Boxey
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Boxey (in Battlestar Galactica (1978), Troy in Galactica 1980) |
| Occupation: | annoying kid, later a pilot |
| Relationships: | the son of Serina's and adopted son of Apollo, close pal of Muffit the Daggit |
| Fandom: | Battlestar Galactica (1978), Galactica 1980 |
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Boxey is a child in Battlestar Galactica (1978).
Boxey is a nickname and his given name is Troy.
The grown-up Boxey is Troy in Galactica 1980.
Boxey has a robotic pet named Muffit the Daggit (almost always referred to as "Daggit." Daggit used to be a real mammal, but was killed offscreen. The Daggit fans see is a robotic replacement created to make Boxey feel better.
Fandom
Not a Popular Character
Most fans found the child character annoying due to his cuteness. A fan describes a Galactica 1980 vignette in Far Realms #4/5: "...as sappy as many of the Apollo/Boxey scenes in the original series. The lesson in family pride, however, is well-meant." [1]
A similar character was Wesley Crusher.
Pro Boxey
Another 1979 comment: "It would take a fish head not to like Boxey, or Muffit the Daggit. too far and make me cry when they killed Serina (Jane Seymore) off. (Apollo will get you, you dirty, rotten #*%#*#, Cylons.) [2]
Anti Boxey
From a fan in 1979: "Like W.C. Fields, however, I find little use for Boxey. Muffit is slightly more tolerable." [3]
In 1980, some fans ran a fiction contest "to get rid of Boxey, and hopefully his daggit, too. 'Many of you have wanted it done, and now you can do it! You can write the script in which the little kid (with or without his daggit) gets shot, electrified, lost in space, or maybe left for dead on a desert planet'." [4]
Fanworks
- Bedtime, fiction by Alice Baltes ("Boxey recalls the last time he saw his father, and how he forgot to say goodbye.") (The Battlestar Review #10, 1985)
- The Hike, fiction by Jackie Janoski ("On a trip planetside, Boxey learns there's more to becoming a warrior than flying a Viper.") (from The Battlestar Review #3, 1981)
- That's Our Starbuck by Erica Wolfe ("Apollo tries to justify his best friend's somewhat selfish nature in a discussion with Boxey, but his son is way ahead of him.") (from Star Searches #2, 1983)
- Card Games by James Walkwithwind (from Awakenings #5, 1998)
- Career Secton, or, Here, Kiddie, Kiddie, Kiddie..., fiction by Karen Klinck (from Purple and Orange? #19, 1986)
portrays Boxey and his daggit, artist is Deb Walsh, from Felgercarb #2 (1979)
portrays Boxey and Apollo, artist is Colleen Winters, from The Ermine Violin #3, (1979)
Worf, Alexander, Apollo, and Boxey, artist is Tye Bourdony, from The Celestial Toybox #16 (Star Trek TNG/Battlestar Galactica (1978)) (2000)
References
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Far Realms" #8
- ^ from Interstat #16 (February 1979)
- ^ comments by Lori Chapek-Carleton in Interstat #17
- ^ from Purple & Orange? #5]