Now that Sci-Fi Wire has issued their low-key press release-slash-news blurb about the Battlestar auction*, I’d like to take the opportunity to formally announce Battlestar Wiki’s (and my own) involvement with it.

If you check out the Battlestar Props website, particularly the “About” section, you’ll see a familiar name there. Yes, that’s me. It’s not a Cylon copy.**

Anyway, I’ve been very, very silent about this for about a month and a half now, mainly because I had my personal doubts as to whether or not this was going to come to pass, and the fact that NBC Universal are the people behind it… Not to mention the fact that I have my own boss, PropWorx CEO Alec Peters. Afterall, everybody’s gotta serve somebody.

In any event, I’ll have much, much more to blog about—via the Battlestar Props website—when I get up to Vancouver. (Yes, I get to go to Vancouver. More on that later.) The Battlestar Props site will be

The slew of behind-the-scenes information I—and, by extension, all of you—will have access to will be tremendous, and will go up on the Wiki. A small, but influential core of volunteers have already been working on getting things prepped for all the information that’ll go online on the Battlestar Wiki, the new Props wiki (still under construction), and the Battlestar Props website. Of course, new volunteers are welcome, and you’ll likely get something out of it (DVD boxset or something like that, hell, maybe a prop, who knows), although all the volunteers are working pro bono. There might be some fame, maybe a splinter, but I’m not in it for the fame. I’m in it because I’m a fan who passionately loves—and hates, at the same time!—the show, and having funded and helped to build the Wiki, we’ve reached a plateau that very, very few fan sites will ever reach.

For me, having never dreamed something like this was ever possible, I find myself continually astonished and deeply humbled at all those who have aided us in our mission to chronicle the series.

Now, before I go off ramblin’ like an prideful father, I’m going back to the tylium mines of Carillon while I still have energy left in me to work through the night.

Updates as I get them! Good night and good luck, and thank you for your belief in us!

* The announcement was supposed to come out Friday. Or at least, that’s what we were told.
** As I am the Final Cylon (hey, I’m not in that infamous, vastly overrated “Last Supper” picture!), I do not have copies of myself available. Sorry. I’ve always been a Cylon, and have been from the start. [cue Watchtower music]

First reported on the SciFi forums, SciFi will not post episodes on Hulu of Battlestar Galactica until 8 days after the show has aired on TV. That being said, Hulu posted a release schedule on the Batttlestar Galactica page.

Before visiting be aware! If you have not seen “Guess What’s Coming To Dinner” to be posted, don’t wait too long! It will be released in a two part release with two different release dates on Hulu and SciFi and not as one episode.

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A quick reminder. My appearance on SyFy Radio will be this Wednesday. The show starts at 10 P.M. Eastern Time and my appearance will be starting around 10:20 to 10:25 P.M., once Mike Hinman reads through his scripted material.

I’ll be there anywhere from 20 minutes to the whole show, depending on how many people start calling in and give us stuff to talk about. The main topics of discussion will be Battlestar Galactica’s fourth and final season, and I’ll also be talking a bit about Galacticruise. (And for all those people on the fence, I must stress that you really need to get moving on this, since the deadline for booking cabins and event payments is July 1st!)

The show will be streaming live from BlogTalkRadio’s website for SyFy Radio, which is here. The call-in number is (646) 200-3642.

Also, SyFy Radio has a chat room running in concert with the live show, so if you don’t like hearing your voice (or if your voice brings doom upon all mankind… kidding… seriously, I hope I’m kidding!), then you can send us questions via the chat room. Or discuss the content of our show there as well.

So remember: this Wednesday at 10 P.M., click here, and listen to the show. Call into the show by dialing (646) 200-3642.

We’d better see you there, or else the Old Man’s gonna beat your ass with a flashlight.

Update: Catrope brought up a good point… Those if you in way different time zones (such as those in Europe) will probably be asleep during the broadcast. So, to address the issue of whether or not you people can hear the show as well, the answer is: “Yes, you can.” All the shows that are on SyFy Radio are archived for playback at a later date!

I received an update from our NBC press/promotional contact, letting us know that “The Ties That Bind” may be the last episode to be streamed early at 12 P.M. ET. on Fridays.

So for those of you wanting to catch the episode early, I’m afraid that this might be the last time you can do it, at least until 2009.

Updates as we get them. Thank you.

Yesterday out of the blue, a real life authorized author of a re-imagined series book, appeared on our forums. The author’s name is Jason T. Eberl (Under the name PhilosopherJedi) and he is the author of “Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There” and he contacted us so he can start a weekly discussion of philosophy questions regarding Battlestar episodes.

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The episode guide for “He That Believeth In Me” is online. Omitted are the last two acts of the episode, due to our agreement with SciFi Channel/NBC-Universal. The last two acts, as well as information within them, will be online at 12:01 P.M. ET.

Also, as we’ve done in the past, we lock articles that pertain to the episode in order to ensure the website is online and accessible during and after airing

We don’t foresee the webserver crashing, but do expect some slowness as our traffic briefly increases.

Of course, you may discuss the season four premiere and any BSG topic on our exclusive Battlestar Forums.

Thank you for your patience and understanding! Enjoy Season 4!

So say we all!

As I noted earlier, I was one of the lucky frakwits that received a screener of “He That Believeth In Me“, the season four premiere episode written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, and directed by Michael Rymer.

Of course, because I had to sign a confidentiality agreement to get the screener, I am legally bound not to give spoilers. By the definition of the contract, it defines spoilers as any content that is contained in the last 15 minutes of the episode. So that is verboten, otherwise I fear that I may be airlocked, Laura Roslin-style.

I’ve revealed some things on the Battlestar Forum that I don’t consider spoilery, such as how the tail number on a certain pristine Viper is different from what’s been pictured in the various promotional photos for the episode, as well as have tried to fit in where the clips that have been floating around the internet have fit into the context of the episode… With varying degrees of success.

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For those of you who want to know about screeners and what being a “non-notable” (yet oddly relevant!) site gets you, I’m going to take you into a brief, yet tantalizing glimpse of what reporters and “non-notable” websites get.

The pictures of the screener are not screencaps or anything like that, though those will come early Friday morning (along with a massive update on the Wiki), but of the nicely packaged screener DVD everyone pretty much received this week.

It was very much like Christmas in March, actually! After nearly a year of being Battlestar Galactistarved (”Razor” only added to the pain, really), we get the screener to the Season 4 opener.

SFC and NBC-Universal have learned a lot from the “Razor” fiasco (which, as we recall, was released a couple weeks before the television premiere in November), and decided to keep the screeners from the press and “non-notable” websites like ours until the last minute.

So here is a glimpse of the world of “non-notable” (yet relevant and heavily visited!) websites and news outlets! Oh, and my review of the episode will be published later today! Enjoy!

The “inside” of the screener booklet. Note that the confidential stuff is blurred out for legal reasons.

Everyone,

Michael Hinman, the news coordinator and SyFy Portal Actual over at the superb SyFy Portal, has started an internet radio show called SyFy Radio. The show itself launches on April 2nd and people can listen to it both live and via the archives, should you not be able to listen live. The show runs every Wednesday at 11 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Pacific and runs for 90 minutes.

The beautiful thing about SyFy Radio is that people can call in or talk on their chat room during the show to bring up questions or discuss the show’s contents with fellow listeners. Plus, I’ve known Mike for a long time, and feel comfortable in going on his radio show. (I was offered to go on NPR, but turned them down because of time constraints — I’m by no means a morning person, people who know me know that I work in the wee hours of the night — and the fact that I was not comfortable with speaking on NPR.)

I will be on the show Wednesday, April 23rd. The show starts at 11 P.M. ET, as noted before, and my appearance will be around 11:25-11:30 P.M. I will be answering your questions, so feel free to participate. The topics of discussion will be Battlestar Galactica (Nah… Really?), Season Four, the Battlestar Wiki and Galacticruise. And anything you guys can bring up that’s on those topics.

The show will be streaming live from SyFy Portal’s BlogTalkRadio, which you may access from here.

Disclaimer moment: Do note that this is a family-friendly show, so no foul language, please, and no immature hi-jinks either. We may have fun on the show, but stupidity and high-school level immaturity will send you to a comfy cell in the New Caprica Detention Center. For food, I’m told they serve hardboiled eggs… or something similar.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATTLESTAR WIKI OFFICIALLY SPONSORS GALACTICRUISE

Vero Beach, FL — Battlestar Wiki, the highly popular Battlestar Galactica online encyclopedia and go-to-destination for fans from every Battlestar Galactica television saga, is pleased to announce its official sponsorship of Galacticruise, the official 30th Anniversary Celebration.

Presented by the official Battlestar Fan Club, Galacticruise will feature a majority of the main cast, guest stars, and crew members from the original 1978-79 version of the series, including Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo), Dirk Benedict (Lieutenant Starbuck), Terry Carter (Colonel Tigh), Denny Miller (”The Gun on Ice Planet Zero” guest star, portraying Ser 5-9), Stu Phillips (composer and song writer) and Terrence McDonnell (script editor and writer). In addition, Aaron Dogulas (Galen Tyrol from the Re-imagined Series) is also joining us for the cruise — with more guest appearances forthcoming!

“Galacticruise will be the greatest way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Battlestar Galactica television series, while enjoying a cruise hosted by the world-famous Carnival cruiseline. It is both a privilege and an honor to be a part of this historic event,” said Joe Beaudoin Jr., the project leader for Battlestar Wiki.

There are many events over the four day cruise, including Q&A sessions, panels with the various actors, and so much more!

Cabins to this once-in-a-lifetime event are filling up fast and booking ends July 1st! Visit the Galacticruise website for more information and join up!

The 22+ minute special, Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon, is now online at Battlestar Wiki. Click here to view it.

As with all of our locally hosted videos, this video can be viewed in any country using the Quicktime media player.

Thanks to the Sci-Fi Channel, we’re able to host the entire Battlestar Galactica Revealed 22-minute show on Battlestar Wiki for everyone to see, regardless of whether or not you are in the USA.

Click here to watch all four parts!

Our sister site BattlestarPegasus.com will also have the higher-quality versions of this video available in 48 hours!

So say we all!