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Battlestar Galactica - 03x10 The Passage

3x10 The Passage

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First Aired: Dec. 08, 2006 on SyFy

Summary: A food shortage leaves the fleet with no option but a dangerous passage through a radiation field to a planet they hope to harvest. A light shown on Kat's past puts her in a decision over her future.Meanwhile, Baltar tries to find out what Number Three has been up to with her recent repeat…
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Main Characters in this Episode



Guest Stars

Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace played by Katee Sackhoff
Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama played by Jamie Bamber
Caprica played by Tricia Helfer
Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon played by Grace Park
Chief Galen Tyrol played by Aaron Douglas
Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon played by Tahmoh Penikett
Lt. Anastasia Dualla played by Kandyse McClure
D'Anna Biers played by Lucy Lawless

Episode Quotes

Colonel Saul Tigh: The last batch of passengers kicked up some trouble. Yeh - you get these people to the other side and they think there's a diner and a chef waiting to take their order.
Admiral William Adama: When are they gonna learn? They gotta process the thing first, for frak's sake.
Colonel Saul Tigh: Try telling that to a bunch of empty stomachs.
Admiral William Adama: I hear they're still eating paper. Is that true?
Colonel Saul Tigh: No. Paper shortage.

Admiral William Adama: Not a good sign.

Mistakes/Goofs

  • Goof (continuity error): When Baltar and D'Anna/Number Three talk about Jupiter, the closed-captioning subtitles refer to Zeus instead.
  • Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): When Baltar and D'Anna/Number Three talk about Jupiter, the closed-captioning subtitles refer to Zeus - however, Jupiter is the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus.

Trivia

  • The story, written by series newcomer Jane Espenson, was inspired by a talk given by Kevin R. Grazier, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The producers brought Dr. Grazier in to address members of the production team. He explored the problems and solutions of navigating through space, and reaching a particular location in the universe, such as Earth. Dr. Grazier serves as science advisor for the series as well as for another Sci Fi Channel series, Eureka.
  • The character, Enzo, was named after co-executive producer Michael Angeli's English Setter.
  • Gaeta was one of the few in the CIC not to applaud Tigh's return to duty. Gaeta probably harbors resentment over his treatment by Tigh and the Circle in "Collaborators."
  • According to Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos suggested that the cast abstain from eating for a period of time in order to prepare for the scenes of starvation in this episode. Not every actor agreed with the idea.
  • In this episode, two civilian ships, the Adriatic and Carina, are lost in the passage through the star cluster.