No cute robots on the new Battlestar Galactica
About the new series, David Eick said "Alas, there will be no Muffit."
Daggit or Muffit - Brown, furry alien pet robot on the sci-fi adventure BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/NBC/1978-80. Muffit was fashioned after a small creature known as a Daggit (a cross between a bear and dog) owned by Boxey (Noah Hathaway) a resident of the planet Caprica. When a sneak attack of Cylon warrior robots killed Boxey's mother and his pet Daggit (which he called Muffit), Boxey's father, Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch) fled with his son to the safety of the starcruiser Battlestar Galactica whose Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) led a fleet of 220 spacecraft in search of a shining star known as Earth. During the journey, a medical team of bioengineers, under the direction of Dr. Wilkin, made a mechanical replica of Boxey's original Daggit. Muffit-II was covered with brown furry material, and had a silver mussel, metal joints and yellow glass eyeballs. In reality, Muffitt was animated by a four-year-old chimpanzee named Evolution (Evie for short) who was encased inside the Daggit robot shell. Muffit was created by special effects wizard John Dykstra of Star Wars fame, who also built the spacecraft and coordinated the aerial fight scenes for the series. I still have one of these Daggit/Muffit toys. I never had a stuffed Daggit but it looks cool. Granted I was pretty young, I never remember the name "Muffit" it was always "Daggit" to me.
Daggit or Muffit - Brown, furry alien pet robot on the sci-fi adventure BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/NBC/1978-80. Muffit was fashioned after a small creature known as a Daggit (a cross between a bear and dog) owned by Boxey (Noah Hathaway) a resident of the planet Caprica. When a sneak attack of Cylon warrior robots killed Boxey's mother and his pet Daggit (which he called Muffit), Boxey's father, Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch) fled with his son to the safety of the starcruiser Battlestar Galactica whose Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) led a fleet of 220 spacecraft in search of a shining star known as Earth. During the journey, a medical team of bioengineers, under the direction of Dr. Wilkin, made a mechanical replica of Boxey's original Daggit. Muffit-II was covered with brown furry material, and had a silver mussel, metal joints and yellow glass eyeballs. In reality, Muffitt was animated by a four-year-old chimpanzee named Evolution (Evie for short) who was encased inside the Daggit robot shell. Muffit was created by special effects wizard John Dykstra of Star Wars fame, who also built the spacecraft and coordinated the aerial fight scenes for the series. I still have one of these Daggit/Muffit toys. I never had a stuffed Daggit but it looks cool. Granted I was pretty young, I never remember the name "Muffit" it was always "Daggit" to me.
posted by SamuRyan at 9:02 PM
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That kid is teaching Daggit about doggy style.
Sorry, I know that was wrong but odds are no one will ever read this.
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