Dr. Zee was a child prodigy who was born in the refugee fleet in the years after the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies of Man.
Biography[]
Zee was born to a Seraph named Angela on Planet Starbuck as part of a test on Lieutenant Starbuck. He was left in the care of the refugee fleet Starbuck came from, and was raised as a human.[1] Zee demonstrated excellent intellect and problem solving, and was credited with saving the fleet on numerous occasions as he grew up.[2] In time, the fleet would find the location of Earth, its long-held goal. After picking up television broadcasts, he assessed that the Thirteenth Tribe had regressed in both their technological and social development, possessing neither the ability to defend itself against a Cylon invasion or unify its forces to attempt it.[2] Multiple solutions to this were offered, such as using time travel technology to make Earth more advanced, but Zee was opposed to this, instead favouring present day assistance with scientific breakthroughs. Suspecting that the Cylons were still tracking Galactica from afar, Commander Adama took his advice and led the fleet out into deep space while slowly settling the planet.[2][3]
Further notes[]
The character was recast following the Galactica Discovers Earth three-parter.
When material from Galactica 1980 was recut for release as a feature Conquest of the Earth, scenes of both Robbie Rist and James Patrick Stuart playing this character were cut together, with the changes in voices resulting from the spliced footage being explained as the two characters being brothers who could speak through each other due to the cerebral mutation. Rist was referred to as "Zee", while Stuart was referred to as "Zen".
Sources[]
- ↑ Galactica 1980, episode: "The Return of Starbuck".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Galactica 1980, episode: "Galactica Discovers Earth".
- ↑ Galactica 1980, episode: "The Super Scouts".