Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)/Trivia


 * Acting for Two
 * Defictionalization: Sort of. The real world F-16 jet fighter was being issued into squadron service in 1979. It got the nickname Viper after the fighter in this show.
 * Development Hell: The Bryan Singer movie.
 * Executive Meddling:
 * The series was originally envisioned as a series of "special event" TV movies rather than a regular weekly series. The earliest episodes reflect this, since they are two-parters made from scripts originally intended to be TV movies. When the pilot was such a hit and the series was changed to a weekly series instead its production values began to suffer. Stock footage of the expensive starship special effects was overused and episode scripts became more conventional, sometimes obvious re-workings of westerns.
 * Part of the reason why Galactica 1980 was such a disaster. The show was originally supposed to be based around Time Travel stories, as seen in the three-part pilot. The network on the other hand thought that science fiction should appeal primarily to kids, and so forced the producers drop the time travel aspect, have children making up over half the main cast (resulting in the Super Scouts), and give the series a primarily educational focus. The requirement for an educational focus was partially due to the decision to air the show in a time slot that basically required it. Now, if they hadn't decided it was a kids' show, things might have been different...
 * Hey, It's That Guy!:
 * Legendary Commander Kor as Baltar.
 * Pa Cartwright as Adama.
 * Face as Starbuck.
 * Lloyd "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue" Bridges as the Legendary Commander Cain
 * Rick Wright has a bit part as Giles, a pilot.
 * Dr. Victor Ehrlich as Lt. Greenbean.
 * Cousin Oliver as Dr. Z.
 * John Steed as Count Iblis.
 * Fred Astaire as.
 * Sherlock Holmes plays a pilot on "Galactica 1980".
 * Dr Quinn as Serina.
 * Dr. Noah Drake as Apollo's younger brother Zac.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Jonathan "Dr. Smith" Harris as the voice of Lucifer.
 * John Steed was the Narrator and the voice of the Cylon's Imperious Leader.
 * What Could Have Been: The Richard Hatch or the Bryan Singer sequel series.