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Galactica 1980 is a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica series, set in 1980 after the Colonials discover Earth. It features Captain Troy, Lieutenant Dillon and TV journalist Jamie Hamilton, who help Earth's scientists and fight the Cylons.
Galactica 1980: Created by Glen A. Larson. With Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass, Lorne Greene. When the Battlestar Galactica finally arrives at Earth, they find they must subtly raise its tech level while protecting it from the Cylons.
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- 1980-01-27
- Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass
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The Galactican refugee fleet finally reaches Earthin the year 1980 after thirty years of searching. They find the Humans to be technologically inadequate in both helping the fleet fight the Cylons or defending themselves. It becomes their objective to influence the development of Earth in some way. The rogue Commander Xavier works against the wishe...
Preparing the pilot
When Battlestar Galactica was cancelled in early 1979 following the completion of "The Hand of God", ABC was unprepared for the letter-writing campaign by fans calling for its return, and eventually entered talks with Universal and pressured them into agreeing to make a second series. In reality, however, neither party had faith in the project. Universal had made a loss in the original series due to episodes consistently being over-budget and expected to make a loss once more. ABC, meanwhile,...
Going to series
Against Larson and Universal's hopes, ABC liked the three-hour pilot and sent out an order for a full series. Having already prepared a number of scripts, Galactica 1980 was to work on the premise that the characters Troy and Dillon, with Jamie's help, would go back in time to prevent Xavier's manipulation of history. In a twist on Erich von Däniken's 1968 work, "Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past", which inspired the original Battlestar Galactica, Troy and Dillon would lend...
"Galactica Discovers Earth, Part Ⅰ""Galactica Discovers Earth, Part Ⅱ""Galactica Discovers Earth, Part Ⅲ""The Super Scouts"Galactica 1980 is a spinoff from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica series that aired on ABC in 1980. It follows the Galactican refugee fleet reaching Earth and facing the rogue Commander Xavier, who uses time travel to influence history.
Watch these thrilling episodes of Galactica 1980, and see what happens when the original Battlestar Galactica crew finally makes the long-anticipated descent to Earth.
Galactica 1980 is a short-lived sci-fi show that aired in 1980, set a generation after the Original Series. It follows the adventures of Colonial Warriors who help Earth defend against the Cylons, with some Original Series cast members reprising their roles.
IMDb lists the 10 episodes of Galactica 1980, a spin-off series of Battlestar Galactica that follows the adventures of Troy and Dillon on Earth. See the titles, dates, ratings, and summaries of each episode.
The fate of space warrior Lt. Starbuck (special guest star Dirk Benedict) is revealed in a vivid dream of teenage genius Dr. Zee in which Starbuck crashes on a desolate planet where he reassembles a Cylon robot for company and meets a woman of unearthly beauty in "Galactica 1980".
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