TV review – “Battlestar Galactica: Razor” (2006) ****

A telemovie to cover the break between Season 3 and Season 4 makes the smart decision of having the lead character be entirely new. This is smart because there’s only so much we can do with our regulars – I thought that’s what they should do with Attack of the Clones. Australia’s Stephanie McIntosh provides the second antipodean accent in the Galactica universe (after Lucy Lawless) which is a bit clunky – I'm as patriotic as the next Aussie but surely it would have been better to have a Frenchie, Indian, Chinese, Russian, Italian, etc. She has a sub-Angelina Jolie pout but its very effective and the story is strong, hopping around in time, with flashbacks fleshing out Cain, the Pegasus backstory, etc. The combat scenes are as always excellent.