Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)

Saga of a Star World (1978)

Jane Seymour: Serina

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Quotes 

• Serina : We must fight back.

  Commander Adama : Yes, we are going to fight back. But not here, not now, not in the Colonies. Not even in this star system. Let the word go forth to every man, woman and child who survived this holocaust. Tell them to set sail at once in every assorted vehicle that will carry them.

• Serina : No, let them talk! I also want to know where you were. All of you. We waited. We watched and prayed and you never came!

  Captain Apollo : Most of us are dead... the fleet is all but destroyed.

• Serina : [civil broadcast transmission]  Preparations continue through the night here at the Caprica Presideum. We can see at the moment it is somewhat deserted.

  [a few people milling about in the stadium] 

  Serina : But with the new dawn, it will be full of Capricans...

  [looking over her shoulder at the people] 

  Serina : coming here, eagerly and joyfully, to usher in a new era, the era of peace. So far, details of the Armistice meeting, going on at this very moment on the star Kobol, are not coming in as we had hoped for.

  [on board the Galactica, this broadcast is watched] 

  Serina : It seems that this is due to unusual electrical interferences which are blocking out all interstellar communications. However, as soon as they are available, we will be showing you the first pictures of something that has been described as the most significant event in history.

  [she hears the ominous whoosh of alien spacecraft overhead, and looks up to see Cylon Raiders swooping down] 

  Serina : Oh my God! It's... It's a tremendous explosion! Are... are we getting this on the camera? People are running everywhere, they... are running in all different directions! Ladies and gentlemen, this is terrible, they are bombing the city...