10 Battlestar Galactica Twists You Never Saw Coming

10. The Cylon Raider

In 2003 an ambitious mini-series reimagining the half-remembered 1980's science-fiction series Battlestar Galactica hit screens and fans of the original had no idea what was about to happen to them. Despite the apparent drabness of the militarily realistic setting, this series was packed with imaginative reinventions of the classic series and nowhere was this more apparent than in the new appearance of the Cylons.

The human-Cylon Number 6 was amongst the first few images that we saw in this series, so the appearance of human-Cylons later on wasn't too surprising. But the next form of Cylon we saw were the insidious Raiders, their long pointed wings in a circular pattern homage to the shape of the rounder classic craft. Two of these craft were swooping towards the disabled fighters of Galactica's deployed Vipers.

Then it's main eye opened.

A simple redesign of the frame had instead become a completely new creature. A sentient fighter-craft whose instincts were wired into its very frame. While it was subtle, this was a gasp-out-loud moment for those seeing this new version of a classic.