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"Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II"; An episode of the Original Series
Episode No.	Season 1, Episode 3 (discuss)
Writer(s)	Glen A. Larson ; Donald Bellisario
Story by
Director	Christian I. Nyby II
Special guest(s)	{{{guests}}}
Production No.	50205
Nielsen Rating	{{{rating}}}
US airdate	1978-10-01
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate
DVD release	2004-12-28
Population	survivors
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
	[[IMDB:tt{{{imdb}}}\|IMDb entry]]
	Free Online Viewing
	Watch via Hulu (on-wiki)
	Online Purchasing
	Available at Amazon.com's Unbox – [[amazon:{{{unbox}}}\|Purchase]]

"Flight of the Phoenix"; An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No.	Season 2, Episode 9 (discuss)
Writer(s)	Bradley Thompson; David Weddle
Story by
Director	Michael Nankin
Special guest(s)	{{{guests}}}
Production No.	209
Nielsen Rating	1.9
US airdate	2005-09-16
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate	2005-03-07
DVD release	2005-12-20
Population	47,853 survivors
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
Related Information
	Official Summary
	R&D Skit – View
	Podcast Transcript – View
	IMDb entry
	Free Online Viewing
	Watch via Hulu (on-wiki)
	Online Purchasing
	Available at Amazon.com's Unbox – [[amazon:{{{unbox}}}\|Purchase]]

"Miniseries, Night 1"; An episode of the Re-imagined Series
	Special Episode (discuss)
Writer(s)	Ronald D. Moore; Christopher Eric James
Story by	Glen A. Larson
Director	Michael Rymer
Special guest(s)	See Night 2 of the Series
Production No.	Pilot
Nielsen Rating	3.2 (Night One)
US airdate	2003-12-08
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate	2004-02-17
DVD release	28 December 2004 US; 1 March 2004 UK
Population	survivors
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
Related Information
	Continuity Errors Present – View
	[[IMDB:tt{{{imdb}}}\|IMDb entry]]
	Free Online Viewing
	Watch via Hulu (on-wiki)
	Online Purchasing
	Available at Amazon.com's Unbox – [[amazon:{{{unbox}}}\|Purchase]]

This template is used to place an episode info on a Battlestar Wiki article page. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{Episode Data
| image = 
| title=
| series=
| unproduced=
| special=
| season=
| episode=
| movie=
| guests=
| writer=
| story=
| director=
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate=
| CAN airdate=
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| oldpopulation=
| extra=
| podcast=
| goof=
| prev=
| next=
| imdb=
| hulu=
| unbox=
}}

Required parameters

title: Title of episode. No wikilink and no disambiguation parameters also.
episode: Number of episode.
season: Only for RDM series (Seasons 1 through 4)
- If you have series set to tos or 1980 you do not need to set this field or have it at all.
writer: The Writer(s), if split credit between Teleplay and Story, "writer" is for the one credited with the Teleplay
director: The Director
- Example for writer, story, and director: If there is more than one, each one should be followed by <br/> unless it is the last one.
prev: Prev episode. Please wikify.
next: Next episode. Please wikify.

Optional parameters

image: The image. 33mincount_101_1080i.jpg
unproduced: Type "Y" (sans quotes) if this template is applied to a page concerning an unproduced script. Otherwise leave blank.
series: Only options are tos, movies and 1980. You can leave this field out if this is an RDM episode. Default is: RDM.
- Vaild Entry: tos, movies and 1980
movie: the number of the television movie that denotes its order in the television movie chronology
story: Writer given Story credit (in the event that credit is split between Teleplay and Story)
guests: Each Person who is a special guest star on the episode.
- Example: [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] If there is more than one, each one should be followed by <br/> unless it is the last one.
production: Three Letter Number (e.x. 101, 102, 103)
rating: Nielsen Ratings
US airdate: United States airdate. In ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
CAN airdate: Canadian airdate. In ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
UK airdate: United Kingdom airdate. In ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
dvd: Date the DVD was released containing this episode, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
population: Current Population shown during the credits. Use RAW numbers: 45342 vs. 45,342.
AND: oldpopulation: The population from the last known episode. If this is filled out, it will automatically show if there was a incress or decrees in the population. Use RAW numbers: 45342 vs. 45,342.
extra: Extended information about release of episode, such as the original script or behind-the-scenes information.
imdb: The number of the IMDB entry for the episode. Only specify the number, NOT, the tt prefix.
unbox: The Amazon identification number for the Unbox product. (i.e. B00178W020 is the ASIN for "He That Believeth In Me")
hulu: Used if a version of this episode is available on Hulu, the free streaming service.

RDM parameters

special: Is this a special episode? (e.x. Y)
podcast: Podcast page must exist. (e.x. Y)
goof: There is a continuity error in this episode. A link to the Continuity errors (RDM) page appears.

Live Examples

RDM Example #1

{{Episode Data
| image= Blackbird_FotP.JPG
| title= Flight of the Phoenix
| season= 2
| episode= 9
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]]<br/>[[David Weddle]]
| director= [[Michael Nankin]]
| production= 209
| rating= 1.9
| US airdate= 2005-09-16
| UK airdate= 2005-03-07
| dvd= 2005-12-20
| population= 47853
| prev= [[Final Cut]]
| next= [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
| podcast= Y
| imdb= 0519770
}}

TOS/1980 Example #1

{{Episode Data
| image = BattleofKobol.jpg
| title= Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II
| series= tos
| episode= 3
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]] <br/> [[Donald Bellisario]]
| director= [[Christian I. Nyby II]]
| production= 50205
| US airdate= 1978-10-01
| UK airdate=
| dvd= 2004-12-28
| population=
| prev= [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]
| next= [[The Lost Warrior]]
}}

Outputs

@@ Line 55: / Line 55: @@
 |- valign="top" class="hiddenStructure{{{rating|}}}"
 | style="white-space:nowrap;" | '''{{#switch:{{{series|}}}
-| rdm= List of Nielsen ratings (RDM)|Nielsen Rating]]
+| movies
-| #default = Nielsen Rating}}'''
+| tos
+| 1980 = Nielsen Rating
+| #default = [[List of Nielsen ratings (RDM)|Nielsen Rating]]}}'''
 | colspan="2" | {{{rating}}}
 |- class="hiddenStructure{{{US airdate|}}}"

"Miniseries, Night 1" An episode of the Re-imagined Series

Special Episode (discuss)
Writer(s)	Ronald D. Moore Christopher Eric James
Story by	Glen A. Larson
Director	Michael Rymer
Special guest(s)	See Night 2 of the Series
Production No.	Pilot
Nielsen Rating	3.2 (Night One)
US airdate	2003-12-08
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate	2004-02-17
DVD release	28 December 2004 US 1 March 2004 UK
Population	survivors
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
		Next
	Miniseries, Night 1	Miniseries, Night 2
Related Information
Continuity Errors Present – View
[[IMDB:tt{{{imdb}}}\|IMDb entry]]
Free Online Viewing
Watch via Hulu (on-wiki)
Online Purchasing
Available at Amazon.com's Unbox – [[amazon:{{{unbox}}}\|Purchase]]

"Flight of the Phoenix" An episode of the Re-imagined Series

Episode No.	Season 2, Episode 9 (discuss)
Writer(s)	Bradley Thompson David Weddle
Story by
Director	Michael Nankin
Special guest(s)	{{{guests}}}
Production No.	209
Nielsen Rating	1.9
US airdate	2005-09-16
CAN airdate	{{{CAN airdate}}}
UK airdate	2005-03-07
DVD release	2005-12-20
Population	47,853 survivors
Extended Info	{{{extra}}}
Episode Chronology
Previous		Next
Final Cut	Flight of the Phoenix	Pegasus
Related Information
Official Summary
R&D Skit – View
Podcast Transcript – View
IMDb entry
Free Online Viewing
Watch via Hulu (on-wiki)
Online Purchasing
Available at Amazon.com's Unbox – [[amazon:{{{unbox}}}\|Purchase]]