviar]] (posing as Nash)
*[[imdb:nm0587863|Allan Miller]] as [[Colonel Sydell]]
*[[imdb:nm0372579|Marla Heasley]] as [[Sydell's Secretary]]
*[[imdb:nm0108558|Mike Brick]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*Nicholas Davies as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*Ronnie Densford as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0263553|Mark Everett]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0409901|Georgi Irene]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0433239|Tracy Justrich]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0448181|Lindsay Kennedy]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm1856932|David Larson]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0488982|Eric Larson]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*Michelle Larson as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0839481|Jerry Supiran]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nmnm0850940|Eric Taslitz]] as [[The Super Scouts|Super Scout]]
*[[imdb:nm0391050|Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[imdb:nm0741034|Bert Rosario]] as [[Hal]]
*[[imdb:nm0467178|Paul Koslo]] as [[Billy Ayers]]

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Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I

2007-08-11T18:55:13Z

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{{Episode Data
| image = gal802.jpg
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 1
| series= 1980
| season=
| episode= 1
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]]
| production= 1.1
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-01-27
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| extra= '''Series Premiere'''
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|The Original Series]]
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]
}}
== Overview ==

:''The battlestar'' [[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]] ''and the Colonial fleet reach the planet [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], but soon realize that the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] fleet, long thought to be gone, has trailed them to the fabled planet, and will stop at nothing to extinguish all human life.''

==Summary==

* Thirty years after the [[Battle of Cimtar|destruction of the Colonies]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] receives information from remote probes that they have at last found Earth.

* [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and [[Doctor Zee]], a child genius that advises the Commander, discover that they have arrived at Earth in 1980, but the planet's inhabitants, descendents of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]], are at a low level of cultural and technological development in comparison to the remnants of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]].

[[Image:Cylonattack.jpg|thumb|left|Dr. Zee's simulation of a Cylon Attack on Los Angeles.]]
* To make his point further, Zee shows the leaders of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] a video simulating a Cylon attack on Los Angeles. The conclusion is clear: at its present level of technology, the Earth will be of no assistance to defending the Fleet against the approaching Cylons.

* Adama orders pairs of [[Colonial Warrior|warriors]] to contact key scientists with the various nations on Earth, to help them speed up the planet's technological capabilities. However, embittered [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council]] member [[Xaviar]] rejects this strategy as too slow.

* Two of the Colonials to be dispatched are Adama's grandson [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]], who are tasked with contacting scientists in the United States.

* Before they leave, Doctor Zee provides the team with some gadgets to assist their infiltration efforts.

* One of the gadgets is an [[wrist computron|invisibility cloak]] that can render the warriors and their vehicles unseen.

* The warriors will be able to use [[Flying motorcycle|motorcycles]] to get around on the surface, which are also able to fly.

* The warriors will also have the use of stun weapons to incapacitate Earth humans without killing them.

* It is also noted that, in the lighter gravity of Earth, the Colonials will have the ability to leap to great heights.

* Descending to the Earth in their [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], Troy and Dillon are intercepted by US Air Force fighters, and make a hasty landing in a field near Los Angeles.

* Hiding their ships with the invisibility screens, they take to their motorcycles, and shortly thereafter have a run in with a biker gang, which they escape through use of their motorcycle's flying capabilities.

* Changing into contemporary clothes, Troy and Dillon stop at a service station to make a call to the scientist they are to contact, Dr. [[Donald Mortinson]].

* While attempting to use the phone, they run into [[Jamie Hamilton]], who's on her way to L.A. for a job interview with the [[UBC]] television network.

* When she learns that the duo is on their way to see Dr. Mortinson, Hamilton offers to give them a lift to the Pacific Institute of Technology.

* Pushing past anti-nuclear protesters at the campus, and stunning a guard, Troy and Dillon reach Dr. Mortinson's lab but he is not there.

* Before being hauled away by security, Troy and Dillon leave a complex math equation on Dr. Mortinson's computer as a way of verifying they are visitors from an advanced culture.

* Troy and Dillon are hauled off to jail.

* When Dr. Mortinson returns to his computer, he quickly realizes that the only people capable of producing the formula he finds on the screen must be extraterrestrial.

* Using their invisibility devices, Troy and Dillon escape their imprisonment.

* Meanwhile, back in the field where they first arrived, the two Vipers suddenly shimmer back into view. A young boy named [[Willy Griffin]] is playing in the field with his dog, Skipper, and stumbles upon the ships. He runs to inform his parents.

==Notes==

* The simulated Cylon attack on Earth reuses footage from the movie ''[[w:Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' which was released by Universal Pictures in 1974, and also starred [[Lorne Greene]].

* Dr. Zee's video screens show a series of shots from unusual public domain sources and from other Universal properties. This is supposed to resemble a smattering of US television images, and is a decidedly strange sequence, complete with eerie sound effects, which sets an odd tone early in the program. Among the images seen is [[wikipedia:Rod Serling|Rod Serling]] in an introduction to the series ''[[wikipedia:Night Gallery|Night Gallery]]''.

* When Troy and Dillon first take their Vipers into the Earth's atmosphere at the beginning of the episode, stock footage is used from "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]". As the Vipers fly by, a mountain is seen and the glare reflection off of the [[Ravashol pulsar]] is visible.

* According to publications at the time, the original airing of "Galactica Discovers Earth" had some of the highest ratings in the history of the franchise. The premiere episode, which aired Sunday, January 27th, 1980, ranked 30th for the week. The [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II|second]] and [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|third episode]]s (aired February 3rd and 10th) also did well. [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/return_sb.php]. According to The "World Almanac and Book of Facts 1980", overall for the period that it was aired, Galactica 1980 ranked 20th out of 100 series in the Nielsen ratings.

* The song playing in [[Jamie Hamilton]]'s car when pulling up to the gas station is [[w:Billy Joel|Billy Joel]]'s "[[w:My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]", which makes a brief reappearance in "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]".

* This episode featured the final appearance of robotic [[Muffit II]]-style daggits, still apparently used as pets in the Fleet.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xaviar]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Pamela Susan Shoop]] as [[Dorothy Carlyle]]
*[[Sharon Acker]] as [[Anne]]
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[imdb:nm0247604|Richard Eastham]] as General Cushing
*[[imdb:nm0917136|Vernon Weddle]] as 1st Cop
*[[imdb:nm0608566|David Moses]] as 2nd Cop
*[[imdb:nm0001397|Brion James]] as Biker/[[Willy]]
*[[imdb:nm0428856|Mickey Jones]] as Biker/[[Donzo]]
*[[imdb:nm0533297|Duncan MacKenzie]] as 1st Pilot
*[[imdb:nm0115467|Douglas Bruce]] as 2nd Pilot
*[[imdb:nm0278646|Eddie Firestone]] as [[Moran|Derelict]]
*[[imdb:nm0236097|Frank Downing]] as 1st Guard
*[[imdb:nm0561688|Don Maxwell]] as 2nd Guard
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]] (boy)
*[[imdb:0354893|Doug Hale]] as Air Force Major
*[[imdb:0241205|Ray Duke]] as Newspaper Boy

{{Episode List (1980)}}

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[[Category:Episode Guide (1980)]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
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Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I

2007-08-11T18:54:49Z

Veepz: /* Summary */ sp

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| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 1
| series= 1980
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| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
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== Overview ==

:''The battlestar'' [[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]] ''and the Colonial fleet reach the planet [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], but soon realize that the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] fleet, long thought to be gone, has trailed them to the fabled planet, and will stop at nothing to extinguish all human life.''

==Summary==

* Thirty years after the [[Battle of Cimtar|destruction of the Colonies]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] receives information from remote probes that they have at last found Earth.

* [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and [[Doctor Zee]], a child genius that advises the Commander, discover that they have arrived at Earth in 1980, but the planet's inhabitants, descendents of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]], are at a low level of cultural and technological development in comparison to the remnants of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]].

[[Image:Cylonattack.jpg|thumb|left|Dr. Zee's simulation of a Cylon Attack on Los Angeles.]]
* To make his point further, Zee shows the leaders of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] a video simulating a Cylon attack on Los Angeles. The conclusion is clear: at its present level of technology, the Earth will be of no assistance to defending the Fleet against the approaching Cylons.

* Adama orders pairs of [[Colonial Warrior|warriors]] to contact key scientists with the various nations on Earth, to help them speed up the planet's technological capabilities. However, embittered [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council]] member [[Xaviar]] rejects this strategy as too slow.

* Two of the Colonials to be dispatched are Adama's grandson [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]], who are tasked with contacting scientists in the United States.

* Before they leave, Doctor Zee provides the team with some gadgets to assist their infiltration efforts.

* One of the gadgets is an [[wrist computron|invisibility cloak]] that can render the warriors and their vehicles unseen.

* The warriors will be able to use [[Flying motorcycle|motorcycles]] to get around on the surface, which are also able to fly.

* The warriors will also have the use of stun weapons to incapacitate Earth humans without killing them.

* It is also noted that, in the lighter gravity of Earth, the Colonials will have the ability to leap to great heights.

* Descending to the Earth in their [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], Troy and Dillon are intercepted by US Air Force fighters, and make a hasty landing in a field near Los Angeles.

* Hiding their ships with the invisibility screens, they take to their motorcycles, and shortly thereafter have a run in with a biker gang, which they escape through use of their motorcycle's flying capabilities.

* Changing into contemporary clothes, Troy and Dillon stop at a service station to make a call to the scientist they are to contact, Dr. [[Donald Mortinson]].

* While attempting to use the phone, they run into [[Jamie Hamilton]], who's on her way to L.A. for a job interview with the [[UBC]] television network.

* When she learns that the duo is on their way to see Dr. Mortinson, Hamilton offers to give them a lift to the Pacific Institute of Technology.

* Pushing past anti-nuclear protesters at the campus, and stunning a guard, Troy and Dillon reach Dr. Mortinson's lab but he is not there.

* Before being hauled away by security, Troy and Dillon leave a complex math equation on Dr. Mortinson's computer as a way of verifying they are visitors from an advanced culture.

* Troy and Dillon are hauled off to jail.

* When Dr. Mortinson returns to his computer, he quickly realizes that the only people capable of producing the formula he finds on the screen must be extraterrestrial.

* Using their invisibility devices, Troy and Dillon escape their imprisonment.

* Meanwhile, back in the field where they first arrived, the two Vipers suddenly shimmer back into view. A young boy named [[Willy Griffin]] is playing in the field with his dog, Skipper, and stumbles upon the ships. He runs to inform his parents.

==Notes==

* The simulated Cylon attack on Earth reuses footage from the movie ''[[w:Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' which was released by Universal Pictures in 1974, and also starred [[Lorne Greene]].

* Dr. Zee's video screens show a series of shots from unusual public domain sources and from other Universal properties. This is supposed to resemble a smattering of US television images, and is a decidedly strange sequence, complete with eerie sound effects, which sets an odd tone early in the program. Among the images seen is [[wikipedia:Rod Serling|Rod Serling]] in an introduction to the series ''[[wikipedia:Night Gallery|Night Gallery]]''.

* When Troy and Dillon first take their Vipers into the Earth's atmosphere at the beginning of the episode, stock footage is used from "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]". As the Vipers fly by, a mountain is seen and the glare reflection off of the [[Ravashol pulsar]] is visible.

* According to publications at the time, the original airing of "Galactica Discovers Earth" had some of the highest ratings in the history of the franchise. The premiere episode, which aired Sunday, January 27th, 1980, ranked 30th for the week. The [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II|second]] and [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|third episode]]s (aired February 3rd and 10th) also did well. [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/return_sb.php]. According to The "World Almanac and Book of Facts 1980", overall for the period that it was aired, Galactica 1980 ranked 20th out of 100 series in the Nielsen ratings.

* The song playing in [[Jamie Hamilton]]'s car when pulling up to the gas station is [[w:Billy Joel|Billy Joel]]'s "[[w:My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]", which makes a brief reappearance in "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]".

* This episode featured the final appearance of robotic [[Muffit II]]-style daggits, still apparently used as pets in the Fleet.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xavier]]
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]
*[[Pamela Susan Shoop]] as [[Dorothy Carlyle]]
*[[Sharon Acker]] as [[Anne]]
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]
*[[imdb:nm0247604|Richard Eastham]] as General Cushing
*[[imdb:nm0917136|Vernon Weddle]] as 1st Cop
*[[imdb:nm0608566|David Moses]] as 2nd Cop
*[[imdb:nm0001397|Brion James]] as Biker/[[Willy]]
*[[imdb:nm0428856|Mickey Jones]] as Biker/[[Donzo]]
*[[imdb:nm0533297|Duncan MacKenzie]] as 1st Pilot
*[[imdb:nm0115467|Douglas Bruce]] as 2nd Pilot
*[[imdb:nm0278646|Eddie Firestone]] as [[Moran|Derelict]]
*[[imdb:nm0236097|Frank Downing]] as 1st Guard
*[[imdb:nm0561688|Don Maxwell]] as 2nd Guard
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]] (boy)
*[[imdb:0354893|Doug Hale]] as Air Force Major
*[[imdb:0241205|Ray Duke]] as Newspaper Boy

{{Episode List (1980)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (1980)]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]]
[[Category:1980]]

Donald Mortinson

2007-08-11T18:54:12Z

Veepz: sp

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Doctor '''Donald Mortinson''' is one of the [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]'s foremost nuclear physicists who works at the Pacific Institute of Technology, in addition to being a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

He is the first scientist selected to be contacted by [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]] in their mission of making contact with the scientists of Earth.

Mortinson is convinced of their being from a different planet after they leave a completed mathematical formula on his computer. He arranges a meeting with the two Colonials, but recognizes that [[Jamie Hamilton]] is trying to capture him on film and they escape.

Dr. Mortinson is later approached by [[Xaviar]], who tries to convince him of the benefits of altering Earth's history in order to speed up the development of technology. Xaviar takes him hostage, using him to successfully escape and go back in time to pre-revolutionary America ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I|Galactica Discovers Earth]]).

He later mentioned as monitoring Colonial frequencies for Dillon and Troy, although as he does so he is unable to detect the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] frequencies emitted by the [[A-B Raider]] ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]).

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mortinson, Donald}}

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Earth (1980)

2007-08-11T18:53:01Z

Veepz: sp

: ''For information on the Earth of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[Earth (RDM)]].''
: ''For information on the Earth of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[Earth (TOS)]].''

[[Image:Cylonattack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Doctor Zee|Dr. Zee's]] simulation of a Cylon attack on Los Angeles.]]

Thirty years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet's]] quest to find the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Colony]] of Earth becomes a reality.

But, much to the dismay of [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and his ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' crew, their brother tribe on Earth was underdeveloped technologically in comparison to the destroyed worlds of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]] and would not be able to defend themselves from any [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] encounters.

Adama and [[Doctor Zee]] map out a plan to accelerate Earth technology to aid in their defense with [[Warriors]] [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] leading expeditions to the planet ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

Unfortunately, in addition to chance encounters by Cylon patrols, a rogue [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] member, [[Xaviar]], attempts to force Earth's technology advances with more dramatic and destructive means.

==Notes==

*Most of the Earth scenes in ''Galactica 1980'' took place in [[w:Southern California|Southern California]], with the main exception of the time travel sequence to [[w:Nazi Germany|Nazi Germany]] (which still looked a lot like Southern California) and the trip that Troy and Dillon take to [[w:New York City|New York City]].

*The memorable attack simulation by the Cylons, created by Doctor Zee, focuses particularly on Hollywood, as noted with the destruction of the [[w:Capitol Records#The Capitol Records Tower|Capitol Records Building]].

*There were hints in the Original Series that Earth may be technologically advanced (e.g. [[Terra]]). However, perhaps due to budgetary constraints in the sequel series, Earth was ultimately revealed to be the contemporary one.{{citation needed}}

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Soundtrack (Season 2)

2007-08-11T18:38:08Z

Veepz: /* Lords of Kobol */

{{Album Data
| image = Bear McCreary Season 2 soundtrack.jpg
| alt= Cover for the United States and UK release of this soundtrack
| title= Soundtrack (Season 2)
| albumno= 3
| composer= [[Bear McCreary]]
| label= La-La Land Records
| tracks= 23
| runtime= 01:18:53
| discs= 1
| released= 2006-06-20
| prev= [[Soundtrack (Season 1)]]
| next= [[Soundtrack (Season 3)]]
}}
: ''For the other soundtracks, see [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)]], [[Soundtrack (Season 1)]] and [[Soundtrack (Season 3)]]''.
: ''For a general article on the music in ''Battlestar Galactica'', see [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]''.

''Battlestar Galactica'' composer [[Bear McCreary]] gave an interview and previewed six musical cues from Season 2 at [http://www.filmmusicradio.com/index.php?todo=inside&storyid=18 Film Music Radio]. (The Season 2 cues start at 1:06:25.) Note that these cues differ from the actual tracks released in the Season 2 Soundtrack.

==Track Listing==
#'''[[Colonial anthem|Colonial Anthem]]''' (4:02) from "[[Final Cut]]"
#*Contains "Theme from Battlestar Galactica" and "Exploration" by [[Stu Phillips]] and [[Glen A. Larson]]. Adapted and Arranged by Bear McCreary
#'''Baltar's Dream''' (2:45) from "[[Valley of Darkness]]"
#'''Escape''' (3:09) from "[[The Farm]]"
#'''A Promise to Return''' (3:03) from "[[The Farm]]"
#*Dedicated to the Recovery of Ludvig Girdland. Performed by Supernova String Quartet
#'''Allegro''' (4:59) from "[[Home, Part II]]"
#*The initial printing of the Season 2 soundtrack mistakenly attributed this song to "[[Home, Part I]]", but according to composer Bear McCreary's website this is incorrect and all subsequent printings will be corrected.
#'''Martial Law''' (1:51) from "[[Fragged]]"
#'''Standing in the Mud''' (1:45) from "[[Black Market]]"
#'''Pegasus''' (2:46) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#'''Lords of Kobol''' (2:50) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#*Featuring Raya Yarbrough, Vocals.
#'''Something Dark is Coming''' (8:51) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]"
#'''Scar''' (2:26) from "[[Scar]]"
#'''Epiphanies''' (2:43) from "[[Epiphanies]]"
#'''Roslin and Adama''' (2:49) from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]]"
#'''Gina Escapes''' (2:00) from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"
#'''Dark Unions''' (2:53) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''The Cylon Prisoner''' (3:51) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#*Featuring Bt4, Vocals
#'''Prelude to War''' (8:22) from "[[Pegasus]]", "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]]"
#'''Reuniting the Fleet''' (2:45) from "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]"
#'''Roslin Confesses''' (2:09) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''One Year Later''' (1:43) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''Worthy of Survival''' (3:35) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''Battlestar Galactica''' (0:45) Season 2 Main Title Music
#*Music by [[Richard Gibbs]]. Engineered and Mixed by Gordon Fordyce. Featuring Michael Now and Caitanya Riggan, Vocals
#'''Black Market''' (5:48) from "[[Black Market]]"
#*Featuring Steve Bartek, Guitar

==Lyrics and Translations==

Composer Bear McCreary has [[Sources:Official Communique with Bear McCreary|given his permission]] to ''Battlestar Wiki'' to post the lyrics and translations for the Battlestar Galactica soundtracks. From the booklet accompanying the CD, the lyrics and translations for the musical tracks in the Season 1 CD are:

===Season 2 Main Title Music===

During the first season, the UK airings of Battlestar Galactica used a different title music than the USA airings. [[Ron Moore]] and the production team always favored the UK music, but Scifi Channel executives thought it would not be popular and pressured the BSG production team to use a reworked version of the Season 1 musical track "Two Funerals" as the USA title music in Season 1. However, by Season 2 Moore was able to make his preferred "UK version" of the title music the track that aired in the USA broadcast. Many fans are divided over which they prefer.

According to Bear McCreary's official website, the lyrics to the Season 2 Title Music are actually the [[Wikipedia:Gayatri|Gayatri Mantra]] (the most revered prayer mantra in Hinduism). From McCreary's official website:

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics ([[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]], [[Wikipedia:IAST|IAST]] transliteration):'''
! class="infoboxheader" | '''English translation ([http://www.vatikashaktipeeth.com/ Gayatri Pariwar] version):'''
|-
| Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ 
Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ 
Bhargo devasya dhīmahi 
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

|Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life, 
Remover of pain and sorrow, 
The Bestower of happiness, 
Oh! Creator of the Universe, 
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light, 
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.
|}

{| cellspacing ="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics (Represented in CD booklet with [[Wikipedia:ITRANS|ITRANS]] transliteration)
|-
| Aum bhoor bhuwah swaha 
Tat savitur varenyam 
Bhargo devasaya dheemahi 
Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat
|}

===Lords of Kobol===

The lyrics were posted on singer Raya Yarbrough's [http://www.rayayarbrough.com/ official website] by Bear McCreary, but not included with the booklet accompanying the CD. The text is from Corporal [[Venner]]'s prayer in "[[Scattered]]".

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics (in [[Wikipedia:Sinhalese language|Sinhala]]):'''
! class="infoboxheader" | '''English translation:'''
|-
| Dei Kobol una apita uthoukarana 
Ukthea mavatha gaman kerimuta 
Obe satharane mua osavathamanabanta 
Api obata yagnya karama

|Help us [[Lords of Kobol]] 
Let us walk the path of righteousness 
And lift our faces unto your goodness 
We offer this prayer
|}

Some official sources erroneously claim the lyrics to be in "Sengalese", a language which does not exist. In fact, it's [[w:Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]].

===Roslin and Adama===

According to Bear McCreary's website, there is a version of "Roslin and Adama" which is performed with lyrics, which was not included in the series or on the CD, but which was performed live at the Season 2 soundtrack CD premiere party.

==Full credits==
===Performance Credits===
*'''Ethnic Woodwinds''' - Chris Bleth
*'''Uilleann Pipes and Irish Whistles''' - Eric Riger
*'''Acoustic and Electric Violin''' - Paul Cartwright
*'''Acoustic and Electric Guitars''' - Steve Bartek
*'''Electric Bass''' - John Avila
*'''Drum Kit''' - Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez
*'''Percussion''' - M.B. Gordy
*'''Pianos, Percussion and MIDI Programming''' - [[Bear McCreary]]

*'''French Horns''' - Steve Durnan, Daniel Kelly
*'''Trumpets''' - Wayne Bergeron, Larry Hall
*'''Trombones''' - Alex Isles, Steve Holtman
*'''Violin''' - Robert Anderson, Susan Chatman, Charlie Evert, Kirsten Fife, Juliann French, Larry Greenfield, Norm Hughes, Sharon Jackson, Peter Kent, Gina Kronstadt, Songa Lee-Kitto, Cameron Patrick, Vladamir Polimiditi, Kathleen Robertson, Julie Rodgers, Josefina Vergara, Erika Walczak, Francine Walsh, John Wittenberg, Shari Zippert
*'''Viola''' - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Biana Bandy, Karen Elane Bucanin, Lynn Grants, Scott Holsfield, Marium Mayer, Maria Newman, David Stenske, Maria Todd, Jessica VanVelzen
*'''Violoncello''' - Peggy Baldwin, Giovanna Clayton, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Vanessa Friebarin-Smith, Missy Hasin, Susie Katayama, Rudi Stein, Jacob Szekely
*'''Contrabass''' - Norman Ludwin, Bart Samolis, Dave Stone

===Supernova String Quartet===
*'''Violin''' - Ludvig Girdland
*'''Violin''' - Robert Anderson
*'''Viola''' - Muguel Atwood-Ferguson
*'''Violoncello''' - Jacob Szekely

===Vocals===
*'''Featured Vocalists''' - Raya Yarbrough, [[Brendan McCreary|Bt4]]
*'''Additional Vocalists''' - Amy Keys, Doug Lacy, Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez, Bear McCreary

===Production Credits===
*'''Executive Album Producers for La La Land Records''' - MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys
*'''Album Produced by''' - Bear McCreary, Steve Kaplan and Ford A. Thaxton
*'''Score Produced by''' - Bear McCreary and Steve Kaplan
*'''Score Orchestrated and Conducted by''' - Bear McCreary
*'''Score Orchestrated and Mixed by''' - Steve Kaplan
*'''Music Editor''' - Michael Baber
*'''Assistant Music Editor''' - David Bondelvitch
*'''Digitally Edited and Mastered by''' - James Nelson at ''Digital Outland''
*'''Computer Guru''' - Mark Cooper
*'''Contractors''' - M.B. Gordy and Peter Kent
*'''Representation''' - ''Soundtrack Music Associates''
*'''Score Recorded at''' - Stage M at Paramount Studios and Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.
*'''CD Art Direction''' - Mark Banning
*'''Sengalese Consultant''' - Nisha Rodrigo

==Awards==
On January 5, 2007 [http://ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca/ CKMS 100.3 FM Radio Waterloo] voted the soundtrack Number 1 in ''Visions In Sound's best of 2006''<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/html/press/press94.htm|title=Visions In Sound - The Best of 2006|date=January 5 2007|accessdate=February 13 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.
CKMS-FM is the community radio station at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. VISIONS IN SOUND is a unique radio program featuring the soundtracks from movies, television and video games.

On March 31, 2007 StreamingSoundtracks.com awarded the soundtrack as "Soundtrack of the Year" for 2006, in addition to awarding "Prelude to War" as the 2006 "Track of the Year".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.streamingsoundtracks.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10000134|title=StreamingSoundtracks.com Awards for 2006|date=31 march 2007|accessdate=21 April 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Press Release==

: ''Reprinted with permission from CineMedia Productions.''

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON TWO SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED BY LA-LA LAND RECORDS ON JUNE 20

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TOUTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV BY TIME MAGAZINE AND TV GUIDE

(June 1, 2006- New York, NY) - Considered one of the top 10 shows currently on TV by ''Time Magazine'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', and ''TV Guide'', ''Battlestar Galactica'' is the #1 show on the Sci Fi Channel. On June 20, La-La Land Records will release the ''Battlestar Galactica: Season Two'' soundtrack, featuring more than 78 minutes of the best musical moments from the 2nd season of the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed, top-rated television series starring [[Edward James Olmos]], [[Mary McDonnell]], [[James Callis]], [[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]].

Composer Bear McCreary builds on his impressive Season One accomplishments and once again delivers a sensational, emotionally rich score that ingeniously melds orchestra, vocals, percussion and synthesizer. The Season Two CD contains few tracks which are longer in length. Says McCreary, "The first one was a soundtrack. The second one is an album."

The Battlestar Galactica: Season Two soundtrack features performances by Supernova String Quartet (on "A Promise to Return" from [[The Farm]]), vocals by Raya Yarbrough (on "[[Lords of Kobol]]" from [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]), and vocals by Bt4 (on "The [[Gina|Cylon Prisoner]]" from Pegasus). Former Oingo-Boingo members Steve Bartek, John Avila and Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez play on the track from "[[Black Market]]". And the main title theme from ''Battlestar Galactica'', composed by [[Richard Gibbs]], is also on the soundtrack.

Fans of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]] will be excited to see that the theme from the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, composed by [[Stu Phillips]], has been adapted and arranged by McCreary. The homage to the television show that inspired this new incarnation leads off the soundtrack.

Composer Bear McCreary is a classically trained composer with a degree in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music. He has composed score for over thirty independent films, including director Jon Chu's musical short ''When the Kids Are Away'' and the Discovery Channel miniseries ''The 5 Coolest Things''. McCreary was among a handful of select protégés of late film music legend Elmer Bernstein (''THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN'').

The [[Season 3 (2006-07)|third season]] of ''Battlestar Galactica'' will begin airing in October on the Sci Fi Channel. The ''Battlestar Galactica: Season Two'' soundtrack will be available in stores or from [http://www.lalalandrecords.com www.lalalandrecords.com] on June 20, 2006. The soundtrack from the [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica miniseries]] and the [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|Season One soundtrack]] are both available from La-La Land Records.

==External Links==
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B000FCUYKO/ Amazon.com] page for BSG Season 2 soundtrack.
*[http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Battlestar_Galactica_Season_2.html La-La Land Records] page for BSG Season 2 sountrack, with sample clips.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

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Soundtrack (Season 2)

2007-08-11T18:37:30Z

Veepz: /* Season 2 Main Title Music */

{{Album Data
| image = Bear McCreary Season 2 soundtrack.jpg
| alt= Cover for the United States and UK release of this soundtrack
| title= Soundtrack (Season 2)
| albumno= 3
| composer= [[Bear McCreary]]
| label= La-La Land Records
| tracks= 23
| runtime= 01:18:53
| discs= 1
| released= 2006-06-20
| prev= [[Soundtrack (Season 1)]]
| next= [[Soundtrack (Season 3)]]
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: ''For the other soundtracks, see [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)]], [[Soundtrack (Season 1)]] and [[Soundtrack (Season 3)]]''.
: ''For a general article on the music in ''Battlestar Galactica'', see [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]''.

''Battlestar Galactica'' composer [[Bear McCreary]] gave an interview and previewed six musical cues from Season 2 at [http://www.filmmusicradio.com/index.php?todo=inside&storyid=18 Film Music Radio]. (The Season 2 cues start at 1:06:25.) Note that these cues differ from the actual tracks released in the Season 2 Soundtrack.

==Track Listing==
#'''[[Colonial anthem|Colonial Anthem]]''' (4:02) from "[[Final Cut]]"
#*Contains "Theme from Battlestar Galactica" and "Exploration" by [[Stu Phillips]] and [[Glen A. Larson]]. Adapted and Arranged by Bear McCreary
#'''Baltar's Dream''' (2:45) from "[[Valley of Darkness]]"
#'''Escape''' (3:09) from "[[The Farm]]"
#'''A Promise to Return''' (3:03) from "[[The Farm]]"
#*Dedicated to the Recovery of Ludvig Girdland. Performed by Supernova String Quartet
#'''Allegro''' (4:59) from "[[Home, Part II]]"
#*The initial printing of the Season 2 soundtrack mistakenly attributed this song to "[[Home, Part I]]", but according to composer Bear McCreary's website this is incorrect and all subsequent printings will be corrected.
#'''Martial Law''' (1:51) from "[[Fragged]]"
#'''Standing in the Mud''' (1:45) from "[[Black Market]]"
#'''Pegasus''' (2:46) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#'''Lords of Kobol''' (2:50) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#*Featuring Raya Yarbrough, Vocals.
#'''Something Dark is Coming''' (8:51) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]"
#'''Scar''' (2:26) from "[[Scar]]"
#'''Epiphanies''' (2:43) from "[[Epiphanies]]"
#'''Roslin and Adama''' (2:49) from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]]"
#'''Gina Escapes''' (2:00) from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"
#'''Dark Unions''' (2:53) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''The Cylon Prisoner''' (3:51) from "[[Pegasus]]"
#*Featuring Bt4, Vocals
#'''Prelude to War''' (8:22) from "[[Pegasus]]", "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]]"
#'''Reuniting the Fleet''' (2:45) from "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]"
#'''Roslin Confesses''' (2:09) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''One Year Later''' (1:43) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''Worthy of Survival''' (3:35) from "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
#'''Battlestar Galactica''' (0:45) Season 2 Main Title Music
#*Music by [[Richard Gibbs]]. Engineered and Mixed by Gordon Fordyce. Featuring Michael Now and Caitanya Riggan, Vocals
#'''Black Market''' (5:48) from "[[Black Market]]"
#*Featuring Steve Bartek, Guitar

==Lyrics and Translations==

Composer Bear McCreary has [[Sources:Official Communique with Bear McCreary|given his permission]] to ''Battlestar Wiki'' to post the lyrics and translations for the Battlestar Galactica soundtracks. From the booklet accompanying the CD, the lyrics and translations for the musical tracks in the Season 1 CD are:

===Season 2 Main Title Music===

During the first season, the UK airings of Battlestar Galactica used a different title music than the USA airings. [[Ron Moore]] and the production team always favored the UK music, but Scifi Channel executives thought it would not be popular and pressured the BSG production team to use a reworked version of the Season 1 musical track "Two Funerals" as the USA title music in Season 1. However, by Season 2 Moore was able to make his preferred "UK version" of the title music the track that aired in the USA broadcast. Many fans are divided over which they prefer.

According to Bear McCreary's official website, the lyrics to the Season 2 Title Music are actually the [[Wikipedia:Gayatri|Gayatri Mantra]] (the most revered prayer mantra in Hinduism). From McCreary's official website:

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics ([[Wikipedia:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]], [[Wikipedia:IAST|IAST]] transliteration):'''
! class="infoboxheader" | '''English translation ([http://www.vatikashaktipeeth.com/ Gayatri Pariwar] version):'''
|-
| Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ 
Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ 
Bhargo devasya dhīmahi 
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

|Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life, 
Remover of pain and sorrow, 
The Bestower of happiness, 
Oh! Creator of the Universe, 
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light, 
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.
|}

{| cellspacing ="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics (Represented in CD booklet with [[Wikipedia:ITRANS|ITRANS]] transliteration)
|-
| Aum bhoor bhuwah swaha 
Tat savitur varenyam 
Bhargo devasaya dheemahi 
Dhiyo yo naha prachodayat
|}

===Lords of Kobol===

The lyrics were posted on singer Raya Yarbrough's [http://www.rayayarbrough.com/ official website] by Bear McCreary, but not included with the booklet accompanying the CD. The text is from Corporal [[Venner]]'s prayer in "[[Scattered]]".

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" class="messagebox" align="center"
! class="infoboxheader" | '''Lyrics (in [[Wikipedia:Sinhalese language|Sinhala]]):'''
! class="infoboxheader" | '''English translation:'''
|-
| Dei Kobol una apita uthoukarana 
Ukthea mavatha gaman kerimuta 
Obe satharane mua osavathamanabanta 
Api obata yagnya karama

|Help us [[Lords of Kobol]] 
Let us walk the path of righteousness 
And lift our faces unto your goodness 
We offer this prayer
|}

Some official sources erroneously claim the lyrics to be in "Sengalese", a language which doesn't exist. In fact, it's [[w:Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]].

===Roslin and Adama===

According to Bear McCreary's website, there is a version of "Roslin and Adama" which is performed with lyrics, which was not included in the series or on the CD, but which was performed live at the Season 2 soundtrack CD premiere party.

==Full credits==
===Performance Credits===
*'''Ethnic Woodwinds''' - Chris Bleth
*'''Uilleann Pipes and Irish Whistles''' - Eric Riger
*'''Acoustic and Electric Violin''' - Paul Cartwright
*'''Acoustic and Electric Guitars''' - Steve Bartek
*'''Electric Bass''' - John Avila
*'''Drum Kit''' - Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez
*'''Percussion''' - M.B. Gordy
*'''Pianos, Percussion and MIDI Programming''' - [[Bear McCreary]]

*'''French Horns''' - Steve Durnan, Daniel Kelly
*'''Trumpets''' - Wayne Bergeron, Larry Hall
*'''Trombones''' - Alex Isles, Steve Holtman
*'''Violin''' - Robert Anderson, Susan Chatman, Charlie Evert, Kirsten Fife, Juliann French, Larry Greenfield, Norm Hughes, Sharon Jackson, Peter Kent, Gina Kronstadt, Songa Lee-Kitto, Cameron Patrick, Vladamir Polimiditi, Kathleen Robertson, Julie Rodgers, Josefina Vergara, Erika Walczak, Francine Walsh, John Wittenberg, Shari Zippert
*'''Viola''' - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Biana Bandy, Karen Elane Bucanin, Lynn Grants, Scott Holsfield, Marium Mayer, Maria Newman, David Stenske, Maria Todd, Jessica VanVelzen
*'''Violoncello''' - Peggy Baldwin, Giovanna Clayton, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Vanessa Friebarin-Smith, Missy Hasin, Susie Katayama, Rudi Stein, Jacob Szekely
*'''Contrabass''' - Norman Ludwin, Bart Samolis, Dave Stone

===Supernova String Quartet===
*'''Violin''' - Ludvig Girdland
*'''Violin''' - Robert Anderson
*'''Viola''' - Muguel Atwood-Ferguson
*'''Violoncello''' - Jacob Szekely

===Vocals===
*'''Featured Vocalists''' - Raya Yarbrough, [[Brendan McCreary|Bt4]]
*'''Additional Vocalists''' - Amy Keys, Doug Lacy, Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez, Bear McCreary

===Production Credits===
*'''Executive Album Producers for La La Land Records''' - MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys
*'''Album Produced by''' - Bear McCreary, Steve Kaplan and Ford A. Thaxton
*'''Score Produced by''' - Bear McCreary and Steve Kaplan
*'''Score Orchestrated and Conducted by''' - Bear McCreary
*'''Score Orchestrated and Mixed by''' - Steve Kaplan
*'''Music Editor''' - Michael Baber
*'''Assistant Music Editor''' - David Bondelvitch
*'''Digitally Edited and Mastered by''' - James Nelson at ''Digital Outland''
*'''Computer Guru''' - Mark Cooper
*'''Contractors''' - M.B. Gordy and Peter Kent
*'''Representation''' - ''Soundtrack Music Associates''
*'''Score Recorded at''' - Stage M at Paramount Studios and Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.
*'''CD Art Direction''' - Mark Banning
*'''Sengalese Consultant''' - Nisha Rodrigo

==Awards==
On January 5, 2007 [http://ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca/ CKMS 100.3 FM Radio Waterloo] voted the soundtrack Number 1 in ''Visions In Sound's best of 2006''<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/html/press/press94.htm|title=Visions In Sound - The Best of 2006|date=January 5 2007|accessdate=February 13 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.
CKMS-FM is the community radio station at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. VISIONS IN SOUND is a unique radio program featuring the soundtracks from movies, television and video games.

On March 31, 2007 StreamingSoundtracks.com awarded the soundtrack as "Soundtrack of the Year" for 2006, in addition to awarding "Prelude to War" as the 2006 "Track of the Year".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.streamingsoundtracks.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10000134|title=StreamingSoundtracks.com Awards for 2006|date=31 march 2007|accessdate=21 April 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Press Release==

: ''Reprinted with permission from CineMedia Productions.''

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON TWO SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED BY LA-LA LAND RECORDS ON JUNE 20

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TOUTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 SHOWS CURRENTLY ON TV BY TIME MAGAZINE AND TV GUIDE

(June 1, 2006- New York, NY) - Considered one of the top 10 shows currently on TV by ''Time Magazine'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', and ''TV Guide'', ''Battlestar Galactica'' is the #1 show on the Sci Fi Channel. On June 20, La-La Land Records will release the ''Battlestar Galactica: Season Two'' soundtrack, featuring more than 78 minutes of the best musical moments from the 2nd season of the Sci-Fi Channel's critically acclaimed, top-rated television series starring [[Edward James Olmos]], [[Mary McDonnell]], [[James Callis]], [[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]].

Composer Bear McCreary builds on his impressive Season One accomplishments and once again delivers a sensational, emotionally rich score that ingeniously melds orchestra, vocals, percussion and synthesizer. The Season Two CD contains few tracks which are longer in length. Says McCreary, "The first one was a soundtrack. The second one is an album."

The Battlestar Galactica: Season Two soundtrack features performances by Supernova String Quartet (on "A Promise to Return" from [[The Farm]]), vocals by Raya Yarbrough (on "[[Lords of Kobol]]" from [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]), and vocals by Bt4 (on "The [[Gina|Cylon Prisoner]]" from Pegasus). Former Oingo-Boingo members Steve Bartek, John Avila and Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez play on the track from "[[Black Market]]". And the main title theme from ''Battlestar Galactica'', composed by [[Richard Gibbs]], is also on the soundtrack.

Fans of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]] will be excited to see that the theme from the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, composed by [[Stu Phillips]], has been adapted and arranged by McCreary. The homage to the television show that inspired this new incarnation leads off the soundtrack.

Composer Bear McCreary is a classically trained composer with a degree in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music. He has composed score for over thirty independent films, including director Jon Chu's musical short ''When the Kids Are Away'' and the Discovery Channel miniseries ''The 5 Coolest Things''. McCreary was among a handful of select protégés of late film music legend Elmer Bernstein (''THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN'').

The [[Season 3 (2006-07)|third season]] of ''Battlestar Galactica'' will begin airing in October on the Sci Fi Channel. The ''Battlestar Galactica: Season Two'' soundtrack will be available in stores or from [http://www.lalalandrecords.com www.lalalandrecords.com] on June 20, 2006. The soundtrack from the [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica miniseries]] and the [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|Season One soundtrack]] are both available from La-La Land Records.

==External Links==
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B000FCUYKO/ Amazon.com] page for BSG Season 2 soundtrack.
*[http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Battlestar_Galactica_Season_2.html La-La Land Records] page for BSG Season 2 sountrack, with sample clips.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

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Steve Bacic

2007-08-11T18:11:17Z

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{{Cast Data
| image=
| character= Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]]
| born_month=03
| born_day=13
| born_year=1965
| death_month=
| death_day=
| death_year=
| nationality=
| imdb= 0045584
}}

'''Steve Bacic''' (born March 13, 1965) is an actor who portrays Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]], the original XO of ''[[Pegasus]]'', in "[[Razor]]".

== Notes ==
* His last name is pronounced like the word basic.

{{stub}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bacic, Steve}}

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User talk:Comstrike

2007-08-11T06:23:14Z

Veepz: Welcome!

== Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! ==
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Precedium

2007-08-10T20:02:28Z

Veepz:

: ''For the place where [[Serina]] made her broadcast from in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", see [[Caprica Presidium]].''

[[Image:Presidium.jpg|thumb|right|President Arends presents his secret peace treaty to the Presidium ([[Experiment in Terra]]).]]
The '''Presidium''' is the governing body of the [[Terra|Terran]] [[Nationalists]]. President [[Arends]] tries to persuade the Presidium that a peaceful solution is best ([[Experiment in Terra]]).

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Caprica City

2007-08-10T20:01:24Z

Veepz:

[[Image:Water_Caprica_City.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Caprica City, before the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack.]]

'''Caprica City''', the capital city of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], is an ocean-front city of tall towers and glittering spires, bisected by a river, which leads down to the sea from the lakes in the hills behind the city. Prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Caprica City was home to some 7 million people. The largest city on the colony of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], Caprica City is home to the [[Richard Adar|executive]], legislative and judicial branches of the Colonial [[Government]]. The [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]] resided in Caprica City.

A large airport/spaceport linked the city with other cities and the rest of the Twelve Colonies, while the hills behind the city provided secluded living space for the well-off among the population, such as Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]]. It was surrounded by a number of smaller hamlets, such as [[Oasis]] ([[Miniseries]]).

The city itself was divided into a number of smaller districts and neighborhoods. These location names are non-[[canon]] and used as a reference only.

[[Image:001.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial View of the City]]
'''The Shoreline''': This is the waterfront area facing the ocean. It is the first view of Caprica City, seen in the [[Miniseries]] and the show's opening credits. This district is quite cosmopolitan, containing a number of metallic office towers and hi-rises. These taller buildings are juxtaposed with the smaller apartment and work structures that line the beach and tree-lined walk.

'''Riverwalk''': This section is located on the river that bisects the Colonial capital. This neighborhood's main attraction was the Riverwalk Market, an open-air bazaar full of vendor stands hawking fresh fruit, construction materials and other goods. Many varied types of citizens congregated in this zone, from businessmen to shoppers and construction workers. It is in a smaller area of Riverwalk, the Government Center Plaza that [[Dr. Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] first strolls with [[Number Six|Six]] after meeting her ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). The market was also the site where [[Number Six|Six]] murders [[Chantara]]'s baby in a form of mercy-killing. Surrounding the market stalls was a snaking complex of glass and steel supported by columns. Various landscaped gardens and reflecting pools occupied the unused land between the market and complex. Behind the market complex, a few of Caprica City's trademark silver office towers could be seen (Miniseries).

[[image:Mini-Caprica_City.jpg|thumb|right|Pre-attack Caprica City.]]
'''Caprica City Center''': This is the area reached by Baltar and Six after they explore Riverwalk. The city center contained the highest density of skyscrapers, occupation parks and hi-tech industries. Since all city traffic was airborne, the city center had no paved roads. Instead, the spaces between the buildings were occupied by a system of walkways, steps, plazas, gardens and water features. This provided the perfect municipal commons area where citizens could jog, take infants out for walks, play with friends, buy a balloon or simply take a pleasant afternoon stroll. In the Miniseries, Baltar and Six walk through one of the central city's landscaped gardens. While Baltar talks about himself, Six is stealing curious glances at various citizens as they pass by.

[[Image:002.jpg|thumb|left|Caprican Plaza]]
'''Government Center Plaza''': This appropriately-named complex contained the Colonial legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, as well as the CNP mainframe. It was also located in the Riverwalk section of Caprica City, presumably in the complex over the district's marketplace. Through its gardens and walkways, much human traffic could be seen. President Adar's office was here ([[Epiphanies]]). During the Cylon attack, a reporter for [[Channel 7 News]] is reporting from there on the population's reaction to the nuclear bombardment before he and a background cafe table are blown away by the shockwave of a bomb that detonates over Caprica City (Miniseries).

Caprica City is completely destroyed by a Cylon nuclear detonation (in the [[Wikipedia:Tsar bomb#the test|50 megaton range]]) in the [[Cylon attack]].
 

== Notes ==

* The Riverwalk complex and garden is actually the campus of [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
* Caprica City contained several pyramid-shaped buildings. This is a reference to the [[:Image:Capricaattack.jpg|Caprica]] of the [[Original Series]], which was influenced by Egyptian mythology and symbolism.

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Fred Astaire

2007-08-10T19:56:49Z

Veepz:

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| image= gaming.jpg
| character= [[Chameleon]]
| nationality= US
| born_month= 5
| born_day= 10
| born_year= 1899
| death_month= 6
| death_day= 22
| death_year= 1987
| imdb= 0000001
}}

'''Fred Astaire''' (May 10, 1899—June 22, 1987) was an American actor, singer, and entertainer.

In ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', Astaire portrayed [[Chameleon]], the father of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], in "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]".

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Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies

2007-08-10T19:29:00Z

Veepz: /* ''Dark Day'' */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

The [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], like most civilizations, have a rich historical record of '''arts and literature''' as well as other works. Their [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|democratic republic]] gives its citizens many freedoms of expression in addition to freedom of the press. Colonials have paintings, abstract designs and a variety of musical traditions.

Additionally, many functional items produced on the Colonies adhere to an aesthetic, even at a cost to efficiency.

{{RDM twelve colonies series}}

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==Literature==

===Prose===

====''Dark Day''====
'''Edward Prima''' is the author of the novel ''Dark Day''.

Adama, who had ''Dark Day'' in his personal library on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', gives it to [[Laura Roslin]] as a gift ([[Water]]). She considers it to be "one of those classics I've never gotten around to reading." Given the context of their conversation, notably Roslin's reference to ''A Murder on Picon'', it is likely a mystery.

Roslin returns the book, to Adama's consternation, after the prognosis of her illness sharply worsens ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

====''A Murder on Picon''====
'''''A Murder on Picon''''' is a mystery novel, apparently taking place on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]].

[[Laura Roslin]] brought the book with her on the trip to ''[[Galactica]]'' prior to its decommissioning ceremonies ([[Miniseries]], "[[Water]]").

==== ''Blood Runs at Midnight'' ====
A mystery novel given to William Adama by President Roslin as a gift ([[A Day in the Life]]).

===Poetry===

====Kataris====
'''Kataris''' was a [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] poet<ref>The name "Kataris" is probably a reference to the Roman poet [[Wikipedia:Catullus|Catullus]].</ref>. Lieutenant [[Joe Palladino]] owns a bound edition of Kataris' poems and threatens Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] with lines from one:

<blockquote>From the darkness you must fall 
Failed and weak, to darkness all.</blockquote>

Kataris is quite well-known amongst Colonials. [[Kara Thrace]] recognizes the quotation, recalls from which piece it comes, and knows the poem's quality relative to his other works. [[D'anna Biers]] identifies Palladino's copy of one of Kataris' books on sight in a recording she is editing ([[Final Cut]]).

===Periodicals===
*[[Aerelon Gazette]]
*[[Caprica Times]]
*[[Caprican Life]]
*[[Nymph]]
*[[Picon Star Tribune]]

===Law books===

''[[Trial Tactics and Strategies]]'' and ''[[Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice]]'' are two books about the the practice of law, written by [[Joseph Adama]], [[William Adama]]'s father ("[[The Son Also Rises]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").

==Visual Arts==

===Representationalist===

====Monclair====
[[Image:Monclair.jpg|thumb|right|A Monclair original]]
'''Monclair''' was a [[Colonial]] painter. One of his original paintings, a stylized depiction of the [[Cylon War]], adorns [[William Adama]]'s quarters on ''[[Galactica]]''. He is apparently of considerable renown, given [[Gaius Baltar]]'s impressed reaction to the piece ([[Bastille Day]]).

''According to the book, ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]'', the painting hanging in Adama's quarters was actually made by additional art director [[Ken Rabehl]].''

 

===Abstract===

====Kara Thrace====
[[Image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg||thumb|right|Abstract paintings by Kara Thrace. ]]
Between tours of duty, [[Kara Thrace]] was an enthusiastic painter. [[Karl Agathon]] is surprised to discover this side of her when they visit her apartment in [[Delphi]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Curiously, a specific design that Thrace has doodled as a child would be found more than two years later inside an [[Temple of Five|ancient temple]] of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], without Thrace or Helo understanding why she would be aware of the design ([[Rapture]]).
 

===Tattoos===

====[[Kara Thrace]] & [[Samuel Anders]]====
[[Image:Tattoo1.jpg|thumb|left|Starbuck and Anders wedding band]]

*Instead of wearing wedding rings, Samuel Anders and Kara Thrace<ref>Actress Katee Sackhoff has a number of personal tattoos on her body. The crew uses various means to cover or block these tattoos from view during filming, but the results are not always perfect. See the article on [[Katee Sackhoff]] for details.</ref> created tattoos on their arms that, when they embrace, form a unified circle with wings. The symbol for the colony of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is also in view<ref>In a TV Guide photoshoot video interview, [[Katee Sackhoff]] comments: "...the tattoos that Anders and Starbuck got when they got married and uh, it kinda looks like the Redwings sign doesn't it? Or logo, but its, um... when he's holding me the rings match up and it becomes one ring with two wings. So it's very cool there's some signs in there like the Caprica symbol and some space things and its all very intricate and very cool and the guys over at Twin Villain Tattoo down in Gastown designed it so we're all very excited about it."</ref>.
**[[Michael Trucco]] adds that it is their wedding band, but that this is never fully explained in the show.
**The matching tattoos are not real tattoos, but are applied by the makeup department.

 

==== Other ====

[[Felix Gaeta]] displays a tattoo of a rather large tiger during his interview with [[D'anna Biers]] ([[Final Cut]]). Gaeta indicated he was quite inebriated with [[ambrosia]] to minimize the pain of the tattoo.

[[Socinus]] has a tattoo of an [[Wikipedia:Aries|Aries]] design on his right arm ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).<ref>It is not yet known if the tattoo belongs to Alonso Oyarzun or if it is purely for the character of Socinus, as both the actor was born under the sign of Aries and the character is a colonist of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aerelon|Aerelon]].</ref>

An unnamed [[Tattooed pilot|pilot]] has many tattoos on both upper arms, depicting a tiger and a dragon, among other things.

[[Vireem]], specialist aboard the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', has a complex tattoo on his shoulder ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])<ref>Visible on his left shoulder in the "little robot girl" sequence, apparently a Chinese-style dragon and a Chinese character over a spiral background that could be a galaxy.</ref>

<gallery>
Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|Gaeta's tiger tattoo.
Image:SocinusTatoo KLGp1.JPG|Socinus's tattoo.
Image:Unnamed_pilot_1.jpg|The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]].
</gallery>
 

==Sculpture==

In addition to the [[Arrow of Apollo]], the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] contains a large collection of ancient pottery. Located in numerous display cases in the exhibit halls spanning the museum's levels, this large collection of vases, jars, pots and stone fragments form a rough outline of the Colonials' artistic history. Many of the artifacts and art pieces are quite elaborate and appear to be in the detailed Corinthian Style.

==Music==

===Kara Thrace's Father===
Thrace's father<ref>Early biographies from the British TV network, Sky One, indicates the character's name as Dreilide Thrace. However, as his name has not been mentioned in series dialogue or other official works, this name is not canonical.</ref> was a pianist. His daughter kept recordings of some of his piano arrangements in her Delphi apartment ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<ref>According to ''Battlestar Galactica'' composer [[Bear McCreary]], the piece attributed to Thrace's father is actually ''Metamorphosis Five'', composed by [[Wikipedia:Philip Glass|Philip Glass]], from his 1989 album ''Solo Piano''.</ref>

===Colonial Anthem===
The [[Colonial anthem]] is heard as a short fanfare over the Viper flyby during ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony and as a background music at the beginning of Baltar's television interview ([[Miniseries]]). Its third, and longer, appearance is as background music for the rousing closing speech of [[D'anna Biers]]'s documentary on the Colonial military ([[Final Cut]]).<ref>In reality, this is the [[Original Series]] theme by [[Stu Phillips]]. For "Final Cut", the piece was specially re-arranged by [[Bear McCreary]].</ref>

==Aesthetics==

Colonial [[Wikipedia:Aesthetics|aesthetics]] lead to an avoidance of right angles.

===Octagons===

Colonial printouts, photographs, videos and [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Data discs|data discs]] are rarely rectangular; the corners are trimmed at 45 degree angles, creating snub rectangles, i.e octagons. The reasoning for this is likely based on their aversion to right angles, as rectangles are, particularly for paper, more efficient.

===Hexagons===

In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], hexagons feature significantly as [[dog tags]], [[Triad (RDM)|playing cards]], glass bottles and many other objects. This likely reflects both the dislike of right angles and the simplicity of polygons over curved shapes.

===Pentagons===

While not a part of Colonial society ''per se'', pentagons play a large part in the architecture of the lone Thirteenth Tribe structure encountered by the Colonials thus far, the [[Temple of Five]]. Much like the Colonials, it appears at least the ancient members of the Thirteenth Tribe were also wary of right angles.

==Architecture==

===Federal Period===

[[Image:Mini-Caprica City.jpg|thumb|right|Some Federal Period architecture in Caprica City]]
This style was mix of older and newer trends, utilizing traditional stone facades along with glass and steel. This architecture was found throughout [[Caprica City]], [[Delphi]], and other [[Unnamed cities of Caprica|unnamed cities]] prior to the Cylon attack.

Several buildings in Caprica City had the form of a pyramid, but the cultural significance of this design choice is unknown <ref>This is a reference to the [[:Image:Capricaattack.jpg|Caprica]] of the [[Original Series]], which was influenced by Egyptian mythology and symbolism.</ref>.

===Ancient Kobol===

[[Image:City of the Gods.jpg|thumb|right|Bird's eye view of the [[City of the Gods]] and its architecture]]
[[Image:Opera House ruins.jpg|thumb|right|The stone ruins of the Opera House]]
In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", Roslin looks at schematics for the [[City of the Gods]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. Its buildings, such as the [[Temple]], [[Forum]], and the [[Opera House]], were made of stone and range in shape and size, and resemble classical Greco-Roman architecture.

Later, the ruins of the Opera House are seen when [[Gaius Baltar]] and others crash-land nearby. The building was made of stone and utilized decorative columns and pillars. While there, Baltar has a vision which may have represented the original appearance of the Opera House before it fell into disrepair.

===Polygonal Architecture===

Many places and objects within ''Galactica'' reflect early aesthetic choices that eschew right-angular forms. Many corridors, including ship bulkhead doors, are hexagonal. [[CIC]] elements, particularly the Command & Control Center table, the tactical station table, and even the alignment of the displays of the [[DRADIS]] console, form a hexagonal appearance.

This aesthetic appears to have waned during the construction of more advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', which uses far fewer hexagonal shapes.<ref>The sets for ''Pegasus'' were purchased from a failed series pilot for a ''[[Wikipedia:Lost in Space|Lost in Space]]'' series remake. As such, the sets adhere to "earthly" rectangular design, and budget constraints for ''Battlestar Galactica'' likely limited any large modifications.</ref>

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