Galactica 1980: Difference between revisions

In the face of a massive letter-writing campaign in response to the cancellation of the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' in 1979, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network executives decided to [[Retool]] the series into a less expensive spinoff, and so ''Galactica'' was resurrected as ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. Because both [[Dirk Benedict]] and [[Richard Hatch]] declined to return to the new series, it was set thirty years after the conclusion of ''Galactica'', with an older Boxey (now called "Troy") as a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|substitute for]] Apollo, and a new character named "Lt. Dillon" as an ersatz Starbuck.

 

 

Commander Adama, on the advice of Doctor Zee, a [[Teen Genius|teenage prodigy]] serving as his adviser, dispatches Captain Troy, who is the adopted son of Adama's own son Apollo, and Lieutenant Dillon to North America, where they become entangled with TV journalist Jamie Hamilton. After an initial, epic [[Time Travel]] adventure to [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi Germany]] in the 1940s (to stop rebel Galactican Commander Xavier from changing 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. Meanwhile, Adama sends a group of children from the ''Galactica'' fleet (the "Super Scouts") to Earth in order to begin the process of integrating with the population. However, due to differences in gravity and physiology, the children must deal with the fact they have nearly super-human powers on Earth.

 

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