The Sci-Fi Channel's upcoming BSG spin-off Caprica is filling out its cast. It's a prequel, which means opportunities for the use of existing BSG castmembers are pratically nil. They'll have to start from scratch, and they're starting with an actress named Paula Malcomson.

Malcomson has been cast as the female lead in Caprica... and no she's not playing a Viper pilot. Instead, she plays a surgeon named Amanda, who works as a "double agent" according to HR. Does that mean Cylon? Let the speculation begin!

Malcomson has been a long time television actor. Most recently she's appeared on episodes of shows like Lost, E.R., and even Enterprise where she played Madeline Reed for one episode.
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For those of you who haven't been paying attention, even though Battlestar Galactica's life on television is over after the completion of this season, that doesn't mean the BSG universe won't keep going without it. There's a BSG spinoff called Caprica in the works, and until now specifics about the new BSG show have been sparse.

Tonight though, we have spoilerific specifics on BSG: Caprica, courtesy of the guys over at E Online. Here's how they describe the show:

Caprica is the story of two families, the Graystones and the Adams (better known to us now as the Adamas), and we'll be meeting the man who fathered and grandfathered the goodness that is Bill and Lee Adama (Edward James Olmos and Jamie Bamber). Interestingly, when I interviewed Ronald D. Moore last year, Caprica's plotlines were not directly tied to the characters we know from the current series.

So we're looking a prequel, set pretty far in the past of the Colonies we know from the current show. That also means we probably shouldn't expect any cameos from current Battlestar characters, no matter how much we all want Gaius Baltar to get his own show.
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It's not just the best science fiction on television, it's the best show on television. The Sci Fi channel's masterful, Peabody Award winning series Battlestar Galactica returns for its fourth and final season this coming Friday, April 4th. Start planning now to have your ass in a seat.

To get fans prepared for raptor flying action, the Sci Fi channel has been running a half-hour special called Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon. In it, really cool people like Joss Whedon talk about how adicted they are to show, and tell you that if you aren't watching it you must be some sort of fracking moron. While you are.

It's worth watching to get your BSG blood boiling again. The entire special is now online. Watch it after the jump:
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Here we go again, stomping through all the science fiction related blinking lights I've missed covering (probably because I was reading Timothy Zahn) over the last week.

Laser blasts:

- NBC's Bionic Woman series is now officially canceled. Anyone crying? It's not like it was any good. Slow motion run into obscurity!

- The Andromeda Strain is being remade... yet again. This time it's being done by A&E as a two night miniseries, which you can see some time this spring. They have a trailer for it up right here

- The Fantastic Four movie franchise is dead, and will now live on only in the impending Silver Surfer spin-off. Chris Evans, who plays the Human Torch told MTV that they won't do another one. "I’m assuming that one is a closed book," he says.
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We have a brand new, beautiful trailer for the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica for you. The new season kicks off April 4th, and you'd better be on your couch because there won't be another. It's all over after season 4. Watch the trailer below and find out what they have in store for you: