Battlestar Galactica (2003)/Tom Zarek

Tom Zarek
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Actor	Richard Hatch
First Appearance	1x03 Bastille Day
Last Appearance	4x14 - Blood on the Scales
Series Billing	1x03 - Bastille Day to 2x07 - Home: Special Guest Star 2x14 - Black Market to 4x14 - Blood on the Scales: Guest Star
Episode Count	22
Notable Episodes	1x03 - Bastille Day

Basic Information

Tom Zarek is the Quorum representative for the colony Sagittaron. He is an opponent of President Roslin, and an advocate of ceasing what he sees as an obsession with continuing life as if nothing happened, people working and doing things in the fleet for no compensation or reason other than it is the job they performed before the Colonies were destroyed. He was jailed for the destruction of a Colonial government building and the murder of several Colonial government workers, claiming that he was fighting for the rights of the Sagitarron colony. As with any demagogue, he attempts to gain power in the Colonies by impassioned appeals to the emotions of his followers, and while many follow him and see him as a visionary leader, many, even some of those from Sagitarron, see him as a terrorist.

Zarek was being transported on the prison ship Astral Queen to a parole hearing at the time of the Cylon attack.

Trivia

The actor who portrays Tom Zarek, Richard Hatch, played the character of Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica series.

Quotes

• Colonial Day: "That's a shame. I shaved very closely in anticipation of being smacked by you."