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Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. The series featured Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, garnering a wide range of critical acclaim, which included a Peabody Award, the Television Critics Association's Program of the Year Award, a placement inside Time's 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time,[5] and Emmy nominations for its writing, directing, costume design, visual effects, sound mixing, and sound editing, with Emmy wins for both visual effects and sound editing.[6]
Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, where a civilization of humans lives on a group of planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the past, the Colonies had been at war with an android race of their own creation, known as the Cylons. With the unwitting help of a human scientist named Gaius Baltar, the Cylons launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Out of a population numbering in the billions, only approximately 50,000 humans survive, most of whom were aboard civilian ships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama (Olmos) and now-President Laura Roslin (McDonnell), the Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth. The series spawned the prequel spin-off TV series Caprica, which aired for one season in 2010. Another spin-off, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, was released in November 2012 as a web series of ten 10-minute episodes, and aired on February 10, 2013 on Syfy as a televised movie.[7][8]
Series overview

Battlestar Galactica continued from the 2003 miniseries to chronicle the journey of the last surviving humans from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, after their nuclear annihilation by the Cylons. The survivors are led by President Laura Roslin and Commander William Adama in a ragtag fleet of ships with the Battlestar Galactica, an old, but powerful warship, as its command ship. Pursued by Cylons intent on wiping out the remnants of the human race, the survivors travel across the galaxy looking for the fabled and long-lost "thirteenth" colony: Earth. Unlike most space opera series, Battlestar Galactica has no humanoid aliens (the antagonists are man-made Cylon androids), the primary armaments used by both military forces utilize bullets, rail guns, and missiles instead of lasers, and the series intentionally avoids technobabble.[9] Instead, most of the stories deal with the apocalyptic fallout of the destruction of the Twelve Colonies upon the survivors, and the moral choices they must make as they deal with the decline of the human race and their war with the Cylons. Stories also portray the concept of perpetuated cycles of hate and violence driving the human-Cylon conflict, and religion, with the implication of a "God" whose possibly angelic agents appear to certain main characters (most notably Gaius Baltar).
Over the course of the show's four seasons, the war between the Colonials and the Cylons takes many twists and turns. Despite the animosity on both sides, the humans and a faction of the Cylons eventually form an uneasy alliance, in the wake of the Cylon Civil War. The Cylon leader, a humanoid Cylon "Number One" named John Cavil, precipitated the schism in the Cylon ranks. Cavil deceives the other models by obsessively hiding the identities and origins of the remaining five humanoid Cylon models, the "Final Five", who, known only to him, are a more ancient type of Cylon, created by a previous iteration of human civilization. Other plotlines involve the mysterious destiny of Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, who is the subject of a prophecy claiming that she is the "Harbinger of Death" who will "lead them all [humanity] to its end", as well as the redemption of Gaius Baltar through the Cylons' monotheistic religion, after he becomes a pariah within the fleet.
In the final episodes, an inexplicably resurrected Kara Thrace leads the surviving humans and their Cylon allies to a new planet, which Adama names "Earth". The first group of survivors settle in ancient Africa.  The "real" Earth that the Colonials had searched for during their years in space was revealed in an earlier episode to have been originally inhabited thousands of years before by a previous form of humanoid Cylons; the "Final Five" were the last of these Cylons. Ironically, these humanoid Cylons had created their own Centurion robotic slaves, who waged a nuclear attack against their masters, devastating the planet and making it uninhabitable. The new Earth is found to be inhabited by early humans, who are genetically compatible with the humans from the Galactica and the rest of the fleet, but who possess only the most rudimentary civilization.
The surviving humans and humanoid Cylons settle on the new planet Earth; they discard all technology, destroying the fleet by flying it into the Sun, in an attempt to break the human-Cylon cycle of conflict and begin anew with the tribal humans already present on the new Earth. The surviving Cylon Centurions are given possession of the remaining Cylon Basestar, and proceed to jump away from Earth. In the final scenes, modern-day Earth humans are shown to be descendants of the colonists, their humanoid Cylon allies, and the early humans.
At the end of the series finale, an angelic Baltar and Cylon Number Six are walking down a sidewalk in modern-day New York City. They are unseen and unheard by the people around them. As the two walk, they notice technologically advanced robots, computers, and other cybernetic devices, and they talk about the technological advancements the humans have made since the Colonists and Humanoid Cylons first arrived to this Earth, over 150,000 years earlier. Cylon Number Six and Baltar have an exchange over one of the ongoing themes from the series: "All of this has happened before. But the question remains, does all of this have to happen again?" Consequently, the revelation that Battlestar Galactica takes place in our collective prehistoric past means that unlike most space opera science fiction stories, the series is a fictional tale of ancient history rather than future history and serves as a fictional tale of origin for modern humanity.
Cast and characters

Main cast

Edward James Olmos as (CDR / ADM) William Adama, commanding officer of BS Galactica; his call sign was "Husker" when he was a young Viper pilot
Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin, senior survivor of the former Colonial government, was Secretary of Education before the destruction of the Colonies
Katee Sackhoff as (LT / CAPT) Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, hotshot Viper pilot of BS Galactica
Jamie Bamber as (CAPT / MAJ / CDR) Lee "Apollo" Adama, elder son of William Adama, renowned Viper pilot, CAG of BS Galactica, later CO of BS Pegasus
James Callis as Dr. Gaius Baltar, a brilliant scientist, and later President
Tricia Helfer as Number Six, a humanoid Cylon
Grace Park as Number Eight, a humanoid Cylon
(LTJG) Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, Raptor pilot of BS Galactica
(LTJG) Sharon "Athena" Agathon, another copy of "Boomer", later also a Raptor pilot of BS Galactica
Supporting cast

Michael Hogan as (COL) Saul Tigh, executive officer of BS Galactica
Aaron Douglas as (CPO) Galen Tyrol aka "Chief", leader of the combined engineering/maintenance/safety/supply department, senior non-commissioned officer of BS Galactica
Tahmoh Penikett as (LT / CAPT) Karl "Helo" Agathon, an Electronic Countermeasures Officer of a Raptor, paired with "Boomer"
Alessandro Juliani as (LTJG) Felix Gaeta, Combat Information Center tactical officer of BS Galactica
Kandyse McClure as (PO2 / LTJG) Anastasia Dualla aka "Dee", CIC communications officer of BS Galactica, later married to Lee Adama
Paul Campbell as Billy Keikeya, personal aide of President Roslin
Nicki Clyne as (SPC) Cally Henderson, member of the landing bay deck crew of BS Galactica, later married to "Chief" Tyrol
Michael Trucco as (ENS) Samuel "Longshot" Anders, athlete, Caprican resistance leader and later Viper pilot of BS Galactica
Recurring cast

Galactica
Donnelly Rhodes as (MAJ) Dr. Sherman Cottle, Chief Medical Officer of BS Galactica
Bodie Olmos as (LT) Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza, a Viper pilot of BS Galactica
Leah Cairns as (LT) Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson, an ECO of a Raptor of BS Galactica
Rekha Sharma as Tory Foster, President Roslin's PA succeeding Billy
Kate Vernon as Ellen Tigh, wife of Saul Tigh
Richard Hatch as Tom Zarek, extremist political figure and former terrorist, later Vice President under Gaius Baltar's presidency
Jen Halley as (SPC / ENS) Diana "Hardball" Seelix, a Viper pilot of BS Galactica
Luciana Carro as (LT / CAPT) Louanne "Kat" Katraine, a Viper pilot of BS Galactica
Sam Witwer as (LT) Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo, an ECO of a Raptor, paired with "Boomer" after "Helo" being stranded on Caprica
Mark Sheppard as Romo Lampkin, an appointed public defender of Gaius Baltar, later President
Michelle Forbes as (RADM) Helena Cain, CO of BS Pegasus
Cylons
Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy, an arms dealer and smuggler / Number Two, a humanoid Cylon
Matthew Bennett as Aaron Doral, a public relations specialist / Number Five, a humanoid Cylon
Lucy Lawless as D'Anna Biers, a "Colonial Fleet News" reporter / Number Three, a humanoid Cylon
Dean Stockwell as Brother John Cavil, a priest / Number One, a humanoid Cylon
Rick Worthy as Simon O'Neill, a doctor working for the resistance of Caprica / Number Four a humanoid Cylon
Themes and allusions
Time described Battlestar Galactica as "a gripping sci-fi allegory of the war on terror, complete with monotheistic religious fundamentalists (here genocidal cyborgs called Cylons), sleeper cells, civil-liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner-torture scandal".[10] The show attempted to maintain its realism by referencing familiar elements of contemporary history – Laura Roslin's swearing in on Colonial One directly "cited the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson after the Kennedy assassination"[11] – and the developing political situation since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Many people have drawn parallels between the Cylons and Al Qaeda"[12] and according to The Guardian "Battlestar Galactica is the only award-winning drama that dares tackle the war on terror".[13] The show has also tackled issues regarding terrorist sleeper cells with stories involving the reality and fear of Cylon suicide attacks, Cylon Number 5 (Aaron Doral) in the episode called Litmus, sneaks aboard the Galactica and blows himself up in the middle of the corridor and sleeper agent Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii activates after destroying a Cylon basestar and shooting Commander Adama at the end of season 1. (Note that Sharon, as with some of the other human-form Cylons, had no idea that she was a Cylon.) Similar themes are revisited in season 3 (Episode 3.1, "Occupation") with a far different perspective: the humans, rather than the Cylons, are the suicide bombers. It has been suggested that these plotlines extensively "hinted at war-on-terrorism overtones."[14] After 9/11, the original series' "broad premise – the human military's struggles in the wake of a massive terrorist attack – suddenly gained resonance"[13] and let the show tackle issues like suicide bombings, torture ("evoking the darker side of the war on terror"[14]) and "civil liberties crackdowns".[13]
Executive producer Ronald D. Moore points out that the Cylons and Al Qaeda are not necessarily intended to be allegorical: "They have aspects of Al Qaeda and they have aspects of the Catholic Church and they have aspects of America."[12] In contrast, with the New Caprica storyline the show's humans have been discussed as an allegory not for an America under attack but for an occupied people mounting an insurgency and turning to suicide bombings as a tactic. There is a consensus that with "its third season, the show has morphed into a stinging allegorical critique of America's three-year occupation of Iraq"[15] as the "cameras record Cylon occupation raids on unsuspecting human civilians with the night-vision green familiar to any TV news viewer. The reasoning of the Cylons is horrifically familiar, they would prefer not to be brutal but they won't accept the failure of a glorious mission."[14] According to Slate "If this sounds like Iraq, it should",[14] and "In unmistakable terms, Battlestar Galactica is telling viewers that insurgency (like, say, the one in Iraq) might have some moral flaws, such as the whole suicide bombing thing, but is ultimately virtuous and worthy of support."[14] The "really audacious stroke of this season was showing us a story about a suicide bomber from the point of view of the bomber and his comrades... because the cause of this terrorist was unquestioningly our own. We sympathize with the insurgents wholeheartedly."[11] If the Cylon occupying force is an allegory of the Coalition Forces in Iraq, then some of the other references are equally controversial; the "scene of the shiny, terrifying Cylon centurions (a servant class of robots that actually look like robots) marching down the main road of New Caprica while the devastated colonists looked on was the Nazis marching into Paris."[11]
Although David Eick has said the production staff "don't need to say 'OK, let's do the episode where we're gonna do the Abu Ghraib scandal'" and points out that events depicted on New Caprica "are as much a story rooted in political tales like the Vichy France or Vietnam" rather than current events, he acknowledges that they "do gravitate in those directions when it comes to the storytelling".[13]
Music

The opening theme is a new-age-inflected version of the Gayatri Mantra, a Hindu hymn dedicated to the solar deity Savitr.[16]
Bear McCreary was the primary composer for the television series, having assisted Richard Gibbs on the 3-hour miniseries. When the show was picked up, Gibbs opted not to devote full-time to the regular series' production and McCreary became the composer.  He scored over 70 episodes.  Six Battlestar Galactica soundtrack albums have been released to great critical acclaim - one for the miniseries, one for each of the four seasons, and one combining music from the inter-season Razor and post-finale prequel The Plan. The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan hailed the music as "sensational" and "innovative",[17] Joanna Weiss of The Boston Globe praised McCreary as a "visionary composer" who did much to create "the rich atmosphere of Battlestar",[18] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger described McCreary's work on the show as "transcendent"[19] and Variety said "Galactica offers some of the most innovative music on TV today."[20]
The music of Battlestar Galactica displays a wide variety of ethnic influences and intentionally tries to avoid the "usual" style of a science fiction score. For some of the series' more important episodes, McCreary was granted a full orchestra. Character themes and leitmotifs gradually took on importance, despite being avoided earlier. A variety of ethnic instruments have been used. One season 4 episode employed: Chinese membrane flute, Indian bansuri flute, duduk (Armenian woodwind), erhu (Chinese violin), yialli tanbur (a Turkish lute), dumbek (Middle Eastern drum), Japanese taiko drums and four brass players, 30 string players and a 12-voice choir.[20]
There have been several live concerts featuring the music of Battlestar Galactica. In April 2008, more than 1,000 fans attended two sold-out shows at L.A.'s Roxy on Sunset Boulevard, with some fans flying in from as far as England and Australia.[20] A ballet based on McCreary's scores for Galactica premiered on March 7, 2009 for a 13-week run. Entitled "Prelude to War", it was performed by the dancers of the Theaterhagen in Hagen, Germany with choreography by Ricardo Fernando, and the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernhard Steiner.[21]
Broadcast and release
The first season originally premiered in the United Kingdom, on October 18, 2004, on Sky1. Season 1 began airing in North America three months later, on January 14, 2005 in the United States, and January 15 in Canada. The first episode aired in the U.S. became one of the highest-rated programs ever on Sci-Fi, with 3.1 million viewers.[22] Subsequent episodes proved equally successful.[23] The first episode of the season was later made available for viewing in its entirety, and without charge from the Sci-Fi website.[24] Moore also sought to address the "Internet Generation" by posting podcast commentaries on individual episodes on the official Sci-Fi website.[24]
Following the success of the 13-episode first season, the Sci-Fi Channel ordered a 20-episode second season on February 23, 2005.[25] The season premiered in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 15, 2005, with the UK, Ireland, and Canadian premiere in January 2006. In fall 2005, airing of the second season halted, as it was part of Sci-Fi Channel's standard airing schedule normally used for its Stargate series, which was to split a 20-episode season into two parts (a "winter season" and a "summer season") to avoid heavy competition with major networks that follow a spring/fall schedule. The second half of season 2 ("Season 2.5") began airing on January 6, 2006, after a three-month hiatus.
The Sci-Fi Channel ordered a 20-episode third season on November 16, 2005,[26] with production beginning in April 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[27] The season premiered in the United States on October 6, 2006, in Canada the following day, and in the UK on January 9, 2007; with the first two episodes being shown together. The broadcast schedule for season 3 did not include a long hiatus in the middle of the season, as with season 2. The Sci-Fi Channel moved the series to Sundays on January 21, 2007, the first time the show had changed nights since it began airing.[28] Season 3 was broadcast in high-definition on Sky 1 HD in the UK and Ireland, starting on January 9, 2007, and in the U.S. on Universal HD, starting on January 27, 2007.
The Sci-Fi Channel confirmed on May 31, 2007 that Battlestar Galactica had been renewed for a fourth season of 22 episodes, which producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore later announced to be the series' last.[29][30] Preceding this was the airing of the Razor TV movie (comprising two of the ordered broadcast hours), while the remaining season of 20 episodes was split into two halves, due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The first half comprised episodes 3 to 10, while the second half comprised episodes 11 to 22. The series finale aired on March 20, 2009.
The first two slots of season 4's 22-episode order were taken up by the two-hour TV movie Razor, which was broadcast as an unbroken extended episode detailing the chronicles of the Battlestar Pegasus. It premiered November 24, 2007 in the U.S. and December 18, 2007 in the UK, with a limited U.S. theatrical engagement in major cities, and an extended version was released on DVD the following week.[31] Razor had Michelle Forbes reprise her role as Helena Cain, and co-starred Australian actress Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen, who played Kendra Shaw.
The first half of season 4 (dubbed "Season 4.0" in its DVD release) consisted of ten episodes, and premiered April 4, 2008. The Canadian cable channel Space aired season 4 on the same dates. In the UK, Sky1 began airing season 4 on April 15, showing the first two episodes on that date, placing the UK four days behind the U.S. airing. The first part of season 4 began broadcast on Universal HD on August 30, 2008. In Australia, the first half of season 4 began screening on Ten HD on September 4, 2008, beginning with Razor. Linking both halves of season 4 together was a set of ten webisodes, which played a similar role to that which The Resistance played between seasons 2 and 3. Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy was released during the weeks leading up to the premiere of episode 13, starting on December 12, 2008, and ending on January 12, 2009.[32] The second half of season 4 (dubbed "Season 4.5", and marketed in the UK as "the Final Season"[33]) consisted of ten episodes, and began airing on January 16, 2009.[34] The season (and series) finale was split into two episodes in the U.S., with the normal-length first part airing on March 13, and the second, with a runtime (including advertisements) of two hours and eleven minutes, airing March 20.[35]
In Australia, the second half of season 4 premiered on the Australian Sci-Fi Channel on Foxtel January 31, and continued on a weekly basis with each of the remaining episodes of the series airing about six hours after the U.S. broadcast, until the final episode on March 21.[36]
Continuation
On April 27, 2006, the Sci Fi Channel announced that a prequel spin-off of BSG was in development.[37] Caprica takes place more than 50 years before the main series, before the original Cylon War, and chronicles the Adama family and Caprican society as well as shows the advancement of technology leading to the Cylon revolt.  On March 18, 2008, Ronald Moore, the head writer, confirmed that Caprica would in fact be produced beginning with a two-hour backdoor pilot. On December 2, 2008 SCI FI announced that it had approved the full series. The first season, composed of 20 episodes including the pilot, premiered on January 22, 2010.[38][39][40][41][42] An uncut version of the pilot was released on DVD on April 21, 2009, prior to the series' broadcast debut.[43]
On July 24, 2009, Edward James Olmos suggested that The Plan will not be the last BSG movie, saying that he had written a script involving the Galactica characters in which a crisis occurs at some point after their arrival on Earth.[38]
On March 15, 2010, Syfy executive Mark Stern said that Syfy was working with Ronald D. Moore to develop a second spinoff of Battlestar Galactica, which would "mark a return to the franchise's space-opera roots" and "not necessarily be a traditional series."[44] On July 27, 2010, it was revealed that the series would be called Blood & Chrome, featuring William Adama during the First Cylon War, and written by Michael Taylor.[45] The series was distributed as a 10-episode online series on Machinima.com starting November 9, 2012, and aired as a televised movie on February 10, 2013 on Syfy.[46]
Home media
The miniseries was released in the region 2 on March 1, 2004 and in region 1 on December 28, 2004, and included deleted scenes, audio commentary, and a behind-the-scenes documentary. The first season was released to DVD on March 28, 2005 and September 20, 2005 in region 2 and region 1 respectively and included deleted scenes. The region 1 set also included featurettes, and a tongue-in-cheek promotional special filmed for the Sci Fi Channel in addition to the miniseries.  However, it does not contain the special features that were included on the miniseries stand alone DVD release.
The second season was released in its entirety in a single volume in regions 2 and 4, but issued in two separate volumes (dubbed "Season 2.0" and "Season 2.5") in the region 1, which corresponded with the mid-season break in the broadcast schedule. Each region 1 volume contains half of the season, along with deleted scenes and podcasts that were previously available on the official website. "Season 2.5" also contains an extended version of "Pegasus", the last episode of the first half of the season. The region 2 DVDs include the extended version of "Pegasus", as well as the commentaries and deleted scenes from the region 1 "2.0" release, but do not contain any of the commentaries and deleted scenes from the "2.5" release (other than the extended "Pegasus" episode), nor the original, shorter version of "Pegasus" included on the region 1 "2.0" release. The Canadian DVD release of "Season 2.0" was delayed until April 25, 2006, as the episodes had only begun airing in January 2006.
The third season was released in region 1 on March 18, 2008, in region 2 on September 3, 2007 and in region 4 on November 20, 2007. The region 2 and 4 DVDs do not contain any extras but region 2's box set comes with a 45-minute recap of the previous two seasons (consisting of clips of the seasons strung together with a voice-over). The fourth season, like season 2, was released in two parts. In regions 1, 2 and 4, the television movie Razor is included in "Season 4.0" (as it is technically a part of the season despite it being released separately at an earlier date). In region 1, however, both the extended and shortened versions of Razor are included in the "4.0" box set.
On August 14, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment announced that the miniseries and season 1 would be released on December 4, 2007, in region 1, on the now discontinued high definition disc format HD DVD.[47] The technical specifications include 1080p/VC-1 transfers of the miniseries and each episode is in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, plus Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 surround audio options.[47] Each individual season has also subsequently been released on Blu-ray Disc.
The complete series set was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 28, 2009, in limited edition packaging and with a Cylon Centurion figurine in certain territories. It was re-released on April 6, 2010 in new packaging, with the Region 1 re-release now including The Plan TV movie (this was not included in the Region 2 release).[48]
Online distribution
In January 2006, Apple began offering the miniseries, season 1 and season 2 episodes for purchase on the U.S. version of its iTunes Store. After a delay, season 3 episodes were also made available. NBCUniversal, the producer and owner of the show, has provided a number of its shows for purchase the day after broadcast to U.S. customers.[49] In early December 2007, all of the iTunes Battlestar Galactica episodes were removed along with other NBC-Universal content, but were restored, and in mid-2009, the iTunes Store has all four seasons and the miniseries available.
Shortly after being removed from the iTunes service, Amazon's online Video on Demand store started making them available for sale. All episodes as well as the miniseries and the TV movie Razor are available for purchase in Windows Media Format. Since May 2008, the newest episodes are added to Syfy.com Rewind and NBC's Hulu sites eight days after the original air date. As of May 6, Battlestar Galactica can be downloaded through the Zune marketplace.
All four seasons as well as the miniseries are currently available in both HD and SD format for purchase through the Xbox Live Marketplace for playback via Xbox 360 game consoles. On September 9, 2008, all episodes so far including the miniseries were released on iTunes, being released in both Standard and HD format (except for the miniseries, which is only available in Standard format). In February 2009, episodes of Battlestar Galactica became available in HD format at the UK iTunes Store. Previously, Battlestar's four seasons could be viewed on Netflix until they were removed on October 1, 2014.[50] In March 2009, PlayStation Network began offering episodes for download on the PlayStation 3 and PSP devices.[51] All four seasons are currently available on Amazon Video's Prime Video streaming video service and Hulu.
Influence
Critical response
Throughout its run, the series earned critical acclaim from Time, National Review, Rolling Stone,[12] Newsday, The New York Times, The New Yorker, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and Entertainment Weekly.[52]
Diane Werts of Newsday wrote: "You can look at this saga any way you want—as political drama, religious debate, psychological suspenser, sci-fi adventure, deep metaphor or just plain fun—and it's scintillating from every angle."[53] Robert Bianco of USA Today commented: "Driven by violence and rage, Galactica is perhaps the darkest space opera American TV has ever produced. In Galactica's future, humans are on the run, and if external enemies don't get us, internal divisions will... You'll understand them [the characters], their conflicts and their desires, because they're recognizable humans in all their glorious complexity. And that's what makes Galactica a great TV series."[54] Peter Suderman of National Review stated that the series is "arguably the most potent, dramatically vibrant series on television. ...[I]t packs the power of a gut punch on screen. For that, much credit is due to the immensely compelling cast of characters... Battlestar Galactica burns with a combustive mixture of political turmoil and human drama that is as achingly real and relevant as anything on television.[55] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the show "has distinguished itself as one of television's very best dramas — on a par with 24, The Wire, and Lost — because it so utterly transcends both its genre and its source material. ...[The] series' sophisticated stories have also attracted a distinctively new breed of fan, one who's not necessarily a sci-fi buff."[56] Moreover, in 2012, Entertainment Weekly listed the show at #7 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years," saying that producer Moore "expanded the show's central premise into an addictive post-9/11 parable and one of the most critically acclaimed series of the decade." The article credited Starbuck and Number Six as "geek and feminist icons," adding, "best of all, the show introduced this peerless profanity into the national lexicon: Frak!"[57]
Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times praises the show's ability to "anchor fantasy with vivid and recognizable human psychology" and declares that the series is "not just a cult hit but a significant piece of television."[58] Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune describes it as a "sprawling, enthralling tale of human survival"[59] that is "full of political allegories and fascinating, multifaceted characters."[60] She finds, "Like Deadwood, Battlestar Galactica is interested in exploring how a society on the edge decides to govern itself. What rights and actions are sacrosanct, which are outlawed, when most of the human race is eliminated? ... Thanks to a stellar cast and brave writing, Battlestar soars."[61] Throughout its run, the series has often surprised reviewers with its many twists and turns. Ryan comments: "There's nothing like a good Battlestar plot twist to make your head spin, but the 'holy cow' moments aren't the main point (though they're one heck of a tasty side dish). The show and its twists and turns are grounded in deep curiosity about human nature, and how contradictory and confounding it can be."[62]
Matt Soergel of The Florida Times-Union states: "Its propulsive and complex storytelling is matched by, at best, just a handful of theatrical movies a year."[63] Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle opines, "Battlestar Galactica transcends the sci-fi genre; it competes, creatively, on the same level as any other top-tier drama."[64] Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald states: "A drama this gripping comes 'round rarely."[65] James Poniewozik of Time Magazine named it one of the 100 best TV shows of all time.[5] Time magazine also wrote in the spring of 2005 that the new show was one of the six best drama programs on television. It would proclaim the program the best show on television in December of the same year.[10] Television Without Pity describes Battlestar Galactica as "one of the finest, most beautifully written, expertly acted shows on television."[66] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger writes: "[W]hat makes Galactica so gripping is its emphasis on character over hardware. The explosions and the killer robots are cool, but they don't stack up to seeing fully-drawn people - brought to life by a great writing staff led by producer Ron Moore and an astonishing cast led by Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell - grapple with these life-or-death, genocide-level decisions."[67] Joshua Alston of Newsweek declares that the show "captures better than any other TV drama of the past eight years the fear, uncertainty and moral ambiguity of the post-9/11 world" and "always finds ways to challenge the audience's beliefs."[68] It has also been named the best science fiction series by IGN.com[69] and Boston.com.[70] The series placed #59 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.[71] Empire ranked it #6 on its list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.[72] In 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time[73] and ranked it #57 in its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time.[74] Also in 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it 38th on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series of All Time.[75]
The series also draws praise for having many strong and complex female characters.[76][77][78] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Melanie McFarland notes, "[Starbuck], played with a tomboyish swagger by Katee Sackhoff, is fast becoming the latest in a long line of feminist television icons."[79]
The series has also received favorable reviews from other writers. Stephen King wrote, "This is a beautifully written show, driven by character rather than effects...but the effects are damn good. And there's not a better acting troupe at work on television."[80] Joss Whedon commented: "I think it's so passionate, textured, complex, subversive and challenging that it dwarfs everything on TV."[81]
Some fans of the original 1970s series opposed the re-imagined series since the time it premiered, due to what was perceived as its darker, more confused tone.  In a May 2004 article from Dreamwatch magazine titled "Starbuck: Lost in Castration", Dirk Benedict, who portrayed Lieutenant Starbuck in the original series, harshly criticized the re-imagined series, citing its dark tone and supposed moral relativism:[82]
"Re-imagining", they call it. "un-imagining" [sic] is more accurate. To take what once was and twist it into what never was intended. So that a television show based on hope, spiritual faith, and family is unimagined and regurgitated as a show of despair, sexual violence and family dysfunction.

Benedict devoted the greatest part of the article to criticizing the producers' decision to turn Starbuck into a female character, Kara Thrace (whom Benedict derisively calls "Stardoe" throughout his commentary), tying it in to what he perceived as a general anti-masculinity agenda:
One thing is certain. In the new un-imagined, re-imagined world of Battlestar Galactica everything is female driven. The male characters, from Adama on down, are confused, weak, and wracked with indecision while the female characters are decisive, bold, angry as hell, puffing cigars (gasp) and not about to take it any more.

The final passage reads:
And if you don't enjoy the show ..., it's not the fault of those re-imaginative technocrats that brought them to you. It is your fault. You and your individual instincts, tastes, judgement. Your refusal to let go of the memory of the show that once was. You just don't know what is good for you. But stay tuned. After another 13 episodes (and millions of dollar of marketing), you will see the light. You, your instincts, your judgement, are wrong. McDonald's is the best hamburger on the planet, Coca-Cola the best drink. Stardoe is the best Viper Pilot in the Galaxy. And Battlestar Galactica, contrary to what your memory tells you, never existed before the Re-imagination of 2003.

Other critics, even those who wrote rave reviews about the first two seasons of the series, felt that a major drop in quality occurred in the third season, continuing into the fourth and final season.  In particular, the controversial series finale drew heavy criticism, largely due to the view that it failed to explain many of the main plotlines which had been teased throughout the series' run.  Charlie Jane Anders of io9.com wrote:
Even Battlestar Galactica couldn't be Battlestar Galactica for longer than a few years. By halfway through the third season, the cracks are pretty apparent, as the show detours into romance subplots. The writers start throwing out curveballs like randomly selected Cylons and Starbuck's inexplicable (and unexplained) resurrection. By the time the show ended, its mystique was somewhat tarnished, and its ending remains controversial to this day.[83]

Anders later included the series in her list of "10 Once-Great TV Shows (And The Exact Moments They Started to Suck)", saying:
There was a time, not long ago, when BSG was considered the gold standard for science fiction television. Tense, multilayered, complicated, and filled with morally gray characters — it was all the things we always clamor for but seldom get. The show stumbled somewhat in its third season, with the boxing episode and a boring love triangle. But it didn't actually become raw suckage until Starbuck died for no reason, and then came back from the dead for no reason. The writers have basically admitted they had no plan for killing and resurrecting Starbuck — they just thought it would be a cool thing to do, and they would figure out the reasons later. And thus, we ended up with a year of Starbuck Interrupted, constantly shouting "You're going the wrong way!" and playing the piano while talking about her daddy.[84]

In a Commentary article on the prevalence of Bush Derangement Syndrome in popular culture, Jonah Goldberg analyzed the show's "radically bizarre and nonsensical turn of events ... that led inexorably to its self-destruction":
Originally, the series was very difficult to pigeonhole ideologically. ... When it came time to make the third season ... a show marked by gritty realism about how a decent but flawed civilization modeled on our own tries to cling to its decency while fighting an existential war against an implacable enemy veered wildly off course. The humans were no longer analogized to Americans; rather Americans were analogized to genocidal occupiers. In other words, we are no longer the inspiration for the futuristic Israelites trying to survive. We are now the Nazis.[85]

Renowned fantasy author George R.R. Martin expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with how the writers handled the ending of the TV series, commenting:
Battlestar Galactica ends with 'God Did It.' Looks like somebody skipped Writing 101, when you learn that a deus ex machina is a crappy way to end a story... Yeah, yeah, sometimes the journey is its own reward. I certainly enjoyed much of the journey with BSG... But damn it, doesn't anybody know how to write an ending any more?  Writing 101, kids. Adam and Eve, God Did It, It Was All a Dream? I've seen Clarion students left stunned and bleeding for turning in stories with those endings.[86]

Josh Tyler of Blend Magazine concluded that the series finale made no real attempt to resolve any of the plotlines or mysteries set up during the earlier run of the show.[87]
Wider influence
On March 17, 2009, the United Nations hosted a Battlestar Galactica retrospective including a discussion with Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick on human rights, terrorism, children and armed conflict, and reconciliation between civilians and faiths. The Discussion was moderated by actress Whoopi Goldberg and also included Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Craig Mokhiber of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Robert C. Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning; and Famatta Rose Osode, from the Permanent Mission of Liberia to the UN.[88][89]
Battlestar Galactica was the basis for a special session at the 2009 World Science Festival.[90] The session included presentations from Mary McDonnell and Michael Hogan, as well as scientists Hod Lipson and Kevin Warwick.
The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle organised a special exhibition on the series with props of three planes and guest speakers starting October 23, 2010.[91]
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) was founded at Lord's on 15 June 1909 as the Imperial Cricket Conference,[1] with Australia, England, and South Africa as its founding members. In the beginning, only countries within the Commonwealth could join.[2] These members were then joined by India, New Zealand, and the West Indies in 1926 and later by Pakistan in 1953.[3] In 1961, South Africa resigned due to their leaving the Commonwealth,[2] but they continued to play Test cricket until their international exile in 1970.[4]
The Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, with new rules permitting countries from outside the Commonwealth to be elected into the governing body for the first time.[2] Any new member elected to the governing body could only be an Associate Member with the possibility of being promoted to a Full Member. The first Associates were Fiji and the USA.[2] Sri Lanka was admitted as a Full Member in 1981, returning the number of Test-playing nations to seven. In 1989, the ICC was again renamed, this time to International Cricket Council.[2] South Africa was reelected as a Full Member to the ICC in 1991 and Zimbabwe was elected in 1992.[3] Until 2017, the most recent new Full Member was Bangladesh, which was elected in 2000.[3] On 22 June 2017, Ireland and Afghanistan were granted full member and Test status.[5]
Membership is a hierarchy and there are two categories of membership: Full Members and Associate Members.[2] As of 22 June 2017, there are 105 members, with 12 Full Members and 93 Associate Members. The Membership Committee  will consider all future requests for membership – full and associate – against an objective set of criteria. There was previously a third level, Affiliate Membership, which was removed in June 2017 with all previous Affiliate Members becoming Associate Members.[6]
Full Members
Full Members are the governing bodies for cricket in a country or a group of associated countries representing a geographical area. All Full Members have a right to send one representative team to play official Test matches. Also, all Full Member nations are automatically qualified to play ODIs and T20Is.[2] Windies cricket team does not represent one country, but rather an amalgamation of more than 20 countries and territories from the Caribbean. The English Cricket team represents both England and Wales and the Ireland cricket team represents all of the island of Ireland.
Among these 12 nations, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ireland have played as associate nations under the ICC before becoming full members.

Reference: , 16 August 2018
Associate Members

Associate Members are countries where cricket is firmly established and organised but do not qualify for Full Membership.[2] There are 93 Associate Members.
All Associates are eligible to play in the ICC World Cricket League, a series of international one-day cricket administered by the ICC.[7] There is also an ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier that works as a qualification process for ICC T20 World Cup that occurred every two years (until 2016, the next T20 World Cup is in 2020). Until April 2018, only  the qualified teams were awarded Twenty20 International status.[8] In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all its 105 members from 1 July 2018 for Women's game and from 1 January 2019 for men's game.[9]
An associate member must maintain the following criteria along with other administration requirements of the national governing body:[10]
Have a minimum of 16 senior teams and 16 junior teams playing in a structured competition or competitions;
Must have access to at least 8 cricket grounds, 4 of which must have a permanent pitch.
In the list below, suspended members are marked †.

Associate Members with ODI status
ICC grants One Day International status to its associate members based on their success in the World Cricket League.
The associate teams who currently hold ODI status are:

In winning the 2015–17 World Cricket League, Netherlands ensured they would become an ODI team at the end of the 2018 World Cup Qualifier. The three other highest placed associates in this qualifier (UAE, Scotland and Nepal) joined them. In June 2018, Scotland and UAE were added to the main ODI rankings list, with Nepal joining them in January 2019.[93]  Netherlands will be added once they have played enough games to gain a meaningful rating.
Associate Members with T20I status
In April 2018, the ICC announced T20I status for all its 105 members from 1 January 2019. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be full T20I.[94][9]
Regional bodies
Regional bodies aim to organise, promote and develop the game of cricket in their respective ICC regions:
African Cricket Association
Asian Cricket Council
ICC Americas
ICC East Asia-Pacific
European Cricket Council
Two further regional bodies were disestablished following the creation of the African Cricket Association:
East and Central Africa Cricket Council
West Africa Cricket Council

List of International Cricket Council members


Frank Russell Dancevic (/ˈdæntsɪvɪk, -tʃɪvɪtʃ/ DANT-sih-vik, -chih-vitch;[1][2] Serbian: Френк Расел Данчевић, Frenk Rasel Dančević,[3] pronounced[dǎːntʃeʋitɕ]; born September 26, 1984) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year-old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010.[4] He is now the No. 9 Canadian in singles.[5] Dancevic has reached two ATP singles finals (Indianapolis and Eastbourne), the quarterfinals of the 2007 Montreal Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 65 in September 2007.
In August 2011, Dancevic became the first men's singles player, in one calendar year, to enter the main draw of all four grand slam by playing the qualifying competition for each event.[6]
Tennis career
Juniors
As a junior, Dancevic reached as high as No. 20 in the world singles rankings in July 2001 (and No. 3 in doubles in 2002). He reached the quarterfinals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles.
Pro tour
The right-handed Dancevic turned pro in 2003 and reached his career high singles ranking in September 2007 at world No. 65. A native of Niagara Falls, Ontario, he was at that time the highest ranked men's Canadian singles player since Daniel Nestor, who was ranked world No. 61 in September 1999. It was Fred Niemeyer whom Dancevic overtook to become, in early 2006, Canada's top-ranked singles player.
Dancevic's best tournament results to date, all in singles, have been reaching the final of the 2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, the final of the 2009 Aegon International, the quarter-finals of the 2007 Rogers Cup, the semi-finals again in Indianapolis in 2009, the semi-finals of the 2008 Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, and winning the 2003 and 2006 Granby and 2003 Lexington, 2006 Waikoloa, 2008 Surbiton Challenger Series, and 2012 Dallas Tennis Classic events. His best doubles result has been reaching the final of the 2007 Japan Open, partnering Stephen Huss and winning Granby in 2004 while playing with Brian Baker.
Dancevic became Canada's top ATP-ranked singles player on February 10, 2003, replacing Simon Larose. He held the position until May 19, 2003, when he was surpassed by Larose. Dancevic regained the Canada 1 ranking on July 28, 2003, replacing Fred Niemeyer, and held it until August 11. He would not be so ranked again, however, until the following June 14, when he held the position for the week, and again for the week beginning July 12, 2004. Dancevic next was Canada's top-ranked player on August 16, 2004, and remained so this time until July 18, 2005, when he was replaced again by Niemeyer. He regained the ranking once more, nevertheless, from August 1 to October 17, 2005, only to lose it once more to Niemeyer.
Dancevic was coached by former tour player Leo Lavalle from sometime in 2008 until June 2009, when he returned to former mentor and Canadian Davis Cup captain, Martin Laurendeau.[7] From May 2008 until hiring Lavalle, Dancevic worked with Frenchman Boris Vallejo. After being coached by his father John Dančević in 2012, Dancevic's ATP.com Profile lists Canadian former player Dejan Cvetković  as his current coach.[8]
2000–2002
Dancevic played his professional tour event in July 2000, the Granby Challenger, and lost in the first round to the World No. 381 player, Phillip King, in three sets. He lost in the first round in the same event a year later in straight sets to the World No. 157 player, Axel Pretzsch. In February and April 2002, Dancevic played on Canada's Davis Cup team, going 1–1 in two dead rubbers. In his first Futures event, U.S.A. F10 in May, he won his first three matches in straight sets, reaching the semi-finals. Losing in the first round of F11, he reached the finals of F12. Then in July in reached the second round of the Granby Challenger (in his third appearance). Dancevic then lost his first full-fledged tour event match, at the Canada Masters, to Fabrice Santoro 5–7, 3–6. The following week Dancevic was entered into the Legg Mason Tennis Classic as a wildcard and proceeded to defeat World No. 90 and future World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko in the first round 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. He ended the year however losing two singles matches in a Davis Cup tie with Brazil and in the first round of a Tyler, Texas challenger. He finished 2002 ranked World No. 434 in singles and No. 414 in doubles.
2003–2004
Dancevic began 2003 on a roll, winning the first two tournaments he entered and reaching the semis of a third, all Futures played in consecutive weeks in January in Florida. Winning a Davis Cup match in a tie against Peru in April, he reached the final of Canada F1 in June, then won Canada F2 and the Granby and Lexington challengers in July. This saw his singles ranking climb to World No. 198, allowing him to play in qualifying for the US Open, in his circuit Grand Slam debut, where he reached the second round. He finished the year however losing 5 of 7 matches, and his first five of 2004. He lost in qualifying for the 2004 Australian Open in the second round.
In March 2004 Frank's fortunes changed as he reached the final of France F5. He reached the second round in the next two challengers, the quarters in the next, and then the semis in Surbiton on grass. The following week, again on grass at Queen's, Dancevic reached the second round in just his third full-fledged ATP event. He attempted to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the first round. In summer play, he reached the semis at Granby and the finals at Aptos, California challenger in July, but lost again in the first round at the Canada Masters. He followed this up though by reaching the semi-finals at the Binghamton, New York challenger and the second round in US Open qualifying. He had a better autumn playing the American challenger circuit, posting 11 match wins against 5 losses. Dancevic finished 2004 ranked world No. 171 in singles and No. 462 in doubles.
2005
Dancevic began 2005 playing four consecutive International Series or higher events, going two wins, four losses. He went one step better in grand slam play too, reaching the third round of qualifying for the 2005 Australian Open. He improved at Wimbledon too, reaching the second round in qualifying. Dancevic did not get out of the second round of the main draw in any event, however, until reaching the quarters at the Granby challenger in June. He lost in the first round at the Canada Masters to Xavier Malisse 2–6, 2–6 and again reached the second round in qualifying for the US Open.
Despite a disappointing year, in September Frank narrowly lost to Max Mirnyi in the deciding rubber of a Davis Cup World Group Play Off tie. In five American challenger events in the fall, he only got past the second round once, when he reached finals of the Boston, Massachusetts Challenger. He lost this match 7–5, 5–7, 3–6 to American Paul Goldstein. Dancevic finished 2005 ranked World No. 188 in singles and No. 403 in doubles.
2006
Dancevic began the year with a bang in winning the first event that he entered, the Waikoloa Challenger, reaching finals of his next event, the Besançon Challenger, and then the semis of the Cherbourg Challenger. After moderate success on clay in four events in Mexico played around a tie against the Mexico Davis Cup team, where he lost both of his singles matches, he reached the final of the Atlanta Challenger played on har-tru.
In June for the second time Dancevic reached the second round at Queen's. He then qualified for his first grand slam main draw, at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.[9] He was defeated in the first round by Radek Štěpánek in straight sets, however. Dancevic's better year continued as he won the Granby Challenger in July and in August reached the second round of the Canada Masters for the first time in five attempts. His singles ranking cracked the top 100 for the first time with his title victory in Granby. The top seed for qualifying for the US Open he failed to make the main draw, nevertheless.
In the autumn, Dancevic reached the second round in three straight ATP Tour tournaments, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Stockholm. Following a first round loss in St. Petersburg, he reached the quarter-finals in two straight challengers, Louisville and Nashville. He retired from his final match of the year, in the first round of the Champaign Challenger. Frank finished the year ranked World No. 88 in singles and No. 479 in doubles.
2007
Dancevic began 2007 going 1–2 in round robin matches at the Next Generation Adelaide International International Series event. He opened the 2007 Australian Open with a straight sets win over Victor Hănescu and lost in the second round to #19 seed Lleyton Hewitt in four sets. He then lost in the second round of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors to Marcos Baghdatis after a straight sets win over Alexander Waske. Dancevic lost in the first round of the next three International Series events he appeared in San Jose, Memphis, and Las Vegas, losing to Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, and Igor Kunitsyn respectively. He then reached the second round at the ATP Masters Series Indian Wells, defeating Waske again and losing to Fernando González. Dancevic then dropped down to the challenger circuit, reaching the finals in Bermuda, the second round in Naples, Florida, and losing in the first round at Tunica Resorts and Forest Hills.
Dancevic went 3–3 for the grass court season. He defeated Sergio Roitman in reaching the second round at Queen's Club. He lost in the final round of qualifying in 2007 Wimbledon Championships but reached the main draw as a lucky loser (with the withdrawal of Mario Ančić). He reached the second round defeating World No. 60 Stefan Koubek 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 and then losing to No. 25 David Nalbandian 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6.
He then reached the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, defeating Kevin Kim in the first round 6–3 6–3 (in 2006, he defeated the same player in the same round at this same tournament by almost the same score, 6–4 6–3). He then lost to eventual champion Fabrice Santoro 7–6, 3–6, 4–6.
In July at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Dancevic defeated World No. 46 Benjamin Becker 6–4, 6–3 marking Dancevic's first defeat of a top 50 player. He has followed that with a victory over No. 54 Juan Martín del Potro 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. He then defeated Igor Kunitsyn in a rain-delayed match that finished almost 9 hours after it began 6–4, 7–6. He has become the first Canadian to reach the semifinals of a top-level ATP tournament since Sébastien Lareau did so in February 2001. He followed that up with the biggest win of his career to date, by far, beating World No. 5 Andy Roddick 6–4, 7–6, to reach the finals. He became the first Canadian to reach an ATP final since Greg Rusedski did so in 1995 (before Rusedski changed his citizenship to that of Great Britain.) He then lost in the finals to No. 3 seed Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 4–6, 5–7.
Dancevic has continued his elevated play into August, defeating del Potro again, Wayne Odesnik, and World No. 35 Fernando Verdasco to reach the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup where he lost to World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, 6–4 2–6 3–6. This effort raised his ranking to World No. 65, a career-high. He played his first US Open in 2007, and lost a hard-fought three-set match to former World No. 1 and 2000 US Open Champion Marat Safin, the 25th seed. Having come through qualifying, whereas in 2006 he was the top seed but failed to make the main draw, Dancevic lost to Safin 5–7, 6–7, 6–7, despite serving for the second set up 5–3 and the third set, up 6–5 in the tiebreak.
Dancevic's form took a slight dip in autumn, as he reached second round of the Thailand Open, lost in the first round of Japan Open Tennis, and in the second round of the Stockholm Open to top seed James Blake 2–6, 3–6.
2008
Dancevic's ranking allowed him to enter directly into the 2008 Australian Open main draw, where in his first round match against #24 seed Jarkko Nieminen he came back from being down 2 sets to love to level at 2 sets apiece before losing the fifth 1–6. He was out of action from January with a facet joint strain of the thoracic spine. After returning to play in May he struggled, going 1–1 twice in back-to-back Challenger tournaments in Morocco (on clay) before losing in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II International Series tourney. Dancevic's ranking was good enough however to allow him to gain entry into the main draw of the 2008 French Open, which marked the first time a Canadian had done so since Daniel Nestor in 1999. He lost however in the first round in 4 sets to unheralded Miguel Ángel López Jaén.

Dancevic began his 2008 grass court tennis season in style, winning the Surbiton challenger in late May – early June as he defeated Kevin Anderson in the final in three sets. The 57 ATP points he gained saw his ranking jump from No. 111 to 90. At Wimbledon, Dancevic was given a wild card entry. In the first round, he pulled off an impressive upset in defeating the number 7 seed and former finalist, David Nalbandian in straight sets 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. After the match, Dancevic called it "one of the best matches of my career, if not the best". He was unable to sustain this level of play and fell to 102nd ranked Bobby Reynolds in second round 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. In the final grass court event of the year, the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Dancevic defeated Taylor Dent, Brendan Evans, and Igor Kunitsyn to reach the semi-finals where he lost to Prakash Amritraj.
Dancevic, after losing in the first round at Indianapolis, again to Reynolds, had a solid win over World No. 24 Mario Ančić, 6–3, 6–4, before falling to World No. 3 Novak Djokovic 4–6, 4–6 at the 2008 Rogers Cup in Toronto. He was not ranked high enough to enter directly the main draw in Cincinnati or Los Angeles, but took part in the singles event the Olympics as a late alternate replacement, losing in the first round to No. 9 seed Stanislas Wawrinka 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. Despite being ranked outside the top 110 in the world since July 27, Dancevic received direct entry in the main singles draw of the US Open where he lost in straight sets to No. 18 seed Nicolás Almagro.
On the American challenger circuit in the autumn, injury once again flared up as Dancevic was forced to retire in his quarter-final match at the Tulsa, Oklahoma event and skip Waco, Texas. He reached the finals however in Lubbock, Texas, defeating Peter Polansky, Tim Smyczek, Rajeev Ram, and Dušan Vemić before falling to John Isner. He then lost in the first round in Sacramento, California, to Filipino-American veteran Cecil Mamiit before reaching the semi-finals at the Calabasas, California Challenger, beating Michael McClune, Alex Bogomolov, Jr., and Michael Russell before falling to Vincent Spadea 6–4, 5–7, 3–6. Dancevic next lost in the first round of the next two challengers, in Louisville and Nashville. He then reached the quarters of the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois challenger, where he lost to Wayne Odesnik 4–6, 6–2, 4–6. He most recently, as the tournament No. 6 seed, lost to Luka Gregorc 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 in the semis of the Knoxville, Tennessee challenger. His record for the autumn circuit has finished at 14 wins, 8 loses.
2009
Dancevic opened 2009 failing to qualify for the main draw of the Brisbane International, in the first week of the schedule. He came through qualifying at the Medibank International in Sydney but lost in the first round to No. 5 seed Igor Andreev 6–7, 3–6. Dancevic lost in the final qualifying round of the 2009 Australian Open as the No. 14 seed but has been entered into the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost in the first round to No. 9 seed James Blake in straight sets. He then lost the following week 4–6, 1–6 to Ramón Delgado in the first round of the Carson, California challenger. Two weeks later Dancevic lost in the first round of qualifying of the 2009 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup. He followed this result by qualifying and losing in the first round of the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, 5–7, 3–6 to top seed Mardy Fish.
After Canada's first Davis Cup tie of the year (see section below), Dancevic took a week off. He next qualified for the main draw of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, defeating Nicolas Mahut and top seed Dudi Sela, 6–2, 6–4. Dancevic then upset Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–4, 7–6 in the first round before losing to World No. 3 Novak Djokovic 3–6, 2–6. Dancevic then returned to poor form, losing in the first round of three consecutive Challenger events. After taking a few weeks off from competition, he lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open, to World No. 221 Jean-René Lisnard in straight sets, despite having been the No. 7 seed. He then lost in the first round of the Aegon Trophy Challenger and second round of qualifying for the Aegon Championships as the top seed. Both of these tournaments are played on grass which is arguably Dancevic's best surface, although the at least his first match at Queen's Club was played indoors on a synthetic surface due to rain.[10]
Dancevic has rebounded in a big way on the eve of Wimbledon, having reached the final of an ATP Tour event for only his second time, the Aegon International. He first easily qualified for the grass court tourney, and then defeated top seed Igor Andreev, 7–6, 6–2, in the first round. Dancevic then defeated British Wildcard James Ward 7–6, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals where he faced Leonardo Mayer. After a three set win, he beat veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–4 to advance to his second ever ATP tour final, which he lost to Dmitry Tursunov, 3–6, 6–7, who coincidentally defeated Dancevic in his first ATP final. Frank has attributed his turnaround with returning to work with his former coach, Martin Laurendeau.[7] Despite this good form however, he went on to lose 6–4, 7–6, 6–3 to Belgian Steve Darcis in the first round of Wimbledon. Forturnately for him, despite this lose, Dancevic only dropped one place in the ATP rankings.

Dancevic lost in the first round of the 2009 Hall of Fame Championships, to No. 8 seed Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–7, 6–2, 5–7. Having reached the semi-finals of this tourney last season, he has dropped 150 ranking points and his ranking has fallen from World No. 93 to No. 123. After a week off, Dancevic reached the semi-finals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, defeating Bobby Reynolds 6–2, 7–6, No. 5 seed Benjamin Becker 6–2, 7–5, and No. 1 seed Dmitry Tursunov 3–6, 7–6, 6–2, before falling to No. 2 seed Sam Querrey 4–6, 4–6. It was the second time that Dancevic reached the later rounds of this tournament, having reached the final in 2007, when he lost to Tursunov. Dancevic had not beaten the Russian No. 2 in 3 previous attempts. This result saw his ranking raise 7 spots to World No. 114.
The following week Dancevic fell in straight sets in the opening round of the LA Tennis Open to Marcos Baghdatis. Last week Dancevic defeated qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the first round of the Legg Mason Classic, but has lost to No. 10 seed Tommy Haas in the second, 1–6, 6–4, 4–6. Last week Dancevic lost convincingly in the first round match of the Rogers Cup to No. 9 seed Gilles Simon 1–6, 2–6. Playing doubles in a tournament for the first time since March 2008, he and partner Pierre-Ludovic Duclos, a wild card entry, reached the second round. His sudden poor form has continued as he has lost in the first round of qualifying in singles for the 2009 US Open to Dominik Meffert 6–1, 4–6, 1–6, despite being the No. 6 seed. Dancevic has not played in a tour event since the US Open. In December he underwent back surgery to treat a herniated disk.[11]
2010
Dancevic was first expected to return for either Indian Wells or Miami in March but did not. After then aiming to return at the Serbia Open,[12] he instead returned to action in June at the 2010 Aegon Trophy where he has lost to fellow unseeded player and eventual champion Ričardas Berankis in the first round, 5–7, 6–7. The week after Dancevic, as the No. 8 seed, defeated Kaden Hensel, André Sá, and Daniel Cox to qualify for the main draw of the 2010 Aegon Championships, where he lost in the first round to Dustin Brown 5–7, 7–6, 4–6.
Unseeded Dancevic lost soundly his qualifying in singles opening 3–6, 0–6 to No. 27 seed and grass-court specialist Nicolas Mahut. He and Canadian doubles specialist Adil Shamasdin also lost in the first round of doubles qualifying, in three sets. For the first time since January 2006, Dancevic is not Canada's top-ranked singles player, having plummeted to World No. 316. This is the lowest he has been ranked by the ATP in singles since July 2003.
Dancevic has a protected ranking of World No. 119 that he can use in 9 tournaments before next February.[13] He used one of these to be a regular entrant in the main draw of the 2010 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, a tournament with an entry cut-off ranking of World No. 140. Having defeated Marc Gicquel in straight sets in the opening round and Nicolas Mahut in the second, Dancevic lost to Mardy Fish 7–6, 4–6, 4–6. After a week off, Dancevic, unseeded, lost in qualifying for the inaugural Atlanta Tennis Championships. He has defeated World No. 629 Mark Verryth in the first round, 7–5, 7–6 but fell to No. 6 seed Nick Lindahl in the second 6–7, 6–4, 3–6.
Dancevic next received a wild-card into the main draw of the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby and reached the semi-finals. He beat No. 6 seed Igor Sijsling 7–5, 6–3, Toshihide Matsui 6–4, 7–5, and veteran and two-time singles champion here Takao Suzuki in the quarters 7–6, 6–3, before retiring due to an injured thigh in his semi-final tie against No. 1 seed Tobias Kamke while trailing 2–6, 0–1. He did not play doubles. The following week Frank was given a special exempt place in the main draw of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open where he has lost his opening match to Harel Levy 3–6, 4–6. Next he received a wild card into the singles main draw of the 2010 Rogers Cup and lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round, 1–6, 4–6. Dancevic also lost in the first round in doubles, partnering Adil Shamasdin.
After a week off, Dancevic lost in the qualifying round of the US Open qualifying tournament. Having defeated Ivo Minář 6–2, 6–3, and No. 12 seed Stéphane Bohli 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 he lost to No. 24 seed Kei Nishikori 4–6, 1–6. Two weeks ago Dancevic was part of the Canadian Davis Cup team in a playoff series versus the Dominican Republic. With the winner to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1, Canada prevailed 5–0, at a tie played at home at the Rexall Centre. Frank joined Daniel Nestor to win the doubles rubber in straight sets and he also won a dead rubber in singles. Last week he is the No. 3 seed at Canada F5 and was upset in the quarter-finals, to No. 5 seed Nikolaus Moser 6–2, 5–7, 6–7. It is the first time he has played in an ITF Futures event since March, 2004. He also played doubles partnering compatriot Vasek Pospisil and the duo reached the semi-finals, having upset the No. 1 seeds Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Nicholas Monroe in the second round.
After a week off, Dancevic again used one of his protected ranking allotments to reach the second round of the Ethias Trophy in Belgium, knocking out No. 2 seed Arnaud Clément in the first round. Playing doubles too as a PR entrant, he doubles specialist Tomasz Bednarek lost in the first round. The following week playing just singles, Dancevic reached the semi-finals of the 2010 Open de Rennes, defeating again Clément, the No. 1 seed, in the quarterfinals, before falling to No. 5 seed Stéphane Bohli 9–7 in a third set tie break. The very next week however Dancevic lost in the first round in both singles, to unseeded and eventual semi-finalist David Guez, 5–7, 1–6, and in doubles partnering Ilija Bozoljac.
The following week, the last of October, Frank lost in the first qualifying round of the 2010 Open Sud de France World Tour event, to Belgian teenager David Goffin, 2–6, 3–6. After a couple of weeks off, last week, he used his protected ranking to compete in the main singles draw of the 2010 Ritro Slovak Open, where he has lost to No. 5 seed and new Slovak No. 1 Lukáš Lacko, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. This week Dancevic is once again using protected ranking to enter straight into the singles main draw of the 2010 IPP Open. He defeated veteran Frenchman and former top-60 player Antony Dupuis easily in the opening round, 6–1, 6–2, and veteran Russian and former top-40 player Igor Kunitsyn in the second round, 6–4, 6–4. Against Kunitsyn, Dancevic broke the Russian's serve three times out of four chances while saving 3 of 4 break points against. He has lost in the quarter-finals however to Ričardas Berankis 4–6, 2–6, in a match where Dancevic's opponent won 79% of points on Frank's second serve, and Frank, just 11% on his opponent's.
Dancevic ended 2010 ranked World No. 269 in singles and No. 1299 in doubles.
2011
Dancevic began 2011 by competing in the Chennai Open, where he lost in the first round to No. 8 seed Robin Haase 7–6, 4–6, 4–6. He next qualified for the 2011 Australian Open, winning his three matches without dropping a set. He lost in the first round of the main draw, however, to No. 28 seed Richard Gasquet 3–6, 4–6, 4–6.
At the SA Tennis Open, Dancevic upset defending champion and No. 1 seed Feliciano López in the first round 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 and defeated wild card Fritz Wolmarans to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to No. 6 seed Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. Three weeks later he lost in the qualifying round of the 2011 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, to Alejandro Falla.
Early March saw Canada win their 2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I tie away to Mexico, despite Dancevic squandering a two-set lead to loss to the in-form Daniel Garza in the opening rubber. The next two weeks saw Frank reach the second round of qualifying for the month's two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the US At Indian Wells he fell in three sets to Alex Bogomolov, Jr. while in Miami he bowed out to Donald Young, 5–7 in the third.
Dancevic has had likely his best clay court season ever, culminating in qualifying for the main draw of the French Open for the first time ever. He began by reaching the third round of qualifying for the 2011 US Men's Clay Court Championships. Following a first round exit at the Tallahassee Challenger, he reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Sarasota Open. He next lost soundly, however, in the first round of the 2011 Savannah Challenger to Donald Young, 1–6, 2–6. Without any European clay match play, he opened French Open qualifying with a convincing 6–2, 6–2 win over No. 15 seed Lukáš Lacko. He then took out clay-courter Eduardo Schwank in two tie breaks. He qualified with a solid 6–1, 6–3 win over journeyman Victor Crivoi. Despite a favourable draw for the first round Dancevic advanced no further however, falling to Lucky Loser entrant Simone Bolelli in four sets.
Perhaps buoyed by his French Open success, Dancevic opted to enter directly into the main draw of the smaller clay court 2011 Rijeka Open rather than go through qualifying for the year's first grass court tourney, the 2011 Aegon Trophy. He drew top seed Blaž Kavčič, and lost 4–6, 5–7.
Dancevic played well to qualify for the main draw of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, not dropping more than four games in a set over three matches. He began in the same vein in his main draw first round match, against veteran Brazilian Ricardo Mello, winning the first two sets 6–3, 6–3, but failed twice to hold his own serve in a deciding game in the next two sets and then to convert two match points, in a tie break. Mello handily won the deciding set 6–2. This week Dancevic is playing neither Davis Cup nor defending ranking points for a quarter-finals appearance at the Hall of Fame Championships, on grass. Rumour is that his back has been acting up for the past month and he has been advised to take time off. Dancevic qualified for the 2011 US Open, setting a record in men's tennis by becoming the first person to qualify for all 4 majors in one year..
2012–2015

Dancevic at the 2013 U.S. Open.
 Dancevic at qualifying for Wimbledon 2014.
During July 2014 he played World Team Tennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms.

Dancevic at qualifying for Wimbledon 2015.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
This table is current through the 2018 French Open.

Davis Cup

In Davis Cup, Dancevic has a 15 and 15 win-lose record in 19 ties, going 12–15 in singles play and 3–0 in doubles. He debuted in 2002, when he played a dead rubber in each of the early season ties before losing the opening singles match versus Brazil in World Group qualifying.
In 2004, Dancevic was Davis Cup hero as he defeated Flavio Saretta in the deciding rubber that saw Canada join the World Group for 2005. Unfortunately Canada lost to the Netherlands in the first round and Romania in the play-off to be relegated once more to zonal play for 2005.
Dancevic's effort over Voltchkov was not enough to see Canada through to the World Group for 2006 as the Canadians fell 2–3 to Belarus in their September 2005 World Group play-off tie.
In the 2007 Americas Group I semifinals Dancevic lost a close Round 1 match to Ricardo Mello 6–3, 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 7–9 as Canada lost the tie, played away in Florianópolis, to Brazil, 1–3. He missed 2008 Davis Cup action due to injury and/or lack of fitness, as the team again lost in the Americas Group I semifinal stage.
Dancevic defeated Giovanni Lapentti in straight sets to level Canada at 1 with Ecuador in a 2009 first-round Americas Zone 1 tie played indoors at the Rexall Centre. He lost the fourth rubber to Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 despite having two match points in the fourth set tie-break. Canada went on to lose the tie 2–3.
Dancevic was again named to the Davis Cup team, this time for a September, 2010, in a tie versus the Dominican Republic. The winner to stay in the Americas Group 1 for 2011. Canada won the tie 5–0 as Dancevic partnered Daniel Nestor to a victory in the doubles rubber. He also won a dead singles rubber.
In 2011, Dancevic succumbed to World No. 439 Daniel Garza in five sets despite winning the first two sets 6-2, 6-4, and being up an early break in the third. Thankfully for Canada the surging Milos Raonic, who began the year outside the top one hundred and entered this tie World No. 37, won both his singles rubbers and teamed with Vasek Pospisil in doubles. Canada went on, with Dancevic either electing not to play or not being selected, to win promotion to the World Group for 2012.
In 2012 Dancevic returned to the Davis Cup team. He was a late replacement for Raonic in the third day of opening round World Group play versus France, going down to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4-6, 4-6, 1-6, as Canada lost the tie, 1 match to 4.  In September, he was again selected and won a dead rubber over upcoming player Nikala Scholtz as Canada defeated South Africa to remain in the World Group in 2013.
Dancevic played arguably the best match of his career in defeating Marcel Granollers, ranked 132 places ahead of him, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to help Canada shock a Spanish side missing its top players, three rubbers to two. Frank was a late scratch in the quarter-finals versus Italy due to a swollen knee. Canada prevailed once more, 3-1, and will face Serbia, away, in the semi-finals in September.
Personal
Dancevic's father is John and mother Doris. His mother is Québécoise, from Rouyn-Noranda,[3] and his father is Serbian who originates from Apatin, Serbia.[14][15] Dancevic has three younger sisters. Monika, born in 1986, completed her NCAA tennis career at the University of Georgia in 2009. She was the NCAA number 35 ranked singles player as a sophomore for the Bulldogs in 2006–07 and has been ranked by the WTA as high as World No. 775.[16] Sonja and Kristina are twins born in 1989.. Frank is married to a Serbian model Nikolina Bojić; in September, 2013 they married in a Serbian Orthodox church in his father`s hometown of Apatin.[17]

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