Norman Blore

Norman (the clown) at right, with Shirley in center, and Andromus at left.

Norman and his friend Shirley are driving to a Halloween party where Wolfman Jack is in attendance. Norman is dressed as a clown.

The "disguised" Cylons Andromus and Centuri accept a ride from Norman, needled by Shirley who believes they are humans such as they are, merely dressed up for the festivities. Unlike the laughing Shirley, he reaction is one of tredipation. Andromus believes the Wolfman can take them to radio equipment for them to communicate with the distant Cylon Empire (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).

Note

• William Daniels, who plays Norman, will later appear (in voice only) as K.I.T.T., a supercar from a more successful Glen Larson TV series, Knight Rider. Not so coincidentally, the K.I.T.T car's main sensor is identical to the Cylon Centurion red-eye scanner from Larson's Galactica days.

Galactica 1980 definition:  Dillon goes to look up this term when the stewardess announces that the delayed passengers will be at their Halloween parties in plenty of time, but is stopped by Troy who tells him to look up the term FBI (1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I").

Original Series definition: interchangeable term for a computer monitor and television set (see: scanner)