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Kobol's Last Gleaming
"Kobol's Last Gleaming" is the two-part first-season finale of the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. In the first part, the human fleet discovers the abandoned planet Kobol, the mythical birthplace of humanity, who left here and founded the Twelve Colonies of Kobol elsewhere in the galaxy. A survey team is stranded there by Cylons while President Laura Roslin convinces Starbuck to disobey orders and retrieve an artifact called the Arrow of Apollo. In the second part, Commander William Adama stages a military coup and places Roslin in '' Galactica''s brig. Starbuck retrieves the Arrow and discovers that Boomer, still on ''Galactica'', is a Cylon. This Boomer destroys the Cylon Basestar orbiting Kobol, returns to ''Galactica'', and shoots Commander Adama; the season ends on a cliffhanger. "Kobol's Last Gleaming" underwent numerous substantial rewrites. It was one of the most expensive episodes of the first season to produce. The episode received favorable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV Series)
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica, ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a reboot (fiction), re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries), three-hour miniseries in December 2003 on the Syfy, Sci-Fi Channel, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. The cast includes Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park (actress), Grace Park. ''Battlestar Galactica'' is set in a distant star system, where a civilization of humans lives on a group of planets known as the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with an an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Valerii
Number Eight is a female humanoid Cylon model on the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'', a reimagining of the 1978 show of the same name. She is portrayed by Canadian-American actor Grace Park. Two prominent Number Eight copies serving as pilots on the Battlestar ''Galactica'' are Sharon Valerii and Sharon Agathon, using the call signs "Boomer" and "Athena", respectively. The call signs for both Sharons are references to two characters from the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series: Viper pilot Lieutenant Boomer, played by Herbert Jefferson, Jr., and Lieutenant Athena, the daughter of Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), played by Maren Jensen. Notable copies Cylon models Six and Eight are the most common in the series. Two Number Eight copies are featured as central characters — Boomer and Athena. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a Cylon sleeper agent programmed with false memories of being raised in the mining colony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saul Tigh
''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica, ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a Reboot (fiction), re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries), three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Syfy, Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft), titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Baltar
Dr. Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the TV series ''Battlestar Galactica'' played by James Callis, a reimagining of Lord Baltar from the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. He is one of the show's primary characters. Personality Gaius Baltar regularly uses a well-developed acting talent to spin yarns on virtually any subject when he feels the need. He possesses a dry, cynical sense of humour but is prone to bouts of neurosis. A charismatic genius and womanizer, he is initially portrayed as a self-serving opportunist, but becomes a braver and more caring character over the course of the series, expressing regret for having been "a profoundly selfish man." Baltar is initially an atheist, but ultimately converts to the Cylons' monotheistic religion. Baltar is described as "weak", "arrogant" and "a coward" by Lee Adama while Caprica Six describes Baltar as " narcissistic, self-centered, feckless and vain." William Adama once indicated that Baltar consistently sees himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
Number Six is a family of fictional characters from the reimagined science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica''. The character is portrayed by Canadians, Canadian actress and model Tricia Helfer. Of the twelve known Cylon (re-imagining), Cylon models, she is the sixth of the "Significant Seven". Like the others of the "Significant Seven", there are several versions of her, including Caprica-Six, Shelly Godfrey, Gina Inviere, Natalie Faust, Lida, and Sonja. She is the only model that does not use one particular human alias for all copies. The character was named after Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, Patrick McGoohan's character from the show ''The Prisoner''.''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion'' Appearance and personality traits Throughout the show, Six is portrayed as a seductive, statuesque Cylon infiltrator. She was the first example shown of a new generation of Cylons capable of adapting to human form and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Raptor
''Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries'' is a three-hour television miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. It was the first part of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' remake based on the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series, and served as a backdoor pilot for the 2004 television series. The miniseries aired originally on Sci Fi in the United States starting on December 8, 2003. The two parts of the miniseries attracted 3.9 and 4.5 million viewers, making the miniseries the third-most-watched program on Syfy. Plot Part 1 After a 40-year armistice in a war between the Twelve Colonies of Kobol (the homeworlds populated by humans) and the Cylons (human-created robots), the Cylons launch a surprise nuclear attack intended to exterminate the human race. Virtually all of the population of the Twelve Colonies is wiped out. Most of the Colonial militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galen Tyrol
'' Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on exterminating all humans. Biological models of Cylons, indistinguishable from humans, have infiltrated what remains of the human population, and their identities are revealed over the course of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)
Number Eight is a female humanoid Cylon model on the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'', a reimagining of the 1978 show of the same name. She is portrayed by Canadian-American actor Grace Park. Two prominent Number Eight copies serving as pilots on the Battlestar ''Galactica'' are Sharon Valerii and Sharon Agathon, using the call signs "Boomer" and "Athena", respectively. The call signs for both Sharons are references to two characters from the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' series: Viper pilot Lieutenant Boomer, played by Herbert Jefferson, Jr., and Lieutenant Athena, the daughter of Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), played by Maren Jensen. Notable copies Cylon models Six and Eight are the most common in the series. Two Number Eight copies are featured as central characters — Boomer and Athena. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a Cylon sleeper agent programmed with false memories of being raised in the mining colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Agathon
Karl C. Agathon (callsign "Helo") is a fictional character on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett. Appearances Background Agathon is an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, part of a two-person Colonial Raptor crew based on the Battlestar ''Galactica'', and is paired with Sharon "Boomer" Valerii before the Cylon destruction of the Twelve Colonies. Unlike other major characters such as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace or Gaius Baltar, the series reveals little about Agathon's life before the events of the series. It is confirmed Helo is a Caprican, which is partly why he and Starbuck knew each other. The (unofficial) backstory Tahmoh Penikett and Katee Sackhoff came up with to explain a comment from Thrace in " Scattered" that she and Helo "go way back" is the two were old friends for a long time who most likely attended the academy together as cadets and as "drinking buddies". Miniseries During the Cylon attack, Agathon and Sharon's Rapto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cylon Raider
The Cylons () are a race of sentient robots in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' science fiction franchise, whose primary goal is the extermination of the human race. Introduced in the original Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), 1978 television series, they also appear in the Galactica 1980, 1980 sequel series, the Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), 2004–2009 reboot series, and the 2010 spinoff (media), spinoff prequel series ''Caprica''. In the 1978 series, the Cylons are the creation of a long-extinct reptilian humanoid race, also called Cylons, and view humans as a nuisance and an obstacle to the expansion of the Cylon Empire. The armies of metallic, armored Cylon Centurions are ruled by a unique, yet replaceable, Cylon known as the Imperious Leader. In the 2004 series, the robotic Cylons were created by humans but rose up against them. Decades after the initial conflict ended in a truce, the Cylons reappear and launch a cataclysmic attack on human civilization that kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering Water distribution on Earth, 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most of which is located in the form of continental landmasses within Earth's land hemisphere. Most of Earth's land is at least somewhat humid and covered by vegetation, while large Ice sheet, sheets of ice at Polar regions of Earth, Earth's polar polar desert, deserts retain more water than Earth's groundwater, lakes, rivers, and Water vapor#In Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric water combined. Earth's crust consists of slowly moving tectonic plates, which interact to produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth's outer core, Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth (Battlestar Galactica)
The overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth, as the only planet home to humans or known to have life. This also holds true of science fiction, despite perceptions to the contrary. Works that focus specifically on Earth may do so holistically, treating the planet as one semi-biological entity. Counterfactual depictions of the shape of the Earth, be it flat or hollow, are occasionally featured. A personified, living Earth appears in a handful of works. In works set in the far future, Earth can be a center of space-faring human civilization, or just one of many inhabited planets of a galactic empire, and sometimes destroyed by ecological disaster or nuclear war or otherwise forgotten or lost. Related vocabulary In a number of works of science fiction, Earth's English name has become less popular, and the planet is instead known as Terra or Tellus, Latin words for Earth. Inhabitants of Earth can be referred to as Earthlings, Earthers, Earthborn, Earthf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
