![]() ![]() While Caprica contains references to elements of the Battlestar universe, the series was intended to be accessible to new fans. With these considerations, and Caprica's storyline already focused on events taking place prior to the two Cylon Wars, the series has a different tone, content, and style. Moore had strong feelings on the matter, explaining his position that ".you don't try to repeat the formula," and going on to say, ".everything about Caprica was designed specifically to not repeat what we had done in Galactica." Although a critical success, Galactica had a predominantly male audience, and both Moore and the network felt the "war in space" backdrop was a major deterrent to female viewers. Production Concept Ĭaprica differs significantly from its parent series. Offered the chance of his own daughter being restored, Joseph wrestles with the notion until he comes face to face with its reality. ![]() Grief-stricken by the loss of his daughter and fueled by obsession, Daniel sets out to bring her back, using his considerable wealth and sprawling technology corporation. The Twelve Colonies are at peace, 58 years before the events of the 2004 television series, when an act of religious fanaticism brings together Joseph Adama, a lawyer with ties to the criminal underworld, and wealthy technologist Daniel Graystone, both of whom lost family members. Caprica is the governmental seat of the Twelve Colonies, having also become the de facto seat of culture, art, science, and learning the language of Caprica has become the standard language of the Twelve Colonies. Plot Ĭaprica is set before cataclysmic destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, focusing on the planet Caprica, the main planet of the Twelve Colonies. on Decem and aired on Syfy in a burn off marathon on January 4, 2011. The remaining episodes were released on DVD in the U.S. The series continued to air as scheduled on Space, finishing with the series finale on November 30, 2010. On October 27, 2010, Syfy canceled the show, citing low ratings, and pulled the remaining five episodes of the series from its broadcast schedule. The second half of the first season (Season 1.5) began airing on October 5, 2010, on Syfy and Space. The first season debuted on January 22, 2010, on Syfy in the U.S., Space in Canada, and Sky1 in the UK, running nine episodes, including the two-hour pilot, before going on a mid-season hiatus. ![]() Among Caprica's main characters are the father and uncle of William Adama, the man who becomes the senior surviving military leader of the fleet which represents the remnants of the Twelve Colonies in Battlestar Galactica.Īn extended version of the pilot premiered exclusively on DVD and digital download on April 21, 2009. Caprica shows how humanity first created the Cylon androids who would later turn against their human masters. A spin-off prequel of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004), Caprica is set 58 years before the main series. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)Ĭaprica is an American science fiction drama television series. ![]()
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