By Your Command Vol 2: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Battlestar Galactica: The Reimagined Series

By Your Command

by Alan Stevens, Fiona Moore

'Grab your gun and bring in the cat ... Boom, boom, boom!' Battlestar Galactica was one of the most successful telefantasy revivals of the early 2000s, gaining the approval of high-profile critics and a host of devoted fans, and continuing to inspire discussion and debate long after its final episode aired. In this book, Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore use behind-the-scenes production material and in-depth analyses of screened episodes and draft scripts to trace the complete history of the reimagined series. They explore how it updated concepts introduced in the original 1978 series to present a television drama that interweaves political and religious themes into the traditional space-opera format in a way that is highly relevant to the 21st Century viewer. Like the original series, reimagined Battlestar Galactica poses difficult questions about the legitimacy of war, the value of love, the perils of leadership and, ultimately, what it means to be human. With a foreword by Matthew Bennett, who played Aaron Doral, Cylon Number Five, in the series.

Genres: Nonfiction

620 pages, Paperback

First published December 13, 2015

About the author

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Alan Stevens is a British writer and producer who is based in the Southeast of England, where he runs his own audio production company, Magic Bullet Productions.

Stevens has produced a number of documentaries, serials and dramas for radio and independent audio release, including the Blake's 7/Doctor Who' spinoff series Kaldor City and the second Faction Paradox audio series, and has co-written two guidebooks for Telos Publishing, Liberation: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7 and Fall Out: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Prisoner, with Fiona Moore. He writes articles for Celestial Toyroom, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, and has written in the past for Doctor Who Magazine and DWB.

Reviews

[Mhorg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just ok

Where the first volume is quite apologetic and supportive off what was really, one of the worst sf tv shows, worthy of being an Irwin Allen production, volume 2 deals with the far superior remake in a less understanding and at times, hostile way. The research is commendable, but the obvious anger towards the better of the two shows comes through clearly.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used as reference when doing a recent chronological re-watch of Battlestar Galactica Reimagined Series.

Many useful insights into each individual episodes and the movies.

Recommend if you are a big fan.

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