The Cylons Speak - A Battlestar Galactica Compilation

A compilation of moments throughout Battlestar Galactica when Cylon Centurions speak. Imperious Leaders, other IL-series, Hybrids and humanoid models are not included.
Sources are TOS episodes "Saga of a Star World", "Lost Planet of the Gods", "The Lost Warrior", "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero", "The Magnificent Warriors", "The Young Lords", "The Living Legend", "Fire in Space", "Baltar's Escape" & "The Hand of God"; G80 episodes "The Return of Starbuck", "The Night the Cylons Landed" & "Space Croppers"; and the telemovie Razor.
Thumbnail art by Robert Bonchune (www.artstation.com/sleekndone).
All footage is owned by NBC.

[@darthplagueis4626]

0:00 "Saga of a Star World", 1:50 "Lost Planet of the Gods" 2:26 "The Lost Warrior" 4:07 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero" 9:50 "The Magnificent Warriors" 9:56 "The Young Lords" 11:20 "The Living Legend" 12:40 "Fire in Space" 12:51 "Baltar's Escape" 13:01 "The Hand of God" 14:15 "The Return of Starbuck" 21:06 "The Night the Cylons Landed" 22:05 "Space Croppers" 22:33 Razor

[@brianperry4713]

❤ the homage. Specter & Lucifer are still my favorite cylons.

[@tedolphbundler724]

@@brianperry4713Centurion Serpentine

[@MikeP-sq6be]

This was a very cool and underrated show

[@davidk6269]

As a young teen, I'd stand in front of a rotating fan, and say: "By your command!" A simple fan was a wonderful impromptu Cyclon voice simulator. ; )

[@danfadden]

Wow, I haven’t thought about that in years! And the closer you got it always seemed to sound better. Thanks for the memory.

[@davidk6269]

@@danfadden ; )

[@razorraysolarsavings70]

😂

[@allanlee9520]

Lol! I guess it would be foolish to think I was the only one. 😊 Lol!!

[@N.G.S._01]

Not gonna lie but me personally, the Cylons would have to be my MOST favorite thing in the series.

[@Rambonii]

Them exploding deaths are nice. But the voice is great

[@Msjumpinggirl]

Yeah !!!

[@Msjumpinggirl]

I think they are better than the Republicans on Star Wars??

[@user-ps8kp1eo9k]

I absolutely agree! The electronic “voices” totally make the difference. Respectfully reminds me of the electronic voice from the movie “Colossus: The Forbin Project” (1970).

[@user-kv9gs8kb6m]

Gotta agree, but the Hive minded insectoids we're a great prediction. Between the two it's a great depiction of today's world.

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

"I really think you should take a look at the other battlestar." How memorable would the Cylons be if it wasn't for vocoders? Those can do wonders. Simple, but very effective. I could listen to them all day. In fact, I think I will.

[@Smenkhaare]

It seems they were not as surprised as we assumed... lol

[@stanleystriker7065]

@@Smenkhaare I extend my weapon, so that I may perform the following function.... lol

[@VoiceEncoder]

Thanks to the EMS Vocoder 1000!

[@darthplagueis4626]

@@stanleystriker7065 It was a great choice to remove the original instigating line from the arriving Centurions asking why Cy was pointing his weapon at them.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Cylons 78 are more high tech and spooky than the alternative universe BSTG..

[@stevesalzano942]

Soundwave from the transformers 1980s cartoon sounds like a cylon.

[@VoiceEncoder]

Cylons = EMS Vocoder 1000; Soundwave = Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus (Mk1 or 2?).

[@GunGriffin187]

​@VoiceEncoder different and Soundwave had a different voice sound because it was less robotic and allowed more emotion through the voice encoder they used in the BSG series had limits it was the 60s/70s after all... Transformers was the 80s

[@stingray69691]

I love how the garrison leaders (the gold cylons) have different voices than the other centurions.

[@VoiceEncoder]

Same vocoder the EMS 1000, just a lower pitch (half-octave or one octave lower).

[@user-ps8kp1eo9k]

Fascinating observation. I watched the show for years and never noticed the difference. Of course, I have never been accused of being the brightest crayon in the box.

[@juangarza7193]

Man If i was a base star commander 😂😅😅😅in my stoned ass state i w would want a smoking party to wish my cylon homies 😂😂tha best of luck n let's not forget uh -uh 😂😂😂baltar you really should be seeing this 😅😂🤣😅😮😯😮😯😅😄‼👍

[@juangarza7193]

Garrison leaders gold cylons were my favorite highest rankings in cylon army higher pay grade maybe 😅😅😂😂😂😂😊

[@ghostman5620]

Never gets old.

[@WalterDWormack214]

Imperious Leader: How! We took them by surprise! Centurion: "Apparently they didn't get the memo!"

[@img00]

The Return of Starbuck was a great episode!

[@MrSFSTUDIOS]

That was on Galactica 1980, the weaker attempt at continuation with flying motorcycles!

[@allenjones3130]

The "Galactica 1980" pilot and "The Return of Starbuck" were the only episodes that were worth watching.

[@richardched6085]

Iconic... So frakking iconic.

[@williammitchell4417]

So say we all

[@Smenkhaare]

BY YOUR COMMAND...

[@thatoneradicalizedprussian225]

holy shit it's you lol

[@richardched6085]

@@thatoneradicalizedprussian225 greetings lol

[@battlestarmarc]

Best Sci fi series that should have been a mega franchise. Cylons looked like super machines.

[@slingshot1961]

Well it sorta was. It spawned a series actually worth watching that spanned 4 seasons.

[@fjccommish]

@@slingshot1961 Quantum Leap?

[@jeremytung1632]

Imagine if these were the cylons we got in the reboot.

[@Waxcoat]

We only got crap ones 😢

[@tjf7101]

I love the remake. But, damn, the original ship designs and Cylons were just spot on.

[@Petequinn741]

Cylons could be used in a new movie today they hold up and are intimidating as heck

[@gusbaker4u]

Filming these extremely shiny fellows must have been a bit of a challenge.

[@dragdragon23]

love the Cylon voice!

[@VoiceEncoder]

EMS Vocoder 1000!!!

[@WalterDWormack214]

The very ORIGINAL Cylon Imperious Leader had a very VERY DEEP, OMINOUS, MACHINE-LIKE voice. When ABC-TV ran promotional spots for BSG, just before its Sept 17, 1978 debut I remember hearing the Imperious Leader issue the following edict... "THE LAST BATTLESTAR IS TO BE HUNTED DOWN! AND IT'S HUMAN REFUSE, DESTROYED!" When the Imperious Leader spoke. He DID NOT SOUND LIKE John Steed!

[@VulcanOnWheels]

Refuse? I don't remember ever hearing a Cylon say that word. Would you happen to know, or be able to find in which episode a Cylon said that?

[@WalterDWormack214]

The quoted line was used in a "promotional trailer", that aired on at the end of a ABC-TV Sunday Night Movie, in the weeks leading up to the début of Battlestar Galactica. The line I'm remembering was used BEFORE some corporate A-HOLE at either ABC-TV, or Universal Studios, got cold feet because of the 20th Century Fox/George Lucas 'LAWSUIT', that claimed that BSG was a rip-off of EFFING SAR WARS.

[@WalterDWormack214]

@Bert Visscher I'm pretty sure that Imperious Leader said this in a deleted scene from "Saga of a Star World". This line was used in a Battlestar Galactica "promotional spot". ABC-TV ran several of these in the weeks leading up to the American début of Battlestar Galactica.

[@PeachLover94]

If it was very deep in pitch, definitely Ted Cassidy. "You rang?" If it was higher pitched, it may have been like some Galran or Galvestonian Drule officer as well as Prince Lotor Sincline on _Voltron: Defender of the Universe._ Yep, definitely Lennie Weinrib... "Dada-DaDA-DA-DA! PUPPY POWER!!"

[@rickmontgomery3037]

Exactly, I'm thinking that was indeed Ted Cassidy...@@PeachLover94

[@misterangel8486]

*if I may Sir, I REALLY think you should take a look at the other battlestar!* 🥵😱 Who said Cylon centurions do not have a sense of humor and sarcasm😂🤣 The expression on Baltars face is making me laugh since it first aired lmfao😆

[@richardeller9246]

When I watched the premiere episode of Battlestar Galactica, I couldn't quite understand what the Cylons were saying, but now I have no problem.

[@alexanderleach3365]

They have the classic evil robot voice.

[@VoiceEncoder]

EMS Vocoder 1000!!!

[@martinostermann8676]

"It is impossible!" "No. It is a battlestar."

[@mikes.4136]

The Cylon Centurions have the most impressive voices and physical presence. The very phrase, “By your command.”, epitomizes their total hierarchical structure, and their willingness to serve their superiors to their own destruction.

[@brandonbeard077]

Loven your videos Darth, cheers for all your hard work. 👍👍

[@lindydaddario8844]

Now image a cylon repeating Hamlet's silique! "To be or not to be, that is the question, etc. By your command!!"

[@vpin2000]

I for one would die laughing.

[@yagamijubei28]

for the enemy troops, Cylons are literally the heart and soul of this show. they have a lot of personality for such a monodrone voice and similar looks. their dialogue is well written. and they're not even speaking technical mumbo jumbo, just regular unquestionably loyal and militant speech like a robot.

[@brianmcilvride1444]

Stephen Hawking should have used the Cylone voice

[@rickjohnston2667]

That would have been both cool and scary as hell.

[@garyself]

That was Great! Thanks for uploading this!!!1

[@Nasakcuf]

That...was beautiful!

[@MrWisjew]

Glad they included Galactica 1980 and Razor

[@midnighttornado22]

lol, yo cylons were loving the auto-tune before singers started to need them to sing in tune.

[@tryscience]

I like how the cylons had a guest appearance singing Funky Town

[@rickjohnston2667]

Lol, I totally forgot about that!

[@VoiceEncoder]

The Cylons were done using the EMS Vocoder 1000. "Funky Town" was done using the Moog 16-Channel MBVO 327A Vocoder which is a clone of the Bode 7702 Vocoder.

[@patrickwilson1459]

I most definitely liked the old Cylons better.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

Funny to think that they went down the opposite route with Baltar's costume to Darth Vader . I suppose he was still masquerading as another member of the council at this point. Even later on in the show's run he dresses in green and brown if memory serves.

[@cyberneticinterfacemodular3996]

I designed and built a robotic interface system similar to this for a Drone craft.

[@mysteriesmadeknown2874]

Thank you for doing this, I wish I had a friend. 😔 😪 😢 😭

[@jamieolberding7731]

Darth Plagueis 3.63K subscribers Flight Leader Serpentine: "BY YOUR COMMAND!!!"

[@dockaos924]

Great fun series 😊👍

[@VoiceEncoder]

The EMS Vocoder 1000 is the vocoder that was used for the Cylon Centurion voices!!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Excellent job. By your command ❤😂😛🍿

[@bpsitrep]

Well done. Cylons from BSG-O were far better than the CGI Cylons and esp the 'human cylons' from the BSG-New .

[@VoiceEncoder]

Due mainly to the sound/voice of the EMS Vocoder 1000!

[@sarcasticguy4311]

"Why is it that we can hardly ever score a direct hit on a Colonial Viper?" "How can we do any better with only one red eye that keeps bouncing back and forth across our faces like a ping pong ball?"

[@tedolphbundler724]

By your command!

[@VoiceEncoder]

EMS Vocoder 1000!

[@foilist1]

Yeah I liked the cylon voice.

[@VoiceEncoder]

Somewhere (don't remember where) I read that the late Glen Larson originally wanted to use Lou Ferrigno along with a hissing rattlesnake and a ring-modulator for the Cylon voices. After hearing a test run he deemed it too frightening so went with the EMS Vocoder 1000 voiced by Michael Santiago instead.

[@julioalejandroaldoferrarij6508]

They are very kind and I am grateful that they like my creation of this series, which I saw when I was young and sold for a few modest bills. Later they modified some parts and its effects and staging are fine, greetings to all equally.-

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Maybe if these robots' optics stop moving sideways every time...they can shoot straight!

[@U2QuoZepplin]

I'm not sure if it would have worked or served the script better if they had used different pitches of speech to clarify which cylon trooper was speaking in a similar way to how they did in Doctor Who, to make it clear which Dalek was speaking. They seem to just be using camera angle to show which cylon is speaking . It seems like a no brainer but perhaps that was the point and if every cylon was so similar it made it more scary .

[@danielkarlstrom1936]

they would have balls to go against the borg or daleks

[@sleepyhollow783]

"By your command." Yes they would.

[@VoiceEncoder]

I love the Cylons, but they would be wiped out really fast by either the Daleks or the Borg.

[@kristinaF54]

Makes you wonder why their heads bob a little while they talk, as there's no jaws muscles or vocal cords moving since they're robots and their speech comes through audio speakers and not a mouth.

[@jamesschulziii9098]

As a five year old, yes very iconic.

[@evanmiller2472]

I would love a Star Wars/Battlestar Galactica crossover. The original trilogy obviously i think it could totally work like friendly headbutting between Starbuck and Han Solo over the affection of Leia, the Empire taking over the Cylon race and Darth Vader overthrowing the Imperious Leader, a badass shootout between the Cylons and Stormtroopers, R2D2 meeting Muffit, the Galactica forming an alliance with the Rebel Alliance, so many possibilities!

[@Dragondave17real]

14:15 14:24 tell me you didn't come for best boy cyclon

[@Thompsdan]

I would love to hear Shakespeare’s sonnets read by a cylon.

[@kirkwann9675]

Cylons are kool

[@VoiceEncoder]

Thanks to the EMS Vocoder 1000!

[@brhodes0]

I dread to think how much Colombian Coffee 🇨🇴 was consumed making this.

[@fred306801]

Strange how these AI robots look like the Cylons. Perhaps they are trying to tell us something.

[@williamripke982]

The original Terminators. Gave me a nightmare once as a little boy.

[@KareninaKahler]

By Your Command

[@davidpollack3556]

Iyahtolah Kholmeni must have watched this show while in exile in Paris in 1978. So he and his followers decided to act like the Cylons in real life and destroy humanity.

[@scruffy7443]

Did Knight Rider's KITT come from these CYLONS?

[@ryanbenbow-zx2sd]

No. I don't think so The cylon is a robot. Not a car. Kitt had a different Voice.

[@VoiceEncoder]

Yes, the eye for KITT is based on the Cylon eye.

[@VoiceEncoder]

​@@ryanbenbow-zx2sd Wrong! It is.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Technically, the Cyclons are just chrome Stormtroopers from Star Wars.

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

E3 is their pitch.

[@VoiceEncoder]

Gold, lower pitch or silver, higher pitch? There are two different pitches used!

[@caragroves7196]

did you know that the cast did not know that the show was being shut down that day i bet you did not know that did you

[@thomasjensen1590]

same voice as the famous .. "aaaalll yourrr baaaase arrrreee belooong to usss"

[@user-cd5jn6ui9l]

Cylon

[@NicolasMiari]

DAT BLING THO

[@pip12111]

20:44 no updates avalible

[@jacknapier9026]

3:24 Colonel Decker

[@user-on5hf3kr5z]

the cylon ships can actually split in half to make two ships from one 😮

[@jmcenanly1]

14:33 that seems to be the first thing to do to reset a computer

[@FasterPATH]

KITT

[@Chitchattrist]

😢

[@slingshot1961]

I was a fan of the series until the studio produced Battlestar Galactica 1980. I took up drinking after that. I blame them for ruining my life.

[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

Frackin toasters

[@user-cd5jn6ui9l]

Cybog

[@julioalejandroaldoferrarij6508]

Son muy amables y agrasdezco que les guste mi creaciòn de esta serie,que erscvibì de jòven y vendi por algunos billetes modestos .A posterior modificaron algunas partes y esta bièn sus efectos y puesta en escena,saludos a todos por igual.-

[@f.g.k.6481]

Ich finde Zylonen Cool.

[@mikep5335]

I liked the cylons; but Baltar or whoever he was was a wimpy boss

[@Chloe1sylvester1234]

True, I thought the Imperous Leader was far more intimidating then Baltor. Besides the only reason why Baltor wasnt executed by the Cylons was because Luther convinced the Imperous Leader that Baltor's knowledge about the humans would be more useful if he was kept alive

[@johniii8147]

The big gun storyline never made much sense. It was a fixed position weapon. They could have easily adjusted course to avoid it

[@50zcarsman]

It was explained in the ep that adverse astronomic conditions made it absolutely necessary to pass close to the planet hosting the Ravashol Pulsar. Neither could they stay where, they were due to the Cylon task force following them.

[@rickjohnston2667]

True, but sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the episode.

[@VoiceEncoder]

The big gun storyline is similar to an episode of 'Star Blazers' "The Reflex Gun" which also was a two-parter.

[@seanbrazell7095]

When good c3po's go bad.

[@ruzil1973]

Does the Cylon's space fighters have a name?

[@darthplagueis4626]

They're called Raiders.

[@ruzil1973]

@@darthplagueis4626 thanks sir for the prompt response

[@user-cd5jn6ui9l]

Sete IAH tenege tuweke voyace

[@user-cd5jn6ui9l]

Buyer k∆ rak∆ b∆ru

[@demianschultz3749]

18:19 on guys

[@diehappy3997]

Sounds kind of like the Miley Cyrus and Droid meme

[@jerrycallaio5130]

ONLY The Most Sexy Guy Named "Star Buck" Could Turn On Human Women And Human Men And Neutral Cylons >>> Machines #GAY , He Got My Motor Running In The Late Seventies!

[@dmana3172]

I loved the colons. They're more advanced than humans. Evil wins over good! Hail to lucifer and the Cylon and their ship. Lol

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Baltar was a Ukrainian Jew OH HE KNOWS ABOUT GENOCIDE ALL RIGHT

[@Unknown15916]

Well, now I know why this TV show was a "FLOP" ! Cheap "Star Wars" Rip-Off !!!

[@Me-dv6tm]

Clearly the cylons do not have WIFI or Bleu Tooth

[@stevenewsome9185]

It's embarrassing that the woke bullshit remake was such a POS.