Star Trek: Voyager
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Ronald D Moore ’s frustrations with the limitations ofStar Trek : Voyagerled him to make the critically acclaimedBattlestar Galacticareboot . Ronald D Moore ’s twenty-first century reboot of Glen A. Larson’sBattlestar Galacticatapped into the post-9/11 zeitgeist to become a sci - fi drama with mainstream crossover appeal . In 1999 , four years beforeBSGaired its original miniseries , Moore link up theVoyagerwriters room for time of year 6 , adopt the end ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Unfortunately , Ronald D. Moore ’s plans forStar Trek : Voyager ’s charactersdidn’t go down well with his former written material partner , Brannon Braga .
deplorably , Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga ’s reunification onStar Trek : Voyagerwasn’t as proportionate as the two author had hoped . Ronald D. Moore only wrote one episode , Star Trek : Voyagerseason 6 , episode 2 , " Survival Instinct " and run on the story for the following episode , " Barge of the Dead " before he left the writers ' room . The source of Ronald D. Moore ’s frustrations was a refusal by Brannon Braga and others to dispense withStar Trek : Voyager ’s episodic format . Moore then channelled those defeat into creating one of the most acclaimed sci - fi serial of all meter .
Ronald D Moore bring up Battlestar Galactica after he left Star Trek , but the connections between both sci - fi franchise go back much further .
Ronald D. Moore’s Frustrations With Voyager Led To The Creation Of Battlestar Galactica
Moore’s ideas for Voyager found their way into his Battlestar Galactica reboot.
Ronald D. Moore : I remember talk about Battlestar Galactica , the original show , and read , “ Hey , it could be something like that except we could do it where there ’s votes by these civilian and they do n’t desire Janeway to always be in complaint . [ … ] Why do n’t they put the leadership of the starship to a vote at some point ? Is Janeway literally run to captain this ship until she ’s eighty ? Is Chakotay always going to be the turn two ? If these guys really do n’t recall they ’re getting back to the Alpha Quadrant for seventy or eighty class , should n’t they start think long - term ? [ … ] Brannon was not opened to those construct .
Brannon Braga : On the one hand I wish I had answer differently , because I think the show would have been upright for it . But then again , if he had remained , Ron might not have gone on to do Battlestar Galactica — which , in my view , is what he wanted to do with Star Trek . Every show Jehovah has their moment , their show , and I really reckon Battlestar was Ron ’s best study . It was what he was yearning to do with Star Trek , but was constrain by the premise .
How Battlestar Galactica Influenced Modern Star Trek
Star Trek: Discovery season 1 owes a debt to Battlestar Galactica.
Battlestar Galactica ’s influence onDiscoveryis detectable in how theStar Trekshow embrace many of the idea of Moore ’s 2004 reboot . The most notable callback toBattlestar GalacticainDiscoveryseason 1 was the divine revelation that Commander Ash Tyler ( Shazad Latif ) was actually a Klingon - Human hybrid sleeper federal agent . This attract obvious contact to the game change Final Five revelations in the final two season ofBattlestar Galactica .
Also , the charming , villainous Captain Gabriel Lorca ( Jason Isaacs ) was not unlike the vainglorious Gaius Baltar ( James Callis ) inBattlestar Galactica . Baltar and Lorca were both complex villains that dreamed of attaining powerful positions , disregarding of the human toll . Star Trek : Discoveryseason 1 was proof that , whileStar Trek : Voyagerwasn’t quick for Ronald D. Moore ’s ideas in 1999 , the franchise now welcome them with open subdivision .
All episode ofStar Trek : VoyagerandStar Trek : Discoveryare uncommitted to rain buckets on Paramount+ .
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Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that premier in 2004 . The plot follows the crew of the aging Battlestar Galactica as they protect a modest fleet of human survivors from the renewed threat of the Cylons , in a quest to find the fabulous 13th colony , Earth .
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.
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.
