of the Quorum of Twelve, rather than a journalist. She was intended to be an ongoing character. When Jane Seymour was chosen for the part, she wanted to be free to do films. The script was rewritten to have her die of pluton poisoning (the same poisoning that had destroyed a large part of the refugees's food supplies) in the pilot. Scenes to this effect were filmed and included in the first version of the pilot; however, after this was shown to test audiences, it was deemed too depressing. All scenes with Serina being weak, or ill, or her diagnosis, even the original ending scene in which she slipped out during a performance of the Colonial Anthem, presumably to die, were later edited out. Instead, Serina died in the second episode, "Lost Planet of the Gods." Reimagining Serina is one of the characters from the original Battlestar Galactica series that has no direct analog in the 2003 reimagined Battlestar Galactica, although a character named Boxey does appear as the son of the human envoy sent to the "meeting" with the Cylons each year (who was the first casualty in the new war). Jane Seymour was asked to play the role of Admiral Cain in the new series in 2005, but declined the part. An amalgam analogue of Serina and Cassiopeia appears as Shevon, who has a daughter Paya who functions in a manner similar to Serina and Boxey in relation to Lee Adama, Captain Apollo's analog in the episode Black Market. This episode also guest starred Richard Hatch who played the original Captain Apollo and featured a scene where Hatch's character Tom Zarek gave Adama information that led to Shevon and Paya's rescue. References External links Serina at Battlestar Wiki Battlestar Galactica (1978) characters Fictional reporters