List of Battlestar Galactica (reimagined series) episodes

The reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" was initially unveiled as a science fiction miniseries which was first broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel on December 8, 2003. It spawned a regular television series which premiered on Sky One in the UK & Ireland on October 18, 2004 and on Sci Fi Channel in the U.S. on January 14, 2005. The miniseries and the first three seasons have been released on DVD in both the U.S. and UK. The miniseries and episodes are also available for download in the United States through online services such as the iTunes Store and Xbox Live.

This is a complete list of episodes for the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series, in chronological order. All titles are provided by the studio, although in keeping with current trends and policiesFact|date=August 2008, these titles are not mentioned on screen in the episodes themselves.

Throughout the series, President Laura Roslin has kept the refugee fleet's official Survivor Count written prominently on a small whiteboard in her office; the count was incorporated into the show's title sequence in the second season. The number is updated after every episode as soldiers and civilians die, refugees are discovered, and children born, with or without audience's witness. This count was not included in the first four episodes of the third season, but resumed with the episode "Collaborators".

List of Battlestar Galactica seasons

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Webisodes: "Razor Flashbacks"

In 2007, starting in October and concluding in mid-November, SciFi Channel released a series of seven short "webisodes" (termed "featurettes" in their credits) called the "Razor Flashbacks" (the URL for each file suggests that either the real title or internal name may be "Takeover"), featuring a young Lt. William Adama (played by Nico Cortez) and original-series-style Cylons and Vipers near the end of the First Cylon War. The bulk of the vignette takes place in Adama's fighter pilot days, though it concludes with a scene from the first episode of the miniseries and series, in which Commander Adama is reminiscing before the "Galactica"'s soon-to-be-aborted decommissioning ceremony.

The webisodes were written by Michael Taylor and directed by Wayne Rose for the first two episodes and by Félix Alcalá for the last five. They were first made available directly from the official series homepage at [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ SciFi.com/battlestar] [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar Official series homepage] ] and were later included on the "Razor" DVD. These webisodes are somewhat independent and are not simply excerpted from "Razor", although "Razor" integrates approximately half of the webisode material directly. The webisodes are also available as free downloads on the Xbox Live Marketplace, some of which are featured in high-definition 720p resolution.

Webisodes: "2008 series"

To bridge the gap between episodes 10 and 11 Moore has stated that there will be a third set of webisodes which will be similar in purpose to which aired between Season 2 and 3. [ [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/05/29/battlestar-galactica-webisodes-and-tv-movie-update/ Battlestar Galactica Webisodes and TV Movie Update] ] The set of 10 webisodes will premier in the weeks leading up to the second half of the season. [ [http://tv.ign.com/articles/892/892262p1.html When Will Battlestar's Final Episodes Debut?] ]

Episodes 13 to 22

As the second half of Season 4 was halted from production due to the writers' strike in America, the final 10 episodes have been pushed back to January 2009. Moore has stated that the final episodes of the series are going to vary in size with the final two possibly constituting a series finale up to 4 hours in length.

"The Plan" (TV Movie)

On August 7, 2008 it was announced by the Sci-Fi channel that a two-hour television movie will air sometime after the series finale. So far, the confirmed cast include Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas and Dean Stockwell as well as the series star Edward James Olmos (who will also be the movie's director). The plot of "The Plan" is set after the events of the Cylons' attack on the 12 colonies [ [http://au.tv.ign.com/articles/908/908477p1.html Battlestar Galactica TV-Movie Cast Additions] ] . It began production September 8, 2008.

DVD releases

The miniseries was released in the UK on March 1, 2004 and in the U.S. and Canada on December 28, 2004, and included deleted scenes, audio commentary, and a behind-the-scenes documentary.

The first season was released to DVD on March 28, 2005 and September 20, 2005 in the UK and North America respectively and included deleted scenes. The American set also included featurettes, and a tongue-in-cheek promotional special filmed for the Sci Fi Channel in addition to the miniseries.

The second season was released in its entirety in a single volume in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, but issued in two separate volumes (dubbed "Season 2.0" and "Season 2.5") in the U.S. to correspond with the mid-season break in the broadcast schedule. Each U.S. volume contains half of the season, along with deleted scenes and podcasts that were previously available on the official website. "Season 2.5" also contains an extended version of "Pegasus", the last episode of the first half of the season. The Region 2 DVDs include the extended version of "Pegasus", as well as the commentaries and deleted scenes from the U.S. 2.0 release, but do not contain any of the commentaries and deleted scenes from the 2.5 release (other than the extended Pegasus episode), nor the original, shorter version of "Pegasus" included on the U.S. 2.0 release. The Canadian DVD release of Season 2.0 was delayed until April 25, 2006, as the episodes had only begun airing in January 2006.

The third season came out in R2 on September 3, 2007 and in R4 on November 21, 2007. R1 was set for a March 25, 2008 release date. The R2 & R4 DVDs do not contain any extras but R2's box set came with a 45 minute recap of the previous two seasons (consisting of clips of the seasons strung together with a voice-over).

The forth season, like season two, will be released in two parts. In regions 1, 2 and 4 the television movie will be included in "Part 1" as it is technically a part of the season despite it being released seperately at an earlier date. In region 1, however, the extended and shorterned versions of "Razor" will both be included in the "4.0" boxset.

HD DVD release

On August 14, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced that the mini-series and Season One would be released on December 4, 2007, in the North American market, on the now-defunct high definition disc format HD DVD.cite web
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Online availability

In January 2006, Apple began offering the miniseries, season one and season two episodes for purchase on the U.S. version of its iTunes Store. After a delay, season three episodes were also made available. NBC Universal, the producer and owner of the show, has provided a number of its shows for purchase the day after broadcast to U.S. customers. [cite web
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publisher=Apple Inc.] In early December 2007 all of the iTunes "Battlestar Galactica" episodes were removed along with other NBC-Universal content. As of September 9th, 2008 all seasons have again been made available from iTunes store in both HD and SD resolutions.

Shortly after being removed from the iTunes service, Amazon's online video store Unbox started making them available for sale. All season 1-4 episodes as well as the miniseries and the TV Movie Razor are available for purchase in high quality Windows Media Format.

Since May 2008, the newest episodes are added to Scifi.com Rewind and NBC's Hulu sites eight days after the original air date. As of May 6, Battlestar Galactica can be downloaded through the Zune marketplace.

All four seasons as well as the mini-series are currently available in both HD and SD format for purchase through the Xbox Live Marketplace for playback via Xbox 360 game consoles.

In September 2008, all episodes so far including the miniseries were released on iTunes, a major improvement being that they were released in Standard as well as HD format.

ee also

* Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) - the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
* Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)
* Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
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* Caprica (TV series)
* List of Battlestar Galactica (1978-1980) episodes

References

External links

* [http://www.battlestargalacticadvd.com/ The Battlestar Galactica DVD Official Universal Studios Site]
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* [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/ Battlestar Galactica Wiki]