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It’s no secret that the opening of Battlestar Galactica, which explained to the audience that the Cylons had a plan, is a lie. The show’s writers didn’t know where the series was going to end, and creator Ronald D. Moore ended up admitting this on her podcast and in subsequent interviews, but one example of poor foresight stands out thanks to basic arithmetic. When Moore discussed the episode “Islanded in a Nant of Stars,” he admitted that no number seven was ever seen because she threw the mathematics behind the last five.
8+5 = 13
The colons are all numbered, which was not a problem until season 3, when the last five Silon began to be teased. Early, Battlestar Galactica Made clearly there were 12 Silon, which was proportional to the twelve colonies, but after the introduction of Athena as number eight, the math was no longer adding up. If there were eight cylon models, then the last five, that equates to 13 total models, but only 12 could be, which is why number 7, Daniel, was killed off the screen and us She was ever seen once during the series, keeping the total number of models to 12.
Taking advantage of the concept of “boxing,” Moore summarized the explanation that number one (played by Dean Stockwell) damaged number 7 long before the war and corrupted the entire line, forcing the cylon to be boxed permanent. Boxing, in the cylon sense, includes the digital awareness of the machine is trapped in a literal box during the resurrection process, putting it in a state of limbo. It was useful for some of the narrative issues of Battlestar Galactica, both of the eight and five varieties and to act as a threat to the seemingly immortal robots.
While the number seven model boxing prevents the narrative from falling apart, boxing number three (Lucy Lawless) helped seal a narrative hole when the Xena: Warrior Princess Star decided to leave the series. In a lovely moment from the true Cylon believer receiving her fate, number three was boxed by number one while clinging he would see the last five. Seven and three were the only two Silon during during Battlestar Galactica to test boxing across a model, both for similar reasons.
The last five created problems
Failed to plan the last five introduced more plot holes than it was worth, according to some Battlestar Galactica Fans, and it was not just the cylon characters. Reveal that Saul is a tigh (Michael Hogan) Cylon undercuts his evolution as a character, and Ellen Tigh (Kate Vernon) turned out to be cylon back acting her death from any meaning. It’s funny that the writers put themselves in a mathematical corner, but Moore made one more bizarre choice with number seven.
It was revealed that Daniel’s number seven was, which happened to be the same first name as Daniel Greystone, the Cylons Creator. Although it was a collection, Moore’s aiming for guessing led to speculation that the lost cylon was actually the creator of the colons, having given himself an eternal digital life. CapricaThe Prequel series, shows why it is extremely unlikely that Greystone would do it for himself, but it is still a bit of Battlestar Galactica Fan guess.
The lack of legendary planning did not end Battlestar Galactica from becoming very popular, and is still one of the best sci-fi There are always shows, but situations like number seven and everything for the last five make it clear how easy the whole series might have fallen apart at a moment of warning.
