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'{{Infobox television | show_name = Battlestar Galactica: The Plan | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = Jane Espenson | screenplay = | story = | director = [[Edward James Olmos]] | starring = Edward James Olmos<br />[[Dean Stockwell]]<br />[[Michael Trucco]]<br />[[Grace Park (actress)|Grace Park]]<br />[[Michael Hogan (Canadian actor)|Michael Hogan]]<br />[[Aaron Douglas (actor)|Aaron Douglas]]<br />[[Callum Keith Rennie]]<br />[[Kate Vernon]]<br />[[Rick Worthy]]<br />[[Lymari Nadal]]<br />[[Matthew Bennett]]<br />[[Rekha Sharma]]<br />[[Tricia Helfer]] | narrated = | theme_music_composer = [[Bear McCreary]] | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = [[David Eick]]<br />[[Jane Espenson]]<br />[[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />[[Harvey Frand]]<br />[[Ron E. French]] | editor = Andrew Seklir | cinematography = Stephen McNutt | runtime = 112 min | company = David Eick Productions | distributor = | budget = | network = [[Syfy]] | first_aired = {{Film date|TV=y|2009|10|27|}} | last_aired = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = }} '''''Battlestar Galactica: The Plan''''' is a television film set in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|reimagined version]] of the fictional ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' universe. It consists of newly filmed material as well as a compilation of footage from the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|2004 TV series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)|miniseries]]. The miniseries and first two seasons of ''Battlestar Galactica'' are retold with more emphasis on the Cylon perspective and their plan to wipe out the human race. The story follows two versions of [[John Cavil|Cylon known as Cavil]], with one admitting they may have made a mistake, with the story being told in flashback. The [[Cylon (reimagining)#Final Five|"Final Five" Cylons]] are featured prominently. The film premiered exclusively on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and digital download on October 27, 2009.<ref name=prem>{{cite news | author = | url = http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20090717/LA4793117072009-1.html | title = From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Experience the Fight for Humanity's Survival Through the Eyes of the Cylons for the First Time Ever In ''Battlestar Galactica: The Plan'' | date = 2009-07-17 | work = [[PR Newswire]] | accessdate = 2009-07-20}}</ref> It premiered on January 10, 2010 on [[Syfy]],<ref name=ct090915>{{cite news | author = Maureen Ryan | url = http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/09/battlestar-galactica-plan.html | title = 'Plan' for 'Battlestar' fans: Wait a little longer for TV movie | date = 2009-03-17 | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | accessdate = 2009-09-15}}</ref> on April 2, 2010 on Sky Premiere in the United Kingdom, and on August 6, 2011 on [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] in Canada.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/space/releases/release.asp?id=13800&yyyy=2011 "SPACE Reveals New Series and Anticipated Premieres with Chockablock Summer Schedule"] May 18, 2011</ref> ==Plot== {{plot|section|date=June 2011}} The opening scenes of ''The Plan'' occur just prior to the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the televised miniseries, ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica]].'' Humanoid [[Cylon (reimagining)|Cylon]] [[John Cavil]] (played by [[Dean Stockwell]]) is shown leading the planning for the [[genocide|genocidal]] attack on the human race. All of the seven "known" humanoid Cylons are present in the control room of the main Cylon base. Two versions of Cavil are shown in a [[List of ships in Battlestar Galactica (2004)#Resurrection Ship|Resurrection Ship]], with the [[Cylon (reimagining)#Final Five|"Final Five" Cylons]] in stasis in resurrection chambers. The two versions of Cavil briefly discuss their plans for "teaching a lesson" to the their creators, the Final Five. One version of Cavil announces his intention to witness the destruction of humanity on the ground. This version of Cavil travels to the planet Picon, where he encounters [[Ellen Tigh]]. Other characters from the series are also depicted: [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[James Callis]]) has a final meeting with Caprica Six; [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Michael Trucco]]) is shown at his Pyramid team's training camp along with the team doctor, who is [[Number Four (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Four/Simon]] ([[Rick Worthy]]); and [[Tory Foster]] ([[Rekha Sharma]]) is shown driving to an airport. The destruction of the Twelve Colonies is depicted in a series of new special effects shots, with the [[Cylon Basestar#The Hybrid|Cylon Hybrid]] seemingly narrating the destruction. Almost all of the planets of the Twelve Colonies are depicted in short scenes. Ellen Tigh is severely wounded in the nuclear attack on Picon, and Cavil helps her leave the planet aboard a Colonial Fleet rescue ship. Aboard a civilian transport, Cavil torments the half-conscious woman with descriptions of his intent to destroy humanity.<ref>Simultaneous to the events of the first season episode "[[33 (Battlestar Galactica)|33]]")</ref> Tory Foster survives the nuclear attack as well, and is wounded when her car flips over in the blast, but seems to protect her enough to survive. Anders helps console his teammates in the mountainous region where they were training. Several scenes from the television miniseries are edited into ''The Plan''. Cavil later boards the ''Galactica'', where he is mistaken for a priest. Calling himself "Brother Cavil," he takes over the ''Galactica's'' chapel. The creation of ''Galactica's'' "wall of remembrance" is depicted, where survivors posted pictures and mementos of their dead or missing loved ones. Using religious fliers which talk about a "plan", Cavil covertly gathers the seven known cylons. Cavil tells them that he intends to continue his plan to utterly destroy the human race. He also tells them that there is a [[sleeper agent]] aboard the ''Galactica'', a [[Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Eight]] ([[Grace Park (actress)|Grace Park]]), whom he also plans to use. Back on Cylon-occupied [[List of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) locations#Caprica|Caprica]], Sam Anders and his teammates have fled their training center for more safe quarters. They spot [[Cylon (reimagining)#Current model|Cylon Centurions]] collecting the parts of their fallen comrades. Later, Sam and his companions, having taken up refuge in an old military compound in the mountains, launch their first attack on the Cylons, losing several people in the successful attack.<ref> Sam and Jean Barolay later observe several Number Fives burying numerous dead human bodies, realize that Cylons have taken humanoid form, and resolve to attack them. They do so later, while a Cavil version supervises the Fives' work. Cavil plays dead and survives the attack unharmed. Mistakenly believing Cavil to be a human being, Sam and his friends take the priest with them back to their camp. Cavil is clearly shocked to see Anders, because he is one of the original Final Five. Back on the ''Galactica,'' the events of the first season episodes unfold from the Cylon's perspective. Brother Cavil triggers the original Cylon programming of the Number Eight known as Sharon "Boomer" Valerii. She plans a bombing of the ship's water storage facilities. As she tries to implement her plan, Boomer becomes increasingly distraught because she has fallen in love with Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] ([[Aaron Douglas (actor)|Aaron Douglas]]). Cavil becomes angry when the Number Five known as Aaron Doral is exposed as a Cylon, and demands that he attempt to kill Commander Adama. The Number Two, meanwhile, listens in on Colonial Fleet communications, and becomes convinced that [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ([[Katee Sackhoff]]) holds some special purpose for the humanoid Cylons. He begins to paint the nebula depicted in Season Three episodes.<ref>"[[The Eye of Jupiter (Battlestar Galactica)|The Eye of Jupiter]]"</ref> Cavil, realizing that the Number Two known as Leoben Conoy has had his identity compromised, demands that the Number Two turn himself over to the humans and attempt to deceive or kill them. When Boomer's plan to deprive the Fleet of water fails (and Boomer ironically helps the ''Galactica'' locate <i>more</i> water), Cavil demands that she kill Commander Adama. She first attempts suicide, and later purposefully botches the assassination attempt.<ref>"[[Kobol's Last Gleaming]]"</ref> Cavil, worried about Dr. Baltar's attempt to develop a Cylon detection machine, orders the Number Six known as Shelly Godfrey to frame Baltar for treason. She does so, but her attempt fails when her evidence is exposed as a sham by Lieutenant Gaeta. Cavil orders the Six into an airlock and kills her. [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Henderson's]] assassination of Boomer is depicted as well. Cavil also orders the Number Four known as Simon to destroy the ship on which he lives with his family. Simon commits suicide rather than kill the family he has grown to love. In the aftermath of Simon's suicide, there is concern that he might have been a Cylon. But his wife, Giana, reveals that he left a suicide note. Nonetheless, when Simon is revealed by Kara Thrace to be a Cylon<ref>After the events of the second season episode "[[The Farm (Battlestar Galactica)|The Farm]]", some scenes of which are shown here</ref> Giana seeks solace from Chief Tyrol—who is beginning to suspect that he himself might be a Cylon.<ref>Depicted in the second season episode "[[Lay Down Your Burdens]]"</ref> Meanwhile, back on Cylon-occupied Caprica, the other version of Cavil has ingratiated himself with Sam Anders. Cavil has ordered the Number Four to attempt to kill members of Sam's team, but none have died and Cavil criticizes the Four's actions. Cavil himself tries to undermine Sam's fragile psychological well-being, but Sam rejects Cavil's counsel. Starbuck returns to Caprica and meets the stranded Colonial pilot [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]].<ref>As depicted in scenes from "Kobol's Last Gleaming," "Resistance," and "The Farm". [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] played by actor [[Tahmoh Penikett]], shown in existing footage.</ref> The two run into Anders' team, Cavil makes a failed attempt to trick Sam into thinking they are Cylons and attacking them. Helo and Starbuck join them and attack a local Cylon base. Starbuck is wounded, taken captive by the Cylons, and subjected to various breeding experiments. Anders, Helo, and the others rescue her, discovering that Simon is a Cylon in the process.<ref>Depicted in the episode "The Farm"</ref> Later, after Starbuck and Helo have been away from Caprica for months and return to rescue Anders' group with ''Galactica'' troops, Cavil tries to assassinate Starbuck and Anders but finds that he cannot pull the trigger of his rifle, still thinking about Anders' comment that death wouldn't make him love people any less. When the Cylon Centurions attack, Cavil is forced to hide with the rest of the humans. The Centurions break off their attack. That night, Cavil sneaks from the human camp to meet with a Number Six who informs him that the Cylons have agreed to end their attacks on the human race. Cavil, who has changed his mind about humanity, agrees to pass on the message to the humans despite the Cavil's voting against peace. Cavil returns to the human camp, and the humans leave the next day for the ''Galactica.'' Meanwhile, Brother Cavil is bedeviled by the repeated appearance of a young boy named John ([[Alex Ferris]]) in his chapel. Initially, Cavil just kicks him out. But over time, Cavil appears to warm to the boy. He begins talking to him, learning the boy's name and that the boy's parents no longer want him. Cavil soon begins to feed the boy, and allows him to sleep in the chapel. One day, the boy brings Cavil the gift of an apple, and Cavil asks him if they are friends. The boy just shrugs in response. Cavil says relying on friends is dangerous and stabs him with a knife, murdering him. ''The Plan'' ends with "Caprica Cavil" arriving aboard the ''Galactica'', and unwittingly exposing himself and Brother Cavil as humanoid Cylons (as depicted in scenes from the second season episode "[[Lay Down Your Burdens]]"). This time it's shown that he does it on purpose to stop Brother Cavil's plans. Brother Cavil is brought to the brig protesting that he is not a Cylon until he sees Caprica Cavil already in the brig, at which point he stops pretending. Caprica Cavil announces that the Cylons have voted to give the humans "a reprieve" because they have decided that their attempts at genocide were an error. They have left the colonies and will stop hunting the humans (this scene differs from the same scene in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens]], Part Two": since [[Mary McDonnell]] doesn't appear in "The Plan," the Cavils' interaction with [[Laura Roslin]], including her interrogation questions concerning what the Cylons plan to do next, is edited out, as is her order to "airlock" the two Cylons; the order is instead given first by [[Saul Tigh]], and then reiterated by [[Commander Adama]], neither one of whom had these lines in the original episode.) The two Cavils argue while on their way to the airlock. Brother Cavil is in disbelief that the Cylons have decided to leave the humans alone, and continues to argue for their destruction. But Caprica Cavil asserts that Brother Cavil does not understand the nature of love. He says that the Final Five loved humanity, and that Brother Cavil is jealous of this love. Brother Cavil, he claims, does not understand that God and the Final Five will love humanity even more if the human race is extinguished. As they are escorted to the airlock, the Cavils see all of the Final Five Cylons watching them. They admit that this wasn't the reunion they had expected. The two Cavils are then ejected into space. Beforehand, Brother Cavil reveals that there is a second Resurrection Ship nearby and they will download when they die. He plans to box Caprica Cavil and then destroy humanity once and for all, indicating that ''Galactica'' Cavil is in fact the same copy that was the main enemy throughout season four. Caprica Cavil quietly tells his other self that he knows how terrifying death can be, and offers his hand, which Brother Cavil takes. The two are ejected, and float out past the fleet. The film ends with this scene overlaid with John Cavil's fourth-season tirade lamenting his human-like body and desiring to be more like a machine so that he could "see gamma rays, hear x-rays, smell dark matter...and feel the solar wind of a super-nova" flowing over him.<ref>"[[No Exit (Battlestar Galactica)|No Exit]]" - Season 4, Episode 15</ref> ==Production== ''The Plan'' was announced August 7, 2008 by [[Syfy]] as a two-hour ''Battlestar Galactica'' "special event" directed and written by series veterans [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Jane Espenson]].<ref name="pressrelease">SciFi [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/event/specialevent.pdf Official press release]</ref> Production began September 8, 2008.<ref name="morecast">[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/09/battlestar-gala.html "'Battlestar Galactica' movie snares Tricia Helfer, Grace Park and lots more Cylons" ''chicagotribune.com'' September 4, 2008.]</ref> Edward James Olmos states: "When Battlestar fans see ''The Plan'', they’re all going to have to go back and watch the entire series again."<ref name=ct090317>{{cite news | author = Maureen Ryan | url = http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/03/syfy-gleanings-news-about-the-battlestar-film-a-caprica-challenge-the-eureka-lovefest-and-more.html | title = SyFy gleanings: News about the 'Battlestar' film, a 'Caprica' challenge, the 'Eureka' love-fest and more | date = 2009-03-17 | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | accessdate = 2009-03-18}}</ref> ==Music== [[Bear McCreary]] returned to score ''The Plan''. The score features a more primitive sound with ethnic instruments, similar to the score from the earlier seasons of the show, fitting with the time period the film is set in. It also features an original song "Apocalypse", which debuted at the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra's concerts at [[San Diego Comic-Con International|ComicCon]] 2009 – a melody designed as a [[counterpoint]] to a variation of the series' Gayatri mantra-Main Title (as performed during the end credits of ''The Plan''). ==Cast== {{div col}} * [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]] * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[John Cavil|Number One]] * [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]] * [[Grace Park (actress)|Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Eight]] * [[Michael Hogan (Canadian actor)|Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]] * [[Aaron Douglas (actor)|Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]] * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy|Number Two]] * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]] * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Four]] * [[Lymari Nadal]] as Giana O'Neill * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Five]] * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]] * [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)|Number Six]] * [[Alisen Down]] as Jean Barolay * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as Hybrid {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|1286130|Battlestar Galactica: The Plan}} * [[BattlestarWiki:The Plan|''The Plan'']] at the Battlestar Wiki {{BattlestarGalacticaTopics}} [[Category:2009 television films]] [[Category:American television films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:Battlestar Galactica (2004) episodes|Plan, The]] [[Category:Clip shows]] [[Category:Films directed by Edward James Olmos]] [[Category:Syfy original films]]'