Introduction
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome is a prequel to the 2003-2009 re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.
A web-series that became a pilot for a possible series chronicling the early adventures of a young William Adama, but the series was not picked up.
It stars Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, and Lili Bordán.
Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Taylor, David Eick, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, with Jonas Pate as director.
Distribution of Blood & Chrome began as a 10-episode online series in conjunction with Machinima.com on 09 November 2012, and also aired as a television film on 10 February 2013 on Syfy.
Outline (General)
Set in the tenth year of the First Cylon War, the story follows William Adama, a young pilot just graduated from the Academy, assigned to one of the battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica.
The series provides a very basic frame of reference to the events that ensued in the time between the prequel series Caprica, and the basis series Battlestar Galactica.
Outline Series 01, Episode 06
Adama, Coker and Doctor Kelly abandon the Wild Weasel and trek through Djerba’s harsh wind and snow, following a signal with Doctor Kelly’s communicator.
They track the signal to a huge cave, where they discover their escort unit dead from mysterious non-artillery wounds.
Suddenly the cave floor collapses and plunges them into a dark underground chamber. Strange noises surround them and a large snake-like creature lunges out and bites Coker.
As Coker struggles to contain the monster, a man rappels into the chamber and kills the snake. He introduces himself as Tech Sergeant Xander Toth, the only surviving escort. He explains that the snakes, which killed his unit, were created by Cylons doing half animal/half machine experiments.
Toth has been alone in the cave for some time and is slightly mentally unstable, prone to unpredictable aggressive outbursts. Nevertheless, he has scouted a route to Doctor Kelly’s objective.
They leave the cave and stop at a cliff overlooking a seemingly abandoned resort compound.
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Production & Filming Details
- Creators: Michael Taylor and David Eick.
- Producers: David Eick, Jonas Pate, Paul M. Leonard, and Michael Taylor.
- Music: Bear McCreary.
- Production: Universal Cable Productions.
- Distributor: NBC Universal Television Distribution.
- Original Network: Machinima.com
- Release Date: 23 November 2012.
- Running Time: 12 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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