X-Nico

21 unusual facts about Battlestar Galactica


Anatole Krasnyansky

He became a set designer for Universal Studios (credits including The Blues Brothers and Battlestar Galactica) and the stage art director for the Odyssey Theatre.

Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks

Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks is a collective title given to a series of seven "webisodes" (or "featurettes") released in late 2007 in lead up to the television movie Battlestar Galactica: Razor via the world wide web and weekly airing.

Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance

When Tigh seems unconcerned about the potential for civilian casualties, Jammer leaves the room and joins Duck outside.

Meanwhile, Jammer, Duck, and his wife Nora discuss the Cylon-run and human-staffed New Caprica Police.

Later, Jean Barolay and Tigh agree to hide weapons in the city's temple, a move that disturbs Jammer.

He is joined by new parents Chief Tyrol and Specialist Cally, former Galactica crewman Jammer, and Caprica resistance fighter Jean Barolay.

Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming

Co-created, co-written, executive produced and co-directed by Richard Hatch who starred in the original series as Captain Apollo, the pilot film was conceived to convince Universal Studios, the owner of the Battlestar Galactica franchise rights, to greenlight a new project based on this concept.

However, Hatch never succeeded in getting Universal's attention, and a different project, the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica conceived by Ronald D. Moore was ultimately pursued.

Cris Velasco

He also composed music for the videogame based on the original Battlestar Galactica series, Terminator 3: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Anderson's Cross, Haze, Splinter Cell: Double Agent (main theme only), Clive Barker's Jericho and is credited with doing additional music for Van Helsing.

Face of the Enemy

Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy, Battlestar Galactica webisodes that link the first and the second half of Season 4 together.

Galaxian 2

The case of the game is designed to look like the exterior of a spaceship, reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica.

Imperious Leader

The Imperious Leader is the ruler of the Cylons as depicted in the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series.

James Callis

In 2003, Callis played the role of Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries, and continued the role in the regular series that followed.

He is best known for playing Dr. Gaius Baltar in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, and Bridget Jones' best friend in Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

Josh Adams

His production art credits for the Syfy Channel, include Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Eureka, and Ghost Hunters.

KXST

1140 AM was known as KRSR "The Krusher", a heavy metal-formatted station in the 1980s, whose DJ is a robotic voice similar to that of the Cylon voice used on Battlestar Galactica.

Multi-platform series

The content of the multi-platform series can either be different over each type of media (such as Battlestar Galactica and Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance), or the content can be the same in each delivery stream, created intentionally to be seen on any screen or device the viewer wishes (for example Tights and Fights).

The Boy with Green Hair

The 2009 film Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, which also starred (the adult) Dean Stockwell, made extensive reference to The Boy with Green Hair.

Tom DeSanto

DeSanto was also involved in a Battlestar Galactica revival which fell through after the 9/11 attacks and scheduling delays forced Singer to concentrate on X2.

During his first years in the film industry, Tom met and befriended Bryan Singer, who got Tom a production position with his company, Bad Hat Harry, working on his movie Apt Pupil, followed by a partnered attempt to revive Battlestar Galactica.

You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

The album takes it name from a quote in the first episode of the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica where Gaius Baltar tells Caprica Six "You're a woman," to which she responds "I'm a machine".


Alex Quartararo

Alex Quartararo (callsign "Crashdown") is a fictional character in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series, portrayed by Samuel Witwer.

All-Con

Guests included Battlestar Galactica actor Aaron Douglas, Return of the Jedi actors Tim Dry, Sean Crawford, and Mike Edmonds, plus Blazing Saddles actor Burton Gilliam and Who Wants to be a Superhero? contestant Tonya Kay (aka Creature).

Bradley Thompson

Bradley Thompson is an American television producer and writer, best known for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996–1999), The Twilight Zone (2002–2003), Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009-2011), and Falling Skies (2011-2013) with writing partner David Weddle.

CFRC-FM

Lorne Greene (1915–1987), CBC wartime announcer, later star of Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica

Convention du Lac

Convention du Lac held its first event at the Enos Derbonne Sports Complex in South Lake Charles, with an estimated 280 attendees, and Battlestar Galactica actor Richard Hatch as the Guest of Honor.

Cooperative board game

Early developers of popular cooperative board games include Jim Deacove of Family Pastimes (inventor of Max the Cat) and Ken Kolsbun of Child and Nature (inventor of Save the Whales.) In 2000, Reiner Knizia published Lord of the Rings which influenced a number of subsequent titles, including Shadows Over Camelot, and Battlestar Galactica.

Count Baltar

The episode "Baltar's Escape" features an attempt by Baltar and other imprisoned villains, Borellian Nomen and some Eastern Alliance officers, to escape from the prison barge.

To this end, the Imperious Leader installs Baltar as the commander of a Cylon basestar, with an "I.L.-series" Cylon named Lucifer (body by Felix Silla, voice by Jonathan Harris) as Baltar's second in command; the two other basestars in Baltar's taskforce are also subservient to him.

Crafty Games

Additionally he has worked on many acclaimed games, including Legend of the Five Rings, 7th Sea, Doomtown, When Darkness Comes, and the Battlestar Galactica RPG.

Cybernetic revolt

The original 1978 Battlestar Galactica series and the remake in 2003 to 2009, depicts a race of Cylons, sentient robots who war against their Human adversaries.

Gaius Baltar

Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica played by James Callis, a reimagining of Count Baltar from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series.

Galen Tyrol

In the cliffhanger Season 3 finale, "Crossroads, Part II", he, along with Samuel Anders, Saul Tigh, and Tory Foster become aware that they are Cylons, based on hallucinatory music (which turns out to be a cover of "All Along The Watchtower" written by Bob Dylan) that only they can hear, and a "switch" Tyrol believes has gone off within them.

Gary Vinson

During the 1970s and 1980s, Vinson continued with guest roles on episodic television appearing again in Mod Squad, Love, American Style, McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, The Waltons, S.W.A.T., Baa Baa Black Sheep, Battlestar Galactica, and Barnaby Jones.

H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come

The film was an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of such recent successes as Star Wars, and TV series such as Space: 1999 and Battlestar Galactica, although the film had only a fraction of the production budget of any of these.

Helena Cain

However, all the weaknesses seem to stem from the Pegasus's command: Admiral Cain demonstrated a complete disregard for the lives and safety of civilians, ruthlessness toward her fellow officers, and contempt for her own commander-in-chief, President Laura Roslin; Col. Jack Fisk was deeply involved in an illegal black market operation; Chief Engineer Barry Garner proved so incompetent that even Kara Thrace felt compelled to comment on his uselessness.

It Ends Tonight

"It Ends Tonight" is featured in the television shows Smallville, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and All My Children as well as various commercials for TV shows such as Smallville, One Tree Hill and Battlestar Galactica.

John Edward Chilberg II

John was nominated twice for Emmy Awards, in 1979 for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series: Battlestar Galactica episode "Saga of a Star World" together with others, and in 1981 for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series: Dynasty premiere episode(#1): "Oil" also together with others.

Laura Roslin

Laura Roslin is a fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, portrayed by Mary McDonnell.

Lieutenant Starbuck

The man known as Chameleon, portrayed by Fred Astaire in the episode "The Man With Nine Lives," is discovered to be Starbuck's father, but Chameleon never reveals this fact to his son, instead trusting only Cassiopeia with this knowledge.

Lloyd Bochner

He appeared in the episode "The Pisces" of the short-lived TV show The Starlost (1973), and was Commandant Leiter in the Battlestar Galactica original series episode "Greetings from Earth".

Lorena Gale

Until August 2005, she starred as Priestess Elosha on the SciFi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica.

Luciana Carro

Luciana Carro is a Canadian actress best known for her appearances on the television series Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, and Falling Skies and in movies such as Two for the Money and Dr. Dolittle 3.

Margaret Weis

Her newest company, Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd, publishes RPG line based on several licenses including Serenity and Battlestar Galactica as well as Ed Greenwood's new solo venture into roleplaying, Castlemourn.

President Adar

President Adar is a fictional character in the 1978 TV series Battlestar Galactica, played by Lew Ayres.

Samuel T. Anders

During the episodes "Lay Down Your Burdens", Parts I and II, Thrace is finally given the go-ahead to lead a group of Raptors to Caprica and gather the survivors.

Savin' Me

It was featured in the closing credits to the film The Condemned as well as in the commercials for the third season of Battlestar Galactica and the second season of Prison Break.

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

He directed six episodes of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, two episodes of Heroes, and the television adaptation of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.

Supernatural Role Playing Game

It was also around this time that New York Times best-selling author Margaret Weis announced that the license to Dragonlance was not renewed so that the company could focus on the Supernatural RPG as well as their work on the Battlestar Galactica RPG.

The Return of Starbuck

Portions of this episode were included in the syndicated telemovie Experiment in Terra later in 1980, combined with an expanded version of the Battlestar Galactica episode "Experiment in Terra." To fit the story into the original series continuity, all references to Angela and her baby were deleted and the final launch sequence was heavily re-edited to show Starbuck using the hybrid ship to return to the fleet after Cy's death.

Tory Foster

Tory Foster is a fictional character from the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by Rekha Sharma.

Trona Pinnacles

Over thirty film projects a year are shot among the tufa pinnacles, including backdrops for car commercials and sci-fi movies and television series such as Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Disney's Dinosaur, The Gate II, Lost in Space, and Planet of the Apes.

Twelve Colonies

The Twelve Colonies of Man, also called the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, are fictional locations that constitute the principal human civilization in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the "reimagined" series of the same name in 2004, and in the prequel series Caprica and Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Vincent Gale

His other acting credits include the films Bye Bye Blues and Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, and the television series Neon Rider, Queer as Folk, Da Vinci's Inquest, X-Men: Evolution, Dragon Boys, Eureka, Blackstone, Stargate Universe and Battlestar Galactica.