10 Best Times TV Characters Returned From The Dead

Katee Sackhoff's Kara Thrace was one of Battlestar Galactica's most celebrated characters.

The fighter ace purportedly perishes in devastating circumstances when her Viper mysteriously explodes, following a dog-fight with Cyclon battleships in the midst of a solar storm.

However, Starbuck isn't done with audiences just yet - the beloved pilot reappears to Apollo in an unblemished ship, totally unaware of her demise. Thrace claims to have been to Earth and eventually guides the Fleet there, despite their initial reservations concerning her impossible reappearance.

Adding a further layer of mystique to proceedings, Starbuck disappears soon after accomplishing her mission, begging the question as to whether this was a legitimate resurrection, or a message from the beyond. Battlestar Galactica always handled its religious element with flawless aplomb, and Thrace's brief revival stands as one of the show's more celebrated examples of this.