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.

Season 1

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...

Litmus

David calls up Ron, who's eaten by a shark.

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.

Flesh and Bone

Ron sings, "I've got an idea", and David rips a portion of Ron's shirt off.

Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down

As David says, "...This'll kill ya..." Ron brings on an armored knight, whose mace crushes David's skull.

The Hand of God

David subjects Ron to death (or maybe just intense stinging) by a thousand paper cuts--to the face.

Colonial Day

Ron proposes "Rock, Paper, Scissors". David says "Go" and prepares a large set of scissors, while Ron goes off-screen to find a very large rock, dropping it on David's body to squish him flat, winning the match.

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I

Ron says "This will shock you..." David flings magic lightning from his fingers at Ron, who changes into Martha Stewart.

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II

Before the two can suggest suggesting an idea, a courier makes a special delivery with packages for each. A small toy organ playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" is heard as the packages open with monsterous heads that look like the courier on springs. The heads promptly consume both David and Ron.

Season 2

Scattered

Ron says in an exaggerated cowboy accent, "I've got an I-dear!". David smacks him in the face, and it falls off, revealing that he is a robot, in an homage to the film "Westworld".

=Valley of Darkness

David gets an idea, not noticing that Cylon Centurions appear outside the window. Ron runs away, and David it riddled with bullets by the Centurions.

Resistance

Ron says, "this is hot". David says, "so is this", whips out a drying iron, and melts Ron's face with it.

Home, Part I

David says "jot this down". Ron says "okay", and proceeds to us a pen to carve the word "THIS" into David's forehead.

Final Cut

David gets an idea, but is interupted by the telephone ringing and Ron answers it. Annoyed, David jams the telephone in Ron's air, then shouts in the mouthpiece ,"can you here me now?", as the sound is amplified and Ron screams.

Flight of the Phoenix

David gets an idea and says "this will make your jaw drop"; Ron then punches David in the jaw, his head swivels around in a circle on his neck, and then his jaw drops off.