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The map of a solar system that is on the wall in Starbuck's cell.

The Silent One is the appropriate nickname of a prisoner that was found drifting in space in a space craft that met with disaster. Apparently a male by the sound of things, the "Silent One" rendered various items in wall painting and drawing, including various ungulates (including a unicorn) and a peculiar map of an unnamed solar system believed home to a shining planet, that confounded the perpetually intoxicated prisoners on penal planetoid Proteus.

When Starbuck comments on Boxey's drawing, saying that a planet was off an orbit, Robber remarks about the Silent One and his drawings in the cell that Starbuck—a.k.a. Bootlegger 137—was thrown in for the duration of his stay ^{(TOS: "The Long Patrol")}.

Gallery

Bootlegger 137 awakens in a cell formerly occupied by a silent artist, whose artistic depictions include a unicorn ^{(TOS: "The Long Patrol")}.

Notes

This is yet another clue that Earth might be more than a fable of "half-drunken star voyagers," as Baltar spitefully commented in the Original Series' "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II".

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-An appropriate nickname of a prisoner that was found drifting in space in, apparently, a space craft that met with disaster. The "Silent One", apparently a male by the sound of things, drew objects (in particular a map of a solar system) that confounded the [[Proteus prisoner|intoxicated prisoners]] on penal planetoid [[Proteus]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] commented on [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]]'s drawing, saying that a planet was off an orbit, [[Robber]] remarked about the Silent One and his drawings in the cell that Starbuck -- a.k.a. [[Bootlegger 137]] -- was thrown in for the duration of his stay. ([[The Long Patrol]])
+[[Image:silentonemap.jpg|thumb|The map of a solar system that is on the wall in Starbuck's cell.]]
+The '''Silent One''' is the appropriate nickname of a prisoner that was found drifting in space in a space craft that met with disaster. Apparently a male by the sound of things, the "Silent One" rendered various items in wall painting and drawing, including various [[w:Ungulates|ungulates]] (including a [[unicorn]]) and a peculiar map of an unnamed solar system believed home [[Earth (TOS)|to a shining planet]], that confounded the perpetually [[Proteus prisoner|intoxicated prisoners]] on penal planetoid [[Proteus]].
-== Note ==
+When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] comments on {{TOS|Boxey}}'s drawing, saying that a planet was off an orbit, [[Robber]] remarks about the Silent One and his drawings in the cell that Starbuck&mdash;a.k.a. [[Bootlegger 137]]&mdash;was thrown in for the duration of his stay {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.
-This is yet another clue that [[Earth]] was more than a fable of "half-drunken star voyagers", as [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] spitefully commented. ([[Lost Planet of the Gods]]) We can probably presume that the Silent One was Human, at least by appearance, and that the [[Earth]] he came from was advanced enough for intergalactic travel -- or maybe even extragalactic. It could also be that the Silent One was a humanoid who mimicked a Human appearance, but could not master the language, and that the alien mimicker might as well have been setting up clues for the <i>[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]</i>'s discovery of Earth. (Thus indicating that there was more to the rag-tag fleet's journey than avoiding the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] tyranny.)
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery mode="slideshow">
+File:TOS - TLP - Silent One Cell with Unicorn and Animal Drawings.jpg|[[Bootlegger 137]] awakens in a cell formerly occupied by a silent artist, whose artistic depictions include a unicorn <sup>([[Original Series|TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]")</sup>.
+</gallery>
-"Silent One" might have been a [[Being of Light]], akin to either [[John]] or [[Iblis]].
+== Notes ==
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+* This is yet another clue that [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] might be more than a fable of "half-drunken star voyagers," as {{TOS|Baltar}} spitefully commented in the {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|prose=y}}.
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+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Characters (TOS)]]
+[[Category:Mentioned-Only Characters (TOS)]]
+[[Category:TOS]]
+[[de: Der Stumme]]