Tigh (TOS)

Tigh (TOS)
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Role	Executive Officer, Battlestar Galactica
Rank	Colonel
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Portrayed by	Terry Carter
Tigh (TOS) is a Cylon
Tigh (TOS) is a Final Five Cylon
Tigh (TOS) is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Tigh (TOS) is an Original Series Cylon
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Biography

Colonel Tigh is the executive officer (XO) of the Battlestar Galactica and is a close personal friend of Commander Adama.

Background

In his younger days, Tigh flew a Viper with Adama (Saga of a Star World).

After the Cylon Attack

Despite his reputation for being strict regarding regulations and discipline, Tigh reveals a lighter side when he covers for Greenbean in front of Council Security. After security leaves, Tigh light-heartedly reprimands Greenbean, before ordering that Apollo's bachelor party be in full swing when he and Starbuck return from their patrol. Colonel Tigh is more of a sceptic than Adama, and is quite concerned when Adama orders the Fleet to head into the magnetic void (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I).

When Cylon Raiders attack while Adama is on Kobol, Colonel Tigh commands Galactica in his absence. Tigh is surprised when the previously ill pilots report for duty during the battle. He points out that they are barely able to stand, to which Boomer replies that it is fortunate that the Viper is flown in the seated position )Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II).

When Adama is reluctant to send out a patrol to search for the lost Apollo, Tigh is able to convince him otherwise. Boomer and Starbuck are already waiting in the launch tubes, and successfully find Apollo and guide him back to Galactica without attracting the attention of the Cylons (The Lost Warrior).

Adama volunteers Colonel Tigh to help him cover Athena's shift in Core Command so that she can go on a date aboard the Rising Star (The Long Patrol).

On Colonel Tigh's suggestion, Adama orders the Fleet to maximum speed (rather than moving at the speed of the slowest ship) as they neared the Ravishol pulsar. They hoped to make the ships of the fleet more difficult targets by increasing the spacing between the ships, and reduce the collateral damage inflicted should one of the ships take a hit from the pulsar. Fortunately the pulsar is destroyed before the Fleet gets into range (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II).

Twice we see Colonel Tigh take command: when Cain was relieved of his command by Adama, Tigh assumed control of the Pegasus, and Tigh assumed command of the Fleet when Adama was incapacitated during the Cylon suicide attack in Fire in Space.

Notes

• Terry Carter was originally a candidate for the role of Boomer.

• Colonel Tigh's counterpart in the new series is Saul Tigh.

• Tigh does not appear in the sequel series Galactica 1980 and is not referenced.

• Tigh and Adama's early relationship is expanded on in the Battletstar Galactica comic, and in the recent video game.

• Col. Tigh is President of the Twelve Colonies in Richard Hatch's The Second Coming trailer and Hatch's Battlestar Galactica novels.