R and D TV

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The proper title of the production company is "R&D TV." The spelling of the title here is a limitation of the use of the ampersand character in MediaWiki.

"Got a brainstorm...!"

At the end of the credits of every episode of the Re-imagined Series, writer/developer Ron D. Moore and producer David Eick present themselves in cartoon form inside their office, maiming each other alternately in humorously creative and highly violent ways. This episode-ending cartoon is the production logo (of sorts) for "R & D TV", the production company for Battlestar. The cartoon is immediately proceeded by the NBC Universal logo.

The background pictures in the office also change periodically for unknown reasons.

The victim of each attack usually begins to suggest an idea ("Get this..!") as a lightbulb appears over the head of the episode's victim. This are the signs that mean that the bloodshed and maiming is about to begin.

Here is a summary of cartoon results tabulated to date. Each episode lasts only 5 seconds.

33

David beats Ron over head with a baseball bat after talking too much.

Water

Ron lets loose a gorilla that attacks David.

Bastille Day

Ron balls up David's body into a paper wad with eyes and shoots David through a small basketball goal. The audio of a cheering crowd saluting the Ron's basket accompanies the R & D TV logo.

Act of Contrition

David throws Ron through the office window to be run over by an NBC studio van.

You Can't Go Home Again

Ron slaps David so hard that his head spins 360 degrees. David cries out as if he were bitc...well...he cries out without much masculinity...

Six Degrees of Separation

Ron pulls out a magic wand (complete with a star on top), says, "No bones", and zaps David's bones away, leaving him a boneless mass that crumples to the floor.