1x03 Bastille Day - Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide

Battlestar Galactica

- Episode 01x03

Episode: 01x03
Title: Bastille Day
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 103
First Aired: Jan. 28, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #03 - Bastille Day

Battlestar Galactica - 01x03 Bastille Day

Summary: With water now found on a nearby moon in the form of ice, a labour source must be used to mine it. The answer is to use the prisoners aboard the Astral Queen. However, convicted terrorist Tom Zarek acts as their leader and organises a revolt, taking hostages with the demand of President Roslin's resignation.

Who appeared in this episode?

Commander William Adama	played by Edward James Olmos
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace	played by Katee Sackhoff
Chief Galen Tyrol	played by Aaron Douglas
Officer Anastasia Dualla	played by Kandyse McClure
Boxey	played by Connor Widdows
Crewman Specialist Socinus	played by Alonso Oyarzun
Crewman Specialist Cally Henderson	played by Nicki Clyne
Wilkens	played by Adrien Dorval
Seaborne	played by Ron Selmour

Season 1 / Episode 3: - Bastille Day

Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: [Starbuck's filling in for Apollo at the squadron briefing] Now, one of you has been coming in a little hot lately, a little too hot, a little, um - oh I don't know, he's-burning-up-the-deck-with-his-skids-because-he-just-can't-pull- back-on-the-throttle hot. Now who is this speed demon, my prince?
Boxey: Flat Top, sir!

Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Flat Top, you got a need for speed, do ya? Just can't wait to get back to the Big G and the loving embrace of your fellow pilots? Or maybe you have a hot date with your right hand?

Ryan 'Flat Top' Cisco: Hey, it never gets a headache!
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Tell you what, Flat Top: you come in too hot today and you may have to start using your left. Okay, you've been fun, you've been a great audience, dismissed!

Season 1 / Episode 3: - Bastille Day

Doctor Gaius Baltar: Lieutenant Thrace! Good to see you!
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: Good to see you too!
Doctor Gaius Baltar: Really?
Lt. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace: No!
Number Six: Oh!
Doctor Gaius Baltar: I wonder if she's a real blonde.
Number Six: I doubt it.

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TRIVIA

Bastille Day, when Boomer and Helo are walking through Cylon controlled Caprica and stumble upon the corpse being eaten by rats, they are actually walking in front of the Vancouver Public Library.
The character of Cally was supposed to be killed off in the original drafts of this script, but David Eick decided he wanted her to fight back during the rape scene rather than be killed off. Cally later became an important recurring character in the series.
Tom Zarek is played by Richard Hatch (I), who played captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" (1978).