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The opening titles of Battlestar Galactica (2004-09)
There are many copies. And they have a plan.
— Battlestar Galactica ‧ 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It compresses the show's paranoia into seven short sentences: the enemy is not outside the fleet but may be the person at the next console, and one of them has a plan nobody can see. The closing pair is the one fans repeat, as a shorthand for BSG's central fear that anyone could be a Cylon and as a joke whenever something looks suspiciously coordinated.
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In context
Spoilers for Battlestar GalacticaShow the scene
The words are the standing text of the Battlestar Galactica re-imagining (2003 miniseries, series 2004-09), best known as the on-screen preamble that sets up the Cylon threat in a few lines. It runs from the machines' creation by humans, through their rebellion and evolution, to the fact that they now look and feel human, and ends on the two sentences "There are many copies. And they have a plan." The same wording was used as the show's tagline and as the recap in tie-in material, such as the Gods and Monsters comic, whose first issue opens with it.
Sources (2)
- Battlestar Wiki, Battlestar Galactica: Gods & Monsters Issue 1Plot section, opening lineReference checked
- Scalar (USC), "You are a Toaster" essay, Battlestar Galactica pageBlock quote near the top of the pageReference checked
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