Bashir or Baltar?

Mar 3rd, 2009 | By Bock | Category: television

I thought that Dr Bashir from Deep Space 9 was the same actor who plays Dr Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica, but I just found out they’re not.

Was I stupid or do they look identical?  Come on –  gimme a break.  What are the odds against two identical fictional characters both being doctors on improbable space-ships?  What the fuck are the chances?

Fuck, I thought they were the same guy. Obviously, this Cylon technology is better than I realised.

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  1. Green Ink March 4th, 2009 1:47 am

    Very similar all right, I did wonder if they were related. You left out that surnames both have 2 syllables, 6 letters and begin with B and end with r.
    They’re both really annoying characters as well.

  2. unstranger March 4th, 2009 2:40 am

    Clearly BOCK; you have issues!!

  3. His Girl Friday March 4th, 2009 4:32 am

    Bock,
    tis not a shame to be needing spectacles in yer auld age… ;)

  4. GrowUp March 4th, 2009 8:55 am

    Sure they look similar, but I never thought they were the same actor. BTW there is actually a Dr. Julian Bashir in Ireland.

  5. Doctor Orgasm March 4th, 2009 9:38 am

    Baltar will be the cornerstone in saving the fleet I think. At least he has some ambition (and the good sense to get hot hippy birds to make a love god out of him).

    Bashir was an ideologic no one.

  6. huron March 4th, 2009 5:24 pm

    Baltar’s the gay guy from the Bridget Jones movies
    Bashir’s the badass from Kingdom of Heaven

  7. Thirsty Gargoyle March 5th, 2009 12:13 am

    Hang on, Baltar’s the gay mate in ‘Bridget Jones’? I thought that was Bashir. See, I was pretty sure I could tell the difference.

    Bashir was Hannibal too, for the BBC, when he was flirting with being slightly rugged, rather than mildly effete.

  8. Bock March 5th, 2009 1:47 am

    Green Ink — You put your finger on it. What they have in common is that I want to smash my fist into both their faces.

    Unstranger — I’m glad to say that I know who my issues are.

    HGF — It’s not a spectacular matter. It’s one of interpretation. These men are indistinguishable.

    GrowUp — We’ll have to differ on that. I can’t tell them apart.

    Dr Orgasm — That’s one of the reasons I hate Baltar so much. Bastard.

    Huron — Perhaps. Perhaps not.

    Gargoyle — See? See? No-one can tell the difference.

  9. elle walsh March 5th, 2009 2:52 pm

    simon McCorkendale and michael york I used to always get mixed up and yes those two men you mentioned look identical.

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