Wilfrid Hyde-White
Description
Hopeful for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery on the eve of the ceremony, the Cylon Empire launches a devastating surprise attack, destroying the colonies' home planets and most of their military strength. A lone flagship battlestar, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists and embarks on an...
2) My fair lady
Description
Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the...