Propworx · Sale 1003 · Lot 509

Cylon Telencephalic Inhibitor

CNC machined aluminum with red translucent plastic insert. Measures 4½″ × 1.0″ × 0.65″.

Catalogue text

Small CNC machined aluminum piece with red translucent plastic insert called the Telencephalic inhibitor. Hinted to in an early Season Three Episode, “Precipice”, the Significant Seven Cylons had ensured that their own robotic servants would not rise up against them by installing this device in their robotic servants. Measures 4½″ × 1.0″ × 0.65″.

Provenance

Taken directly from the set of the NBC/Universal production, Battlestar Galactica, by Propworx staff.

Season Four, Episode 4 “Six of One.” A device called the Telencephalic inhibitor is introduced. As hinted to in an early Season Three Episode, “Precipice”, the Significant Seven Cylons had ensured that their own robotic servants would not rise up against them.

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Post-sale context

Research, corrections and screen references added to this archive after the sale. The original catalogue text is above, unchanged.

Screen use

"Six of One"

This particular prop is seen only in "Six of One" when Natalie Faust informs Cavil and his supporters that she and her own faction have removed them from the Centurions, as a proportional response to the lobotomization of the Raiders in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ionian Nebula.

With Tricia Helfer
Screencap With Tricia Helfer BSG-TRS · S04E02 “Six of One” · @ 00:38:30 Frakr screencap library
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With Tricia Helfer
Screencap With Tricia Helfer BSG-TRS · S04E02 “Six of One” · @ 00:38:25 Frakr screencap library
Added by Joe Beaudoin Jr. ·