Battlestar Galactica spinoff Caprica announced

Via Sci Fi Wire the SciFi channel have announced Caprica, a spin off from Battlestar Galactica.

Key facts:

• It's set on Caprica half a century before the events of Battlestar Galactica.


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  A breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, creating the first living robot: a Cylon.


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  It follows lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas.

It's a Science Fiction Dallas!. Sounds cool though.