Untitled Drama Series
For an SF series about spirituality, humanity's true nature and the hotness of the cylon women, Galactica has always had a curiously blue-collar feel to it (especially in episodes like "Dirty Hands," where Tyrol stands up for the rights of the refinery workers). So why not celebrate that with a drama all about the unnamed schlubs who aren't part of the military, nor have destinies to fulfill and prophecies to meet... but are just trying to make an honest day's living in the middle of the destruction of the human race? Keep the cylons out of it as anything more than occasionally-mentioned bogeymen and allow Galactica's social commentary to come to the fore and stay there for once. Let The Wire's David Simon run the writers' room and see what happens.

Friday Night Frak-Up
Who wouldn't want to see thirty minutes of various members of the Colonial Fleet beating the shit out've each other? Yes, "Unfinished Business" was only the beginning, and Friday Night Frak-Up could be exactly what an audience who found themselves all hot and bothered at the sight of Apollo and Starbuck boxing is looking for: Half an hour of Katee Sackhoff and Jamie Bamber sweating and grunting a lot, with added violence. It's a ratings winner, admit it.

Cottle MD
The high concept speaks for itself; it's House in space. Galactica's chain-smoking, ornery doctor has been an oddly calming presence throughout the show's history, never failing in his ability to speak bluntly and make even the worst situation just a little bit bleaker. This is what I'm suggesting - An hour-long drama about Cottle moving to a new hospital ship where the boss hates him but also has a crush on him, he has three flawed geniuses as assistants, and John Hodgman's brain surgeon is his long-suffering best friend. Sneak it onto NBC as a replacement for er and Emmies await, I'm telling you.

'Til Death And Subsequent Resurrection Do Us Part
Married bliss is impossible for most sitcom couples... but what happens when the blushing bride is a human-killing machine? That's the question behind what could be the most groundbreaking situation comedy ever seen on the Sci Fi Channel. One human male, one cylon female and a whole household full of "hilarious misunderstandings" await as the union between humanity and the cylon race reaches the domestic frontier, where they'll be glad that - in space - no-one can hear you scream "I want a divorce!"

Top Colonial Chef
This one's a winner. Fifteen chefs fight for the title of Top Chef... but one of them is a cylon sleeper agent who keeps sabotaging everyone else's dish. And, as if that wasn't enough to worry about, the ever-dwindling food supply keeps all the contestants on their toes - which is a good thing, considering that there's no knowing which of the contestants will find their homes under attack from cylons, military coups or even just plain everyday thuggery. The tagline sells itself: "It's reality... but out of this world!" No? Well, maybe I could interest you in "Gaius Baltar's Spiritual Awakening Hour" or "My Own Worst Enemy (Is A Sexy Blonde Woman In My Head Who May Be A Cylon Or Possibly A Personification Of My Own Self-Loathing)"...? Sadly, I got too many of 'em...

Bamber told UK site Digital Spy that the thought of following David Tennant terrifies him:

Those would be very big shoes to fill - if I'm going to be honest it would be very daunting to take on an icon like Doctor Who. It's right at the core of British television and to take that on is a big challenge. I think it's a very enviable one for whoever gets it, but I'm not actively seeking it. I think I'm too scared to actually want it.

And, just to be clear, he's not saying that because he's hooked on Tennant's version of the character:

I was a huge fan of Doctor Who as a kid, as I think every kid my generation was. It was the only compulsory viewing as a young boy in this country... I haven't really seen much of the new Doctor Who, Chris Ecclestone or David Tennant, although the bits I have seen David Tennant is amazing in it.

Meanwhile, Rich Johnston is reporting that Paterson Joseph has been offered the role, and accepted...

Bamber: 'I'm too scared to play The Doctor' [Digital Spy]

In Pulse 3: Invasion, we pick up after Justine's arguing parents were both turned into ghosts and the little girl was ushered off to a remote location by a group of strangers. There, they avoid technology and live in a primitive lifestyle. But now that she's a teenager, she leaves the shelter of her new home in search of answers. A seeming survivor living in the city, named Adam, lures her into the city, which is overrun with the phantoms. And of course her annoying ghost parents (one of whom is Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber) get in the way.

[Shock Till You Drop]

BSG and Caprica:

I asked Eick whether BSG's ending would tie in with the prequel series. Did the development of Caprica spell any changes for how BSG ends? No, said Eick. The two shows have been totally separate since Caprica first went into development a couple of years ago. "They were on two separate tracks," and BSG's ending has been planned out "in broad strokes" for a long time.

So does that mean we won't see any Caprica characters in the tail end of BSG — such as Daniel Graystone or his daughter Zoe? Eick confirmed that nobody from Caprica would be turning up on BSG. "It's a prequel, so we don't have to deal with that kind of cross-pollination, since it takes place 51 years before the BSG miniseries."

The BSG TV movie:

It's not a done deal yet, says Eick. If it happens, it'll be like Razor in that it'll "involve a unique perspective on a story you thought you knew." He won't reveal when in the show's past it takes place, but it delves into "territory that the fans would be familiar with, and offers new perspective."

Lee Adama actor Jamie Bamber says it's "highly unlikely" that he would be in the TV movie, now that he's starring in Law And Order: UK. "I don't think the story is intended to be a Lee story anyway, from what i know." He wouldn't mind going back and reprising the role of Lee, but he feels like the show has ended well and he won't lose any sleep if he never plays Apollo again.

On subverting expectations:

Eick says having the title Battlestar Galactica helped the show. "I don't want to say it lowered expectations, but it created a climate of expectations that it was going to be a certain type of show that it didn't turn out to be." People expected something goofy, funny, escapist or silly from a show with that title — and maybe BSG would have been more popular if it had been more escapist — but that wasn't the show Eick and Ronald D. Moore were making. And the show, as it was, took people by surprise.

On being a secret cylon:

I asked Michael Trucco (Sam Anders) how he tried to convey Sam's unease within his own skin after Sam found out he was a Cylon. Trucco said that sense of unease was "exactly what i was hoping would come across." He wanted Anders to have a sense of not just confusion about being a cylon, but "actually loss of identity." Everything Anders felt was true was wrong. The sky is red instead of blue, and it's always been red in spite of what you might think. Everything Sam thought he stood for was upended, and he was a "man without a country," not knowing what he was. And of course, Anders was paranoid about Starbuck finding out, after she said she would put a bullet in his head if he was a Cylon.

Trucco's only regret about playing Anders was the show didn't explore his feelings when he thought Starbuck was dead at the end of season three more.

The Gaius Baltar leadership method:

When I realized I was about to be sitting next to James Callis — who comes across exactly like Gaius Baltar in person, but much nicer — I had a question I was burning to ask. As Baltar, he's been a political leader and a religious leader. How are those two different ways of wielding power different?

His answer was very Baltar-esque: "Political power on some level is leading from the front, and it's a very ego-driven... Lots of smiling and glad handing. And being the religious guru is about searching for something internally. The third eye doesn't look outwards, it looks inwards." (When he said that last part, he got that Baltar mock-serious look on his face.) He also said he was very relieved he would never have to be "this guy" any more.