Doc Cottle: Cylon or No Cylon

10:11 pm Battlestar Galactica

Doc Cottle - chain smoking doctor of the Battlestar Galactica

Pros:

  • Having a sleeper agent cylon as a doctor in the fleet would be a good tactical maneuver.  For example, if medically, you could determine a cylon from a human, the doctor of the fleet could cover it up.  Or… a sleeper agent doctor could lie about Six being pregnant.
  • A sleeper agent doctor in the fleet would allow the doctor to secretly take medical samples, DNA, etc. and hand them over to the cylons.

Cons:

  • It would be hard to imagine that doc being a cylon would be the big reveal.

Overall:

An infiltration of the cylons into the fleet would really benefit from having a sleeper agent doctor.  If the doctor were more of a regular character his chances would greatly improve, but since he is only a 3rd tier character, his chances have been diminished.

Chances of  Being a Cylon: 4%