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Galactica 1980

Galactica 1980 intro
Format Science fiction
Created by Glen A. Larson
Starring Lorne Greene
Kent McCord
Barry Van Dyke
Richard Lynch
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. Glen A Larson (born January 3, 1937) is an American Television producer and writer best known as creator of the series Lyon Chaim Green OC, LLD ( February 12, 1915 &ndash September 11, 1987) was a Canadian Actor Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the the television series Adam-12 Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) is an American Actor and the second son of actor and Entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and Richard Hugh Lynch (born February 12 1936 or 1940 is an American Actor who has starred in many films and television shows The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 10
Production
Running time approx. List of episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series List of episodes of the original Battlestar 45 mins
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run January 27, 1980 – May 4, 1980
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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Contents

Development

A massive write-in campaign began with the cancellation of the original Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978 Such things were uncommon in those days, and it prompted ABC to re-think their reasons for canceling the show. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. After some deliberation, they contacted Glen Larson to see about reviving the series, albeit in some modified and less-expensive format. Glen A Larson (born January 3, 1937) is an American Television producer and writer best known as creator of the series

Both Larson and the network felt the show needed some major change of focus to re-launch it as a spinoff, and Larson and Donald P. Bellisario decided to set the new series five years after "The Hand of God," the final episode of the original series. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American Television producer and Screenwriter. "The Hand of God" is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series This would allow them to weed out many supporting characters who were now considered superfluous - Colonel Tigh, Athena, Cassiopea, Boxey, etc - which would bring down production costs. Colonel Tigh is the Executive Officer of the Battlestar Galactica and was played by Terry Carter. Lieutenant Athena is the name of a fictional character in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' Television series which ran on ABC from 1978 Cassiopeia was a fictional character in the original Battlestar Galactica which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1979 Troy "Boxey" is a fictional character from the original Battlestar Galactica television series portrayed by Noah Hathaway. The only major characters to return from the original series would be Commander Adama, Colonel Boomer (Replacing Tigh), Apollo, Starbuck, and Baltar. Baltar was to have somehow made atonement for betraying the Colonies to the Cylons, and was now the President of the Council of Twelve.

Upon discovering a 'present day' Earth completely unable to defend itself from the Cylons, Adama decided to just head off into deep space to lead the Cylons away from the planet, but Baltar suggested using Time Travel Technology to alter Earth's history so its technology would develop more rapidly up to a Colonial level. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. The Council votes this suggestion down, so Baltar steals a ship capable of time travel and heads into Earth's past to carry out his plan anyway. After some deliberation, Starbuck and Apollo are sent after him to bring him back or at least un-do his changes to history. Episodes would feature a new "Time Mission" every week, generally with Apollo at some different time in the past, and Starbuck flying back and forth between "Now" and "Then" to give information and support to Apollo. ABC approved this pitch, and gave the go-ahead to develop a pilot for the series. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.

Unfortunately, Dirk Benedict was apparently unavailable at the time, and Richard Hatch wanted no connection with the series. Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage Actor, Richard Hatch (b May 21, 1945, in Santa Monica California) is an American actor Thus, after a quick re-think, it was decided the series would take place thirty years after the end of the original series rather than five, and that Boxey would be renamed Troy and would take Apollo's role, while a character named Lt. Dillon would take over the Starbuck part. President Baltar was written out entirely, and Xavier was created to take up his role as resident bad guy.

After the pilot was completed, the network was unhappy with the time travel aspects of the story, and agreed to pick up the series only if that subject was dropped. Larson and Bellisario reluctantly agreed, and the series instead became focused on Troy's and Dillon's attempts to protect some colonial children on Earth. Bellisario later re-tooled the original time travel concept and re-used it as the basis of the considerably more successful Quantum Leap. Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series that ran for 96 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on the NBC network [1][2]

Narration

The opening narration (spoken by Lorne Greene) is as follows:

The great ship Galactica, our home for these many years. Lyon Chaim Green OC, LLD ( February 12, 1915 &ndash September 11, 1987) was a Canadian Actor We have endured the wilderness of space. And now we are nearing the end of our journey. We have at last found Earth.

Synopsis

Set during the year 1980, and a generation after the original series, the Galactica and its fleet of 220 civilian ships have finally discovered Earth, only to find that its people have forgotten much of the technology that the Thirteenth Tribe of humanity brought with it, and as a direct result, the planet cannot defend itself against the Cylons as originally hoped. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The Cylons are a Cybernetic Civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica Science fiction Therefore, teams of Colonial warriors are covertly sent to the planet to work incognito with various members of the scientific community, hoping to advance Earth's technology. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is

Commander Adama and Colonel Boomer—now second-in-command in place of Colonel Tigh—on the advice of a mysterious teenager named Doctor Zee who serves as Adama's advisor, sends Captain "Boxey" Troy (Kent McCord, one of several actors who had been considered for the role of Apollo), who is the adopted son of Adama's own son Apollo, and Lt. Commander Adama is a character in the 1978 movie and subsequent ABC Television series Battlestar Galactica and its continuation The original Boomer was a male portrayed by Herb Jefferson Jr Colonel Tigh is the Executive Officer of the Battlestar Galactica and was played by Terry Carter. Doctor Zee was a recurring character in the short-lived science fiction series Galactica 1980. Troy "Boxey" is a fictional character from the original Battlestar Galactica television series portrayed by Noah Hathaway. Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the the television series Adam-12 Captain Apollo is the name of a fictitious character in the original Battlestar Galactica television series Dillon (Barry Van Dyke) to North America, where they become entangled with TV journalist Jamie Hamilton (Robyn Douglass). Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) is an American Actor and the second son of actor and Entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and Robyn Douglass (born 21 June 1953, Sendai, Japan is an American actress and model After an initial, epic time travel adventure to Nazi Germany in the 1940s (to stop rebel Galactican, Commander Xavier, trying to change the future to improve Earth's technology level), the three friends devise ways to help Earth's scientists and outwit the Cylons in the present day. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Xavier was a recurring character in the TV series Galactica 1980. Meanwhile, Adama sends a group of children from the Galactica fleet to Earth in order to begin the process of integrating with the population; due to differences in gravity and physiology, however, the children also have to learn to deal with the fact they have nearly super-human powers on Earth.

The fate of several characters from the original series are indicated during the course of the series. Apollo is apparently dead, the cause of his seeming death being unknown. Starbuck was apparently marooned on a desert planet although the script for the episode The Wheel Of Fire (unfilmed at the time of cancellation) indicated that Starbuck was eventually rescued from the planet by the inhabitants of the Ships of Light and became one of the inhabitants. The Ship of Lights is an advanced spacecraft from the original Battlestar Galactica television series first seen in the episode " War of the Gods The Seraphs (singular Seraph were an alien race in the original Battlestar Galactica series from 1978/79 and its spinoff series Galactica 1980 Captain Troy is revealed to be Boxey, and Lt. Troy "Boxey" is a fictional character from the original Battlestar Galactica television series portrayed by Noah Hathaway. Boomer is now Colonel Boomer, and has become Adama's second in command. The fate of several other characters—Adama's daughter Athena, Colonel Tigh, Starbuck's girlfriend Cassiopeia, and the traitor Count Baltar—are not revealed, and all four characters are absent from the series. Lieutenant Athena is the name of a fictional character in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' Television series which ran on ABC from 1978 Colonel Tigh is the Executive Officer of the Battlestar Galactica and was played by Terry Carter. Cassiopeia was a fictional character in the original Battlestar Galactica which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1979 In the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series Count Baltar was a leading antagonist character who betrayed the human race to its enemy the robot

Cast

Greene (Adama) and Jefferson (Boomer) were the only major cast members of the original series to return, with Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict both unable to return due to commitments to other projects, although as noted below, Benedict did appear in an episode using previously unscreened footage from the original program. Lyon Chaim Green OC, LLD ( February 12, 1915 &ndash September 11, 1987) was a Canadian Actor Commander Adama is a character in the 1978 movie and subsequent ABC Television series Battlestar Galactica and its continuation Robyn Douglass (born 21 June 1953, Sendai, Japan is an American actress and model Jamie Hamilton could refer to Jamie Hamilton (publisher (1900 - 1988 British book publisher rower and Olympic medalist Jamie Hamilton (motorcycle Herbert Jefferson Jr (b 28 September 1946 in Sandersville, Georgia, U The original Boomer was a male portrayed by Herb Jefferson Jr Richard Hugh Lynch (born February 12 1936 or 1940 is an American Actor who has starred in many films and television shows Jeremy Brett (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995 born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English Actor famous among other things for his Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the the television series Adam-12 Troy "Boxey" is a fictional character from the original Battlestar Galactica television series portrayed by Noah Hathaway. Allan Miller (born 14 February 1929) is an American actor Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Anna ( née Robert Anthony Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American Actor. Doctor Zee was a recurring character in the short-lived science fiction series Galactica 1980. Patrick Stuart redirects here for people with a similar name please see Patrick Stewart (disambiguation. Doctor Zee was a recurring character in the short-lived science fiction series Galactica 1980. Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) is an American Actor and the second son of actor and Entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and Richard Hatch (b May 21, 1945, in Santa Monica California) is an American actor Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage Actor,

Short life

The show was cancelled after only ten episodes, many of which were multi-part stories, or what would be referred to now as arcs, such as the final episode—"The Return of Starbuck"— Guest starring Dirk Benedict as Lt. A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as Television, Comic books Comic strips " The Return of Starbuck " is the final episode that was produced for the short lived television series Galactica 1980. Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage Actor, Starbuck in a flashback episode. In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current Despite its popularity with fans, to the point that Glen Larson wrote a sequel episode entitled "The Wheel of Fire", it was not enough to save the series, which was cancelled before it could be filmed[3]. The series was cancelled during production of episode 11, The Day they Kidnapped Cleopatra.

Syndication and beyond

The ten Galactica 1980 episodes were rolled into the television syndication package for Battlestar Galactica and were given the same title as its parent program. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through

Following the series demise, a feature called Conquest of the Earth was stitched together from sections of the three "Galactica Discovers Earth" episodes and the two "The Night the Cylons Landed" episodes. A scene of John Colicos, playing Baltar, was also spliced in to this release. The latter footage was actually taken from an episode of the original series—Baltar makes no appearance in any Galactica 1980 episode—and is partially dubbed, so as to make the speech sound relevant to the Galactica's new situation. Several early scenes involving Adama and Dr Zee are also partially dubbed, to add more explanatory detail and to explain why two actors appear playing the role of Dr. Zee. The feature was released in cinemas in Europe and Australia and on home video elsewhere.

DVD release

On December 23, 2007, Universal released all of the Galactica 1980 episodes on DVD in a 2-disc set. This release is touted as "The Original 'Battlestar Galactica's' Final Season. " [4]

References

  1. ^ Paxton, Susan J. "Unshot Battlestar Galactica Scripts". 1995. Originally published in Anomaly.
  2. ^ Bellisario's real plan for Quantum Leap was to re-introduce the long-form anthology series format to television. Not all fans supported his use of time travel as the gimmick by which to do this, however, as a cardinal unwritten rule of time-travel science fiction calls for avoidance of alterations of history, either by rendering it impossible to change or by prescribing severe penalties to characters who do change it. By contrast, the very mission of Quantum Leap's central character was specifically and unapologetically to alter history; in his case, always to improve it where he could.
  3. ^ http://www.blast.net/hart/BG80.htm History of Galactica 1980 at blast. net
  4. ^ Galactica 1980 DVD news: Box Art for Galactica 1980 - The Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com

See also

External links

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