Continuity errors (TRS)

This is a listing of continuity errors in the re-imagined series.

Acknowledged Mistakes

At the beginning of "Downloaded" two captions are shown: one states that the Cylon Attack in the Miniseries occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows Cally shooting Galactica-Sharon in the past episode, "Resistance". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "Epiphanies" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies", which was the ninth episode following "Resistance". The Battlestar Galactica production team has revealed that due to widespread fan complaints pointing this out, the incorrect timeline information in the on-screen caption in "Downloaded" will be altered for the DVD release, as well as when it is subsequently aired outside of the US.

Retcons

Season two timeline discontinuity: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "Resurrection Ship, Part I") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
- Caprica-Sharon is not visibly pregnant in "Pegasus", but by "Epiphanies", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
- The presidential elections in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
- If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
Pyramid: In the Miniseries, pyramid is the name of a poker game. Later on, pyramid became the name of a sports game (similar to the original series' Triad), and the card game was re-named Full Colors. (Resistance)
Fleet numbers: In the Miniseries, a total of 40 FTL ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with Battlestar Galactica at Ragnar Anchorage. This makes the count 41 ships, including Galactica. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "33", Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including Colonial One." The count offered in "The Farm" was similar - 24 ships had left to join Roslin's fleet, which was "almost a third" of the fleet, putting the number at about 75.
The Astral Queen: In the Miniseries, Billy Keikeya stated to Laura Roslin that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the Queen was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "Bastille Day", Billy's lines were re-dubbed: 1,500 prisoners were aboard the Queen, that the Queen was a prison transport. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the Queen was en route to Caprica during the Cylon attack for parole hearings.
Cylon Detector: In the episode "Flesh and Bone", it takes only minutes to identify Sharon Valerii as a Cylon. However, in "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. Perhaps it's easier for his test to make a conclusive positive than a conclusive negative.

Danglers

Zarek-Tigh Plotline: In the episode "Colonial Day", it is heavily implied that Ellen Tigh revealed the location of Valance to agents of Tom Zarek, and that she intends for her husband, Colonel Saul Tigh to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. As of the end of the second season, this plotline has not been revisited.
Zarek-Black Market Plotline: Similarly, the end of "Black Market" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization. This also has yet to be revisited.

Recasting

Zak Adama: In the Miniseries, a different actor was pictured as Zak Adama. In "Act of Contrition", a new actor portrayed Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
Ellen Tigh: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh had burned a hole through, was originally a picture of David Eick's wife. When Kate Vernon was cast as Ellen in "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", the image was changed.
Richard Adar: In the miniseries, portrayed by David Eick in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. Recast as Colm Feore for the episode "Epiphanies".

VFX Gaffes

Viper and Pilot numbers: In the episode "Flight of the Phoenix", 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available.
Colonial One: Half-way through Season 1, the Colonial One CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and re-appear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally (Scattered).
In various recent episodes (Resurrection Ship, Part II, Scar) where Viper Mk. VIIs are used extensively the VFX shots used for the Viper launch sequences featured Mk IIs instead of Mk VIIs. This could be because no VFX shots of Mk VIIs launching were completed.
Viper 1104 must be the most prolific Viper in existence, no less than three copies are present at the Battle of Ragnar Anchorage. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant Thrace, one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on Galactica (Miniseries)
Miniseries and 33: As the Galactica prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the Landing Pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When the Galactica has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage was shown during the opening titles of 33.

Prop and Equipment Errors

Miniseries:
- The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie (Miniseries) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to the Galactica.
- As Sharon Valerii takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the Raptor, just after Helo shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Sharon and you can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor into the air.
- When Kara's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
- Similarly, Lee's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Kara is pushing Lee's Viper into Galactica's flight-pod at the end of the last battle.

Six Degrees of Separation: The logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while Gaeta is working on the photograph.

Valley of Darkness: Kat finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.

Scar: The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an F/A-18 Hornet.

Sacrifice: When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.

Dialogue Errors

Miniseries: Tigh inexplicably exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing.

Scattered: During the scene on Caprica , Helo exclaims "for God Sakes" instead of the more Colonial "for Gods' Sakes" or Cylon "for God's Sake".

Crew Visible

A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator is visible on screen in Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II.