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'''Ronald Dowl Moore''', aka '''Ron D. Moore''', '''Ron Moore''' or "Caveman"<ref>From his official [[Mark II Viper]] nameplate, which can be [[:Image:Caveman Mark II nameplate - wm.jpg|seen here]].</ref>, (born 5 July 1964 in [[w:Chowchilla, California|Chowchilla, California]]) is the creator and executive producer of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

:(''Moore's initials, "RDM", are used on Battlestar Wiki to differentiate articles related to the Re-imagined Series from a similarly-named [[Original Series]] article, such as "[[The Hand of God (TOS)]]" and "[[The Hand of God (RDM)]]".)

== Biography ==
Moore graduated from [[w:Cornell University|Cornell University]] with a degree in Political Science. After college, he moved to [[w:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] in hopes of becoming a working writer. He was two weeks away from joining the [[w:United States Navy|United States Navy]] when [[w:Michael Piller|Michael Piller]], the co-executive producer of ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', called with good news. His first script, "[[MemoryAlpha:The Bonding|The Bonding]]", led to an assignment and a spot on the writing staff in 1989.

By the end of the series, he was serving as a producer and obtained a number of accolades. As a member of the production team, he earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, and, along with writing partner [[MemoryAlpha:Brannon Braga|Brannon Braga]], a [[w:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation]] for "[[MemoryAlpha:All Good Things...|All Good Things...]]", the series finale. They went on to earn Hugo nominations for the first two ''Next Generation'' films, 1994's ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek Generations|Star Trek Generations]]'' and 1996's ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: First Contact|Star Trek: First Contact]]''. Braga and Moore also collaborated on the story for 2000's ''[[w:Mission: Impossible II|Mission: Impossible II]]''.

After ''The Next Generation'', Moore became a supervising producer on [[MemoryAlpha:Rick Berman|Rick Berman]] and Michael Piller's character-driven spin-off, ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' (1993). He began by writing the [[MemoryAlpha:DS9 Season 3|third season]] premiere, "[[MemoryAlpha:The Search, Part I|The Search, Part I]]", which saw the introduction of the [[MemoryAlpha:USS Defiant (NX-74205)|USS ''Defiant'']]. Moore had originally intended to name Captain [[MemoryAlpha:Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]]'s starship, ''Valiant'', after the [[MemoryAlpha:SS Valiant|ship]] mentioned in the first [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek'']]'s second pilot, "[[MemoryAlpha:Where No Man Has Gone Before|Where No Man Has Gone Before]]". However, as ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]'' was about to premiere and the studio did not want two ships starting with the letter ''v'', he changed it to ''Defiant'' in honor of the [[MemoryAlpha:USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|ship]] from "[[MemoryAlpha:The Tholian Web|The Tholian Web]]".

As two of the most ardent classic ''Star Trek'' fans on ''Deep Space Nine''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s writing staff, Moore and [[MemoryAlpha:Rene Echevarria|Rene Echevarria]] were chosen to write the teleplay for "[[MemoryAlpha:Trials and Tribble-ations|Trials and Tribble-ations]]" as a tribute to the original ''Star Trek'''s 30th Anniversary. Besides bringing [[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and Captain Sisko together on screen via seamless Emmy Award-nominated visual effects, the episode also brought the pair a Hugo nomination. They went on to write the series penultimate episode, "[[MemoryAlpha:The Dogs of War|The Dogs of War]]", which introduced the new ''Defiant'', formerly the [[MemoryAlpha:USS São Paulo|USS ''São Paulo'']]. The name of the ship and Sisko's line "Hello, ship," were a tribute to the [[w:Steve McQueen|Steve McQueen]] film ''[[w:The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]''. By the time ''Deep Space Nine'' ended, he was a co-executive producer, and moved on to his third ''Star Trek'' spin-off series: ''Voyager''.

After a two-episode stint as a co-executive producer on ''Star Trek: Voyager'', Moore departed the series over creative differences in the show's production, namely with his prior writing partner, Brannon Braga. This lead him to his first collaboration with [[David Eick]] as Moore assumed the role of consulting producer on the final season of the Sci-Fi Channel's fantasy series, ''[[w:G vs E|Good vs. Evil]]''. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=10|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> Eventually, Moore made his way to [[w:Jason Katim|Jason Katim]]'s teen SF/Drama series, ''[[w:Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', which first aired on [[w:The WB|The WB]], joining former ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' cast member, [[MemoryAlpha:Jonathan Frakes|Jonathan Frakes]] (Commander [[MemoryAlpha:William T. Riker|William Riker]]) as a co-executive producer.

Due to his work on ''Roswell'', he was able to develop [[w:Anne McCaffrey|Anne McCaffrey]]'s ''[[w:Dragonriders of Pern|Dragonriders of Pern]]'' as a pilot for [[w:The WB|The WB]], but it was canceled before production began due to creative differences Moore had with [[w:Warner Brothers|Warner Brothers]]. Moore served as a co-executive producer on ''Roswell'' as the series moved to [[w:UPN|UPN]] for the 2001-2002 television season. From ''Roswell'', Moore worked on the [[w:HBO|HBO]] series ''[[w:Carnivàle|Carnivàle]]'', but left after its first year to dedicate his work on the [[SDS|a second attempt in as many years]] at reviving a ''Battlestar Galactica'' series.

Moore and Eick have proposed a [[spin-off]] of the Re-imagined Series, called ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''. This series concept was accepted by the [[Sci Fi Channel]] for production, and will air in 2010.

Moore has three children.

He remarried in 2004 to [[Terry Dresbach]], whom the fans have come to know as "Mrs. Ron" on the Sci Fi Channel [http://forums.scifi.com/ chat forums]. Dresbach frequently participated in the [[podcast]]s for the series episodes and other audio commentaries.

== Director credits for ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==

*Season 4:
**[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]

== Writer credits for ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==
As executive producer, Moore has a hand in nearly every aspect of the show's production, and his influence can be felt throughout the entire series. Although he approves every script and sometimes rewrites other writers' episodes, he is only officially credited with writing the following episodes:

*[[Miniseries]]
*Season 1:
**[[33]]
**[[Water]]
**[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
**[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
*Season 2:
**[[Home, Part II]]
**[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
*Season 3:
**[[Occupation]]
**[[Precipice]]
*Season 4:
**[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]
**[[Daybreak, Part I]]
**[[Daybreak, Part II]]

== Notes ==
* Moore has a cameo appearance in the finale episode ''[[Daybreak, Part II]]'' as a man on the street reading ''National Geographic'' magazine.
*In the [[MemoryAlpha:Broken Bow (episode) |pilot episode]] of the fifth ''Star Trek'' series, ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', a character was named after him. The farmer who shot the [[MemoryAlpha:Klingon|Klingon]] ([[MemoryAlpha:Klaang|Klaang]]) in the beginning of the episode was named [[MemoryAlpha:Moore (farmer)|Farmer "Moore"]]. This is not only homage to Moore's reputation with Klingons, but also his reputation for killing off characters.
*Ronald D. Moore makes weekly podcasts (audio commentaries) for every episode of the Re-imagined Series starting with "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]". He is sometimes joined by executive producer David Eick, and occasionally by episode writers and his wife Terry Dresbach. Most of the eight episodes before this in Season 1 also have podcasts by Ron Moore, though "[[Fragged]]" in Season 2 never had a podcast due to technical delays, despite the fact that Moore says it is one of his favorites.
*Moore has created a tradition of sorts in his podcast where he enjoys a brand of [[Podcast smokes and drinks|cigarette and scotch]] while narrating the podcasts. As Dresbach does not appreciate cigarettes, podcasts she attends are generally cigarette-free.
*At the 2005 Hugo Awards, Moore earned a Hugo for ''Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)'' for the series premiere "[[33]]". <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2005.html|title=The LOCUS Index to SF Awards|}}</ref>
*In 2007, Moore earned an Emmy nomination in ''Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series'' for the two-part Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]".

== References ==

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== External Links ==

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* [http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html Ron Moore's personal blog]
* [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ The Ron Moore Battlestar Blog]
* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/ronald-d.-moore-and-david-eick-conference-call.html Conference Call with Ron Moore and David Eick of January 6. 2009]
* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/press-conference-with-ronald-d.-moore-and-david-eick.html Press Conference with Ron Moore and David Eick of June 1, 2007]
* [http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2561&Itemid=46 Next Gen Coverage of GDC Keynote]
* [http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/22/2155224 Slashdot Coverage of GDC Keynote]
* [http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/2006/03/gdc_building_a_.html Informal Transcript of GDC Keynote]
* [http://www.thestreet.com/_tsclsii/funds/goodlife/10276628.html TheStreet.com RDM Interview] - According to [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1746628&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD this post at Scifi] there is a spoiler about a returning cast member, a reason for the lack of Civilian fleet ops, and some insights into the motivations of a character in the [http://mms.thestreet.com/Good_Life_Ron_Moore_Interview.WMA audio version] of the interview

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