The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 & 1980 series, as well as the 2003 reimagining. Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the Structure of Complex systems especially Communication processes control mechanisms and Feedback A Civilization is a society in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements The Twelve Colonies of Man or Twelve Colonies of Kobol constitute the main human civilization in the original Battlestar Galactica Television series Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978 Battlestar Galactica is an American Science fiction television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene Galactica 1980 is a Science fiction Television series, and a Spin-off from the 1978 – 1979 series Battlestar The Battlestar Galactica Science fiction franchise which began as a 1978 TV series, was "reimagined" in 2003 into a TV miniseries In the 1978 series, the Cylons are also the race who created the robot Cylons.
The nature and origins of Cylons differ greatly between the two Galacticas. However both series feature Cylon Raiders, Cylon Basestars and Cylon Centurions. The Cylon Raider is the standard Starfighter used by the Cylons, in the various Battlestar Galactica movies and television series The Basestar is the primary capital ship of the Cylons ' in the 1978 Science fiction Television series and movie Battlestar Galactica
Original continuity
The Cylons of the 1978/1980 series are not the mechanical foils seen throughout the series, but an advanced reptilian race who created the robots (who were referred to as Cylons within the show) to serve them, maintain their vast empire and to man their military forces in the face of a sudden population drop that eventually led to the Cylons' extinction - seemingly overnight. Cylons are a Fictional Extinct race of reptiles and the Cybernetic Civilization that replaced them in the Battlestar Battlestar Galactica is an American Science fiction television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene Galactica 1980 is a Science fiction Television series, and a Spin-off from the 1978 – 1979 series Battlestar This fact is briefly mentioned in the 1978 movie-length premier of the series (near the end of episode 2 in syndication) when Apollo relates the Cylons' origin to Boxey. In the episode "War of the Gods", during Count Iblis's private discourse with Count Baltar, Baltar mentions that he recognizes Iblis's voice, referring to Patrick McNee's voicing of the Imperious Leader in the opening episode/theatrical movie (McNee also played Iblis), with Iblis countering that if that was true it must have been "transcribed" over a thousand yahren (years) ago and programmed into the mechanical body of the Imperious Leader. Count Iblis (kaʊnt ɪbli is an alien on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. In the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series Count Baltar was a leading antagonist character who betrayed the human race to its enemy the robot Patrick Macnee (born 6 February 1922) is an English Actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed The Imperious Leader is the ultimate office of the Cylons ' society in the original Battlestar Galactica television series
The follow-up series Galactica 1980 had a two-episode arc entitled “The Night the Cylons Landed” that featured a humanoid Cylon, though unlike its successors in the post-millennial reimagining, it was not organic, but a complex mechanical construct. Galactica 1980 is a Science fiction Television series, and a Spin-off from the 1978 – 1979 series Battlestar
Reimagined continuity
The Cylons of the 2003 miniseries and current Battlestar Galactica series are fundamentally different from the Cylons of the original 1978/1980 series. The Cylons are a fictional race of bio-mechanical beings appearing in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series Battlestar Galactica is a three-hour Miniseries written and produced by Ronald D Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D Battlestar Galactica is an American Science fiction television series, produced in 1978 by Glen Larson and starring Lorne Greene Galactica 1980 is a Science fiction Television series, and a Spin-off from the 1978 – 1979 series Battlestar In the new version, the Cylons were created by humans as robotic workers and soldiers. A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements As in the original series, the Cylons destroy almost the entire human civilization, chasing a few ship-borne survivors into deep space. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Unlike the original series, however, the reimagined series includes twelve Cylon models who are nearly indistinguishable from human beings. Although these human-form Cylons are the focus of the series, alongside the humanoid models there are also Centurions similar to those in the original series. Much of the Cylons' technology is based heavily on bioengineering and/or synthetic biology rather than conventional robotics. Bioengineering (also known as Biological Engineering is the application of Engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of Biology and Medicine Synthetic biology is a new area of biological research that combines Science and Engineering in order to design and build ("synthesize" See also Robot Robotics is the science and technology of Robots and their design manufacture and application Humans often derisively refer to Cylons as "toasters", due to the resemblance of Cylon centurions to "walking chrome toasters", as described by Gaius Baltar in the miniseries. A toaster is a small electric Kitchen appliance designed to Toast slices of Bread. Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.
In contrast to the largely unexplained reason for the original Cylons' genocidal mission, religion is the primary motivation of the Cylon race in the re-imagined series. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos They consider humans to be sinful and flawed creations of God that therefore do not "deserve" to survive. Sin is a term used mainly in a religious context to describe an act that violates a moral Rule, or the state of having committed such a violation God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.
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