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Torn (Battlestar Galactica)
"Torn" is the sixth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica''. The episode introduced the fictional concept of the " hybrid in the Battlestar Galactica" fictional universe - a semi-organic computer which operates the Basestar. The episode disclosed in the story that some Cylon (models including the number twos to which Leoben Conoy also belonged in the universe) believed hybrid to be speaking for the one true god in the show. Plot After Starbuck crashes her Viper during a training exercise, Apollo strips her flight status. Colonel Saul Tigh mourns for his wife. He and Starbuck criticize the crew members who spent the occupation of New Caprica with the fleet until a disgusted Admiral William Adama orders them to stop. Starbuck cuts her hair and seeks out Kacey, whom she brushed off earlier. Tigh confines himself to his quarters and drinks heavily. Lieutenant Felix Gaeta reconstructs Gaius Baltar's work on the location of ... [...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] |
Collaborators (Battlestar Galactica)
"Collaborators" is the fifth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica''. This is the first episode of season 3 to include a survivor count, at 41,435, down considerably from the 49,550 shown in "Lay Down Your Burdens" (Part 2). Since then, there were undisclosed losses when several civilian ships were destroyed near the end of "Lay Down Your Burdens" (Part 2), while Admiral Adama reveals that "thousands of people" were later stranded on New Caprica during the events of " Exodus". Plot In the absence of Gaius Baltar, Tom Zarek has become President of the Colonies. Knowing that the military will never support him as President, he agrees to stand down in favor of Laura Roslin. He will re-convene the Quorum of Twelve, nominate Roslin as Vice President, and then resign once she is confirmed. He asks Roslin if he can still play some part in the new government, to which Roslin offers him the Vice-Presidency. Zarek secretly autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebula
A nebula (; or nebulas) is a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust. Nebulae are often star-forming regions, such as in the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. In these regions, the formations of gas, dust, and other materials "clump" together to form denser regions, which attract further matter and eventually become dense enough to form stars. The remaining material is then thought to form planets and other planetary system objects. Most nebulae are of vast size; some are hundreds of light-years in diameter. A nebula that is visible to the human eye from Earth would appear larger, but no brighter, from close by. The Orion Nebula, the brightest nebula in the sky and occupying an area twice the angular diameter of the full Moon, can be viewed with the naked eye but was missed by early astronomers. Although denser than the space surrounding them, most nebulae are far less dens ... [...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] |
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] |
Felix Gaeta
''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 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Adama
William "Bill" Adama (callsign "Husker") is a fictional character in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series produced and aired by the SyFy cable network. He is one of the main characters in the series and is portrayed by Edward James Olmos. The character is a reimagining of Commander Adama from the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, originally played by Lorne Greene. Character biography Childhood In the '' Caprica'' spinoff series, Markus Towfigh plays Bill Adama as a young boy. Adama was born on Caprica, the son of Joseph Adama (a civil liberties lawyer and previously a lawyer for the Ha'la'tha, the Tauron resistance movement turned mob) and Joseph's second wife, Evelyn Adama (an accountant). He is named in honor of his deceased older half-brother William "Willie" Adama in accord with Tauron tradition. Both were named after their grandfather, who along with their grandmother Isabelle was killed during the Tauron Uprising. Bill was the only child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Tigh
Ellen Tigh is a fictional character from the 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' reboot series, portrayed by Kate Vernon from 2004 to 2009. She is the manipulative wife of series regular Colonel Saul Tigh ( Michael Hogan) during the first three seasons of the series. In season four, she is revealed to be the last of the Final Five Cylons, synthetic humanoid machines who are the precursors to the Cylon antagonists who oppose the human race throughout much of the series. Appearances The reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' debuted on Sky One in the United Kingdom on , and on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States on . Vernon first appeared on , in the ninth episode of season one, " Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", as the wife of series regular Colonel Saul Tigh ( Michael Hogan). Her character was killed off in season three, and at the time series creator Ronald D. Moore assured Vernon there was no way for her to come back. She was subsequently surprised to be asked to return in season four ... [...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] |
Lee Adama
Leland Joseph "Lee" Adama ( callsign "Apollo") is a fictional character in the television series '' Battlestar Galactica''. He is portrayed by actor Jamie Bamber, and is one of the main characters in the series. His first appearance was in the 2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries. Character biography Early life Lee Adama was born to William Adama, a veteran of the First Cylon War, and his wife, Carolanne Adama. Lee had a younger brother, Zak Adama. Their father strongly encouraged both boys to join the Colonial Fleet and become Viper pilots. Zak died in an accident after being granted flight status, against the better judgment of his flight instructor and fiancée, then-Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. Zak's death created a rift between Lee Adama and his father, which would only be healed two years later after the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies. After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies By the time of the Cylons' devastating attack on the Twelve Colonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Thrace
Kara Thrace ( callsign "Starbuck") is a fictional character in the reimagined 2004 '' Battlestar Galactica'' series. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 '' Battlestar Galactica'' series. She is one of the main characters on the show. Overview Described by a critic as "one of television's most complex, ever-evolving characters", the role of Starbuck changed over the run of the series. According to Sackhoff, Starbuck originally "didn't value her own life," and this attitude inspired her readiness to die for her shipmates. By the end of the series, however, she is prepared to sacrifice herself for others because she respects all life. The character's physical appearance is based on Sackhoff's perception of Starbuck as an extremely fit, hard-drinking individual. "I didn't want Starbuck to be completely ripped," said Sackhoff. "This is a girl who drinks most of her calories.". A psychologist who specialises in treating Borderline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
