Lucifer (Battlestar Galactica)

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Lucifer
The Cylon Lucifer in Battlestar Galactica
Race	Cylon
Gender
Portrayed by	Jonathan Harris
Rank	IL-series
Affiliation	Cylons

Lucifer is a fictional character from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series. Lucifer is the robot assistant to Count Baltar, voiced by Jonathan Harris of Lost in Space fame.

An I-L series Cylon, Lucifer has a transparent pointy head, often wears red robes, and has two oscillating eyes, in contrast to the single eye of Cylon Centurions. Lucifer views a similar-looking Cylon, Spectre, as an inferior version.

Often sarcastic, Lucifer is assigned to Baltar by the Cylon's Imperious Leader. Initially, Lucifer expresses enthusiasm for his assignment, stating that he could learn much from Baltar. However, as the series progresses, Lucifer begins to see the flaws in Baltar’s military strategy.

Lucifer is one of the characters from the original Battlestar Galactica series that has no direct analog in the 2003 reimagined Battlestar Galactica. However, the Cylon mistress Number Six of the reimagined character Baltar serves a similar part in the saga's structure. Another possible connection is that the introduction of Lucifer established that there was more than one model of Cylon android, which is a major component of the reimagined series.