Battlestar Galactica 2004's Best Character Was Made Possible By A Big Change To The 1970s Series

Antihero might be a bit strong, but Gaius was certainly more of a force for good.

Crucially, Gaius Baltar was not cut from the same straightforward villain cloth as Lord Baltar.

How many women he would sleep with on the way was even harder to guess.

This wouldn’t have been possible ifBattlestar Galacticahadn’t envisioned Baltar as more than a space-faring Bond villain.

Baltar, Six, and Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica in front of imagery from the original series.

Custom image by Ana Nieves

Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica looking behind him with mouth slightly open.

Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2004. The plot follows the crew of the aging Battlestar Galactica as they protect a small fleet of human survivors from the renewed threat of the Cylons, in a quest to find the mythical 13th colony, Earth.

Rekha Sharma as Tony Foster and James Callis as Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica

Gaius Baltar and Number Six sitting in comfy seats in Battlestar Galactica.

Grace Park and Katee Sackhoff are edited next to one another and are looking in opposite directions.

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