[[image:Tigh_Me_Up_Tigh_Me_Down-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|Number Six and [[Gaius Baltar]] in his lab aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.]]
[[image:Tigh_Me_Up_Tigh_Me_Down-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|The virtual Six and Gaius Baltar in his lab aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.]]
==Baltar's Internal Six==
Fleeing Caprica City and then the planet itself, Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] is shocked to discover that [[Caprica-Six|the woman he had a relationship with on Caprica]] lives on - inside his head.
At first he tries to dismiss her presence as a manifestation of his own guilt over what has happened to his people, and his role in it. However, Six suggests that she is in fact a controlled hallucination resulting from a chip she implanted inside his head. However, while some of her actions - such as terrifying Baltar into constructing a genuine [[Cylon detector]] ([[Bastille Day]]) - very much suggest she is a part of his own psyche, this is countered by her underlying actions and deeds, all of which represent a furtherance of those aims and goals she expressed as a corporeal entity. Some of these are characteristics never witnessed by Baltar himself - such as her jealous reaction to [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]'s visit with Baltar in his lab ([[Flesh and Bone]]), which closely mirrors the jealousy [[Six#Caprican_Overseer_Copies|she]] shows towards the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii copy on Caprica]] ([[Litmus]], [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
'''Virtual beings''' denote the curious virtual images seen by [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]].
Her existence as a personality download within Baltar's brain is a view he himself comes to embrace, as he relies more and more on her for guidance and insight into Cylon ways - so much so that she deliberately suggests that her presence within him is something of which other Cylons have no knowledge. However, in her relentless drive to get Baltar to fully accept the Cylon concept of God, it certainly '''seems''' for a time that not only are other Cylons in the fleet aware of her "existence", they are in communication with her: hence the arrival of "Shelly Godfrey" onboard ''[[Galactica]]'' with her accusations of treachery at the precise time Six ceases to communicate with Baltar.
The season 3 episode "[[Torn]]" establishes the [[Humanoid Cylon]] visualization process known as [[projection]]. In the pilot [[miniseries]] and season 1, before the term "projection" was introduced, the character of [[Gaius Baltar]] has frequent visions of an image of his Cylon love interest from Caprica, now known as [[Caprica-Six]].
[[image:brainscan.jpg|left|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as Six looks on in amusement.|thumb]]
When Baltar begins to deny Six's actual existence, she turns the tables on him by assuming a more 'natural' appearance and telling him that he is, indeed, "crazy" ([[Home, Part II]]). Baltar asks Dr. [[Cottle]] to perform a brain scan to check for anything unusual. "Nothing, nothing, more nothing" is the gruff diagnosis from Cottle. However, later in the same episode Baltar comes to believe that the Six he sees could could not possibly be a hallucination caused by him going "crazy", because she seems to know things (such as that [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] was pregnant) that his subconscious mind has no way of knowing. When confronted with this, Six agrees that she is not a product of Baltar's mind, although scans show no chip in his brain. When Baltar asks her what she really was, Six only replies that "I'm an angel of God sent here to protect you, to guide you and to love you". While Baltar may not have a conventionally visible chip in his head, it could conceivably be organically-based (like the [[Humanoid Cylon]]s) and indistinguishable from other tissues in his brain or central nervous system. There was thought by many to be a remote chance that Baltar could be a Humanoid Cylon himself (see the [[Humanoid Cylon speculation]] article for arguments for and against Baltar as a Humanoid Cylon), but later episodes have all but disproven this.
After her [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] from the Caprica mission, Caprica-Six herself is haunted by a virtual image of Gaius Baltar.
[[image:KobolHallu.jpg|thumb|Hallucinations on Kobol.]]
Neither character has revealed the presence of these images to each other or any other character as of the episode, "[[A Day in the Life]]" (where the virtual Baltar makes an appearance).
Not only does Baltar's former lover appear to him as herself in the context of his physical surroundings, but she can also make him see or experience an environment which is not real. Six has often interacted with him in the memory of his lakeside house on Caprica, which now exists purely in Gaius' mind ([[33]]). These visions have become less frequent as Dr. Baltar feels less nostalgic about his former dwelling ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]) .
The best example of Six's powers of illusion is during Baltar's ordeal on Kobol, in which he had a number of mass hallucinations. The first was during the traumatic crash of [[Crashdown|Lt. Crashdown]]'s Raptor. Six appeared to save Baltar's life by leading him through the flames unharmed. In reality, he was saved by Crashdown. The next vision was of the Forum and the City of the Gods, which he saw complete and undamaged. In this hallucination, Six leads him down the aisle of the Great Opera House onto the stage, where a white cradle awaits them. Six reveals to him there the plan that God has for Baltar and she, to create the [[Hera|next generation of God´s Children]]. (Interestingly enough, we later see that same cradle in [[New Caprica|New Caprica]], where baby Hera is kept.) We later see the same Opera House (with 6 drapes instead of 8) in a vision presented to [[Number Three]] at the activation of the [[Temple of Five]].
The personality of each image often appears in the clothing that the actual person wore at one time shortly prior to the destruction of Baltar's home. Virtual Six often appears in a revealing red dress, and the virtual Baltar appears in a pinstriped suit, apparently custom-tailored ([[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[Downloaded]]).
The next hallucination in Kobol also deals with the Cylon hybrid child. Baltar has a vivid dream in which ''Galactica'''s [[SAR]] team has arrived, with Adama leading the mission. Adama takes Baltar's child, and proceeds to drown her. When Baltar wakes up, he realizes that he must stop at nothing to ensure the survival of his baby, which seems to be exactly what Six wanted to see happen. Later, she tells him that one of their party will betray the others during the mission to destroy the Cylon missile battery preventing their rescue, and that to prove his worthiness as a father he must act like a real man for a change. This prompts him to take part in the mission as a scout, and later to kill Crashdown when he threatens [[Cally]]'s life.
Each personality is not a copy of the original character's personality, but generally behaves as a militant version of the original. The Virtual Six espouses Cylon philosophy and religion in a zealous, unwavering manner. Likewise, the virtual Baltar often criticizes Caprica-Six when she attempts to rationalize the genocide of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] or other Cylon motivations. Both personalities tend to sway its actual opposite to side to their philosophy: For Baltar, the need to become more human (and, like the actual Baltar himself, selfish); For virtual Six, worship of the Cylon [[God|god]] and distancing Baltar from any opportunity to give support to the Colonial causes.
When the [[Pegasus (RDM)|Battlestar Pegasus]] joins with the Fleet, Dr. Baltar is asked to examine their Cylon prisoner, [[Gina]]. Both the doctor and his Internal-Six are shocked and horrified to find that Gina (another Number Six version) has been tortured and gang-raped by the Pegasus crew. Six tearfully asks Baltar to help Gina, and he vows to do everything he can ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). Her concern is replaced by jealousy and animosity, however, when she begins to suspect that Gaius is developing feelings for her "3-dimensional duplicate." Baltar learns from the suicidally depressed Gina that the large, previously unidentified vessel in the Cylon fleet following Galactica is the Resurrection Ship, where Cylon consciousnesses are downloaded into new bodies following the demise of their previous ones. Giving this information to Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] results in the destruction of the ship and thus the permanent deaths of the Humanoid Cylons aboard the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestars]] guarding it, and of the attached squadrons of [[Raiders]]. Six proclaims that causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Cylons is an unforgivable sin, but Gina says that God will forgive Gaius and her. Baltar chooses to listen to Gina, and his internal Six temporarily vanishes ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
==Six's Internal Baltar==
The purpose and origins of the visions experienced by Baltar and Caprica-Six have not been disclosed in aired episodes.
[[image:LBlt.jpg|thumb|left|Turnabout is fair play.]]
In the episode "[[Downloaded]]" it is revealed that the vision of Number Six that Baltar sees everywhere is definitely not the same Number Six consciousness as the one he had a relationship with back on Caprica: [[Caprica-Six]]'s consciousness downloaded into a new body, and for nine months continued to live on Cylon-occupied Caprica. Within a few seconds, it it clear that "Caprica's" personality is completely different from the one in Baltar's head. Not only that, but just as Baltar has visions of her, Caprica-Six has persistent visions of [[Gaius Baltar]]. This image confronts her with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons' actions. If murder, genocide, and vengeance are sins in the eyes of God when humans commit them, then why would God sanction the Cylons' mass murder of an uncountable number of unsuspecting people? Under the influence of Internal-Baltar, "Caprica" speaks out against the war alongside the reincarnated [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and a new path is forged.
The revelation in "[[Torn]]" about the Cylon's "projecting" abilities potentially sheds more light on the nature of Six's Baltar. This vision of Baltar is more than likely a manifestation of Caprica-Six's guilt and conflicted feelings appearing through her projection abilities.
==Baltar's Virtual Six==
Baltar's virtual Six first appears as he escapes the destroyed world of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] on [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon Valerii's]] [[Raptor]] ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]).
When asked by a fan at a convention about the differences between this Baltar and the real Baltar, actor [[James Callis]] described Six’s Baltar as a man who “finally has his shit together.”
[[Image:brainscan.jpg|left|thumb|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. [[Cottle]], as his virtual Six looks on in amusement.]]
Baltar initially believes that the virtual Six is a hallucination in its first few weeks of appearances, but later believes the virtual Six's initial suggestion that she is generated from a Cylon cybernetic implant. He disproves this notion when Dr. [[Cottle]] gives him a brain scan ([[Downloaded]]).
Baltar's virtual Six is aware of events, people and places that Baltar does not appear to know consciously. She tells him of a [[Cylon transponder]] hidden in ''Galactica's'' [[CIC]], and appears to aid him in his conversion from Colonial polythesism to Cylon monotheism through guiding him in how to destroy a Cylon [[tylium]] refinery ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). The source for virtual Six's deta is unclear.
===Roslin's dream===
[[image:KobolHallu.jpg|right|thumb|Virtual Six and Baltar on Kobol.]]
*A few months after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[Laura Roslin]] dreams that she is being pursued through a forest by a group of Marines. A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] saves her, and then appears to be sucked away. Later, a copy of Leoben Conoy is found to be stowed away in the fleet, and he is executed by being sucked out an airlock exactly as he was in Roslin's dream. ([[Flesh and Bone]])
Baltar's visions of Six not only have the Cylon appearing with him on ''[[Galactica]]'', but the two also envision themselves in Baltar's now-destroyed home, on the beach, and other locales. The virtual Six projection appears to be able to force Baltar to see additional items in his environment, such as the human skulls on [[Kobol]] as well as visions of the interior of the ancient [[Opera House]] and an image of what virtual Six believed to be a Cylon-human hybrid child. When an [[Hera Agathon|actual child]] does appear in the Fleet, the virtual Six claims it is her vision fulfilled ([[Downloaded]]).
*Roslin, possibly under the influence of [[chamalla]] experiences several visions, including of Kobol as it was, and of serpents, 2 and 10.
===Number Three's dreams and vision===
Over time, Baltar is seen by some characters speaking to himself, which is often the case when he is speaking to Virtual Six. In several instances, the virtual Six appears to Baltar to be a physical entity, grabbing him by his clothes or body, or assisting him with objects ("[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Taking A Break From All Your Worries]]").
*The [[Number Three|Three]] acting as an overseer on New Caprica dreams that she visits the tent of [[Dodona Selloi]]. Three goes to visit Selloi when she awakens, and Selloi tells her she has a message from the Cylon [[God]]: [[Hera]] is alive and Three will hold her in her arms. Selloi's predictions prove to be accurate; Baltar finds Hera in the aftermath of the [[Battle of New Caprica]]. ([[Exodus, Part I]] and [[Exodus, Part II|II]])
*After the Cylons leave New Caprica, Three dreams that she is aboard ''Galactica'', fleeing from a group of Marines. They corner her in front of a hatch marked "end of line" and execute her. When she awakens, Three orders a Centurion to shoot her, possibly believing her dream to be instruction from [[God]]. While she is downloading, Three finds herself in the [[Opera House]] on [[Kobol]] where Baltar's internal Six (above) showed him Hera's cradle. Five mysterious figures wearing white robes are also present. ([[Hero]])
*In the [[Temple of Five]] she enters a beam of light at the moment of the Nova, and again sees herself in the Opera House with the five white-robed beings. ([[Rapture]]). Baltar, standing next to her does not see this. After seeing the vision, she dies, bleeding from the head.
===Tyrol's Compulsion===
The virtual Six has never been present when Caprica-Six is near, but has been present when another Number Six agent known as [[Gina]] is found on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. However, as Baltar pursued a sexual relationship with Gina, the virtual Six was rarely present as Baltar began to ignore her until Gina's demise ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
[[Galen Tyrol]] feels an unexplained compulsion on the [[algae planet]] to wander into the hills. He is drawn to the [[Temple of Five]] which he is unusually equipped to recognize. ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]) He is so drawn to the temple he disobeys direct orders to destroy it.
===Starbuck's Mandala===
From the end of season 2, the virtual Six now claims more often to be an angel from God.
[[Starbuck]] has, since childhood, had an image in her head identical to the drawings in the [[Temple of Five]] believed to be the [[Eye of Jupiter]]. She drew it in large on the walls of her home on Caprica. She is not aware of the source of the image.
===Starbuck and Leoben===
==Caprica-Six's Virtual Baltar==
In [[Maelstrom]], Starbuck states that she has been regularly having dreams about [[Leoben Conoy]] since she left New Caprica. She also apparently hallucinates Cylon raiders on two separate occasions. At the end of the episode, she has a flashback to her mother's death, however a being who looks like Leoben (but who is suggested is not) appears in the flashback.
[[image:LBlt.jpg|thumb|left|Turnabout is fair play: Caprica-Six and the virtual Baltar (with an actual [[Number Three]] in the background.]]
===Selloi's Prophecy===
When a virtual Gaius Baltar appears to Caprica-Six in "Downloaded", the notion that the actual Gaius Baltar was part of a Cylon plan to manipulate him appears to be false. The virtual Baltar's appearance and demeanor is just as an extreme opposite of the actual Baltar as the virtual Six's behavior was to Caprica-Six.
[[Dodona Selloi]] reports receiving a message from the Cylon god regarding [[Hera Agathon]] along with other information. The prophecies are accurate. She does not appear to think it odd to pass on a message from the Cylon god, who otherwise is not apparently known to the Colonial faith.
===Boomer's Compulsions===
The virtual Baltar immediately tells Caprica-Six that only she can see and hear him, and not to reveal what she sees to the other Cylons present at her resurrection from Caprica. The virtual Baltar has never been asked by Caprica-Six of his origins.
[[Sharon Valerii]] undergoes several unconscious compulsions to sabotage fleet operations. Eventually these push her to shoot [[William Adama]], revealing her as a [[Cylon Agent]]. She has been programmed to think she is human, the compulsions were the result of her special programming.
===Projection===
Cylons employ a virtual reality technology called [[Projection]] which provides a complete illusion of being in a different or imaginary space.
===Temple of Athena===
This image confronts her with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons' actions. Under the influence of the virtual Baltar, Caprica-Six speaks out against the war alongside another resurrected "hero of the Cylon", [[Sharon Valerii]]. The two Cylons forge a new [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|quasi-benevolent path]], [[Exodus, Part II|albeit temporarily]], for the Cylon race.
When the [[Tomb of Athena]] is activated, all present experience a realistic 3-D virtual reality environment showing a grassy field at night with a modified version of the night sky of [[Earth]]. It is unclear if the objects provide tactile feedback, or whether this is an optical "holodeck" effect or fed directly into their brains.
==Theories==
The revelation in "[[Torn]]" about the Cylon's "projecting" abilities suggests that the virtual Baltar is generated by Caprica-Six's own projection ability. Since the actual Baltar is not confirmed as a Cylon, the origins of his virtual Six are questioned by Dr. Baltar himself during the revelation of the principles of projection.
There are various competing theories about the nature of the visions Baltar and Caprica-Six have of each other:
===Both are implanted chips===
The virtual Baltar has appeared irregularly in seasons 2 and 3. In "[[Taking A Break From All Your Worries]]", Caprica-Six is observed over surveillance cameras by [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Tory Foster]] as Caprica-Six speaks and kisses the virtual Baltar, who is, of course, invisible to Roslin and Foster.
In this theory, Number Six implanted a chip, containing one of her "sister" consciousnesses, into Baltar sometime before or during the attack on Caprica. Given the symmetrical nature of the hallucinations, the resurrected Caprica-Six must now have a chip of Baltar implanted in her brain. There are various pieces of evidence for this:
* This is the theory that the internal Six initially offers to Baltar
* The internal Six seems to know some pieces of information that Baltar does not; she offers Baltar a hint about a mysterious device in the ''Galactica'' CIC that leads to his uncovering of [[Aaron Doral]] as a Humanoid Cylon; on the other hand, it could be that Baltar himself discovered the device but subconsciously transferred that part of his thinking to the hallucination of Six. Moreover, in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" she shows him a vision of a human-Cylon baby in a cradle that exactly matches the cradle that [[Hera]], the first human-Cylon baby, is later carried in. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
===Both are self-generated hallucinations===
==Notes==
In this theory, both Baltar and the resurrected Caprica-Six have begun hallucinating a vision of the other, in both cases as a psychological defense against massive feelings of guilt for their role in the near-destruction of humanity. There are various pieces of evidence for this:
* Both visions differ in personality from the people they represent; in both cases, the visions are confident and scoff at the failings of their subject; the real people remain guilt-ridden and indecisive.
* There is, as yet, no conceivable explanation for how a chip of Baltar could have been planted inside the resurrected Caprica-Six.
* After the Cylon takeover of [[New Caprica]], when Baltar and Caprica-Six resume their relationship, the internal Six appears to Baltar only when Caprica-Six is absent, indicating that he at some level does have control over her appearances. Though she did once appear upon Baltar's discovery of Hera in the abandoned city, with Caprica-Six only a few feet behind.
* Caprica-Six descibes the Cylon practice of "projecting" to Baltar, where the Cylons create their own reality around them by altering their perceptions somehow. This offeres a likely explanation to Six's Baltar, but only raises more questions about Baltar's Six.
====Evidence against hallucination====
Most things said by the inner characters are things which could be known to the host's subconscious. However, some things suggest actual external information, arguing against a hallucination.
* Six shows Baltar a crib for the baby, which turns out to be the real one.
* Six shows Baltar the [[Opera House]]. It is the same house, modulo the number of drapes, that will be shown as a vision to [[Number Three]] in the [[Temple of Five]]. Baltar should have no knowledge of the apperance of this space, even in his subconscious
* Six predicts a human-Cylon baby will be born. She claims it will be their child. When Hera appears, Six insists that she is indeed somehow the child of Baltar and herself.
* Baltar, seemingly by guessing, identifies [[Aaron Doral]] as a Cylon. ([[Miniseries]])
* Six vanishes from Baltar's head for no explained reason just before the appearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]].
* Six warns Baltar that he must get away from Galactica in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] shortly before the fleet finds Kobol and he goes there in a Raptor which is shot down. (Six expresses great fear of Kobol and believes death there is final.)
* Six tells Baltar to trust God, and he makes what he believes to be a wild guess about a Cylon target. It turns out to be the correct target. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)]])
Note that many of these events could also be explained by Baltar himself being a member of the [[Final Five]].
*When asked by a fan at a convention about the differences between this Baltar and the real Baltar, actor [[James Callis]] described Six’s Baltar as a man who “finally has his shit together.”
===Both began as hallucinations, but the internal Six took on a life of its own===
This theory is similar to the general hallucinations one, but takes into account the bizarre events of the episode ''[[Six Degrees of Separation]]''. In that episode, Internal-Six warns Baltar that she will punish him for mocking her religious beliefs; she then disappears from his consciousness, and quickly thereafter a Six-model appears in the flesh on the ''Galactica'', claiming her name is [[Shelly Godfrey]], accusing him of treason. When it appears he may be executed on these false charges, a devastated Baltar accepts the [[God|Cylon God]] as his own; soon thereafter, "Godfrey" disappears from the ship and Internal-Six reappears to Baltar, pleased at his conversion. Under this theory, "Godfrey" was in fact a physical manifestation of Baltar's hallucination, created by some unexplained (and possibly never-to-be-explained) process.
===They really are messengers sent from God or the Gods===
Some force outside humanity and the Cylons is sending these two beings ([[W:Angel|angels]]) to Baltar and Six, along with the visions experienced by Roslin, Three, and Dedona Selloi. The angels and visions may be sent by opposite sides of a celestial war (see [[Beings of Light]], [[War of the Gods]]), sent by the ''same'' side engaged in a war against both Cylon and Man, or sent by a supernatural being with another purpose altogether. They might even be the same entity. While Baltar's Six describes herself as an angel, Ron Moore in his [[Podcast:Downloaded|podcast of Downloaded]] describes Six's Baltar as more of a devil figure.
===Other theories===
* Baltar (a human, not an agent) actually died in the nuclear blast, but was somehow resurrected, (or, more plausibly, he had a near-death experience) with ''something'' of himself and Six becoming interchanged. Now a part of him is living in her, and vice versa. This would explain why the hallucination versions are in such stark contrast to the real versions, since they would be missing parts of themselves. It would also explain the "chip in Gaius'"- since he is in effect a "chip", and she is in him.
* Actor [[James Callis]]'s personal theory is that Baltar's Internal Six is a being from another universe or higher plane of existence who only Baltar can interact with. This may relate back to the "angel" theory <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}}</ref>. ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language)
* Actor [[James Callis]]'s personal theory is that Baltar's Internal Six is a being from another universe or higher plane of existence who only Baltar can interact with. This may relate back to the "angel" theory <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}}</ref>. ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language)
* Similarly [[Tricia Helfer]] has said that she has long since given up on trying to figure out just what Baltar's Internal Six is. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/756/756477p1.html|title=IGN Interview: Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer|date=January 18, 2007|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> She believes Caprica-Six and Baltar both having internal counterparts is related to the scene from the [[Miniseries]] where she saves Baltar from the shock wave of the nuclear bomb that destroyed [[Caprica City]].
* Actress [[Tricia Helfer]] has said that she has long since given up on trying to figure out just what Baltar's Internal Six is. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/756/756477p1.html|title=IGN Interview: Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer|date=January 18, 2007|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> She believes Caprica-Six and Baltar both having internal counterparts is related to the scene from the [[Miniseries]] where she saves Baltar from the shock wave of the nuclear bomb that destroyed [[Caprica City]].
The answers remain unknown.
==References==
==References==
Revision as of 20:21, 14 March 2007
The virtual Six and Gaius Baltar in his lab aboard Galactica.
The season 3 episode "Torn" establishes the Humanoid Cylon visualization process known as projection. In the pilot miniseries and season 1, before the term "projection" was introduced, the character of Gaius Baltar has frequent visions of an image of his Cylon love interest from Caprica, now known as Caprica-Six.
After her resurrection from the Caprica mission, Caprica-Six herself is haunted by a virtual image of Gaius Baltar.
Neither character has revealed the presence of these images to each other or any other character as of the episode, "A Day in the Life" (where the virtual Baltar makes an appearance).
The personality of each image often appears in the clothing that the actual person wore at one time shortly prior to the destruction of Baltar's home. Virtual Six often appears in a revealing red dress, and the virtual Baltar appears in a pinstriped suit, apparently custom-tailored (Miniseries, Night 1, "Downloaded).
Each personality is not a copy of the original character's personality, but generally behaves as a militant version of the original. The Virtual Six espouses Cylon philosophy and religion in a zealous, unwavering manner. Likewise, the virtual Baltar often criticizes Caprica-Six when she attempts to rationalize the genocide of the Twelve Colonies or other Cylon motivations. Both personalities tend to sway its actual opposite to side to their philosophy: For Baltar, the need to become more human (and, like the actual Baltar himself, selfish); For virtual Six, worship of the Cylon god and distancing Baltar from any opportunity to give support to the Colonial causes.
The purpose and origins of the visions experienced by Baltar and Caprica-Six have not been disclosed in aired episodes.
Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as his virtual Six looks on in amusement.
Baltar initially believes that the virtual Six is a hallucination in its first few weeks of appearances, but later believes the virtual Six's initial suggestion that she is generated from a Cylon cybernetic implant. He disproves this notion when Dr. Cottle gives him a brain scan (Downloaded).
Baltar's virtual Six is aware of events, people and places that Baltar does not appear to know consciously. She tells him of a Cylon transponder hidden in Galactica'sCIC, and appears to aid him in his conversion from Colonial polythesism to Cylon monotheism through guiding him in how to destroy a Cylon tylium refinery (The Hand of God). The source for virtual Six's deta is unclear.
Virtual Six and Baltar on Kobol.
Baltar's visions of Six not only have the Cylon appearing with him on Galactica, but the two also envision themselves in Baltar's now-destroyed home, on the beach, and other locales. The virtual Six projection appears to be able to force Baltar to see additional items in his environment, such as the human skulls on Kobol as well as visions of the interior of the ancient Opera House and an image of what virtual Six believed to be a Cylon-human hybrid child. When an actual child does appear in the Fleet, the virtual Six claims it is her vision fulfilled (Downloaded).
Over time, Baltar is seen by some characters speaking to himself, which is often the case when he is speaking to Virtual Six. In several instances, the virtual Six appears to Baltar to be a physical entity, grabbing him by his clothes or body, or assisting him with objects ("Six Degrees of Separation", "Taking A Break From All Your Worries").
The virtual Six has never been present when Caprica-Six is near, but has been present when another Number Six agent known as Gina is found on battlestar Pegasus. However, as Baltar pursued a sexual relationship with Gina, the virtual Six was rarely present as Baltar began to ignore her until Gina's demise (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).
From the end of season 2, the virtual Six now claims more often to be an angel from God.
Caprica-Six's Virtual Baltar
Turnabout is fair play: Caprica-Six and the virtual Baltar (with an actual Number Three in the background.
When a virtual Gaius Baltar appears to Caprica-Six in "Downloaded", the notion that the actual Gaius Baltar was part of a Cylon plan to manipulate him appears to be false. The virtual Baltar's appearance and demeanor is just as an extreme opposite of the actual Baltar as the virtual Six's behavior was to Caprica-Six.
The virtual Baltar immediately tells Caprica-Six that only she can see and hear him, and not to reveal what she sees to the other Cylons present at her resurrection from Caprica. The virtual Baltar has never been asked by Caprica-Six of his origins.
This image confronts her with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons' actions. Under the influence of the virtual Baltar, Caprica-Six speaks out against the war alongside another resurrected "hero of the Cylon", Sharon Valerii. The two Cylons forge a new quasi-benevolent path, albeit temporarily, for the Cylon race.
The revelation in "Torn" about the Cylon's "projecting" abilities suggests that the virtual Baltar is generated by Caprica-Six's own projection ability. Since the actual Baltar is not confirmed as a Cylon, the origins of his virtual Six are questioned by Dr. Baltar himself during the revelation of the principles of projection.
The virtual Baltar has appeared irregularly in seasons 2 and 3. In "Taking A Break From All Your Worries", Caprica-Six is observed over surveillance cameras by Laura Roslin and Tory Foster as Caprica-Six speaks and kisses the virtual Baltar, who is, of course, invisible to Roslin and Foster.
Notes
When asked by a fan at a convention about the differences between this Baltar and the real Baltar, actor James Callis described Six’s Baltar as a man who “finally has his shit together.”
Actor James Callis's personal theory is that Baltar's Internal Six is a being from another universe or higher plane of existence who only Baltar can interact with. This may relate back to the "angel" theory [1]. (Warning: Video contains some explicit language)
Actress Tricia Helfer has said that she has long since given up on trying to figure out just what Baltar's Internal Six is. [2] She believes Caprica-Six and Baltar both having internal counterparts is related to the scene from the Miniseries where she saves Baltar from the shock wave of the nuclear bomb that destroyed Caprica City.
