Wilfrid Hyde-White

Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the...

Hopeful for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery on the eve of the ceremony, the Cylon Empire launches a devastating surprise attack, destroying the colonies' home planets and most of their military strength. A lone flagship battlestar, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists and embarks on an...