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Original Continuity The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction in the original 1978/1980 series. The Cylons were created to serve the reptilian race of the Cylon Alliance. 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 Cylon's 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, with Iblis countering that if that was true it must have been "transcribed" over a thousand yahren (years) ago. 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. In the new version, the Cylons were created by man as robotic workers and soldiers. As in the original series, the Cylons destroy almost the entire human civilization, chasing a few ship-borne survivors into deep space. Unlike the original series, however, the reimagined series includes twelve Cylon models who are nearly indistinguishable from human beings. Alongside the humanoid models, there are also Centurions, often called toasters because of their metal structure, which are purely mechanical soldiers and laborers. There are also partially biological spacecraft. | ||||||||||
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