Battlestar Galactaica (TNS) television scripts

[frame313]

Does anybody know where I can get the actual teleplay scripts or screenplays (whatever they're called for TV) for BSG--the new series?

Thanks.

[ViperTech]

Hear, hear! I too would like to read some transcipts... Might help with fanfic ideas...

[frame313]

No, not transcripts. The actual shooting scripts, screenplays or teleplays that Mr. Moore and his writing staff write for each episode. Transcripts are just somebody sitting down in front of a TV watching the show and writing down what happened, or transcribing if you will, the events and dialogue as they happened on the TV. The script is what the writers write and where the actors get there lines and what producers, directors and various other people use as a road map to make the show. It’s the story and chain of events for the episode.

Example:

FADE IN:

INT. GALACTICA - COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER

Lit only by EMERGENCY LIGHTS, most consoles are either not functioning or flickering with garbage data. A couple of enlisted are WOUNDED and getting first aid. Adama and Tigh are at the DAMAGE CONTROL station, which has a table top covered with schematic CUTAWAY DIAGRAMS of Galactica, and various phone handsets just beneath the table.

DECK HANDS keep rushing in with written MESSAGES for Tigh, who is hurriedly making marks on the diagram with a grease pencil to indicate damage as reports come in. Adama puts down a phone handset.

ADAMA
Radiation levels within norms--the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff.

Gaeta comes over from the Helm console.

GAETA
(to Adama)
Right stern thruster is locked open. All bow thrusters nonresponsive. We’re in an uncontrolled lateral clockwise
spin.

ADAMA
Run a DC party up to aux control, cut the fuel line to that stern thruster.

Gaeta rushes off. Adama bends over the diagram, which is now heavily marked. Tigh is a little unsteady, trying to focus on the job, but his nerves have been seriously jangled.

TIGH
Okay. Uh... we’ve got, uh... buckled supports all along the port flight pod and chain reaction decompressions occurring everywhere forward of frame two... two-fifty.

ADAMA
(ominous)
That’s a problem...

Dualla comes in through a HATCH, pulling a PHONE LINE behind her. She has a nasty CUT on her head, which is trickling blood down the side of her face, but she hasn’t noticed yet. She hands Tigh a scrap of paper.

DUALLA
Message from Captain Kelly at DC 4.

She plugs the line into the damage control console, picks up a handset. Tigh focuses on the message, marks the diagram.

DUALLA (cont’d)
(to handset)
Test! Test! Frak!

Nothing. She looks under the console.

ADAMA
Forget it, D—we got lines down everywhere. Get that head wound looked at.

Dualla touches her head, is surprised at the blood, moves off to get it looked at.

TIGH
All right, Kelly says he’s got three uncontrolled fires... in the port flight pod... I guess that’s why he hasn’t been able to stop the decompressions.

ADAMA
(indicates diagram)
If the decomps continue along this axis they’ll reach the hangar deck. Paul, get down there, take personal command of the DC teams on the scene.

Tigh freezes--looks at Adama.

TIGH
Me?

And there’s a moment here when Adama has to put his faith in Tigh and Tigh has to put his faith in himself. He leans in close to Tigh where no one else can hear.

ADAMA
(sotto)
Now or never, Paul. You’re either the XO or you’re not.

Tigh takes a beat, then rushes out the hatch.

FADE OUT:

That was an excerpt of Ron D. Moore’s first draft of part one of the mini-series. I’ve scoured all the screenplay sites on the web and can’t find anything other than the mini-series first draft.

[ViperTech]

Transcripts, shooting scripts... Either will due... I wouldn't mind taking a look at the dialogue...

[Xenu]

I’ve scoured all the screenplay sites on the web and can’t find anything other than the mini-series first draft.

That's all I've seen as well. TV scripts leaking out is very unpredictable...they could show up somewhere, they could not. The script for the mini made the rounds 'cus there was a fair bit of controversy & a lot of eyes wanting to see it, but episodic teleplays rarely make it outside the studio, if only for lack of reason to put them out there most of the time. Ebay is always a good place to check for script collectors; many screen & teleplays show up there.

[The Godfather]

Would you happen to have a link to that script- would love to read it myself.

Thanks.

-Shawn

[frame313]

Yeah, sure. Here it is.

battlestarfanclub.com/battlestar/bgarticle26.htm

[The Godfather]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

-Shawn

[UlricK]

ViperTech said:

Hear, hear! I too would like to read some transcipts... Might help with fanfic ideas...

If you want transcripts go here www.sadgeezer.com/html/Sections+index-req-viewarticle-artid-128-page-1.html

[The Godfather]

As a bit of an add-on, I posted the link to the script supplied above on my website and then asked if anyone had a better formatted version or would be willing to format. It turned out that in fact someone had a .pdf of the mini script formatted beautifully.

You can find it in the comments section under the miniseries script headline. The link to the site is in the banner in my sig line.

I find the original description of Starbuck in particular to be very interesting. Clearly this was written with a far different actor image than Katee in mind.

-Shawn

[ViperTech]

UlricK said:

If you want transcripts go here www.sadgeezer.com/html/Sections+index-req-viewarticle-artid-128-page-1.html

OOOh... Thank you soo much! ;D