Count Iblis
| Iblis | |
|---|---|
| Battlestar Galactica character | |
| Portrayed by | Patrick Macnee |
| Information | |
| Species | Seraph |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Count |
| Colony | Ship of Lights |
| Affiliation | Darkness |
Count Iblis /ˌkaʊnt ˈɪbliː/ is an alien on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. He was part of the original 1978 series, and was central to the plot of the two-part episode War of the Gods. In that episode, he was played by Patrick Macnee. He did not appear in the re-imagined series.
A long-range patrol of vipers led by Lt. Bojay and Lt. Jolly suddenly disappears; the telemetry the Galactica receives indicates some kind of explosion. When a follow-up patrol from the Galactica consisting of Lts. Starbuck, Sheba, and Captain Apollo lands on an unexplored planet in search of the missing pilots, they find a gigantic crater in which is the wreckage of some kind of ship. They then encounter a man named Count Iblis, who warns them away from the wreckage of the huge starship which had crashed on the planet some time before. Due to high radiation levels around the crashed ship, the Galactica crew is unable to explore it further.
Iblis is taken back to the Galactica and immediately proves to be charismatic and likeable, and quickly becomes very popular among the crew. However, several mysteries surround him—he is very elusive about his background, speaking only vaguely about being pursued by "enemies," he objects to having medical scans taken of him; his charm enables him to be escorted to the bridge by Sheba; when he appears nearby instruments go off-line, and Adama is naturally surprised that a total stranger was given unobstructed access to so sensitive an area. Nevertheless, Iblis' popularity grows further when he promises to protect the fleet from mysterious Lights that have been following it recently and to lead them to Earth, which he implies he has visited, if he is given command of the fleet. To prove himself, Iblis moves some objects by psychokinesis and makes food grow on the farm ships, and offers to perform three miracles chosen by the Quorum of Twelve.
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