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Ronald Dowl Moore, aka Ron D. Moore, Ron Moore or "Caveman"[1], (born 5 July 1964 in Chowchilla, California) is the creator and executive producer of the Re-imagined Series.
- (Moore's initials, "RDM," are used on Battlestar Wiki to differentiate articles related to the Re-imagined Series from a similarly-named Original Series article, such as "The Hand of God (TOS)" and "The Hand of God (RDM)".)
Moore graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Political Science. After college, he moved to Los Angeles in hopes of becoming a working writer. He was two weeks away from joining the United States Navy when Michael Piller, the co-executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation, called with good news. His first script, "The Bonding," led to an assignment and a spot on the writing staff in 1989.
By the end of the series, he was serving as a producer and obtained a number of accolades. As a member of the production team, he earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, and, along with writing partner Brannon Braga, a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for "All Good Things...," the series finale. They went on to earn Hugo nominations for the first two Next Generation films, 1994's Star Trek Generations and 1996's Star Trek: First Contact. Braga and Moore also collaborated on the story for 2000's Mission: Impossible II.
After The Next Generation, Moore became a supervising producer on Rick Berman and Michael Piller's character-driven spin-off, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). He began by writing the third season premiere, "The Search, Part I," which saw the introduction of the USS Defiant. Moore had originally intended to name Captain Sisko's starship, Valiant, after the ship mentioned in the first Star Trek's second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". However, as Star Trek: Voyager was about to premiere and the studio did not want two ships starting with the letter v, he changed it to Defiant in honor of the ship from "The Tholian Web".
As two of the most ardent classic Star Trek fans on Deep Space Nine's writing staff, Moore and Rene Echevarria were chosen to write the teleplay for "Trials and Tribble-ations" as a tribute to the original Star Trek's 30th Anniversary. Besides bringing Captain Kirk and Captain Sisko together on screen via seamless Emmy Award-nominated visual effects, the episode also brought the pair a Hugo nomination. They went on to write the series penultimate episode, "The Dogs of War," which introduced the new Defiant, formerly the USS São Paulo. The name of the ship and Sisko's line "Hello, ship," were a tribute to the Steve McQueen film The Sand Pebbles. By the time Deep Space Nine ended, he was a co-executive producer, and moved on to his third Star Trek spin-off series: Voyager.
After a two-episode stint as a co-executive producer on Star Trek: Voyager, Moore departed the series over creative differences in the show's production, namely with his prior writing partner, Brannon Braga. This lead him to his first collaboration with David Eick as Moore assumed the role of consulting producer on the final season of the Sci-Fi Channel's fantasy series, Good vs. Evil. [Book 1] Eventually, Moore made his way to Jason Katim's teen SF/Drama series, Roswell, which first aired on The WB, joining former Star Trek: The Next Generation cast member, Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker) as a co-executive producer. Due to his work on Roswell, he was able to develop Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern as a pilot for The WB, but it was canceled before production began due to creative differences Moore had with Warner Brothers. Moore served as a co-executive producer on Roswell as the series moved to UPN for the 2001-2002 television season.
From Roswell, Moore worked on the HBO series Carnivàle, but left after its first year to dedicate his work on the a second attempt in as many years at reviving a Battlestar Galactica series.
Moore has three children. He remarried in 2004 to Terry Dresbach, whom the fans have come to know as "Mrs. Ron" on the Sci Fi Channel chat forums. Dresbach frequently participated in the podcasts for the series episodes and other audio commentaries.
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When developing the Re-imagined Series, Moore made a conscious decision to remake the original story rather than continue it, feeling that its dark premise would resonate more strongly with a post-9/11 audience. He stated that after the attacks, the show presented an "opportunity to write something truly meaningful. We could comment on things that are happening in today's society, from the war against terror to the question of what happens to people in the face of an unimaginable catastrophe."[Book 2]
- I approached the original show and looked at what worked and what didn't work. I tried to keep as much of the original show as possible. I kept all the essential elements of Battlestar Galactica: the aircraft-carrier-in-space; the rag-tag fleet; the Cylon attack, the escape and the search for Earth; Commander Adama; Adama's son "Apollo," who's Galactica's lead fighter pilot; the rogue pilot, "Starbuck"; their friend, "Boomer"; and Baltar, the traitor. Those were the main things I knew I had to keep – it wouldn't have been Battlestar Galactica without them.
- I changed the things I knew didn't work. The original Baltar didn't have a motivation for betraying his race, so I knew I'd have to change that character. I also never understood why the Cylons were so intent on pursuing these humans across the galaxy, so I changed the background of the Cylons and their relationship with the human beings. Making the Cylons the creation of humanity enabled the Cylons to have a much more complicated love/hate relationship with humans, and also provided us with a way to use humanoid Cylons in the series...[Book 3]
- Moore discusses the religious aspects of the series:
- The religious aspects of the show developed naturally out of my intention to reflect every aspect of the human experience. I was delighted because I'm fascinated with this notion of monotheism versus polytheism, and I felt its addition to the show enriched it and helped make it unique.[Book 4]
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As co-creator and executive producer of Caprica, Moore was central to establishing the series' tone and direction.
- Moore carried over the core philosophy from Battlestar Galactica of grounding the series in a sense of truth and realism, wanting Caprica to be a "drama first and foremost that was all about the characters."[2]
- He deliberately avoided common science fiction tropes that he felt were distracting, such as "silly chairs and silly hair and spandex costumes."[3]
- The inclusion of widespread smoking was a conscious and "perverse" choice, intended to defy anti-smoking trends and serve as a bonding element for the male characters.[4]
- Moore later reflected that the original subplot of Amanda Graystone having an affair was a "misstep" by the writers, as it made the character "very unlikable" in early cuts, leading to its removal.[5]
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- The concept for the paper-thin computers originated from a conversation Moore had nearly 20 years prior with a college friend, Naren Shankar, who explained the theoretical physics behind such a device.[6]
- He provided a detailed explanation of the political landscape of the Twelve Colonies at the time, clarifying that they were not a unified government but separate "nation-states." The tension between colonies like Caprica and Tauron was an intentional element to set up future conflicts.[7]
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- Moore recounted the "kid-like thrill" of being on set when both Caprica and Battlestar Galactica were filming on adjacent sound stages, allowing him to walk between the two productions.[8]
- Regarding vehicles, he and David Eick decided to use real-world cars instead of futuristic concepts to maintain the show's grounded feel. The mandate was to use "interesting" vintage or exotic cars that would look unfamiliar to American audiences.[9]
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As executive producer, Moore has a hand in nearly every aspect of the show's production, and his influence can be felt throughout the entire series. Although he approves every script and sometimes rewrites other writers' episodes, he is only officially credited with writing the following episodes:
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- Moore has a cameo appearance in the finale episode Daybreak, Part II as a man on the street reading National Geographic magazine.
- In the pilot episode of the fifth Star Trek series, Enterprise, a character was named after him. The farmer who shot the Klingon (Klaang) in the beginning of the episode was named Farmer "Moore". This is not only homage to Moore's reputation with Klingons, but also his reputation for killing off characters.
- Ronald D. Moore makes weekly podcasts (audio commentaries) for every episode of the Re-imagined Series starting with "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down". He is sometimes joined by executive producer David Eick, and occasionally by episode writers and his wife Terry Dresbach. Most of the eight episodes before this in Season 1 also have podcasts by Ron Moore, though "Fragged" in Season 2 never had a podcast due to technical delays, despite the fact that Moore says it is one of his favorites.
- Moore has created a tradition of sorts in his podcast where he enjoys a brand of cigarette and scotch while narrating the podcasts. As Dresbach does not appreciate cigarettes, podcasts she attends are generally cigarette-free.
- At the 2005 Hugo Awards, Moore earned a Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for the series premiere "33". [10]
- In 2007, Moore earned an Emmy nomination in Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series for the two-part Season 3 premiere "Occupation" and "Precipice".
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Ron Baran is the Rigging Best Boy for the Re-imagined Series.
Nichols has worked on such films as Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, A Cooler Climate, K-9: P.I., Rupert's Land and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.[1]
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Ron Blecker is the military advisor for the Battlestar Galactica Miniseries and television series.
Born in Illinois, Blecker grew up in Oregon who, immediately after graduating high school, joined the United States Army.[1] Blecker has an extensive military background, having served in Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), trained an an Army Ranger, in Special Forces, and trained in SWAT tactics. Blecker's 15 year career in the army ended in 1998 after an accident left him unable to continue serving.[1]
Nearly immediately after leaving the Army, he was hired by Chris Carter as an adviser on The X-Files, as well as Millennium, which he obtained after being referenced by the Vancouver Police Department, having helped train their SWAT team the year prior.[1]
His work on those shows lead to the creation of Def Con 5, a company specializing in military, police and related advisory for movies, television, and other areas, furnishing actors with firearms use for realistic combat scenes.
Blecker's has worked extensively on both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis as weapons handler, adviser, and has even acted in episodes of both series.[1] He has also worked in various films, including all three of the X-Men films.
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Prior to the shooting of the Miniseries, Blecker held a mini boot camp to aid the cast in resembling a realistic military team. He focused on drills and other military procedures to aid in the illusion.
Director Michael Rymer asked Blecker to appear in the Miniseries as the Viper launch officer when Kara Thrace attempts to launch in her Viper.[2]
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Ron E. French is a producer on the Re-imagined Series.
French was line producer for the series for the first three seasons. For the fourth season, he was promoted to full-fledged producer.
Previously, French worked on various Vancouver-filmed genre series, including The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel, and Stargate Atlantis.
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Ron Nichols is a colorist who worked on the Re-imagined Series as a color timer. His career in post-production color services spans five decades, from the 1970s through his retirement in the 2020s, working extensively on episodic television, sitcoms, reality shows, and feature films.
Nichols began his professional colorist career at Level 3 Post in August 1997, where he worked for twelve years until August 2009.[1] During this period, he performed color timing work on numerous television productions, including his contributions to Battlestar Galactica and its prequel series Caprica.[2]
From 2009 through July 2014, Nichols worked as a colorist at UDS NBC-Universal, where he specialized in remastering television shows and movies for contemporary broadcast and home video release.[1] During this same period, he maintained concurrent positions at multiple post-production facilities, including work at The Post House (February 2011 to July 2014) on network reality shows such as Inside Job, and at Atlas Digital (January 2011 to August 2013), where he provided color services for The Real Housewives of Orange County.[1] He also performed pre-color work for episodic television at Level 3 Post from November 2011 to July 2014.[1]
In August 2014, Nichols joined CCI Digital in Burbank as a staff colorist, remaining with the facility through 2018.[1] CCI Digital has served the entertainment industry for over thirty years, providing color services, editorial, digital distribution, audio, and Blu-Ray/DVD production for major studios and television productions.[3]
Since August 2016, Nichols has operated as a freelance colorist, establishing his own service under the name "Colorby.ron" (October 2017 to August 2021) and continuing to accept both freelance and staff positions.[1] He specializes in final color correction for episodic television, sitcoms, reality programming, and feature films, utilizing DaVinci Resolve for file-based color correction work.[1]
After approximately fifty years in the industry, Nichols officially retired from regular work, though he described his career as "blessed" and remained available for select projects.[1]
Beyond his work on the Battlestar Galactica franchise, Nichols' extensive filmography includes the original Magnum, P.I. series (1980-1988),[2] the feature films Enfants terribles (2005) and Little Athens (2005),[2] and numerous contemporary television programs including Shimmer and Shine (2016), Breaking Big (2018), Shark Week (2018), and We Need to Talk About America (2022).[2]
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Ron Satlof is a television director and producer. He is sometimes credited as "Ronald Gilbert Satlof" or "Ronald Satlof". He has been active in the television industry since the 1960s.
Satlof directed "The Return of Starbuck," an episode of Galactica 1980. He also worked on episodes of Perry Mason, The Amazing Spider-Man, and many other shows.
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